Zhu Hao took Su Xigui to see the samples of the new firearms he had made.

These samples have not been openly tested, and even Lu Song and others do not know how lethal they are, but they are just ordinary firearms.

"Lord Su, the value of these things lies in the fact that they do not require physical strength, and it can be said that they can be operated as long as they are individuals, which is completely different from the battlefield today that requires strength and experience to complete the horseback charge, why don't you try it?"

Zhu Hao smiled and picked up the weapon and handed it to Su Xigui.

Su Xigui refused in shock: "Don't dare, don't dare, come on." ”

Zhu Hao walked to the shooting range, picked up the firearm in his hand, aimed it at a hundred steps away, and launched it directly, and under Su Xigui's eyes, he hit the opposite target to pieces.

Then Zhu Hao replaced the bullet, and another ......

After Zhu Hao fought four or five times in a row, he put down the firearm in his hand, and Su Xigui was already stunned and speechless.

"Master Su, you can choose independently, do you want to try with me?" Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

Su Xigui stammered and asked, "Little ...... Little master, this ...... What the hell is this...... Yes...... Is it a lot of output? ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Hao smiled and nodded.

Su Xigui sighed: "Contemptible people are convinced, it's a pity, you didn't join the army, otherwise you ......"

Roughly speaking, Zhu Hao does not have an armed force that completely belongs to him, otherwise he can rebel directly with this thing.

Whether it is the speed and accuracy of shooting, or the lethality, it is an eye-opener for Su Xigui.

Zhu Hao put the firearm on his back, walked outside the shooting range, and said with a smile: "This is just the most ordinary firearm, called a rifle." If you improve it, you can shoot a lot of bullets without stopping...... It's useless to tell you this, mainly because I can't mass-produce it, plus I can't train so many people to use it. You can only start over again if you change to a new environment. ”

"yes."

Su Xigui understood what Zhu Hao meant.

If Zhu Hao made a weapon and immediately let those Ming Dynasty people come to fight against the Ming Dynasty army, they would not have the courage.

They will feel that the Ming officers and soldiers are numerous and have their own righteousness, why should they fight with the officers and soldiers?

Zhu Hao said: "So I want to take a group of people to the sea, conquer the barbarians in the New World, open mines there, increase production, and train more people...... Therefore, the number of people going to sea determines our initial strength and how many opportunities we have...... You can do something different. ”

said that it was a rebellion, but in fact, it was just lip service, and it couldn't be made clear.

When we go to sea, who will know what will happen over there?

Kill back to the Ming Dynasty, this is just an assumption, there are overseas places for Zhu Hao to play, do you have to come back and touch the south wall in a short time?

"Little master, you let it go, and the contemptible people support you wholeheartedly." Su Xigui suddenly had confidence and confidence, and felt that his waist could be straightened.

Let a businessman follow him to rebel, Zhu Hao feels that he is also quite hard, but at the moment he can rely on Su Xigui.

No way.

From financial resources to manpower and material resources, Su Xigui is the best choice for partners, Zhu Hao has accumulated a lot of wealth from the beginning, but it is basically used on Zhu Si, but through the support of Zhu Si, the innovation and improvement of science and technology have been completed, and the foundation of shipbuilding, iron smelting, and mining has been laid.

The more craftsmen the better, anyway, with the cut off of funds on his side, whether it is Xishan or Yongping Mansion, as well as the North and South Shipyards, I am afraid that they will gradually stop working, and those craftsmen have no place to live, so they can only go to sea with him.

When they arrived overseas, they were not afraid of the rebellion of the craftsmen, because no one but him could bring them back.

"Lord Su, then I can only say that I hope we have a happy cooperation. Your financial resources may not be useful overseas when you go overseas, so you should exchange all your money for usable materials as much as possible, and recruit as many people as possible, especially craftsmen, and that's all I can remind you of. ”

Zhu Hao patted Su Xigui on the shoulder, meaning, let's work hard together in the future, and I will guarantee you a bright future.

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……

Zhu Hao was thinking about his plan to go to sea, while the monarchs and ministers in the capital were still pondering the power struggle, thinking about how to suppress political enemies and occupy a high position.

Especially Zhang Xuan, who has been active in the capital more and more frequently recently, although he is only a bachelor of Hanlin, he is more active than those pavilion elders and scholars, and there are faint signs of presiding over the government.

Zhang Xuan also kept Zhang Zuo's reminder in his heart, if he wanted to replace Zhu Hao's position in Emperor Jiajing's mind, he must have Zhu Hao's ability to help the emperor solve problems that others could not solve...... Whether it is money or employment, we must satisfy the emperor, and we must know how to share the emperor's worries.

The day was over.

Zhang Xuan deliberately walked to Huang Zhan's side, and the two went out of the palace side by side.

"Huang Butang doesn't need to be anxious, there is definite news that His Majesty will promote you to be the secretary of the ministry in the near future, but there may be some errands handed over to you."

Zhang Xuan said with a smile.

Huang Zan looked around to make sure that no one was paying attention to him, and then asked in a low voice, "I don't know what the errand is?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Your Majesty wants to build the tomb of Emperor Xingxian, as well as build a large number of buildings in Anlu, but he is worried that the imperial court will not be able to allocate too much money and grain. ”

"This ......"

Huang Zhan frowned.

