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Immediately, Hao Zheng repaired a letter, ordered someone to send it to Qinghua, and greeted this Li Hong for a while, Li Hong did not dare to disturb, and got up to say goodbye with gratitude.

After a few distinguished guests asked to see him, Hao Zheng saw them one by one, and at noon, he showed a little tiredness, ordered someone to temporarily close the door to thank the guests, and began to eat.

In fact, Hao Zheng's life is quite fulfilling, he likes to deal with people, because he knows better than anyone else that this family business is not earned by him, but by his son.

His son has a good future, and he can't help but be happy as a father, but he knows that he must keep this family business for his son.

He is not good at conspiracy and calculation, and he does not understand many rules in officialdom, and he does not know anything about marching and fighting, so the only thing Hao Zheng can do is to make good connections.

Hao Zheng thinks that he has done a good job, the Hou Mansion does have to do business, and someone needs to offend people to do business, and someone needs to kill the price, and this black face is a matter of Wu Xiong, for him, what he has to do is to be comprehensive and make all kinds of friends with all kinds of efforts.

Some of his friends are businessmen, some are local officials, some are local tycoons, and some are famous and confucian.

Hao Zheng was extremely polite to everyone, and even recently he planned to take out a little silver to build some schools in some places in Jiaozhi, on the one hand, it can be regarded as responding to the call of the imperial court to educate the people of Jiaozhi, and on the other hand, he can also invite some local Confucians in Jiaozhi to sit in the museum, so that some of the lost Confucians who have been lost recently can be re-valued.

The great Confucians and celebrities of Jiaozhi are not worth mentioning in the eyes of today's officials, on the one hand, the eyes of the officials are above the top. Most of the friends are some clear streams, and in their eyes, these Annan Confucians are just a group of indiscriminate goods. On the other hand, it is true that the Confucianism on Annan's side lacks confidence. After all, it is a copycat, how can it be compared to authentic?

These characters used to be high in the sky, and they were guests of the government and wealthy families, but now they have become water dogs, and even many people are down, and their lives are quite bleak.

In this regard, Hao Zheng often asks people to help one or two. Occasionally, they are invited to sit in the house.

All kinds of people, Hao Zheng did not exclude them, but gradually. Many people in Jiaozhi will inevitably come to the door to ask for help when they are in trouble, and Hao Zheng will try his best to make it convenient for them.

Although tired, although troublesome, Hao Zheng felt very fulfilled. It's a joy to be had.

Take a short break in the middle of the day. When he got up, Hao Song, the director, came in a hurry, but he was holding a letter, and said excitedly: "Master Hou, there is a letter from the Hou of Haiphong." ”

Hao Zheng suddenly shook his spirits, hurriedly took the letter, and took out the letterhead, which was nothing more than saying that it had already come out of Nanjing. Now that he has arrived in Hunan and the like, he has been well with him again.

Hao Zheng couldn't help but sigh. pinched his fingers and counted the days, and his son was afraid that it would be seven or eight days away.

Hao Zheng showed a smile on his face, and said to Hao Song: "The courtyard where Fenglou lives must be cleaned up, he must bring a lot of attachés when he comes, and these people must also be properly settled, the house is big, and there are many houses, but they can't be taken lightly." ”

Hao Song hurriedly responded and walked away.

Hao Zheng is no longer in the mood to meet guests at this time, from the many letters from Nanjing, Hao Zheng has understood that Hao Fenglou came to Jiaozhi this time to build ships, some time ago a group of shipwrights from Nanjing have also been placed in Haiphong, so for the Hao family, this shipbuilding has become the top priority, in this case, Hao Zheng naturally has to take precautions.

"Go and invite Wu Xiong, the old man has something to explain."

Wu Xiong came soon, and he didn't dare to slack off at all about this old marquis, he saluted obediently, and said with a smile: "I don't know what the marquis has to say?" ”

Hao Zheng took the tea and said slowly: "A few days ago, you were asked to calculate the money and grain of the Hou Mansion, how is it now?" ”

Wu Xiong said: "It's all calculated, the specific number hasn't come out yet, the accounts are still stepping up, which day is not the day of our Hou Mansion is not a daily gold fight, the more you earn, the more troublesome it is to calculate." But...... In terms of cash alone, I am afraid that it will not be less than two million taels. ”

Listening to this number is enough to make people gasp.

Two million taels, how much silver is that?

However, this is still expected, on the one hand, the Hao family's capital is sufficient, and since then, hundreds of workshops have been opened exclusively in Langshan, and there are more than 20 iron workshops alone, producing countless ironware, cloth, and furniture every day, which are all sought-after goods.

Moreover, in Tongshanji, due to the increasing liveliness, many people have to buy land to build houses, but these lands belong to the Hao family, and the land price is getting higher and higher, and the income of the Hao family will naturally rise.

