Fang Xuanling and Dai Zhou came to take advantage of the excitement and returned home happily. Each of them wrote a moral policy and submitted it to Li Shimin.
Although the two people have different perspectives, they both believe that as long as food can continue to be supplied, Gaoling can become an excellent place to absorb the victims, and at least successfully stabilize the refugees caused by the drought.
Li Shimin naturally breathed a sigh of relief and sent Du Zhenglun, a member of Zhongshushe, to various places in Guanzhong to appease the people.
To be honest, in terms of governance, Li Tai has achieved the best that a normal dynasty can do, but whether he can solve the drought still depends on whether God will give him face.
Obviously, God doesn't really want to give face.
So after Dou Lukuan and Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling was soon sent out to pray for rain in famous mountains and rivers.
Because Li Tai's Gaolingding was in front of them, these famous Zhenguan officials could pray for rain without worrying about turmoil, so they went to eat and drink on public funds without worry.
At this moment, as the flow of people increases, the jobs at the dock are slowly being filled.
However, for Li Tai, he already had a lot of space for people to use. Once the docks were full, he could just do other things.
For example, there is an official road with eight carriages running parallel from Chang'an to Gaoling.
For example, with the influx of people, public toilet facilities have to be increased.
For example, before autumn arrives, we can cultivate as much land as we can.
To be honest, Li Tai even wanted to build a sewer system to deal with domestic sewage.
But when I hired someone to dig the sewer, I dug and dug and found a grave that I didn't know whose name it was.
Li Tai suddenly came to his senses. The place where he was staying was called Chang'an, and it would become Xi'an in the future!
At this time, I want to save some money on the sewer system here. Who knows what will be dug down there!
The sewer system that Li Tai originally wanted to excavate while gaining experience was aborted.
Then the only way is to build public toilets and integrate fermentation. In addition, these are all your own property.
Although this thing looks disgusting, in reality, this thing is precious.
Before the emergence of chemical fertilizers or guano resources, this thing was irreplaceable to a certain extent.
Just when Li Tai thought he could smoothly receive these refugees and transform them into Gaoling people,
Bai He came over with a piece of news. Li Tai was stunned when he saw the news and said, "Is the news true?"
"Peacock has already taken the faulty goods to Zheng's house!" Bai He said seriously.
"Just follow Peacock!" Li Tai waved his hand and said, "Let her handle this matter by herself!"
"My slave, I obey!" Bai He heard Li Tai's words and nodded without any intention of arguing.
At this time, the peacock came to the Zheng Mansion in a fierce manner, followed by carts filled with linen!"
Seeing the peacock's battle, Zheng Mingshang immediately welcomed the peacock in and said, "Yu Xin, this is..."
"Father, I kindly wanted to build a bridge for the Zheng family, and I got a business deal of 100,000 pieces of linen.
In the end, is this how the Zheng family treated me? It’s okay to use the bad as the good. If it shrinks by more than one level, I don’t care.
But some of the linen actually tore apart with just one pull. What did the Zheng family think I was?
Or do you think it’s me who is easy to bully, or Prince Yue’s house?” Peacock shouted at Zheng Mingshang angrily.
"Yu Xin..." Zheng Shangming said, "How many unqualified pieces of cloth are there in here? I will replace it, I will replace it!"
"Father, more than 70,000 of the 90,000 pieces of cloth have problems. Even if you spend all the money from the big house, you won't be able to fill this hole!" Peacock said, "The Zheng family cloth shop has such a big problem, no matter what
How do I need to explain it to Prince Yue's Mansion?"
Hearing this, Zheng Shangming couldn't help but froze, and his head felt a little buzzing and dizzy.
To be honest, Zheng Fengchi had always told him not to be greedy for money from the Yue Palace, so he always gave him cloth according to the standard, and the quality was at least above average.
But in the other rooms of the Zheng family, after confirming that the linen was for ordinary people to wear, and then finding out that the person who really managed this business was Peacock, they must have had a wrong idea.
Especially when the second delivery was made, Peacock chose to let them all go, which directly increased their burden.
After all, 100,000 pieces of cloth are not something that can be collected by just scraping together, so the shoddy pieces of cloth will be disposed of directly by taking advantage of this opportunity.
But they really didn't expect that even though it was well disguised last time, the peacock didn't even notice.
As a result, this time it was just a few million extra pieces of cloth, and the peacock blocked the door with these pieces of cloth.
Peacock looked at Zheng Shangming who was a little unsteady on his feet and continued:
"Now I still have this batch of goods in my hand. I came to the Zheng family today, and I don't want to hurt the relationship with the Zheng family.
