"Good-hearted sir, you can give me something to eat!" Outside the deep house compound, a group of ragged people begged feebly.
"Hurry up, we are not a shantang here!" At this time, people who had been driven out of the big house came to drive them away.
"Master, it's useless for you to push us, we are hungry and can't walk anymore." An old lady knelt on the ground and just didn't go.
That's really people who scold her and don't go and beat her, unless she is dragged away.
But there are not so many subordinates in that house. Besides, those who are begging outside are all old and young women and children, and those subordinates don't want to drag on and cause trouble.
A man with the appearance of a housekeeper walked out of the courtyard gate, frowned as he watched the chaos in front of him, and called a servant to say a few words.
The man responded and ran away.
And it was only half the time, dozens of officers rushed over with iron rulers and wooden sticks.
"Don't be around here. Is this the place you should stay? Follow us. This master Han has already made a porridge shop in other places. Go there!" The leader shouted .
"Guardian, didn't you lie to us?" A refugee asked.
"If you don't leave, you will not be refugees or spoilers. Do you have to beg and beat?" the leader of the guard said angrily.
The desire for fullness finally made the refugees stand up.
It's just that they were really hungry and boring. The old lady who had spoken earlier just got up and sat back on the ground.
"You two are dragging him." The officer pointed at the two refugees next to him.
"Official man, I barely stand up myself." The refugee complained.
"What's so special!" After the officer cursed, he pointed at his own person, so two officers stepped forward and finally dragged the old lady up.
The refugees went away, and the local people watching in the distance retreated. After all, the front of the house was much quieter.
However, refugees appeared on the boundary of the Dengzhou Mansion. Such an unexpected incident eventually caused different reactions from different people.
In that big house, an old man was sitting on the grandmaster's chair drinking tea, and a young man stood beside him, while the previous housekeeper was standing with his hands down.
"Why do these refugees know that they are stuck in front of our house? They are from Zhejiang, how do they know our house
Han Quan, the people you sent us also pretended to be refugees to inquire and see who was against us. "
"Yes, sir." The butler responded hurriedly.
"We came here by boat hundreds of miles away, and I also find it strange.
Han Quan, are the refugees all dressed in tattered clothes? "At this time, the young man asked curiously.
To say that he is seventeen or eighteen years old, but that expression is after all incomprehensible.
"It's nothing to do with you, don't play around with your weird things every day, you should also go out to the sea to practice." The old man said that the young man said.
So the young man responded, "Yes, uncle", but his face finally showed excitement.
At this moment, in a bungalow across from the house, a young man was also talking: "If you don’t come out, I don’t know if a country squire in this place can put up such a big score. It would take officials to drive out refugees. !
If it is said that this Han family peddled goods, the prefect here can hardly escape the relationship, see how I get the evidence to deal with him! "
That person's tone was very hard, but it was the young master Zhu Xizhu who had been chased by the capital after the business shock!
Originally, Zhu Xi had already lost Shang Zhen and their whereabouts.
But his subordinates gave him a trick, and this trick is still a stupid trick.
That is, judging by the situation that the murderers they were chasing had no money to spend.
They all started stealing money and stealing pancakes, and they gave all the money they bought the boat to the seller, but they didn't have time to get on the boat and escape. That means they are out of money.
But anyone who has no money will have to eat.
Zhu Xi's subordinate suggested that all the servants in the surrounding prefectures and counties should go to the countryside, specifically to find out where the kind of small cases such as lost food and lost chickens and ducks occurred.
Not to mention, this trick is really good, although there are also Jin Yiwei looking in the wrong direction, but it is true that there are more small clues to the south who lost their food.
Therefore, Zhu Xi brought a group of people all the way to the Dengzhou Mansion.
Jin Yiwei is the spy organization of the Emperor Jingshi, how could there be no one of them in Dengzhou Mansion
After Zhu Xi arrived in Dengzhou, he did not find any clues to Shang Zhen Bai Yuchuan, but the subordinates of Dengzhou Prefecture reported that the family surnamed Han was suspected of being a smuggler!
How could you not check if you met Zhu Xi
He was the affair of Jingshi Jinyiwei, but he knew more about the situation in the country than people like Shang Zhen.
In recent years, the copper coins of the dynasty have become less and less.
When the dynasty opened, the currency system stipulated that one or two silvers would always be exchanged for one thousand copper coins.
But now only seven or eight hundred coins can be exchanged.
Why are there fewer replacements? That's because a lot of copper coins have been trafficked by those who smuggle overseas!
