The expression on Lu Dashun's face changed from respect and anticipation to astonishment in an instant. He never thought that Qin Yining's topic would suddenly turn to him.
"Princess, how can I..." His unspoken question was swallowed back in his mouth when he met Qin Yining's clear-eyed gaze.
The scene fell into a dead silence for a while.
There were no stupid people present, and even if they didn't understand it when the incident happened, they now understand when they sit down and think about it.
Shopkeeper Zhong Da lowered his head and did not speak, his black hair was facing Qin Yining, trying his best to hide his thoughts.
Qin Yining sighed helplessly as he looked at this young man who was not yet the weakest.
It seems that people's temperament will change with the change of the environment.
When she saw Lu Dashun for the first time, this person was still holding back. At a glance, she knew that he was temporarily hired by the shopkeeper Xia to top the tank. He was wearing a bunch of new good materials and his hands and feet were nervous and didn't know where to go. put.
But in the past few days, he had already learned to calculate, and learned to come to her to make a stumbling block for shopkeeper Zhong Da and shopkeeper Xia. She has long been dissatisfied with the shopkeeper Xia, but the shopkeeper Zhong is loyal to her, and she has always trusted her. It can be seen that Lu Dashun's ambition is not small.
Qin Yining couldn't help but feel some emotion. If there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
In the past, when there were not many people around her, little girls knew that they had to stop each other. Now that there are more people, as long as the relationship involves interests, who is overpowering who and who can show his face, it becomes more and more difficult to distinguish.
Seeing that Qin Yining didn't speak, Lu Dashun was already a little panicked. She said anxiously: "Princess, calm down, the villain is not dissatisfied with you, nor is he trying to hide his secrets, it is really because Manager Xia was promoted by Manager Zhong Da, and Manager Zhong is your confidant, if the villain is rash I'm afraid I won't be able to win your trust in you, 'hearing is false, seeing is believing', since the little one is destined to become the concubine's subordinate, naturally I don't want you to be kept in the dark, and I hope the concubine will see it!"
Qin Yining smiled.
In fact, half of what Lu Dashun said came from the heart. He was indeed forced to resort to this strategy because shopkeeper Zhong Da was too close to Qin Yining, and shopkeeper Xia was one-handedly drawn by shopkeeper Zhong Da.
But Qin Yining also understands that there is also a hidden element of selfishness in this. But everyone has selfishness, and she won't expose it.
"Don't be nervous. I understand what you're thinking. Maybe you don't know much about us. That's why you only need to speak straight in the future. You are a kind person, and as long as you do business seriously, you will naturally be reused." Qin Yining smiled and said sincerely.
When Lu Dashun heard the words, he saluted excitedly and said, "Thank you, Princess! Thank you, Princess!"
"Get up, you don't have to do this big gift." Qin Yining smiled and looked at the shopkeeper Zhong Da, raised his eyebrows narrowly, and joked: "The shopkeeper Zhong Da won't take revenge on him, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Lu Dashun's heart skipped a beat. The princess seemed to be asking the shopkeeper Zhong Da, but she was actually calling him - they all understood his careful thoughts, but they didn't expose it!
Lu Dashun originally thought that he was able to rise to the fore. He was really a smart and powerful character with unlimited potential, but now it seems that he was too conceited and became a laughing stock instead.
This time, Lu Dashun lowered his head convincingly this time, and said, "Don't dare."
The shopkeeper Zhong Da knew in his heart that Qin Yining was asking him on the surface, but he was actually supporting him, and he felt more and more guilty and frightened in his heart.
"Princess, I made such mistakes because I was incompetent and didn't know people well, and I really don't deserve to be forgiven by the princess. I already know my guilt. The shopkeeper Lu San was just speaking out in front of you, and he didn't do anything wrong. , even if the shopkeeper Lu San is really at fault, and the princess will punish him, how dare this old man take revenge in private."
Qin Yining smiled and waved his hands: "Let's all sit down and talk. We are all our own people, for the same purpose."
Shopkeeper Zhong Da saluted and took his seat.
Lu Dashun was shocked again.
What the shopkeeper Zhong Da had just said was telling him that even if the shopkeeper Zhong Da really did something wrong, there would still be a princess who would punish him. As a shopkeeper, he was not qualified or in a position to make small moves in private.
Lu Dashun's forehead was sweating. It seemed that he was too arrogant and complacent, that he forgot his duty, and that the people in front of him were all powerful people.
Qin Yining instructed the maid to refill the tea with snacks, and chatted with the two for a while, but there was no sign of being irritated by the shopkeeper Xia at all.
This obvious contrast made the shopkeeper Xia more arrogant, while Qin Yining became more and more secretive.
"There are two more things to trouble the two of you to do next."
"Princess, please order."
The two responded, and both stood up and bowed their hands.
