This year, Zhang Han did not have a comfortable New Year, and a few years ago, there was a messenger from the governor's yamen who came down with a card, and Han Qi, the newly appointed governor, summoned Zhang Han a few days after he took office, saying that he wanted Zhang Han to go to Datong Mansion to report on his work...... Of course, this is ill-intentioned, but Zhang Han's reason for refusing is also impeccable...... The people are not there, and they go into the mountains with their troops to suppress the bandits, and they are hundreds of miles away, and they are deep in the mountains, and they can't communicate with each other, and they can't talk about not obeying the constitution, so they can't ask people to fly into the mountains to find them?

The messenger of the governor's yamen jumped to his feet, and while sending people back to Datong to reply, someone was waiting in Lizhuang, but Zhang Han just didn't come out in the mountains, so no one could do anything about him...... This matter is widely rumored, and gradually Zhang Han's past with the governor because of the incident in Lingqiu Iron Field has also been revealed, involving Zhang Han, a very popular inspector and wealthy businessman, and the new governor who has just taken office, has become a topic of concern to everyone for a while...... Of course, what people are talking about is not that Zhang Han can fight across the governor, but how long Zhang Han can hide...... Everyone believes that in another month or two at most, Zhang Han will not be able to survive in the mountains, and sooner or later he will have to come out, and when the time comes, what kind of charter will the governor have, whether he wants money or his life, this alone is enough to make people debate for a while.

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Zhang Yanhong and Jiang Dalin sat in the carriage together, and they both felt very fortunate in their hearts.

They were forced to withdraw from the Chamber of Commerce more than half a year ago because of their cooperation with the Fan family, and later the Fan family failed, many people laughed at them, and these two people also secretly regretted that after quitting the Chamber of Commerce, their grain prices became higher and their shipment prices became lower...... The Fan family became more and more out of money, and the capital to buy grain became less and less, and in the end, it was not only the problem of low shipping prices, but the Fan family began to be in arrears, and then they stopped collecting grain at all...... At this time, the people who withdrew from the meeting led by these two people panicked, Zhang Han had a good hand, more than a dozen nearby states and counties and military guards were led by He Yusheng, and the big businessmen led by Ma Chaoren were still in the meeting, and the price of food was the final say with Yusheng, and they had the final say on whether to collect it or not, these people who withdrew from the club began to beg their grandfather to tell their grandmother, and last month they finally said that Ma Chaoren was moved, and asked the old horse to say the item on his behalf, they admitted the beating and the punishment, as long as they re-entered the club, everything is easy to say.

At this time, these people faintly felt that the power of this chamber of commerce was tantamount to controlling all the food prices in the Datong area, including the purchase and sales channels were controlled by the chamber of commerce, and the chamber of commerce in Lingqiu had become a share capital system, not only the price was integrated, but also the wages of miners, cost accounting, technology sharing, and the recruitment and training of the mining business group, which were also controlled by He Yusheng, Jiang Dalin and Zhang Yanhong were also clear about these things, and they felt that the chamber of commerce on Tianchengwei's side was also slowly moving on such a road...... The important thing is that Ma Chaoren and several big businessmen are very cooperative, they did not suffer losses in the business war between Zhang Han and Fan Yongdou, Zhang Han did not use them as cannon fodder, on the contrary, everyone has made a lot of money this year, and Yusheng's strength has risen, and Ma Chaoren They follow more closely, in contrast, Jiang Dalin and they have fallen behind.

"That's good." Jiang Dalin looked at the street scene during the New Year's Festival, and felt a burst of relief and comfort in his heart, and he said to Zhang Yanhong happily: "The people that the governor wants to deal with, can he be okay?" Don't say that he hides for a while, he can hide for a lifetime? People are hiding, where is He Yusheng hiding? ”

"That's it!" Zhang Yanhong also smiled: "In the past six months, we have been trampled on the bottom of the mud, and everyone has avoided it, saying that we are blind to fight with Fan Yongdou and evil Zhang Han, and we were driven out as a result. ”

Jiang Dalin said in a vicious voice: "I want to see what Ma Superman's face is like for a while." ”

"You don't have to overdo it." Zhang Yanhong said: "After all, Lao Ma is a lifter, Tianchengwei and Zhenyuwei are not a few people, Lao Ma also acts fairly, if he quits the Chamber of Commerce, he can still be our backbone." If there is anything, it can still be discussed. ”

"Speaking of which, the white list has been urging more and more urgently." Jiang Dalin said: "Our face is almost impossible to cover. ”

Although there are a few talents in these grain merchant families, but the family does not have officials from the scholars, at most there is a class of people, there is no stone archway at the door, and the public officials do not take them very seriously, in recent years, the imperial court has increased the salary in two batches, and the yellow list on the official face is not much, but the local officials have increased their share on the white list under the pretext of increasing fire consumption and miscellaneous expenses, not to mention the ordinary people, even they are small and medium-sized landlords and businessmen are gradually unable to withstand the energy, plus the year is not good, the price of grain remains high, and there are business wars, more and more green and yellow.

"Although Han Fujun targeted Zhang Han and made us breathe a sigh of relief, he added a white list, urging him to be very urgent, and it was also a headache."

