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

Moreover, even if these petty thieves are caught, how to deal with them is also a problem.

Nowadays, among the people, especially in the countryside, the elders and squires usually deal with such things. Where the clan lives together, it is the people with higher seniority in the clan who deal with them. dead example.

However, Shuntian Mansion was in charge of this matter on the boundary of the capital, so Hua Manlou ordered people to be escorted there.But Shuntian Mansion's response is that you, Xuanwu Wei, have the right to arrest and interrogate you, so you can handle these matters by yourself, and besides...

Shuntian Mansion actually issued an official letter to blame Xishan Wei for saying that Huamanlou was harboring criminals, but the reason was that a fugitive who was being hunted ran into Xishan to become a miner. go out……

This kind of messy thing made Huamanlou extremely headache, because the things were not considered big things, but the complexity made him extremely crazy. Finally, he suddenly realized that Xishan's management was too rough and needed careful attention. change.

For example, the logistics is divided into several departments such as back kitchen, procurement, logistics, etc., and the mining area and the craftsman area are divided, each of which is in charge of its own; a security office is set up to deal with theft and security; some powers are divided For the hundreds of households below, they are each responsible for a piece of land. If there is a problem, the person is responsible. The most important thing is not to bother Mr. Hua Qian with those messy things, after all...

Zhang's child beat up Li's baby and came to Mr. Qian to arbitrate, Hua Qian always felt very fucked...

Of course, there are more people and more power. Generally speaking, the development speed of Xishan is getting faster and faster. Some outstanding craftsmen have been assigned to special research and development by Huamanlou. It is a waste to let them engage in production and processing, so Xishan has initially completed the separation of production and research.

As time entered the twelfth lunar month, the Huai'an uncle's mansion sent a message, saying that the family's warehouse was no longer able to store money, and it would take a lot of money to go back and deal with it quickly.The letter written by the housekeeper, Fang Bo, to Hua Manlou was full of trepidation - such a large sum of money, how can it be good if it is lost?

And after a rough calculation, Hua Manlou also felt a little terrified: After bringing back 3 taels of silver on the first day, he sold nearly 10 sets of iron stoves. It is obviously inappropriate to put it in the Huai'an uncle's mansion...

(I'm not feeling well. After sleeping for more than ten hours, I feel dizzy when I wake up... Slowly continue to write at night, there may be another chapter before twelve o'clock)

145. Take credit

According to Emperor Guangxing's three-to-seven split, in addition to the expenses of Xishanwei, the labor recruited, and the materials purchased, Huamanlou also left 1 taels of silver as later operating expenses. Send 7 taels of silver into the palace.

That's not a small fortune.

As I said earlier, before the rise of shipping, the silver of Guochao was actually very precious and had a lot of purchasing power. After all, the silver output of Tianchao was very scarce.As far as Da Zhao's annual income is concerned, how much tax money does the household department receive each year?

Guangxing ten years is 270 million taels of silver.

Of course, this is by no means to say that Da Zhao only has such income, because even though Da Zhao’s taxes are extremely low in the past dynasties, Da Zhao’s financial system itself has some problems. It takes one layer at a time to reach Taicang, which will be discussed later.In addition, there are other things that are regarded as taxes, such as food and silk. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzhengxing’s whip method was to convert all these things into silver, which made the court’s annual revenue reach more than 400 million taels. .

But now there is no Zhang Juzheng, so Guang Xingchao only gets so much silver every year.

In short, if you look at it this way, the 7 taels of silver is [-]% of the treasury's income, and it is the first share that Emperor Guangxing got. Is it not an exaggeration?Therefore, Hua Manlou felt that it was necessary for him to go there in person and hand over the money to the big boss himself.

Frankly speaking, Hua Manlou just wanted to ask for credit, and he had to.

Why?

The reason is very simple. According to the informant sent by the Qi family, the recent impeachment of Huamanlou has filled a large box.

Since the poem "Mocking Sour Ding" appeared in the world, Hua Manlou slapped the scholars severely on behalf of the nobles, and some people almost lost their faces. It has aroused the dissatisfaction of more scholars, so can they not fight back?

