The emperor and this Liu Ru have never had a personal relationship between men and women, and Liu Ru is is actually a close friend of the emperor when he was still the prince, and the two are talking about the court situation, military affairs and the like.

This answer made Gao Han's jaw drop in shock, this Liu Ru is not obvious, who knows that she is still the emperor's former senior staff, maybe Zhu Youzhen's ideas for many things after he ascended the throne still came from her.

Of course, the emperor felt that rewarding Liu Ru is house and redeeming her body was already considered an imperial grace, and he didn't owe her anything, as for other meanings, the emperor really didn't think about it.

Now Gao Han is relieved, and even, there is a hint of joy in his heart, the great talent who can talk about state affairs with the emperor has always been by his side, and he has been ignored by himself, although he has recruited a group of subordinates, but, these guys, are the kind of people who shout and shout and kill, and there is no real reader with a vision, but there is no one, since this Liu Ru has such a talent, then the trip to the southeast, even if she doesn't want to go, Gao Han has to find a way to fool her.

Who knows what things will happen to the southeast, it is not as good as in the capital, there is an emperor to support, there are fellow villagers to support each other, and there is a talented and learned person by your side, which is great.

During the Chinese New Year, Bajun gathered in Gao Han's house, which was also the first reunion of all eight people since they parted in the palace.

It's only been less than half a year, and these things seem to be from a previous life, so far away.

Now that he has taught them Su Tianyang, he has become the commander of Jinyiwei, and everyone has their own duties, even Ye Siwei, the professor of Guozijian, Ye Xuezheng, who gathered them together at the beginning, now seems to have been promoted by two levels for no reason, listening to Yu Feng said, there may be a shortage of officials in the future, and it is possible to be directly released to be a prefect.

After all, this is all each other's chance and creation.

Hearing that Gao Han was going to the southeast to watch the wind, Chen Ke, who was in the Shenji Battalion, didn't know where to change it from, and tossed a batch of firecrackers to Gao Han's guards, although he couldn't do one per person, but two or three people were still fine.

During the Chinese New Year, firecrackers were set off in people's houses, but in Gao Han's house, there were firecrackers, but fortunately, the house was big enough, and the movement of the firecrackers sounded no different from firecrackers to outsiders.

In just ten days, Gao Han used these projectiles and gunpowder to feed a group of gunners, although they are not skilled, but the training of firearms is no longer much worse than the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, and the gunpowder projectiles that these guards have shot out these days, the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion may not be able to fight so much in a year.

After fifteen years, the ice and snow did not melt, and Gao Han finally left Beijing.

More than 100 guards, escorting two carts, set off from Dongzhimen and headed directly towards Tianjin.

Gao Han went out to sea once, and felt that this sea route was much more comfortable and faster than the land route, especially the entourage and a few girls, from Beijing to the southeast, thousands of miles away, that was not the same thing.

The last time Li Chaoqin's family attached to Wei Zhongxian, the Li family specializing in sea trade, although unwilling, can not be avoided in this turmoil of Wei, it is said that people came from Beijing, and the family was confiscated, and the Jinyiwei in Tianjin also got some benefits in it, after all, the head of the Li family was put into prison by the Jinyiwei in Tianjin.

Interestingly, on the ship, Gao Han was among the sailors, and he also saw a few familiar faces, as if he had seen them in the last incident, and he didn't know what kind of survival these people had, and they were actually spared in the final turmoil.

Wu Yanran and Liu Ru are both going to sea for the first time, for all kinds of scenery on the sea, at the beginning, they never get tired of looking at it, and after a few days, they finally got tired, plus the weather was cold, several girls nested in the cabin every day, and refused to come out again.

The destination of the sea ship is the trench mirror in Guangdong, and it is also the location where the household department mainly buys Xiyi cannons this time, for Gao Han, watching the wind is not the second, since the emperor is concerned about this matter, of course he will do this for the emperor as soon as possible, the people of the military department and the household department are said to have set off, but whether it is a water route or a land route, Gao Han is not clear.

The monsoon in February is a little erratic, and the sailors say that if you go to the trench mirror, it will take at least a month, or even longer, to set off from Tianjin, and it is estimated that when you arrive there, it will already be in March.

Gao Han is not in a hurry, he talks to his wife every day, occasionally goes to Liu Ruyi to read books, makes some marginal remarks, and waits for Liu Ruyi's rebuttal, this day can be regarded as leisurely and happy.

When the thick jacket brought out from Beijing could no longer be worn, Gao Han knew that his destination was about to arrive.

Now it is the first year of Chongzhen.

When he set foot on the land of Haojing Ao, Gao Han couldn't help but sigh, the port was densely packed with boats, and it was really difficult to connect this prosperous scene with the troubled Chongzhen years.

Among the ships, there are some big guys, even if Gao Han doesn't know about ships anymore, but the Spanish galleons still know, and now the main force of the Invincible Fleet in the Atlantic Ocean is this kind of ship, I didn't expect to see it here.

It's just that the bow and stern of these ships have cannons, which makes Gao Han look a little uncomfortable. Even if it is a galleon converted from military to civilian, is it really good to moor in the territory of Daming with armed forces like this?

A tax collector from the Inspection Department got on the ship to collect taxes, Zhang Chunyan took out the waist card and sent the other party down, Gao Han's heart moved, stopped the tax collector, and asked casually.

It turns out that in this Haojing Ao, has always been under the jurisdiction of the Ming government, although there are many people here, but no matter what ships enter the port, they have to pay taxes according to the ship, but this tax is difficult to measure, the local inspection department, simply used a stupid method, according to the size of the ship to collect taxes, although this stupid method may be less than a lot of silver, but, after all, the rain and dew are evenly wet, no one can run away.

"Then how much silver tax can this Ho Jing Ao receive every year?"

The tax collector saw this kind young man and asked, but he didn't dare to slack off at all, Nima on this boat is a boatload of brocade guards, who knows what these people are doing here, thinking in his heart that he was about to report the news to the county magistrate as soon as possible, so naturally he didn't hide it at all.

"I don't know a few years ago, but last year it was probably more than 20,000 taels of silver, so our inspector was also promoted to Fucheng!"

"That's less than in previous years!" Gao Han shook his head, quite helpless about this.

Waving his hand to let the tax collector leave, Gao Han asked Liu Ru, who had been silent, "Miss Liu, what do you think about this matter!" ”

"The tax of more than 20,000 silver a year is very good!" Liu Ruye's reaction was beyond his expectations, and he seemed to be very satisfied with the tax matter.

Gao Han reacted impressively, his own ideas and ideas, and most people in this era, may be a little incompatible, this is a commercial port, a prosperous trading port, I don't know which brain-dead came up with the way of collecting taxes by ship, even if it is a large increase in manpower, but also according to the goods in and out of the tax, this is a penny less than a penny of silver, the Ming treasury will be less income.

Thinking about what Zhu Youzhen said to him, he wanted him to enlarge the pattern, don't think about it for the sake of the inner court, but think about the matter of the full treasury, he suddenly felt that he might really be able to manage this matter.

But at this time, it's too early to say this.

Changing into casual clothes, Gao Han took people off the boat, got off the boat, Gao Han was even more dizzy, the buildings and shops here, at a glance, almost all of them are Western-style, and occasionally there are a few buildings of the Ming style, which are also hidden in these buildings, shrinking their heads and shrinking their heads, and not showing a grievance of mountain dew.