The result was chilling, the emperor compromised with the civil and military officials, and Huang Han was convicted.

It was Wang Chengen who came to Jinzhou to announce the decree.

This is Chongzhen's clever play, demoting Huang Han a few levels and losing the marquis of others, and the emperor knows that Huang Han will definitely have resentment in his heart.

Therefore, sending an absolutely trusted henchman eunuch to deliver the decree is also to let Wang Chengen be a lobbyist and Kuan Huang Han's heart.

Wang Chengen should belong to the first loyal man of the Chongzhen Dynasty, of course, he thought about the Son of Heaven and took the initiative to talk to Huang Han.

He painstakingly explained the emperor's difficulties, expressed his understanding of Huang Han's forbearance and humiliation, and told Huang Han that the emperor remembered the good of the Huang family in his heart, and he would definitely not be treated badly in the future.

Huang Han was really unhappy in his heart, thinking about the court, doing things for his old Zhu family, he was guilty of working hard instead of reaping the benefits, and as soon as the civil and military generals who ate empty salaries and pit the court were instigated, the emperor had no position, what kind of person!

No wonder Chongzhen in history was simply a betrayal of his relatives in the end, this kid really didn't have any responsibility at all, not very kind!

Wang Chengen came to Jinzhou Huang Han of course to receive him well, and accompanied him to see the city defense for three consecutive days, and the two of them climbed the big black mountain and used a clairmile mirror to overlook the twenty-mile defense line.

Huang Han asked Wang Chengen to see the defense system while explaining to him how to fight together with infantry and artillery, and how to use cavalry to assault and divide the Jiannu who dared to attack.

Wang Chengen saw the neat appearance of the men and horses, the orderly military camp he saw, and the training ground he saw was in full swing.

He found that although more than half of the teenage children in the "Red Banner Army" looked immature, their faces were full of determination, and he realized that with the passage of time, these children grew up in the flames of war, and the combat effectiveness of the "Red Banner Army" in a few years was even more immeasurable.

Huang Han knew that Wang Chengen was not a greedy and vicious person, but the number of courtesies he should have should not be missing.

He gave Wang Chengen a bill of exchange worth 1,000 taels of silver, plus a box of Dongzhu worth 300 taels of silver, 10 finest Korean ginseng worth 200 taels of silver, a pair of gold armor, and a claircase mirror plated with pure silver and gilding.

It is not strange that many people are polite, even if Wang Chengen is not greedy, he is very happy to see Huang Han so polite.

This is Chinese officialdom, I am not greedy does not mean that you can not send, whether I want it is a matter of principle, whether you send it or not is an attitude problem, and if you don't give generous gifts, it means that you look down on me in your heart.

Huang Han's generous gift is enough to prove his attitude, and Wang Chengen, who is about the same age as Huang Han, smiled so happily.

He sharpened his voice and said, "General Huang is too polite, how can our family be embarrassed to accept such a big gift." ”

Huang Han said: "This official has always admired the prince, and there was no opportunity to have too much contact before, so how can I slack off when I can meet in Jinzhou today." ”

"General Huang has always been respectful to our people, completely different from other civilian and military generals, our family knows in our hearts, it is not our family to show merit in front of the general, every time the son of heaven mentions the general, our family tells the truth about the general's achievements."

"Thank you, father-in-law, for speaking up!"

"Alas! This time, the Son of Heaven was really embarrassed, and it was also because the general's methods were ruthless, and it was really difficult to end the turbulent public opinion, so he wronged the general. ”

"Nothing remarkable! Isn't it just a little less famous! It does not affect the killing of the enemy for the country! ”

"In this way, our family will rest assured, the Son of Heaven is worried that the general is not happy to send our family across the sea, our family thinks that this trip is worthwhile, you can tell what you have seen and heard truthfully, presumably the Son of Heaven will be happy to learn that the front line of Jinzhou is solid under the management of the general."

Sending Wang Chengen away, it was already early April, and Huang Yong came to Jinzhou Port with the fleet as agreed.

Huang Han was ready to go to the Japanese trade in person, and the eighteen warships that were ready to set off were more than half of the new warships launched this year.

In the past two years, there have been more than 100 large merchant ships that have been abducted and defrauded by foreign countries to seize and plunder, half of which have reached the No. 2 Fu ship level, and all the ships have to be carefully maintained, and dozens of those that are considered too old have been eliminated and are about to be dismantled and reused.

Huang's self-built Laozha ship-type merchant ships are simple and practical, low in cost, and fast in speed, and have an absolute competitive advantage, and have now launched dozens of ships, with a displacement of between 300 and 500 tons.

This time, the country selected 30 No. 2 Fuchuan-class merchant ships, and brought 20 500-ton old gate ship-type merchant ships, which were already loaded with porcelain, ironware, silk, Songjiang cloth, tea and other goods at a cost price of more than 500,000 taels of silver.

In order to stock up this time, Huang Han not only used up the cash, but also collected more than 100,000 taels of silver from Jiangnan merchants to purchase steel raw materials, and also borrowed 300,000 taels of silver through the Gao family.

With an official background and the Gao family as a guarantee, Huang Han has to pay two cents of interest, that is, he has to pay 20% of the interest for ten months.

It is no wonder that the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty like to open pawnshops and put usury, and the trading of money is very profitable.

Huang Han borrowed silver at such a high interest rate as a last resort, because he had to spend silver everywhere.

The investment of the Jingshi has been fully developed, more than 1,000 plasterers have been used, 5,000 or 6,000 strong laborers have been used, and the 50,000 taels of silver invested in the early stage have been left, because the monthly wages and food money on the construction site have reached 10,000 taels of silver.

The Huang family's construction in the capital made it much easier for the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, because five or six thousand strong laborers were employed, and eighty percent of them were refugees who went to Beijing to seek a living.

The Huang family was a military family, and even the management of laborers was militarized, and thousands of strong men in the capital were given job opportunities, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of idle people and other miscellaneous people, and the law and order situation skyrocketed.

It is estimated that it will take between 200,000 taels and 250,000 taels of silver to complete the investment in the Jingshi site, although he knows that he will make a steady profit and not lose money, but the initial investment has also become a heavy burden for Huang Han.

Therefore, this time the country must make money, otherwise the Huang family may have a credit crisis due to the rupture of the capital chain, bankruptcy, bankruptcy, it is not enough, Huang Han is an official and businessman with the army in his hands, and there is no silver to ask for a few months for the time being, which dares to use strong?

Eighteen warships were not loaded with cargo at the time of departure, and if they could buy a large amount of copper ingots, sulfur, saltpeter, lead, and rice on the way back, then each warship could also carry three or four thousand stones of rice, and the tonnage should not exceed three hundred and fifty tons.

Half of the warships were improved versions of 7 or 800-ton old lock-gate ships with oars, and the average load of a ship would not be less than 350 tons, and the cargo brought back was indispensable.

Huang Han never worried about Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of the Japanese kingdom, closing off the country, because the fleets that came from afar to trade with eighteen warships equipped with dozens of cannons, did not open the door to trade, we would blast open their country and go ashore to rob it.