Facing the incredible expression still showed on Sun Chengzong's face, Zhang Heizi immediately explained.

"I heard from our village chief. Our village chief was the platoon leader of the Tiger and Leopard Army. Because he broke his arm, he had to leave the Tiger and Leopard Army. Therefore, he was very familiar with the Tiger and Leopard Army who escorted us. He learned from the Tiger and Leopard Army that we immigrants from Shandong were all bought from the Shandong Governor's Office with silver..."

"The Shandong patrol and support the yamen, and every time five immigrants are sent to the Shanxi and Shaanxi Governor's Office, you can get one or two silver."

"We were the first batch of immigrants, with only 10,000 people. However, in order to exchange silver from the Shanxi Governor's Office, the Shandong government army, who escorted us, forced two thousand people on the road, followed us to Shanxi, and exchanged a total of four hundred taels of silver from the Tiger and Leopard Army."

Hearing this, the shock and incredible on Sun Chengzong's face were replaced by contempt.

Then, he said to Zhang Heizi in front of him with a self-deprecating look on his face.

"Five people only cost one tael of silver... The Shandong patrol yamen really did it. When did the Ming people become so cheap? Even the slaves in the hands of the Tartars..."

"In addition, if you send five immigrants to the two provinces of Shandong and Shaanxi, you can get one tael of silver. The one million immigrants will add up to 200,000 taels... The Shandong patrol and support yamen is anxious to ask for so much money, what do they want to do..."

At this time, because of the shock brought to him by the immigrants in front of him, Sun Chengzong was no longer in the mood and continued to stay in Shaanxi.

With all kinds of complicated emotions, he wanted to go back to Datong immediately. Ask Wei Zheng. What is the purpose of the Shanxi and Shaanxi Governor's Office doing this? Is there any secret that cannot be told?

As a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chengzong would never want to see that the Ming Dynasty was heading for decline bit by bit.

When Sun Chengzong walked into the lobby of the Governor's Office with anger on his face, the Foreign Trade Department, Mr. Zhou, was reporting to Wei Zheng the specific gains of his trip to Jiangnan with a serious face.

When Sun Chengzong rushed in despite the guards' obstruction, he happened to hear the words "Navigation... Warship..."

Whether it is the Hu Leopard Army or Wei Zheng, Sun Chengzong, who was curious about the Tiger and Leopard Army, quickly suppressed the anger caused by immigration in his heart. He asked with a puzzled look at Wei Zheng, who was sitting in the main seat, and said, "Master Wei, what kind of navy and warships, is the Hu Leopard Army planning to form its own naval army..."

Wei Zheng certainly would not admit that the Navy might have caused the court to turn against him directly.

Without thinking, he shook his head and denied it: "How is it possible to form a navy... Lord Sun, you are thinking too much. We only plan to form a fleet. We will travel between the coast of Shandong and Shanxi, and send the sea salt from Shandong to Shanxi for processing to Shanxi, and then transport it to Jiangnan for sale through the fleet..."

"In this way, we can at least save the average freight above... In a year, there are still millions of taels of silver, so, Lord Sun, don't think too much..."

"As for Mr. Zhou, the foreign trade department who just returned from Jiangnan, is reporting to Benshuai about the procurement of merchant ships and the recruitment of sailors."

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. His nervous heart suddenly relaxed a lot.

Because Sun Chengzong also knew the importance of whether the Tiger and Leopard Army formed a navy to the relationship between the Tiger and Leopard Army and the court.

Since this question in his heart was resolved, Sun Chengzong immediately thought of his purpose of coming to the Governor's Mansion.

In front of Wei Zheng, after expressing his confusion and doubts about immigration, he stared at Wei Zheng with his eyes, stared at Wei Zheng, waiting for Wei Zheng to answer.

It was the same as the helplessness I felt when I faced Wei Zheng before.

In my opinion, a very important thing happened before and after Wei Zheng, it turned into a sentence that was breeze-sky.

Under Sun Chengzong's attention, Wei Zheng's expression did not change at all: "Mr. Sun said it well. I want to further enhance the population of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces through immigration and increase the strength of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces."

Seeing that Sun Chengzong was so angry that he couldn't speak because of his answer, Wei Zheng changed his words and continued: "Besides, Lord Sun, you just said that after these immigrants to our Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, they had no intention of regret at all."

"Since I don't regret coming to our two provinces in Shanxi and Shaanxi, it means that they have lived better than Shandong after our two provinces in Shanxi and Shaanxi..."

"Since the Shandong patrol and the court have no way to help them, I took them to the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and gave them food, housing, and clothing, so that they would not starve to death... Did you do something wrong..."

