Of course, Jing Er knows that the cats are greasy, Beijing warehouse management, soldiers, grain merchants, ship owners and buyers. This has formed a dragon, all to divide the thick benefits from China.
Every year, what is said to be burned, eaten by insects, and dried out is lost in the sea. Are they really destroyed in this way? It is impossible to think about it. Why are there so many people who continue to risk beheading to do this?
Making a living is not just because the benefits are too great, but also because people from higher ups are involved.
The people in the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all clean. Even if some of them are clean, if there are one or two people inside who are mixed up, they only need to use their lips to reveal the truth, and they can gain huge gains. What's the point?
Why not?
In comparison, Tongzhou is too close to the capital, and it can be considered a Tongdu city. People come and go, and people talk a lot. They really don’t dare to act as unscrupulously as Yangcun and Tianjinwei. The normal routine is
Trading in old items for new ones, exchanging inferior ones for good ones, exchanging less for more, or falsely reporting losses, but to be honest, there is still some sense of propriety in all of them.
It was precisely because he was worried that those guys from Yangcun and Tianjin Wei would be too presumptuous and make too much noise, attracting the attention of the newly arrived Shuntian Prefecture and implicating Tongzhou, so he felt that he should act carefully and come and negotiate first.
Please say hello to the people below and wipe your dirty areas first.
Who could have predicted this disaster? If we didn't make preparations, maybe nothing would happen to Yangcun and Tianjinwei, but the first fire would be on our own family. Who let Tongzhou be too close to the capital city?
?
"Okay, we can't take care of other people's affairs, let's just take care of our own affairs. The new official has three things to do when he takes office. Who knows where Xiao Feng Xiuzhan will light the first thing?" Brother Jing waved his hand,
Calm down and say, "From today on, both of you, please go back and stay there. If I see you here again, don't be rude to me. Don't spread rumors about Yangcun and Tianjin Wei, or even go to
Let me give you a heads up over there..."
Lu San was surprised, “Why?”
Wouldn't it be best if someone comes forward to attract attention, and we can steal Qingtai here.
"Hmph, do you think the fire won't burn on our side? If something happens to them, won't they drag people into trouble? You know what they are doing, but others will know nothing about us?" Brother Jing sighed.
He took a breath and said, "I hope this little Feng Xiuzhan won't be so angry and start a big fight."
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Outside You'an Gate, a long line of oxcarts, horse-drawn carriages, and donkey carts were moving slowly. A shiny horse was slowly kicking past. A man in brocade clothes and furs on the horse looked at the cart.
The carriage with the word "Chen" on it was quickly dismounted and trotted over.
"Fourth uncle, why are you here today?" When he came to the carriage, the curtain of the carriage was opened slightly, and the cold wind got in. The old man inside shivered and shivered, and then said impatiently: "Come up and tell me
Bar."
The man in brocade clothes jumped onto the shaft of the car, then got into the carriage. He suddenly felt much warmer, and his attitude was flattering: "Fourth uncle, what kind of wind brought you here today? Didn't you specially supervise my arrival? If I hadn't left,
Here, aren't you trying to make a fuss?"
“Humph, how can I have so much time to supervise you? I just came here to take a look and see how these bastards don’t do their best.” The old man drooped his eyelids and seemed to be a little depressed.
The man in brocade clothes looked at the other party suspiciously. Did this man just get up from some woman's belly? He didn't even look at his own body and bones. He was still struggling like this. Sooner or later, he would die under the woman's skirt. Of course, these were all he could think about.
It's just a thought, I don't dare to show it on the surface at all.
“How is the situation with the Zheng family over there?” the old man asked after being silent for a while.
"Huh, it's been a lot of trouble. We had two fights. Seven or eight people were injured on our side, and things didn't go well on their side either. Two of their legs were broken, and one had a disfigured appearance..." Jin Yipi
Mr. Qiu said proudly: "There has to be someone who comes first, first served. Just because there is a noble concubine in the family, we don't follow the rules? I don't want to go to Xishan to visit. Who has ever climbed up in our Chen family?"
The old man frowned a little irritably, "Xiao Liuzi, find a way to contact the Zheng family about this matter, press it."
The man in brocade clothes was startled, and he couldn't believe his ears: "Fourth uncle, what did you say?"
"I said this matter can't continue to cause trouble. The people over there carried the person to the Wanping County Government Office, and it was a big fuss..." The old man's face was slightly gloomy, "I said hello to Wanping County Government.
, It’s suppressed for the time being, but we can’t continue to make trouble. You go find the person in charge of the Zheng family, and we sit down and talk..."
"Why?" The man in brocade clothes was reluctant and even more confused, "We are just being reasonable, are we talking about the rules? We also have people in Wanping County, don't be afraid, they have the foundation of the Zheng family
We all know that we can't afford to cause too much trouble. If the Wanping County Government wants someone, I'll go..."
"That's not the case." The old man raised his voice: "You think you are righteous, you think you deserve it, but where did the kilns in the west come from? Have they been reported to the county government? Have they been filed?"
The man in brocade clothes was even more incomprehensible, "Fourth uncle, what's wrong with you today? You didn't have breakfast?"
The old man stared at the other party coldly, always looking down at the other party, and then muttered: "These are just a few kilns. Where did they come from? We didn't dig them ourselves? The county government said hello, isn't it?
