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

……

Hua Manlou didn't know that he was 'rejected' again, he was staring at a certain young lady right now.

After glancing at Qi Wanrong who also looked confused, Hua Manlou said, "I said, what do you mean by calling me here?"

Qi Wanrong's eyes widened: "Ah? Didn't you ask me to come?"

Hua Manlou shrugged his shoulders: "You have been here for so many days in Xishan, have you seen it? I am as busy as a dog, how can I have time to take care of you? By the way, my subordinates came here repeatedly and cried that you robbed other people's jobs. It's hard for me to know, doesn't it?"

Qi Wanrong said cheerfully: "I did things for him, and he is not happy to get his salary for nothing?"

The two of them are standing on the top of a small mountain, which can be regarded as a view of the West Mountain - it is actually quite suitable for a tryst in summer and autumn, but now...

Well, at least the weather is not bad, suitable for going out and blowing the northwest wind.

In short, Huamanlou was tricked by Xiaonan, and Qi Wanrong was tricked by Xiaodong. This was the first time that Miss Qi's family was alone with Huamanlou after she came to Xishan. After all, Huamanlou was busy, right?

but……

Hua Manlou believed that Qi Wanrong tricked her into coming here, and this matter was purely a prank, so she didn't bother to care about it: "If you want to be idle, can you do something for me?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Wanrong decided that it was Hua Manlou who felt that she was too noisy in Xishan, so she talked to herself, and she was indeed at a loss, so she said cheerfully: "Then tell me, who the hell are we?" With whom, if I can help, how can I not help you? Don’t you forget that I was the one who reported you when you were impeached last time!”

Hua Manlou looked contemptuous: "Isn't it your fault that I took the blame for you? Anyway... you have nothing to do in Xishan anyway, so why not just... um, yes, how about setting up a gendarmerie brigade?"

Qi Wanrong was stunned and said: "What is... the gendarmerie brigade?"

Hua Manlou said with a smile: "It's similar to Nanzhen Fusi's, who is in charge of the soldiers, and punishes anyone who violates discipline. By the way, you are leading the patrol team. The miners heard yesterday that someone lost money..."

Qi Wanrong curled her lips: "What did you think it was, didn't you just do some things for Wucheng soldiers and horses? Well, I promise you, who asked me to owe you a favor."

Hua Manlou said with a smile, "Then it's settled, I'll pay you monthly."

"No! But you have to give me a dozen or twenty of your newly developed firecrackers, and I want the matching ammunition too!"

"Bah, that's a good idea!"

The two were arguing on the top of the mountain, while Xiaodong and Xiaonan, who were hiding in the distance and eavesdropping, were speechless and choked: "There must be something wrong with these two! You are a lonely man and a widow, why is there no charming atmosphere at all!"

"Who is to blame for this? It's so hard for my uncle to be free, but you guys...look at this poor place you chose!"

"So I just said, get drunk and send the two of them to the bridal chamber, and everything will be done in one night!"

"It's simple, my uncle doesn't drink!"

148. Is Guizhou Donkey Running Out of Skills?

Just after noon the next day, Emperor Guangxing arrived at Duke Ying's mansion in casual clothes.

I have to say that in order to prevent Huamanlou from discovering his true identity, and also to prevent others from discovering his contact with Huamanlou, Emperor Guangxing did enough drama, but for Ying Guogong, he felt that it was very important. Speechless: "Your Majesty, how long will you be performing this play?"

Emperor Guangxing smiled and said, "Why, do you have an opinion?"

Ying Guogong said helplessly: "I don't dare. It's just that you can't keep acting, right? If you want to ask Huamanlou that Zhuzi, your majesty can just call him to the palace and ask slowly, what's the use of it?" Is it so troublesome?"

Emperor Guangxing laughed and said: "You don't understand! I thought earlier that although Hua Manlou has abilities, he doesn't dare to show it. Therefore, if he dares to speak, he needs to be guided a little bit. Just pretend to be a chatterbox and let him talk. But if I recruit him to the warm pavilion, do you think he still dares to talk?"

Ying Guogong pondered for a while, then couldn't help but nodded and said: "Speaking of which, when I asked him about the three-stage shooting, Wei Chen also squeezed him for a long time, and later told him that Laohua would not beat him, so he said that." Something... But Your Majesty, what's wrong with this?"

Emperor Guangxing said: "I heard that Hua Aiqing's family education is quite strict, so this kid is probably scared?"

Ying Guogong nodded: "So...it's really possible. It's just that I don't see how timid this kid is in daily life? He was calm and composed when he was fighting Wala, and he was quite famous. The previous poem He also scolded a group of scholars bloody, isn't that cowardly?"

Emperor Guangxing smiled and said: "He is not a coward. If you want me to say something, he is in awe, so he is very cautious in doing things and speaking."

Duke Ying suddenly nodded: "So that's the case."

Emperor Guangxing sighed: "The heart of awe is simple to say, but in fact, how many people can always hold the heart of awe? Like those who were captured by the former Datong, if they all have the heart of awe, they can abide by their duties. , how could he lose his head? Another example is the prince, if he has some awe, why would he shout the Analects when he was having fun, so that he was impeached by a group of officials? That's why I said, Hua Aiqing taught well, It’s also rare to spend a building full of flowers.”

"Besides..." Emperor Guangxing's expression suddenly became a little sad: "What I want to hear is the truth, but how difficult do you think it is for me to hear the truth?"

"Uh... this..." Duke Ying didn't dare to answer those words indiscriminately.

"I know that some people are afraid of me, some people want to please me, and some even want to use my reputation to buy straight, so most of what they say is not the truth." Emperor Guangxing didn't care about Duke Ying's frightened expression, and said directly: "I'm not stupid, and I'm not stupid. Of course I know this, but how much effort does it take me to pick out the truth from a bunch of words? But here at Huamanlou, he doesn't know my identity, so he can't say anything." You won't be too scruples, and naturally you won't fake it."

"That's why I tried my best to cover up my identity and let him say something without any scruples. I am relaxed and he is also relaxed. Even if he said something rebellious, I would laugh it off and not blame him..." Emperor Guangxing said Here, I suddenly wanted to laugh: "That Zhuzi said before that the Taizu's Northern Expedition hadn't done his best. If someone else came to me, would you dare to say that?"

Ying Guogong suddenly felt sweat on his forehead: historical facts are historical facts, but the old Zhao family is more taboo about this, Huamanlou is so brave...

While the two were chatting, someone came to report that the son brought Huamanlou and others back to the mansion. Emperor Guangxing quickly sat up straight, and whispered to Duke Ying: "Remember what I said, and guide him to say more!"

"Uh, I obey the order..."

Hua Manlou didn't know that he was being watched by Emperor Guangxing, and when he stepped into Duke Ying's mansion, he was still thinking: come here first before presenting money, could it be that something happened in the court, and it's not appropriate to mention it at this time?

Can……

What could be the matter, Xishan's business is the emperor's business, could it be possible that some people would be jealous of sending money to the emperor with great fanfare?

But having said that, in other dynasties, this matter is really impossible, but the financial situation has not been very good in Dazhao, and many courtiers are planning to use the emperor's internal funds, so such a windfall...

Thinking of this, Hua Manlou couldn't help but feel lucky: If he dug a hole for the emperor because of these tens of thousands of taels of silver, I'm afraid that his life will not be so easy in the future. Fortunately, Uncle Zhao is one of his own people who can give some advice!

Hua Manlou followed Qi Pengfei into the inner hall, and when he entered the door, he heard a long laugh: "You bastard, I heard that where are you going to ask for credit from His Majesty?"

After Hua Manlou stood still, he hurriedly saluted the old man, and then said embarrassingly, "This...although it's not a big contribution, but anyway...then what...is it a lot of money? I was thinking about it. It would be nice for Uncle Zhao to show his face in front of His Majesty..."

Emperor Guangxing laughed again, but Ying Guogong had a strange expression: No wonder His Majesty wants to hide his identity. If he came with another identity, how could he hear such a bastard truth?

"You're right, this little silver is not a great contribution, but showing your face is really showing your face." Emperor Guangxing looked at Huamanlou with a smile and said, "Your Majesty has been worrying about the silver these days. If you hand over the silver Going to the household department can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need of the imperial court..."

Hearing this, Ying Guogong couldn't help but cast a contemptuous look at Emperor Guangxing: "Entering the door is only the second sentence, have you already started digging a hole?"

But Hua Manlou was startled when he heard the words: "Could it be that the court really wants His Majesty to withdraw money from the inner treasury for Da Zhao's finances?"

Emperor Guangxing said cheerfully: "Why, do you think there is a problem?"

Hua Manlou shrugged: "Although I'm not suitable to say this, but I really think it's ridiculous. Taxes are taxes, and your majesty's private money is your majesty's private money. If they are mixed together, then your majesty will Can I also use the money from the national treasury to repair the garden for myself?"

Emperor Guangxing smiled and said, "But now the court is spending money everywhere, so what should we do?"

Hua Manlou shrugged and said, "Let's find a way, what else can we do?"

Emperor Guangxing pointed to where he started: "Come on, sit down and talk about your method of collecting money. I'd like to see what good strategy you have."

Ying Guogong waved Qi Pengfei's hand at the right time, and when there were only three people in the hall, he smiled and said, "Say it, your words will never come out of this house today."

When Hua Manlou heard this, he suddenly hesitated: "This... I can't help it? There are so many capable ministers in the court, who am I?"

In fact, he just remembered the fact that he used to be mean for a while, and then he was tricked miserably by this old man, so he subconsciously respected himself...

But Emperor Guangxing was not surprised by his performance, he just squinted at him and said, "Oh, Qian Donkey is at the end of his skills?"

Hua Manlou had black lines all over his head: "...not at all!"

(I was really busy these days a few years ago, so I tried my best to update every day~~By the way, I would like to wish you all a new year, happy new year~~)

149. Soup is still being stewed at home...

After yelling, Hua Manlou suddenly felt something was wrong, and then couldn't help emphasizing again: "I'm not a donkey!"

Emperor Guangxing said with a half-smile, "Then let's change the question of your duty. Now someone in the court proposes to use the Zhentianlei and firecrackers produced in Xishan as the frontier army. What do you think?"

Ying Guogong chimed in: "There is such a thing, and because of this, there was a group fight in the Sixth Department. The cause of this matter is you. You have to talk about your thoughts, right?"

Hua Manlou said in astonishment: "The Sixth Division...is fighting for this? Are they free? By the way, shouldn't the Ministry of War worry about this matter? Why do the Sixth Division fight in groups?"

Emperor Guangxing smiled and said, "Just treat them as idlers. Tell me, what do you think about the deployment of firearms to the frontier army?"

Hua Manlou glanced at Emperor Guangxing hesitantly, thinking that there should be no problem with this matter, so he said cautiously: "This...firearms are sharp, and if they are installed, they can indeed enhance the combat power of the frontier army, but today's Firearms are not yet mature, so it is very likely that these things will play a very limited role..."

Emperor Guangxing said calmly: "Oh, why is this?"

Hua Manlou gestured and said: "For example, the south, where it is rainy and humid, although the current bullets are covered with a layer of oil paper, they are still quite susceptible to moisture. Once the bullets are gone, the effect of the firecracker is not even there. An iron rod is easy to use. Besides, the method of flint hair is indeed fiddled with, but this thing is good for windproof, but once it encounters rainy days, it will be useless..."

"Well, I know that, what else?"

"Pudu...cough, this is also the case with the Thunderbolt. At present, some people in Xishan are developing the Thunderbolt that can be exploded without ignition, and it is estimated that there will be a clue soon. Although the cost of this thing is a little higher A little bit, but fortunately it can adapt to complex environments, if it is going to be installed, it is better to do this first."

"Well, it makes sense." Emperor Guangxing turned himself into a flatterer at the right time, inducing Hua Manlou to talk cheap again, and if nothing else...

almost.

