As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

"This one……"

"Tch, if I want to trick you, you won't be able to get on this table." Hua Manlou said contemptuously, "I've said it all, you are good people, I have to be particular, right?"

"Yes." Old man Liu looked distressed.

A few of them were trying to say something, but who would have thought that Hua Manlou would say everything directly, this kind of attitude...

Although it proves that Huamanlou will not attack these gentry families, but on the other hand, it also proves that Huamanlou wants them to pay a price, or they have to hand over their certificates, otherwise it is necessary to fight with them Such nonsense?

But is it so easy to make friends with the voter?

Moreover, the fact that Nie Wenbing didn't come meant that Mr. Nie didn't want to get involved, or that Hua Manlou might not want this one to get involved, so they didn't even have a choice.

In other words, no matter what Huamanlou said, they had to follow through.

"Come on, don't make a sad face. What I want you to do is very simple." Hua Manlou smiled indifferently: "First of all, the Tianjin navy almost emptied my Xishan this time. Ringing the golden ten thousand taels, now the cannon is more than one ringing, so..."

"This..." Old man Liu coughed dryly: "I'm waiting... I still have some floating money, and I would like to pay some military salary for the navy..."

Hua Manlou nodded: "That's okay, it's only 170 million taels, it's agreed."

hiccup...

Old man Liu almost shuddered as soon as he covered his chest, the middle-aged man beside him knelt down directly: "Uncle, uncle, even if you sold me for a pound, it would not be so much!"

Hua Manlou said with a half smile but not a smile: "Don't you say you are waiting for the rich? You don't have any money?"

"I really don't have any!" Old man Liu came back slowly: "If we say 7 taels, I can still make up, but...but..."

Hua Manlou sneered and said, "What about cheating ghosts? The soup you all drank with Yin Bowen is more than 70, not to mention family possessions and real estate? How about a compromise, how about 100 million?"

Seeing what old man Liu wanted to say, Hua Manlou suddenly changed his face: "You don't know what is good or bad, this is money for your life! Do you really think I don't know what you have done before?"

"This... I'll wait..." Old man Liu burst into tears.

"Not to mention, how many real estates you have in Luzon, how many transactions, how many nephews and nephews have you sent, do you want me to explain?" Hua Manlou narrowed his eyes: "Again, 100 million taels of military expenditure, If there is, your life is here, if not, then you will die!"

Old man Liu trembled for a moment, and replied: "Yes... yes, the younger one knows, and the younger one is going to collect some money..."

"Don't be busy, it's not over yet." Hua Manlou changed his face again, and said with a smile: "Since you have contributed capital, then I have some benefits for you here. But before talking about the benefits, you Don’t you think the others are a bit of an eyesore?”

"Blocking... blocking eyes..." Old man Liu didn't know what Hua Manlou said, so he had to repeat it like a repeater.

"That's right, it's an eyesore." Hua Manlou said solemnly: "You and others drank soup with Yin Bowen before, but they followed him to eat meat. They also have a lot of property in Luzon, don't they?"

"This... this is..."

"So if you don't get rid of these unsightly guys, how can you go to Luzon in the future?"

Old man Liu raised his head suddenly: "Uncle means, I'll wait... I can still..."

Hua Manlou smiled very warmly: "Yes, and you will run to Luzon for His Majesty in the future, but before that, anyone who is an eyesore has to be kicked out anyway, isn't it?"

406. The Filial Piety of Huamanlou

With Huamanlou's warm smile and peaceful expression, he was short of saying "the way of salvation is in the middle".

Donkey training, isn't it just a slap in the face for a carrot?

First slap this group of chicken thieves and squires into a dizzy state, and then hand them a carrot to give them a taste of sweetness. Will this group of old donkeys be obedient?

Under normal circumstances, these squires are not qualified to talk to Huamanlou at all, nor can they raise any conditions with Huamanlou—involved in Yin Bowen's affairs, if Huamanlou really wants to kill them all Let alone how Huamanlou will be impeached by the imperial censor in the future, anyway, without Nie Wenbing's intervention, they are dead.