My father discussed with uncles and uncles that as long as the goods are replenished today, these low-quality linen cloths can be exchanged.
Then I’ll just pretend this never happened!”
"This..." When Zheng Mingshang heard Peacock's words, he thought with his toes and knew that he would never be able to get it out of his own room!
"Father, when we had a big business deal, I didn't forget about the Zheng family.
Now that something has happened, I still hope that the Zheng family can get over it privately, and I also hope that the Zheng family will not make it difficult for me.
If I cannot complete the tasks assigned by the King of Yue, I will naturally die, but the Zheng family will definitely be implicated."
Peacock said threateningly and complaining.
"This..." Zheng Mingshang frowned. It would not be difficult to break the contract signed by Peacock.
But this time, if we offend the King of Yue, can the Zheng family really continue to live in Chang'an?
"Father, make your decision. Today I will be here at the Zheng family, waiting for you to make your decision!" Peacock said.
"I'm going to discuss this with the housekeepers!" Zheng Mingshang said to Peacock, "I will definitely give you an explanation."
"I'm waiting for your decision!" Peacock said to Zheng Mingshang calmly, and then sat down.
Peacock watched Zheng Mingshang leave and couldn't help but sigh silently.
Originally, I had already made a decision. As long as my father put all the problems on the other families, I would just let the bad guys arrest them and pay off their debts.
In this case, all the Zheng family's property fell into the hands of his father.
Whether you want to take it away or not in the future, it will become quite easy.
But it is obvious that his father does not want to use the death of others to pave his own path. If this happens, the people in other houses of the Zheng family will at most lose their vitality, and I am afraid that they will hold grudges against themselves and their father!
"Calculating this group of people is really meaningless!"
The peacock's eyes glanced at the Zheng family, which he had always thought was majestic, but after hanging around under Li Shi's men, when he returned here, he felt that the Zheng family was a bit too small.
In fact, Zheng Mingshang had a very long discussion with other members of the Zheng family.
First, Zheng Mingshang lost his temper and spread the news that Peacock had discovered these inferior cloths.
Then a group of people gathered around Zheng Mingshang to complain, like the time was too short, the construction period was too long, Peacock really didn't know what to do, they were all members of his family, and they didn't know how to be accommodating.
All in all, no matter how we discuss the appearance of a sentient being, once it has been discovered, we must find a way to solve it. In the final analysis, this is the product of the King of Yue, not the product of the peacock.
At least, the peacock came from his own home, leaving room for detours in this matter.
As soon as this happened, Peacock came to the Zheng family to find a solution together, hoping to cover up the matter.
But the problem now is that the Zheng family really can't produce qualified linen in a short time.
After all, this thing is strictly money. If one hundred thousand pieces of cloth can be easily obtained, then the Zheng family will not use these substandard cloths to disguise themselves.
Under such circumstances, the Zheng family finally came to Peacock to discuss a solution together.
"Yu Xin..." At this time, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but it was the second room who spoke first.
However, Peacock stretched out his hand and interrupted the second room, saying: "Second uncle, my name is Peacock, and I will handle this matter on behalf of the Yue Palace."
"Okay, okay, Peacock!" the second roommate said quickly, "We really can't afford 70,000 linen replacements now.
How about we refund the money we earned in the last two times, niece Peacock, please be kind and let our family go!"
"Is this what you all mean?" Peacock looked around and finally landed on Zheng Mingshang and said seriously.
"Yuxin, if the Zheng family still has linen in stock, they will definitely supply it to you, but they really can't get it together in a short time."
Zheng Mingshang paused slightly here and continued,
"The King of Yue is currently managing the refugees in Gaoling, and we also know a thing or two about the uses of this cloth.
We just hope that this matter can be solved with money. If not, then at least give us an idea and let us consider it!"
The peacock's eyes seemed to be dimmed with tears, and he said:
"You also know that the King of Yue is dealing with the refugees!
As I said at the beginning, the King of Yue could go to the Ministry of Revenue to exchange for linen.
It’s just that I thought there was a profit here, so I took over this matter and left it to the Zheng family to prepare, but now it seems that I was wrong!
The King of Yue needed clothes for the refugees instead of money.
If our Zheng family is unable to provide clothes to the refugees due to corruption, the King of Yue still has other options.
But I...even the entire Zheng family is afraid that I will never be able to do anything for the King of Yue again."
Zheng Mingshang gritted his teeth. Zheng Mingshang had personally experienced difficulties in setting up this line with the King of Yue.
