With a sharp shout, a young eunuch appeared in front of Su Hao holding an imperial decree.
Regarding receiving orders, Su Hao had only seen it on TV. After time travel, he had never learned these etiquettes. He was at a loss for a while and asked Chen Dao for advice: "Master Chen, what should I do?"
Chen Dao whispered: "It's okay, just kneel down and receive the order."
"Oh, that's it." Su Hao nodded, knelt down, and praised: "Your Majesty, Su Hao, accepts the order."
Since he was outside the capital and there were no important people around him, the young eunuch didn't put on any airs and read the imperial edict to Su Hao. Su Hao understood it clearly. He basically said that Su Hao had contributed to the Tonggushi gold mine.
, Su Hao was ordered to go to the capital to meet the Holy Spirit immediately, and he would be rewarded by the Holy Spirit. The imperial edict also specifically stated that when Su Hao came to Beijing, he should bring his survey camp with him, and the Holy Spirit would personally inspect it.
"This..." Su Hao was stunned. A reconnaissance battalion he had trained for Deng Zilong was first recruited by the Ministry of War and used in Bozhou. Now that the incident in Bozhou had just ended, the emperor wanted to transfer it for inspection again. Thinking of the matter, the Wanli Emperor ignored it.
There were rumors about government affairs being incomprehensible. Su Hao couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Inspection, inspection of your sister, do you understand?
Xianggui thought this way, but Su Hao definitely couldn't show it in front of the little eunuch. He took the imperial edict from the little eunuch, took out a piece of silver from his arms, handed it to the little eunuch, and said: "Eunuch, I'm here from afar.
Thank you for your hard work, this is a small thing, please treat your father-in-law to tea."
The little eunuch smiled and accepted the money, and asked Su Hao: "Su Baihu, do you still know me?"
Su Hao looked at the little eunuch and felt that he had no impression in his mind. He had the experience of meeting the little eunuch twice. Once he met the little eunuch under Chang Wu, and the other time he met the little eunuch under Li Long.
Eunuch. Seeing that the young eunuch was quite friendly to him, Su Hao concluded that this person should be Li Long's subordinate, so he tentatively said: "Look at my brain, my father-in-law looks familiar, could it be
At Nanchang Jinyiwei's place..."
The little eunuch said happily: "That's right, that's right. I am running errands for Eunuch Li. My name is Wan Xiang. Su Baihu can just call me Xiao Wan."
Su Hao said repeatedly: "How dare you? Eunuch Wan traveled thousands of miles to deliver the imperial edict to Su. Su must treat Eunuch Wan well one day."
"Oh, I don't dare to act like Wan's father-in-law. If Eunuch Li knew that I was showing off in front of Su Baihu, he wouldn't break my legs." Wan Xiang said pretentiously.
"Eunuch Wan, what does this imperial edict mean when it says that Su Baihu is to bring Kanyu Camp to the capital together? Is this the intention of the Ministry of War or the Holy One?" Chen Dao couldn't help but ask from the side. To be honest, this
The imperial decree surprised him.
Wan Xiang said: "The younger one was just ordered by Eunuch Li to deliver the edict. As for where the edict came from, I don't know. However, Eunuch Li has a few words for me to bring to Su Baihu.
, after Su Baihu heard it, I’m afraid he’ll understand a lot of things.”
"Oh, I see, then Chen will resign first." Chen Dao said.
Wan Xiang stopped Chen Dao and said, "Master Chen is too polite. Eunuch Li doesn't need to hide these words from anyone. Master Chen just listens."
After that, he turned to Su Hao and said: "Su Baihu, Eunuch Li said this: Change it, you have done our family a big favor, and our family will not forget what we promised you. Hurry up.
Come to Beijing with your troops, and our family will protect your prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life."
"This..." Su Hao was speechless. It seemed that this Wanxiang was really careless. Such words were actually not suitable to be said in public. Isn't this obviously a matter of exchange of interests? Others could hear it.
What would be the idea?
However, he also knew that neither Chen Dao nor Fu Zhong would compete with him for such interests, and they did not have the conditions to compete for these interests. Therefore, if they heard Li Long's words, they would not
What trouble does it bring?
"Eunuch Wan, Eunuch Li said that Su helped him a lot. Why didn't Su know about it? Can you tell me?" Su Hao asked Wanxiang.
Wan Xiang said: "What Eunuch Li was talking about was that Su Baihu helped him find the Tonggushi gold mine. Does Su Baihu know how much gold this gold mine has produced in the past six months?"
Su Hao shook his head and said, "I've been in Bozhou for the next six months, so I haven't heard anything about things in Jiangxi."
Wan Xiang proudly pointed out a number and said: "It's a full 5,000 taels!"
"Is there such a big number?" Chen Dao and Fu Zhong both jumped up. Of course they knew what 5,000 taels of gold meant. According to the price at that time, 1 tael of pure gold was worth 6 taels of silver, and 5,000 taels of gold was equivalent to 3 taels of silver.
That’s 10,000 taels of silver. These are only half a year’s income, so wouldn’t that amount to 60,000 taels a year?
The most important thing is that these 60,000 taels of silver were completely dug out of the ground. Although various craftsmen also worked hard during the process, they were not directly competing with the people for profit, so they would not cause any controversy in the court. Think about it.
Mine supervisors in other provinces across the country imposed exorbitant taxes, causing public dissatisfaction, and could not produce more than 60,000 taels a year. In comparison, Li Long's contribution was revealed.
