"You're welcome to the three cabinets, sit down first."

Zhang Han spoke, took the warm tea handed over by Jiang Kui, and drank it all.

He didn't use a maid here, let alone a small servant, Zhang Chun was very capable, and now it was a pity to ask him to do chores, Zhang Han arranged Zhang Chun to be a deputy by Yang Qiu's side, and learned some experience from Yang Qiu.

The ascetic lifestyle is hard of course, but if one has greater ambitions in one's heart, the slightest disappointment in life is nothing.

Besides, Zhang Han has good food and clothing, but he doesn't enjoy enough life, and it is not a hardship.

Liang Hong answered, sat in the chair and looked at Zhang Han.

The furnishings of Zhang Han's office are completely different from those of ordinary officials, there is a large table, facing the door, and there are two rows of chairs on the left and right sides, and when talking to people, he sits behind the table, and the person who speaks sits opposite, the table is slightly higher and the chairs are slightly lower, which can easily cause a feeling of tension.

Liang Hong is now, he is equivalent to watching Zhang Han grow up, but now he feels that his realm can't keep up at all, the proprietor has become an adult in a flash, and there are more and more people below, and many capable people follow the proprietor.

Sun Jingting and Li Shenming are both famous people, the former is heroic, decisive, and kind, the latter is long-sleeved and good at dancing, shrewd and exposed, and is a powerful character who can squeeze oil out of the stone, one of these two has followed the proprietor to do things, and the other is equivalent to the proprietor's allies and partners in business and politics, and some people have dealings with the proprietor, Liang Hong already knows little. He only knew that up to the governor or even the governor, the proprietor could deal with him, and Liang Hong felt that he didn't know the key at all at this level.

The old experience is almost useless, Liang Hong is glad that he can still take care of the affairs of the old store, remembering that he and Yusheng were almost liquidated last year, Liang Hong felt a burst of emotion in his heart.

"The three cabinets have worked hard from afar." Zhang Han drank tea, looked at Liang Hong, and said gently: "Did you bring the account of July?" ”

Zhang Han has been loose on the outside and tight on the inside, inspecting the situation of branches in various places, and guarding the Fan family, but it does not mean that he has no action. The large district stores that manage the branches have already been opened, and the former treasurers who are trustworthy and capable have taken up important positions one after another, and Li Dongxue has been transferred to the Acropolis of the Heavenly City, two acropolises, dozens of cities and hundreds of villages and towns have formed a large network, Li Dongxue has become a spider in the middle of the web, and any disturbance will be handled by him.

The biggest advantage of this is that Zhang Han is much easier, of course, he still has to pay attention to every branch, but there are still a lot fewer decisions that need to be made by him, and the entire business network runs more smoothly.

The shopkeepers of the major branches in various places would meet Zhang Han once in a while to report on business matters, and also to discuss some ideas and directions, and at the same time, they had to bring the confidential account books of the highest level to be inspected.

Liang Hong said with a smile: "I brought the account here, hurry up and hurry, so I didn't make a mistake." ”

"Good work." Zhang Han said: "Are there any obvious changes recently? ”

"Yes." Liang Hong's face showed a solemn expression, and he said: "The purchase volume on the Tartar side has suddenly become much less. These two months are the off-season, but the official market has been affected, many official markets in small castles have been stopped, and the imperial court has considered it, afraid that the northern and eastern captives are colluding together, so the official market and the reward have stopped. ”

The Ming Dynasty had maintained peace with the Mongols for a considerable period of time, and after the rise of the Jurchens, many civil and military generals in Liaodong were all trying to get help from the Mongols.

Left-wing Mongolia was indeed hostile to the Jurchens, and many high-ranking officials, including Lin Dan Khan, were indeed hostile to the Jurchens. Because in comparison, the Jurchens were a greater threat to them.

The Ming Dynasty will not cross the Great Wall line and completely destroy Mongolia, but the Jurchens will continue to expand in the direction of the steppe, and the threat level of the two is completely different.

But no matter what, the Mongols and the Jurchens are both aliens, and after the Liao affair was unfavorable, the Ming subconsciously contracted the defense line, and while buying and winning over the Mongols, the horse markets and rewards in various places have been shrinking.

A few years later, during the Chongzhen period, Mongolia and Houjin, Chao and Xian all suffered extremely serious natural disasters, and there was a serious shortage of grain on the grassland, and the Mongolian tribes begged the Ming Dynasty to sell grain.

Chongzhen strictly ordered that he was not allowed to sell grain to finance the enemy, and violators were punished with the crime of being captured.

In fact, Zhang Han also felt that the blockade was unreliable, and the Mongolian tribes also had their own interests, and the Ming Dynasty sold grain to them, even if they sold it to the Jurchens for profit, and even had to sell it for fear of the persecution of the Jurchens, if the Ming Dynasty continued to trade with them, the Mongols would be divided, and there would be quite a few tribes that would not be tied to the Jurchen chariot.

Regardless of whether Chongzhen's idea was right or wrong, Yuan Chonghuan was the only one who dared to sell grain to various Mongolian ministries in violation of regulations at that time.

Strict lockdowns will lead to smuggling profits, and now that the official market and rewards have begun to be tightened, and at this time the sales have suddenly dropped, this situation is of course very abnormal.

"I'll look it up." Zhang Han said quietly: "Let's go and rest in the three cabinets, it's hard work from afar, I'll talk about it after I read the statements and account books." ”

"Yes, proprietor."