So who is the leader of the counterattack?Of course, it is the Qingliu Yushi Yanguan who is the leader of Shilin.The best skill of this group of people is to sue endlessly, and even fabricate criminal evidence... It's just rumors...

Therefore, although judging from the news obtained, Emperor Guangxing stayed in China and refused to comment on the memorials of these people, but as the saying goes, three people become tigers, and lies are told too much and they become true. Manlou was very afraid that one day Emperor Guangxing would suddenly listen to the slander of these people and chop off his own head to make amends for these people, so he urgently needed something to prove...or to please the big boss and protect him. One's own head is not moved.

Hua Manlou guessed, earning back 7 taels of silver all at once, which courtier in the Guangxing Dynasty made so much money for the emperor?Such a courtier who only makes money and doesn't spend money, the emperor must cherish it, right?Even for the sake of money?

In addition, after the initial separation of production and research, Huamanlou felt that the remuneration of the research and development team should also be raised, and a large bonus should be specially set up to encourage this group of people to innovate. The name of the award has already been thought out , called Guangxing Award.

Huamanlou's intention can be said to be clear at a glance, he just wants to promote the research heart of the craftsmen, because in his opinion, these people are not bad in skills, but they lack the spirit of digging deep, and this is the master craftsman. It is a common problem of all craftsmen in Zhao—anyway, whether they are good or not, they are just like that, and life is always the same.

But if such a toss is made, ordinary craftsmen will think of entering the research and development class to get high wages, and the people in the research and development class will find ways to study to obtain honors and bonuses, but the face is given to Emperor Guangxing——Hua Manlou's idea is that in the future No matter how long this award is called the Guangxing Award, isn't that the achievement of the emperor?

But after all, it is up to Huamanlou to raise wages for the workers a little bit, but this matter involves the interests and face of the major shareholder, and Huamanlou is a small shareholder with technical shares and the CEO of Xishan Group. So I dare not make a random decision, and I can't just write a plan and hand it over, after all...

The status of craftsmen was too low. Emperor Guangxing had to find out how he treated craftsmen before he could open his mouth to fool around and determine the bonus.

Of course, Hua Manlou did not forget to strongly recommend his Uncle Zhao. He felt that Uncle Zhao should be involved in this matter to share the credit - the first batch of shares was 7 taels of silver. Can you say that this is not credit?Don't you forget the well digger when you drink water? If you have such a big civil servant protecting you, wouldn't your safety factor be higher?

Huamanlou himself has no shortage of credit, so it is enough to seek safety in this matter, not to mention 3% of the share is his own, which is a full [-] taels of silver. Obtaining wealth and merit is obviously not in line with the Hua family's ancestral tradition. Keep a low profile!

So he found Zhao Ren, who was in a good mood for some reason, and said, "Come back to Beijing with me tomorrow, and tell your father that I will give your majesty a share of this time, and let him go with you. head!"

Zhao Ren blinked: "This...isn't necessary? My father is not short of credit..."

Hua Manlou glared: "You said that if there is no shortage, there will be no shortage? And the court is deep and urgent. How can you guarantee that your father will have no political opponents? With more credit, he should be safer, right?"

Zhao Ren had a strange look on his face: "This...really not..."

Hua Manlou laughed angrily: "You bastard, but there is no one. Who would think too much credit? Don't talk nonsense, what will happen when you return to Beijing tomorrow? Your father will have his own judgment, so don't talk too much!"

Zhao Ren opened his mouth: "I... my research has reached a critical juncture, you can't let me drop what I'm doing, so what..."

Hua Manlou said contemptuously: "It's still an emergency, and it's as good as the real thing. You've been tossing around for a whole month with such a simple, broken thing. So far, you can only make a paperweight fly. Let me tell you What would you like to order?"

Zhao Ren jumped up angrily: "I didn't have anyone who was inexperienced before. Now that I have experience, people are in place. It's not bad to make the paperweight fly!"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Yes, yes, there is no one like this before!"

Seeing that Zhao Ren was about to turn into anger from embarrassment, Hua Manlou hurriedly said, "It's alright, alright, I can help you when I come back this time, right?"

