Chapter 338 The people do not fight with officials
The flood peak of the Han River has finally subsided and the water level has dropped to normal levels.
The ferry was in a mess.
Every household is packing up their belongings. Some of the goods in the warehouses that were too late to be moved were washed away by the flood, or damaged by flooding, and a series of houses collapsed. As an Anlu cargo transfer station, the flood suffered the most.
Accompanied by Butler Liu, Zhu Wanquan and others, Zhu Jia went to the ferry where everything was filled with mud after the flood receded.
When she saw the situation in her warehouse, she could hardly stand still.
"mother……"
Zhu Wanquan quickly stepped forward to help.
"Grandma, are you okay?"
This time, my eldest grandson Zhu Yanling also came with me.
Zhu Jiashi saw that the goods carried out by her workers from the warehouses had long been soaked, and the goods in the warehouses that had been destroyed by floods had disappeared.
Butler Liu hurriedly said: "Old madam, fortunately, this warehouse is not our own, the loss... is not as big as imagined."
This is purely self-comfort.
For those who are in the business of demolishing houses, the goods in the warehouse represent all their wealth. Many goods are only temporarily stored, which involves a lot of payments and loans...
"In addition, Mr. Xu's family sent someone to inform them that it was for post-disaster relief and they would only purchase goods from us, so they could make up for part of the losses."
Butler Liu continued to comfort him.
Zhu Jiashi closed his eyes: "How much is the loss this time? Do you have an approximate figure?"
Butler Liu hesitated: "At least... two thousand taels of silver."
Upon hearing the news, Zhu Yanling next to him was the first to jump out and question: "It's just some goods, how can it be worth so much money? Besides, don't these warehouses belong to other people? We don't need to rebuild them!"
Liu Guanjia said: "Young Master, it's like this. We took over the local Taoist temple and temple repair business before and shipped a batch of materials, including stone, wood, sand and gravel, etc., all stacked in the warehouse. This batch of goods is valuable.
High... In addition, there are many commodities, all of which are recorded in detail."
Zhu Wanquan frowned: "When the flood came, there was no reaction at all? Not even any valuable goods were rushed out?"
"This... the flood came too fast at that time, especially because our warehouses are located in low-lying areas. When the water rose, the area where our warehouses were flooded was the first to be flooded. Even if we wanted to rescue them, it was too late...
"It is said that Mr. Su, the man behind the Third Lady, only picked cheap and large houses when renting warehouses. He had no awareness of disaster prevention at all."
At this time, Butler Liu could only shift the responsibility to others.
His reasons are valid.
Su Xigui rented a warehouse and did one-stop trading. This was to make it easier to do business with Prince Xing's Mansion. There were usually not too many goods stacked in the warehouse. Besides...he was a migrant, and he just relied on his strong background to make a deal.
Where can I rent a warehouse in a better location? Of course, a house with a remote location and a large space is the priority.
Zhu Niang's warehouse was inherited from Su Xigui, and the Zhu family's warehouse was inherited from Zhu Niang...
The result was that these warehouses in poor locations did not cause Su Xigui and Zhu Niang to suffer any losses, but caused the Zhu family to collapse directly.
Zhu Yanling said: "Could it be the third aunt's family who deliberately deceived us?"
The old lady couldn't help but glance sideways at her eldest grandson.
The eldest grandson's speech is becoming more and more like his second uncle's demeanor. He is always careless and unwilling to admit his mistakes, but he doesn't have much experience and has a bad temper...
"This...it's hard to blame the third sister-in-law, right?" Zhu Wanquan said, "Didn't the Zhu family steal the business from her?"
"Shut up!"
Naturally, Zhu Jiashi didn't want to hear the word "rob".
She was even more angry. She had finally managed to get the business from her daughter-in-law, but instead she snatched a bag of gunpowder and lit it on fire during a flood. Is she digging a hole for herself? This matter needs to be publicized.
If they go out, the Zhu family will suffer a small loss of property and a big loss of people.
From now on, the Zhu family will not be laughed out of their minds by local colleagues, saying that the Zhu family's evil deeds will be punished? In short, no one else needs to say all kinds of unpleasant things, Zhu Jia knows it well.
"Old Madam, it seems that the shopkeeper of the Third Madam is over there, and there are also a few big customers from out of town! Hey... aren't they going to do business with us?"
Butler Liu pointed to the ships parked at the pier where berthing operations had just resumed, as well as the people on them.
It is shopkeeper Ma who is receiving foreign businessmen.
These merchants had always maintained business relationships with Zhu Niang, but they still perfunctorily shipped some goods from the Zhu family. As a result, the Zhu family mistakenly believed that these customers had "abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side."
Now that something has happened, these customers naturally understand that it is better to be experienced than to be experienced. No matter who the local "Mrs. Zhu San" is, in short, people are prepared for a rainy day when doing business. They take one step at a time and look at the three steps. Every step is very safe. There is Su Xigui behind him.
With such a powerful helper, if not Mrs. Zhu San, who can we do business with?
"gone!"
Zhu Jiashi couldn't stand it any longer, she felt angry and wanted to leave.
Zhu Yanling asked a very inappropriate question: "Grandma is going to settle the score with Third Aunt?"
The old lady sighed in her heart, she really looked exactly like her second uncle.
Zhu Wanquan replied: "How to settle this account?"
It can't be called a dumb loss, it's an understatement to say it's a waste of money. In short, this cowardly tone made Zhu Jiashi furious: "Go back home!"
