Jiang Shantong and Mu Dazhi walked outside the prefect's yamen.

Jiang Shantong initially had a kind smile like Maitreya Buddha on his face, but when he came to the door, he immediately changed his attitude and began to scold.

「…… Do you really call Lao Tzu a flower child? And you sent us away with a little money?"

Jiang Shantong's mood has changed greatly.

Mu Dazhi asked in surprise, "Lord Tongzhi, you seem to be ...... inside. That's not what I said." Mu Dazhi thought about it for a while, Jiang Shantong learned from Mr. Mi that the new prefect would take out 10,000 taels of silver at a time and ask them to come forward to help recruit people, this Jiang Tongzhi lost his temper in an instant, and his fiery eyes seemed to be full of Brother Kong Fang.

That is, after coming out, Jiang Tongzhi seemed to be a different person, and it seemed that he had to say something hard to show that he was not a lover of money.

Jiang Shantong glared at Mu Dazhi and said, "Do you really think Lao Tzu can look at that bit of silver? 10,000 taels is a lot of money, so let's talk about it when he really comes up with it! These officials like to play the trick of the white wolf with empty gloves, saying that they take out 10,000 taels, don't even take out 1,000 taels in the end, and ask others to fill the hole for him with the remaining 9,000 taels...... Huh?"

As he was talking, he saw more than a dozen carriages coming on the street in front of the yamen.

When the carriage stopped in front of the government gate, the escorts on the carriage and the subordinates brought by the new prefect who welcomed them out of the door began to unload the boxes from the carriage.

Mu Dazhi stepped forward and asked, "Everyone, are these all the prefect's belongings? Do you want to ask the yacha to help?"

The leader of the nursing home who took the lead said, "These are precious things, and there is no need for others to interfere...... Please move the two superiors, lest the rough work of the rough man collide with you."

Mu Dazhi and Jiang Shantong hurriedly avoided and stepped aside.

The two had no intention of leaving, and watched a group of people carry the boxes.

When he was almost done, Mu Dazhi turned his head sideways and asked in a low voice, "Jiang Tongzhi, do you think that Fuzun will use a trick to cover his eyes?" As you said before, in fact, there are empty boxes in front of you, or are they simply filled with stones, deliberately posing for outsiders to see?"

Jiang Shantong looked around and asked, "Is there anyone else here besides the two of us?"

Mu Dazhi said, "That...... It's just a special way to show us?"

"Let's go, let's go in and see!"

Seeing that all the boxes were carried into the door, Jiang Shantong was really not at ease, and returned to the mansion with Mu Dazhi.

When I got to the backyard, I was stopped.

Lou Suzhen's voice came from inside: "Don't stop Jiang Tongzhi and Mu Tuiguan, they are acting under the orders of the adults, and they know that our real financial resources are still necessary."

The two were then allowed in.

At this time, all the chests in the backyard had been opened, and they were all filled with white silver and yellow-orange-orange money, almost filling a courtyard.

Lou Suzhen came over and said: "My lord has sent someone to send the amount needed to open the mine, and the current account count has been completed, at least 13,000 taels, and there may be a shortage of opening a large mine, but there should be no problem in opening a few small mines, and the mining master has been invited from the Central Plains, just waiting to start work."

Mu Dazhi swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "There are not many local manpower, and the servants are sent to the north to repair and strengthen the Great Wall, I'm afraid it will ......."

Lou Suzhen interrupted him and said, "No need to serve, use hire, coolies are paid 30 wen a day, and craftsmen are paid 50 wen. Don't be embarrassed, right?"

After all, the official price of silver is said to be able to exchange for a thousand yuan, but it is actually good to be able to exchange for eight or nine hundred yuan, and a coolie who is more than one or two silver per month is definitely a high income in this idea, not to mention that skilled craftsmen will only be higher.

"Don't be embarrassed."

Without waiting for Jiang Shantong to speak, Mu Dazhi said it for him.

Lou Suzhen said: "Okay, notify the account office and transfer two thousand taels of silver to Jiang Tongzhi to recruit people, and make the scene bigger, it is best to make it known to everyone, so that the local officials and gentry know that without them, the adults can still open the mines, and they can do better." It is said that they want to have a reason, but that is just a polite statement, even if they don't know each other, can't the prefect's yamen provoke the banner of mining and mining?"

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Lou Suzhen was very generous, and once on behalf of Zhu Hao, he allocated two thousand taels of silver to Jiang Shantong and Mu Dazhi.

The silver was not used to open mines, but to recruit people from the localities.

If Jiang Shantong had a lot of complaints about Zhu Hao's proposition before, now he has completely succumbed in his heart, and the new prefect is really not a few hundred taels of silver to make a show, it is really going to open a mine, and he will drive a horse cannon against Jinyiwei.

When Lou Suzhen finished the handover of the silver and returned to the inner hall, she saw Zhu Hao writing a letter.

Lou Suzhen said: "Son, everything is according to your instructions, in front of the government officials, make an appearance, and the rest depends on whether they cooperate."

"No one is going to have trouble with money."

Zhu Hao shook his head, "I came to the local government to be an official, spend some money to settle things, and let all aspects relax their vigilance, it's worth it."

Lou Suzhen asked tentatively, "So Gongzi would rather let them fill their pockets? In my opinion, they are afraid ...... It's not a peace of mind."

Zhu Hao smiled, "Mr. Mi, do you think it's so easy for them to take advantage of me?"