Zhao Ren's eyes lit up: "What did you say?"

In fact, Zhao Ren had already begged Hua Manlou countless times, but Hua Manlou really didn't have time to talk to him recently, which made Zhao Ren's progress very slow.Seeing that Huamanlou finally agreed to him, how could he not be happy?

Hua Manlou nodded and said: "Anyway, the busy work has almost come to an end, I can just play with you for a few days, but I have to help my father to enter the palace tomorrow..."

Zhao Ren rolled his eyes, and then he agreed: "No problem, no problem, anyway, you just want to get that prize, I promise...well, I promise you to let my father play the side drum for you!"

The two hit it off, and after confirming tomorrow's schedule, Zhao Ren immediately returned to the house, found a bodyguard and gave instructions, and sent him back to Beijing immediately to report the matter to Emperor Guangxing.

146. Who did Huamanlou rob?

Capital.

In recent days, the court hall has been full of quarrels.

In the beginning, everyone was arguing about recruiting soldiers, the reason is...

Definitely is full of flowers.

The officials are very good at settling accounts. After all, you see, after more than a month of practice, the [-] young soldiers directly beat the [-] cavalrymen of Wala, and it was the [-] grenadiers who played a key role in the Battle of Datong , So the Ministry of War put forward an idea: Why not put these powerful weapons in the frontier army?

In theory, there is nothing wrong with this matter. If the frontier troops in the north have these things, then Da Zhao can rest easy from now on, and never have to worry about the threat of the nomads in the north.

Therefore, even though many people were not used to Huamanlou, the court actually liked it very much, and no one raised any objections.

But then...

The cost of Purdue is not high, and the output is also quite large, so Da Zhao can afford it.The problem is the firecracker. After Emperor Guangxing announced the cost of this thing, the civil servants hesitated.

Of course, if Xishan wanted to produce semi-finished firecrackers, the price would not be so high. After all, everything was on the right track, and Emperor Guangxing’s quotation included the preparation of Xishan Guard and the research and development costs of firecrackers, so...

So someone came up with this idea: the firecrackers are extremely sharp, even if each guard is equipped with a hundred rods, it is also excellent, and it would be a pity to discard them.

There is nothing wrong with this matter, a hundred firecrackers are at least more reliable than a hundred archers, and the cost of training a qualified archer is not lower than making a few firecrackers, so everyone also thinks that this can be done ——Things are still normal here.

But then some civil officials suggested that since firearms can greatly increase the combat power of the army, why not reduce some recruits to save financial expenses?

Anyone with knowledge knows that the guard station has been completely abolished now, so the only ones in the court that can be called combat power are the army supported by the court, and this money must be spent.

However, Dazhao’s annual income can be said to be decreasing every year. After all, in terms of taxation, Dazhao’s income is mostly from land, and land investment and land mergers are increasing. This is a loss of the country’s interests. Therefore, the Ministry of Households can It is said that there are all kinds of hardships and poverty, all kinds of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and sometimes even the salary of officials cannot be paid.

Therefore, it is no surprise that the matter of disarmament was proposed by the Ministry of Households in the spirit of saving a little bit.

But the Ministry of War directly blew up, because, even if there are enough firearms, it is not easy to disarm. After all, the border line is so long and the frontier army is already stretched. Where can we go?

The Ministry of Household Affairs said that if there is no disarmament, there will be no way to make up a hundred firecrackers in one place, and the salary for this year's Datong War has not been enough, so where can I find money?You can't take out the money for river governance, can you?

Of course, this group of courtiers was definitely not so peaceful in tone, and the words about making firearms with Zhihe Yinzi can be regarded as an angry remark.

So some people pointed the finger at the Ministry of Industry, thinking that the Ministry of Industry is not good for controlling the river. Every year, the silver is used to control the river, but the floods are getting worse.

As soon as the words came out, the people from the Ministry of Industry stopped doing it: allocating so much money every year, in the end it can only be repaired, if you have the ability, give a million taels of silver, and then everyone with floods will come to see you!