Qin Yining said: "The old capital has not been peaceful in these years. Back then there was famine and war. After catching up with the earth dragon and turning over, it was even more difficult for the people. Although my village has raised a lot of refugees, it can't save all of them. But I still don’t want to give up what I can do my best. So I plan to exempt all tenants under my jurisdiction from rent for one year. Manager Zhong Da, I have to trouble you to do this, Manager Lu San Just help."
When the shopkeeper Zhong Da heard the words, he immediately nodded in understanding.
But shopkeeper Lu San was a little surprised.
Others don't know, I was with the shopkeeper Xia a while ago, but I figured out how many industries Qin Yining has. Although those industries are not written in her name, if the food produced by those lands catches up In a good year, the rent paid is enough to support an army. All these renters are not collected, what a sum it will be!
"Princess, you..."
Qin Yining smiled and waved his hand, "Money is something outside the body, not to mention that back then I was a saint who was ordered by Tianjizi to protect the fortunes of the country, and Wentian did it, but now it's just some rent, and it's my origin. Minute."
When she said this, Lu Dashun remembered that although he was not in the old capital back then, he had also heard a little about the grandeur of the Holy Maiden Wentian. In the Dayan Dynasty, it will be as loud as a heavenly machine.
Lu Dashun nodded again and again.
But the shopkeeper Zhong Da understood that Qin Yining didn't just want to do good deeds.
Back then, she took in many refugees, and bought the land of many people who wanted to escape with her own money, so that everyone could have money to escape, but she didn't expect good people to have good rewards, and the soldiers and horses led by Pang Xiao entered the old days. There was no massacre of the city at all, and no trampling of the fields. The soldiers and horses were all well-behaved. When the people who fled for their lives came back, they had nowhere to go, and no way to survive.
But Qin Yining took in all such common people, and most of her village was filled with these common people.
At the beginning, they were very grateful for the favor of the "great landlord". It's just that a large part of them didn't know that the owner behind Zhuangzi was Qin Yining. Doing more of these now is nothing more than to make those refugees who have been favored once again recite the benefits of the past, at least when the shopkeeper Xia has done bad things, don't make a fool of yourself.
Shopkeeper Zhong Da followed Qin Yining for a long time, and his guess was not bad.
Qin Yining is still very confident in her popularity. Even if she doesn't mention the things she took in at the beginning, when Dilong turned over, she came to relieve the disaster in the old capital and the people of Yangxian's generation should all remember the benefits of her and Pang Xiao. It's just that they didn't deliberately promote this time, and many people who came from other places didn't know about it.
I believe that if you build momentum with your heart, you will naturally be able to build a good relationship among the people. As long as you have the support of the people, other things will be easier to handle.
When Qin Yining was planning the affairs of the shopkeeper Xia Da at home, Pang Xiao was in chaos in the Pingnan army camp.
In recent days, the "suppression of bandits" has continued. Pang Xiao took turns to bring out many brothers, but only those who were on his "black list" at the beginning were left behind. This has made these people very upset. Later, the so-called "gangsters" no longer dared to walk on the road, because whether they were walking on official roads or small roads, they carried the big shopkeeper with the flag of the four-way number to make a face, or they disguised themselves as other merchants and transported them out of the city. The goods have not been robbed once.
Moreover, they are only allowed to enter, not to go out. This led to the interruption of the foreign trade of Sitonghao.
The people on the Sitong number were devastated. Those in the barracks who haven't received military pay so far are also very aggrieved. If everyone doesn’t get paid, it’s fine, and every day I see other brothers in the same camp get paid, but I don’t. What kind of mood would that be
Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner in Pang Xiao's plan,
On this day, about 1,000 people who had started the rebellion at first, and who had apparently been secretly bribed, finally gathered on the school grounds.
"Your Highness is unfair!"
"Why does the lord only take them and not us!"
"Don't give us the spoils yet!"
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These people are even more angry than the first time they made trouble, and it involves their own interests, and no one is willing to give in.
Pang Xiao was wearing a black bunt, and his hair was neatly tied in a high bundle. He stood on the school ground with his hands behind his back, and looked blankly at the noisy and fierce crowd in front of him. Although he had a thorough understanding of human nature for a long time, he was still somewhat depressed when he saw that these soldiers worked harder to pursue their own interests than to kill the enemy in battle. What's more, they are not loyal, they have been secretly bribed long ago, and they stayed in the Pingnan army camp to monitor his situation anytime and anywhere, with the intention of plotting evil.
Everyone was noisy, and gradually became more and more serious because of Pang Xiao's silence.
When the noise reached an intolerable level, Pang Xiao said solemnly, "All shut up."
Standing behind Pang Xiao, Hu Zi, who had been patient for a long time, immediately stood up and shouted: "Shut up, listen to the prince's orders!"
There are also those men who followed Pang Xiao to suppress the bandits many times, and said in unison: "Listen to the command of the marshal, listen to the command of the marshal!"
More than a thousand people shouted and yelled, but they couldn't match the same thousand people's scolding. In terms of momentum, they were 10% weaker, and they shut up one after another.