Qi Yuanwai and Young Master Jiang, who arrived first, looked at the table close to the wall and had no urge to go there early to sit down. They even regretted why they had not pretended to be sick today. However, this was just because they wanted to sit down.

Just thinking about it, because not long after, they waited for representatives from the other four companies invited today, and no one was absent.

Young Master Jiang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw these four people. Except for him, the acting head of the Jiang family who had the courage to come here on behalf of his father, the rest were all real heads of family - the old men were older than the last. Obviously, the imperial envoy

In the past, no one dared to pretend to be sick or even injured, putting other unimportant people in the family first.

When greeting each other, although the four people behind saw clearly that the table was set up in such a strange place, everyone turned a blind eye and continued to talk and laugh. In contrast to the words that Qi Yuanwai seemed to express to Mr. Jiang from the bottom of his heart.

, but the others said nothing about whether they knew about the incident that morning, and some even praised Young Master Jiang fiercely.

If in the past, he had listened to other people praising the good nephew who was better than the old man, and the young phoenix was as clear as the old phoenix, etc., Young Master Jiang would have been carried away long ago. But at this time, he knew that these old foxes were fooling him, and for a moment he felt

Feeling secretly resentful, he further made up his mind and relied heavily on Qi Yuanwai, who, despite being a cover-up, revealed some information about himself.

Just when a few people were chatting without mentioning business, they suddenly heard a cold voice: "Everyone, my general and Dr. Zhang are here."

Hearing this, Young Master Jiang couldn't help but be confused. The general is naturally Zhu Tingfang, the Mingwei general who repeatedly threatened others as soon as he arrived yesterday, but this Dr. Zhang... who is he? He is very self-aware.

He stepped back, but he never thought that before he could move his steps, the others would dodge behind him, even Qi Yuanwai was no exception.

At this moment, he immediately became furious. You guys who are older than me, more senior than me... and your family fortune is more prosperous than mine, are all hiding behind me, a younger generation. You want to be shameless? But not yet.

When he cursed, his arm was grabbed by Qi Yuanwai, and immediately he heard Qi Yuanwai's earnest voice.

"Good nephew, this position originally belonged to your father, so don't refuse it. When we made the alliance, he was the leader. Don't worry, the imperial envoy will not embarrass you too much because you are young. Besides,

Your biological sister married into the Hua family, the richest man in Suzhou. The Hua family is a big weaver in the south of the Yangtze River every year. If you don’t look at the monk’s face or the Buddha’s face, they won’t make things difficult for you.”

Fart! My sister is the young mistress of the Hua family, but the daughter of the Hua family is not my wife! It’s strange that the Hua family would help me!

Young Master Jiang was so angry that he was turning blue. But at this moment, those old foxes were standing behind him, holding him in front. The people on the other side were almost there, so he could only hold his belly in front of him.

Zhong secretly cursed these guys for not taking care of them, and took two steps forward to greet them with fear.

Although he was a prisoner, he did not have a serious reputation. In the past, when he went in and out of the Changlu County Yamen to meet the county magistrate Xu Cheng, he certainly did not have to kneel down. But later when he met the eldest prince, his father came in person. He didn't know how his father was.

He was saluting, so he absolutely did not dare to have any arrogant thoughts at this time. When he saw her feet still seven or eight steps away, his knees softened and he knelt down directly.

That's an imperial envoy! Even if Taizu had simplified and simplified the occasions that required kneeling in the beginning, the situation was different this time... If those old men at the back refused to kneel, then they would have to carry it by force, and he would not accompany you!

However, Young Master Jiang knelt down on his front feet. As soon as he lowered his head, from the corner of his eye, he saw the old men behind him slipping to their knees. Thinking about how these guys who usually stomp their feet in Cangzhou City were so humble and groveling.

, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart for bullying the weak and fearing the strong, but he quickly retracted his reverie.

"Student Jiang Siyuan, meet the Imperial Envoy." Since he didn't know who the other person was, Jiang simply adopted this vague title. At the same time, he was very proud that he was a prison student, so he could call himself that.

However, when he heard the voices claiming to be old and decrepit one after another behind him, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly. His father was the youngest among the group of people, and the three brothers had no talent, but the following few were different.

Sons, nephews, or side descendants who devoted themselves to the service were all officials, so many of them received imperial titles or even imperial titles.

If it weren't for the fact that they had trapped the eldest prince before and triggered the Cangzhou civil uprising, these guys would actually be very confident in front of the general two- and three-level court officials...

