Chapter 242

Zhang Hao told them that he would definitely be very busy in recent times, and the city needs to be regulated.

Moreover, the Jinyiwei has gone out now, and I don’t know the situation here now. The Jinyiwei has hidden stakes here, and they still need to find the hidden stakes to understand the situation.

In addition, it is to understand the surrounding situation. These all take time. Whether you want to cooperate with them at that time also needs to see whether you want to cooperate with them. Some people cannot cooperate. Who dares to cooperate if you are too greedy?

"Since the Admiral has a solution, we will feel at ease!" Yu Wanpeng said to Zhang Hao with a smile.

"Well, you have good things in the shops in the city, right?" Zhang Hao nodded with a smile, and then asked. The two of them heard it and looked at each other. They didn't know what Zhang Hao meant? They actually asked such a sensitive thing?

"I know it has something to do with you, but these stores can still make money, even more money, but remember to pay taxes. If you don't pay taxes and are found out, you will be in trouble. And if you don't pay taxes, you won't be able to pay it. How much is the money?

Now that the horse market is open, the market will definitely be very large. At that time, I will probably go here for the goods from the Tatar side, and my Ming merchants' goods will probably go here, so the market here is very large, and your shops occupy a good position and it is impossible to have no profits. Don't lose the big ones because of small things!" Zhang Hao sat there, regardless of what they thought, and said it first. Some things he needed to explain clearly to them.

"Sir, we are military generals, how dare we do such things?" Yu Wanpeng said with a smile at Zhang Hao. Liu Wu didn't speak.

"If you are not joking, just be clear in your heart. I said it in advance and said hello in advance. Just think about it yourself!" Zhang Hao said with a smile.

There is no need to delve into these things, everyone knows them well.

"Yes, don't worry, we will definitely make it clear to the merchants in the city. Smuggling is not allowed. Once discovered, deal with it seriously!" Yu Wanpeng immediately said to Zhang Hao.

"It's not a serious handling, it's a behead!" Zhang Hao corrected it and said.

"Yes, yes, what the lord said is that we are not as familiar with the law as an adult!" Yu Wanpeng immediately said with a smile.

"Well, I don't care about the military affairs, so I'll leave it alone. I'm here to go through the motions and don't want to do something annoying. It's better for everyone to have a good time." Zhang Hao continued to smile and said.

"Yes, yes, sir, you still have to say what you should say. You are our boss. If there is anything wrong with what we did, I hope you will correct me!" Yu Wanpeng said with a smile.

Zhang Hao nodded, then stood up and said, "I understand the office room. I will come here in the afternoon. Now I still have to go around and learn more about Xuanhua!"

"Sir, I'll accompany you!" Yu Wanpeng stood up and said to Zhang Hao.

"No, why are you doing this trouble? There is no need, you still have to keep an eye on the defense here!" Zhang Hao refused them, but they still sent Zhang Hao to the gate of Zhenshuo Building. Zhang Hao asked them to stay and leave on horseback. Yu Wanpeng kept laughing, and Liu Wu was a little disgusted.

After Zhang Hao left, Yu Wanpeng put away his smile and turned around and walked inside.

"I said General Yu, you are so afraid of him, a young boy, why are you afraid of him? Did you hear what he said just now? It's just threatening us!" Liu Wu said dissatisfied to Yu Wanpeng.

"He is the admiral, and everyone needs to pass the face. Besides, the identity of others is there. What is our general? Once they lead the troops, they will be the governor and command hundreds of thousands of troops, we will be exhausted and may not be able to climb to such a high position.

But such a position is within your reach for others, so why bother offend them? Besides, they are right. You can’t lose your official position because of money. Do you feel that it’s worth it? Can’t you even settle such a debt?" Yu Wanpeng looked at Liu Wu helplessly and said,

If it weren't for the sake of a colleague, and I had many shops in Xuanhua City, I didn't want to be implicated by Liu Wu, and I didn't want to pay attention to him. I couldn't even understand such a thing, but I just had a strong sense of strength.

"Then his methods are too ruthless. Will we cut off our financial path as soon as we come?" Liu Wu said very dissatisfied.

"Is our financial path legitimate? They are court officials and have this power. We are generals. You can't do these things. You have any reason. If Zhang Hao catches you, you will kill you!" Yu Wanpeng said angrily.

"He, he dares!" Liu Wu said with some confidence.

Yu Wanpeng glanced at him and couldn't argue with him.

Zhang Hao was walking around the city and watching the merchants shipped goods. Now some merchants may have reached a deal with the Tatars and came back to load the goods. Then Zhang Hao saw a large number of cattle and sheep being driven away, and walked out through Xuanhua City.

