The drizzling rain was falling, while Ning Zhong was standing in front of the window looking at the rain lines outside. There was a foggy feeling in the trance. The ground was not like the rain in summer, and the bubbles were splashed. The sound of rustling seemed to be forever. Will never stop.
"The New Year will be in another month, so this year should still be so lively, right?"
Ning Zhong mumbled to himself. The wind blew in from outside, hitting him with a hint of coolness, shivering slightly.
I made the window bigger, and Ning Zhong went back to the chair and sat down, stroking the delicate and smooth armrests of the chair with his hands. It was hard to say what it was like.
"Master, it's time to eat." With the knock on the door, the butler reminded him, standing in the corridor outside.
"No hurry, let them eat first, you come in and ask you something." Ning Zhong didn't have the idea of eating, he didn't seem to be hungry yet.
"Master, what do you want to know?" The butler opened the door and walked in, standing next to Ning Zhongze respectfully, and asked softly.
"Has Zhang Zhong from Luzhou acted recently? I mean, did you send someone to persuade the local people to go to Luzhou." Ning Zhong asked, stroking the broken hair on his forehead that had just been disturbed by Feng Shui.
"In reply to the master, no, after more than 10,000 people passed by, only 5,000 people followed, and the other people are still safe."
The butler returned carefully, deliberately speaking about the affairs of the more than 5,000 people who went there later. He knew that the master was in a bad mood now, and the impeachment account had worked, and the court did not continue to hold accountable, so the Ning family was hiding. After a while, the effect was just that. There was nothing in Zhang Zhong's place. The court had never sent anyone to investigate, and he didn't even see the reprimand.
Who said that the emperor Shan Gao was far away? It seems that the imperial court had known what happened here. Zhang Zhong was unscathed. The news that he bought from the capital was that the emperor had suppressed the impeachment of Zhang Zhong. If you stay in the middle school and don't send it out, you will stop directly at the Zhongshu Provincial Government, and the people under the school won't be able to see it.
This is the bias. In the normal situation, there should be a proposal from the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Science and Technology should make a decision. The emperor will approve it. It is only right for the Ministry of Education to send relevant people here to verify it. It seems that the entire court has approved Zhang Zhong. What I did here, the reply to the master is not correct.
I also mentioned the issue of gale, but the word "not correct" means a lot. It feels that the loss caused by the gale is not pursued, but it is written in front of it, written by the emperor, and sent by Shang Shusheng. After it came out, the words of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province were added, which means that the wind cannot be resisted by humans.
The emperor’s reply was not that simple. It would make sense if the hurricane in Qinzhou didn’t deal with Zhang Zhong’s affairs. What I was most afraid of was another meaning, this time he would not be held accountable for malicious impeachment.
If you really want to know what it means, you can write another impeachment paper and send it. It will be clear which kind of reply the emperor belongs to, but would anyone dare to do this? In case it is the last meaning, if you go to impeachment, it will be corrected.
Ning Zhong was very depressed because he thought of the last possibility. More than 15,000 people were gone, and they went to Luzhou to help repair things. Really, the Ning family is now better than Zhang Zhong. The family is rich and has greater influence than Zhang Zhong's, mainly because the Ning family's money has been spread out.
This is the most unacceptable thing. Generations of the Ning family have come to shop for this stall, and they will spend a little bit if they make a profit. The stalls that are spread out are bigger than those of the Zhang family. But the money the stall made was dozens of times more than the Ning's, or even hundreds of times.
Zhang Zhong was always able to draw out a lot of money, and there was even money to build post roads in Guangzhou Mansion, and money to build canals to the imperial court. It was not nominally that Zhang Wang’s family paid the money, but the official signs. The imperial court did not give any notice of merit for this kind of thing.
Ordinary people don't know, doesn't the court also know it? The emperor doesn't know? One hundred thousand coins, the Zhang family took it out without asking for anything. It's no wonder that the emperor would suppress the impeachment of Zhang Zhong. The tax paid by Luzhou last year was only more than ten thousand coins. Twenty thousand sticks.
There were less than 30,000 Guans in this prefecture, including the conversion of tribute. Those who dare to spend money are indeed guaranteed. The emperor has benefited this time, so the emperor will naturally guarantee it.