"The governor does not directly visit the people, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of Datong Prefecture, various states, counties, and various guards."

"This is the naivety of the old man, if it weren't for the governor's military gate to change his course, how could these people be self-explanatory. The governor adds two points, the state government adds two points, the county and the guard add two points, the master and the officials add three points, and the yacha and helpers add another point, but it is not ten percent, or even more! ”

"Alas, I'm afraid that Lao Ma may not have any good way, and his family's situation is not as good as before."

According to the custom of the Taizu period, the acres of land that can be sheltered by people are dozens of acres, and there are only a few people, and later the civil officials are in power, even after Zhang Juzheng's cleanup, Jinshi can still shade thousands of acres of land and dozens of Ding, Tian is exempt, Ding is exempt, this is the privilege of the scholar after he was born, and there are hundreds of acres of land and dozens of Dingkou are exempt and exempt, Ma Chaoren is a person, but his privilege is limited to this, if there are powerful clansmen in the court as officials, he is a Jinshi for the official to tell the old, Then you can work with the rest of the gentry to control the local government affairs, the benefits of the white list, the big gentry are also penniless, if the county officials and the gentry can't get along, these gentry can make him unable to collect money and food, and the county officials can't do it, the gentry in Jiangnan is the strongest, so it is especially difficult to be an official in Jiangnan, and they are criticized by the Shilin, and even the local officials who are driven away are not a few.

The situation here in Shanxi and Datong is different, especially Datong, which has been a military town for a long time, and there are many guards and few prefectures and counties in the territory, so the literary atmosphere is insufficient, and the gentry is weak.

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

For a while, the two of them were not allowed to move, sitting in the car for a long time, the space of the two-wheeled car was very small, one person sat fine, just bumpy, the two of them were crowded in a car in order to talk, and their legs and feet could not be stretched.

At this time, the coachman shouted: "Hey, Master Ma's car here is really beautiful." ”

The two businessmen looked in the direction pointed by the coachman, and sure enough, they saw a carriage parked in the direction of the horse stone outside the superman's mansion.

The body is black painted, oval shape of the body, there are glass-fired windows on both sides, large pieces of glass flashing green glow, the body is framed very high, there are several layers of pedals under the door, you need to step on the pedal to get on the car, the front of the body is a towering seat, it is expected to be the driver's seat, the body is also two wheels, but the wheels are much larger than the wheels of ordinary Chinese cars, in front of the body is only about half the size of a pair of front wheels, the four-wheeled carriage is much larger than the ordinary car, and it is much more magnificent.

Two maroon horses were harnessed in front of the carriage and were eating the hay in the basket with their heads bowed.

The driver of Mafu was hanging lanterns on both sides of the car, and after hanging two lanterns, it was estimated that he could barely walk at night.

Of course, this carriage was produced by He Yusheng, although neither the windows nor the lanterns were actually in line with Zhang Han's ideas, if the two windows were glass windows, and the kerosene lamps hung in front of the carriage, it would probably be similar to the feeling of Victorian England in his impression.

There is no way to solve the glass problem, and it is impossible to set up a special department for the time being, but the value is very high, and it is not easy to transport, Zhang Han feels that it is not worth it.

Fortunately, there is a tradition of firing glass in China, which is of course not as transparent as glass, and you can only see a confused scene when you look out of the car, but this is enough, and some traditional Chinese two-wheeled vehicles have no windows at all.

In terms of body streamlining, this stereotyped two-wheeled carriage is also beautiful and very luxurious.

The middle from the rear to the front waist is decorated with silver thread, with some small ornaments, some parts in front of the car are made of copper, and the handlebars and some parts are gilded.

This is rare, in short, in front of everyone, this car is beautiful and surprisingly luxurious, it is not like a folk product, so that people immediately think of royal utensils.

Fortunately, the emperor doesn't take a car very much, and officials don't take a car, otherwise Ma Chaoren may not dare to use such a car, after all, it looks too beautiful and too attractive.

Although Jiang Dalin and Zhang Yanhong came for something, they couldn't help but turn around the front and back of the car several times, and the two of them also opened the car door and sat down.

"The seat looks like it's stretchy." Jiang Dalin said: "It feels very soft, and it is very comfortable to lean!" ”

Robin Zhang said: "There are two people in each seat, four people can sit, and six or seven people can sit in a squeeze without being too crowded, which is really amazing." ”

The body is very large, which leads to the layout of the carriage is also very calm, and there are also a large number of manned passenger carriages in Europe at the same time, and there are many large carriages with large four wheels in the front and rear, which can seat more than a dozen passengers for long-distance travel at a time.

And Yusheng's car, the inner space is large, the seat design is that people can recline and sit, the waist is supported, there are springs under the legs, you can carry the legs, the waist and legs do not have to work hard to sit very comfortable, and the space is large, Jiang Dalin and Zhang Yanhong both feel that they are not crowded, and there are handles on the side of the seats of the two, you can put your hands on them, how comfortable you want to be.

I felt a burst of warmth in the legs of the two of them, and when I kicked open the curtain, I saw that there were two copper braziers with fire in them, and the charcoal fire was burning, and the car was very warm.