Chapter 33 Water injection dare not have eye-catching topics
Chapter 33: Don’t dare to have eye-catching titles when filling water
Li You didn't dare to leave the county government office all day, and he never went to his uncle's place. He never saw what his father was saying, and he didn't know what the visitor talked with the county magistrate.
The next day, Chen Zhixian summoned Master Huang and Li You to continue discussing water conservancy matters. It turned out that the guest with the Shangshu name yesterday was named Qian, and he was a semi-imperial businessman. His usual business was to supervise gold mining in Suzhou Prefecture.
Bricks were supplied to the palaces in the two capitals and the palaces of princes in various places. However, because of the close distance, he got the news that Xujiang County planned to build a twenty-mile stone pond dam, so he wanted to take over the supply of all the stones. He only needed to pay him a total of 50,000 taels of silver.
That’s it.
If it's fifty thousand taels, it's really not expensive. But Master Huang doubted: "We have calculated before that all the materials are transported from other places, and the cost is equivalent to at least eighty thousand taels of silver. How dare a high-ranking official take care of this for only fifty thousand taels?
What kind of medicine is being sold in the gourd? Isn't he afraid of losing thirty or forty thousand of his capital?"
Li You said: "He has a thorn named Lu Shangshu. Obviously Lu Shangshu also knows about this. There must be some way to get cheap materials."
Master Huang retorted: "The stones used in Shitang Dam are not marble or the like. They are already the cheapest stones. Even cheaper is rammed earth. He can save some shipping costs, but he can't save thirty or forty thousand silver."
.There must be something fishy in it.”
Li You thought the same thing. Even if he passed it off as a good one, he couldn't find a worse stone. Mr. Qian wouldn't be so bold as to use adobe bricks as stone strips to deceive him.
At this time, the three of them suddenly heard the noise of the crowd coming from nowhere.
After a while, a doorman broke in and shouted: "Sir, there are one or two hundred people gathered outside the Yamen! It is said that the residents of the Zhu family have come to complain to the officials!"
"If a crowd gathers in the Yamen, there must be serious grievances, and they must be brought to court immediately!" Magistrate Chen did not dare to neglect when he heard that hundreds of people came together to complain.
Since the Jiashen Rebellion in this dynasty and the intruders entering the capital, the imperial court has attached great importance to matters such as civil unrest and civil uprisings (not two parties gathering to fight with weapons). The imperial court has also made it clear that everything will be dealt with quickly. Regardless of whether it is effective, it is suppression, encirclement and suppression.
It is still a method of recruiting and pacifying, as long as it does not spread over time.
This time more than 100 people complained, so Magistrate Chen naturally had to be extra careful.
As soon as he heard about the Zhujiaji, Li You immediately knew that the trouble was caused by his father and uncle.
Just when Li Dianshi was sitting at the county government office yesterday day, something bad happened in Zhujiaji, where his uncle's home is located.
It is said that Steward Sun, who was sent by the Yan family in Dachun to manage the affairs of the village, fell in love with the young lady of Zhu Zhili's family in the Zhujiaji next door a few days ago. He talked about buying her as a concubine several times, but Zhu Zhili refused to agree.
Let's not mention it anymore. Because Manager Sun knew that the Zhujiaji people were a big village with hundreds of households. They all had the same surname and the same clan, and they were very united. When pressed, some disputes would inevitably arise, unlike in this village where all the tenants were easy to bully.
Who would have thought that Zhu Zhili suddenly sent someone to send a message yesterday, saying that he was willing to agree to the matter and asked him to come to discuss it today. He also said that although his daughter was young, she must not lose her dignity, and asked for a few more people to show her dignity and show that she was valued.
Considering that Zhu Zhi was a very particular person, such a request was normal.
Steward Sun was very happy, and there was no doubt that he was there. Today he brought several villagers, changed into the same clothes, and came to Zhu Zhili's house solemnly. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived, Zhu Zhili suddenly turned his face and refused to acknowledge him.
People angrily accused Sun Guanshi of being wishful thinking and saying that a toad eats swan meat.
The clay figurine also has a three-part fire nature, not to mention that Steward Sun was not a clay figurine yet. He felt that he had been teased and humiliated by the clay figure, so he became furious and retaliated on the spot. Zhu Zhili was well prepared and actually escaped as fast as he could. Steward Sun and his men then
Zhu Zhili’s house was smashed.
After the fight, I saw that the outside had been blocked. At this time, Manager Sun was also a little anxious. How could the people from Zhujiaji gather so fast? In just a few moments, more than 20 people gathered around. It was really overwhelming.
Unexpected.