Zhang Hao looked carefully and found that it was not bad. The merchants from the Ming Dynasty still bought a lot. Zhang Hao walked slowly with his hands behind his back. Looking at the situation here, most of the people living in the city were military households, many of them were military families, and some were soldiers for generations, so their families also lived in the city. Once the city was broken, the people would be in trouble.

Zhang Hao walked around and arrived at the Ximen side. At this moment, the tax collection was still in progress. The main reason was that the people from the Ministry of Revenue were collecting taxes. All tax collections needed to be registered. The money collected and the registrant must be separated, and officials also needed to stamp and recognize it. When Zhang Hao arrived here, Sun Qihai immediately arrived next to Zhang Hao and bowed and said, "Sir!"

How?” Zhang Hao asked.

"Sir, the tax has been collected by more than 700 taels until now. I just found out that many merchants are back and transporting goods. This time, the Tatars have purchased a lot.

Moreover, there is not so much silver in the Tatars, and they all use goods to settle the bill. Some people continue to purchase after trading the silver. It’s not bad anyway!” Sun Qihai reported to Zhang Hao.

"That's good. I can't even figure out how I can still lose money, and how did I lose money?" Zhang Hao said and looked at Sun Qihai.

"This, sir, it's the first time I'm here on the border. I don't understand!" Sun Qihai said to Zhang Hao with a wry smile, how dare he say anything.

"Well, keep holding it!" Zhang Hao nodded and said. At night, Shen Lian arrived at Zhang Hao's mansion and gave some information to Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao looked at it carefully and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The merchants in Xuanhua are all the officers behind them. Almost every officer has a share and relies on here to make money. They used to smuggle goods before, and they didn't need to spend money at all. Anyway, whether the city gates were open or not was the final decision of the generals, but they did it secretly, and they didn't dare to do it too blatantly.

"Tell me, how much money can they make in a month?" Zhang Hao asked as he looked at Chen Lian.

"I don't know this, there is no way to count it!" Chen Lian waved his hand and said.

"How much is the price of a cow now?" Zhang Hao asked as he looked at Chen Lian.

"It's not cheap now. The price of cattle has always been very expensive. However, the beef cattle on the Tatar side is not plowing ox. The cows bought are not the ones that can be cultivated by every cow, but some farmers still buy them.

After all, the cattle still has strength, and can also be used to pull carts. Some can be trained and can also be cultivated, but there is still a difference from our local oxen.

Basically, the price of a plowing ox in the market will not be less than 10 taels of silver. Even if it is selling beef, a cow can probably be sold for six or seven taels of silver!" Chen Lian stood there and reported to Zhang Hao.

"Well, they can get back three or five thousand cows in a month?" Zhang Hao continued to ask as he looked at Chen Lian.

"I'm sure I don't dare. There are so many cattle, but there are quite a few. I guess it's a lot to be able to come in a day. There are sheep and horses, but not too many. They dare not be so arrogant. Then, according to you, their monthly trading volume will not be much, with a whopping 30,000 to 40,000 taels. Even if there is half the profit, it's only 20,000 taels?" Zhang Hao looked at Chen Lian and asked.

"It's almost the same, probably the same!" Chen Lian thought about it for a while and spoke.

"So many people share such a little money, so what about it?" Zhang Hao chuckled.

Chen Lian looked at Zhang Hao with a wry smile and said, "Sir, not everyone has the ability to do this. Sir, the generals here only cost 200 taels of silver a year, and 20,000 taels a month will come in and share the money. I guess those generals can get 3500 taels, a lot, six or seven thousand taels a year!"

"That's right!" Zhang Hao nodded when he heard this.

"Well, so, sir, you have touched their interests this time!" Chen Lian asked.

"I touched their interests. Will you settle the accounts? Do you know how much tax we collected today?" Zhang Hao asked as he looked at Chen Lian.

"How many?" Chen Lian looked at Zhang Hao in confusion and asked.

"2700 taels, that is, today's transaction volume is 27,000 taels. Judging from their remaining profit of 10% of the profit, it is also 2,700 taels. In a month, it is more than 80,000 taels. I have touched their interests? Now those merchants are all from those generals!" Zhang Hao looked at Chen Lian and questioned.

"Yeah? That's right!" Chen Lian heard this and found that it was really the case. The current trading volume is much larger than before. Not only does it not harm their interests, but on the contrary, they make more money.

Chen Lian stood there and thought for a while, then said to Zhang Hao: "Sir, you should give all the profits to them?"

When Zhang Hao heard this, he turned his head and looked at Chen Lian.
Chapter completed!