Chapter 614 I keep my word and will never break my promise
"Here we come." Wu Zhuangtou put on his rabbit skin coat, got off the kang, walked out of the house, and went to the house of old Li Tou next door, where he picked up Zhenghe's two sons who were 'beating horses'.
Playing horses is a popular game during the Song Dynasty. Playing Shuanglu is a kind of chess game. Because the chess pieces of Shuanglu are in the shape of a horse's head, it is called "playing horses".
They were having fun when they were suddenly pulled out. The faces of the two brothers were so stinking.
"Dad, it's such a winter. If the young master doesn't treat the Duke's house well, why does he come to our village again?"
Wu Zhuang glanced at Tian Qi, who was not far ahead, and glared at the grumbling second son, "Shut up! I don't know that trouble comes from the mouth."
The second child was so angry that he didn't say anything anymore, but he didn't agree with it in his heart. If he dared to give it to Tian Qi, this kid wouldn't dare to talk nonsense.
After walking for a few minutes, the three of them arrived at the private school in the village.
"Sir, Mr. Wu Zhuangtou and the five stewards have arrived and are waiting in the front hall." Buwei walked into the study and reported in a low voice.
Wang Lidong put down the book in his hand, stood up and said, "Where is Chunlan?"
Buwei said: "Already in the front hall, greeting the first few in Wuzhuang."
Wang Lidong led Buwei through the middle courtyard and came to the front hall.
Wu Zhuangtou and four stewards hurriedly packed up their luggage:
"I've met my young father-in-law."
"I've met my young father-in-law."
"..."
"Tou Wu Zhuang, how much did you spend on the rabbit skin jacket you're wearing?"
"Hey, your two sons are better dressed than you. If I read it correctly, they are made of wolf skin. The workmanship should be from Xiang Furui. The shopkeeper will not let such a piece cost 5 yuan.
You take it home."
Wu Zhuangtou felt a sudden change in his heart. He was so anxious to come over just now that he even forgot about this!
He glared at his two sons fiercely and told them not to wear the wolf-skin jackets outside the house. He just likes to show off!
After Wang Lidong looked around, he took an account book from Chunlan's hand and smashed it on Wu Zhuangtou's face, "You are so bold, you dare to take my money!"
Wu Zhuangtou felt a sudden change in his heart. He looked at the account books on the ground, but still pretended to be puzzled and said: "Young Master, why are you greedy for money? You guys have never taken a penny from the village in these years!"
Wang Lidong waved his hand, and several tenant farmers came in outside the hall, and then several of them reported the rent they had paid in recent years.
Chunlan took the account book and marked out the amounts registered by several people one by one.
Wu Zhuangtou, who was covering his cheeks, was dumbfounded when he saw several tenants. He turned around and saw the young man with a joking look on his face, and immediately realized that they had all been fooled.
Wang Lidong said:
"Don't say I won't give you a chance. Take the initiative to explain now. For the sake of five years of hard work, I will consider giving you a lighter sentence. Otherwise... Wu Zhuangtou, you are an old man from the Earl of Xiangyang's Mansion. You should know
My mother’s methods.”
When Wu Zhuangtou thought of Princess Pingning's ruthlessness... his whole body trembled, his legs went weak, he knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed three times in a row, "Young Master, please forgive me.
I’d like to explain...the younger ones have embezzled a total of 1,689 coins in the past few years, and please forgive me...if you forgive me this time, I will definitely change my mind in the future..."
"Dad, what are you talking about? How often have I ever been greedy for the banker's money? It was all your greed, and I didn't get a penny."
"Tou Wu Zhuang, you are greedy for money, don't rely on me. I haven't taken a penny in these years..."
Wang Lidong shouted out the door: "Coach Xu".
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of guards walked in outside the gate. The leader of the group was a strong man with a beard. He was the instructor of the Imperial Army who Princess Pingning had invited from the Marquis of Xiangyang Mansion to teach Wang Lidong boxing.
However, after teaching for less than ten days, I realized that there was nothing left to teach. This person was also a man of honor, so he immediately resigned. However, Wang Lidong stayed on and became the head instructor of the martial arts class at Yaojiazhuang Private School.
Coach Xu walked closer and bowed.
"Little father-in-law."
Wang Lidong pointed at a few people who were arrogant and said: "Drag these people out and give them 20 slaps first... If they are arrogant and refuse to admit it, break the middle leg..."
The middle leg, which leg is that?
Coach Xu was a little confused. Just as he was about to ask, the corner of his eye glanced at a place not far away from the left hand side, and he suddenly realized.
The steward felt a chill down there, and realized something was not good, so he turned around and walked out:
"I am from the Marquis of Xiangyang's Mansion, and your Duke of Qi's Mansion has nothing to do with it..."
This person's brain seems to be a little hard to use. Is there any difference between the two families?
Coach Xu gave a signal, and two guards immediately grabbed the man. "Bang! Bang!" After punching the man twice, he was dragged out of the front hall like a dead dog.