Liang Hong is still called in the old days, and he hasn't changed his words for a while.

He got up to say goodbye, and when he went out, he saw that someone had come out with a large stack of account books, Liang Hong knew in his heart, of course Zhang Han would not personally check these accounts, naturally someone would take them away and check them slowly.

Liang Hong comforted himself that this was inevitable, but he was always a little uncomfortable in his heart.

The room where the account was checked was next door to the signing room, and Liang Hong saw Tian Jitang, and Tian Jitang happened to look at the door.

Seeing Liang Hong's gaze, Tian Jitang arched his hand and said expressionlessly: "I've seen three cabinets." ”

Liang Hong nodded and said with a smile: "Lao Tian, you are a rare old tent, and you have a straight temperament, the proprietor uses you to do this, it is really a good arrangement." ”

Tian Jitang was moved in his heart, but his face was still stiff, he himself knew that this was inappropriate, and he reluctantly squeezed a smile and said: "Thank you for the praise of the three cabinets, I know how to be a solid person and do things, no matter what else." ”

"Hmm."

Liang Hong nodded with a smile and walked away with his back hand.

In the evening, Liang Xing found a few people to pick up the wind for his uncle, and after the wine was dispersed, Liang Xing asked about today's affairs, Liang Hong said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone: "I have been with Yusheng for more than ten years, and I don't want to call an outsider who just came in today to check my account, which is really a little chilling." ”

"Uncle, you're wrong." Liang Xing wiped his face and said without looking back: "I really want to be left." ”

"What's going on?" Liang Hong sneered: "You are now the right-hand man of the proprietor, speaking for the proprietor, what is the uncle, isn't it?" ”

Liang Xing put down the towel and said with a smile: "I am indeed in front of the proprietor now, but I also have to thank the uncle, without the uncle, I Liang Xing would not have today." Auditing, uncle, don't you know that the proprietor is not only for the business, right? In the future, the military military officer will also check the account book for the expenses in the camp, and Wang Changfu and I will set up accounts for our daily expenses, and the proprietor said that the corruption of the shopkeeper of the foreign business is just the loss of a few businessmen, but the camp is full of soldiers who are ready to fight, and they have not fallen on the battlefield, but they have fallen down in the camp for a few taels of silver, which is too much of a loss. For everyone to have a beginning and an end, the proprietor said that the tighter the check, the more he loves everyone......"

Speaking of this, Liang Xing also laughed, he shook his head and said: "I really feel that the proprietor is talking about crooked reasoning, a few days ago, it was found that several team officers embezzled salt and vegetable silver, and they were fired on the spot, and the one who cried was miserable, two of them were the dart masters from Xinpingbao, I pleaded with the proprietor, and the proprietor ignored me with a face, and then I came out and thought about it, what the proprietor said before was too fucking reasonable." ”

Liang Hong listened silently, and finally nodded: "I have watched the proprietor grow up, and now it seems that I am really far worse than the proprietor." ”

"Not really." Liang Xing said proudly: "This piece in front of you, don't say last year, who would have thought about it half a year ago?" ”

"Well, you can become like this, I couldn't have imagined it before......" The displeasure in Liang Hong's heart had disappeared, and he made a joke about Liang Xing.

Liang Xing's face turned red, he sat down, pressed his hands on his knees, and said with a smile: "I don't dare to refute what my uncle said!" In the past, I was not angry, and my ancestral property was all lost. Later, when he was in the industry, he was eating with his head in his head, and he might die in the alley one day, and he didn't dare to marry a wife and start a family. Now that my nephew has reached such a status, the proprietor has divided a large compound for me here, and if I can marry another wife, I will be considered a family, and my parents must be relieved to know that they are under the spring......"

"Haha, you kid...... Use your father and mother as an excuse! Liang Hong shook his head and laughed, pointed at Liang Xing and said: "But you have this heart, I am very happy in my heart, if my brother and sister-in-law know, I must be very comforted." ”

"It's just ......" Liang Hong muttered, "You don't buy property in Xinpingbao, here?" ”

"Uncle," Liang Hong said: "The north of our here is the official road from Xinpingbao to Zhangjiakou, dozens of miles away, surrounded by Zhenkou Fort Huamen Fort, close to the mountain, south is Xiangyanghe, Tiancheng, Zhenyu three acropolis, to the south is Xiaowutai those mountains, southeast is another official road from Ulzhou to Zhangjiakou, the proprietor said that this is a very important place, the junction of several provinces, what is the strategic position is very important, Xinpingbao is also very important, but the proprietor can't play it there, here is the heart of the business, In the future, it may not be worse than Xinpingbao. ”

"That's fine." Liang Hong heard that there was nothing to say, and now he and Yusheng have a little superstitious trust in Zhang Han, as long as the proprietor makes a decision, no matter what, he will definitely see the best result in the future, which has become the consensus of almost everyone.

"Uncle......" Liang Hong rubbed his hands and looked tired.

He really doesn't have much of a way to do it himself, as long as there is an elder in these years, it is difficult to specialize in this kind of thing, even Zhang Han is too, and the marriage is still to be in charge of the Chang family.

If it is to marry a concubine, it is arbitrary, but Liang Xing does not plan to marry a concubine first.

"There's a choice." Liang Hong said with a smile: "The proprietor wrote to me about this a while ago, so you don't mention it, and I want to say it." ”