For the four caravans that have made great contributions to their hegemony, Zhao Ta has not made arrangements since he ascended the throne, which is actually a very difficult problem, which makes Zhao Ta quite hesitant.

If all the caravans were to be turned into state-owned, then there would be a monopoly in the Great Song Dynasty. However, he also believes that under the current system, this group will soon be infiltrated by various forces, and the officials will be used to doing business by administrative means, regardless of the rules of business.

In the end, the caravan re-turned into an inefficient, force-buying and selling bureaucracy, losing its most essential function - making money, thus becoming another cancer attached to the Great Song Empire to absorb nutrients, and had to be reformed again.

If it were to be dismantled and turned into a commercial organization, it would seem very unfair to some of the patriarchs, who followed themselves to fight the world from scratch, went to the sea, and went far away from the desert, from a small caravan of dozens of people to a large merchant group that can now control the commercial lifeline of the empire, and made great contributions to their ability to reach the pinnacle of power.

Of course, they themselves have benefited from it, but some of them are also looking forward to being able to find an official position after the 'great treasurer' ascends the throne, and make their wives and sons shine, and glorify their families. But businessmen are heavy on profits, and after becoming an official, they will inevitably do things with the thoughts of a businessman, and everything is based on profit, and the result is that the sky is angry and people are resentful.

Zhao Tan considered that it is most appropriate to maintain the status quo and maintain the situation of the four halls, which are not only simple commercial organizations, but also involved in a variety of industries. It has its own workshops, farms, cabinets, restaurants, stores and other entities to form a comprehensive group and has a certain reputation. They can have or may not have each other, and allocate funds to each other. Once split, it loses all kinds of advantages and loses competitiveness.

If it is retained, although there is a suspicion of competing with the people for profit, but Zhao Ta believes that the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages, the weapons and ammunition supplied to the army are made by his own workshop, even after he ascended the throne and took power, he did not allocate it to the Ministry of Industry and Ordnance Superintendent, which is not only convenient to ensure quality, but also conducive to keeping the secrets, and once others participate in it. It's hard to guarantee that there will be no problems, and the lifeline is still held in your own hands.

In fact, there are not only these, but also glass, shochu, perfume and many other 'patents', all of which are exclusive production. On the other hand, Zhao Ta also needs a lot of money, not only to subsidize the clan, but also to have many important things to do, if these money pass through the household department, it must go through the court. But there are some things that can only be done but not said, otherwise it is not enough to listen to their verbosity, and it is better to use your own private money to make it convenient and fast.

Then there are four halls in the event of economic turmoil. Measures can be taken to stabilize the market through their dominant position in the market. You can also lead the trend with them, such as the upcoming overseas trade, with their lead. It will enable a lot of private capital to participate in the benefits of it, so as to quickly open up the situation. Moreover, the caravans of each hall are also responsible for monitoring the situation in various places. The task of collecting military and political intelligence is another eye. This time, they were able to quickly take down those corrupt officials, and they made a lot of contributions...

"Your Majesty, please!" Zheng Fu respectfully saluted and asked Zhao Ta to go first.

"Hehe, everyone don't be formal, just like we were in the house back then!" Zhao Ta smiled and helped Zheng Fu and said, Today, the head of the four halls and the steward, Cheng Xuan is training and reorganizing the navy, and the rest are invited into the palace.

"How dare your subordinates, today you are already the king of a country, not as good as that day!" Zheng Shou hurriedly waved his hand.

"I'm walking ahead, and you're all following from afar, how can you speak?" Zhao Ta said with a smile, he looked at the rules and regulations that several people were wearing today, and they were also a lot more restrained, all of them bowed their heads and lowered their hands, and they didn't dare to raise their heads, Liu Song was fat, and a layer of sweat appeared on his bent and slumped face, but he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it.

"Your Majesty..."

"Alas, wearing such a piece of leather makes everyone uncomfortable, let's still call the second master like in the past, my majesty and majesty are all uncomfortable!" Zhao Ta saw that they were still polite, and took off the dragon robe with a bluff and threw it to Jianxidao.

"Hurry up, the second master is angry, don't you know what kind of temper the second master has? Others are polite to him, you are all old people in the house, how many years have you followed the second master, you are all right-hand confidants, when you are your own family, now you are so polite, the official family is sad! Zhao Ta's temper frightened everyone, and they all quickly knelt down, and when they saw Xi, they hurriedly came over to help them up and whispered.

"Second master, don't be angry, we don't know anything, I heard that there are many rules in the palace, and I think too much for a while, but it makes you angry, it's really damned!" When Sun Erqian heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward, patted his face twice with his hand and said.

"In the past, you often said that you could go into the palace for a turn and have a royal banquet for this life, but now that I am the emperor, the palace is our new home, but you pretend to be Sven with me, you should fight!" Zhao Ta slapped Sun Erqian's face twice again.

