When Shira-naka came to Hepu, it was quiet and scary.

This is the thirteenth day that Bai Minghe has come to Hepu, and the county town has become more vibrant, and the villages in the county have also become more vibrant. The more than 40,000 acres of ownerless land, in just a few days, four or five thousand meters of rice have been planted, so that the land is not empty, and people are at ease.

On this day, Bai Minghe got up early in the morning, changed into official clothes, and made some snacks in the kitchen.

After getting ready, Bai Minghe sat in the study, looking forward to Brother Zhao coming over. Qinghe was a basin of cold water, which hit the expectations of the white crane.

"Young master, let's not mention that the guests are at least in the afternoon. If he can come in the morning, what good can he give us? ”

When Qinghe said this, Bai Minghe smiled very badly: "Yes, what good can he give us!" ”

Qinghe was a little overwhelmed by Bai Minghe's reaction, could it be that Brother Zhao was like a fat sheep? The one that is delivered to the hand for people to slaughter. Qinghe didn't believe it much, but Shirakawa was obviously full of confidence.

"Silly girl, he can do the most important thing for me." Bai Minghe thought about it, and decided to tell Sù Qinghe: "The county leader of Hepu County will definitely not send it again." will definitely choose to delay, and then wait for another person to come over from the capital. By the time the officials put this matter in order, almost a year had passed. ”

Qinghe calculated the time when Shira-Ming Crane said in his heart.

From here to the capital, it will take two months to go, and the messenger will go over, and the officials will choose people. Besides, Hepu is not a good place, so this time is really long. Half a year and eight months have passed, to say the least. According to Shira, it is not surprising that there is really a year.

Bai Minghe said again: "There is another benefit of this matter. After they tossed it, the officials sent people. When they suddenly found that Hepu County might be a little weird, it was too late to change people, and when they replaced people, Master Ben was afraid that he had already built Hepu into a monolith. ”

Kiyoha does not doubt the statement of the white crane.

Give Bai Minghe a year, and Hepu is really not a place where anyone can talk nonsense.

"Go and make arrangements for those four people to avoid. Don't let Brother Zhao's people see them, and the four fakes in the prison are also locked up in another place. asked the surnamed Zhong to come over, and said that the official asked him to come to the official as a master, and then get him a decent dress. The white crane commanded.

Qinghe was puzzled: "Young master, if you let Zhong Ming come from afar, the four people will definitely feel some discomfort in their hearts." ”

"Then by the way, tell them that revenge or something is their business. All this official has provided them with is a platform and an opportunity. Let them work hard this year, and after a year, they can do something. It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, if they can't wait even this year, let them go and get a knife and come over to kill people! ”

"Yes!" Qinghe responded and went to do it himself.

The four lifters are not together, and there are too many things that need to be done in Hepu County, in addition to the work arranged by Bai Minghe, there are also many things on the case file.

Qinghe did not find someone to pass the word, but personally went to tell them about Shira's decision.

At the same time, I was also observing the reaction of these four people after hearing Bai Minghe's decision.

At about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Brother Zhao arrived as promised.

A table was set up in the small living room of Bai Minghe, and Brother Zhao ordered his entourage to go down, and warned these people not to walk around.

When there were no outsiders in the room, Brother Zhao took the initiative to speak: "Lord Bai asked the miscellaneous family to wait for seven days, so can the miscellaneous family hear an accurate answer?" ”

"Yes, but I have a few more requests!" When the white crane spoke, he was eating the food by himself.

"Some miscellaneous families can be the masters, and some miscellaneous families can't." Seeing Bai Minghe's reaction, Brother Zhao didn't dare to answer.

Bai Minghe picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Brother Zhao: "This is the bottom limit, and it is good for you." I'm not an unreasonable person. For example, the first condition, I need you to give me some time, Hepu Zhumin has just made so many troubles, and I don't dare to let them go down to the Pearl Pond again. So, at the end of the year, I'm sure. ”

Speaking of this, Bai Minghe suddenly smiled: "Why don't you guess Lao Zhao, at the end of the year, what is the promise I gave you?" ”

A sentence of Lao Zhao narrowed the distance between the two of them.

"If you can produce four hundred taels of good pearls, the miscellaneous family will bring wine over to accompany Lord Bai for a drink. The miscellaneous family also knows that there has just been some chaos here, and if it is pressed down again, the chaos may be even bigger. Brother Zhao was somewhat helpless.

When Bai Minghe heard this, his impression of Brother Zhao improved a little.

is also squeezing, at least this Brother Zhao still has a degree, and he didn't force people to death.

"If it exceeds that number, it will exceed even more. Can you find me some craftsmen, shipbuilders? The white crane came up with another idea.

Who would have thought, but Brother Zhao smiled: "In the whole of Guangdong, the best boatmen are only in two places." One is Hepu, originally the father-in-law of Sanbao went to the West, and the ship was built in Hangzhou. However, Guangdong is an important supply point, and there are many excellent shipwrights here. In recent years, there has been a ban on the sea, and these people have no livelihood, and it is not once or twice that there has been an accident here in Hepu, and no one can move it, so these people are naturally the first choice. ”

Bai Minghe nodded, this news was very good news for him.