The three groups of people quarreled and quarreled until they were almost ready to fight. The minister of the Ministry of punishment couldn't stand it any longer, so he came out and told everyone to calm down and think of a way. After all, everyone would be sad if they had no money. Are you still trying to figure it out?

But this remark was considered by the Ministry of Households as another person asking for money, and in the end even the Ministry of Criminal Justice also scolded it...

This time, a lot of old sesame seeds and rotten millet were dug out, and the people in the sixth department were completely pinched.

To put it bluntly, the civil servants of Great Zhao and the civil servants of Ming Dynasty have the same pissing nature, they can fight without making noise, and they were quite restrained at the court meeting, but the court meeting that day suddenly turned into a free fighting meeting without distinction or restriction. If Emperor Guangxing hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid several people would have to lie in bed for three or four months...

……

"You bastard! They're all a bunch of bastards!" Emperor Guangxing, who returned to the Nuan Pavilion, was still angry.

Xu Dacheng quickly comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't get angry, the dragon's body is important..."

Emperor Guangxing snorted coldly: "Dragon body? You are thinking about my dragon body, but these bastards are probably trying to piss me off!"

After scolding for a while, Emperor Guangxing began to sigh again: "In the final analysis, it is still money! The mining tax in Guangdong and Guangxi just arrived two days ago, and it was spent before it was warmed up. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang mining taxes that will arrive tomorrow I'm afraid it will be difficult to stay, old Zeng Ge said yesterday that he wanted to take a sum of money from my internal treasury to help the refugees, but once this opening is opened, in the future..."

It has to be said that Emperor Guangxing was a very frugal emperor. He reduced the expenditure in the palace to only [-]% of that of the previous emperors. The empress even personally led the palace staff to weave cloth. In order to enrich the treasury, the palace is considered rich.

Disaster relief is no problem, but if the courtiers see the situation and keep thinking about the internal treasury, how much money will the emperor keep in his personal pocket in the future?

Xu Dacheng naturally knew this truth, so he said: "Your Majesty, I think this group of people is just lazy and unwilling to think of a way. In recent years, the guarding eunuchs and servants who have returned to the palace have asked one by one. There are many ways, if local officials are as frugal as His Majesty is, then why is it that Zhao has no money to spend?"

Emperor Guangxing laughed dumbly: "I don't ask them to be so frugal, as long as they are kind to the people, what's the harm in spending more money? Forget it, you go and withdraw 5000 taels of silver and send it to Shuntian Mansion, so that the Governor of Shuntian Mansion will open a porridge shed Relief for the refugees, I... can't give too much."

Xu Dacheng responded, and said again: "Speaking of which, the other side of Xishan has withdrawn 3000 taels of silver last month. Your Majesty is very frugal, but it's not a problem to spend a lot of money on the whole building. The slaves estimated that he had been in the past two days. I'm going to send someone to ask for money again, when the time comes..."

Emperor Guangxing said without hesitation, "Give it to him!"

Xu Dacheng didn't get the eye drops, but he blocked himself enough: "Here..."

In the early morning of the next day, after the silver was sent to Shuntian Mansion, the Yin of Shuntian Mansion sent back 2000 taels of silver. He told Emperor Guangxing like this: "Your Majesty, the number of people in the private camp in the capital has decreased a lot. They all went to Xishan After working, I don't need Shuntian Mansion's relief..."

Emperor Guangxing: "Go to... Xishan?"

"Exactly. Your Majesty, I heard that Xishan has been recruiting manpower on a large scale recently. Most of the young and strong people around the capital went to work, and most of the refugees who had the strength to go, leaving only the old and the weak, so the relief is very important. It doesn't cost that much money."

Shuntian Fu Yin finished his report and left, leaving Emperor Guangxing wondering: "Huamanlou... what the hell is he doing?"

But before he could figure it out, Zhao Ren's messenger arrived...

On this day, all the palace people near the Nuan Pavilion heard Emperor Guangxing's exclamation, whether it was panic or surprise: "What? 7 taels? Who did Huamanlou rob?"

