Brother Zhao burned the contract he had negotiated with Bai Minghe.

This practice made the white crane very incomprehensible. Brother Zhao then said: "Lord Bai, faith is greater than life. If you agree, you must do it, otherwise there will be no place for miscellaneous families in this great tomorrow. ”

The white crane is going crazy, and this is so pure that the white crane can't find a word to describe it.

"Lord Bai is also a trustworthy person, and the miscellaneous family has also heard about the affairs of the capital!"

Bai Minghe poured a few sips of wine, and he was depressed in his heart.

Brother Zhao smiled: "Lord Bai has just entered the officialdom and is cautious. But it is still a short time to contact officialdom. Presumably, Lord Bai must have thought that people like the miscellaneous family who do a lot of evil must be untrustworthy people. ”

Bai Minghe smiled a little embarrassedly: "This topic is a bit stressful, how about we change the topic?" ”

Brother Zhao laughed heartily, not because Bai Minghe was choking, but because he didn't expect Bai Minghe's face to be very thin.

"Let's just say that the sea is forbidden!" Brother Zhao's tone changed.

"Okay, that's the sea ban." Shira-naka also breathed a sigh of relief.

"In recent years, the sea ban has been loosened a lot. Because the Nanyang side also knows that if they cheat the tribute again, the Ming Dynasty will definitely seal the sea. So all kinds of exchanges have also become somewhat beneficial to Daming. But in the sea ban, there is an iron law. ”

"What iron law?"

"It's forbidden. Because of the continuous harassment of the coastal areas by the Japanese in the early Ming Dynasty, it was forbidden for the Japanese to pay tribute, and it was also forbidden for anyone to come into contact with the Japanese people. Even some people who make a small boat and secretly go to sea to do some business will not deal with the Japanese people. Who doesn't have a few blood debts of the Japanese people. Brother Zhao gritted his teeth when he said this.

Bai Minghe was embarrassed to ask, but with this expression, it seemed that Brother Zhao also had a grudge against the Japanese people.

"Anyone who dares to come and go will be killed by the whole family." Brother Zhao said murderously.

"Those widows?" Bai Minghe doesn't understand, since he doesn't come and go, how can there be a widow?

Brother Zhao explained: "Actually, giving them to Lord Bai is also for the sake of trouble. This is the Japanese merchant ship that Guanghaiwei attacked when he went to sea. The miscellaneous family is not a good person, and the commander of Guanghaiwei is naturally a greedy person, and he also drinks the blood of soldiers. But not indiscriminately. ”

"It's a slave, so what's the matter with staying?"

"If you are a widow, it may be a sin to stay. In the whole of Guangdong, the only one who accepted these people, but was not afraid of impeachment, was only Lord Bai. ”

Bai Minghe was a little surprised, he didn't expect Brother Zhao to say this.

"Lord Bai, speaking of the sea ban. The miscellaneous family said a bold thing, there are still people in the whole of Guangdong who dare to use boats to sell some private goods. The matter of a few small boats, if something happens, it can be saved. But if you dare to do it, I'm afraid that only Lord Bai is you. It's not because of the importance of Lord Bai, but because of you, Lord Bai! ”

Brother Zhao, is this a favorite? The white-named crane didn't understand it even more.

Brother Zhao laughed: "Lord Bai, this match shop is the only one in the future." Even if the secret method of the formula is known, who would dare to open another one? ”

There is nothing wrong with this, whoever opens the match shop again, it doesn't matter if it's a small fight, it's a big one. It is to cut off the financial route of Jinyiwei, and there are large shares in it that belong to the royal treasury.

Whoever dares to stretch out his hand, who dies.

"We agree with one sentence, Lord Bai is unmatched in the level of profit distribution!" Brother Zhao gave Bai Minghe a comment.

Without waiting for Bai Minghe to speak, Brother Zhao continued: "The match is not a big benefit, and the miscellaneous family doesn't know. But Lord Bai and the miscellaneous family are also opposites, at least not friends. But Lord Bai took the initiative to take out 8,000 taels of silver every month to the miscellaneous family, this kind of bearing, which made the miscellaneous family admire, and it proved that Lord Bai was unmatched in the level of distributing benefits. ”

"Eight thousand taels of silver, in Guangdong, the gross profit is six thousand taels."

"Six thousand taels, up to four hundred magistrates!" Brother Zhao added.

Bai Minghe nodded, this number is a lot. And it's also for self-preservation.

Brother Zhao asked again: "How does Lord Bai look at officials, what is a corrupt official, what is a corrupt official, and what is a clean official." ”

"What do you think, Lao Zhao?" Bai Minghe didn't answer, and threw the question back, he really wanted to hear what Brother Zhao had to say.

"The real Qing official will die, because Yulu can't feed the family. Therefore, the clean officials in the eyes of the miscellaneous family are just for the people, so that the people can have a good life and get some benefits in innocuous places. Selective cooperation with businessmen is a safe way for these clean officials. ”

Hearing Brother Zhao say this, Bai Minghe also agreed: "Old Zhao, tell you the truth." Fifteen taels of silver, not enough for three days of my family's expenses. ”

Hahaha! Brother Zhao laughed heartily a few times: "Lord Bai, you are a real person!" ”

"Lord Bai, the former Hepu County Commander is a corrupt official, he is too greedy, and he doesn't care about the lives of others. He is too ruthless, Zhumin is a pariah, but it is also a human life. Qian Wuyan is a stupid official, he is afraid that the East Window incident will happen, and the court will blame him, so he chooses the most stupid way to suppress this matter, Lord Bai didn't make a move, and we will also take action. ”

The white crane was a little surprised. But he didn't speak, waiting for Brother Zhao to continue.

