"Zhang Fan has some serious things to talk to his father-in-law," Zhang Fan looked at Liu Shan and said solemnly.

"Our family knows that today is Lord Zhang's happy day, but there is a beautiful woman waiting in the room, but he came to bring our father-in-law to live in the same room, naturally there is something to say," Liu Shan said as a matter of course, he didn't care about making fun of his special body, of course, this is just what he can say about himself, if it is someone else, even if the other party is also a eunuch, then he will definitely not be happy.

Zhang Fan listened to his words, but also felt a little interesting, it seems that the trick of asking his uncle Zhang Yufang to give alms today before, and then telling Liu Shan that he is doing this to earn fame is very useful, and now the relationship between Liu Shan and himself is much closer than before, no, he joked about his identity just now, that is a good example, but to be honest, Zhang Fan listened to Liu Shan's words just now, and he still felt a little disgusted in his heart, especially when the words "living in the same room" were said, Zhang Fan felt that he almost couldn't help but vomit.

"Father-in-law Liu, let's gossip less, let's get down to business, it's important to get down to business," Zhang Fan said, "Before, Father-in-law Liu promised me that even if I didn't have to arrest the person behind the case this time, I would be able to complete His Majesty's instructions, and I still have to ask Father-in-law Liu if this matter has been done,"

"Since Lord Zhang asked so, then our family will tell the truth, after all, our family is now standing with you and Lord Zhang, the so-called prosperity and loss, our family will never use those nice nonsense to deal with adults, after all, this matter is directly related to the value of our family's life," Liu Shan said seriously, but his tone was good, and there was no taste of life, "There is progress in this matter, but it is not fast, Lord Zhang must know, If we can't explain it to them, if these guys can't stand the torture and recruit something, whether it's for our family or for Lord Zhang, it won't do any good."

"Hmph, I naturally understand this truth," Zhang Fan showed some dissatisfaction slightly, but he didn't go too far, "But Gonggong Liu has to work harder, this matter is very important, if the day comes, Gonggong Liu still can't get those people, but don't blame me Zhang Fan is ruthless, turning his face and not recognizing people, after all, this matter is also related to His Majesty's trust in me, although I, Zhang Fan, also like yellow and white things, but compared to His Majesty's trust, these things are just bullshit, worthless things, which is more important, I can still see it clearly," Zhang Fan said as if there was no room for anything, as if he was not afraid that his words would provoke Liu Shan's overreaction.

Sure enough, when Liu Shan heard Zhang Fan say this, his face not only did not show any worried look, but showed a smile again, Zhang Fan can say this, that is to show that he really has considered the meaning of cooperation with Liu Shan, as well as all kinds of possibilities, if Zhang Fan does not ask anything, and agrees to Liu Shan's conditions, it is a strange thing, Liu Shan will also be vigilant because of this, after all, this cooperation should be regarded as Liu Shan's first to find Zhang Fan, and throw all kinds of bait to lure Zhang Fan, Speaking of which, Liu Shan also took a great risk by doing this, and his various opinions on Zhang Fan were just from his own speculation, and there was no real evidence, but at that time, the situation had reached the point where there was no time to delay, and he threw a request to Zhang Fan, or Liu Shan would be arrested by Zhang Fan's subordinates on the spot and escorted back to Beijing for questioning; Either Zhang Fan accepted his request, then he could never be interfered with by the imperial court, even if something happened in the future, there would be Zhang Fan covering himself above, which seemed very fair, one would die immediately, and the other would live happily, but the odds were only five or five, and Liu Shan really couldn't guarantee what Zhang Fan thought.

But there is another possibility, that is, Liu Shan doesn't say anything, with the secret of the group under his command is so well concealed, Zhang Fan probably can't find out anything, but when the time comes, he will inevitably arrest a few people and go back to be blackened, this Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian officials are involved with Liu Shan, Liu Shan will not feel lucky that the people arrested by Zhang Fan are the people who are left in the one or two percent, then when the time comes, Beijing will be tried, and the criminal law is above, His name will definitely be confessed, and by that time, Liu Shan will have no way to live, as for the idea of escaping, Liu Shan has not even thought about it, although he has not worked in the East Factory, but as a eunuch, how could he not have heard of the name of the East Factory and Jinyiwei, especially the Jinyiwei under Zhang Fan.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has a history of almost two hundred years, since the establishment of Jinyiwei, the people who can escape their pursuit, there is no one else in this world, and Liu Shan will not be stupid to compare with a person who has been an emperor, even if Emperor Jianwen is no longer in his pocket, and then he has no courage, there are a large number of people around him who are helping him, and Liu Shan himself, in addition to money, those who listen to themselves on weekdays are just because they have their handles, if it really comes to that time, They are probably too busy to take care of themselves, where is there time to care about Liu Shan's life or death.

