Chapter 73

Jiajing and Lu Fang arrived in the dan room and saw Zhang Hao sitting there to settle the score. The two looked at each other and smiled. Then Jiajing was about to sit on the platform.

"Emperor, Master!" Zhang Hao immediately shouted when he saw them coming in.

When Jiajing heard this, he stopped and looked at Zhang Hao: "What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, I just calculated that I still owe you about 30,000 taels. My father has taken too much. According to the share, I can only get 80,000 taels at most!" Zhang Hao said to Jiajing with the account book.

"Oh, it's okay. If you make a profit, you'll deduct it in it!" Jiajing felt a little guilty when he heard this.

This kid is so real. He and Zhang Rong had cheated him, but he still said he owed him money.

"Well, the account must be settled clearly, otherwise what should I do if I don't meet it?" Zhang Hao stared at Jiajing and said with a serious look on his face.

"Okay, okay, just calculate it clearly!" Jiajing waved his hand and said, sitting on it himself, while Zhang Hao put away the account book, put it in, and then lay there for a nap.

When Jiajing heard that there was no movement behind him, he turned his head and looked at it, then sighed, feeling a little unbearable. He felt uncomfortable when he cheated Zhang Hao for money!

Zhang Rong took the money back to the mansion first. After arriving at the mansion, he first ordered 80,000 taels and packed them in a bag. The remaining money was handed over to Xu.

"Master, why are you giving me this money?" Xu asked in confusion as he looked at Zhang Rong.

He thought this was the money from the public, but now Zhang Rong actually gave it to him. Isn’t that going to commit a crime?

"You all go out!" Zhang Rong sat there and said.

All the other servants went out. When Zhang Rong was about to say to Xu with a smile, he said, "Our Haoer earned it. Do you know the soap now? It was made by Haoer!"

"I know!" Xu nodded, then thought of something, and immediately said in surprise: "Have you made so much money?"

"More than that, this is part of it, most of it is... Well, I can't tell you, anyway, I want to explain it clearly to you, I cheated this money from Hao'er!" Then Zhang Rong started talking about what was happening in the palace to Xu.

After hearing this, Xu was so shocked that he kept staring at Zhang Rong.

"Madam, we can't take so much money, that's a disaster. The emperor has no money and we have money. Isn't this asking for trouble for ourselves? So, I'm making the decision. We can take as much money as the emperor gives us, but we can't take more!" Zhang Rong looked at Xu and said.

"Is this true? Why do I feel like I'm dreaming? How can Hao'er really make money? Is it as much as you said?" Xu looked at Zhang Rong in disbelief and said.

"Really, I saw it with my own eyes!" Zhang Rong nodded and said.

"Okay, I'm sorry, if you have too much money, my Haoer can't keep it even if you have money, and you're easily cheated. However, it would be great to get 30,000 taels back. I was worried a few days ago. Jian Haoer's mansion requires a lot of money, but the family doesn't have enough money. It just so happens that with this money, you can buy a lot of things!" Xu then put the money away with confidence, and felt a little proud.

My stupid son can make money even if he can help the emperor make money.

"Well, don't tell the public, just know it yourself. Li'er told him that, logically, this money has nothing to do with the family, it is Haoer's own, and Li'er is not qualified to think about this money!" Zhang Rong sat there and said to Xu.

"I know, but I heard from my daughter-in-law that Li'er's health has improved a lot recently because Hao'er forces him to practice martial arts every day. If this is the case, that would be great. By then, my daughter-in-law can give birth to a child and a half of her daughter, and I will be worthy of my ancestors!" Xu said to Zhang Rong with a smile.

"That's good. I'll go to the military camp. Please worry more about the family affairs. At that time, Hao'er asked you if you took the money to build a mansion for your family. Just say yes!" Zhang Rong said as he explained to Xu.

Xu nodded, of course she knew about this.

In the court, many ministers had already gathered together to discuss the matter of Zhang Hao saying that he was a farmer.

"It's simply nonsense. He is a farmer? How can he be considered a farmer? He is obviously doing business as a businessman, and he still makes a quibble!"

"This wind cannot be long. A man Zhang can make the court uneasy, so how can it be done?"

"We go to Zhang Hao to debate, and return the farmers, they are businessmen!"

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The officials were very excited, and they were very dissatisfied with Zhang Hao's statement.

"Just write an impeachment memorial. The emperor will definitely read it at that time. If Zhang Hao is not convinced, he will defend him at that time!" a minister suggested.

The other ministers nodded and went to write memorials.

Yan Song, who was in the cabinet, actually wanted to write a memorial to refute Zhang Hao, but he couldn't find a reason to refute, so what Zhang Hao said made sense!

Yan Song was a little worried.

At noon, Yan Song returned to his mansion and was still thinking about this.

