Bai Zhong put down his teacup, and sneered, "Will my boss be unable to hold on? Are you joking? Do you know who is behind this boss?"
"Who is it?"
"Young Mansion!" Bai Zhong said loudly.
Several wealthy merchants were really shocked.
Bai Zhong smiled contemptuously, "The Zhu family is rich. But no matter how rich he is, how can he be richer than Shaofu?"
"That can't be done." Wu Dabiao waved his hand and said.
Hao Shangjia said: "Knowing that the master is behind the young mansion, the Zhu family is still fighting with the master, what confidence do you have?"
yes! The Zhu family didn't have the confidence to fight Shaofu.
Everyone was waiting for Bai Zhong's answer.
Bai Zhong snorted, "What is the Shaofu? It's His Majesty's private treasury. Can His Majesty's private treasury come out to do business directly? The words of court officials competing for profit with the people can annoy His Majesty to death."
The Shaofu cannot do business, but it can invest money in the owner to do business. Do you think that the fight between the Dong family and the Zhu family was only due to commercial conflicts? You are oversimplifying the problem. "
"what?"
Several wealthy merchants looked at each other in blank dismay, subconsciously followed Bai Zhong's train of thought, and began to think about the tricks inside.
Bai Zhong revealed a little bit, "On the ground in the capital, there are many people who dislike the Zhu family. These years, the Zhu family eats alone, how many people are jealous."
Oh!
All the rich merchants suddenly realized.
It turned out that someone borrowed the master's hand to set up a trap for the Zhu family.
Perhaps the person who dislikes the Zhu family the most is Shaofu.
The Shaofu paid money to the Dong family to let the Dong family and the Zhu family fight in a ring.
Thinking about it this way, the Zhu family is doomed.
The rich merchants turned their minds eighteen times, and they all thought they had guessed the truth. Everyone laughed tacitly, with relief on their faces.
The so-called truth in the eyes of the wealthy businessman is barely counted. Just to reverse the flow.
It's not that someone deliberately set up a trick to dislike the Zhu family.
It was Gu Jiu, the owner, who took the opportunity to set up a trap for the Zhu family, and dragged the Shaofu down.
Anyway, the result is the same.
Bai Zhong smiled, "Is it stable?"
"It's stable! It's stable!" Several wealthy businessmen laughed, their mood was very stable.
Bai Zhong asked: "Do you know how to tell people?"
"Don't worry, Eunuch Bai, we understand the rules. We will never say a word outside."
"That's good. In the future, Dong's family will have good projects, and we will remember everyone."
These words are a surprise to the rich merchants.
"What Eunuch Bai said is true? The boss is really willing to give us a chance?"
Bai Zhong smiled softly, "Get your money ready, there will be time for you to make money."
He didn't want to say more, got up and left.
Don't look at him young, full of posture, with a look of looking down on the world. He learned Gu Jiu's attitude of contempt for others by ten percent.
Several well-informed wealthy businessmen were shocked by him.
After Bai Zhong left, Wu Dabiao said: "As expected of someone who came out of the palace, he just has confidence."
"Who said no."
"Hey, just now Eunuch Bai asked us to prepare silver, what does that mean?"
"What's the point? After the boss kills the Zhu family, it will definitely be a big fight. At that time, we can invest some money in and enjoy the benefits. I heard people say that the Yuhua Lane where we live, when we invested money The people who are here are earning a lot of money."
"I've heard people say that the owner is Mrs. Zhao of Prince Ning's Mansion. Is this reliable?"
"Reliable! I asked someone to find out. Eunuch Bai was working in Prince Ning's Mansion earlier."
"Ms. Chao is just a gimmick. Behind her is Young Master Zhao, King Ning and two great Buddhas. Uncle Cheng En is overestimated. If he goes to the palace, he will definitely lose."
"That's right. Cheng Enbo is used to being domineering, and this time he kicked the iron board. Let's just wait and see the show."
…
After Bai Zhong left Yuhua Lane, he drove to the construction site regardless of the muddy road outside the city.
He came to see Deng Cunli.
During this period of time, Deng Cunli took root on the construction site, and spent all his food and clothing on the construction site.