"Eunuch Li is now a young eunuch of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and is quite favored by the emperor. This is all due to the gold mine Su Baihu helped find, and...that." As he said this, Wan Xiang made a gesture.
Looking at the mirror, Su Hao nodded knowingly.
When Su Hao met Li Long in Nanchang, Li Long asked him if he had any gifts for Wanli's beloved concubine Zheng. Su Hao had an idea and gave Li Long a glass mirror made by Hao Yizong, so that Li Long could
Forwarded to Concubine Zheng. Looking at the meaning of Wanxiang now, it seems that this mirror also played a big role in helping Li Long win the position of Shaojian of the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Among the 12 prisons in the Ming Dynasty, the Neiguanjian was an important department second only to the Liturgical Supervisor. The Neiguanjian was responsible for taking charge of various civil buildings in the palace, and was also in charge of the Rice and Salt Bureau and the construction warehouse.
, Huang Tan Treasury and other departments. What is very interesting is that the ice cellar in the palace is also under the supervision of the internal officials. According to regulations, after the winter festival every year, the internal officials and supervisors must unveil the seals and bring the ice flag troops to the palace to cut the ice into the palace.
It will be used in the palace in the summer of the second year.
Li Long became the young eunuch of the internal official prison, that is, the second-in-command. His power was limited to the eunuch in charge, which was considered a position with authority. He once promised Su Hao that as long as Su Hao could help him rise to power,
He will help Su Hao. Now it seems that he is really a man of his word. When he took office, he got an opportunity for Su Hao to go to Beijing to meet the saint.
"So, Eunuch Li asked for this imperial edict on my behalf?" Su Hao asked.
Wan Xiang said: "Eunuch Li really praised Su Baihu in front of the Holy Lord. The Holy Lord Long Yan was so pleased that he immediately asked the Supervisor of Ceremonies to draw up a decree asking Su Baihu to come to Beijing. Eunuch Li also specifically said that Su Baihu brought him out
The Kanyu Camp is good at prospecting for minerals, so Your Majesty specifically asked the Kanyu Camp to come to Beijing together, and the Holy One wanted to personally test the capabilities of the Kanyu Camp."
Su Hao really couldn't laugh or cry. Maybe in Li Long's mind, he felt that creating a chance for Su Hao to be interviewed by Wanli was doing him a favor, but Su Hao felt that this matter sounded so unreliable. Wanli maybe
I have some interest in mining exploration, so I wanted to review the Kanyu Camp on a whim. But what happens after that? When Wanli's enthusiasm subsides, what else can the Kanyu Camp do? The Kanyu Camp is a force, and it is prepared for war.
Yes, once Li Long interfered with it, it turned into a circus. Maybe Wanli would ask Kanyuying to perform some tricks for him, but what's the point?
Su Hao gave Wan Xiang some money, sent him away, and then said to Chen Dao: "Brother Chen, what do you think of this matter?"
Chen Dao smiled and said: "Congratulations to Su Baihu, for being able to be received by the Holy Emperor, Su Baihu will definitely have a bright future."
Su Hao smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Chen, I am also a hard-working and accomplished person. Now that I am in trouble, will Brother Chen really refuse to save me?"
Chen Dao said in astonishment: "What trouble? You wouldn't call the Lord's summons trouble, would you?"
"Isn't it?" Su Hao asked, "We originally planned to go to Yunnan to make great achievements, but with an imperial edict, we had to go north. Traveling thousands of miles just for the emperor to watch, I feel boring no matter how much I think about it.
.”
Chen Dao said helplessly to Fu Zhong: "Commander Fu, have you seen it now? This Su Hao is so out of tune. If others are summoned by the Holy One, they are not allowed to burn incense and pray, and then run around to tell each other. But look at this
Su Hao seems to be quite reluctant."
Fu Zhong stepped forward, patted Su Hao on the shoulder, and said: "In other words, don't underestimate the Lord's summons. With your merits, the Lord's summons to you will definitely not be in vain. He is sure
I will give you a reward. What an honor this is from the Holy Spirit. Don’t take it lightly."
"Okay, then I will reluctantly go to the capital. However, the Kanyu camp was trained for Deputy General Deng of Yunnan. I am afraid it is not suitable for me to take him to the capital on the way. What skills can you teach me?
?" Su Hao said.
Fu Zhongdao: "Since the imperial edict requires you to take Kanyu Camp with you, then it doesn't matter if you go. No matter how great the deputy commander Deng is, can he disobey the imperial edict?"
Su Hao said: "It's not that I'm afraid of anything, I just feel it's a pity. Kanyu camp was originally trained for the Yunnan border, but now it's transferred to the capital before it has made any achievements. I think it's too wasteful."
Chen Dao thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Let's divide the survey camp into two. Brother Su will take one half to the capital to meet with the Holy Emperor. The other half will continue to Yunnan to complete the map of the Yunnan border.
Surveying and mapping. Your Majesty only said that he wanted to see the survey camp, but he didn’t say how many people were there. There is no quota for the Survey Camp. If there are half a person missing, I’m afraid your Majesty won’t mind, right?”
"Forget it." Su Hao nodded, this was the only way at the moment.
"Brother Yu has finished his work here and will return to Beijing soon. Now it seems that we can go together again." Chen Dao said to Su Hao with a smile. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature