Speaking of guards, Hao Zheng had a headache, he didn't understand the matter of guards, in his opinion, it was just a caretaker, but the Hao family had a fiefdom, so the place to take care of it was relatively large.

The scale of 2,000 people, this is obviously deliberately low-key, according to the ancestral system, the prince can maintain the scale of three guards, that is, more than 20,000 people, and the county king is two guards, and the Hao family is from the precedent of the Mu family in Yunnan, setting up the family generals and guarding the family soldiers is just a guard, this is 7,500 people, Hao Zheng is cautious everywhere, although his majesty is appeasing the vassals at the moment, but recently the imperial court obviously has the intention of abolishing the scale of the guards of the palaces, although today is Jing is difficult to start, playing the banner of protecting the interests of the clan, and after ascending the throne, it is obviously changed, It was contrary to the interests of the feudal lords.

Therefore, the number of people must not be too much, it must be low-key, two thousand people are within the scope of the imperial court's tolerance, although it can be added a little higher, such as three thousand or even four thousand, it will not cause the imperial court to be disgusted, but in order to prevent it from happening, so as not to be criticized, Hao Zheng feels that it is not appropriate to have too much.

It's just that with 2,000 people sitting in Jiaozhi, it is difficult enough, judging from various circumstances, after a period of exploitation by those low-level officials, there are already many people who are dissatisfied.

This made Hao Zheng feel a little crisis.

After the last moment, he shook his head and said, "Continue to let the fire gun team practice, and everything will wait for Lou'er to come back." At the moment, the most important thing is shipbuilding, so you should step up your fundraising. ”

Wu Xiong hurriedly responded, and then said with a smile: "How dare the lower officials be lazy, the Hou Ye said that this is a big deal, so for the lower officials." This is a big thing, and the lower officials have to work hard to serve the dogs and horses. ”

For several days, Hao Zheng was pinching the days to calculate the time. I only look forward to Hao Fenglou coming, he has been working hard in this Jiaozhi for more than a year, he has never returned to Nanjing, seeing his wife and children, he is very worried about his heart, although he is busy here, but in the dead of night, he can't help but miss his relatives.

It's actually lonely here. He had already thought about taking a concubine, and it was not good to have no one around him to take care of him after all, but he thought about it immediately. Still dispelling his mind, Hao Zheng actually found that he cared about Hao Fenglou's opinion very much, for fear that this son would be disgusted with his father.

Naturally, there will be no shortage of women around her, and occasionally they will be merry and happy. However, Hao Zheng knows how to stop in moderation. Very restrained.

A few days have passed in a blink of an eye, and in the early summer, the weather here in Cochin is unbearably hot, this kind of dampness and heat makes people sticky, and the whole body is very unhappy, and the mosquitoes are gradually increasing, and people can't sleep peacefully at night.

Dozens of fast horses galloped along the gravel road. This is the mountain road leading to Lang Son, and the road is excellent. Since it is a winding mountain, the shoulder of the road is solid. The road was not only paved with gravel, but also sprinkled with a layer of mud, so that the carriage could pass unimpeded.

Hao Fenglou rode on a horse, with a hat on his head, once it reached ten points in the hot summer, this wide hat became practical. He wore a loose garment, which was cooler than it was fluttering as he galloped on his horse.

Hao Fenglou's facial features are a little darker, but they are even more heroic, and the entourage behind him is all vigorous, all of them are the most loyal guards of the Hao family, since they arrived at the Langshan realm, the road has been a lot better, not to mention, and there are post stations in every other section, which are obviously much denser than other places.

Naturally, this is different from the post station of the imperial court, but the post station in Langshan and the nearby Hao family's fiefdom was built by the Hao family itself, and people were recruited to manage it here. It is not so much a post station as a collection of inns, tea stalls, warehouses, and wine shops.

This is a unified courtyard, on the side is a large warehouse, very towering, and on the other side is the stable, the stable is not far away, is the courtyard building, there are guest rooms, there is a place to eat.

This pattern is because there is an endless stream of merchants on this trade road, almost every caravan is carrying goods, dozens or even hundreds of people go together, as soon as it gets dark, they have to rest on the tip, and some goods can not be exposed to the sun and rain, so they are willing to pay a little silver money, and move into the warehouse, and then let the men arrange horses to feed the forage, and all the personnel are into the post station to make tips and arrange guest rooms.

At this time, the post station in front was already very lively, and the carriages were full of carriages parked outside, and the carriages were unloaded from the horses, and the horses had been led to feed the forage, and there were dozens of feet carrying the goods in the warehouse.

It seems that this goods are silk, and it is expected that the merchants who came from wanted to sell the silk to places such as Jiaozhi or Zhenla through Tongshanji.

This kind of thing is extremely common, because Lang Son has gradually become known here, and because the Ming Dynasty is more strict on merchants selling goods to various countries, and often this kind of trade is very profitable, so this kind of smuggling behavior has been repeatedly banned before the Hao family is in Lang Son.