Hua Manlou didn't realize that he had fallen into the pit of the two old foxes, and he was still expressing his opinion seriously and responsibly: "So, under the current situation of Purdue, the fire gun can slow down a little bit. , wait for the technology to upgrade and then draw it slowly. In addition, the maintenance of firecrackers is also a troublesome thing. As far as I observe, the Shenji camp does not maintain the firecrackers, let alone ordinary guards? Oh, that Qi Shibo, don’t worry , I'm not accusing you of being old, I'm just stating a fact..."

Ying Guogong also noticed that Huamanlou was becoming eloquent, and he said cheerfully: "You are telling the truth, and I will let the people from Shenji Camp learn from you. Is there any other way to say it?" ?”

Hua Manlou continued: "Also... firecrackers. Although ordinary soldiers can use them after training for a period of time, the cost is not low. At least at the current stage, the price is extremely expensive. Small-scale equipment is okay, but all Military uniforms are obviously unrealistic. You know, this thing costs money just for training, and then I will make custom bullets and so on, which will cost more, but isn’t it that the court has no money? So I thought, It’s better to slowly expand the Xishan Guard, or continue to equip the Shenji Battalion first in the usual way, and let it be equipped for the frontier army.”

Having said that, Emperor Guangxing laughed secretly in his heart, but on the surface he remained calm: "What you said is, after all, it is still money!"

Hua Manlou said naturally: "That's the reason. If you have money, so what if the whole army is deployed? Not to mention the whole army is deployed, even a team of tens of thousands of people will do. When the time comes, we will directly send [-] guns." The cavalry can completely maim the prairie people by fighting and fighting. What kind of tactics are they playing? Oh, speaking of prairie people, I remember that the pottery in Wala seems to be for the exchange market , why not open the mutual market?"

Ying Guogong praised him in a timely manner: "Then why do you want to open up the mutual market?"

Huamanlou was obviously in a state of talking about mountains at this time, he took a sip from the teacup on the table and said, "Hey, there is no need to ask? What can grassland people trade? Cattle, sheep and war horses, right? These things are what my big Zhao lacks! Let’s not talk about war horses, farm cattle are precious, and it is still illegal to slaughter farm cattle today, which shows how rare farm cattle are nowadays. But if you can get them from them Buying cattle, how much labor will be saved, and how many people can be fed?"

Emperor Guangxing said with a smile: "The court also said this a few days ago, but most people think that if a large amount of supplies are sold to the grassland people, this is tantamount to breeding tigers..."

Hua Manlou sneered and said, "What kind of tiger do you raise? I remember we said it before? People from the grasslands who frequently go south cannot survive at all, but now if they can struggle to survive, then they will still be willing." Are you risking your life for stuttering? What's more, our firearm technology is constantly improving, and we hold military exercises in Datong and Liaodong from time to time and lose hundreds of rounds of Pudu, so they still have the guts to come to the border to play?"

"Besides, didn't you say that the court is short of money? The mutual market can at least subsidize Da Zhao's finances, right?" Hua Manlou obviously said that he was happy, and he even raised his legs, showing a pointing voice He once again regarded the two people in front of him as taxi drivers: "And if it is really not possible, follow the situation of paying tribute, let the grassland people provide horses, cattle and sheep, and Da Zhao rewards some coarse salt, coarse cloth, and inferior silk And tea or something, the grassland people will not be able to rise with these things, right? At that time, Da Zhao will sell the cattle and sheep, on the one hand to supplement the finances, and on the other hand to support agriculture. Besides, you think, there are so many cattle Naturally, a group of people will be liberated from the land, and if these people are used to smelt iron or do other things, can’t they also generate income for Da Zhao? So it’s three birds with one stone, isn’t it good?”

"fragrant?"

Emperor Guangxing didn't get this stalk, but he realized that what Hua Manlou said was indeed reasonable—at least it was more reasonable than those who were rigid-headed and dogmatic in the court, and it actually worked. Not difficult……

Rather, this matter is really beneficial to Da Zhao.

It has to be said that the tributary system of the Celestial Dynasty has been criticized by many people. Many people think that this is a loss-making business. Fanguo Xiaobang only needs to contribute a few things, and the Guochao will return a large amount of rewards to maintain the Celestial Dynasty. Shangbang's face is also euphemistically called: Unify the world, and all nations admire it.All directions come to pay tribute, and all nations come to court.

