If you succeed in following Liu Haojia's adventure, you will naturally make a fortune! If they fail, they won’t be short of the money! Besides, wasn’t there Liu Haojia, the enemy who was in front of me? You don’t have to pay alone when you lose money!
While everyone was talking, suddenly a servant from outside ran in and said, "Second Young Master, Long Live the Lord is here!"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and quickly stood up to greet him. But before he could leave the room, he heard the sound of footsteps. Emperor Wanli and Zhang Jia had already walked in!
Everyone immediately pushed their chairs to bow down, and then heard Emperor Wanli say: "Okay, okay! No need to bow, the room is very narrow!"
Seeing the smile on Emperor Wanli's face, everyone knew that he was telling the truth, so they stood up under the leadership of Wei Guogong and others, but everyone still bowed and saluted.
Everyone gathered around Emperor Wanli and sat down in his seat. Liu Haojia called for someone to quickly remove the remaining dishes and put in a new table. And personally delivered tea to Emperor Wanli. When Emperor Wanli took the tea cup, he motioned to Zhang Jia to stop the servants and said, "I have already had dinner in the palace, so don't bother me! There is nothing important for me to come today. By the way, what were you guys talking about in such a noisy way just now?" ?」
Wei Guogong immediately stepped forward and briefly explained the meaning of the conversation just now. After hearing this, Emperor Wanli smiled and nodded repeatedly and said: "My dear friends, you are very smart and can guess a lot of things just by guessing! I know Uncle Wu Ning's plan, but he refuses to tell me, and I am not good at it either." I’m telling you, so just take your time and guess!”
Relying on his seniority, Duke Cheng Guo deliberately pretended to complain and said: "Long live the Lord, you are too strict! Please tell me a little bit about it!"
Emperor Wanli was even more proud when he heard this. He waved his hands and said, "Don't say it, don't say it! But I can tell you that if you follow Uncle Wu Ning closely, you will definitely have a good life!"
Everyone was even more enlightened when they heard this, and they all made up their minds to get a few sea ships out this time so that they could follow Liu Haojia to the sea to make a fortune! So they naturally became more enthusiastic about Liu Haojia!
Of course, they did not forget to flatter Emperor Wanli! As soon as they knew the cause and effect of the matter, they all piled all the credit for the strategizing on Emperor Wanli! Liu Haojia would definitely have no objections to this, and Emperor Wanli naturally accepted all the compliments!
In his opinion, everything Liu Haojia did was done with his support, and Liu Haojia could not do anything without his support! So it’s normal to take some credit for yourself!
Moreover, Emperor Wanli did not forget to try to get closer to these nobles as much as possible. He listed the achievements of each noble ancestor, and all these nobles were moved to tears! But the ancestors had finished speaking. When it came to these descendants, Emperor Wanli really didn't find anything to say. He could only encourage them to get closer to the royal family and jointly maintain the Ming Dynasty!
Naturally, the nobles agreed wholeheartedly and swore that they would help Emperor Wanli build the Ming Dynasty into an iron barrel and pass it on from generation to generation!
Hearing their statements, Liu Haojia almost laughed out loud! Even the Wanli Emperor couldn't find out what these nobles have done in recent years. It can be seen that the nobles have been extremely degraded. The ancestors' bravery is now only the instinct to fight for power!
However, they all took advantage of being with the country, thinking that with their support, the Ming Dynasty could be passed on forever, and their own families could also get countless benefits!
It's a pity that Liu Haojia knows very well what kind of people these nobles are. The standard is that they can share wealth but not adversity! Otherwise, when Li Zicheng rushed over with tens of thousands of people, the huge city of Beijing would not have surrendered directly!
After communicating with the nobles for a long time, Emperor Wanli felt that he had become closer to them, and then he encouraged everyone and left with satisfaction. After being disrupted by Emperor Wanli, the banquet broke up. However, everyone greeted Liu Haojia enthusiastically before leaving, telling him not to forget to say hello when he made a move!
Liu Haojia stayed in the capital for another four days. When the edict that the navy was under the direct jurisdiction of the royal family and renamed the royal fleet was issued to the world, his heart finally settled, and he rushed to Tianjin as soon as possible. After more than half a year of operation there, it is close to
It was over, he had to host it.
After returning to Tianjin, Liu Haojia naturally wanted to have some tenderness with Miss Zhang, recount what happened in the capital, and then plunge into intense work.
The first thing Liu Haojia did was train troops! Before he came back from the south, he had already sent a message to Tianjin to recruit troops again. At that time, he planned to take away 1,000 people, and only 500 people were left under his command, so he simply ordered to recruit 1,500 more people, making up 2,000!
Now the two thousand newly recruited people have been completed and have been trained for a period of time. They now look like new recruits. And what surprised him was that the quality of this batch of recruits was quite high, even better than the first batch of soldiers recruited!
The reason is very simple. When he first recruited soldiers, he mainly recruited those who were from military households. However, those who were in good health and smart among the military had already had their own jobs. And at that time, it was not sure whether Liu Haojia could really provide enough military salary. Moreover, their salary at that time was a very important source of livelihood for their family, so they had no plans to resign at all!
When they later discovered that Liu Haojia's recruits were indeed good, well-fed, well-served, and well-paid, each and every one of them regretted and complained about their family. It was better to let them resign earlier and join the army! Now that Jinyiwei is recruiting people again, these people naturally ran over immediately, which gave Liu Haojia an unexpected surprise!
The second thing Liu Haojia is going to do is to deal with the He Gang in Tianjin and collect the business tax again. Of course, collecting business taxes can be done according to the rules, but regulating the river gang is a big problem! Because the River Gang is a pretty big gang with a lot of people!
During the Ming Dynasty, there was no Cao Gang, so the entire canal was under the control of some large and small gangs! Along a section of the canal, anything related to the canal, whether it is ship manufacturing and repair, transportation of goods and people, etc., are all controlled by these gangs! And the He Gang is the gang that controls the Tianjin section of the canal!
And the members of the He Gang are also very complicated! Boatmen, fishermen, laborers, craftsmen, and even boat girls who act as prostitutes are all under their control! The entire He Gang, including Gang Ding's family, is close to 20,000 people! Facing such a huge number of people, Liu Haojia also felt a headache!