So the gentry invited Hua Manlou this time to save their lives. No matter how unreliable the conditions Hua Manlou put forward, they had to hold their noses and admit it.

Speaking of it, 170 million taels of silver is roughly the sum of the assets of this group of people in Ningbo Mansion, so Hua Manlou can turn them from country gentry into white men with just one word, who can bear it?

But after Huamanlou took the initiative to lower the price and gave them a way to survive...even taking the shortcut to the top, this group of people was very excited.

So why did Huamanlou do this?

It's very simple, this group of people are very familiar with Luzon, and they have already transferred some of their nephews to manage business there, so Huamanlou wants money on the surface, but actually wants this trade route .

After all, millions of taels of silver were spent too quickly, and soon after the Suzhou Navy became the main fleet, the money would be almost gone.

Therefore, if Huamanlou wants to make his hard work not in vain, then he must let the business flourish, exchange Dazhao's silk, tea and other things for special products of Ryukyu and Spice Islands, and then earn money from the rich. , To subsidize the deficit of Xishan.

As for the eyesore, who is it?

Other squires chant.

These other squires include not only the squires of Ningbo Prefecture, but also all the smugglers involved in smuggling in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Therefore, Huamanlou's intention to let this group of smart squires enter the game is to tell these smuggling squires: If you want to play along, you can do it first. Membership money, other things will be discussed slowly.

This is a signal, and the purpose of Huamanlou to send out this signal is to tell this group of people: From today onwards, the affairs of Dazhao Coast are up to you. Do you want to play some technical games with me, or do you want to play something simple? Rough?

After defeating the Japanese pirates completely, Huamanlou has the strength and capital to play like this. In a sense, Huamanlou can become an official pirate. However, those who have not joined the club will be checked.

You know, ordinary people will never be able to play as an official, no matter how hard you can, but Hua Manlou's identity is the Zhejiang General Soldier in command of two navy divisions, and he is in charge of the sea. People say you smuggle, you still Can you bite back?

As for going to Governor Liu Qiran to file a complaint...

Sue, see old Liu Guan doesn't care about it.

As for the imperial court, don't say that Hua Manlou is His Majesty's adopted son. His two father-in-laws, one is the elder of the court and the other is the Duke of the state.It was to get him down for a short time, but what followed was crazy revenge.

So, do these people have any choice?

So, what about the other not-so-intelligent squires in Ningbo Mansion who still want to play tricks?

It's simple, just kill a few dishonest ones, and then punish the others to go bankrupt?To put it bluntly, this group of people was left behind by Hua Manlou.

The squires in Ningbo Mansion do not represent all squires, and this group of not-so-smart guys not only participated in Yin Bowen’s private raising of soldiers, but also were involved in attacking imperial envoys, ambushing sailors, and fornicating Japanese pirates. No matter how stupid they are, they know it I was too deep into the game, so now after Yin Bowen, the leader, died, he was mostly in a mess.

Some wanted to relocate their family to Luzon, some wanted to win over other country gentry to put pressure on Huamanlou, and some had whimsical ideas and wanted to make trouble for Huamanlou through the court, all kinds of things.

Therefore, after Hua Manlou dragged the other gentry into the game, who else would speak for this group of people?

Working with a big celebrity like Huamanlou is far more enjoyable than secretly paying the Japanese pirates to buy road money-smuggling is so prosperous when the Japanese pirates are so rampant. Who would believe it if there were no private transactions?

To put it another way, Huamanlou just took over the business of the smugglers and the Japanese pirates, and they are not afraid of anyone coming to investigate—who would dare to investigate the business of the emperor's adopted son?

What's more, the combat power of the navy is obvious to all. The Japanese pirates in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were completely wiped out in the First World War. Under such circumstances, how many dare to fight the navy at sea?The three big Japanese probably have to weigh it, right?

After the safety factor has been improved so much, the materials consumed by sea transportation are also much less-at least there is no need to raise so many sailors, right?In this way, don't everyone just follow the soup?

finally...