So Liu Shan has no other way, he can only ask Zhang Fan for cooperation, and according to the current situation, Liu Shan feels that he is successful, but even so, he still can't be completely assured, just like Zhang Fan just said, he can regret it at any time and arrest Liu Shan, so Liu Shan had to test him carefully in case anything changes, but as far as the current situation is concerned, there is no problem with the current situation and Zhang Fan's performance.

Of course, Liu Shan still won't shake out his old bottom now, especially those account books related to his life, which are his talismans, if there is really any change, as long as Zhang Fan can't find these things, he won't necessarily die, after all, he also knows Longqing's poor and extravagant lifestyle, as long as he hasn't found money, then he Liu Shan has no worries about his life, even if he will be punished, but it is much better than losing his life, for Liu Shan, He felt that he had already undergone the most cruel punishment in the world.

"Lord Zhang, please rest assured," Liu Shan said again, but his attitude was also better, "Just like what our family just said, this matter is related to our family's net worth, our family will not joke about it, and, as Lord Zhang said, now our family is in Lord Zhang's fishing net, if Lord Zhang has any dissatisfaction, although our family is going to the knife, our family has nowhere to hide,"

"Okay, Grandpa Liu is really refreshing," Zhang Fan said very happily, "I like to make friends with people like Grandpa Liu, and tell the pros and cons, so that I can convince people with reason, don't deceive, then I will become a hypocrite, I would rather be a real villain than a hypocrite,"

"It's a good sentence 'I'd rather be a real villain, not a good hypocrite'," Liu Shan said loudly, raised the teapot to pour tea for Zhang Fan and himself, raised the tea bowl and said to Zhang Fan, "Our family will replace wine with tea, and toast Lord Zhang with a cup to show respect,"

"Okay," Zhang Fan also shouted, picked up the tea bowl in front of him with both hands and signaled to Liu Shan, and then raised his head and drank it.

The two looked at the empty tea bowl in each other's hands and smiled at each other, but they didn't know how much hypocrisy was contained in this smile.

"Now that the big things have been discussed, can Gonggong Liu talk to Zhang Fan about this lottery," Zhang Fan said, "These things sent from Gonggong Liu must be worth a lot of money, but this may also be the accumulation of Gonggong Liu, wanting to give Zhang Fan a good start, Zhang Fan wants to know, how much I can get every year in the future,"

Liu Shan listened to Zhang Fan's words, thought about it in his heart, and felt that even if he told Zhang Fan about this, it would be nothing, so he immediately said: "Lord Zhang misunderstood, our family took up the post of Yangzhou town guard the year before last, and because our family was not very familiar with the operation of this the year before last, we let the people below swallow a lot of money in vain, and it took some money to appease people's hearts, indicating that our new appointment has no selfish intentions, and in general, there is basically not much left the year before last."

"And last year, our family was familiar with all the things in it, including some of them are greasy, Lord Zhang doesn't know, this group of people is greedy, even if our family has their hands in their hands, but they are still playing tricks under our hands, so last year's amount is very rich, and the amount handed over to the court is more than 12 million taels, and what we received here is not much different from this number, you know, as long as a little means can make those merchants unable to bring the freight on the ship, when the time comes, They still have to pay the taxes, but the things may be confiscated, so that they will be busy at sea for most of the year, and they will have to take a large amount of tax silver, so most of them are willing to spend money to eliminate disasters, and even if they are asked to pay twice the tax silver, it is not a big deal to them, and they are willing to give it."

Zhang Fan also gasped in his heart when he heard this, these people actually charged twice the amount of tax and silver to the merchants, which is really nothing for those businessmen, but for those officials, it is not ordinarily rich, you know, the officials of the Ming Dynasty, even if they are of Zhang Juzheng's level, if there is no additional reward from the emperor, the annual net income is only more than 100 taels of silver.

Seeing the surprised expression on Zhang Fan's face, Liu Shan was very proud, and continued: "The guys below our family have been summed up, and in the future, Lord Zhang will be the most meritorious, and he should share more, every year, two percent of this money is prepared for Lord Zhang," After saying this, Liu Shan smiled and looked at Zhang Fan, who was even more surprised, and he was very satisfied with Zhang Fan's current expression,