"I see." Chongzhen nodded.

Then he asked: "However, as far as I know, the amount of iron used in a waist knife is almost the same as that used in a large kitchen knife, but the cost of a waist knife is several times that of a kitchen knife. ”

Kang Shaojing suddenly realized that he had lost his words, and hurriedly covered it up: "The grass people don't know. ”

Chongzhen looked at Kang Shaojing with a smile and said, "Is Kang Weng really unknown or false?" ”

"The grass people really don't know." Kang Shaojing pretended to be stupid, "The Holy One is aware of everything, and he must know the reason." ”

"Of course I know." Chongzhen said abruptly, "It's nothing more than the corpses of the officials of the War Bureau who have a vegetarian meal and fill their private pockets, and the craftsmen are perfunctory and shoddy, so there is a ridiculous thing that the waist knife is not as good as the kitchen knife." ”

Kang Shaojing hurriedly patted his ass: "The saint sees thousands of miles, and he is really an unprecedented saint." ”

"Kang Weng, I treat you with sincerity, it's not interesting to say this." Chongzhen waved his hand, and suddenly said, "If I hand over the firearms of the War Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau to you to make them, would you be willing?" ”

"Huh?" Kang Shaojing was stunned when he heard this, what does this mean?

In my heart, if I can really supply firearms to the imperial court, this is really a big business.

But Kang Shaojing is even more worried that there is a hidden murder here, and the people of the old Zhu family are not very well-behaved.

Chongzhen said again: "You don't have to worry about the price, I will give you whatever price the War Bureau reports to the Ministry of Industry, and I will never owe a penny of funds, but you must ensure the quality." ”

Kang Shaojing knelt on the ground: "Please also ask the Holy Lord to take back his sincere life, the grass people are really embarrassed by the heavy responsibility." ”

"How?" Chongzhen's face turned pale, and he said coldly, "Kang Weng, you don't want to?" ”

Kang Shaojing's forehead broke out in a cold sweat, and he said: "The grass people are worried that they will miss the state affairs, if this is the case, the grass people will die to apologize for the small crime, and it will be difficult to atone for their sins if they harm the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chongzhen stared at Kang Shaojing for a few seconds, and suddenly chuckled.

"Kang Weng, I'm just joking with you, don't mind."

Kang Shaojing instantly felt a lightness on his body, and the coercion disappeared in an instant.

Chongzhen said again: "Kang Weng, I was just joking with you just now, and now I will say a few words to you that are heart-wrenching, what problems did you encounter when you were doing business?" If there is anything I need help to solve, please be sure to say it, and I will definitely do it for you. ”

"This?" Kang Shaojing looked at Chongzhen, and it was difficult to argue the authenticity for a while.

Let's really talk about it, I'm worried about whether there will be some traps hidden in the middle?

If you accidentally get on the road, you will repeat in the footsteps of Shen Wansan.

But if you don't say anything, you'll really be blind to such a good opportunity.

Because their merchants want to sell some goods now, it is really inconvenient.

For example, this time to traffic grain to Huai'an Mansion, the world only knows that they sold it at a price of 1.5 taels per stone, but who would know that they are actually losing money?

This time it's just a favor for Lu Butang!

Chongzhen saw that Kang Shaojing still had concerns, so he had to say patiently: "Kang Weng, it's better to be like this, I will stay in Yangzhou for half a day this time, and before leaving, I will invite Yangzhou merchants to a banquet with the garrison eunuchs, please Kang Weng must inform the businessmen from all walks of life in Yangzhou, and be sure to attend at that time, and I will announce a very important decision at the banquet." ”

"Grass People's Command." Kang Shaojing bowed, got up and hurriedly left the barracks.

Seeing Kang Shaojing leave, Chongzhen muttered: "Hong'er, Jiong'er, have you seen it?" The big hole dug by Grandpa Taizu back then has not been filled until today, Yangzhou businessmen still can't believe our old Zhu family, Yangzhou businessmen are like this, and the businessmen from other places must be the same. ”

"I don't know how to lift." Zhu Cijiong said angrily, "Without them, wouldn't we be able to do anything?" ”

"Jiong'er, you belong to the reckless thinking." Chongzhen shook his head, "You can't just be stunned when you do things. ”

Zhu Cihong said: "So what my father urgently needs to do now is to follow the example of Shangjun South Gate Limu?" ”

"Hong'er said it." Chongzhen said, "What my father needs to do now is the South Gate Standing Tree, but the cost of the South Gate Standing Wood of the Father Emperor is much higher than that of the Shang Emperor back then." ”

……

The next day, Yangzhou garrisoned the eunuch hall.

"Quick, hurry, hurry, remove the screen."

"Plaques, and plaques, plaques are also taken off."

"And all these porcelain, too."

Beads of sweat were already bursting out of Qu Shangzhong's head.

Originally, he was a good eunuch in Yangzhou, and he didn't live very well, and he would receive invitations from Yangzhou salt merchants every once in a while, and there were also famous prostitutes waiting for him.

What's more, there are thousands of godsons and grandsons under his command, who can call the wind and rain in Yangzhou.

As a result, I suddenly received an edict this morning, saying that the holy driver would arrive in Yangzhou at noon.

This scared Qu Shangzhong half to death, and immediately summoned Qi Gan'er and his grandsons to clean up the garrison.

"Godfather, what are you doing here? How bright are these screens, plaques and porcelain? ”

A godson asked puzzled, well, he was actually just unwilling to do rough work.

