Chapter 240

Zhang Hao told the generals about making money. After hearing this, although the generals were interested, no one dared to believe it. They all looked at Zhang Hao with a smile.

Zhang Hao did not intend to continue talking. There was no need. He had been in the military camp for a long time. Zhang Hao was very clear about the generals' thoughts. Zhang Rong could not control so many of the previous Imperial Guards.

At that time, the situation of eating empty salary was endless. What's more, these generals on the frontier could not avoid eating empty salary, but to the extent of the seriousness, the soldiers of the border army still dare not go too far. If the Tatars come and they don't have the army to stop them, people will die at that time, so although they are eating empty salary, they dare not eat so much.

"Okay, since the Admiral said that we would talk to us next time, then we would talk to us next time!" Liu Wu immediately said with a smile at Zhang Hao.

"Come on, have a meal!" Zhang Hao smiled and said, "I was actually not familiar with them. These soldiers all had their own backstages. Their father's relationship could not be here. However, my grandfather's family seemed to have something to do here, but I didn't tell my grandfather when I came here.

After dinner, Zhang Hao returned to the room to rest. The two generals who came with Zhang Hao, one was Sun Gaoyi and the other was Li Qing. They were also coming to report and the military camp had all arranged.

"You remember that the soldiers of the Imperial Guard cannot be mixed with the soldiers of the border army. How do you train in the capital and how do you train here? Don't look at the border army. Another one, you must reserve enough food and grass and be prepared!" Zhang Hao sat there and spoke.

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

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

"Yes, general, in terms of food and grass, we will soon be able to prepare more than half a year of dosage, and the same is true for other materials!" Sun Gaoyi immediately bowed and said.

"Okay, go to the military camp. Remember, you are not allowed to leave the military camp without my order!" Zhang Hao continued to remind Sun Gaoyi and the others. The two of them nodded affirmatively immediately. They admired Zhang Hao and knew that Zhang Hao was still capable in war.

Soon, the two of them returned to the military camp.

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

"Brothers, have you settled?" Zhang Hao asked at Shen Lian.

"Set it up!" Shen Lian nodded.

"Well, here is 3,000 taels of silver. Take it and prepare more food and grass!" Zhang Hao gave the money to Shen Lian.

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

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

"Scatter all the brothers, not only here, but also in the entire Xuanhua defense zone. You must find out all the paths leading to the border, and you must not let go of any path!" Zhang Hao explained to Shen Lian.

"I understand!" Shen Lian nodded.

"Okay, there are no other things for the time being. You can go back and rest as well. You will be busy tomorrow!" Zhang Hao said to Shen Lian. Shen Lian nodded, bowed and left. Zhang Hao was tired of riding a horse today and went to bed very early.

The next morning, after Zhang Hao got up, he began to inspect the entire Xuanhua City with his personal guards. Xuanhua City is a military city, and most of them are built on military basis. As Zhang Hao walked, he went up to the city wall and looked at the scenery outside the city wall. He found that there were many carriages, all of which came from the Tatars. They wanted to enter the city.

"Go and ask the defenders below whether those Tatars are going to trade in the city. Tell them that from today on, all transactions will be carried out outside the city! Then we will establish a market outside the city!" Zhang Hao said to a personal guard beside him.

"Yes, young master!" The guard immediately turned around and went out. Zhang Hao continued to look at the grassland outside. There were many carriages coming in the distance. It was probably for the purpose of trading. However, the weather is still very cold now! It is impossible to build a house.

"Sir, the people from the Ministry of Revenue have arrived, a seventh-rank official in charge! In addition, a doctor from the Honglu Temple has also arrived, and he will be responsible for negotiating with the Tatars at that time!" A personal guard came to Zhang Hao and said to Zhang Hao.

"Let them come here!" Zhang Hao stood there and spoke.

"Yes!" The guard left immediately. Soon, a fifth-rank doctor and a seventh-rank official arrived at Zhang Hao.

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

"Sun Qihai, the head of the Ministry of Revenue"

"Have you met Mr. Lu An!" The two of them came to Zhang Hao's side and immediately bowed and said.

"No gift, come here to take a look!" Zhang Hao smiled and called them to come and take a look. The two of them were puzzled by the city wall and looked at the situation outside the city.

"How many carriages are there here? There are no less than 100, and there are also those cattle and sheep. I guess there are thousands of them. How much do you think they are worth?" Zhang Hao stood there and asked them.

