Brother Zhao burned the contract he and Bai Minghe agreed on.

This method made Bai Minghe very confused. Brother Zhao said next: "Master Bai, faith is greater than life. If you agree, you must do it, otherwise in this world of Ming Dynasty, all families will have no place to establish a foothold."

Baiminghe is going crazy. This is so pure that Baiminghe can't find a deceptive word in terms of the deceptive cooperation in later shopping malls.

"Mr. Bai is also a trustworthy person. Miscellaneous families have heard of things in the capital!"

Bai Minghe took a few sips of wine and felt so depressed.

Brother Zhao smiled, "Mr. Bai first entered the officialdom and acted cautiously. But he still had a short time to get in touch with the officialdom. I believe Mr. Bai must have thought that people who do evil deeds like the Mixed Family must be untrustworthy people."

Bai Minghe smiled awkwardly: "This topic is a bit stressful, how about we change the topic?"

Zhao Di laughed heartily, not because Bai Minghe was sucking, but because he didn't expect Bai Minghe's face to be very thin.

"Just talk about the sea ban!" Zhao's tone changed.

"Okay, that is, the sea ban." Bai Minghe also breathed a sigh of relief.

"In recent years, the sea ban has been loosened a lot. Because the South China Sea also knows that if they cheat tribute, the Ming Dynasty will definitely seal the sea. Therefore, various exchanges have also made the Ming Dynasty a little profitable. But there is an iron rule in the sea ban."

"What iron law?"

"It is to ban the Japanese. Because the Japanese pirates continued to harasse the coast in the early Ming Dynasty, the Japanese were prohibited from tribute and anyone was prohibited from contacting the Japanese. Even some people who set up small boats and secretly went out to sea to do some business would not deal with the Japanese. No one's family had a few blood debts from the Japanese." When Zhao said this, he gritted his teeth.

Bai Minghe didn't have the nerve to ask, but this expression seemed to have a grudge between Zhao and the Japanese.

"All the family will be killed if anyone dares to interact with Japanese people." Zhao Di said murderously.

"Those Japanese girls?" Bai Minghe didn't understand. Since he didn't interact, how could there be Japanese girls?

Zhao brother explained: "In fact, sending them to Lord Bai is also for the sake of remote disasters. This is the Japanese merchant ship that Guanghaiwei attacked when he went out to sea. The family is not a good person, so the commander of Guanghaiwei is naturally a greedy person, and he also drinks soldiers and blood. But he is not a person who kills indiscriminately."

"It's a slave, so what if I stay?"

"It's a Japanese man, and staying may be a crime. In the whole of Guangdong, the only one who accepts these people but is not afraid of impeachment is Lord Bai."

Bai Minghe was a little surprised and did not expect Brother Zhao to say this.

"Master Bai, when it comes to sea bans, the miscellaneous family said a bold thing. There are still people in Guangdong who dare to use boats to sell some private goods. If something happens to a few small boats, they can be saved. But those who dare to do it are afraid that they will only be Mr. Bai. It is not because Long Live valued Mr. Bai, but because Mr. Bai, you are like me!"

Is Brother Zhao a compliment? Bai Minghe doesn’t understand even more.

Brother Zhao laughed: "Mr. Bai's match shop is the only one in the world in the Ming Dynasty. Even if the secret recipe is known, who dares to open another one?"

This is not wrong. If anyone opens a matchmaker, it doesn’t matter if he makes a small fuss, but if he does a big deal, he will cut off the financial path of the Jinyiwei, and there are also major shares in the Royal Inner Treasury.

Whoever dares to reach out will die.

"We agree with one sentence. No one can match the profit distribution level!" Zhao brother gave Bai Minghe a comment.

Before Bai Minghe could speak, Zhao Di continued: "Match is not a big profit in the midst of the family. But Lord Bai and the midst of the family are also rivals, at least not friends. But Lord Bai took the initiative to take out 8,000 taels of silver per month to the midst of the family. This demeanor made the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the midst of the level of distributing interests."

"The gross profit of 8,000 taels of silver is about 6,000 taels in Guangdong."

"Six thousand taels, the salary of four hundred magistrates!" Zhao added.

Bai Minghe nodded, this number is quite high. And this is also for self-protection.

Brother Zhao asked again: "How does Lord Bai think of officials? What is corrupt officials, what is stolen officials, and what is a clean official?"

"Old Zhao, what do you think?" Bai Minghe did not answer and threw the question back. He really wanted to hear what Zhao brother said.

"A real honest official will die because his salary cannot support the family and young. Therefore, the honest official in the eyes of the miscellaneous family is to be fair, so that the people have a good life and gain some benefits in irrelevant places. Choosing cooperation with merchants is a stable way for these honest officials."

After hearing what Zhao said, Bai Minghe also agreed: "Old Zhao, tell you the truth. Fifteen taels of silver are not enough for my family's three-day expenses."

Hahaha! Brother Zhao laughed a few heartily: "Mr. Bai, he is a real person!"