In particular, the better Li Tai's performance is, the higher the value of matching up with the King of Yue will be.
Under such circumstances, the Zheng family would not give up on the King of Yue no matter what. To be more precise, they would be given up by the King of Yue.
Because being abandoned by the King of Yue is very likely to be the first building block of the Zheng family to fall. What will happen next, Zheng Mingshang cannot even imagine.
So at this time, Zheng Mingshang said decisively, "Yuxin, just tell me what you think, don't hide it!"
Peacock calmed down his emotions and said:
"First of all, I bought these inferior cloths at one-tenth of the price and used them for emergencies anyway.
To be honest, I don't think so much is needed, but if I continue to ask the Zheng family to take it back, I'm afraid I won't feel at ease.
The second point is that I want the raw material supplier of Zhengjia Ampoo, and I will get the thread directly from the raw material supplier.
If the Zheng family cannot make linen, then I will make it myself.
If the Zheng family wants to get off the boat, they can get off the boat, but I am already a member of Prince Yue’s Mansion, I can’t get off the boat!”
"You cruel and poisonous woman, your surname is Zheng! Brother, you must not do this. This raw material merchant is the foundation of the Zheng family.
And even if you can't buy one-half of this inferior cloth, you can still buy one-third of it.
If we really do this, I'm afraid we will all spit out the profits we made!" Soon people in several rooms started shouting loudly.
"It seems that the Zheng family does not accept my sincerity in wanting to reconcile!"
Peacock's face changed, and he was about to leave, saying,
"Since we can't reach an agreement, then just think that I was blind and mistrusted my own family!"
But the peacock only took a few steps and stopped because Zheng Fengchi walked in from outside.
"Yu Xin is here!" Zheng Fengchi walked in and said with a smile on his face,
"I stood outside and listened for a while, and realized what happened. We were wrong.
The Zheng family has always been based on integrity, so they donated all the low-quality cloth to the King of Yue, as if the Zheng family was contributing to disaster relief this time.
What a family says about money and not having money is so outrageous!"
"Peacock thanked Grandpa on behalf of the Yue King!" Seeing Zheng Fengchi's words, Peacock's face changed and he saluted Zheng Fengchi,
"Grandpa came back and thought that the Zheng family still had many internal matters to deal with, so I won't disturb you anymore and I'll take my leave first."
"Yeah!" Zheng Fengchi looked at the peacock and said slowly,
"Yuxin, although you have changed your name, you have not changed your surname. You have done a good job remembering that you are from the Zheng family this time."
"Peacock bid farewell!" Yuxin saluted after hearing Zheng Fengchi's words and left.
Because Yu Xin knew very well that with Zheng Fengchi here, she would not be able to take advantage of the Zheng family.
After returning from Zheng's house, Peacock knelt at the door of Li Tai's study, seriously admitting his mistake.
"Get up." After Li Tai came back, he looked at the peacock and said calmly.
Just as Peacock was about to say something, Li Tai said: "I know what happened to you. I bought 80,000 pieces of linen for the price of one layer. Although the quality is not good, I have completed the task. I have nothing to blame."
"This is the fault of Peacock, please ask the King of Yue to punish you!" Peacock did not dare to get up at this time.
Li Tai waved his hand and said, "Get up, you have done this matter flawlessly.
You used your dowry as collateral to take out a loan, and you were prepared to buy this linen cloth if the Zheng family gave them all genuine goods today.
It’s very brave to pay for your own mistakes with your own money!
Don't be so brave next time, those things are your only net worth, there is nothing worth risking all your net worth on these days.
Even I... don’t have to."
Peacock couldn't help but be stunned when he heard what Li Tai said. He originally thought that Li Tai would praise or be moved if he knew about it.
"I appreciate that you can think for yourself and solve problems by yourself, but don't do this kind of thing again next time."
Li Tai said with a bit of sadness:
"In addition, I will go back to the Zheng family tomorrow and say that I am grateful to the Zheng family for the gift of 70,000 pieces of linen, and I will continue to receive the Zheng family's linen in the future.
One thousand horses per month, paid in one hand and delivered in one hand.
But if problems arise again, then the Zheng family will find someone else to look for. I can’t stand such a deceptive guy."
Li Tai walked up to Peacock, wanting to pat Peacock on the shoulder to encourage her, and said, "It's up to you to supervise this matter."
Li Tai stretched out his hand. The peacock had begun to grow, so it was a little taller, but he didn't have it. It seemed that he could only pat it on the abdomen...