"Ouch, I knew that the second master was still like this, why did I have to learn any rules from you yesterday, I was so tired that my waist still hurts!" Liu Song straightened his waist, breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped his sweat and said.

"The second master is afraid that you will be restrained, and he has already sent everyone else away, here are all old people in the past, who doesn't know who is in the way, don't play that set of false etiquette anymore!" Seeing Xi, he patted Liu Song's stomach and smiled.

"When I was in Xiangyi Mansion, the three chief managers tried their best to raise me to adulthood, and now I am old and still running around. And a few of you shopkeepers are running all year round, earning this family business for the house, this time you have done everything possible to raise military funds and food salaries, in order to defeat the Jin army, successfully pacify the world, should give you the first credit! Zhao Ta's face softened and said affectionately.

"How dare the subordinates take credit, this is all thanks to the second master's good planning and strategizing, so that we have today!" Although a few people are still polite, but they are very useful in their hearts, the second master is now Chrysostom, how many people in the world can get this kind of praise!

"Speaking of which, I also complain about it, after ascending the throne, I was busy all day long and couldn't find the north, so I should have invited everyone into the palace as soon as possible, so as not to scold me for being the emperor and forgetting the old people!" Zhao said with a smile.

"Speaking of which, everyone does have complaints about the second master, in the past, every New Year, our house will rush back to get together regardless of distance and distance, but this year the second master did not arrive, so everyone is disappointed!" Zheng Lu said.

"Second Master since he returned to Beijing..."

"This matter is indeed my fault, today I will set up a banquet in the palace to make amends for everyone, and then I will punish you with three glasses of wine!" Seeing that Xi just wanted to explain, he was interrupted by Zhao Ta, and he arched his hand and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll also taste the taste of imperial wine today, and I'll say it when I go back!" Zhang Qu smiled and said, in fact, everyone understands that the second master was not only in charge of the affairs of the house in the past, and now he needs to worry about the affairs of the entire Great Song Dynasty, and he will only be busier than in the past.

"Imperial wine is produced in our winery, you are still a rarity!" Sun Erqian teased.

"The wine is the same, but how can it be compared to drinking it in the palace!" Zhang Qu retorted loudly, and the two living treasures began to quarrel, everyone looked at them and laughed, and the restraint just now disappeared, as if they had returned to the past years...

Everyone turned around in the palace, ate the imperial banquet again, tasted the imperial wine, came to the imperial garden on the bank of the Jinglong River to enjoy the scenery, now it has entered the early spring season, all things are recovered, the ice and snow are civilized, the trees are spouted, everyone sits around and tastes tea in the river pavilion, it is happy, it is not pleasant.

"I can go to the palace today, this life is enough, and I don't want anything more!" Zheng Fu said first.

"Yes, seeing that the second master can ascend to the big treasure, I haven't wasted these many years, and I will return to my hometown like Huang Daguan!" Zheng Lu also sighed.

"Hehe, you're all gone, who will do many things in this class?" Jianxi said with a smile.

"Now that the second master is sitting on the wealth of the world, our four halls should also retire, what's the use of keeping it?" Zheng Shou said with a little wine.

"Since I talked about it today, you are all old people in the house who followed me to the south and north, went through hardships, and finally had today's achievements, whether you want to enter the court as an official, or be a rich man, you can talk to me, I will try my best to satisfy!" Zhao Ta looked at everyone and said, he wanted to say bluntly to keep the four halls, but seeing that Zheng Fu and the others were still in the prime of life when they entered the palace, and now they are all white, and people will be rare, and it is really unbearable to let them work for themselves, and swallowed back the words that came to their mouths.

"Second master, you have not treated us badly over the years, although you dare not say that you are very rich, but you all have a net worth of millions, and your children and grandchildren are inexhaustible for several generations, you don't want to be an official, you just want to put down some good land mansions to spend the rest of your life, and your children and grandchildren have their own lives, and you don't have to worry about them!" Zheng Fuyan said.

"The chief steward is right, I will go to the state and the government to travel all over the country, and I can be regarded as having some knowledge, I know that I am not the material to be an official, and I don't know how to sit in the court to ask things, and I can't stand so many constraints, it is better to be a rich man at ease, and save yourself the second master's shame!" Zhang Qu said with a smile, "A few dogs can't study and practice martial arts, so let them do some small business and inherit the 'family learning'!" ”

"Yes, we have followed the prince for many years and have gained a lot, and we don't want anything, we just hope to see the second master from time to time, and we will be satisfied!" Zheng Shouyan said.

"Just have an old Cheng among us, I can't do anything, I can only pull the abacus beads, don't show my eyes, or be honest as a trader, but I have to let my children and grandchildren study hard, take a reputation in the future, and contribute to the second master!" Sun Erqian said with his chest straight, and everyone's eyes also looked at the official family.

"Now that I'm ready to issue an edict to open the port, don't you want to take a giant boat to the sea to see the exotic scenery and get some overseas treasures back?" Zhao Ta took a sip of tea and said... (To be continued......)