As soon as Bai Zhong approached, he could smell the smell of sweat all over his body. Almost smoked him over.
"Eunuch Deng, at least you should pay attention to hygiene."
"No time!" Deng Cunli's face was cold and rigid, "What's your order, madam?"
Bai Zhong sat down opposite him, "Madam told me to come over and have a look, and ask Eunuch Deng what's the problem here?"
Deng Cunli said with a straight face: "There are many difficulties. Even if I delay the construction period, the stock of building materials is only enough for five days. After five days, I can only drive the refugees to the mountains to open up wasteland."
Without building materials, the construction site cannot start.
Only by digging ditches and mountains can this kind of pure physical work continue. All technical work has to stop.
But it takes less than eight or nine thousand people to open mountains and ditches.
In other words, if someone has no work to do, he has to go hungry.
The refugees really didn't have food.
One day's work, only one day's food.
In addition, buying a house some time ago emptied the savings of many refugee families.
Once they can't start work and have no food to eat, these refugees will have to rebel.
Bai Zhong hurriedly said: "Madam told you to persist for seven to eight days. She is solving the Zhu family, and there will be results soon."
Deng Cunli frowned, "Can't you hurry up?"
"It won't be long. The household tax officer's audit of the accounts is not something that happens overnight. The court officials are also paying attention to this matter, and they have already begun to argue. In addition, the Zhu family reported his wife's tax evasion, and the household tax officer was ordered to check the accounts. Of course, our Accounts are not afraid of people checking, but checking accounts takes time.”
Deng Cunli frowned, his face looked very bitter.
When I stayed in the capital, I knew it would not be easy to take over this job. However, the difficulty of this task was still underestimated.
He asked: "Aside from checking the Zhu family's taxes, is there no other way for Madam?"
"Yes! Madam asked me to send a message that work will be suspended in three days, and in five days, some refugees will be organized to enter the city and besiege Cheng Enbo Mansion."
Deng Cunli was tongue-tied, "Madam wants refugees to besiege Cheng Enbo's mansion? Are you not afraid of accidents? What should I do if Your Majesty asks for a crime?"
"Madame said she needed a reason. A reason to fight face to face."
Deng Cunli's breathing became heavy, "Madam, do you want to sue the imperial court?"
"I don't know. I'm just conveying what my lady meant."
After finishing speaking, Bai Zhong took out a letter and handed it to Deng Cunli, "This is from my wife, remember to burn it after reading it."
Deng Cunli quickly opened the envelope, took out the letter paper and read it.
In the letter, Gu Jiu really asked him to suspend work in three days, to starve the refugees for two days, arouse the anger of everyone, and then besiege Cheng Enbo's mansion.
Deng Cunli frowned, he could pinch a fly to death, "Madam's move is really risky."
"So Madam asks you to control the scale, it is best to be organized and disciplined."
Deng Cunli nodded, "I understand. I will follow my wife's instructions and handle this matter well."
After Bai Zhong left, Deng Cunli directly ordered, "From today onwards, the daily project volume will be halved, food will be halved, and wages will be halved."
People don't know why.
Deng Cunli didn't explain at all, "According to my request, go quickly! If there are people talking about it, pay attention to guide it to Zhu's house."
When all the stewards heard this, they all understood.
…
After the rainstorm, it was sunny for several days.
On the construction site, the atmosphere is dignified.
The smiles and enthusiasm of the past were gone from everyone's face. Everyone's face was tense, as if a piece of black hair would break completely with a little more force.
For two consecutive days, the project volume was halved, the food was halved, and the wages were halved, which made many working refugees feel panic.
What if there is no work to do one day
What should I do if I have borrowed money for the newly bought house before I live in it
As soon as life has hope, is it necessary to go back to the past and live a life where you can see the bottom of the bowl every day and live without hope
No!
don't want!
Life has just gotten better, and I finally have hope, never go back to the past, don't be a lowly bedbug, a humble refugee.
Looking at the newly built Xincunfang City, there is the future home.
Who can easily give up home
Then look at the stretches of shacks and the wasteland around Fangshi.
The steward said that houses will be built here in the future.
