Daming reckless man

Chapter 240 I have the final say
Chapter 240

Zhang Hao told those generals about making money. Although the generals were interested when they heard it, no one could believe it. They all looked at Zhang Hao with a smile.

Zhang Hao didn't intend to continue talking, there was no need, he had stayed in the barracks for a long time anyway, Zhang Hao was very clear about the thoughts of those generals, Zhang Rong couldn't control so much of the former imperial guards ,
At that time, the situation of eating empty pay was repeatedly prohibited. What's more, these frontier generals, it is impossible for them not to eat empty pay, but no matter how serious it is, the soldiers of the frontier army still dare not go too far. Once the Tatars came to kill them, they had no army to stop them, and they would die at that time, so although they were eating empty wages, they didn't dare to eat so much.

"Okay, since the admiral said to talk to us next time, then let's talk next time!" Liu Wu immediately said to Zhang Hao with a smile.

"Come, eat!" Zhang Hao greeted them with a smile. He was actually not familiar with them. These soldiers all had their own backgrounds, and they couldn't get here because of their father's relationship. However, his grandfather's family seemed to be related. Here, I just came here by myself, and I didn't tell my grandfather.

After eating, Zhang Hao went back to the room to rest. The two generals who came with Zhang Hao, one was Sun Gaoyi and the other was Li Qing. They also came to report, and the arrangements for the barracks were made.

"Remember, the soldiers of the imperial guards cannot mix with the soldiers of the frontier army. How you train in the capital is the same way you train here. You don't need to look at the appearance of the frontier army. For the other, you have to reserve enough There is a lot of food and grass, so be prepared!" Zhang Hao said while sitting there.

"Major General, what do you mean?" Sun Gaoyi immediately looked at Zhang Hao and asked, still a little shocked in his heart.

"I don't mean anything, just be prepared!" Zhang Hao said with a smile.

"Yes, general, we will soon be able to prepare more than half a year's supply of food and grass, and the same goes for other supplies!" Sun Gaoyi said immediately, clasping his hands.

"Okay, go to the barracks, remember, without my order, you are not allowed to leave the barracks!" Zhang Hao continued to exhort Sun Gaoyi and the others, and the two of them immediately nodded affirmatively. They admired Zhang Hao and knew that Zhang Hao was still fighting. I have some skills.

Soon, the two of them returned to the barracks.

"My lord!" Shen Lian came to Zhang Hao's side.

"Have the brothers settled down?" Zhang Hao looked at Shen Lian and asked.

"It's settled!" Shen Lian nodded.

"Well, here is 3000 taels of silver, you take it, prepare more food and grass!" Zhang Hao gave the money to Shen Lian.

"My lord, this?" Shen Lian looked at Zhang Hao in surprise and asked.

"Get ready!" Zhang Hao said to Shen Lian.Shen Lian immediately took the money, put it away, and then looked at Zhang Hao.

"Scatter the brothers, not only here, but also the entire Xuanhua defense zone, you have to investigate, all the small roads leading to the border, you have to find out, and you can't let go of any road!" Zhang Hao said to Shen Lian confessed.

"Understood!" Shen Lian nodded.

"Okay, there are no other things for the time being. You should go back and rest. You will be busy tomorrow!" Zhang Hao said to Shen Lian. went to bed early,
The next morning, after Zhang Hao got up, he took his personal guards and began to inspect the entire Xuanhua City. Xuanhua City is an important military town, and most of it is built by relying on the military. Looking at the scenery outside the city wall, they found that there were many carriages, all of which came from the Tatar side, and they wanted to enter the city.

"Go ask the defenders below if those Tatars are going to trade in the city, and tell them that starting today, all transactions must be conducted outside the city! At that time we will build a market outside the city!" Zhang Hao said A guard next to him said.

"Yes, Master!" The guard immediately turned around and went out. Zhang Hao continued to look at the grassland outside. In the distance, there were many carriages coming, probably for the purpose of trading, but the weather is still very cold now!It seems impossible to build a house.

"My lord, the people from the household department have arrived, a seventh-rank official in charge! In addition, a doctor from Honglu Temple has also arrived, and will be in charge of negotiating with the Tatars at that time!" A personal guard came to Zhang Hao's side and said Followed by Zhang Hao and said.

"Let them come over!" Zhang Hao stood there and said.

"Yes!" The guard left immediately, and soon, a doctor from the fifth rank and an official from the seventh rank arrived at Zhang Hao's side.

"Jiang Liang, doctor of Honglu Temple, Xiaguan!"

"Sun Qihai, head of the household department of the lower government"

"I've seen Marquis Lu An!" The two of them reached Zhang Hao's side and said immediately, clasping their hands together.

"No courtesy, come over here and have a look!" Zhang Hao smiled, and beckoned them to come and have a look.The two of them went to the edge of the city wall in confusion and looked at the situation outside the city.