"Dad, Zhang Hao said he was a farmer. Now many ministers are writing impeachment memorials!" After Yan Shifan came in, he saw Yan Song sitting there worried and immediately said excitedly.

"Has it been written? Can you refute it?" Yan Song asked Yan Shifan and said.

"It must be possible. He is a fool, and everyone can't refute him?" Yan Shifan looked at Yan Song and said with some confusion.

After hearing this, Yan Song nodded, but he didn't have much hope in his heart. He couldn't even write it out himself. Can they write it out?

And in Xu Jie's mansion, Xu Jie sat in the study and was worried.

At this time, Xu Jie's eldest daughter Xu Shiyun came over with a cup of tea.

Xu Shiyun is famous in the capital and is a famous talented woman in the capital. She is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, poetry and painting. She is already seventeen this year, but she has not yet been betrothed to others.

Xu Jie had no choice but to do anything to Xu Shiyun. Her daughter had a high vision. She looked down on ordinary men at all, so she never betrothed out.

Although the threshold at home has been broken by the matchmaker, Xu Shiyun just disagreed.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? Look at you're frowning?" Xu Shiyun brought a bowl of ginseng tea to Xu Jie's study.

"Hey, this Zhang Manzi is so angry that he said he is a farmer? He made that soap and said he was a farmer. He obviously did business as a merchant, but he even said arrogantly that he was a farmer!"

Xu Jie was so angry that he couldn't argue!

Now I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I still haven't thought of refuting it.

"Dad, Zhang Manzi, the one in the British Duke's Mansion?" Xu Shiyun looked at Xu Jie and asked in confusion.

"Yes, it's him!" Xu Jie said fiercely.

"Isn't he a fool? Why do you defend yourself with a fool?" Xu Shiyun asked again.

"Huh?" Xu Jie was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Hey, dad is really unpromising. He actually cares about a fool. The key is, daughter, you don't know, he is so angry that he said he wants to hammer your dad and me to death. If the emperor hadn't stopped him, he would have hammered him!"

"Ah, this... this person is so rude?" Xu Shiyun looked at Xu Jie in surprise when she heard this.

"Well, Qiu Luan and Ding Rukui were all hammered before, and he was not afraid of us. The key is that the emperor liked him, there was nothing he could do. No, he couldn't let him be arrogant in this matter. My daughter, if we lose this time, then all the faces of our civil officials will be thrown away. This matter cannot be let go, and it must not be!" Xu Jie thought of this and became even more angry. Is a fool so difficult to deal with?

"So, he made the soap?" Xu Shiyun was surprised and continued to ask.

"Yes, it was made by him. I heard that he also made the cannon stick, which was very powerful. The last time the Tatars came, they were defeated by firecrackers!" Xu Jie nodded and said.

"Dad, then look at it from this point of view, he is not completely a fool. Can a fool make such a useful thing? This daughter of soap is also used, it is a good thing!" Xu Shiyun still looked at Xu Jie in confusion and asked.

"Hey, you don't know. This kid has a bad mind. You can tell by looking at his words and doing things. Of course, to put it in a poem, I was born to be useful, so this person probably is the same!" Xu Jie thought about it and could only explain this way.

"Oh, dad, then you go and discuss with other ministers. If this is the case, dad, you can't afford to lose!" Xu Shiyun thought about it for a while and suggested to Xu Jie.

"I've discussed it, don't talk about me, even Yan Song and Ge Lao Yan are trying to find a way to refute him. The key is that he has not come up with a good countermeasure!" Xu Jie said helplessly.

Who doesn’t want to refute him? If you don’t have that strength, this kid actually said he was a farmer?

"Dad, my daughter won't bother you, don't worry too much?" Xu Shiyun listened, put down the ginseng tea and said to Xu Jie.

"Yes, OK!" Xu Jie nodded and continued to look through the ancient books, hoping to find evidence from it.

But after an afternoon, I couldn't find it. Xu Jie didn't know how many hairs he lost.

At this moment, on the Tatar side, Altan Khan had just returned. Thinking of such great casualties, Altan Khan was very dissatisfied, and the other leaders were not convinced. This time they suffered such a great loss in the war with the Ming Dynasty, and the eldest prince died in the battlefield. He was not convinced no matter how he thought about it.

So, within a few days, Altan Khan mobilized 200,000 troops to fight for the Ming Dynasty again, heading straight to Beijing City, and insisting on conquering Beijing City.

There is no news about this in the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming army is really not good now. Civil officials control the army, and military generals have no right to speak at all. Those generals only lead the army to train and must obey the orders of the Ministry of War when fighting.

Moreover, the military expenditure has never been satisfied, so they have never let go of spies on the periphery of the Ming Dynasty. They have no idea about the grassland, unless they have already arrived at the city.
Chapter completed!