They will have endless jobs and endless wages.
But the Zhu family, the Zhu family wants to rob the owner's property, the land and the house here. Sell the house to someone else for a premium.
These refugees will one day be driven away like livestock, and they will never even think about settling down in the capital.
In the entire capital, only the owner is willing to sell the house to them at such a low price.
Without the owner, they are nothing.
"Damn the Zhu family!"
I don't know who was the first to say this sentence that was suppressed in my heart.
Countless people catered.
"Yes, the Zhu family should die."
"The Zhu family will drive us away if they seize the construction site. They will burn our shack to the ground."
"We can't sit still."
"We went to the capital, and we went to find the official. If the official didn't decide for us, we went to the Zhu family. The Zhu family cut us off, and we fought them desperately."
"Yes, desperately, desperately..."
In the beginning, it was just a small-scale cry.
In the end, it spread to the entire construction site and the entire shack area.
Everyone is clamoring to find the Zhu family desperately.
Many of them are calm and fearful. But their voices are too small to be ignored.
When the steward announced, "Because the Zhu family monopolizes building materials and raises the wages, the owner is unable to support it, and the work will be suspended tomorrow," the anger of the refugees reached its peak.
They surrounded the steward's office area and asked the steward to give everyone an explanation.
Sudden shutdown, what do you eat and drink
In the past few days, the food has been halved, and the wages have been halved. Life is already very difficult. Now that work is still suspended, is it to push everyone into the fire pit
An explanation must be given.
Deng Cunli stood on the earthen platform with a tin trumpet and said loudly: "You want to explain, okay, I will give you an explanation. The Zhu family in Cheng'enbo Mansion wants to take away the entire Nanchengmen New Village and sell your house to them at a high price. Others want to drive you all away. It doesn't matter if you drive to the North City, West City, or East City. As long as you don't get in the way outside the gate of the South City.
In order to force the owner, the Zhu family resorted to despicable means, threatening all merchants to sell out of stock on the construction site, or to raise prices. The houses in Xincun are sold to everyone at a low price, and the supplier raises the price, which is tantamount to raising the cost of the house. The owner was unable to support it, and had to suspend work until the problem was resolved. "
"We want to eat!"
"Yes, we're going to eat."
"Eat, eat, eat..."
The refugees were angry, shouting, and impulsive.
When the fire was over, Deng Cunli said loudly: "I will take you to the Zhu family to beg for food, do you dare?"
"dare!"
The sound shook the sky, and the defenders on the city wall were all shaken.
Is this about to rebel
"Hurry up, everyone go to the city gate and wait in full force."
The defenders of the south gate were like frightened birds, they all climbed up the gate.
The news was reported to Wucheng Bingma Division and the Ministry of War as soon as possible.
The Minister of the Ministry of War was shocked when he heard this.
The tens of thousands of refugees stranded outside the city have always been a serious problem for the capital.
It was not easy for Mrs. Zhao to come forward to resettle these refugees, why did something happen again in the blink of an eye.
"What's going on? What are the refugees doing when they're full? Didn't they all buy a house and settle down? Why did they suddenly start making trouble again?"
"I heard that the construction site has been shut down, and the refugees have no food to eat."
Minister of the Ministry of War was stunned for a moment, "Stop work?"
The subordinate nodded heavily, "It's absolutely true."
"what happened?"
"Don't you know, my lord? Mrs. Zhao fought with the Zhu family of Cheng'en Bo's mansion, and there was a lot of trouble. The Zhu family ordered not to supply goods, who would dare to disobey the Zhu family. So the construction site was cut off from the supply of goods, and there was no way to start work."
Minister of the Ministry of War gritted his teeth, "Absurd! Doesn't the Zhu family know what the consequences will be if the construction site is shut down?"
"The Zhu family just wants to force the construction site to stop working, and force Mrs. Zhao to compromise and bow her head."
Minister of the Ministry of War put his hands behind his back, "This matter has to be guarded against. Send people to watch outside the south gate for 12 hours. You must not let these refugees make a fuss. You also need to send people to tell Mrs. Zhao that work should be started quickly and the The refugees calmed down. By the way, where is the young master Zhaoren?"
