Shi Biao stayed there, motionless, as if in a daze. After a long time, with a slight sound, the door was opened.

"I've met the General."

"How about it, what do you say about Yabatu?"

"Ala was determined to fight against Usuk, but he did not fully agree, but he did not refuse. He only said that if he had free time and staff at that time, he would definitely be a support general."

"Hmph, the barbarians are cunning. They don't show off their eagles without seeing a rabbit. They can't hold all their treasures on him. You can go to the left-wing Mongolia and find a way to contact the Maoli kids of the Wengniuti tribe. We cast nets from many places, and there will always be big fish willing to take the bait."

"Yes, I'm going to clean up and let's go."

"No hurry. It's so heavy snow, it's extremely difficult to find someone outside the border. It's even more difficult to find someone. You can have a good rest and leave after the New Year. Then it's still the same way. Qiao is a caravan and comes out of seclusion."

"Yes, General Xie is kind." The person who came was covered in a dark shadow and quietly retreated.

A smile appeared on Shi Biao's face, and then he laughed more and more rampantly and proudly. However, the laughter did not make any sound, which was really strange.

At about the same time, Xu Youzhen, the deputy censor of the capital, was in the mansion.

Xu Youzhen was alone in the study, staring at the two pieces of paper on the desk alone in a daze.

The first piece of paper said "Canal" and "Yellow River" on the left and right respectively. Xu Youzhen pondered for a moment, picked up his pen and drew a circle on the canal.

The second piece of paper lists three names from right to left, namely "Xing'an", "Jin Ying" and "Jiang An".

Faced with these three names, Xu Youzhen seemed much hesitant. After a while, he picked up his pen and marked the small words "Silijian Zhengzheng's eunuch" next to Xing'an. The one next to Jin Ying and Jiang An was "Silijian Zhengzheng's eunuch".

After a long time, he added a few words next to Jiang An, "Take the East Factory for a while", and then nodded, as if he had made up some determination and used a pen to circle Jiang An.

The brazier was dark and lit, and two pieces of paper were thrown in by Xu Youzhen and turned into ashes in the fire.

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At the end of July of the seventh year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Qinchuan, who had been in Shazhou for less than a year, set off again, with the goal still being the capital of the Central Plains.

This trip, the taxes collected by Shazhou Taxation Customs for more than half a year were sent. Of course, the escort was the share belonging to the court.

It was agreed that the court would send someone to count the accounts and then escort them back to Beijing together.

But after the New Year, Emperor Jingtai was in poor health and was sick intermittently.

No one of the important officials of the court had the time or leisure to come to Guanxi. He sent those who were inexperienced but were worried, so he simply refused to send someone and posted a message to the yamen factory guards to assist in the inventory and then went to Beijing immediately.

All matters in Shazhou were basically on track. Zhou Qinchuan felt that he was not good at repeating the same thing over the years. Staying in Shazhou was useless, so he was the main thing for such errands.

By the way, you can also meet Su Yourong. Shengming Trading Company is becoming more and more large in size. Su Yourong is in charge of the capital and has to take charge of Xiaoduan’s inn, which is becoming more and more difficult to leave.

It is not a matter of separation from the two places. Zhou Qinchuan thought about it and would wait until the trip was over to see the situation, otherwise he would call Qin Qi to the capital to settle his home.

Those who were traveling with Xu Yongning, Zhang Mao, and Dong Baihu. As yamen factory guards, they naturally had to return to Beijing to report to the top.

There is also Menda, who has been in charge of the Jinyiwei Guanxi Guard for more than a year, and he also has to go to Beijing to report his duties to the Jinyiwei and the court.

Besides, Tang Dan became his daughter and stayed alone in the capital. If he was a father, it would be unreasonable if he didn't go and take a look.

Also accompanying him were Po Liu and a thousand cavalry selected and trained by him and Zhang San. They adopted the training method of the Ming border army and absorbed a lot of Mongols' range tactics, which can be regarded as the strengths of the two families.

As for Zhang San, he was a little older and didn't want to make trouble anymore, so he stayed in Shazhou to continue training and worked as a tax policeman.

Qin Qi wanted to follow Zhou Qinchuan this time, but Su Yourong was not there. She could write and calculate, but she couldn't do without taxes, so she could only give up regretfully.

Suo Nanben of Shazhouwei learned that Zhou Qinchuan was going to the Central Plains again. He was always itchy and proposed to walk with him and enter the pass to see him well.

How could Zhou Qinchuan refuse? So he simply asked Suo Nanben to bring another 300 heavily armored cavalry to accompany him.

Before leaving, Zhou Qinchuan and Qin Qi became a relative and invited a drink in a low-key manner. Su Yourong was not around, and the two of them felt embarrassed to have a big fuss.

Less than five days after marriage, Zhou Qinchuan bid farewell to his wife, led a large group of people to escort the Tax Silver on the way.

Zhang Mao and others were very interested along the way. Although they didn't stay in Kansai for a long time and were just sitting in the yamen, they couldn't escape their merits.

Why? The amount of taxes and silver collected and escorted was so huge that it exceeded everyone's estimates.

The Ming Dynasty tax relies on land tax and Ding tax. Ding tax is labor tax, so it is better not to mention it.

At this time, the land tax was still mainly collected in kind, and it was paid in two different times in summer and autumn taxes. In a year, the income of the two taxes in the entire Ming Dynasty could reach more than 4.7 million shi of wheat and more than 24.7 million shi of rice.

This number is not low. More than a hundred years later, the rice and grain generated by the two taxes were not as high as those in the early Ming Dynasty.

It was not until the Wanli period that Zhang Juzheng reformed and clarified the land of tax evasion that he returned to his old views and rose slightly.

After the implementation of the one-whip method, the land tax and Ding tax were combined and silver was collected uniformly. At that time, the annual income of the whole country was about 4.5 million taels.

At this time, Shazhou opened a vertebral field and established a tax customs customs for less than a year, and the scale could only be considered as the starting point. However, in just over half a year, the tariffs reached 250,000 taels of silver and 50,000 taels of gold.

Even at this time, the gold and silver price ratio was 10% of the annual income in the Wanli period, and it was all ready-made gold and silver without any discount.

According to the rules, the court divided half of it, which was nearly 130,000 taels of silver and 25,000 taels of gold. Such a huge wealth was so shattering that everyone's eyes.

You should know that although the Ming Dynasty was rich at this time, the gold and silver circulated among the people were not much, and many places had to barter. Although Xu Yongning and Zhang Mao took out ten thousand taels of silver when Shengming Trading Company was established, it could be regarded as the savings of their two deeds for many years. If they have more, they will be gone.

The reason for searching by the Ministry of Revenue is that it cannot afford much money and often uses grain to pay salaries for officials and purchase the items needed.

With this ready-made gold and silver worth more than 200,000 taels, the court would not know how happy it would be. The factory guards who were in the yamen were naturally honored, and their contributions could not be escaped.

The route to advance east is still the same as the last tribute. After entering Jiayuguan, he entered Chang'an and boarded the ship, followed the Wei River and the Yellow River to the east, and then moved to Xuzhou to the canal.
Chapter completed!