How many mouths have you registered? Isn’t it always like this? Except for the first batch of registrations in this dynasty, which one has registered later? The West Station is originally a land without owners. Isn’t everyone the same? In this big ravine
Who cares about this? Who can care about this? What's wrong with you, Fourth Uncle, today?"
The old man sighed. He also knew that the people below must not understand. They thought that they had eaten enough and that the Zheng family did not have the upper hand. They also lost the argument. Isn't this the case in Xishan?
Are you too sensitive? That little Feng Xiuzhuan really wants to be in a position to make some political achievements, so he shouldn’t make an argument about it. There are too many people involved here. In the capital city, from the imperial clan
From being a prolific martial artist to being a gentry and civil servant, to being a monk and Taoist priest, no one who can get involved has any background. Why would he want to get involved in this muddy water?
But I know that it is because there are too many interests involved and the battles are too fierce that even Wanping County cannot suppress it and often make troubles. "Today's News" has reported it twice this year alone. This is obviously
Those frustrated people resort to public opinion to make noise, hoping to destroy the situation and break it up, or they hope to destroy it and redistribute it.
The Chen family and the Zheng family are competing for profits, and of course they cannot give in, but if they make too much noise and are taken advantage of by others, this juncture will be pushed to the forefront, and it may become someone else's new official who will be used as a source of fire.
The origin of the first fire is here.
The Chen family is in a bad situation now and can no longer withstand such a torment. The wall has collapsed and everyone has pushed back. Who dares to say that when the Chen family encounters a crisis, no one will come back to take advantage of it?
Therefore, he felt that it was wise to make concessions to the Zheng family, even temporarily or in a measured way, to avoid intensification of conflicts, to survive this turbulent period, and to prevent the Chen family and the Zheng family from becoming a fire-fighting period for the new officials after Feng Keng took office.
"The weather is going to change." The old man glanced at the sky that was gradually getting cloudy, and stretched out his hand from the curtain of the carriage to touch it. Light snow began to fall in the sky again. It was cold in spring. What happened to the weather this year? It was supposed to be
It's getting warmer, but the weather is still like this.
“Is the weather going to change?” The man in brocade clothes was stunned, thinking that there was something in the other person’s words, but seeing the other person reaching out to feel the falling snowflakes, he didn’t react for a moment.
"Let's think about it for ourselves." The old man said calmly: "That's all I have to say. According to my age, I shouldn't be meddling in other people's business. The eldest brother is in charge of the house, and everyone of your generation has grown up.
Maybe my worries are unfounded."
Seeing that the other party's words were a bit serious, the man in brocade became serious and bowed, "Fourth uncle, if what I said earlier was conflicting, please bear with me. My nephew really doesn't quite understand what happened.
, you give your nephew a good talk,..."
The old man took a look at the other party and saw that the other party had become much more submissive. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "In the past few years, everyone here in Xishan has been keeping their heads down and opening kilns. That's because Shuntian Prefecture and Wanping County don't care much about it."
, the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities and the Street Office of the Ministry of Industry did not leave the city, so it was possible to have such a scene. But everyone knows that charcoal is getting more and more expensive and the supply is getting less and less. Except for the imperial palace and some wealthy families,
The supply of firewood is no longer available, and we can only rely on pebbles to support it. But our capital's pebbles mainly come from Xishan. Except for some that the court approved when the dynasty was established, what about others? Everyone is doing it secretly.
Of course, it was mainly because Yuan Xi started to develop thirty years later..."
The man in brocade clothes was puzzled: "It's all like this. I've been here for so many years, and Shuntian Prefecture and Wanping County haven't said anything..."
"Humph, four years ago, the Shuntian government office had intended to rectify the folk kilns here in Xishan. But by chance, the previous governor died of illness and Wu Daonan took over, so the matter was put aside. In addition, there was not much fuss at the Ministry of Works, so it was
Just dragged it down..."
The man in brocade clothes was startled, "Master Wu has resigned?"
"That's not true, but the new Prime Minister has taken office." The old man said calmly: "Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan, this is a master who will make Yongping Mansion angry when he goes there. Do you know that he will go there?
In one year, how many reports and complaints against him were received by the Metropolitan Procuratorate? How many gentry were tortured by him to the point of screaming?"
The man in brocade clothes is no longer afraid. He even likes it: "Feng Keng? That's great. Everyone has a martial arts background. How can he forget his roots?"
"Bah! He is a civil servant now, and he is looking for an opportunity to establish his authority!" The old man was angry and resentful, "Why are you so confused? If you shoot the first bird, maybe those civil servants will force him to surrender.
The name and title prove that you are clear and clear!"
“Ah?!” The man in brocade clothes was shocked, “That doesn’t make sense, does it?”
"Hmph, who knows what the purpose of those civil servants is to bring him back. All in all, the water here is too deep to see clearly. I always think it's not a good thing. The court has always been controversial about the opening of a kiln in Xishan, but no one can
I don’t want to poke this hornet’s nest. Now that Feng Keng is back, you see, someone will definitely instigate this kid behind his back..."
The old man returned to normal and stared at the other party fiercely: "Remember, be honest during this time and say hello to the Zheng family. If they are not stupid, they should stop. The Chen family cannot be the leader, otherwise
I'm afraid I can't even save him, and neither can they."
This chapter has been completed!