"Have you forgotten, my lord? Young Master Zhao asked for leave two days ago, saying that he was sick. My lord personally approved the leave."
Minister of the Ministry of War suddenly felt embarrassed and extremely resentful.
"Did Young Master Zhao know that the construction site would be closed for a long time, so he asked for leave in advance?"
It must be so, it must be so.
Minister of the Ministry of War found the truth through the fog.
"Send someone to the palace to ask Young Master Zhao to be on duty tomorrow, and he must not be absent without reason."
"As ordered. Where is Mrs. Zhao?"
"Call the son to deal with it." The military commander was very angry, but the consequences were not that serious.
The guards at the gate of the southern city strictly guarded against the dead, preventing the refugees from causing chaos.
But they didn't know that five hundred young and strong refugees entered the capital through the west gate and east gate respectively in disguise.
Then there was an organized and large-scale gathering towards Cheng Enbo Mansion.
…
"Hahaha...Father, the construction site outside the south city gate has been suspended. Gu Jiu can't stand it any longer."
Master Zhu Er was very excited.
Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci smiled slightly, and asked the housekeeper beside him, "Is there any result in checking Gu Jiu's tax?"
Steward Zhu shook his head, with hidden worry on his face, "There is no result yet. Instead, our shop was sealed by the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Two to three hundred shops were seized, and the daily turnover is a huge number.
The seizure of these shops meant that the Zhu family suddenly lost a large amount of cash flow that could be used for turnover.
In a short time, there will be no major problems.
It's just that after a long time, coupled with the tax inspection by the Ministry of Household Taxation, Housekeeper Zhu is very worried whether the cash flow of the Zhu family will be cut off.
"Master, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible." Butler Zhu reminded cautiously.
Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci hummed, "Don't worry, Gu Jiu won't last long. I believe this matter will have a result soon."
"Father is right. Tens of thousands of refugees need to eat, and if they stop working for three to five days, it is tantamount to killing those refugees. Just wait a day or two, and Gu Jiu will have to crawl over to his father in despair."
Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci stroked his beard and smiled reservedly, "When Mrs. Zhao comes to the door, remember to be more polite."
The matter is not over yet, everyone in the Zhu family has already started fantasizing about Gu Jiu bowing his head and admitting defeat.
Sure enough, arrogant enough, arrogant enough.
Just as he was happy, the porter boy ran in with a frightened expression on his face.
"It's not good, it's not good, call in."
"Who is calling in? Why panic, speak clearly."
"Yes, yes, those refugees have come in. There are so many people, and they are about to be overwhelmed."
"What? Are you sure it's a refugee?"
The boy nodded repeatedly, "They are refugees, all of them are refugees."
Cheng Enbo Zhu Ci got up immediately and walked outside the door.
Far away, I heard shouts of killing.
"Hurry up, send the guards out quickly. Send someone to go through the back door to inform the Xiuyiwei, Jinwuwei, Wucheng Bingmasi, and the refugees outside the city to rebel!"
The shrill voice pierced the sky.
The Zhu family was terrified by the crazy refugees.
They have never experienced such a scene.
"It must be Gu Jiu, she must have done it. She is going to die with this old man! Crazy, absolutely crazy!"
"Father, what should we do
"Hold on! We must wait until the Jinwu Guards come to rescue us. How dare Gu Jiu do this? Isn't she afraid of angering His Majesty and being questioned?"
"Father, I can't stand it anymore."
"If you can't stand it, you have to stand it. If you really let the refugees rush in, you and I still have lives?"
The refugees were organized and disciplined, and when they got the news that the Jinwu Guard had arrived at the alley. The refugees did not love to fight, they scattered like birds and beasts in an instant, disappeared in the streets and alleys, mixed into the crowd, and disappeared.
The Jinwu Guard who arrived first watched the refugees run away, and it was too late to chase them.
The ground in front of the gate of Cheng Enbo Mansion was a mess, a pair of stone lions were smashed to pieces, and the copper gate was smashed into several holes.
Straw sandals all over the place, rotten clothes and trousers, proved that an amazing riot just happened here.