When Zhang Shou heard this uneven greeting, he couldn't help exchanging glances with Zhu Tingfang. He didn't think that being respectful meant being submissive, nor did he think that being unruly meant being disobedient. Seeing the group being a little shorter, he even

I couldn't help but think that maybe many people are used to looking down at the back of people's heads, so they can no longer see the expression on the face lying on the ground.

Zhu Tingfang saw that Zhang Shou didn't speak, so he spoke first and said: "Everyone, get up. The emperor has sent Dr. Zhang from the Imperial Academy down to inquire about your workshop. Today I am just a companion."

Young Master Jiang is already a bit stupid. The incident in the workshop caused a civil uprising in Cangzhou, which alarmed the emperor. He can understand. But he has already sent a relative of the emperor like Zhu Tingfang, why should he send another Dr. Guozi?

People like this who study to death know what a workshop is like... No, no, no, have you ever seen spinning and weaving?

Confused, he simply said nothing, but raised his head. He had never seen Zhu Tingfang either, but when he glanced at the young man who was obviously very handsome but had scars on his face, he decided that he was

It must be General Mingwei. But when he glanced at the other person, he was suddenly stunned.

He was a handsome and elegant young man, looking at Yue Mo who was a few years younger than him. Although he was not as imposing as Zhu Tingfang, when his eyes met people unexpectedly, he couldn't help but lower his head immediately, and then endured

I couldn't help but started to curse like crazy.

That's the Dr. Zhang of the Imperial College whom Zhu Tingfang calls him? No way, right? What a joke! Those who can become a Dr. of the Imperial College, not to mention being rich in academics, at least stand out in the imperial examination and have outstanding literary names, generally speaking, the four

The middle-aged and elderly people in their fifties are not strange, but the young people in their twenties and thirties are actually very strange! And they are so outstanding in appearance!

After his father gave him a prison sentence, he went to the Imperial College to hang out for two days. He knew very well what kind of academic style the Imperial College had. For such a gentle-looking young man, those prison students would never obey orders!

With this thought in his mind, Young Master Jiang forgot to look at other people's faces - compared with him, when Zhu Tingfang introduced Zhang Shou, all the old men, including Qi Yuanwai, looked calm. Obviously,

Unlike the fledgling Young Master Jiang, they already knew the identity of the other party. And they were not limited to knowing Zhang Shou, they also knew many more.

Therefore, Young Master Jiang was distracted, but Qi Yuanwai and others had introduced themselves respectfully, and invited Zhu Tingfang and Zhang Shou to the table. When Young Master Jiang came back to his senses, he discovered that there was an open-air banquet next to the outer wall of the prison.

There was only one seat left.

That seat was exactly below Zhang Shou, Dr. Guozi. As for Qi Yuan, who had previously agreed to advance and retreat with him, he was sitting on the other side of the empty seat and was winking at him.

Seeing this, he had no choice but to curse secretly, laugh in apology, and quickly walked into the seat. As soon as he sat down, he heard all the members coughing hard, and actually stood up and filled him a cup with a pot, and then

Put the wine glass into his hand.

At this time, Qi Yuanwai just said: "My dear nephew, you are here on behalf of your father today, why don't you take the opportunity to propose a toast to Dr. Zhang? The new spinning machine that has just been installed in our workshop is the one he painted.

Made from blueprints.”

Young Master Jiang's hand suddenly shook, and he almost spilled half of the glass of wine. He knew it was rude, but he still couldn't help but stare at Zhang Shou with his eyes wide open. At such a young age, he is a doctor of Guozi, and he can also make the kind of work that makes spinning.

How many times can yarn efficiency be increased?

But after he took a few more glances, he immediately came back to his senses and quickly stood up holding the wine glass in both hands: "Students are ignorant and have just realized that Dr. Zhang is such a powerful person! Such a good thing that saves manpower,

Here’s a toast to you, students!”

Seeing Young Master Jiang tilting his neck and doing it first as a sign of respect, Zhang Shou thought of his father who was about to pull out a knife and kill himself if they disagreed, and felt that the father and son were nothing alike.

From the corner of his eye, he saw other people watching how he responded. Zhu Tingfang didn't say anything, so Zhang Shou raised the wine glass in front of him and took a casual sip.

“It’s true that new spinning machines save manpower, but they save so much manpower that you only focus on suppressing the price of cotton yarn, forcing those who originally own spinning machines to make ends meet. And after discovering that the price of cotton has risen, they don’t even want to do spinning anymore.