The group of gentry who dared to interfere with the shipping were more or less related to some people in the court, or someone in the family was an official in the court, so it was like Hua Manlou pulling half of the court together. Playing smuggling, if anyone dares to take this as an issue, this group of people will tear up the shit stick without Hua Manlou.

Besides, don't forget that when Huamanlou started working on the Tianjin Navy, he had already brought in some elders, princes, dead eunuchs, and most of the powerful nobles into the game, and now is the time for a bumper harvest.

So in this way, after the things here are thoroughly resolved, wouldn't the policy of banning the sea become a dead letter?

All it takes is a push...

This is the true purpose of Huamanlou.

As for whether Emperor Guangxing would be furious because of this, it was actually easy to handle.

At that time, millions of taels of silver will be piled up in his private treasury, and Niu Pi coaxes him to say: "Father, look, this is the first batch of silver that I earned from the sea, what do you think you can do with this little money?" Okay? How about we build a sterling silver palace? Or build an invincible fleet or a royal caravan, let's go outside and collect money?"

What is this called?

Filial piety!It must be filial piety!

Because a few years ago, Emperor Guangxing was still worried about tens of thousands of taels of silver. Now that he has so much silver, doesn't it mean that he has shared a lot of worries with the emperor?Isn't it filial piety to let the adoptive father stop worrying about so few coins all day long?

What's more, with money, there are many things that can be done, large-scale recruiting, strengthening the army, developing science and technology, building water conservancy, disaster relief... You don't need to argue with courtiers even if you are tinkering with a zoo, right?

Having said that, if there are tens of thousands of troops as powerful as Xishanwei, not to mention whether someone will dare to jump on the territory of Dazhao in the future, they will go out and beat up the surrounding countries one by one, and give Guangxing The emperor called the name of Tian Khan...

In this way, do you think this master will spend a lot of money, or go to Mount Tai for a visit?

407. Follow the lead

In the next few days, Huamanlou and Nie Wenbing jointly cleaned up Ningbo Mansion.

As for the squires, Hua Manlou executed several rowdy and excessive squires on the spot as planned, followed by a large-scale search. A group of squires were fined and ruined as Hua Manlou said.

As for the officials, more than [-] civil and military officials from Tongzhi and below have been investigated, and most of them are chief officials and second-rank officials of various departments. As Hua Manlou said, the only thing waiting for them is to be executed .

And looking at the money copied back, even Nie Wenbing, who was used to the storm, was shocked: "2000 million taels? The treasury doesn't even have this money!"

Hua Manlou didn't even raise his eyelids: "Jiangnan is rich, and what these people are doing is shipping. It's a lucrative business, and that doesn't include their land in Ningbo."

The way to manage money these days is to buy land, and there is nothing else to do except to buy land. Therefore, no matter whether it is a civil servant, a country gentry, or a nobleman, basically they can buy as much as they can, and land annexation has intensified.

In short, the country of Zhao is poor, the people are poor, and the people in the middle are very rich, and the richer they get, the richer they become. This is the way all feudal dynasties play off.

So, after the inspection, about [-]% of the good land in Ningbo Mansion was taken back to the government, which can be said to be...

Stopped a wave of land mergers?

Nie Wenbing stood in the yard with his hands behind his back, looking at the mountain-high pile of silver boxes, and suddenly asked Hua Manlou, "If you kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, shouldn't the monkeys come too?"

Hua Manlou smacked his lips: "Almost, and if I'm not wrong, there will be a large group of monkeys."

"Haven't you ever thought of taking down this group of monkeys?" Nie Wenbing pointed to the money in front of him: "I'm afraid there are many more monkeys beside this one."

Hua Manlou shrugged his shoulders: "I don't care about this? Let them bleed a little and then work hard... Tsk, you are dishonest, are you trying to trick me, or do you want me to kill all the nobles in Jiangnan?"

Nie Wenbing said with a smile: "Don't forget, my son's death has a lot to do with you, why would I not be willing to encourage you to die? The cliché is just a way."

Today, Nie Wenbing has long thought about it.

In the final analysis, although Nie Yuantu's self-hanging of the southeast branch has something to do with Huamanlou, the most fundamental reason is that Lao Nie himself did not teach his son to understand.