This makes people wonder, what benefit can Zhang Zhong get from the canal? What benefits can make him earn one hundred thousand guan? Treacherous minister, Zhang Zhong is a traitor. He gave some ministers over there something called a sofa, and he also gave them something called cement to repair pavilions and flower beds.
He is clearly a villain. Which gentleman can do something like this? Pooh! Isn't it just a few pieces of furniture? Tomorrow I won’t use it here, the chair, and the folding table. I didn’t see anything good.
Ning Zhongze still touched the armrest of the chair with his hand, degrading and degrading this set of furniture that Luzhou had sent for free in his heart. What kind of broken things, just sitting on the chair under the bottom for a long time, it will become damp again. It's wet, with a cotton pad, and the same goes for sitting on the futon.
The more I thought about it, the more angry, Ning Zhong patted the armrest with his hand, and said to the housekeeper: "Tomorrow, I will put all these things sent from Luzhou... in the living room. Long-term use makes people lazy, and they don't need it in the study. "
"Yes, the master, the two-story bed that the little boy usually sleeps in and can be played in the living room should also be sent to the living room?" The butler agreed and asked again.
He was afraid that the master would let everyone put the things Luzhou sent in the living room. He also took a table with rivets and leather. He didn’t know how to make it. It looked very comfortable, especially The drawer, please pull it out, and the chair that matches the table, which can be turned back and forth, the deerskin surface, the mahogany shelf, and the cotton and bamboo cushions. I really want to take it out. Distressed.
Ning Zhong also knew that these things were comfortable to use, but he felt uncomfortable, and he hesitated. "Just move the study and leave the others alone. After all, they were sent from Luzhou, even if they are awkward to use. Give Zhang Zhong a face."
"Yes, my lord is benevolent and righteous, and give Zhang Zhong a face." The butler was relieved.
"Well, let's go to dinner if there is nothing else." Ning Zhong is very clear about the thoughts in the minds of the people who have obtained these furnitures, who don't like to use good things, and this thing is very valuable, so he sits on the chair underneath. , Don't want to buy it without eighty quinces.
These items are still matched. You can't just buy one, right? Calculated according to the same level, if you buy a set of the study, don’t even think about it if you don’t have five hundred tongs. If you buy this, there are supplementary tea sets. If you buy a tea set and have tea, I want to be decent and set up a thousand guan. A study room, almost done.
What is the cost? How much money can the Zhang family make from it
Even if Ning Zhong is full of hostility towards the Zhang family, he still has to admire other people's means of making money. There are people in thatched cottages, but not many. Why do you want to live in such a house and you still don't have the ability to make money
My family can do this, not to mention those people who have no conflict with Zhang Zhong.
The butler didn't care what the master thought, as long as he didn't let him take out what he got, he agreed and retired.
Ning Zhong reluctantly touched the armrest of the chair again. The longer the mahogany was used, the darker the color and the better it looked. Listening to the sound of rain outside, he took a deep breath and didn't wait for it to come out. , The butler who had just left is back again, still holding a letter in his hand.
"Master, there is another news coming from the capital, Master, please look over." The butler lowered his head slightly, his waist was not as straight as before, and he raised his eyes to look at the master. He was afraid that the master would suddenly change his mind. Continue to let him deliver things to the living room.
Ning Zhong didn't think so much. He took the letter and took a closer look. There was no trace of being opened. He opened it little by little, from top to bottom, looking from right to left.
Looking at it, I lost my mental head. I leaned back on the chair and threw the letter at the housekeeper, and asked, "Do you know what cement is?"
The housekeeper finally caught the letter before it fell on the ground. He didn’t wait to read it, and listened to the master’s question. He immediately said: “I heard that Luzhou made it, and it seems that it can be used to repair roads and build seawalls. Luzhou is now I bought iron wire, ironware, steel wire and steel at a high price from various places, and I don’t know what it was for."
"Just look at the letter and you will know. Another profitable business has come out. Send someone to investigate. In any case, you need to know how the cement is made. With this Ning family, you don’t need to shrink in Qinzhou. Seek alive all over the place."
Ning Zhong took a few breaths, staring at the rain outside the window and said.