You see, the accommodation is free, for you to eat and drink, for you to play and enjoy, and you can get money when you come here.People who are short-sighted don't rush to come, right?

But is that really the case?

Judging from the tribute system of the Ming Dynasty, the rewards that most envoys could receive were banknotes, Xiyi, gauze, wenqi, colored coins, crown belts, colored silk, silk and other objects.Banknotes and lottery coins are banknotes, and others belong to the category of cloth and clothing.For this reason, an envoy can only get one or two kinds of rewards, and they can't give them all at once. Moreover, more than two kinds of rewards are still mixed and matched rewards.

The value of the Daming Treasure Banknote...

Hehe, it feels too soft to wipe the buttocks.

Just imagine, most of the tributes from Fanbang are high-quality medicinal materials, gold and silver wares, and the rebates from the Celestial Dynasty are a lot of treasures that I don’t know where to use and annoying cloth. But you may make a small profit, but I will never lose...

So, do you really think that the ancestors were taken advantage of?

Moreover, there was an example in the Ming Dynasty where war horses were exchanged for tea. There is such a record in Taizong Shilu: An Dingwei commanded Duo'er to only bundle [-] war horses as a tribute, but the Ming court, who was used to pretending to be poor, gave two pieces of silk and two pieces of cloth for the horses. , One piece of silk for the middle horse and two pieces of cloth, one piece of silk for the lower horse and one piece of cloth', whatever the horse is, the price will be changed to you, and it is because there are too many war horses that the cloth is given. Previously, only tea was given. of……

For tea, there is one price inside the Celestial Dynasty, and another price when it leaves the customs. In line with the ancestral precept, everyone is used to using the outside price when billing, which makes the tribute seem to be taken advantage of...

Therefore, Emperor Guangxing, who wanted to understand the inside story, was moved.

but……

Hua Manlou didn't pay attention to this at all, and continued to babble: "Also, if you are short of money, you can just look for it? For example, the Wa Kingdom in the east. There is nothing else on this small broken island, but there are quite a lot of money. It is said that the Wa Kingdom In Shimane County, there is a mountain in the county called Iwami Mountain, which is a real mountain of silver. If you can fool this mountain into your hands, then...cough cough..."

After saying a few words, Hua Manlou suddenly realized that he was being mean again.

Although this world seems to be a parallel world, it is not clear what is going on in Wa Manlou, but according to the calculations of the times, it is not certain that excavation has already begun at this time, then...

Let's put it this way, the Iwami Silver Mine was indeed the largest silver mine in the world until the Edo period. The silver produced for more than 400 years once accounted for one-third of the world's total silver production. If this place is discovered, it must be The land that the princes must fight for - after the death of the Da Nei clan who guarded this place, the Nizi clan and the Maoli clan have been fighting in this place for more than ten years...

"Yinshan?" Emperor Guangxing's eyes lit up: "How did you find out about this?"

Hua Manlou coughed dryly and said, "Just... the foreigner who told me about potatoes and corn last time... I don't know if I can trust him, and what... Big Zhao Jinhai..."

Emperor Guangxing glanced at Huamanlou, and suddenly said: "What else did the people of this country say?"

Hua Manlou said in embarrassment: "I...I can't remember..."

"Can't remember, or don't want to say?" Emperor Guangxing squinted his eyes, full of courage.

Hua Manlou was even more embarrassed: "It's...it's useless to say it, isn't it? Let's talk about financial issues? For example, in my opinion, Dazhao's taxation system has problems. There are problems with the methods, and why is there no commercial tax? There is no commercial tax, isn’t this self-defeating?”

It has to be said that Hua Manlou's ability to change the subject is really a bit poor, and... very well lived up to expectations, and he's being mean-spirited again.

Emperor Guangxing originally wanted to continue asking questions, but when Hua Manlou mentioned this, he couldn't help being distracted: "Oh? How come?"

"Uh..." Hua Manlou looked up at the sky outside: "It's getting late, and the soup is still being stewed at home..."

(I worked hard to code the extended chapter in the middle of the night, I wish you all a happy New Year's Eve~~)