Wei and Jin cooks

The official road from Chen County to Luoyang was bumpy because it had not been repaired for many years and large armies had marched before. There were even horse traps dug for ambushes on the road.

The marching army will fill in some big holes first, and ignore the small ones, so the carriage still bumps as it passes by, as if it is trying to shake a person's head off.

Zhao Hanzhang had long since abandoned her carriage and replaced her horse with a horse. At this time, she was letting the horse run forward happily. When the autumn wind blew again, her eyes drooped sleepily.

Zeng Yue and Ting He followed her, fearing that she would fall off her horse if she fell asleep. Then she would become the first regent in history to die suddenly because she fell off her horse while sleeping.

Fortunately, she had a safe journey. Although her head was shaking a little bit, because the horse was walking forward at a leisurely pace, she still sat on it steadily.

She was already so slow on a horse, let alone a carriage, which was just a little faster than walking. Zhao Hu finally couldn't help it. He opened the curtains angrily and saw Zhao Hanzhang riding a horse in front. He couldn't bear it. He shouted to stop her, "Sanniang, Sanniang——"

The sound faintly reached his brain. Zhao Hanzhang slowly opened his eyes and looked back slowly following the sound. When he saw most of Zhao Hu's head sticking out of the window, he reined in his horse and asked the car to follow.

Before the carriage even approached Zhao Hanzhang, Zhao Hu's complaints came out in a barrage, "This road is too bad. It wasn't like this last time. You should also take care of the magistrates of several nearby counties. Just take it." Regardless of salary, if this road is not repaired, will any caravan be willing to go to Luoyang?"

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "Seventh Uncle is right. I will write a letter soon and ask people to organize the people to build the road. However, this road does not only require labor, but also requires money to buy some materials. I am short of money now, and I want to talk to my uncle. Grandpa borrowed some money."

Zhao Hu's head retracted with a hiss, and at the same time he lowered the curtains, and a "hum" came from inside, "If you don't want to fix it, just don't fix it. Anyway, it's not me who the young man in Luoyang is losing."

Zhao Hanzhang rode beside the car, sighed, and said to him across the car: "Seventh Uncle, I didn't lend you the money in vain, I paid interest."

She smiled and said: "It should be said that it is not me who is borrowing the money, but the court is borrowing the money from you. I will give you two cents interest per year."

Zhao Hu snorted coldly in the car, opened the curtain and said to her, "Do you know how much interest I charge when I borrow money from abroad?"

Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows and motioned for him to say.

Zhao Hu raised his chin and said, "If I borrow money from outside, the minimum is three cents, with monthly interest!"

Zhao Hanzhang lowered his eyes to meet his gaze, smiled at him and said: "Seventh Uncle, don't you remember, when I was the magistrate of Xiping County, I issued regulations strictly prohibiting usury. Any interest rate exceeding two cents per month can be regarded as usury. The Yamen have the right to confiscate the illegal gains of loan sharks and impose fines."

"The amount of money required for lending is different from the amount of other property taxes," Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile, "So Seventh Uncle, you seem to have to pay a lot of money back."

Zhao Hu's eyes widened and he looked at her with his mouth open in shock. It took him a while to find his voice, "You, you..."

Zhao Hanzhang turned cold and said to him: "I can be lenient and forget all past mistakes, but if you make usury loans again in the future, I will never be merciful."

She said: "I will ask Chang Ning to pay special attention to you."

Zhao Hu was so angry that his beard almost flew up. He hated Chang Ning the most, even more than he hated Ming Yu.

Because Ming Yu only asked him to hand over his property, but Chang Ning actually snatched the money from him. As expected, they were all instructed by Zhao Hanzhang and deliberately opposed him.

Zhao Hu was so angry that he threw down the curtain, his chest heaving rapidly.

But Zhao Hanzhang took a step further, and the Zhao family's changes in the past made Zhao Hu grow up. He was no longer the old man who only saw immediate benefits.

Now that his business is spread all over Jin Dynasty, no matter how angry he is with Zhao Hanzhang, he will not clamor to break up with her like before.

Zhao Hu took a deep breath, calmed down slightly, and then opened the curtain. He wanted the guards to invite Zhao Hanzhang, but unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the curtain, the people standing next to the car turned to look over, and then smiled at him. .

Zhao Hu:......

Zhao Hanzhang is still here and greets him with a smile, wouldn't she be angry?

Zhao Hu felt helpless and a little timid at the same time.

Those who can endure what ordinary people cannot tolerate must either have a big heart or a big plan. Zhao Hanzhang may have both, but for his big plan...

Zhao Hu was powerless and felt the pain in his heart. He felt that his money bank was going to be hurt again.

He knew it clearly, but he couldn't refuse her.

Zhao Hu tightened her grip on the curtain, endured it, and asked politely: "How much do you want to borrow from me?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him and said, "Ten million dollars."

Zhao Hu wanted to throw down the curtain, but he held back, "Do you know how much taxes the court could collect in a year in the past few years?"

"I know that those taxes can't even support His Majesty, it's less than a million." When the late emperor was here, he really couldn't support himself. He basically relied on the support of various princes and local powerful people because he couldn't collect taxes.

But, it is different now. From the north of Yuzhou, she conquered every state personally, and there will be no failure to collect taxes. So she comforted Zhao Hu, "Don't worry, uncle, I will definitely be able to pay back the money." ."

"Is that what I mean?" Zhao Hu couldn't help but get angry, "I'm asking you why you need so much money? Didn't you just finish collecting the money? Isn't that much money enough for you?"

Zhao Hanzhang sighed and said: "Money is just a drop in the bucket, how can it be enough? Look, building roads, canals, and rivers, which one doesn't cost money? Winter is coming, and I think it will be very cold this year, so I have to prepare for the cold disaster." Make some preparations, as there are still food shortages in various places, so we must be more vigilant about the lack of food supply in March and April next year, which may lead to disaster."

Zhao Hu said nothing.

Zhao Hanzhang rode close to the carriage, leaned close to him, and lowered his voice: "Seventh Uncle, you don't have to worry about me not paying the money, I can guarantee it with salt."

Zhao Hu's eyebrows jumped, and he sat up straight, leaning his head out of the window, looking at her with bright eyes, "Salt?"

Zhao Hanzhang smiled and nodded slightly, "Didn't you notice that Ting Han is not here recently? He went to the Qingzhou Salt Farm."

Zhao Hu's breathing quickened. As for the salt, it was very profitable.

Zhao Hanzhang said softly: "Now that I have taken back all the salt and iron, no one can cross the court to sell salt. In this way, I make an agreement with you. If I don't pay you back before the expiration of next year, how about I use salt to pay off the debt?"

Zhao Hu: "Shioyin?"

“It’s the introduction where you can buy salt and sell salt.”

Zhao Hu's eyes were shining, and he raised his eyes to look at Zhao Hanzhang. After a moment, he nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Zhao Hanzhang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, straightened up and sat upright on the horse, kicked the horse's belly to make it speed up a little, and said with a hearty smile: "My uncle knows many rich people, and I asked my uncle to spread the word for me, so... It is said that the court is short of money, and a batch of national bonds will be issued before the year, and anyone can claim them and buy them, with an annual interest rate of two cents."

Zhao Hu asked: "If it's not enough..."

Zhao Hanzhang lowered his voice and said: "I want to ask my uncle to be my guarantee, and also ask them to believe me. As long as I am here, the court will definitely be able to repay their money. But I can't trust them, so Yanyin cannot be given to them. Please Uncle, please don’t mention the matter of Yan Yin to them.”

It feels like Zhao Hanzhang is spreading the news...