However, the Han area itself produces less copper, and the production is not as fast as smuggling, making the court's copper money insufficient!
What should I do if it is not enough? So this is the issue of the banknotes of General Treasure Banknotes.
To say that the craftsmanship of Handi's copper coins is naturally well-regulated compared with overseas.
But how can the work on this banknote be too good? It was very worn out soon after it was launched.
However, Zhu Xi knew that if the problem of selling copper money overseas could not be solved, there would be more troubles in the future!
Now he can't go back to Beijing easily, and this time he came out of Beijing and came across a smuggler of copper coins, so how could he leave it alone
That's why he sent Jin Yiwei to stare at the big family surnamed Han day and night, hoping to catch evidence and do a great job himself.
As for the refugees coming from outside the old Han's house today, his subordinates have already inquired clearly.
Where did those refugees come from? It came from the coast of Zhejiang!
According to the refugees, their home was burned by Japanese pirates from the sea, and they were unable to make a living and went northward by boat.
It stands to reason that even if their refugees from Zhejiang are not staying in their own province, they will not be able to reach the mountain province, but there is still a province in between.
It's just that the province is the Nanjing province, and the Nanjing province doesn't let the refugee ship dock at all!
The regional setting of the dynasty was the two capitals and thirteen envoys, totaling fifteen provinces.
The two capitals are the capital of the capital and Nanjing, the capital of the capital is called Beizhili, and Nanjing is also called the Nanzhili.
Listening to this name, Nanjing has a higher status than ordinary provinces.
Nanjing province does not allow this refugee ship to dock, so why don't they go all the way north? Finally came to Shandong province.
To say that these refugees arrived here by boat across a province, Zhu Xi didn't believe it, but he also asked his people to inquire.
But now he is waiting for news, ready to close the net.
It's just that he didn't know that at this moment, outside the old Han's house, there was a person who wanted to spend money to dress up but kept squatting in the corner and watching from a distance. It was a wedding candy.
Shang Zhen and the others saw that Jin Yiwei did not come on their own, and they were also curious, why did Jin Yiwei come here.
Although Jin Yiwei showed up, although they were rich now, they didn't dare to go out to buy a boat.
Yu Xitang squats here every day to look out for the wind.
As for Xitang and Bai Yuchuan, they have already appeared in a ceramic workshop on the outskirts of Dengzhou Prefecture.
"Yes, not bad!" At this time, Shang Zhen was holding a stone in his hand and exclaimed.
Said it is a stone, it is just called convenience, in fact, it is a marble, which is the marble shot by the slingshot of the wedding candy.
The marble used by Shang Zhen was a Go piece stolen from the Jade King's Mansion. After all, it was too light and a bit flat, and it would flutter after a short shot.
However, Bai Yuchuan was well-informed and gave Shang Zhen the idea that the marbles of the slingshots used by others are all fired ceramics.
Shang Zhen's eyes brightened as soon as he heard it.
He could imagine how hard the ceramics made from clay had to be enough.
He inquired from the shopkeeper of the inn that there really is a ceramics workshop in Dengzhou, so Shang Zhen and Bai Yuchuan came.
When Shang Zhen explained his intention, the shopkeeper of the ceramic workshop certainly understood, but they were unwilling to take the job.
Just imagine, put the clay in the mold to make marbles the size of walnuts and lychees, and then you have to burn them with fire. A kiln of this size is not worth tempering at all.
However, after all, they are now rich in Shang Zhen, even though they are all small coins.
But then they just burn a marble with a copper coin, and the money is also rich!
Bai Yuchuan directly offered a high price for Shang Zhen, and as soon as he saw Qian's ceramic workshop's shopkeeper, he agreed.
Shang Zhen and the two of them came yesterday and paid the deposit, but when they come back today, those marbles have already been fired!
Money can make ghosts grind, and money can also burn a kiln of good porcelain!
According to the requirements of Shang Zhen, these porcelain bullets were made into two types, one large and one small.
The big ones are like walnuts and the small ones are like lychees.
The big one is for his own use, and the small one is for him.
With the shout of the shopkeeper, the man loaded two bags of marbles, one large and one small, on the carriage.
Shang Zhen handed over to the shopkeeper as a goodbye, and the carriage went to Dengzhou City.
It is good to have money. Now Shang Zhen and the four of them have moved out of the inn, but they rented a private house in Dengzhou City.
And that private house is not very far from the big family home surnamed Han, and the carriage was also bought by Shang Zhen and them.