When it comes to guards, Hao Zheng had a headache. He didn't understand the guards. In his opinion, it was just a guard house guard. It was just a fief of the Hao family, so the guards were relatively large.

The size of two thousand people is obviously a deliberate low-key. According to the ancestral system, the prince can maintain the size of the three guards, that is, more than 20,000 people, and the prince is two guards. The Hao family followed the precedent of the Mu family in Yunnan. The establishment of family generals and guards is only one guard, which is 7,500. Hao Zheng is cautious everywhere. Although His Majesty is all pacifying the vassal ministers, the court has been clearly determined to abolish the guards of each royal palace recently. Although Zi started his family in Jingnan today and was under the banner of protecting the interests of the clans, after ascending the throne, he obviously transformed himself and violated the interests of the vassal kings.

Therefore, the number of people must not be too large, and it must be low-key. Two thousand people are within the scope tolerable by the court. Although it can be added a little more, such as three thousand or even four thousand, it will not cause the court's disgust. However, in order to prevent it from happening and avoid being criticized, Hao Zheng felt that it would be better not to be too many.

It is difficult for two thousand people to take charge of Jiaozhi. Judging from all the situations, many people are already dissatisfied after the exploitation of those migrant officials.

This made Hao Zheng feel a little crisis.

Finally, he shook his head and said, "Continue to let the musket team practice, wait for Lou'er to come back. The most important thing now is shipbuilding, you should speed up the cost."

Wu Xiong responded quickly and then smiled and said, "How dare the officials be negligent? The Marquis said this is a big deal, so for the officials, this is a huge matter. Even if the officials are desperate, they will work hard."

For several days, Hao Zheng was counting the time and only hoped that Hao Fenglou would come. He had been here for more than a year and had never returned to Nanjing. When he saw his wife and children, he was very worried. Although he was busy here, he couldn't help but miss his relatives when it was late at night.

Actually, he was lonely here. He had thought of taking a concubine, and it was not good to have no one around him to take care of him. But when he thought about it, he still gave up. Hao Zheng actually found that he cared about Hao Fenglou's opinion, for fear that his son would be disgusted with his father.

Of course, there will be no shortage of women around you, and they will be romantic and happy occasionally. However, Hao Zheng knows the principle of stopping at the right time and is very restrained.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye. When it was early summer, the weather in Jiaozhi became hot and hard to deal with. This damp heat made people sticky all over and felt very uncomfortable. Moreover, the number of mosquitoes gradually increased, causing people to sleep at night.

Dozens of fast horses were galloping on the official road paved with gravel. This is the mountain road leading to Lang Son. The road is excellent. Since it is spreading across the mountain, the road shoulders are solid. Not only are there gravels on the road, but there is also a layer of mud. The carriages can pass through and can be unobstructed.

Hao Fenglou was on the horse, wearing a hat on his head. Once it was ten thousand in the heat, the wide hat became practical. He was wearing a wide dress, and although his clothes fluttered when he was galloping on the horse, it was better than cool.

Hao Fenglou's facial features became darker, but it added a bit of heroic spirit. The escorts behind him were all agile, all of whom were the most loyal guards of the Hao family. Since they arrived at the Liangshan territory, the roads have been easier to walk, and there are also stations every other place, which are obviously much denser than other places.

Of course, this is different from the imperial court's inns. Lang Son and the nearby Hao family's fiefdom were built by the Hao family themselves and recruited personnel to manage it here. Rather than being an inn, tea stall, goods store, and winery.

These are all unified courtyards, with a large warehouse next to it, which is very tall, and on the other side is a stable. Not far from the stable, it is a courtyard-style building with guest rooms and a place to eat.

In this situation, there are a steady stream of merchants on this business road. Almost every caravan is carrying goods, dozens or even hundreds of people walking together. When it gets dark, they have to rest. Some goods cannot be exposed to the sun and rain, so they are willing to pay some money and move them into the warehouse. Then they ask the staff to arrange horses to feed the fodder, and all the personnel enter the station to fight for the guest room.

At this time, the inn before was already very lively. There were carriages parked outside, and the carriages were unloaded from the horses. The horses were led to feed the grass. At the warehouse, dozens of feet were transporting the goods.

Look at the goods, it seems that they are silk. Where did the materials come from? Merchants want to sell silk to Jiaozhi or Zhenla through Tongshan.

