On the fourth day of February, Huang Zhan's transfer to the head of the household department was completely decided.

No one in the court thought it was so strange.

A cabinet elder who is on the throne of the Hanlin bachelor, there is no hope of being the first assistant, even if he is in the cabinet, it is still not as real as the real power of the household department, and Huang Zan could not be transferred to the north of the household department, mainly because of the strong obstacle of Sun Jiao.

And Qin Jin, the former secretary of the household department, was not recruited to be the secretary of the ministry, but continued to go back to be his secretary of the military department.

Li Yue, who had just been promoted to be the secretary of the military department, was directly assigned to Nanjing as the secretary of the household department this time......

This took the DPRK and China by surprise.

Li Yue was Yang Tinghe's person before, in the battle for military power in the northwest, although he did not clearly side with Yang Tinghe, but later Li Yue was mostly transferred by Peng Ze, this time he was promoted to the military department, and many people still think that the emperor ignores the past.

Now the ministers know that it turned out that Li Yue was just digging a hole to let Li Yue be the secretary of the military department, but in fact, he was humiliating him more, as for going to Nanjing to be the secretary of the household department...... It's not a disadvantage, but anyone can guess that this Nanhu Shangshu estimates that Li Yue won't be able to do it for long.

After going around and around, Qiao Yu still stayed in the position of the secretary of the ministry, even he felt that he had been doing this errand for too long, and he had no way to retreat, and he didn't know what the emperor thought, so he had to let him, a staunch ally of Yang Tinghe, rely on the position of the head of the six most eye-catching departments.

However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this official book is actually prepared for Yang Yiqing, although the matter of Yang Yiqing's return to the dynasty has not been decided, but if Qin Jin or Huang Zan is transferred to the position of the official secretary before Yang Yiqing agrees, it is a humiliation to Yang Yiqing, not a wise man.

Yang Yiqing replaced Qiao Yu, and this kind of rotation would seem more reasonable.

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Anyway.

Huang Zan finally returned to his familiar post, and immediately after taking office, he was faced with the problem of money and grain dispatch in the northwest region after the beginning of spring, and Su Xigui, who was in Xishan, was finally going to be busy.

The first thing Su Xigui did was to go to Zhu Hao and express his "gratitude" to Zhu Hao, and his way was not rigid, he directly ordered a silver ticket of 30,000 taels and prepared to stuff it to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao smiled and asked: "Lord Su, is a household book only worth 30,000 taels?" ”

"Huh? How much is that? ”

Su Xigui doesn't seem to have a clear idea of the price code.

Zhu Hao smiled: "Haha, I won't accept you, I asked Huang Gong at the beginning, it was he who chose to be a bachelor of Hanlin, and then entered the cabinet, and now he is back in the position of the head of the household, which is equivalent to saying that he just changed from the south to the north of the house, and there is not much difference." ”

"There's a big difference."

Su Xigui shook his head again and again, and said, "It's almost a world of difference." ”

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "That's his own ability, otherwise why did His Majesty announce this matter, the DPRK and China didn't even have the slightest objection?" ”

"Huh."

Su Xigui is quite proud of this.

Huang Zan can't do anything else, but he has many years of experience in managing money and grain, and there is no one else in the court. In addition, Huang Zan originally relied on Zhu Hao's salt drying method to start his business, and the vast majority of officials in the household department obeyed his words.

Zhu Hao was standing on the newly repaired tower at this time, looking at the group of people who had gone away.

"See them?"

Zhu Hao pointed to the long line of convoys and people in front of him.

Huang Zan said: "I heard that they all went to Juyongguan to build the railway, and the north gradually began to thaw, and the road construction should be vigorously promoted...... Could it be that the little boss feels that the funds are not enough and wants to let the contemptible people have more? ”

It seems that Huang Zan said anything, or he would mention silver in a few words.

Zhu Hao shook his head: "Silver is secondary, what I'm thinking about now is not how to build the railway, but thinking about the shipyard in Tianjin, I don't know if I can recruit a group of people to go overseas with the newly formed fleet!" Preferably someone with a lot of sailing experience. ”

"Huh?"

Huang Zhan looked confused.

I tell you the west, you tell me the east? Then do you want the 30,000 taels of silver? Is it too little? Or are you going to cash out in a different way?

Zhu Hao said: "Lord Su, have you heard of the Francophone man?" ”

"Uh......"

Huang Zan was stunned, shook his head and said, "I heard that it is the coastal red-haired bandits, originally they also paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, but then it was very unpleasant, and there have always been rumors in the southeast that they are doing business with the Japanese pirates, and they trade with me Daming...... The means are full of tricks. ”

Zhu Hao said: "I want to find a group of Franc people as guides to carry out a great voyage." ”

"Huh? They will ...... Listen to us? ”

Su Xigui looked puzzled.

He can understand recruiting manpower, but what kind of Franc machine to find is not something that Su Xigui can figure out.

Zhu Hao knew very well that at this time, Columbus had discovered the New World, and that magical and vast land was no longer a mysterious and unpredictable primitive wilderness, and would become a treasure-like existence in the future, and now that vast continent was just a piece of jade, unpolished.

The Franc men have the new European firearms and experience in navigating the world, and they are also very good at dealing with the natives of the islands.

Although this group of people was bloodthirsty and cruel, Zhu Hao believed that there was a smarter way to force them to provide a guide to the errand, so that the Ming fleet could cross a distance of tens of millions of miles and cross the Pacific Ocean into the west coast of America without navigation.

