Zhang Han could not have a comfortable New Year this year. Before the New Year, there was indeed a servant from the Governor's Office with a card ticket. Han Qi, the newly appointed Governor, summoned Zhang Han a few days after he was in office, saying that he wanted Zhang Han, the inspector, to go to Datong Prefecture to report his duties... Of course, he had bad intentions, but Zhang Han's reason for refusal was impeccable... He was not there, so he took his troops into the mountains to suppress bandits. He was hundreds of miles away and in the deep mountains. He had no information and could not say that he would not obey the constitutional orders. He could not ask people to fly into the mountains to find them?

The servants in the governor's yamen jumped and sent someone to reply to Datong. Someone was waiting in Lizhuang, but Zhang Han didn't come out of the mountains, and no one could do anything to him... This incident was widely rumored, and gradually Zhang Han's past of the evil deeds with the governor was also revealed due to the matter in Lingqiu Iron Field. The matter involved Zhang Han, a very popular inspector and businessman, and the new governor who had just taken office, became a topic of concern for everyone... Of course, what people were talking about was not Zhang Han who could fight against the governor, but how long Zhang Han could hide... Everyone believed that in at most one or two months, Zhang Han could not stand in the mountains, and sooner or later, what would the governor have to do? At that time, what would the governor have to do? Is it money or death? This alone would be enough to make people argue for a while.

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Zhang Yanhong and Jiang Dalin were sitting in the carriage together, and they felt very grateful.

They were forced to withdraw from the Chamber of Commerce for cooperation with the Fan family more than half a year ago. Later, the Fan family failed and many people laughed at them. The two of them secretly regretted that after they withdrew from the Chamber of Commerce, their grain collection price became higher and the shipment price became lower and lower... The Fan family became less and less money, and the cost of buying grain was less and less. Later, it was not only the problem of low shipment price, but the Fan family began to owe to the arrears, and then they stopped collecting grain... At this time, the people who withdrew from the arrears were panicked. Zhang Han was in the sky, and more than a dozen nearby prefectures, counties and military guards were led by He Yusheng. The big merchant led by Ma Chaoren was still in the arrears. He Yusheng had the final say in the food price, and they had the final say in whether to collect or not. These people who withdrew from the arrears began to ask their grandfather to sue their grandparents. Last month, they finally told Ma Chaoren to ask Lao Ma to discuss the matter. They accepted the beating and punishment. As long as they could rejoin the association, everything was easy to say.

At this time, these people vaguely felt that the chamber of commerce was so powerful that it controlled all the grain prices in the Datong area, including the channels of purchase and sales, and the chamber of commerce in Lingqiu had become a share capital system, not only the price integration, but also the miners' wages, cost accounting, technology sharing, and the recruitment and training of the mine-protecting business groups. These were also controlled by He Yusheng. Jiang Dalin and Zhang Yanhong also knew about these things. They felt that the chamber of commerce on Tianchengwei was also slowly moving on this road... The important thing is that Ma Chaoren and several big merchants cooperated very well. They did not suffer any losses in the business war between Zhang Han and Fan Yong. Zhang Han did not use them as cannon fodder. On the contrary, everyone has made a lot of money this year. He Yusheng's strength has increased, and Ma Chaoren and others are following. In contrast, Jiang Dalin and others are behind.

"Good now." Jiang Dalin looked at the street scene during the New Year and felt a sense of relaxation and relief. He said to Zhang Yanhong with great joy: "Can he be good for the people the governor's military gate want to deal with? Don't say that he can hide for a while, he can hide for the rest of his life? If people hide, where can he hide?"

"That's the reason!" Zhang Yanhong also smiled and said, "We have been trampled on the mud for the past six months, and everyone avoids it. They all say that we are blind and fight with Fan Yong, and hate Zhang Han, but they end up being driven out. Now, we are still the ones who have the foresight."

Jiang Dalin said angrily: "I want to see what Ma Chaoren looks like in a while."

"There is no need to be too much." Zhang Yanhong said: "Old Ma is a juren after all, and there are not many juren in the Tiancheng Wei and Zhenlu Wei. Lao Ma is also fair in his actions. If he withdraws from the Chamber of Commerce, he can still be our backbone. If he has anything to do, he can still discuss it."

"Speaking of this, the white list has become more and more anxious recently." Jiang Dalin said: "Our face is almost impossible to cover up."

Although there are a few scholars in the grain merchants, the family did not have officials from Jinshi, and at most they had a Juren. There was no stone archway at the door, so the public servants didn't take them much seriously. In recent years, the court has added Liao tribute in two batches, and not many of them were added on the yellow list. However, local officials used the excuse of increasing fire consumption and miscellaneous expenses to increase their share on the white list. Not to mention ordinary people, even small and medium-sized landlords and merchants, they gradually couldn't stand the momentum. In addition, the year was not good, the grain prices remained high, and there were business wars, which made them feel even more and more unacceptable.

"Although Han Fujun targeted Zhang Han, we were relieved, but he added the list of white lists and was very urgent, which was also a headache."

"The governor does not directly face the people. After all, it is the affairs of Datong Prefecture, the states, counties, and guards."