While the two sides were still confronting each other, a fire suddenly broke out on the thatched roof of Zhu Zhili's house. The crowd exploded. It has been dry and dry these days. Once the fire spread, more than a few families would be affected. It would be difficult to burn.
It is not impossible to lose half the village. The villagers in Zhujiaji panicked and hurriedly looked for tools to put out the fire. Manager Sun and his men took this opportunity to find a way out of the chaos and escaped.
Robbery, smashing, and arson were extremely bad. They had not been bullied like this in many years. This situation made the Zhu family very angry. They gathered in front of the door of the patriarch Zhu Zhifang, who was also Li You's uncle, and demanded to go to Dachunzhuang to seek justice.
Zhu Zhifang did not stop him, and immediately one or two hundred young and strong men rushed towards Dachunzhuang. He only said, "I am looking for justice from the Yan family slaves, and I have nothing to do with my neighbors." The people of Dachunzhuang did not dare to stop, but the Sun
But the steward ran away first, and the people of the Zhu family rushed to nothing.
I don't know who started it, and said that he would go to the county tomorrow to seek justice. He immediately responded and prepared boats and other things. Today he came to the county government to gather people to complain.
When Chen Zhixian was promoted to the county magistrate, Zhu Zhili, a resident of the Zhu family, was presented with a complaint. When he read it, it read: The Yan Mansion ordered the servants and stewards to rob the daughter of the common people. When that failed, they broke into the house to commit murder and set the house on fire. Now,
The evil slave hid in Yan's Mansion and disappeared, so he had no choice but to come to sue the great master for justice.
I don’t know who wrote this complaint, and it distorts the facts to make it seem false.
There were more than a hundred signatures or signatures behind the petition. Chen Zhixian thought after reading it, hundreds of people signed it. This matter is probably true. Otherwise, why would the public be so angry? The Yan family is in vain and its slaves are not
Stop making trouble, it's really annoying.
Although it seemed that there were no casualties, and the lack of integrity and other incidents did not seem to be a major case, it was not a small matter that aroused public anger. While Chen Zhixian personally asked Zhu Zhili about the matter, he issued a summons and ordered the police on duty to go to Yan Mansion.
Capture steward Sun.
It was no coincidence that the police officer on duty today was none other than Detective Zhao. Following his orders, Detective Zhao led several helpers to the Yan Mansion in Ershui Lane to explain the matter.
When the housekeeper of the Yan Mansion saw an officer coming to pick up someone, he quickly reported it to the owner of the house. After hearing this, Mr. Yan came to see Agent Zhao in person and said: "It is true that Manager Sun is not at the house and has disappeared. Please ask Officer Zhao to go elsewhere."
Let’s look for him.” He also gave me two taels of silver as a gift.
Of course, Captain Zhao did not dare to act recklessly in Yan's Mansion. After collecting the money, he returned to the county office and whispered in the ears of County Magistrate Chen: "Master Yan will not hand over Manager Sun, just because he is not in the mansion." Look at what Agent Zhao said.
The only thing I didn't say directly was that the Yan family ignored the king's laws and protected the slaves.
Chen Zhixian was extremely angry. How could a domestic slave escape so easily? Isn't he afraid of being caught as a runaway slave and exiled for three thousand miles? It was obvious that the Yan family deliberately hid it. This is what the Yan family did for a mere domestic slave.
Regardless of dignity, do you really think that I am a stupid Bodhisattva made from clay and made of wood?
In fact, Mr. Yan did not lie. Manager Sun really did not escape back to Yan's Mansion, and indeed disappeared without a trace.
It turns out that Zhu Zhili's intentional capriciousness yesterday was at the instigation of Li You's uncle Zhu Zhifang. Zhu Zhili himself wanted to use this to get rid of Steward Sun's entanglement. The fire in his house was caused by the Wang brothers who were under Li You's father and started it behind the house while no one was paying attention.
However, Zhuang Min misunderstood that it was Guanshi Sun who set the fire.
The Wang brothers finished lighting the fire and watched Manager Sun escape back to Dachun Village. They each pushed a straw cart and hid in two remote places on the road outside Dachun Village.
When Steward Sun saw people from the Zhu family coming to kill him, he was too frightened by the crowds on the waterway to dare to take the boat, so he fled alone by land to Yanfu, the county seat. Steward Sun was stopped and eaten by the Wang brothers when there was no one on the way.
His life was also taken away with a stick, and his body was buried in a straw cart and taken away by the Wang brothers.
No one knew about all this except Li's father, Uncle Li You, the Wang brothers, and Zhu Zhili. Chen Zhixian then issued another summons, giving the Yan government three days to hand over Sun Guanshi.