Lou Suzhen smiled, looked at Zhu Hao with quite appreciative eyes, and said, "Guan Bao let them vomit as much as they eat their stomachs, and they have to find it."

"It's not enough to look for it, just don't snatch food from my mouth." Zhu Hao got up, walked up to Lou Suzhen, handed her the written letter, and "Let people send it to the capital...... This is a letter to Yang Yongxiu, and I will write to His Majesty in the evening to let His Majesty know about our progress here."

"Your Excellency, I've had a hard time these days."

Lou Suzhen's face was full of concern, and she suddenly thought of something, and reminded: "Miss Ouyang has made preparations for the placement of the workshop, and she has been idle for the past two days, should she come to the mansion to serve......

Zhu Hao asked, "Madame wants to match ...... again?"

When Lou Suzhen saw Zhu Hao calling her "madam", she knew that Zhu Hao had resumed the original mode of private negotiation between friends, and immediately said, "The previous prince agreed to admit Miss Ouyang to enter the door, and now she is waiting with her eyes open."

Zhu Hao smiled: "Madame came to help me for Uchiko, she should keep an eye on my every move, why did she take the initiative...... Hehe, don't mind, madam, just kidding. You also know the way I get along with Uchiko, and I have a responsibility to her, even if I want to take a concubine in the future, it will not be now."

Lou Suzhen bowed her head and said she understood.

Zhu Hao and Sun Lan have not officially joined the round house, if Ouyang Fei is accepted in advance and admitted to the house early, it will be more or less unfair to Sun Lan.

Although in terms of name, the identity of Sun Lan's wife will not change, but it will always make Zhu Hao feel that he is a little sorry for the little wife who has been helping him take care of the affairs of the inner courtyard.

"Childe thinks about his wife wholeheartedly, admire!" Lou Suzhen smiled and sighed.

Zhu Hao smiled, as if he was laughing at Lou Suzhen, you treat Sun Lan as your best friend, but on the other hand, you arrange a concubine for your best friend's husband, which is not serious. But Zhu Hao knows that it is unrealistic to understand Lou Suzhen in the same way as ordinary people.

Lou Suzhen, as the concubine of King Ning, has a lofty status, and her logic of doing things is not comparable to that of ordinary women in the boudoir, such a woman is usually polite and seems to act in a proper manner, but if she really talks about her mind and ability, she is definitely at the level of a woman and a hero.

In front of her is the wife of the big thief, if King Ning succeeds, Lou Suzhen is a woman who can be the queen, and she will be the mother of the world.

This is also an important reason why Lou Suzhen became his guest and quickly suppressed Jiang Shantong, Mu Dazhi and other officials.

If he could choose, Zhu Hao would rather cultivate Lou Suzhen as an official than find Tang Yin, an old man who has no ambitions and just wants to be in the snow.

Also, Zhu Hao is also pondering.

Maybe the relationship between Lou Suzhen and Tang Yin has not been able to make progress for a long time, in addition to the difference in the identities of the two, it is also possible that Lou Suzhen doesn't look down on a weak and incompetent old man like Tang Yin at all...... From the perspective of poetry and painting, Tang Yin can indeed be admired by women all over the world, but that is only limited to appreciation.

I really want to live together, Tang Yin's company

An old man who can't take care of himself well, and his official career is all covered by others, what can he do?

Ordinary women are very envious of Tang Yin, but what kind of woman is Lou Suzhen? Will you take a fancy to Tang Yin's background and ability?

Looking at the back of Lou Suzhen leaving, Zhu Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "No wonder Old Tang, you have never been able to get the heart of a beauty, it's really better than not knowing that your ability as a confidant is far above you, a self-proclaimed talented old poor sour...... The relationship between you and her is not half a star."

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The Yamen, the prefect of Yongpyeong Prefecture, took the lead in recruiting local mining workers and craftsmen.

The news soon spread to Jingshi with Zhu Hao's letter to Yang Shen, and Yang Shen knew about it.

After Yang Shen read it, he hurriedly took Zhu Hao's letter and went to see Yang Tinghe.

「…… Father, my son felt that Jingdao's move was actually to let His Majesty know that it was not only his people who would open mines, Jingdao was born in a Jinyiwei family and had an official and business background, if he could really open the mine in the name of the local gentry, then it would be an established fact that Jinyiwei and the people would compete for profit!"

Although Yang Shen didn't support Zhu Hao's behavior, he still tried his best to speak for Zhu Hao in front of his father.

Yang Tinghe seemed indifferent to this.

Mining is not mining...... What does it have to do with him Yang Tinghe?

It's just that he thinks that Zhu Hao is a bit foolish, or he is willing to seek the near and far, but he didn't expect Zhu Hao to seal up the mine that Jinyiwei worked so hard to open.

Now fighting with the emperor, no result is sometimes a good result, as long as the emperor feels the pressure of opening a mine, don't think about looking for mines in the future, Yang Tinghe's purpose is not to make the emperor unable to come down.

Yang Tinghe said, "Because my father knows, you can go back."

"Father, that's Rang Jingdao...... Do you want to keep mining?" Yang Shen was puzzled.

Why did my father behave so coldly?

But what's the matter with my father lately, and he can't take care of these things for a while?

If there is a big deal, why not consult with him, the eldest son? Do you think he's incompetent? Or don't trust him enough?

Now Yang Shen is very sensitive.

Yang Tinghe waved his hand and said, "For my father, I only look at the result, as for what Jingdao does, let him go." You should not interfere too much with him, arrange people to pass, and give them enough trust."