"This is my childishness. If the governor's military sect had not changed his course, how could these people be the ones below be self-disciplined? The governor added two points, the prefecture added two points, the county and the guards added two points, the division and clerk added three points, the yamen and the gang added one point, not ten percent, or even more!"

"Oh, I'm afraid Lao Ma may not have any good solutions. His family's situation is not as good as before."

According to the customization of the Taizu period, the Juren could only shelter a few acres of land and only a few people. Later, civil officials were in power. Even after Zhang Juzheng's cleaning, the Jinshi could still shelter thousands of acres of land and dozens of people. The land was exempted from taxes and exemption from duty. This was the privilege of scholars after they were born. The Juren also had hundreds of acres of land and dozens of dynasties and exemption from taxes. Ma Chaoren was a Juren, but his privilege was limited to this. If there were capable clansmen in the court and he was a Jinshi and an official, he could join the other gentry to control local government affairs. The benefits of the white list were good, and the gentry was also worthless. If the county magistrate and the gentry could not reach an agreement with the gentry, these gentry could not collect money and grain, and the county magistrate could not continue to do it. The gentry in Jiangnan had the strongest power, so it was particularly difficult to be an official in Jiangnan, and there were many local officials criticized by the gentry and even drove away.

The situation in Shanxi and Datong is different, especially Datong, which has been a military town for a long time, with many garrisons and few prefectures and counties in the territory, so the literary spirit is insufficient and the gentry is weak. In this case, local officials have to rub it.

While talking, the vehicle arrived in front of the Dema Mansion, and the two of them got out one after another.

For a while, the two were not allowed to move. They sat in the car for a long time. The space for the two wheels was very small. It was okay for one person to sit, but it was just bumpy. The two were squeezed into the car to talk, and their legs were not allowed to stretch. After they got off, they quickly stretched their waists and beat their legs.

At this time, the coachman shouted: "Hey, the car here of Mr. Ma is so beautiful."

The two merchants looked in the direction pointed by the driver and saw a carriage parked in the direction of the horse stone outside the Ma Chaoren's mansion.

The body is black painted, with oval-shaped body, with glass-made windows on both sides. The large pieces of glass flashed with green light. The body was very high. There were several layers of pedals under the door. You need to step on the pedals to get on the car. There are towering seats in front of the car. I guess it is the seat of the coachman, and there are two wheels under the car body, but the wheels are much larger than the wheels of an ordinary Chinese car. In front of the car body, there are a pair of front wheels that are only half the size. The four-wheeled carriage looks much larger than the ordinary carriage and is much more grand.

Two maroon horses were tied in front of the car body, and were lowering their heads to eat hay in the basket.

The coachman in Ma's mansion was hanging lanterns on both sides of the car body. After hanging two lanterns, he could barely walk around the night.

Of course, this carriage was produced by Yusheng. Although it is not very suitable for Zhang Han's idea, whether it is a car window or a lantern, it is actually not very suitable for Zhang Han's idea. If the two windows are glass windows and the kerosene lamps are hung in front of the carriage, it will probably be similar to the Victorian Britain he remembers.

The glass problem cannot be solved, and it is impossible to set up a special department for the time being. If you buy it, you have to buy it, but the value is very high and transportation is not easy, so Zhang Han feels it is not worth it.

Fortunately, China has a tradition of making glass, so this thing is of course not as bright as glass. You can only see a confused scene when you look out of the car, but this is enough. Some traditional Chinese two-wheeler cars have no windows at all.

In terms of the streamlined body, this type of fixed two-wheeled manned carriage is also very beautiful and very luxurious.

There are silver threads in the middle from the back of the car to the front waist, and there are some small decorations. Some parts in front of the car are made of copper, while the handles and some parts are gold-plated.

This is very rare. In short, in front of everyone, the car is surprisingly beautiful and luxurious, and it doesn't look like a folk item, which makes people think of royal utensils at the first time.

Fortunately, the emperor didn't take a car very much, and officials didn't take a car either. Otherwise, Ma Chaoren might not have dared to use such a car. After all, it looks too beautiful and too popular.

Although Jiang Dalin and Zhang Yanhong came, they couldn't help but walk around the car several times. The two opened the car door and sat in.

"The seat seems to be elastic." Jiang Dalin said: "It feels very soft, and it feels very comfortable to lean on!"

Zhang Yanhong said: "Two people on the opposite seats, four people can sit, and six or seven people can sit, but they are not very crowded. It's amazing."

The body is large, which leads to the layout of the carriages being very calm. At the same time, a large number of manned passenger carriages appeared in Europe, and there are many large four-wheeled carriages with front and rear, which can take more than ten passengers for long-distance trips at a time.

The car in Heyusheng has a large space inside. The seat design is that people can sit lying down and have support at the waist and springs under the legs, so they can hold their legs. The waist and legs can sit comfortably without having to force. The space is also large. Jiang Dalin and Zhang Yanhong don’t feel crowded when sitting opposite each other. There are handles on the side of their seats, so they can put their hands on them. It’s really as comfortable as they can.

The two of them felt a warm feeling again. When they kicked open the curtain, they saw two cloud copper braziers lit up in the fire. The charcoal fire was burning strong, and the car was very warm.
Chapter completed!