"Mr. Bai, the former Hepu County Magistrate is a stolen official. He is too greedy and ignores the lives of others. He is too cruel. Zhumin is a pariah, but he is also a life. Qian Wuyan is a stupid official. He is afraid that the court will blame him and choose the stupidest way to suppress this matter. If Lord Bai doesn't take action, we will also take action."

Bai Minghe was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything and waited for Brother Zhao to continue talking.

"Qian Wuyan is another brave person, and he doesn't dare to kill people. If it weren't for the third-rate idea that Zhong Mingyuan came up with, he wouldn't have made things bigger and bigger. So, such an official should be damned."

Hearing this, Bai Minghe asked again: "What is a corrupt official?"

"Corrupt officials are idiots who get money for themselves but live poorer than when they were not rich." Zhao Di's description made Bai Minghe laugh, but it was understandable. The law was still very strict in the early Ming Dynasty. If an official dared to live a luxurious life, the local supervision yamen history and the Jinyiwei might take action.

"A smart official is a little greedy and lives a better life. If you really come to investigate, the Yashishi will not impeach a person for dozens or hundreds of taels of silver. What's more, if the Yashishishi only rely on his salary, he will wait for the rice to be put into the pot by the end of the month!"

Bai Minghe understood Brother Zhao's words.

Sun Yuanjun also told Bai Minghe about some previous events in the Ming Dynasty and the previous dynasty. In fact, the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were really pitifully low.

Take Bai Minghe's actual monthly income as an example. A county magistrate only has a monthly income of 4,500 yuan per month for later generations. And he also has to support a family, and he really can't live this life. Bai Minghe himself also knows that even if he wants to be a clean official, it is impossible.

The biggest possibility is to resign and quit and become a businessman.

"Mr. Bai, please forgive me if you have to. However, when you need to kill, your hands cannot be soft. Especially those who should be killed. Keeping them may be a disaster." Bai Minghe listened to Brother Zhao's persuasion.

However, Bai Minghe also said his thoughts: "That Zhong Mingyuan, I have two ideas when I keep him. One is to make people revenge, and the other is to ask more secrets about you."

Brother Zhao was so amused that Bai Minghe was talking about it very directly.

"Mr. Bai, we have no secrets. There is nothing shameful about it. Of course, the court needs to investigate the crime in detail. Ninety percent of the officials in Guangdong can be sent to beheaded. The family thought that it is impossible for the court to kill so many people in one breath. Let there be no officials in Guangdong available?"

"Yes!" Bai Minghe agreed with the meaning of this statement.

"Keep Zhong Mingyuan, there is only one use. That is, he understands Japanese language!"

"Then, he'd better die. If only this is the only use, I don't need him. Ask me, how many unscrupulous things have Zhong Mingyuan done?" Bai Minghe also began to consider Zhong Mingyuan's life and death issue.

"Not many, only a few. Except for the idea of ​​killing people to silence him this time, he forced a tenant to death and robbed the tenant's woman and became a concubine for him. The land under his name is as high as 7,000 acres, and he owns more than a dozen shops, most of which are in Guangdong. There is another secret, I'm afraid he doesn't know it completely!"

Bai Minghexin said that you have investigated in detail enough that even Zhong Mingyuan knows how many shops there are.

"That is, he has no proper wife, only four concubines. Then he has two sons and four daughters. None of them is his seed!"

Bour...

Bai Minghe squirted out all the wine, and Zhao took out his hand towel and wiped his face calmly. Then he continued: "The person who wants him to die the most is actually not a person from the officialdom, but his brother!"

Bai Minghe began to think about this matter. Zhao did not give Bai Minghe time to think: "Master Bai, you must be thinking. I said so much, just want you to kill Zhong Mingyuan. In fact, Qian Wuyan is the only one who wants him to die. The family wants Zhong Mingyuan to live for one or two more years. If he lives, Qian Wuyan will be more at peace."

The more I listened, the more confused I became, the less I couldn’t come up with an idea.

It seems that no one in the Ming Dynasty officialdom can be underestimated, and theirs is no more stupid than themselves.

"Mr. Bai, if there are really a thousand taels of pearls in autumn, then there is a gift from the Mid-Ar. Now I can't say that Lord Bai will definitely like it at that time." Brother Zhao was full of confidence and thought it should be a good thing.

Bai Minghe didn't ask again, he knew that Brother Zhao shouldn't say it either.

"Old Zhao, I need some iron. Now I need it. You know that I have nothing in the workshop here, but I need some fine iron to create some tools. There are too few that can be bought on the black market, so why don't you solve it for me? The pearls will definitely be handed over to you by the end of the year." At the end of the year, there are not a few months before the end of the year, and Zhao Di doesn't believe that Bai Minghe dares to lie to him.

Brother Zhao left after lunch. On the first day of June, he would come to pull the first batch of matches. During this period, he would first send iron ingots worth 8,000 taels of silver.
Chapter completed!