Li Cishan's position as the president of the medicine market guild was kept, but because he wanted to buy the hearts of those big pharmacists, Li Mianshan had to take out more than one million silver dollars again, of course, from the mining business.

When the two-month period expired, Li Mianshan had to suspend the filial piety money in those three places again. Although these three people didn't say anything on the surface, they couldn't help but feel in their hearts that this was always dragging on, and it was not a way.

Li Mianshan also knew about this, but the imperial court's recent demand for mineral deposits has not stopped, and the officials of the local operation departments have not transferred the money from the mineral deposits to Xining Dao for a long time. In a short period of time, he couldn't draw so much money from the minerals, and even if he could, those accounts would not be able to be leveled, and the officials of the household department could see it at a glance.

So he could only secretly sell some small mines in order to return some of the funds, which was worthy of filling the filial piety money. Fortunately, time worked, and gradually, the business returned to normal operation, and the money that Li Mianshan withdrew from it filled the Li family's own funds again.

Fortunately, a few months ago, some fools were willing to accept those small mines - sometimes Li Mianshan, who was idle, would think comfortably.

He didn't know that those stupid hats were all the same person, Peng Jin, who was known as the No. 1 gentleman in Queensland.

When he knew, it was too late to cry.

Jingzhao, located in the Shen Mansion on Jingtai Street, Shen Huashan and Jiang Chenghai are talking. This pair of old brothers, recently got together from time to time to have a drink or something, and exchanged the results of the situation in Jingzhao, in view of the unusual attention of the two people to Xining Dao, everything about Xining Dao was the thing they talked about the most.

"The three million taels can't be handed over to the household department for the time being, and the situation in Queensland is hard to say." There was no smile on Shen Huashan's face. Since assisting the crown prince in prison, he has rarely smiled.

The political affairs are heavy, the situation is tense, and there are chaotic images of Western Yan and Turks. There is the instability of Xining Road and Northern Xinjiang, and there are all kinds of forces in Jingzhao here, and Shen Huashan has judged every step he takes, which is really like walking on thin ice.

Jiang Chenghai's face was not much relaxed, and there was even faint anger. Million! At that time, the control of the two floods in Hanoi and Jiangnan required the household to spend 5 million taels, Jiang Chenghai ran around, and the amount of money and silver raised was less than 2 million, but now a Li family in Queensland can easily take out 3 million taels!

This made Jiang Chenghai's face turn red at first. Immediately Tie Qing! What do you want to say. but choked in his throat. I can't spit it out.

"Xining Road, Queensland! Well, that's great! Xie Tongfu has been in Xining Road for so many years, is his eyes blind? I'll just say. How can the taxes paid by Xining Road be reduced year after year, and the doorway is here! Take the advantage of the country, and fat the family's room! Punish the guilty! Jiang Chenghai was so angry that he didn't choose to say anything, if it was in the past, he would definitely smirk a few words.

But as the head of the household, he really knows too well what this money means, this money is just a fraction, Xining Dao. It's really time to have to rectify. No matter how high the sky is and the road is far, you can't be so nonsense!

What Jiang Chenghai thinks is exactly what Shen Huashan thinks. The water in Xining Road is too muddy, especially in Queensland, if it weren't for Shen Zeyuan and the others, where would they go. These Jingzhao officials didn't know what the real situation of Xining Dao was at all, and they thought that Xining Dao was close to Xiyan, but it was a bitter cold place on the border.

"Stir up the muddy waters of Xining Road a little more and see what fish are bouncing. If you can catch a few, of course, it is the best, even if you don't catch it, you can also lay the net in advance. Shen Huashan stroked his beard, and there was coldness in his words.

Jiang Chenghai nodded, agreeing with Shen Huashan's words. Then the two of them discussed it carefully, and it was not until the curfew time was about to expire that Jiang Chenghai hurriedly left the Shen Mansion.

The next morning, the crown prince supervised the country as usual. Jiang Chenghai, the head of the household, made a speech, and his words caused a thousand waves in the court.

"Your Royal Highness, the minister has his own words. The household department inspected the taxes paid by various provinces on a daily basis, and found that the taxes paid on Xining Road had been decreasing year after year, especially the income from mineral deposits, which had been losing money year after year. This situation worries the minister. Officials from the Department of Household Operations also said that the situation of mineral deposits is worrying. Therefore, the minister has offered Qin and called on merchants outside Xining Road, such as Shanxi Merchants and Jiangnan Merchants Gang, to jointly improve the mineral situation of Xining Road! ”

As soon as Jiang Chenghai's words fell, the faces of many officials changed, but Zheng Dihuan, the secretary of the military department who was most closely related to him, looked calm.

There's a reason for that.

The mining of mineral deposits in Daeyoung is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and the operation of intermediate circulation is under the operation department of the Ministry of Households, but these are all legal aspects, and the actual situation is very different. Because of the heavy military work of each David, and most of the soldiers and generals were not good at commercial and mining operations, the court adopted a compromise method. The mining of David's mineral deposits and other matters were entrusted to the local merchants, and in fact, it was the great merchants of the land where David guarded that were responsible for the development of mineral deposits.

Since the reign of Emperor Huihe, the Ministry of War has basically stopped directly managing the affairs of mineral deposits, and the merchants under them are responsible for it, until now.