"Qian Wuyan is another person who is not very courageous, he doesn't dare to kill people, if it weren't for Zhong Mingyuan's third-rate idea, he wouldn't have made things bigger and bigger. So, such an official is damned. ”

Hearing this, Bai Minghe asked again: "Then what is a corrupt official?" ”

"A corrupt official is a fool who gets money for himself, but he is poorer than when he has no money." Brother Zhao's description made Bai Minghe laugh, but it was understandable. In the early Ming Dynasty, the law was still very strict, and if an official dared to live a luxurious life, the local inspectors and Jinyi guards might do it.

"A wise official is a little greedy, and his life is better. If you really come to investigate, Yashi will not impeach a person for dozens of taels or hundreds of taels of silver. What's more, if the yashi just rely on Yulu, at the end of the month, they will also wait for the rice to be cooked! ”

Bai Minghe understood Brother Zhao's words.

Sun Yuanjun also told Bai Minghe about some things before the Ming Dynasty, and also talked about the previous dynasty. In fact, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are really low and pitiful.

Take the actual monthly income of the white crane as an example, a county order only has an income of 4,500 yuan per month in later generations. And to feed a large family, this life is really unbearable. Bai Minghe himself knows that even if he wants to be a clean official, it is impossible.

The biggest possibility is that he resigned from his official position. Go and be a businessman.

"Lord Bai, you have to be forgiving and forgiving. However, when it is necessary to kill, the hand should not be soft. Especially those who deserve to be killed. It might be a disaster to keep it. Brother Zhao's persuasion, Bai Minghe listened to it.

However, Bai Minghe also said his thoughts: "That Zhong Mingyuan, I have two ideas for him. One is to make people have revenge, and the other is to ask more about your secrets. ”

Brother Zhao couldn't cry or laugh, what Bai Minghe said was really direct.

"Lord Bai, we don't have secrets. There is nothing unseemly, of course, the imperial court will investigate the crime carefully, and ninety percent of the officials in Guangdong can be sent to be beheaded. The miscellaneous family thought to themselves, it was impossible for the imperial court to kill so many people in one go. Let the whole of Guangdong be unofficial? ”

"Yes!" Shira-naka Crane agrees with what this means.

"There is only one use for keeping the bell ringing far away. That is, he knows the Japanese language! ”

"Well, it's better for him to die. If only this was the only use. I don't need him. Question, how many unconscionable things has Zhong Mingyuan done? Bai Minghe also began to think about Zhong Mingyuan's life and death.

"Not much, just a few. Except that this time the idea of wanting to kill people was where he came from, he forced a tenant to die, robbed the tenant's woman and made himself a concubine. The land under his name is as much as 7,000 acres, and he owns more than a dozen shops, most of which are in the city of Guangdong. There is also a secret, I'm afraid he doesn't fully know it himself! ”

Bai Ming Hexin said, you have investigated in detail enough, and even Zhong Mingyuan knows how many stores there are.

That is, he has no wife, only four concubines. Then two sons, four daughters. None of them are of his species! ”

Porphyry ......

Bai Minghe squirted out all the wine in one gulp, and Brother Zhao quietly took out a towel and wiped his face. Then continued: "The person who wants him to die the most is actually not the people in the officialdom, but his own brother!" ”

Shira-nae began to think about it. Brother Zhao didn't give Bai Minghe time to think: "Lord Bai, you must be thinking." I'm saying all this just to let you kill Zhong Mingyuan. In fact, the only one who wanted him to die was Qian Wuyan. The miscellaneous family wants Zhong Mingyuan to live for a year or two longer, if he lives, Qian Wuyan will be able to settle down. ”

The more I listened, the more confused I became, and the more I couldn't come up with an idea.

It seems that none of the people in the Ming officialdom can be underestimated, and they are not stupider than themselves.

"Lord Bai, if there are really a thousand taels of pearls in the autumn, then the miscellaneous family still has a gift for Lord Bai. I can't say it now, but Lord Bai will definitely like it then. "Brother Zhao is full of confidence, thinking that it should be a good thing.

Bai Minghe didn't ask again, he knew that Brother Zhao shouldn't say it.

"Old Zhao, I need some iron. It's needed now, you know I don't have anything in the workshop here, it's going to take some fine iron to make some tools. There are too few that can be bought on the black market, so why don't you solve it for me? The pearl will definitely be handed over to you at the end of the year. "At the end of the year, there are only a few months left before the end of the year, and Brother Zhao doesn't believe that Bai Minghe dares to lie to himself.

Brother Zhao left after lunch, and on the first day of June, he would come to pull the first matches. In the meantime, he would first bring iron ingots worth eight thousand taels of silver.

Daming's iron is government-run, not something that can be bought casually. Even if Bai Minghe is given an iron mine and an iron-making workshop, the iron and steel obtained by Bai Minghe must be reported and then purchased by the government. Intercepting the flow without permission is a heavier crime than illegal salt, after all, salt is just money. Money can be a weapon.