But who would have thought, Brother Zhao continued: "The other place is Siming Mansion. Said to be a house, in fact, there is not even a city wall, there is a three-regardless zone, the Ming is not easy to manage, Annan does not dare to manage, the head of the Gu and Yao tribes likes more mountains than water, so they will not be there to manage. At least two or three hundred of the shipwrights who had fled from Hepu were still there. ”

"Then Siming Mansion, who has the final say?"

"It doesn't matter who says it, the political secretary and the yamen have also discussed things there. Right now, in fact, no one dares to approach it. In the early years, there were several mountain bandits who wanted to take advantage of this. The Ming can allow ordinary people to be there, but it will definitely not allow any force. The mountain bandits only occupied there for two or three days, and as soon as the soldiers of the guard came out, there were some ruthless people among the ordinary people, and as soon as they cooperated inside and outside, there were more than 200 mountain bandits, and only three or two survived! ”

Bai Minghe laughed: "It has nothing to do with the official, give you a happy word, at the end of the year, the official will give you a thousand taels." But this officer needs a few boats to let people go farther. ”

"It's easy to talk about the ship, and the miscellaneous family can give Lord Bai another gift. Just ......"

"Just what?"

"A thousand taels? Lord Bai, don't believe it, this promise is not true! "Brother Zhao is very calm, and it is precisely because of his calmness that he will not listen to Bai Minghe's empty words.

Bai Minghe got up and brought a pen and paper on the table next to him: "There is no evidence for what you say, let's make a note." If it is not enough for a thousand taels, I will make it up to you with silver. ”

"No, if it's not enough for a thousand taels. The miscellaneous family wants the annual output of the white match workshop to be exchanged for silver. After that, Brother Zhao directly took the pen and paper, and then looked at Bai Minghe, as long as Bai Minghe agreed, he would immediately write a note.

Shiraima was thinking about it, because he didn't plan to sell all of the match mill's production himself.

Sometimes, eating alone will choke to death, especially if you don't have any roots and background here.

"In principle, I agree. First of all, give Lao Zhao 8,000 taels of silver every month, and you will help me do one more thing. I don't like that there are different voices in my county office, so this county is looking for a suitable person, this time in the capital, there is a man named Cheng Jing, you help me send a letter into Beijing, I want him to be a county leader for me. ”

Bai Minghe put forward this condition, and Brother Zhao really didn't dare to respond.

The county is not a big official, just a positive eighth grade, but the appointment of officials in the imperial court is not something that Guangdong has the ability to influence.

"You just send the letter, and I'll arrange the rest."

"Okay, it's a deal!" Brother Zhao didn't think about it anymore, and agreed immediately.

"The last one, these years of sea ban, Lao Zhao, you can give me a quasi-word!"

When Bai Minghe came to Hepu, he was most concerned not about pearls, nor was he making money at this time. There is only one thing that I really care about, and that is maritime trade. Originally, the Ming Dynasty forbade the sea, and this order was set when Taizu was there, but later Zheng He went to the West, and the sea ban seemed to be canceled.

Bai Minghe did not study history deeply, but had only seen the sea ban of the Ming Dynasty on TV.

Therefore, he needs to know more about the details of the sea ban.

Brother Zhao didn't answer immediately, and sat there silently eating and drinking. The white crane is not easy to urge, this is not a trivial matter after all.

After a full quarter of an hour, that is, about half an hour in modern times, Brother Zhao spoke again: "The sea ban has been loosened over the years, and the imperial court still allows some tribute ships to come and go. Every year, Nanyang comes to Guangdong Port in the form of tribute, and then gives back some here. ”

Bai Minghe helped Brother Zhao pour a full bottle of wine and waited for Brother Zhao to continue.

"When Taizu was banned, it was because Daming was still a little chaotic. When the three treasures were father-in-law before Yongle, the sea ban still existed. But after the Three Treasures, the sea ban was much stricter. The reason is that many ships came to pay tribute, which made Daming lose a lot of money. In addition, there is a rebellion of the pirates, so there is still a sea ban. ”

Shira-Naka Crane finally heard something real.

was waiting for Brother Zhao to continue talking, but who wanted Brother Zhao not to talk about it.

Pick up the paper and write down the things that I had talked about with Shirame Crane before.

"Lord Bai, take a look. Is this something we can talk about? ”

Bai Minghe took it and looked at it, and there was nothing wrong with it. Brother Zhao wrote his name on it, and then pushed it in front of the white crane.

After Bai Minghe signed, Brother Zhao threw the paper into the charcoal brazier.

"This ......" Shiraima Crane really didn't understand.

"Lord Bai, this thing is naturally impossible to stay. The miscellaneous family is not a good person, and he may go to hell after death. But since the miscellaneous family has negotiated it, it is about credit. If you don't even have this bit of credit, you will be friends and enemies in the future. Who can trust the miscellaneous family for half a point? ”