As the sun sets, only the afterglow is in some places in the capital, and it is about to set. In a dark corner, a short man in thick clothes hides in the shelter. He occasionally stretches his head and looks at him, obviously waiting for someone, as if he is a little anxious.

After waiting for a while, a man who was also dressed in thick clothes and could not see any distinctive characteristics from his appearance came. But the person who was waiting immediately jumped out and whispered: "This is so worrying, I want to increase the money!"

"What are you afraid of? The factory guards are all gangsters. Who cares about you, a gangster?" The visitor looked around, hid in the corner and replied in a low voice.

The short man followed into the corner and argued: "But you told me that the emperor was ill-informed, and it also involved the Prime Minister and the Admiral of the East Factory. Maybe I might be arrested by the factory guards. If the price is not raised, I will stop doing it!"

The man heard his words firmly and knew that he was still afraid. The master thought that these words were almost passed in the capital, and it seemed that he could only agree to his request. Thinking of this, he immediately threw out a small piece of silver and said, "Do you understand if the law does not blame everyone? Forget it, let's forget about those involving Wen Ni Cao Ni for the time being, and the words should be passed on more, the risks are small, do you understand?"

When the short man took the silver, he was already happy. When he heard this, he suddenly became very happy and said with a flattering smile: "Don't worry, this is fine, the villain must talk more. I have discovered it a long time ago, and those people will not believe it. However, the emperor may like the work of the bricklayer, and many people believe it!"

When the person came to hear this, he left directly, and seemed unwilling to stay too long and unwilling to talk to short people to avoid losing the price.

He turned around and turned to a dark corner far away, where someone was waiting for him, and finally disappeared into the darkness after the same conversation.

In the study room in a high-walled courtyard, the man bowed to an old man to report the situation.

"Good job!" The old man praised without emotion, and then ordered, "Don't worry about those people in the future. You can leave the capital and return to Lijiazhuang after the New Year!"

"Yes, Master!"

After watching him retreat, the old man turned to look towards the imperial city and murmured to himself: "You can't resist the front, or use some means behind the scenes, you won't remind you of us old ministers!"

At the same time, in the Forbidden City, the admiral of the East Factory, Cao Huachun, happened to report to the emperor the public opinion trends in the capital. At the end, he said his thoughts: "Your Majesty, I feel that these remarks are not spontaneously done by the people, and it seems that someone is deliberately doing them!"

"Hmm?" Hu Guang nodded, thinking about this in his mind.

He actually had an estimate of this situation. At this time of the late Ming Dynasty, there were too many teammates in pigs. If the frontal attack could not succeed, he would often trip up secretly and drag him down. In other words, the political struggle had reached the point where he had no idea of ​​the overall situation.

Cao Huachun could naturally see that the emperor was thinking about this matter, so he continued to report: "But the people in the capital do not seem to believe it very much. Many people refuted it after hearing it. It was just about one thing... one thing..."

Speaking of this, he was a little hesitant, after all, he was saying something bad to the emperor.

When Hu Guang heard this, he frowned and said, "If you have something to say, don't hesitate, I will not be guilty of being guilty for your words!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Cao Huachun quickly replied after hearing this, "Your Majesty, you are like the previous emperor, and you may be addicted to the bricklayer!"

"Haha..." Hu Guang smiled as soon as he heard this. He pointed at Cao Huachun and said, "Others don't know, don't you know what I've been doing those days?"

When Cao Huachun heard this, he laughed with him.

Hu Guang immediately waved his hand and said, "Let them tell me about this matter. Now the construction of Zhonglietang is starting day and night, and part of the foundation will be dug tomorrow afternoon. At that time, it is time to break this rumor."

"Your Majesty is wise, this rumor is self-defeating. Everyone must be very grateful to Your Majesty!" After hearing this, Cao Huachun immediately flattered.

Hu Guang smiled and waved his hand to let Cao Huachun retreat. However, when he remembered the incident, he still ordered: "Come and check, see if there is anyone instructing him behind this rumor. If there is really someone, he will be pulled out."

This kind of thing is actually not easy to investigate. Unless someone says to arrest whom, and then put him in the imperial prison to serve him well. But now there are many people outside that it is possible to climb and bite him randomly under severe punishment, and it is likely to be very involved.

If it were the past, Cao Huachun would not care. But he knew that the emperor he served would not allow him to do so. After all, the emperor said that he would rather let a corrupt official go than a good person wrongly.

This matter was a bit difficult, and Cao Huachun thought to himself and stepped down.

Hu Guang saw him retreating, but in fact he didn't care much about this matter. Instead, he felt a little happy, which showed that his recent series of measures caught those people off guard. With both kindness and power, no one dared to fool him in person, so he could only use these despicable means.

Whatever they do about this kind of thing, at most they have a little damage to their reputation and can they bite themselves? Hu Guang thought of this and threw it behind his mind and remembered the serious matter.

Changli's King's Army has arrived in the capital, and soon the King's Army from other places will arrive in the capital. According to the news, Ma Shilong has also arrived. Haha, I'm waiting for you to fall into the trap. I'll capture you. Once the Baigang Army arrives, it's time to complete the system's second step of the task!

Now the Ministry of Revenue warehouse only has 510,000 taels of silver, which is the principal and cannot be moved. The house searched Cao Yubian, and it is estimated that the result will be achieved in the past two days. However, there should not be too much cash bank left, it is just fixed assets and other things.

Thinking of this, Hu Guang focused his attention on what happened after the royal army arrived in the capital. After all, this is the next major event and must be handled well, and the construction of the new army must also be put on the agenda. All of this requires money!

All the problems at the end of the Ming Dynasty were all money! Hu Guang thought so, so he picked up a few small pieces of paper from the imperial desk and looked at it. This was the new food coupon that Hu Zhengyan printed as fast as possible.

The picture is a bunch of rice ears, and then the number of rice ears is used to indicate the number, and different colors are used to divide the weight units. Of course, there are naturally Chinese characters on the edge to illustrate it.

Hu Zhengyan said that because of the rush to work, there was no more details, otherwise it would be more difficult to forge. With this, he could guarantee that no one could make the bright color of the ink.

After reading it again, Hu Guang no longer worried and immediately issued an order to use these to replace the simple food coupons of the past. Then, he took out seven or eight sketches he had hidden, and it was time for Hu Zhengyan to print them according to this.
Chapter completed!