Not to mention, the Hao family buys raw materials at a low price and sells finished products at a high price, and the labor used is mostly labor, which almost does not cost much in addition to providing food and drink, and every piece of cloth, every piece of furniture and ironware, the Hao family's profit from it is not low.

Two million in silver sounds staggering, but it's actually quite reasonable.

Hao Zhengjaw nodded and said: "It's time to build a ship, isn't Haiphong buying ship materials on a large scale?" The amount of food needed was generously given, and the silver could be earned again, but the shipbuilding could not be delayed. You are a long history, although you are not good at building ships, but Fenglou will come back soon, and you will have to assist him when the time comes......"

Wu Xiong nodded hurriedly, but suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Master Hou, there is such a thing, originally, the price of ship materials is not high, and everyone is willing to go up the mountain to harvest, and then transport it to Haiphong." But...... Ay...... Recently, checkpoints have sprung up in various places, so that even if many people want to sell ships and timber to Haiphong, pass through countless checkpoints, and bribe officials, the wood is transported, but the silver obtained may not be enough to pay taxes along the way. Many people are counting on us to buy a little more silver, otherwise ...... They were afraid that they would not send it again. ”

Hao Zheng couldn't help frowning, he was really annoyed by these things, but he was not a person who offended people lightly, after all, there were various names at the checkpoints along the way, some were set up by local officials, some were transferred to the Yamen, and even some were eunuchs who came here to purchase tribute, people from all walks of life, etc., dragons and snakes were mixed, everyone pointed to eating a piece of soup here, even the Hao family would never dare to touch this vampire-like 'behemoth'.

Hao Zheng had no choice but to say: "This is a ship hand-picked by the palace, why should the required ship materials be taxed?" Go say hi and see if you can be accommodating. ”

Wu Xiong shook his head and said: "Master Hou, the villain went to the political secretary to inquire, but the political secretary did mean to take a picture, it seems to say, let us use the ...... of conscription and tribute."

Hao Zheng didn't have to listen to Wu Xiong's words, he immediately understood, it was nothing more than to ask the prefectures and governments to provide ships and timber under the banner of building ships for the palace, and the officials of the state government had this name, and they wanted to urge the local gentry and people to cut down the ships and send them to Haiphong, so that there was no need to pay a penny, and the ship was ready.

This method is reasonably feasible, and the chief secretary obviously wants to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, anyway, he will not suffer, and the local officials have another name, maybe they can also get some oil and water from it. As for the Hao family, they can prepare all the raw materials without a penny, which can be said to be very happy, anyway, it is to build a ship for the palace, and it is actually reasonable to take out this name, even if it is reported to the imperial court, the imperial court has nothing to say, and it can be said that everyone is happy to do so.

But Hao Zheng couldn't help but be angry, and snorted coldly: "Our Hao family is short of silver, so we have to rely on eating human blood and bones to build ships?" There is no need to mention this matter, how about the people, that is the business of the people, the Hao family is not poor to such a point, as for the price of the boat wood to rise again, you look at it, there is a miasma of smoke here at the moment, sooner or later these people will cause trouble, we don't have to join in this fun. ”

Wu Xiong saw that Hou Ye was angry, and he didn't dare to come out, so he resignedly said: "It's the lower officials who deserve to die, and the lower officials shouldn't be so confused." ”

Hao Zheng became kind and pleasant at this time, and regained his kindness, and said: "That's it, you are just passing on a word, for the good of the Hou Mansion, not that the old man has to pretend to be high, but that our Hao family has financial resources, why save this kind of money?" People, you have to accumulate virtue for yourself, since the court set up Jiaozhi, sent a flow of officials, the burden of the people of Jiaozhi has been too heavy, at this time if we lie on them again to suck blood, this is not a long-term way, you remember these words, let's only be a good family, don't be a jackal. We are different from those rogue officials, even if the rogue officials are greedy, after three or five years, they will pat their butts and leave, but the Hao family's family business is still pointing here, and it must be maintained here for generations, and they have to accumulate virtue for themselves. ”

Wu Xiong understood, Hou Ye This is a long-term plan, but he admires Hao Zheng a little in his heart, compared to Hao Fenglou, Wu Xiong feels that this old Hou Ye is more approachable, so he pursed his lips and smiled: "The lower officials remember, not only the lower officials must remember, in the future, the people up and down the mansion, the lower officials must warn, and they must not be allowed to come nonsense." Yes, there is another thing, according to the rules of the imperial court, the Hou Mansion can raise a guard to inspect the fiefdom, what about the manpower, it has been recruited, the court stipulates that a guard is 7,500 people, but the old Hou Ye commanded, do not be greedy, so as not to attract the suspicion of others, so at the moment only two thousand have been recruited, all of them are young and strong, and now they have been trained with the fire gun team for more than a month, and they already have some appearances, if the Hou Ye is free, you might as well go to the guard camp to take a look. ”

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Chapter 3 delivered, begging for a guaranteed monthly pass. It's so tragic, it's been slammed to the end! Hey, give me a helping hand. (To be continued......)