"Won't Lord Su try it for me? You don't have to spend any money, haven't you always had business in Nanjing? It shouldn't be difficult to find a few Francophone people, right? Besides, after the new emperor ascended the throne, they did not come to pay tribute. ”

Zhu Hao means that you can have a courtesy contact with the Franco.

After deceiving people into the capital, what to do with them is up to this group of people to decide, Zhu Hao has a way to make them succumb.

It can be coercion, inducement, or both.

Su Xigui smiled bitterly: "Then let's try it." ”

"Hmm."

Of course Zhu Hao wants to try, and he can't leave now, so he can't go to find a Franc machine with sailing experience in person, so he can only let Su Xigui come forward on his behalf.

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Sun Lan has always lived in Xishan and has not returned to the capital.

In addition to visiting the scenery of Xishan, she usually goes to some workshops to see, there is also Zhu Hao's weaving workshop in Xishan, the weaving workshop here is larger, because the coal supply here is endless, boiling water is like not asking for money, the loom is also larger, and the woven cloth is wider.

And there are all kinds of cloth, and Sun Lan even wants to move his family to Xishan.

Zhu Hao is basically very busy during the day, and he will only accompany Sun Lan after nightfall.

On this day, Zhu Hao was busy in the laboratory, but he had to meet an "uninvited guest", Zhu San, who had received Zhu Si's special approval of 10,000 taels of silver and was allowed to go to Xishan to cultivate Taoism.

As for what the two sisters and brothers are going to do, Zhu Hao doesn't know, but one thing Zhu Hao knows is that Zhu San's drunkard's intention is not in the Taoist Temple, but in him.

Sure enough, Zhu San chose the address to build the Taoist temple, asked people to set up a tent, and then moved a chair to sit at the door of the tent, waiting for Zhu Hao to come to the door, and Lu Bing stood next to him with a bitter face...... He had the opportunity to follow the road construction team to Juyongguan, but he was blocked by Zhu San because of a two-day delay.

"Ah Bing, look, that person with no conscience is here!"

Zhu San deliberately came up with an old lady's tone of speaking, with a thick resentment in her tone, which made Zhu Hao feel that this woman was very difficult to entangle.

Although Zhu San is considered an "older leftover girl" in this era, she is just a person born in the first year of Zhengde, no matter how she counts, she is only eighteen years old, and she has not even passed her eighteenth birthday, so she is a minor.

When Zhu Hao saw Zhu San's appearance, he felt that this woman probably had some magic obstacles.

"Princess, what are you doing? Come to Xishan to build a temple? Zhu Hao walked over and waved his hand, meaning to let Lu Bing leave quickly, so as not to be entangled by Zhu San again.

Lu Bingru was pardoned, and was about to spread the girl's heart, but was stopped by Zhu San: "I didn't let you go, you dare to move?" ”

Lu Bingdao: "Princess, can you not involve me in the affairs of the two of you?" I...... I don't know anything. And my father has already promised me a marriage, and I will get married in two years......"

At this time, Lu Bing's mind was not dull, he knew very well that Zhu San was a hot potato, and he also knew that Zhu San only had Zhu Hao in his heart.

Of course, Lu Bing was also afraid of being relied on by Zhu San, in case Zhu San couldn't think of it, he would have to marry him Lu Bing...... That's a terrible thing.

Zhu San said angrily: "Is this princess so scared of you?" What else do you say about marriage...... How old are you, a fart kid, wearing a brocade guard, and you really think you're an adult? ”

Zhu Hao ignored Zhu San's intimidation, and directly ordered: "Lu Bing, you still have something to do in the camp, go and finish it now!" This is a military order, and there must be no mistakes! ”

"Order!"

Lu Bing didn't look back this time, and went straight away.

Anyway, the responsibility lies with Zhu Hao, if Zhu San is not satisfied, just settle accounts with Zhu Hao.

The key is......

Does Zhu San have the ability to calculate Zhu Hao's account? Even Lu Bing felt ...... It's hanging.

What about princesses?

I don't want to get married, but I don't want to?

When Lu Bing left, Zhu San's servants were hiding in the distance, when Zhu San was alone with Zhu Hao, her expression was not as strong as before, probably she also knew that compared with everyone like Sun Lan, her biggest disadvantage was that she was rude and willful.

"I know, she'...... It's always been here, hasn't it? Zhu San asked.

Zhu Hao said: "Are you talking about Neiko?" She was there during this time, and we got along well, and the husband and wife respected each other like guests! ”

"You ......"

Zhu San felt that Zhu Hao's words were deliberately poking at the most vulnerable place in her heart.

Zhu Hao put on a posture of "what else do you want to hear", which means that as long as you ask, I can continue to say that Sun Lan is good, and the sweetness of our life.

Zhu San said: "I know that your husband and wife are in love, but ...... I can too. And...... I don't mind ......."

"What don't you mind?"

Zhu Hao asked.

Zhu San pouted and said, "I don't mind being small." ”

Zhu Hao said angrily: "Your Royal Highness Princess, although you are not the daughter of Your Majesty, you are also the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, don't say that you are not qualified to be a concubine with others, even if you really have this heart, I don't dare to accept it." I am just a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and I have to take into account what the courtiers think of me. Please retract these words, there is no possibility between you and me. ”