"There are also these three, take them with you too."
Seeing his two sons being dragged away, Wu Zhuangtou, who was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed several times in succession, begging the young master to let them go.
The words haven’t finished yet...
"Stop fighting, I'll attack, I'll attack."
"I recruited, I won 72 wins in five years..."
"...."
After just hitting a few sticks, several people were all attacked, but Coach Xu ignored the people's pleas for mercy and asked his men to hit all 20 sticks.
After the four people were carried back to the front hall, Wang Lidong said: "I said before, as long as you can take the initiative to confess, you will be punished lightly. Wu Zhuangtou is very good. You can tell yourself how much you have been greedy in the past few years."
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Wu Zhuangtou hurriedly confessed: "Back to my young master, I have embezzled a total of 1,252 coins in the past five years."
Wang Lidong said: "I keep my word and will never break my promise. As long as you spit out the money and pay 20 times the fine, then the matter will be over."
After listening to the first half of the sentence, Wu Zhuangtou almost squeaked out with joy. The young master is really a living Bodhisattva, but after listening to the second half of the sentence, he cursed in his heart, which was like a black heart.
A fine of 20 times is equivalent to 25,000 guan. All the possessions he has accumulated in the past few decades are not that much. He is worse than his mother Princess Pingning, so let’s just beat him to death.
Wang Lidong looked at the other four people and said in a cold voice: "You four, if you don't eat the toast, you will be fined with wine. In addition to spitting out the money you have been greedy for these years, you will be fined 50 times more."
Wang Lidong said to Chunlan: "Help them calculate how much fine these people will have to pay in the end, so as not to make a mistake on their own."
Chunlan immediately started writing, and after spending two minutes, she said: "Wu Qi (the eldest son of Wu Zhuangtou) has 6650 guan, Wu Yin (the second son of Wuzhuangtou) has 6650 guan, Yi Dabiao has 4950 guan, and Li Chunlai has 3600 guan."
Several people immediately knelt down and kowtowed. They all said that they didn't have that much money, and at most they could barely make up the amount they had been greedy for over the years.
Wang Lidong sneered and said, "No, Chunlan and Coach Xu, each of you bring a team of men and go and raid all these houses. Bring back their families as well."
"Okay, little father-in-law."
The three of them immediately gathered their troops and exited the private school courtyard happily.
They love confiscating homes the most!
Most of an hour later, Wang Lidong looked at the dozens of land deeds copied from Wuzhuangtou's house and couldn't help but click his tongue.
The most valuable ones are two land deeds in Tokyo. Although they are only two small courtyards, the current land price in the capital is comparable to that of "Beishang Guangsheng" in later generations. I estimate that it can be sold for about 15,000 yuan. Of course, if the debt is paid off,
It is customary to break the fracture, even if it is 7,000 times.
8 small villages, plus an iron mine, are worth about 12,000 guan, which is 6,000 guan if folded in half.
"Wu Zhuangtou, if these count as thirteen thousand guan, you still owe me 12,000 guan. You and your wife can work together to pay off the debt!
The day I pay you back, I will let you go. I keep my word and will never break my promise."
Wu Zhuang spat with his head on the ground. He had already seen clearly that this little bastard had no intention of letting their family go!
Glancing at this guy, Wang Lidong was too big to argue with him. After dealing with the other four people, he and Buwei, each with a large team of men, went to another four farms to ransack their homes.
On January 16, Qi's Carbon Industry sold a total of 790,000 carbon cakes...
The inventory of charcoal cakes is running low and the 'honeycomb stove' is sold out. Wang Lidong makes the decision to start pre-sale mode.
On January 17, Qi's Carbon Industry received a total of 980,000 deposits for carbon cakes....
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In early spring and March, everything revives, and the hormones in animals begin to stir...
Since Wang Lidong introduced "briquettes", the whole capital has rarely heard of soldiers and civilians freezing to death because they could not afford charcoal for heating. This made the current officials very happy, and they immediately promoted Qi's father to the official position.
Deputy Envoy of the Third Department and Salt and Iron Envoy.
The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. I thought I could be promoted to a sergeant, but after waiting for a long time, I was given such a small reward.
The Duke of Qi was depressed about this for more than half a month.
However, there were many people in the capital who were more depressed than him.
In the living room of Sun Zhen's residence, the censor Zhongcheng in the east of the city, the atmosphere was somewhat solemn.
A middle-aged man dressed like a scholar sitting in the lower seat took down the account book in his hand and said dissatisfiedly:
"Why is it so much less? Didn't it sell 530,000 guan in January? Why did it only sell 180,000 guan in February?"
Lu Gongzhu, general magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, explained: "Shao Jing (the second son of Fu Bi who participated in politics) has not had a single snowfall in the capital since the beginning of last month, and the temperature is not as cold as the previous two months. The amount of charcoal used is
Came down.
Moreover, the royal ‘charcoal cake’ launched by the Duke of Qi has a great impact on our charcoal business.”