However, Liu Ren keenly found that the people who knew about this matter were all old people from the Liu family, and people like Guo Zhankui, who entered the mansion later, had no news to pass on to them at all, which made him think a lot!

After the parade, Liu Haojia waited in Beijing for a few days, and then received a will. The content is very simple, it says that according to Wuning's inspection of the border, he found that the supply of salt in Jiubian was insufficient, so the inner court was ready to open a new salt factory next to the Changlu Salt Factory, and the salt produced was specially used by Jiubian. This matter is co-organized by Wu Ninghou, and the silver used is self-raised!

It wasn't a big deal to add a place similar to the Imperial Village in the inner court, so not many people noticed it. And even if it is noticed, the officials will not care! They didn't think that those eunuchs could compete with the salt merchants and the big families.

Because the share of nine-sided salt has long been occupied by a fixed person, how much can they earn? It's nothing more than to let the border army get a little lower than the price of salt! Besides, maybe without waiting for the salt factory to return to its original cost, those eunuchs themselves embezzled and collapsed the salt factory!

In particular, the phrase that the silver taels used to raise money is even more happy for the civil officials! With the stingy nature of the old Zhu family, this self-financing is probably the cost of some food and lodging for those eunuchs, which is considered good! Besides, is the salt pan so easy to open? Don't stove households need to be paid? Don't you want copper coins for firewood and grass? So no one took this will to heart.

It's just that some people feel that it seems a little inappropriate for Wu Ninghou to co-organize this matter, but they don't think there is any big problem, so this will fell smoothly without anyone obstructing it.

The day after this decree was passed by the imperial court, a young eunuch knocked on the door of Gu Ninghou's mansion. Liu Haojia guessed that Zhang Jia had something to explain, so he naturally wanted to meet him.

When they were brought to the study, Liu Haojia took a look, and found that the eunuch who came in was actually a very young eunuch, who looked like he was in his twenties. This made him feel a little strange, because this eunuch was not the one who often came to deliver news.

When the eunuch saw Liu Haojia, he bowed and worshipped, and Liu Haojia said, "Get up! What is your name? Why haven't I seen you before? What do you have to explain when you are called?"

After the eunuch got up, he still bowed down and said, "Back to Hou Ye, the slave maid's name is Zhang Zhi, and it was the slave maid's own idea to come to see Hou Ye this time, because the matter of preparing for the salt factory has been handed over to the slave and maid!"

Liu Haojia frowned when he heard this, and he was very unhappy! Because in his opinion, it was very important to send grain to Xiang, why did Zhang Jia send such a young eunuch here? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it's important!

And Zhang Zhi is a very eye-catching person! When he saw Liu Haojia's expression, he guessed his thoughts. He hurriedly said, "When the slave maid came this time, the ancestor also explained, everything is based on the Hou Ye! And the old ancestor also felt that this time it might not be feasible, and there was really no one around the old ancestor, so he sent the slave and maid over!"

Liu Haojia understood the meaning of Zhang Zhi's words, that is, Emperor Wanli and Zhang Jia had no confidence in his actions this time, and felt that the power of the salt merchants and the clans was too great, and it was really difficult to snatch food from them! So treat this thing completely as a dispensable thing, and send someone over casually! If it succeeds, it is gratifying, but there is nothing to regret if it fails!

Thinking of this, Liu Haojia's anger in his heart was even worse! I'm thinking about it for you, and I'm careful to guard against the rise of the Jin and the Mongols in the future, but you're here to deal with it carelessly! Whose world is this world?

He thought so in his heart, but his face did not show it, but was much kinder. Then he asked directly, "Gonggong Zhang, I don't know how many years you have been studying in the inner study?"

Zhang Zhi immediately replied, "Don't dare to be a father-in-law! Master Hou, you can call the slave and maid a small Zhang! As for reading, the slave maid entered the palace at the age of six, and at the age of nine she was selected to study in the inner study for eight years! I've been running errands in the palace for four years now!"

Liu Haojia was very satisfied with his detailed answer, so he asked some questions at random, and Zhang Zhi actually answered fluently! This made Liu Haojia have a little change in his opinion! It seems that although Zhang Jia thinks that things may not be possible, at least the person sent is not a fool!

After asking, Liu Haojia smiled with satisfaction and told him the general plan

He listened, and then said, "Zhang Zhi, do you know the significance of this matter?"

Zhang Zhi said with a serious face: "This slave and maid naturally know, but the slave maid thinks that the old ancestor's worry is also reasonable! After all, whether it is salt or grain, it is the family that dares to start! Besides, the inner court didn't give much silver, so it was naturally difficult to build a salt pan out of thin air!"

Liu Haojia laughed and said, "This kind of thing is naturally as difficult as heaven for others, but it is extremely simple for Ben Hou! You just have to watch how Ben Hou does things!"

Zhang Zhi complimented: "The slave naturally knows that the Hou Ye is wise and martial, and of course he will succeed in doing things! But the slave maid has a small request, and I hope that the Hou Ye will approve it!"

Liu Haojia said, "What are your requirements, you say come and listen?"

Zhang Zhi said: "Master Hou, in fact, the slave maid is a person from the border town, but he only entered the palace after *** destroyed his home! So the slave wants to do this thing well, and she doesn't want to have any more *** grass valley thing! And the slave maid is still young, and she is willing to do things, and she wants to emulate Sanbao Gong to go down in history! It's just that the slave maid's ability is limited, so I hope that the Hou Ye can give me some guidance when doing things!"

After speaking, Zhang Zhi knelt down again and kowtowed three times to Liu Haojia! Liu Haojia was also very moved when he heard this! No matter what he says or not, as long as he works seriously and can help Liu Haojia succeed, he is willing to support it!

Thinking of this, he said, "Get up! You can ask questions at any time when you are going to do things in the future! Well done, I'm going to give you a future!"

Zhang Zhi was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and thanked Liu Haojia again. Liu Haojia took the opportunity to tell him that in the future, the scale of this salt farm may not be small, and it will require a lot of manpower, so you can contact some more people from the inner court to do things.

Zhang Zhi was even happier when he heard this! Because there are not a few little eunuchs trained every year in the inner study, but there are not many people who can really get errands! So he immediately patted his chest and said that he would definitely bring more people.

So when he set off a few days later, Liu Haojia also had seven more eunuchs around him! These eunuchs are generally not very old, and the oldest ones are about 20 years old. And what surprised Liu Haojia was that he accidentally found that these people were actually reciting poems when they were on the road, and they were all good at writing poems!