147. There is something wrong with these two!

As a diligent emperor, Emperor Guangxing had too many things to care about, and it was impossible to just focus on Huamanlou—even after Zhao Ren came back to talk about people's livelihood last time, Emperor Guangxing felt that he should be handed over to Hua Manlou. Huamanlou's 'teaching' was not a big problem, so even Zhao Ren didn't pay much attention to it.

Hence the present situation: I thought that Huamanlou was just training soldiers honestly, at best it was just selling iron stoves and farm tools, but who knew that Huamanlou would just play big if he didn't play!

According to Emperor Guangxing, the price of agricultural tools produced in Xishan is very close to the people, so in his vision, even if he makes money, he can't make much money. It is not bad if he can not ask for money under the condition of Xishan's operation. Can……

"Can you make so much money selling a stove?" Emperor Guangxing couldn't believe it was true——Zhao Ren didn't say the price of the stove at all that day, and Emperor Guangxing, who knew some inside information about Xishan, was thinking about this. The stuff can only be sold for five or sixty taels of silver at most, but 60 taels of silver can't be faked, right?

Zhao Ren's guard replied respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty, Mr. Hua Qian's price is 600 taels of silver, and this does not include the chimney, which is [-] taels a section, and he also sold a lot of coal... Besides...that..."

Taking a sneak peek at Emperor Guangxing, the guard said with a strange expression: "Mr. Hua Qian regretted it very much on the first day of the sale, saying that the price was set a bit low, and it should be set at nine hundred and ninety-nine taels..."

Emperor Guangxing's eyes widened: "Nine..."

The guard continued: "In order to sell this stove, Mr. Hua Qian personally trained a group of people called shopping guides. It is said that these shopping guides are also very useful in the sale..."

After listening to the guard's explanation, Emperor Guangxing sighed leisurely: "This scorpion can play with anything!"

Even after careful explanation by the guards, Emperor Guangxing still knew little about the operation of Huamanlou, but this did not prevent him from flirting a little bit: a month is [-], and after that year...

Well, there may not be much after one year. After all, the stove can only be sold in winter, and it is still a new thing now, so it can be sold at a high price, but it will not be the case in the future.

But even so, if the Jingshi is sold out, it can be sold elsewhere, right?Power is a one-shot deal, as much as you can hug, this money can solve big things!

Xu Dacheng, who had been standing by the side with a sullen face, said with a smile: "My servant congratulates Your Majesty, you are a blessed general."

He had to say this, after all, he just gave Huamanlou eye drops yesterday, if he didn't go back a little bit at this time, what would he do if the emperor misunderstood him as jealous?

But although Mr. Xu was smiling, his heart became more and more unhappy.

As a qualified servant of the Tian family, knowing that Emperor Guangxing has many worries recently, Xu Dacheng naturally tried to find a way to relieve the emperor's worries, but yesterday he was anxious with a group of senior executives from the East Factory, and studied There is no good way to come and study. This has already made Dugong Xu very angry, but now he is full of flowers?

In the final analysis, from the beginning to the end, Huamanlou just took over a few coal mines that are not very valuable at present, withdrew more than 2 taels of silver from the palace, and took away dozens of old fritters from Baihu on the East Street by the way. And some craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry that no one wants to see, but now that the money is back, let’s not talk about it. There is an extra elite army on the west side of the mountain, and they have raised many refugees for Emperor Guangxing. This...

People are more popular than people, and things are done so beautifully. How can this make Mr. Xu, who claims to be the emperor's right-hand man, feel embarrassed?

Emperor Guangxing didn't pay attention to the bitterness in Xu Dacheng's eyes, he laughed when he heard the words: "Extremely extreme, this kid can be called a lucky general, if the whole hall is like him, how can I be so arrogant?" How annoying? Well, I have to see him tomorrow."

After pondering for a while, Emperor Guangxing said to the guard: "You don't have to go back to Xishan today, just wait in the middle of the road tomorrow, and go directly to Duke Ying's mansion with flowers all over the building... Well, just say where Uncle Zhao is waiting." Him."

Hearing this, Xu Dacheng became even more mournful: He has no idea what Emperor Guangxing and Huamanlou talked about until now, so it will be more and more difficult and more difficult to give Huamanlou eye drops in the future. Danger?