In the end, Butler Liu was left alone to clean up the mess.
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The theater outside the west gate of Prince Xing's Mansion.
After the flood, the theater was particularly lively.
After a natural disaster, with the protection of Prince Xing, the local gentry and common people basically suffered no losses. If there was no loss, they would just make a profit. Why don’t you spend some spare money to have fun at this time? This kind of spiritual entertainment life is very much needed after the disaster, which makes people feel happy.
Forget about the trouble of sleeping and eating caused by this disaster.
Now the only theater left in the entire open space is Zhu Hao's.
no way……
Even if other theater troupes are successful and try to open theaters here, they will close down soon. With Zhu Yu in front, who wants to watch those rotten old plays?
Even if other troupes come to steal from me, they won't be able to learn it in a short period of time.
This is no different from storytelling. In storytelling, you just need to copy the story and repeat it. However, singing relies more on stage skills, such as Guan Dezhao's singing skills... you don't have the talent to learn from it.
It's obviously not possible to imitate a cat and a tiger. One by one, Handan is learning to walk without knowing the key. In the end, we can only avoid Anlu, a place of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", so as not to lose money and lose face.
"What a good show."
Tang Yin accompanied Zhu Hao to watch the show, and now it was finally time for him to relax.
Next to him, Lu Song brought many guards to protect him. The palace seemed to regard Tang Yin as a piece of cake, fearing that his personal safety would be threatened in the slightest. What's more, Tang Yin came out with Zhu Hao this time... This is now Prince Xing's palace.
Two baby bumps.
Apart from Lu Song, those who were listening to the show with the two of them were shopkeeper Ma who had been reporting business to Zhu Hao in private.
"I said Zhu Hao, you should just concentrate on watching the show. You can discuss business anytime."
Tang Yin couldn't bear it anymore and warned him.
Lu Song poured a cup of tea to Tang Yin and said with a smile: "Why is Mr. Tang so forgetful? Master Zhu wrote this play, how interested can he be?"
Tang Yin glared at Lu Song, as if to say, you are a bad example of Zhu Hao, and you also like to choke with me.
After Zhu Hao finished talking about the matter, he first asked shopkeeper Ma to receive the merchants from out of town. He turned back to Tang Yin and said: "Sir, let's talk about business. The local floods did not have much impact, and the court's disaster relief funds basically did not go here.
While allocating funds, the local state government failed to get the money and has already mobilized the gentry to donate money and food for disaster relief..."
Tang Yin frowned: "Want to exploit again?"
"If you say that, what can you do to the gentry and merchants? Is it true that the state government is asking for money and food and won't give it?" Zhu Hao said with emotion.
Lu Song stood by and made a suggestion: "Please ask the palace to report it to the imperial court to punish the corpse of Zhizhou, who only knows how to exploit the people!"
Tang Yin shook his head: "Even if we report it to the court, I'm afraid it won't change the result for a while... If the local floods don't turn into a disaster, the court may still remember Zhou Ya's meritorious service."
Even Tang Yin saw the situation clearly.
It is said that they want to sue Zhang Yezheng, but the problem is that local disaster prevention only credits the Xing Prince's Palace, and the government has no role at all? Even if this is true, the royal family always wants to suppress the influence of local vassals. In order to reduce Xing
Regarding the role of the royal palace in this flood control, even if they knew they were making up lies, the role of the state government would be highlighted.
Reality is so magical.
Zhu Haodao said: "If the supervisory censor, Prince Xing's Mansion, and Si Yamen, the envoy to Huguang, come to the table to participate in the impeachment, it will probably be enough for the local magistrate to drink a pot."
Tang Yin thought for a while and nodded.
Zhang Yezheng did not play any role in this disaster prevention, the imperial censor was not blind, and the chief envoy would not stand on Zhang Yezheng's position. When the time comes, several parties will work together, and everyone will agree, Zhang Yezheng
I'm afraid I won't be able to argue with you.
"I'm afraid that if this matter can't be heard by heaven, it will be suppressed by some people." Zhu Hao immediately added.
Tang Yin was a little annoyed: "Whose side are you on, kid? You usually have so many evil ideas, it's not difficult to bring down a Zhang Yezheng, right?"
As soon as these words came out, even Lu Song looked at Tang Yin with shocked eyes.
Are you sure you're not bragging?
Zhu Hao is very capable, but as a child, he wants to overthrow a magistrate. Do you think it is not difficult?
It’s obviously a problem for people!
Zhu Hao spread his hands: "If Zhang Yezheng goes down, won't there still be Hu Yezheng or Sun Yezheng? Everyone will be a 'competitor', it's better to stay here... His reputation has been ruined, and the local officials and gentry have long since
He treats him like a wolf and a ferocious beast. There is a saying that there is no harm without comparison. There is a steelyard in the hearts of the people. With such a thing as a foil, the people will feel that it is not easy to build the palace, and they will be more attentive to the palace."
Tang Yin was stunned for a while, and then said: "You are using strong words to make excuses."
Zhu Hao let out a disdainful chuckle.
No matter what you think of me, do you want to use me as a spearman to deal with Zhang Yezheng? Even King Xing can't replace this man. What do you want me to do as a child who has not yet achieved fame? If I am captured by Zhizhou
If you know that I am intentionally targeting you, will I still do business?
Since ancient times, people have not argued with officials, do you understand?