Zhang Cheng saw that Zeng Shengwu agreed, so he said with a smile: "It's so good, tomorrow I will ask Lord Zeng to call General Ma and Deputy General Soldier over to discuss matters, and then we will take people in the court!" ”

"Good!" Zeng Xingwu nodded and agreed directly.

When it comes to Datong, officials of the Ming Dynasty all know that this is an important town on the nine sides, known as the head of the nine sides, and some people even say that "Datong soldiers and horses are all over the world", which shows how high the world's evaluation of Datong is.

In fact, Datong, both in terms of geographical location and military equipment, has always been the top priority of the Nine Sides.

In recent years, there have been barbarism in the east, and Jizhou and Liaodong have only grown a little.

Datong set up a general soldier, four deputy soldiers, under the jurisdiction of thirteen guards, eight hundred and twenty-three fortresses, three hundred and seven piers. Datong is divided into four roads, with nine roads under its jurisdiction, and the garrison on the books is 143,672 people and more than 50,000 horses.

After deducting the fugitives and false impostors, there are about eighty percent left, which is already the best place in the world.

This is still the result of cleaning up since Longqing, and it will only be worse in the past.

Because of the relationship between the guards, most of the soldiers are cantonment soldiers, although they are soldiers on the books, but they are not even fully equipped with armor, and it would be good to have a sword. Their daily work is to farm the land, and then the food they grow is not theirs.

The soldiers and horses who fought were basically a minority, and most of them were officers' personal guards.

In the battle of the northwest, the rewards given by the imperial court were not discounted at all, which made the consumption of Datong City surge in a short period of time, but fortunately, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already prepared, and the goods pulled from Jiangnan began to be sold in Datong City.

These days, there are wives everywhere inside and outside Datong City, and it is obvious that many veterans have money, and the first thing is to settle down.

The matchmaker's business is very good, and the wedding items have become a hot commodity, which makes the Jin merchants anxious. Originally, the northwest was a poor place, and there were basically only two ways to make money, one was salt, and the other was to exchange markets with Warat.

In the mutual market, salt is the most important thing, so the people who control salt basically control the economic power of the northwest.

The four major salt merchants in the northwest, Zhang Wang and Li Fan control the lifeblood of the entire northwest, but this situation has completely reversed after the blood of Yangzhou was killed. Li Zhongxing of the Li family became the head of the Internal Affairs Office and returned to the northwest with the Internal Affairs Office.

As soon as he came, he showed that he was unstoppable, after all, he had a royal background.

If Li Zhongxing or the Ministry of Internal Affairs let everyone cut off their money, maybe the Jin Chamber of Commerce would boycott them, especially in business, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs was looking for money, especially after the appearance of wool, the Jin merchants in the northwest were going crazy.

The Jin merchants all traveled from south to north, and they had never seen anything, Jiangnan silk and Songjiang cloth, what a big deal it was!

The appearance of woolen materials is very good for keeping warm from the cold, and there is no need to worry about sales in the north, how could Jin merchants not want it. It's just that the appearance of the business license has made countless businessmen scold.

But the Zhang family, the Wang family, and the Fan family didn't scold, and helped Li Zhongxing stabilize the situation, because Li Zhongxing had promised their three business licenses.

Yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Li Zhongxing stretched out his hand and tapped on the information on the desktop, the expression on his face was very serious, in fact, Li Zhongxing has one head and two big these days. Of the ten business licenses, Xungui's side accounted for five, and the Zhang family, the Wang family, and the Fan family each accounted for one.

I still hold two in my hands, this is the autonomy that the emperor gives himself, and he can give it to whoever he wants.

But Li Zhongxing can't wait to have this autonomy, and there is really no way to distribute it!

"Dad, what are you hesitating about!" Li Xi couldn't help but say at this time: "The emperor gave us two places, it's not too much for our Li family to ask for one, right?" If this matter is handed over to his son, it will definitely be done beautifully. ”

Glancing at his son, Li Zhongxing sighed helplessly.

In fact, can he not be tempted? Of course he was tempted, but this thing is not something that anyone can ask for if they want it, so it goes without saying that everyone is not bad for money. The key is to see what the emperor means, who knows if these two places are a test given to him by the emperor.

Leave a place for yourself, who knows if it will upset the emperor.

Once there is anything in the future, this is a place that will be attacked, and after muttering for a long time, Li Zhongxing made up his mind, shook his head directly and said: "No, our Li family can't keep these two places." ”

Seeing that Li Xi was about to speak, Li Zhongxing said directly: "You have been doing well these days, right?" ”

"The whole Shanxi brother is stammering you, your head is not confused, right? How did it all come about now, haven't you forgotten? If you want to keep all this, what to do, don't you know? ”

After a few questions, Li Xi's face suddenly calmed down, and he sat on the chair with a wry smile: "But, but!" ”

Li Zhongxing waved his hand and said: "With such a big industry, my father is reluctant, otherwise he wouldn't have hesitated for so long." But if you are reluctant, you have to give up, if you are willing to give up, if you are not reluctant, remember your father's words, the more you face big money, the more you have to settle your heart. ”

Li Xi stood up, bowed to Li Zhongxing and said, "The child has been taught!" ”

Li Zhongxing nodded: "Sit down!" ”

After sitting down again, Li Zhongxing said tentatively: "Then who are the remaining two families for?" ”

"Except for the Zhang family, the Wang family and the Fan family, the rest is the Ma family!" Li Zhongxing sighed: "I haven't thought about the rest yet, although I have asked a lot, but my father has no bottom in his heart!" ”

Hearing the Ma family, Li Xi nodded, for the Ma family, it is also an existence that everyone knows about in the northwest.

In the northwest, the most famous Jin businessmen Zhang and Wang are both officials and businessmen, the second generation of the Wang family Wang Chonggu has served as the right attendant of the military department in Jiajing for 20 years, and the generation of the Zhang family is Zhang Yunling.

The second-generation Zhang Siwei served as the first assistant of the cabinet, and his younger brother Zhang Sijiao was also a big salt merchant. At the same time as the marriage of the Zhang family and the Wang family, they also married the family of Ma Ziqiang, a bachelor of Shaanxi People's University, and Ma Ziqiang's brother Ma Zixiu was also a big businessman.

The Ma family refers to the Ma Ziqiang family, and the Ma family grew rapidly when Ma Ziqiang was a cabinet scholar.

The speed of the rise is very fast, although it is not as good as the four Jin Shang families, but it is not too much.

"Dad, the Ma family also sent someone here a few days ago, why don't you give this last place to the Ma family?" Li Xi looked at his father and cautiously tentatively said.

Glancing at his son, Li Zhongxing sighed, his son is really untalented, tiger father and dog! It is possible to exercise when you are young and inexperienced, but if this vision is not good, it is really not good!

What is Majia? The home of Ma Lu, the chief soldier of Datong Mansion, this time in the Northwest War, Ma Lu was awarded the title of Huairen County.

As the general soldier of Datong, the Ma family naturally has a very high status in Datong, but this is a border town, not the capital, and the emperor in the capital is willing to take out this property to the nobles, which does not mean that the emperor in the border town is also willing.