"How many carriages do you think there are here? No less than 100, and those cows and sheep, I think there are thousands of them, what do you think they are worth?" Zhang Hao stood there and asked them.

"This, it's hard to estimate!" Sun Qihai, an official from the household department, looked at it and shook his head.

"You said, are these things worth 5000 taels?" Zhang Hao continued to ask.

"There must be!" Honglu Temple Jiang Liang immediately nodded and said.

"One out of ten, the tax is 500 taels, I just can't figure it out, how can I lose money, how can I lose money?" Zhang Hao said worryingly while sitting there.

"Here, there may be other expenses, right?" Sun Qihai hesitated for a moment, then said.

"Our businessman from Daming hasn't arrived yet?" Zhang Hao asked.

"My lord, there are not many merchants, just the merchants in Xuanhua City, and everyone may not be ready yet!" Sun Qihai continued to say to Zhang Hao, clasping his hands.

"I'm going to build a horse market on the open space in front of me, just outside!" Zhang Hao said, pointing to a large open space in the distance.

"Ah, this, I'm afraid it won't work? It needs to be established inside the city, right?" Sun Qihai looked at Zhang Hao in surprise and said that there had never been a horse market established outside the Great Wall. It used to be traded in Xuanhua City.

"No. In the future, the trade here will become bigger and bigger. What should we do when the Tatars sneak in? It's still the same sentence, goods can come in, people, we can't let them in easily, our people can go out!" Zhang Hao looked at Sun Qihai Said.

"My lord, I'm afraid it won't work like this. Without such a rule, it's impossible for the court to approve it!" Sun Qihai clasped his hands to Zhang Hao after hearing this.

"When will I, Zhang Hao, need approval from the court?" Zhang Hao turned to look at Sun Qihai and said.

"This, yes!" When Sun Qihai heard it, he was right. He was also an official in the capital before. No one wanted to come here. Because he had nothing to do with them, they brought him here. Who are those officials? Everyone is afraid of Zhang Hao.

"What's the commotion down there?" Zhang Hao asked immediately when he heard the Tatars below, making a commotion.

"This, I don't know!" The two of them also felt strange, how noisy it was so early in the morning.

"Well, it's probably because they are not allowed to come in. You two remember, go to the open space over there today and set up a trading place. We collect taxes inside the city gate. Regardless of the goods coming in and out, they need to be collected. tax,

Taxes are collected according to the price of the goods. If you don’t pay taxes, you can’t go out or come in. You tell the merchants who buy Tatar goods in the future that they can ask for the tax money from the Tatar merchants, and the exported materials, except Controlled goods can be exported, and all goods need to be verified by the government. Without verification, they cannot leave the customs! " Zhang Hao explained to the two of them.

"Yes, is it still [-] out of [-]?" Sun Qihai immediately said to Zhang Hao.

"Can it still be changed? Do we have the right to increase taxes at will?" Zhang Hao stared at Sun Qihai dissatisfied and asked. He knew that officials in some places did this.

"No!" Sun Qihai said immediately, cupping his hands.

"Go and deal with it!" Zhang Hao said to the two of them, and the two of them went down immediately. Zhang Hao stood there watching for a while, and then left.
But at this moment, outside the city, the Tatars were very dissatisfied. Among them, Tuoketuo, who lived in the city, also heard the news and immediately went to the city gate. After I came to Kaima City to request, I have been living in the post station in Xuanhua City,

Just as Zhang Hao returned to the place where he lived, Tuoketuo took people outside Zhang Hao's mansion and shouted loudly.

"Why are you shouting, looking for death?" Zhang Hao's personal guards were not good at it either.

"We want to see Zhang Hao, let Zhang Hao come out!" Tuoketuo said angrily, now that the horse market has opened, Tatar businessmen are not allowed to come in, how can we do business here?
"Our young master, you can meet as soon as you meet, so speak cleanly!" A personal guard said very angrily.

"You, I'm the Prince of Tartar, in charge of the opening of the horse market. I want to talk to Zhang Hao!" Tuoketuo said very excitedly.

"Wait!" After the guard finished speaking, he went in.
Zhang Hao, on the other hand, was sitting there eating breakfast, and he just went out to watch, but he was empty stomached.

"Young Master, Prince Tuoketuo of Tatar, please see me!" The guard came in and said, clasping his hands.

"Please!" Zhang Hao said, and continued to sit there and eat. Tokto said that he was going to bring people in. Zhang Hao's personal guards would definitely not agree, so they could only let Tokto in. Those of Tokto's personal guards Also refused.

"Is this how you Ming treat guests?" Tuoketuo shouted very dissatisfied.

"You can only go in alone, you can't bring weapons, otherwise, I have the right to kill you!" Zhang Hao's personal guard glared at Tuoketuo and said.

"How dare you!" the guards around Tuoketuo also shouted loudly.

"Try it!" Zhang Hao's personal guard immediately drew out the knife, and the other personal guards saw it, and all drew out their knives.

(End of this chapter)