No matter how much the Xiningwei mineral deposit loses, as long as it does not involve war and military affairs, in the final analysis, it is just a matter of the household department, and Zheng Dihuan really has little stake.

Now that Jiang Chenghai, the head of the household department, proposed to supplement Xining Dao with merchants from Jiangnan and Hanoi to improve the situation of Xining Dao's mineral deposits, what is the matter with Zheng Dihuan?

However, some officials do not think so, some of these officials are from Kungui and Guizhou, and some have served there for many years, and they are inextricably linked to Xining Dao.

For example, Hongluqing Mu Xiuji came out to oppose it, and his reason was very sufficient, saying that Xining Road was close to Xiyan, and it was better to be quiet and not moving, and if investors poured into Xining Road, I am afraid that it would not be beneficial to shake the security of the Xining Road border and to the mutual market.

Honglu Temple is in charge of foreign affairs, and attaches great importance to the affairs of Xiyan, and it is reasonable for Mu Xiuji to say this, and many officials agree with Mu Xiuji's statement.

Another official who had just returned from Xining Dao was also opposed to Jiang Chenghai's suggestion, he had been in Xining Dao for many years, and Dao was a matter of mineral deposits, and it was difficult to sustain it because it was mined very little, and this was the common law of heaven, and there was no need to attract foreign investors and businessmen, and it was just a waste of money for the people and money.

Even Shangguan Tang, a member of the royal family who has always ignored these local government affairs, spoke out against it, saying that during the period when the prince was in charge of the country, political and military affairs were important as usual, and he should not act rashly, for fear of uneasiness.

Shen Huashan and Jiang Chenghai listened to the opposition of the officials, their faces were extremely calm, but they smiled bitterly in their hearts: foreign officials, courtiers, imperial relatives, a mineral business, it is really unthinkable that these three officials can oppose it. It's just that they are against it for the sake of Dayong, or are they secretly colluding with Xining Dao?

Shen Huashan and Jiang Chenghai can't know, naturally, they are not afraid.

Therefore, Jiang Chenghai said to the prince again: "The actual situation of the mineral deposits in Xining Road remains to be discussed. It's just that the taxes in Xining Road are indeed decreasing year after year. In the long run, I am afraid that the officials' salaries will be in arrears for a few months. Perhaps, the military resources required by the military department cannot be replenished for a while, so that once there is chaos in Xiyan and northern Xinjiang, the ministers will not be able to do anything. ”

What he said made those officials stagnant, and when it came to their own affairs, they didn't know how to speak. I'm afraid that if the household department really doesn't pay for a few months, what about the slaves who are supported by the family? What about the pampered concubine outside? I also have to honor the chief officer and encircle my subordinates, what should I do?

The power of money cannot be seen, but it can be felt all the time, and no one can ignore its existence, and no one can ignore it.

Even the crown prince who sat high on the Xuanzheng Hall was not sitting well. Hearing words like Yulu and Guoan in the ears of the prince made him feel worried. The head of the household is in charge of the world's wealth, is the influence of this mineral deposit really so big? Will it affect the government of Daeyong? Will it affect where I sit?

The prince was restless, and it was precisely in this kind of consideration that he was making.

Since the prison of the country, the crown prince has heard political affairs that he has not thought about for more than ten years, and has also experienced scenes that he has never experienced in the past, and he can finally understand what Emperor Changtai said to him, what is the emperor's mental technique, how to balance the forces of the court and China, how to sit more firmly and smoothly in this position, this is what he has been learning in the past few months.

He has seen a lot of this kind of situation where officials insist on their own words, and he has even seen officials fighting and scolding each other in the court, he was at a loss at first, but now he can deal with it freely.

For the things that the courtiers of the two sides are obsessed with, as the superior, what he has to do is to make peace with the mud. Now this situation, how to deal with it, the prince is very familiar with it.

He was about to say that the matter would be discussed later, and he planned to delay it for a few days, so that the courtiers would not react so violently before making a decision. But I didn't want to, at this time, another courtier came out and opposed Jiang Chenghai's proposal with a tough attitude.

Not only that, but he also showed an urgent letter from Xie Tongfu, the observer of Xining Dao, and Peng Mingyi, the general of Xining Wei, this letter arrived in the morning, and what the urgent letter said was the matter of the mineral deposits in Xining Dao, and the Tao was that Xiyan had recently had foreign merchants smuggling mineral deposits, so he asked Jingzhao for an order, in order to prevent Xiyan from committing adultery, prohibiting foreign businessmen from entering Xining Dao!

"Weichen thinks that Xining Dao can't move at the moment! If it moves, it will affect the tranquility of Xining Road, and it will be the enemy of the Dayong Imperial Court! In the end, he ended with fierce words.

Listening to these fierce words, Shen Huashan and Jiang Chenghai were stunned for a while, and their hearts were in disbelief.

They never thought it would be him! I have never heard of him having anything to do with Xining Dao, how could he stand up against it at this time?

Could it be that he would want to keep the Li family?!

ps：

Two more! I feel that the disconnection is becoming more and more smooth and natural, just right, but our hearts are itchy and woody? Haha, ask for praise! Ha ha.