, even the spinners in the workshop were temporarily laid off, and they started hoarding cotton, a hugely profitable business. Speaking of which, maybe I didn’t do a good thing.”

Zhang Shou paused for a moment and saw that Mr. Jiang's face had become quite ugly. Although the other old men's smiles were extremely forced, no one opened their mouths to explain, let alone beg for mercy, so he casually said another thing.

.

"As for the workshop guarded by General Iron, you can rest assured that no one will be sent to guard it and it will be left empty. I walked around when I first arrived today, but I found that it seemed like a robber had broken into it.

It’s a mess outside.”

"That's unreasonable!" Before Young Master Jiang had time to react, all the other members had already taken action and said sternly, "Those rebels are simply lawless. Not only do they hate the eldest prince, they captured the palace in a treasonous manner, and they also hold grudges against us.

I was worried about it, so I destroyed the workshop!"

Speaking of this, the gray-haired old man was already heartbroken: "The eldest prince is young and inexperienced. This is the first time we have seen such a new and efficient spinning machine, so we just got confused and did something wrong. But those chaotic people are not the same."

They should never have captured the palace, kidnapped the eldest prince, and destroyed the workshop and machines. They are simply heinous and heinous!"

Zhang Shou chuckled and said: "Oh, I just said that it seems that a robber broke in. Do you already know who it is?"

Qi Yuanwai didn't seem to hear the distrust in Zhang Shou's words at all, and said with a smile: "Besides those rioters, who else can there be?"

"Who else could it be? Haha, it's a coincidence. One of my helpers discovered that the traces of damage were very fresh, as if they happened today, so I asked people to go to all the workshops to have a look. Unexpectedly,

The blind cat met the dead mouse and actually caught a group of people who were wreaking havoc. After the people came back, thanks to General Zhu's vigorous and resolute actions, he pried open those mouths."

Young Master Jiang was a little embarrassed when he just gathered all the members to swear their oaths. At this time, he couldn't help but ask: "Are they not rioters? Who will instruct them?"

Qi Yuanwai almost wanted to use needle and thread to sew up the mouth of this ignorant boy, but since there was no other way, he had to bite the bullet and said: "If it's not those rogue people, there must be some unscrupulous people who are jealous of these new spinning machines in the workshop.

…”

"They are either rioters or unruly people? But what General Zhu asked is exactly the opposite of your inference." Zhang Shou played with the small and exquisite wine glass in his hand, but did not take another sip, but said leisurely, "Ruined those

The textile machine people claim to have received a hundred guan of money from several famous big households in Cangzhou City. These famous big households... aren't you?"

Zhang Shou threw the wine glass in his hand heavily on the ground. Young Master Jiang, who was right next to him, was inevitably splashed with wine. What was more messy than this predicament was his mood at this time.

Hire people to smash your own machines? What is this? Are you burning your hands if you have too much money?

Also, the action of throwing a cup is really frightening, not to mention that there is a county jail next to it. Will there be another hundred swordsmen coming out next... No, no, no, one hundred sharp cavalry camp

, capture them all and throw them in jail?

While Young Master Jiang was thinking wildly, the five old men, including Qi Yuanwai, all changed their expressions. Originally it was just a helpless chess move, but since they were discovered, they originally planned to shed a layer of skin.

It’s time to revise it again. If peeling off one layer of skin is not enough... then is peeling off two layers enough?

Qi Yuan, who just kept calling the people ruthless and unruly, knelt down as soon as he asked. He moved his chair and plopped down on the ground. But he didn't find a chance to speak at all. He only saw the seemingly gentle and elegant Dr. Zhang Shou of Guozi.

After smashing his own glass, he actually picked up Young Master Jiang's empty small wine glass, laughed, and then smashed it on the ground again.

"Didn't you hear clearly what the eldest prince shouted in front of the public? What he said was that he was deceived by Xu Cheng and you guys with black hearts and lungs, and those people you called ruthless and unruly people were just trying to see him.

They resorted to some small tricks, but it can't even be said to capture the palace, nor can it be said to hold him hostage. On the contrary, in order to silence him, Xu Cheng called a deer a horse and slandered him as a lie!"

"Xu Cheng, who called a deer a horse, is now behind bars, but there are still people who want to imitate him?"

Hearing this, Young Master Jiang didn't know where the impulse came from, but he replied loudly: "Dr. Zhang, the students were completely unaware of the destruction of textile machines in the workshop! As a student of the Imperial College, a student can become a teacher in one day.
Chapter completed!