(Today's Chapter 2,)

At this time, it was early in the morning, some of the soldiers were on duty, some were making up for sleep, and the word Nuo Dachen was quiet.

Only Liu Liangchen was leading the two soldiers to stand silently under the hall, wearing armor and holding the soldiers, and his body stood straight. is not only a guard, but also waiting for Lian Zining's summons.

Lian Zining nodded, a flash of appreciation flashed in his eyes, this is the reason why he appreciates Liu Liangchen the most among all people, Shi Dazhu is loyal, but he is too upright and down-to-earth, and he will not come to trouble. And Wang Mazi is inevitably too good at getting into trouble, it looks a little slippery, and even Zining can see it clearly.

Above the lobby, Lian Zining sat in the first place, and Rong Yue was leading a dozen or so idle inspectors to count the silver taels.

The silver was packed in bamboo baskets one by one, one basket a day, and thirty days were exactly the same.

Three little girls carry a big scale, the big scale is enough to have half a zhang long, the scale rod is engraved with the words "satisfactory", can weigh a hundred pounds of weight. The other little girls kept putting handfuls of silver into the big tray. A little girl kept looking at the stars on the scale, and the numbers were reported in her mouth, and the others were replaced when she saw who was tired.

Rongyue sat on the side, with a small table in front of her, holding a thin brush in her hand, and was constantly recording.

After about an hour, the work was finished, and a few little girls were already tired and sweating, Rongyue put down the pen, walked to Lian Zining, handed him the account book, and said: "My lord, a total of 24,810 taels of silver, and another silver ticket, a total of 3,000 taels." ”

Twenty-seven thousand taels, of which the silver was poured into the box in an uproar, and more than ten mahogany trees were piled up into a large box covered with copper skin and rivets, and the silver was sprinkled down like a waterfall, flashing with a charming luster, and even Zining was dizzy and stunned when he saw it.

Lian Zining looked at the account book, then greeted Liu Liangchen, and when Liu Liangchen came up, he handed him the account book and said: "Write it down, on June 12 of the 50th year of Zhengde, it will be entered into the account, and the banknotes and tariffs will be 6,481 taels." ”

Liu Liangchen should have taken it.

Lian Zining said again: "Take out six hundred taels of silver from it, and I want the official to reward it today." ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone in the hall showed joy, and they followed Lian Zining these words, and naturally they all knew that this adult had a generous hand, and he had always spared no money, not only to give everyone good food and drink, but also to give out some silver from time to time. Although he is extremely demanding, everyone also obeys it.

After a while, the soldiers who were sleeping in the pig were coaxed by Liu Liangchen, and they were all a little sleepy-eyed, but when they heard Liu Liangchen say that they were adults who wanted to give rewards, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they were busy cleaning up and standing in line under the hall.

Lian Zining stepped down from his seat and stood in front of the hall and arched his hand to everyone: "Brothers, since the switch of the banknote, they have been working in three shifts, and the brothers are tired enough, and this official also knows." I want not to treat my brothers badly, but my brothers will follow me, suffer and suffer, and they will not be poor and angry! ”

He waved his hand: "Liu Liangchen, each brother is ten taels of silver, let's give it a reward!" ”

All the soldiers knelt down and kowtowed in unison, and said loudly: "Thank you, Lord reward!" ”

After rewarding these soldiers, Lian Zining turned his head to Rongyue and said, "These little inspectors are also quite hard, and each of them will receive ten taels of silver!" ”

Rongyue smiled at those little girls and said, "Why don't you thank the adults for the reward?" ”

The little girls stood in a row, and they also saluted matter-of-factly, and said, "Thank you, Lord for rewarding." ”

Originally, these girls were bought by him, and they were his slaves, so it didn't matter how they were sent, but Lian Zining was happy to spend money, and it was also a good thing to spend so little money to win people's hearts.

The remaining 20,000 taels of silver, 10,000 taels of Lian Zining, were loaded into a cart, and the signs of the Jingnan Banknote Pass and the Ministry of War were hung on it, and they were ready to be escorted to the Ministry of War. Of course, Lian Zining can't hand over all the income of this month with his surname at once, in that case, the people above will immediately realize how rich the profits of Jingnan Banknote Customs are, and the next step is to increase the quota. And paying 10,000 taels in the first month can not only please those adults, but also not seem abrupt - things such as collecting taxes must be the most profitable at the beginning, and then with the detour of those business travelers, the entry of various forces, the profits will definitely decline.

As for the other 10,000 taels, after Lian Zining loaded the cart, he hung the official lamps of the left squire of the military department and the second class jinshi on it, and prepared to transport it to his mansion. This official lamp was sent to the house by Dai Fu three days ago, and the little guy Dai An who sent it said that this was the new official lamp that the old man asked him to send over. Lian Zining knew that this must have been sent by Dai Qinglan, but since he was able to leave the house, he must have received Dai Zhangpu's tacit approval, so Lian Zining unceremoniously pulled up the tiger skin as a banner.

Just as he was about to set off, Herod neighed outside the door, and one of Dai Zhangpu's guards brought a newspaper from the imperial court.

After sending the knight away, Lian Zining looked at the newspaper in his hand, and was a little stunned.

"Di Bao" is an ancient newspaper form.

Founded in the early Western Han Dynasty, when the Western Han Dynasty implemented the county system, the country was divided into several counties, and the counties were divided into several counties. Each county has an office in Beijing in the capital Chang'an, this residence is called "Di", and there are permanent representatives, whose task is to do liaison work between the emperor and the heads of each county, and regularly write the emperor's edicts, edicts, official documents such as ministers' recitals, and relevant political information such as palace events on bamboo slips or silk silks, and then the messenger rides fast horses and transmits them to the county governors through the post roads established by the Qin Dynasty.

That's how the newspaper was born.

Later, the Di Bao had developed into a special announcement issued by the imperial court, which included the appointment and dismissal of officials, personnel changes, recent major events in the country, and so on. After these newspapers were printed or copied, they were transmitted to the political envoys and prefectures and counties all over the country by relying on the post road system that extended in all directions, and the political axes in various places would also copy a copy of the newspapers and paste them on the eight-character wall in front of the yamen for the majority of subjects to read.

The good thing about the report is that it is not only seen by officials, ordinary people, as long as they are well-intentioned, they can also understand national affairs and changes in the court because of this, even if they are illiterate, they can also know by asking others. And there are also businessmen who have a heart to print out the newspapers issued by the imperial court for sale, for example, when Lian Zining went to Jiyaxuan for the first time, he saw a column of cabinets dedicated to selling newspapers of the imperial court.

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