"Hahahaha, we're late, we're tired of waiting for a long time, right?"

Li Long walked into the private room of the Liuqianfang Teahouse, and before he opened his mouth to laugh, Dong Tianzhang and Yang Laizhen hurriedly got up to greet each other, and called him "Gonggong Li". Su Hao also stood up and gave up the seat he was sitting on to Li Long, and he sat next to Li Long.

Before Su Hao left, he arranged for someone to inform Li Long. Li Long immediately left the palace and waited near the teahouse. When Su Hao, Dong and Yang talked about the matter, they sent Chen Guanyu out to invite Li Long, and Li Long arrived quickly.

"Shopkeeper Dong has been looking good lately, I heard that you have accepted the seventh concubine again, and you are waiting for you well, right?" Li Long asked Dong Tianzhang.

This kind of words came out of the mouth of a eunuch, which really made Su Hao very uncomfortable. According to his concept, eunuchs should be extremely taboo about this kind of thing, even if others talk about marrying wives and concubines, they must avoid eunuchs. In fact, eunuchs are also mortals, and although they are physically disabled, it does not mean that they do not understand these things. In those days, it was common for eunuchs to marry wives, which could be regarded as an effort for them to pursue a perfect life.

Hearing Li Long's inquiry, Dong Tianzhang hurriedly replied with a smile. Then Li Long made two jokes with Yang Laizhen, and Yang Laizhen naturally made a sincere and fearful appearance, and was extremely sycophant to Li Long.

Listening to these three people greeting each other, Su Hao was stunned on the side. He didn't expect that Li Long would actually know each other with Dong and Yang, and they still looked quite familiar. Knowing this, why did he bother to do all the wicked in it, and even took out a gun and crippled one of Dong Tianzhang's subordinates?

"Uh...... Gonggong Li, shopkeeper Dong, shopkeeper Yang, since everyone is familiar with it, there is no need for students to explain more. In the matter of opening the mine, the student represents the side of Gonggong Li, and the two shopkeepers have also agreed to the student's conditions. Su Hao endured the depression in his heart and pretended to be smiling and said.

"If we had known that Su Baihu was Gonggong Li's person, we wouldn't have had so many misunderstandings before. Su Baihu is also really, since there is such a hard backer as Gonggong Li, why bother to ask our brothers for help? Gonggong Li is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, and he opens his mouth casually, and there are people who are willing to help, all over the capital. Yang Laizhen said exaggeratedly.

Li Long glanced at Su Hao and said with a smile: "Change this person, our family understands it, he has always disliked pulling tiger skin to make a banner." In fact, when he was summoned to Beijing, our family told him that our family still has a little thin noodles in the capital, and it is enough to say something. I heard that he and the two shopkeepers had a little misunderstanding, how about it, has this matter been revealed? ”

"It's been exposed, it's been revealed." Yang Laizhen said repeatedly.

Dong Tianzhang also said: "Dong appreciates this temper very much, and he has a bit of Dong's vigor when he was young." The newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, but the next life is terrifying. ”

The rest of the matter is simple, and the two sides initialed a cooperation agreement. Li Long and Su Hao were one of the parties, responsible for providing the exploration of the mineral deposits, selecting the ore sites, and Li Long also helped coordinate the mine supervisors in Beizhili to provide some tax relief benefits. Dong and Yang, as the other party, are responsible for organizing funds and personnel to open the mine. The proceeds of mining shall be divided between the two parties in 37 after deducting the necessary costs.

In order to ensure the fairness of profit accounting, Li Long's side also has to send someone to participate in the financial management of the mine, this person is naturally Li Long's henchman, and Su Hao does not need to worry about it.

After signing the contract, Su Hao officially informed Dong and Yang of the location of the mine, including a large coal mine and a large iron mine, both of which are not far away, more than 400 miles east of the capital, which is the Kailuan Coal Mine and Qian'an Iron Mine in later generations. Su Hao remembered its general orientation, especially the distribution of the surrounding mountains and rivers. He wrote a detailed explanation, and Dong and Yang said that they would immediately arrange for someone to go to the scene to investigate.

Further down, there was naturally a sumptuous celebration banquet, Su Hao, Li Long and others enjoyed it in the private room upstairs, Deng Kui took the 20 soldiers of the survey camp downstairs, and they also drank wine in big bowls and ate meat in large pieces, and they guessed the orders with Dong Tianzhang's bodyguards, and the fight was hot. As for the bodyguard who broke his calf by Su Hao's shot before, he has long been forgotten by everyone, and the life and death of this kind of little person will not affect the friendship between big people.

Full of wine and food, Su Hao and Li Long said goodbye to Dong and Yang, the two shopkeepers, and left Liuqianfang with the soldiers of the Kanyu Battalion and walked back. Su Hao and Li Long walked in the front, keeping some distance from the others, Su Hao couldn't help but want to ask Li Long about the **, Li Long saw Su Hao's thoughts, and brought it up first.

"Anyway, aren't you surprised, how did our family know these people?" Li Long said.