This kind of thing is very common. Because Lang Son has gradually become known, and because the Ming Dynasty was strict in bans on merchants selling goods to various countries, and often this kind of trade is profitable, this kind of smuggling behavior has been repeatedly banned before the Hao family even left Lang Son.

Now, things have become much easier. Lang Sang is quite similar to Hong Kong in later generations. Due to the closed policy of the court, many transactions have been transferred through Lang Sang. For example, merchants from Zhen La Kingdom were waiting in Tongshan, while merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang came with silk. They traded in Tongshan. After delivering the money, merchants from Zhen La Kingdom sold these silk back to their country.

This avoids the problem of smuggling. However, any goods delivered by Lang Son are generally not easy to seize when they are closed. The reason is very simple. The people of the Hao family are here. Although the Hao family does not interfere in local military and political affairs, this does not mean that he cannot deal with you.

So under this situation, Lang Son not only became a production center, but also a distribution and transit center for goods. The porcelain, silk, and tea transported from the Ming Dynasty were all sold here. After the merchants sold these goods, they would not return empty-handed. Instead, they bought some local specialties from Annan, Jin La and other countries, or brought iron, furniture, and cloth produced by Lang Son. They made two pieces of silver. Whether it was the sold silk, porcelain and tea, or the furniture brought back, cheap cloth and iron, they were all best-selling things, so this was a profitable transaction. As long as you were willing to come here and were willing to spend your energy, you could almost say that you would make a profit without losing money.

When a person earns money, he naturally flocks to the top with the nature of a merchant. So on the official road of Lang Son recently, there are endless merchants who simply sell goods, and only a dozen people do small business. They hire a few big caravans. If it is a large caravan, there are hundreds of mules and horses, and there are hundreds of accompanying men and guards, which are vast.

Therefore, the Hao family also made a lot of profits from the transactions of this station. So many people eat and drink, but they seem to have not made much money. In fact, they accumulate less and make a lot of money every year.

After Hao Fenglou got off the horse, a friend immediately came up attentively, took the horses and fed the fodder.

Hao Fenglou dusted the dust from his clothes and entered the inn. He couldn't help but take off his hat and reveal his handsome face. However, there were not many people here who knew him. Even though everyone had been famous for him for a long time, he had never seen his true face. So when he brought dozens of guards in the bustling inn, the merchants, the men and guards just glanced at him, surprised at the fierceness of the guards beside Hao Fenglou, so he turned his head and said his own words.

On the journey, especially when they arrived in Lang Son, they had long been accustomed to passing by various noble sons and "big people" and promoted the county and county by themselves. There were many such noble people, and there was no need to provoke or make friends with them.

The first floor was already full, with hundreds of people, and even a lot of long stools were added temporarily, but they were still bustling. Many friends served tea and wine while shuttled through the bus. Of course, some people came forward with a smile and said to Hao Fenglou: "Young master, the first floor and the second floor are full. If it is really not possible, you might as well feel wronged. Add a chair here. As for the guest rooms... there are still three left, so I'm afraid I have to feel wronged..."

Hao Fenglou smiled pursed his lips and did not answer. Instead, a guard behind him stepped forward with a smile and delivered a waist card to the servant.

When the guy saw this waist sign, he was stunned and immediately lowered his voice and said, "On the fifth day of the sixth month, three distinguished guests arrived here, living in the upper room, turning right, and turning the third room. But I wonder if the young master is their friend?"

Six, Five, Three, these four numbers were stringed together, and the guard couldn't help but smile and said, "Take us there."

The guy didn't say anything and led Hao Fenglou and others to the third floor directly.

No one is allowed to come up on the third floor. Not only are there guards, but you can also see at a glance that many rooms here are surprisingly quiet, as if something is hidden.

The guy led Hao Fenglou to a house and stopped. He pushed the door. The lights inside were brightly lit. The guards held their hands and guarded the door. Hao Fenglou stepped in and suddenly opened inside. This was a huge room with three or four desks inside. There were clerks buried on the desk behind the desk. In addition, there was a warrior guarding here. When he saw Hao Fenglou, he was stunned at first, and then he went forward to greet him: "I dare to ask the young master..."

The door behind him was closed, and Hao Fenglou smiled and said, "I am Hao Fenglou, what news is there recently?"

When they heard the three words Hao Fenglou, the clerks sitting behind the desk were already calm and stood up one after another, looking a little embarrassed.

The warrior quickly bowed and said seriously: "Zhang Jin, a powerful soldier from the hundreds of households in the southwest of the Shenwu Guard, has seen the Marquis."

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Chapter completed!