Since recognizing Qu Shangzhong as a godfather, these godsons have instantly changed from green-skinned gangsters to Yangzhou tyrants, and in just a few years, they have amassed tens of thousands of family wealth, bought a bunch of houses, and even accepted several concubines.

"Bright? Are you trying to kill our family? ”

Qu Shangzhong was furious when he heard this: "Long live Lord is coming to Yangzhou!" ”

"Long live the Lord to come to Yangzhou, this is a good thing." Several godsons' eyes lit up and they said happily, "Long live the lord must be here to support your godfather, the matter of setting up a card to collect taxes at the Yangzhou land and water wharf has been settled, and we have had a livelihood from drought and flood to ensure income, and my son doesn't believe that Ma Mingluo, a dog official, really has the courage to resist the decree." ”

"You know the." Qu Shangzhong's face darkened.

But there are some things that you can't say to these godsons, you can't say them.

Because godfather Han Zanzhou just mentioned it very vaguely, telling him to be careful.

was busy with his work, a thug suddenly broke in and shouted: "Godmaster, here, here!" ”

"What's coming? Who's coming? Qu Shangzhong scolded, "The hairy is frizzy, I can't hold my breath at all, how many times has the godfather told you, you must make it impossible for Mount Tai to collapse in front of you without changing your face." ”

"Uh, yes." The thug took a breath and said, "Long live the lord is here." ”

"What?" Qu Shangzhong screamed, then turned around and ran outside the gate.

Looking at Qu Shangzhong's back, the gangster and the other sons looked at each other.

After a while, Qu Shangzhong led Chongzhen and his party in, and then saw screens, plaques, porcelain, and cages that were about to be lifted outside, which were full of calligraphy and paintings.

Seeing this, Qu Shangzhong was about to cry.

Han Zanzhou's old face was also blackened to the bottom of the pot.

Chongzhen walked to a cage as if nothing was happening and took out a picture scroll from it.

Han Zanzhou hurriedly took a step forward and helped Chongzhen slowly unfold the scroll.

"Fuchun Mountain Jutu?" Chongzhen's eyes lit up suddenly, and then he shook his head again, "It's a pity, it's not the real thing, this should be the fake that Shen family copied, but it can be regarded as a treasure." ”

Handing the scroll to Han Zanzhou to put away, Chongzhen smiled and said, "Kong Shangzhong." ”

"The slave is here." Kong Shangzhong hurriedly stepped on broken steps and walked to Chongzhen.

"There's a lot of money in the line." Chongzhen pouted at the cage and asked, "Are you moving out?" Or do you want to pound it inside? ”

"Back to Long Live Grandpa." Kong Shangzhong endured the pain and said.

"After the Jiashen national disaster, the Jingshi fell, and the imperial city of Liudu was in disrepair for a long time, and the long-lived lord didn't even have a place to live, and the slaves and maids were really distressed, so they wanted to sell these collection ornaments and raise some money to repair the imperial city of Liudu."

"I see, I have a heart." Chongzhen nodded, but there was no joy or anger on his face.

Kong Shangzhong was worried, but he continued: "This is what slaves and maids should do." ”

Chongzhen pointed to the godsons standing on both sides and asked, "These are your godsons?" ”

"If you go back to the Long Live Lord, they screamed nonsense about the godson or something, how dare the slave and maid." Kong Shangzhong hurriedly said, "These are the officials and servants of the Yangzhou garrison eunuchs. ”

"Really?" Chongzhen smiled and said lightly, "Catch them all." ”

"Yes!" Hu Guozhu arched his hand, turned back and shouted, "Come on, arrest them all for me!" ”

The eight hundred Yiding immediately divided into two roads, half guarding the periphery of the line, and half swarming inside, and the hundreds of green-skinned gangsters who happened to gather in the garrison were caught, and none of them escaped the net.

Kong Shangzhong's whole person is already confused, what is the situation?

Long live the Lord how to say that if you turn your face, you will turn your face, and there will be no signs at all?

Chongzhen beckoned Fu Shan and the other four southern escapees to come over: "Will it be counted?" Do you know how to read the ledger? ”

Fu Shan and the other four scholars came to Chongzhen and said in unison: "Back to the saint, I only know a little bit about it." ”

"It's good to understand." Chongzhen nodded and said, "I have given you the same task, and the account books of the Yangzhou Garrison Eunuch Office will be roughly sorted out within half a day, and there is no need for precise numbers, probably just fine." ”

Stretching out his hand, he pointed to the hundreds of green-skinned thugs who were knocked down by Yi Ding, and said, "And the ill-gotten wealth that these bastards have collected in my name have also been counted by me. ”

"Huh? This! Fu Shan's faces were difficult.

Holy Lord, this workload is too much, half a day is enough.

Chongzhen shook his head: "I only give you half a day, if you have acquaintances in Yangzhou, you can find help, if you need an army to come forward, you can find Hu Guozhu to transfer Yiding." ”

That's fine, it's not a big problem to get someone to help.

At that moment, Fu Shan's four people made a joint gesture: "The grass people are waiting for the order." ”

While he was talking, a eunuch reported: "Shengshang, Huang Jiarui, the governor of Nanzhi, and Ma Minglu, the prefect of Yangzhou, ask to see him." ”

"No, I'm tired after a night's journey." Chongzhen directly refused, and after speaking, he led Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong into the garrison surrounded by dozens of Yiding.