Su Hao shook his head and said, "The student did feel a little strange at first, but he quickly figured it out. Gonggong Li used to be a mine supervisor, and now he is a young eunuch of the internal official prison, so it is normal to have dealings with these mine owners. ”

Li Long said: "That's true, these miscellaneous pieces are eaten from the bowl of rice in the mine." If they want to open a mine, they can't bypass the mine supervisor, so they have to give some filial piety to the people in charge of the palace during the New Year's holidays. When our family was a mine supervisor in Jiangxi earlier, Dong Tianzhang wanted to open a mine in Jiangxi, and he once approached our family, but later his mine was not completed. His subordinates, after all, have not changed such a talent to the world. ”

"Gonggong Li has won the award, and the student is just a rough understanding of some survey methods." Su Hao said modestly, he knew that no matter how humble he was, his reputation for being good at prospecting was already good. From the Tonggushi Gold Mine, to the Wuchuan Dan Sand Mine, and then to the Qian'an Iron Mine this time, it is definitely a move against the sky to be able to point out so many mines by the unpredictable prophet. He offended Dong and Yang so badly, and in the end they still chose to cooperate with him, largely because he has this ability that no one else can replace, and a talent like him is something that no businessman will give up.

"This Dong Tianzhang is the person of Zhou Wei'an, the servant of the Ministry of Officials; Yang Laizhen is a person who is loyal and brave Marquis Zhuang Migao. This Zhou Wei'an and Zhuang Migao are now fighting with the emperor, and above the court, they are incompatible with these internal officials of our family. Li Long smiled and revealed another fierce news to Su Hao.

"Uh......" Su Hao was speechless, "But ......"

"But what?" Li Long said disdainfully, "Public is public, private is private." They fought with the emperor, fighting for the country's capital. Doing business with our family, the picture is silver, these two things, there is no need to mix these two things. ”

"I see." Su Hao nodded.

As the saying goes, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. For the sake of profit, enemies can become friends, and friends can become enemies. Those officials in the court forced Wanli to make the eldest son of the emperor the crown prince, nominally for the sake of the country, but in fact, who doesn't have a small abacus to pull? These eunuchs in the inner palace helped Wanli to support the third son of the emperor, but didn't they also fancy the third son's biological mother who was Wanli's favorite concubine, and wanted to get some benefits from it?

The matter of establishing a prince involves the interests of the next few decades. If history had not changed, Wanli would have to be the emperor for another 30 years, and the crown prince, who was supported by the ministers, died within a few years after ascending the throne. How can such invisible interests be real in terms of immediate benefits? Everyone can fight for the country in the court, and when they get to the court, they should cooperate with the enemy, and they have to cooperate, who will not get along with the silver of the white flowers?

"Change, although this contract is signed in the name of our family, but this income is still yours to change, and our family will not ......take a penny," Li Long said.

"How can this work...... Su Hao hurriedly interrupted Li Long's words, he knew that Li Long was just posturing when he said this, how could these eunuchs not stretch out their hands when they saw the money?

Li Long waved his hand and said, "Our family hasn't finished talking yet." ”

"Father-in-law Li, please speak." Su Hao said.

Li Long said: "What our family means, is that we want you to give up 20% of the profits to honor the emperor." You take eighty percent, and the emperor takes two percent, what do you think? ”

"The emperor still lacks this money?" Su Hao was a little surprised, and he didn't want to think about it, but after speaking, he felt a little inappropriate, and hurriedly explained: "Gonggong Li, the student didn't say that he didn't want to, he just didn't understand it. ”

Li Long sighed and said, "Change it, you are not in the center, and you don't know about this court." In fact, being the emperor is not as comfortable as you outsiders think. Every move of the emperor is watched by ministers, and if the emperor wants to use some money, he has to agree with the cabinet before the household can allocate money. Sometimes the cabinet nodded, and the household department said that there was no money, and the emperor could only wait. ”

"No......" Su Hao scratched his scalp, which seemed to be a bit beyond his imagination. Don't people say that feudal society is ** society, and the emperor alone has the final say? Listening to what Li Long said, why is it that the court of the Ming Dynasty still has a bit of separation of powers, and if the emperor wants to use money, he has to go through the approval of the cabinet, and the great chief of Citigroup in later generations seems to be nothing more than that.

Li Long said: "Why did you want the emperor to send mine supervisors to various places?" Isn't it just to be able to get some extra silver to subsidize the expenses in the palace? If you do business with these mine owners in the name of the inner government, it is equivalent to the emperor supporting you, and the money you earn should also have a share from the emperor. ”

"That's nature, that's nature." Su Hao said, "As soon as Gonggong Li said this, the students understood. In this way, in all the proceeds, let's honor the emperor 20%, and the rest of Grandpa Li will take half of it, and the students will take half, what does Grandpa Li think? ”

"Let's forget it." Li Long's old face smiled like a flower, and he said no, but the expression on his face said it all.

Su Hao is not an ignorant person, seeing this situation, he naturally wants to persuade desperately. The two sides argued for a long time, and finally Li Long agreed to take half of the profits with the emperor, that is, from the thirty percent of the profits distributed from the mine, Li Long and Wanli added one and a half together, and the remaining one and a half belonged to Su Hao.

Su Hao gave up such a large piece of interest, in exchange for the promise given to him by Li Long, saying that no matter what, Wanli would arrange for Wanli to meet Su Hao once in the near future. If it is not appropriate to meet in the court, then it is better to meet in private.