"This is hard to estimate!" Official Sun Qihai from the Ministry of Revenue looked at it, shook his head and said.

"You said, are these things worth 5,000 taels?" Zhang Hao continued to ask.

"That must be there!" Jiang Liang, the Honglu Temple, nodded immediately and said.

"One ten draw, the tax is 500 taels, I can't figure out how to lose money, how to lose money?" Zhang Hao sat there and said worriedly.

"There may be other fees?" Sun Qihai hesitated for a moment and said.

"Have we businessmen from the Ming Dynasty arrived yet?" Zhang Hao asked.

"Sir, there are not many businessmen, just those in Xuanhua City. You may not be ready yet!" Sun Qihai continued to bow to Zhang Hao and said.

"I'm going to build a horse market on the open space in front, and build it outside!" Zhang Hao pointed to a large open space in the distance and spoke.

"Ah, this is probably not possible, right? You need to build it in the city, right?" Sun Qihai looked at Zhang Hao in surprise and said, "I have never established a horse market outside the Great Wall." He used to trade in Xuanhua City.

"No. The trade here will get bigger and bigger in the future. What should I do if the Tatars get in? That's the same thing, goods can come over, people can't let them in easily, our people can go out!" Zhang Hao looked at Sun Qihai and said.

"Sir, this may not work. Without such rules, the court would not approve it!" Sun Qihai bowed to Zhang Hao and said as soon as he heard this.

"When will I, Zhang Hao, need approval from the court to do things?" Zhang Hao turned his head and looked at Sun Qihai and said.

"This is!" Sun Qihai was right when he heard this. He was also an official in the capital before. No one was willing to come here. Because he had nothing to do with him, he was brought here by them. All those officials were afraid of Zhang Hao.

"Why is it noisy below?" Zhang Hao heard the Tatars below, and immediately started asking.

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

"Well, probably because they are not allowed to come in. Remember, you two will go to the open space there today and set up a place for trading. We collect taxes in the city gate. Regardless of the goods entering and leaving, they need to collect taxes.

Taxes are collected according to the price of goods, and they do not pay taxes, cannot go out, and cannot come in. You tell the merchants who buy Tatar goods in the future that they can ask for this tax money from the Tatar merchants, and the exported materials can be exported except for those controlled. All goods need to be verified by the government. If there is no verification, they cannot be exported!" Zhang Hao said to the two of them.

"Yes, is it still one to ten?" Sun Qihai immediately bowed to Zhang Hao and said.

"Can we change? Do we have the right to increase taxes at will?" Zhang Hao stared at Sun Qihai with dissatisfaction and asked. He knew that some officials in some places did this.

"No!" Sun Qihai immediately bowed and said.

"Go and deal with it!" Zhang Hao said to the two of them. They went down immediately. Zhang Hao stood there and watched for a while before leaving.

At this moment, outside the city, the Tatars were very dissatisfied. Tokto, who lived in the city, also learned the news and immediately went to the city gate. When the Ming people negotiated, Tokto had been living in the station in Xuanhua City since sending Kaima City request.

As soon as Zhang Hao returned to his place, Tokto took his people to outside Zhang Hao's mansion and shouted loudly.

"What are you shouting, are you looking for death?" Zhang Hao's personal guard was not a good person.

"We want to see Zhang Hao and let Zhang Hao come out!" Tokto said in a big furious manner. Now that the horse market has opened, the Tatar merchants are not allowed to come in. How can we do business?

"Young master in our family can meet you as soon as you meet. Be cleaner with your mouth!" A personal guard said very angry.

"You, I am the Prince of Tatar, responsible for the opening of the Horse Market this time. I want to talk to Zhang Hao!" Tokto said excitedly.

"Wait!" The guard finished speaking and went in.

Zhang Hao was sitting there eating breakfast. He just went out to see that he had an empty stomach.

"Young Master, the Tatar Prince Tokto asks for a meeting!" the guard came in and bowed.

"Please!" Zhang Hao said, continuing to sit there and eat. Tokto said that he was going to bring people in. Zhang Hao's personal guards would definitely refuse, so he could only let Tokto in, but Tokto's personal guards would not.

"This is how you Ming Dynasty entertain guests?" Tokto shouted in dissatisfaction.

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

"You dare!" The guard beside Tokto also shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!