"Do you think that only by watching more and more refugees in Shandong starve to death and freeze to death can I be considered a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. It is for the good of the Ming Dynasty and the good of the emperor..."

"This..." After Wei Zheng's series of rebellious questions, Sun Chengzong was once again so hard that he couldn't say that the flowers were blooming.

After a cup of tea, Sun Chengzong, who was very frightened, realized it.

After shook his head, he replied: "Master Wei, you are too worried. I didn't say that... It's just that, you can immigrate millions at one time. For such a big thing, you should at least report it to the court and let the court agree... Otherwise, where will the court's face be put..."

Wei Zheng followed closely and shook his head and replied: "Court, Lord Sun, you were sent by the court... Do you think that after I reported this matter to the court, the court that had already become suspicious of me will agree to this immigration plan that further increases the strength of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces?"

"If the court really agreed to immigrate to Shaanxi, then the court would not send you Lord Sun to take over as the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and give me a donkey to kill him."

"Besides, Lord Sun, don't forget that the current governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi is you, not this general... Even if you want to report to the court, it should be Lord Sun, you should submit a memorial to the court..."

Since the immigration problem could not be solved from Wei Zheng, Sun Chengzong then shifted his target to a secret transaction between the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi and the Shandong patrol.

He frowned and asked Wei Zheng...

"Mr. Wei, I also want to know that the Shandong patrol yamen actually did such a stupid thing as exchanging immigration for money... What is their purpose? Is there any secret between the Governor's Office and the Shandong patrol yamen..."

"Don't the Shandong Governor know that he would violate the laws of the court when he did this. If the court knew about it, would he not even be able to keep the position of the Shandong Governor?"

Wei Zheng did not intend to conceal this transaction that could not be kept secret for too long.

Under Sun Chengzong's gaze, Wei Zheng replied without thinking: "Silver, everything is for money. As for the Shanxi Governor's Office and the Shandong Governor's Office, there is no secret that cannot be told..."

"Shandong has a severe drought, refugees are everywhere, and there are even signs of gradually becoming rebels. Under such circumstances, the court did not even allocate a tael of relief money to the Shandong Governor's Office..."

"As the governor of Shandong, who is the parents' official, if he wants to solve these problems, the first thing he has to do is to get money..."

"It just so happens that there are countless refugees in Shandong who are in urgent need of relief, and our Shanxi Governor's Office has silver in hand."

"For the peace of Shandong, the two sides cooperated with each other, Shandong patrol the yamen, and used the rich population resources under their rule to exchange the money they urgently needed from our Shanxi Governor's Office to alleviate the increasingly harsh situation in Shandong..."

"Of course, in addition to being used for disaster relief, silver has another very important function, that is, to form an army..."

"Our Ming Dynasty has become increasingly chaotic now, but the army has become increasingly vulnerable due to the shortage of food and salary. If you cannot control the army that has always been strong in your hands, do you think that Shandong patrol can sit firmly under his butt?"

Sun Chengzong shook his head and replied: "Without an army, there is no right to speak... and this is the reason why I brought two thousand Beijing camps here to take office."

However, just as I finished saying this, two sharp eyes shot out from Sun Chengzong's eyes.

After a change of topic, he continued: "The army is indeed very important, but this cannot be used as a reason for Shandong patrol support to form a private army... In my opinion, the ultimate goal of Shandong patrol support to form a private army is not to firmly hold the position of Shandong patrol support, but to be a warlord like Lord Wei, who holds military power, and a warlord who can bargain with the court..."

Facing Sun Chengzong who was indignant in front of him, Wei Zheng smiled and laughed very happily.

Under such circumstances, Sun Chengzong frowned and asked in confusion: "Master Wei, why are you laughing at? Do you think I just said it wrong..."

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "No, on the contrary, you not only did not say anything wrong, but also said it very correctly..."

"The reason why I laughed is not because I laughed at you, Lord Sun, but because of the court, laughing at the civil servants and generals in the center of the court..."

"Because, even if they know that Shandong Zhaofu wants to form an army and become a warlord... they have no choice..."

"Unless the court wants Shandong, which has more than 10 million people, it will become the second Shaanxi..."

"Because, without money, no food, and even without the army, the court can do is change to the Shandong patrol. However, this kind of method of the imperial center can not solve the problem in Shandong at all."

"In my opinion, no matter how many Shandong patrols are replaced by the imperial court, Shandong patrols will gradually develop the idea of ​​becoming a warlord under the influence of the bad situation in Shandong, and eventually become a warlord..."

"In addition, I can tell Lord Sun with certainty that if the court does not make a major change immediately, it won't take long to make it more than just a patrol in Shandong, but I want to become a warlord..."
Chapter completed!