I said before that I would raise 60,000 taels of silver, of which 30,000 taels were still paid out of my own pocket, but the silver was taken out, but the matter was not done for me.

And this time, it wasn't Zhang Zuo who came to ask me for it, but Zhang Zhang?

What is this?

Treat me as the wronged boss and drain my family?

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "As far as I know, at present, the court has the ability to help His Majesty solve the problem, except for Huang Butang and you, there is no one else, I'm afraid even Zhu Jingdao can only stand aside." ”

Huang Zan shook his head: "Compared with Zhu Jingdao, the old decay is quite inferior. His ability lies in generating money and food out of thin air, and in the past few years, His Majesty has taken countless amounts of money from him, and there is no legal reason for the specifics. ”

"Isn't there a way for Huang Butang to raise what His Majesty needs?"

Zhang Xuan was curious.

You Huang Zan are now going to have a clear relationship with Zhu Hao, and you are still touting him in front of me?

Does it mean that you can't do it?

Then the emperor used Zhu Jingdao as a secretary to be the secretary of the ministry, why should he use you?

You are arrogant, you know?

"Method ......"

Huang Zan wanted to say that there was naturally a way, such as squeezing oil from his brother-in-law Su Xigui.

I don't necessarily have much to come up with, I have to use money, and there shouldn't be any problem with Su Xigui squeezing out hundreds of thousands of taels.

But why let Su Xigui take the silver?

Zhang Xuan said: "I heard that there are capable people behind Huang Butang to help, and they can always take out money to eliminate disasters and disasters, from the northwest to Nanjing, and then to the capital, many times they support those Huizhou businessmen to contribute money and efforts, why not mobilize them at this time?" ”

Huang Zan sighed: "Bingyong, since you have mentioned it, then I will not hide it from you." The old man has a brother-in-law, and he has a high status among the merchants in Huizhou, but he ...... Lao Yu had already told him that I would support him in business, and he would need to take out money to help me dredge, and I had nothing to do but seek an official position, and he had indeed contributed money and efforts in many things in the past few years, but now ...... The old man didn't know how to talk to him. ”

Huang Chan is relatively principled.

He and Su Xigui have supported each other for many years, and Su Xigui has helped him a lot, so he really doesn't need to pit his brother-in-law for an illusory goal.

Zhang Xuan smiled and shook his head: "Shangjia Chongli, since his net worth is all from Huang Butang, he should pay at a critical time, and besides, your promotion to the secretary of the ministry will bring him more convenience." For the sake of fame and profit, everyone has their own needs, so why worry too much? ”

Zhang Xuan just wanted to force Huang Zan to squeeze Su Xigui.

If you don't squeeze Su Xigui, how can you get the official position you want?

Don't think that the emperor will give you the official hat for free, we are all the same, it seems that we are the emperor's henchmen, and we have a good chance of getting the official title, but don't forget, we also have a Zhu Jingdao as a flagpole above us.

If it fails to meet Zhu Jingdao's standards, its value in the emperor's mind will be greatly reduced, and the official position that should belong to us will also be lost to other families.

"Decay understood."

Huang Zan nodded, "But I don't know what it should be, please use you to explain." ”

How much silver is appropriate, you can make a price.

Zhang Xuan said, "Thirty thousand taels a Chinese New Year's Eve, it depends on how long Huang Butang wants to be a Shangshu." ”

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……

When Huang Zan went back, he was very angry.

is a good official, but he is blackmailed, who knows whose pocket the money ends up in? Or, how much of the silver can go to the emperor?

"Master, there is a letter from your uncle."

Huang Zan returned home, and the letter sent by Su Xigui from Jiangnan also arrived.

Only then did Huang Zan realize that even if he wanted his brother-in-law to contribute money and efforts, no one was in the capital, how could this money come out?

"Bring it."

Huang Zan hurriedly opened the letter, but it was Su Xigui who reported to him that he was safe, mentioning that he was currently working under Zhu Hao, so that Huang Zan could rest assured.

"Is there any other letter, or something he's asked to pass on?" Huang Zhan frowned.

The servant was a little puzzled, but still shook his head: "No." ”

Huang Zan said: "Then send someone to the silver horn to inform him, or call the shopkeeper who left him in Jingshi." ”

The servant was surprised and said, "Master, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this, right?" Someone came to report that the steward of the silver number in the capital seemed to have been replaced by someone from the inner government, like a brocade guard, but he was afraid of ...... It's hard to scream. ”

"Inner House? Jin Yiwei? ”

Huang Zhan was taken aback.

I wanted to squeeze Su Xigui, but someone started earlier, could it be said that the emperor had already set his sights on the silver number and was ready to turn the silver deposit in the silver number into a royal private property?

"What about his business in the capital?"

Huang Zhan realized something and hurriedly asked.

The servant said: "Recently, the people who stayed in the capital have all left, and it seems that they have all moved to Jiangnan. ”

"What?"

Huang Zan didn't know about Su Xigui's transfer of business at all.

It was also because he had been busy with official business recently, and he was thinking about how to climb to the position of the secretary of the ministry, and he never thought that Su Xigui already had a sense of crisis and was ready to open up.

His brother-in-law is still in the capital as a household secretary, and his brother-in-law has already transferred his business elsewhere, don't you tell him that Su Xigui is no longer optimistic about him, and has gone to Zhu Hao instead?