Now, things are much easier. Langshan here is quite like the Hong Kong of later generations, due to the closed policy of the imperial court, so that many transactions, are through Langshan to transit, such as the merchants of the Zhenla country in the copper mountain set waiting, the merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang are brought with silk, they are in this copper mountain set for trading, after the delivery of the silver, the merchants of the Zhenla country will directly traffic these silk back to China.

This circumvents the problem of smuggling, but all the goods that are delivered out of Langshan are generally not easily seized by the customs guards, the reason is very simple, the people of the Hao family are here, although the Hao family does not interfere much in the local military and politics, but this does not mean that he can not clean you up.

So in this case, Lang Son not only became the center of production, but also became the distribution and transit center of goods, the porcelain, silk, and tea shipped by the Ming Dynasty were all sold here, and the merchants sold these goods, they would not return empty-handed, but bought some native products from Annam, Chenla and other countries, or went back with ironware, furniture, and cloth from Lang Son, and went back and forth, earning two pieces of silver, whether it was selling silk, porcelain and tea that had been taken away, or furniture, cheap cloth and ironware brought back, It's all best-selling things, so this is a profitable deal, as long as you are willing to come here and are willing to spend your energy, it can almost be said that you will make a profit without losing money.

When a person earns money, with the temperament of a merchant, he naturally flocks to the top, so recently, on the official road of Lang Son, there is an endless stream of merchants who simply sell goods, and those who do small business are only a dozen people, hire a few big carts, if it is a large caravan, hundreds of mules and horses, endlessly, and hundreds of accompanying men and guards, mighty.

Therefore, the Hao family also made a lot of profits from the trading of this post station, so many people ate and drank, it seems that they don't earn much, but in fact, they add up a lot, and it is a large amount every year.

Hao Fenglou waited for the horses to get off the horse, and immediately a man came up attentively, took the horses, and fed the forage.

Hao Fenglou dusted off the clothes on his body, entered the post station, and couldn't help but take off the hat, revealing his somewhat handsome face, but there are really not many people who know him here, even if everyone has been famous for him for a long time, but they have never seen his true face, so when he entered with dozens of guards, the businessmen, men and guards sitting idle in the lively inn only glanced at him, surprised by the fierceness of the guards around Hao Fenglou, so they didn't look over their heads and said their own things.

On the way of the journey, especially when they arrived at Langshan, they had long been accustomed to all kinds of noble sons and 'big men' passing by, and there were many such nobles, and there was no need to provoke or make friends.

The first floor is already full, there are hundreds of people, and even a lot of benches have been added temporarily, it is still bustling, many guys shuttle during the period, the refreshments and drinks are served, and naturally there are guys who come forward with a smile and groan, and say to Hao Fenglou: "Childe, the first and second floors are full, it is really not possible, you might as well be wronged, add a chair here, as for the guest room...... There are still three rooms left, and I'm afraid I'll have to be wronged......"

Hao Fenglou pursed his lips and smiled, but he didn't answer, but a guard behind him stepped forward with a smile and sent a waist card to the guy's hand.

As soon as the guy saw this waist card, he was stunned, and immediately lowered his voice and said: "On the fifth day of the sixth month, three distinguished guests arrived here, lived in the upper room, and turned right into the third room. But don't you know that Childe is their friend? ”

Six, five, three, three, these four numbers were strung together, and the guard couldn't help but smile and said, "Take us there." ”

The guy didn't say anything, and led Hao Fenglou and the others directly to the third floor.

No one was allowed to come up to the third floor, not only was it guarded, but as far as the eye could see, many of the rooms here were surprisingly quiet, as if something was hidden.

The guy led Hao Fenglou to a house and stopped, pushed the door, the lights were bright, the guards held their hands and guarded the door, Hao Fenglou stepped in, and suddenly opened up, this is a huge room, there are three or four cases in it, and there are scribes buried in the case behind the case, in addition, there is a samurai guarding here, seeing Hao Fenglou, he was stunned at first, and then stepped forward to salute: "Dare to ask the prince ......"

The door behind him was already closed, and Hao Fenglou said with a smile: "I'm Hao Fenglou, what's the news recently?" ”

As soon as he heard the words Hao Fenglou, the scribes sitting behind the case were already calm, and they got up one after another, looking a little cramped.

The warrior hurriedly bowed down, and said: "Zhang Jin, a member of the hundred households in the southwest of the Shenwu Guard, has seen the Hou Ye." ”

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Tragedy, I can't call a ticket, the story has highs and lows, the tiger is anxious, the climax needs to be paved slowly after all, but there is no climax, everyone doesn't buy it, now the tiger's monthly pass has fallen too far behind, and if you don't catch up, it's completely over, beg for a monthly pass, help the tiger. (To be continued......)