Since His Royal Highness the King of Chu wants the behind bars faction to shine, it is natural that he must prepare the necessary supporting equipment.
In the afternoon of the same day, all family members were notified that starting from tomorrow, they can visit the prisoner at any time. Of course, a maximum of two people from a family can visit the prisoner, and each visit should not exceed half an hour.
So the next day, brothers and nephews from various wealthy families flocked to the prefect's Yamen and asked to visit the prisoner.
Naturally, Li Heng had already received His Highness's order. Although he secretly cursed this little fat man for being such a troublemaker, he did not dare to neglect it at all and ordered someone to clear out a row of rooms for wealthy people to meet their families.
According to the registration order, the first batch of family members will go into the private room first to wait.
After a while, the jailer brought the prisoner in, and crying could be heard in the interview room.
Zhu He was one of them. Those who came to visit him were his younger brother Zhu She and his eldest son Zhu Chang.
When the three of them met, they naturally hugged each other and cried.
"Woo, dad, I thought you were going to lose your head that day..." Zhu Chang burst into tears. "But it scared me to death, wu wu..."
"Oh, I thought I was dead." Zhu He also said with tears in his eyes: "I fainted from fear at that time. When I woke up, I found that I was back in prison."
"Brother, what kind of medicine is Guanfu Gourd selling?" Zhu She asked in confusion: "Is it just to scare you that I go to all this trouble?"
"Why, are you still sorry?" Zhu He gave him a blank look.
"Brother, what are you talking about?" Zhu She suddenly changed his expression and said, "I don't mean that!"
"I know." Zhu He nodded. All the property of the Zhu family belongs to Dafang. Even if he is beheaded, the property will belong to Zhu Chang and it will not be Zhu She's turn to get involved."
"Dad, let's be serious. The government asked us to come to visit. Do they want us to pay for the ransom?" Zhu Chang was twenty-five and six, and thought he knew his way around the country.
"Yes, brother, every household is here." Zhu She also nodded and said: "After receiving the letter yesterday, I sent people to the Yamen to inquire about the news, but I only know that it should be a good thing."
Although the officials are all from other places, the secretarial offices and subordinate staff in the yamen are all locals. How can we not buy the face of these big families?
For example, they have been in prison for so long, but they have not eaten a day in prison. Three meals a day are sent in from home. After eating, they drink Longjing, the newest drink this year. There are even Yangzhou masters who come to the prison regularly to give them baths and pedicures.
Shaving is not a sin at all.
If the two highnesses were not in charge of Suzhou and the Yamen did not dare to go too far, they could go home and sleep every night.
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"It's hard to say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing." Zhu He said cautiously, "But I finally have a chance to go out."
"That's good, that's good." Zhu Chang thanked God after hearing this: "Father, as soon as something happens to you, I will send someone to send a letter to the third uncle and ask him to quickly find connections to rescue you. But the third uncle replied the day before yesterday and said that the two highnesses
In Suzhou Town, the Criminal Department doesn't dare to blatantly recruit people. At most, they just hold off until things change."
"The two highnesses cannot stay in Suzhou forever. Only when they return can things turn around." Zhu She continued: "But the third brother also said that this matter has been registered with the prince, so I'm afraid it won't be delayed.
So long."
"..." Hearing that even the prince was concerned, Zhu He sighed and said, "Okay, don't count on the capital. Let's follow the rules drawn by King Chu..."
After a pause, he said a little depressed: "After you go back, you go find Zhu Ping first... He should be back. Do you know where he lives?"
"I know. I went out yesterday afternoon and met him in Lianqiao." Zhu She nodded and said, "Tell me that Zhu Ping is back and staying at his house."
"Huh, I didn't bump into him. He told you that on purpose." Zhu He smiled bitterly as if he was resigned to his fate and said, "When you go back, prepare a gift for your child, come to the door to apologize, and return his factory and house to him.
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"Why?!" Zhu She was not happy when he heard this, because his eldest brother gave him most of the property he had acquired through clever means. This way, he didn't have to ask him for money all day long.
"Where can I live? What can I eat?"
"If you don't retreat, just wait to be exiled to Uzang with me!" Zhu He cursed angrily: "How long has it been, and you are still giving up your life rather than your wealth?"
He then told his younger brother and son about the "quantitative evaluation of merits and demerits" proposed by His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
Then he angrily told the two of them that His Royal Highness the King of Chu had said that if he wanted to participate in the competition, he must first return the properties of the 'Returning Home Sect'. After completing all the transfer procedures, the 'Quantitative Evaluation' officially began. Those who finish it early will finish it early.
Start, if you finish something late, start later, if you finish something you haven’t finished, don’t start...
The deadline for the competition is the same day for everyone - today next year, so there is no delay!
"Do you understand this?!" Zhu He asked the two of them after finishing a long string of words in a clear and coherent manner.
"..." The two of them still opened their mouths. This game that required all their wealth to bet was beyond their imagination.
"Brother, what do you want to do?" Monk Zhu Shezhang was confused.
"I don't care what he wants to do. Anyway, I just want to be in the top thirty!" After a night of thinking, Zhu She was indeed inspired with endless motivation and desire to win.
"If you make it to the top thirty, hello to you, me, and everyone. If I don't make it to the top thirty, our family business will not be saved!"
As for being exiled, he is still confident that he can stay in the top 100. Because he has understood that the key to ranking is being willing to spend money.
If you are willing to spend money, you can hire more workers.
If you are willing to spend money, you can buy more food stamps.
If you are willing to spend money, you can get a higher number of donations.
The ranking naturally went up.
"Our family's financial resources are definitely in the top 50 in Suzhou. As long as we are willing to spend money, we can hope to break into the top 30!" Zhu He, who was usually very good at cultivating qi, now blushed and said roughly:
"Go back and dig out all the money in the cellar and spend it, do you hear me?!"
"Yes..." Zhu She and Zhu Chang's uncle and nephew looked at each other helplessly.
The rules are very simple, and they all understand them. If you don't make it into the top thirty, half of your family property will be confiscated! If your ranking falls outside of sixty, all your family property will be confiscated.
Rather than letting your family property be confiscated in vain, it is really better to spend it and improve your ranking.
Spend at least half of it first and see where you rank...
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In the rooms on the left and right, the same live drama is being performed.
The wealthy people who were behind bars stopped being stingy and ordered their families to spend all their money with blushing faces!
The great thing about Laoliu's competition is that it sets goals for big players at all levels.
The rich at the head want to keep all their wealth; the rich at the waist want to keep at least half of it; the rich at the tail want at least freedom, and everyone has to spend their money vigorously.
And being stingy will only make them lose more...
The entire city of Suzhou has accumulated nearly two hundred years of wealth, and it is about to burst out.