Is it okay to be completely devastated after such a small blow?

If he couldn't even bear this, how could he endure the ups and downs of the officialdom when he really came out of the relatively simple environment of the Imperial Academy and served in the court?

What's more, it was Wen Liang and Hua Manlou's engagement that really dealt Nie Yuantu a fatal blow. Logically, this matter should be discussed with the perpetrator, but...

The instigator was a two-time Gongdou champion and a cabinet scholar, and Lao Nie didn't have the guts to talk about it.

Moreover, Nie Wenbing approached Huamanlou in the first place to vent his anger, but now that he was saved by this scorpion, how could old Nie have the face to embarrass Huamanlou?

Seeing Hua Manlou rolled his eyes and remained silent, Nie Wenbing said, "Then tell the truth, are you laying the groundwork for Kaihai now?"

Hua Manlou rolled his eyes again: "Why, is Nie Butang interested in becoming a shareholder?"

Nie Wenbing didn't answer directly, but said: "When I was an official in the court, this old man also thought about breaking the sea ban, and he also knew the way to do it, but unfortunately he didn't have the guts to do it. Now..."

Hua Manlou had a look of contempt on his face: "You are right, you people just have evil intentions and no guts. You always cover up everything you do, and you always try to talk about it endlessly. , I’ll ask you, you just say do you want to play together?”

"……think."

"Isn't this the end? What are you talking about becoming an official in the court!" Hua Manlou said cursingly: "My father-in-law, that old fox wants to open the sea and knows how to set me up to make a prosperous Tianjin and build a den. Your Nie Butang is here! This stall is still secretive, it’s hypocrisy!”

Nie Wenbing's blood pressure was a little high, and when he was about to say something to save face, Hua Manlou said again: "Now that your son is gone, I guess you didn't enter the game for money or something, at most it was to leave some money for your Nie family. Son... well, maybe you always want to be named in history, right? Don’t deny it, if you dare to say that you want to contribute to Da Zhao, I will dare to spit on your shoes.”

Nie Wenbing pointed at Hua Manlou's nose, trembling for a long time, but finally acquiesced.

Huamanlou sneered, and then said: "Okay, you will have a share of this matter, and you will send the money for the shareholding when the time comes, and then you will do things according to my method when it is time to push, and keep Kaihai's money." You have a piece in the annals of past affairs. And what..."

"How?" Nie Wenbing couldn't help asking when Hua Manlou's expression suddenly became strange.

Hua Manlou chuckled: "Overseas is big, at least bigger than you think. And there are many good things overseas, maybe I can find some medicine to continue your Nie Butang, and then leave a queen for yourself .”

Nie Wenbing was stunned for a while, and he came back to his senses after a while, and roared: "Shuzi bastard! Who said I can't do it?"

"You can do it, then you will live?"

"you!"

"It's not good to avoid illness and avoid medical treatment." Hua Manlou laughed wildly: "If you think it's true, then I won't call the people below to find medicine for you?"

Nie Wenbing blushed and shivered for a while before turning his head abruptly: "Look! I'll give you an extra 5 taels of silver for hard work!"

It is said that it is hard money, but it is actually a hush money. Who wants this embarrassing thing to be known to others?

As for how Hua Manlou knew...

Well, he didn't know at first, but he made such a guess after hearing that Lao Nie drove all his concubines back to his hometown five years ago, and then said it in passing, but he didn't expect it to be true...

Hua Manlou said with a grin: "Okay, since you always give me good things, then I'll send you some amazing news. This news is worth... Well, it's useless to me, but it may be useful to you." I’m willing to exchange all my assets, but we’re so familiar…”

Nie Wenbing looked impatient: "Don't talk nonsense, what else do you want to do?"

Hua Manlou said with a smile: "Last year there was a talented man who was in a good spring, so from time to time I invited three or two friends to play around. After playing, I went to places I shouldn't go, and then I met people I shouldn't have known." So, in order to curry favor with this great talent, a certain rich guy redeemed the person he shouldn’t know, and gave him a secluded small courtyard..."