bullyxtreme Chapter 620 The Mouse That Got into the Rice Jar
Chapter 620 The Mouse That Got into the Rice Jar
Fire broke out in the Six Guards of the capital, affecting thousands of laborers?
Yang Shaofeng curled his lip and said, "Only a few thousand?"
As is well known, Zhu Chongba, while not exactly magnanimous, was certainly vindictive.
The fire that broke out in the Six Guards of the capital not only destroyed the soldiers' huts, granaries, and weapons, but also affected the homes of ordinary people, resulting in some casualties.
For Zhu Chongba, that old man, this kind of thing was probably equivalent to pointing at a monk and cursing him for being bald, and what's more, the old man had actually been a monk.
Tolerate?
I can't stand even a little bit.
Xu Da now claims that only a few thousand people are involved?
Xu Da, with a dark expression, glanced at Yang Shaofeng.
How many do you think there are?
"Ten or twenty thousand?"
Xu Da snorted and said, "Then it won't just involve nine generations; it'll have to be at least ten generations."
"Moreover, the illegal coal mine case and the tax collector case haven't been fully resolved yet, and now they've immediately dragged in the Six Guards fire case. Do you think that's appropriate?"
"Our Great Ming Dynasty can't just throw away all its dignity, can it?"
Ok?
Do you still want to save face?
Yang Shaofeng frowned, and after a long while, he put on a look of sudden realization and said, "It must be the high level of awareness of Prime Minister Xu and Prime Minister Li. For the sake of the court's reputation, they were willing to give up the gold mine. I admire them greatly."
Gold mine?
Xu Da didn't have time to care about Yang Shaofeng's sarcastic remarks; he just kept asking, "Gold mine? What gold mine?"
Yang Shaofeng said, "The Zhaoyuan Gold Mine."
“Previously, Huo Lingyue, the prefect of Laizhou, had a relative who discovered a gold mine in Zhaoyuan, Laizhou.”
"However, the mining is very difficult, and many lives will have to be lost."
"I originally thought that if Minister Xu could bring over more laborers from Hu Yuan, we could then allocate some of them to develop gold mines in Zhaoyuan."
"Even at the very worst, we can use some of the Hu Yuan laborers to replace some of the short and ugly laborers, and let the short and ugly ones mine the gold mines in Zhaoyuan."
Xu Da was slightly taken aback, and after a long while, he said with a dark face, "You go and talk to your superiors about this. I can't interfere."
"Also, don't think I can't tell that you just deliberately confused the laborers of our Great Ming Dynasty with the laborers of the Hu Yuan Dynasty."
"Trying to fool me?"
"I'm not like Chang Heizi, that brainless guy."
He almost led Yang the madman into the ditch.
After all, I'm talking about the laborers of the Ming Dynasty.
However, when Yang the Madman mentioned the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine, he was referring to Hu Yuan Laborer.
How could these be the same thing?
They've completely abandoned all shame in their attempt to recruit laborers for Ningyang County!
Xu Da grew angrier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but glare at Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Your Highness, Chang Heizi, Lan Yu, and I are all related to you, aren't we?"
Yang Shaofeng nodded, puzzled, and replied, "Then we must be related."
Xu Da hummed in agreement, then continued, "Then let me make a deal with the Prince Consort: let's all get along well from now on, and neither of us will try to harm the other, okay?"
After a slight pause, Xu Da added, "Even if you really want to scam people, try scamming Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen. Maybe I can even give you a heads-up."
Eh?
He slandered me! He slandered me!
When did I ever betray him?
Yang Shaofeng rolled his eyes and said, "Look at what Prime Minister Xu is saying. When have I ever wronged you or the Duke of E?"
Xu Da snorted coldly and said, "I haven't had a bite of roast goose for several months since before the New Year. Does the Prince Consort dare to say that this has nothing to do with you?"
Yang Shaofeng chuckled awkwardly and said, "Isn't that all in the past?"
"Besides, is roast goose some kind of must-eat delicacy?"
"It just so happens that Xu Da needs to take stock of supplies in Ningyang County these days. I'll have someone make more arrangements for him as soon as I get back."
Authentic Ningyang iron pot stewed goose, authentic Ningyang braised goose, get them all for Lao Xu.
Arrange a foot massage for him as well.
After he finishes fighting and returns to the capital, whether or not he has to kneel on a washboard is up to him.
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering how to trap Xu Da, Xu Da happened to glance at Yang Shaofeng.
broken.
Judging from Yang Dianfeng's appearance, he doesn't seem like someone who can produce anything worthwhile!
Xu Da suppressed his unease and, adhering to the principle that if a fellow Daoist dies, he cannot die himself, said in a low voice, "Chang Heizi has already gone to Dengzhou Prefecture."
……
Just as Xu Da and Yang Shaofeng were starting to betray each other and dig pits for each other, Chang Yuchun, who had just arrived in Dengzhou Prefecture, was as excited as a mouse that had entered a rice jar.
Swords and knives produced by the Dengzhou Arsenal?
This is from Lao Chang!
The new firearms and gunpowder produced by the Dengzhou Arsenal?
This flintlock musket looks quite interesting.
This gunpowder seems to be quite powerful.
These all belong to me, Lao Chang!
Hey, is this compressed dry rations from the Dengzhou Logistics Workshop? Tea bricks? Luncheon meat? Dried squid?
These are all from my old Chang!
And Dengzhou Medical College and Dengzhou Engineering College, hand over all your manpower to me, Lao Chang, and I, Lao Chang, will take you to Liaodong to get promoted and make a fortune!
If there was anything that Chang Yuchun was dissatisfied with, it was that Dengzhou University and Dengzhou Market were not easy to move.
Otherwise, let's move them all to Liaodong and let Yang Dian cry his heart out!
Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, who came to Dengzhou Prefecture with Chang Yuchun, were not as excited as Chang Yuchun.
Feng Sheng, in particular, cautiously reminded Chang Yuchun: "Chang Heizi, you've emptied his Dengzhou Prefecture. Won't he send Princess Funing and Princess Fuyang to find your eldest sister later?"
Chang Yuchun's smile vanished instantly, and he was caught in a dilemma.
Let's empty it out; who knows how crazy Yang Dianfeng will react?
But if I don't empty out Dengzhou Prefecture, wouldn't this trip have been in vain?
More importantly, if I don't empty Dengzhou Prefecture for him, all the grievances I suffered at home before will have been for nothing.
Chang Yuchun grew increasingly annoyed, glared at Feng Sheng, and said, "Move it! Move all the stockpiles in Dengzhou Prefecture! Also, take all the grain from the Dengzhou border market."
"Think about those two punches you took."
Chang Yuchun said with a dark face, "Although I was the one who threw those two punches, if it weren't for Yang Dianfeng, would the two of us have even started fighting?"
Feng Sheng almost couldn't catch his breath.
No.
How do you, Chang Heizi, manage to shift the blame without batting an eye or even breaking a sweat?
What does it have to do with Yang the Madman if I fight with you, Chang Heizi?
While mentally ranting, Feng Sheng pulled Chang Yuchun aside and whispered, "Let's be honest first, you have to agree on how these things should be divided."
Chang Yuchun's eyes darted around, and he said in a low voice, "Well, since it's just the two of us who's here to receive the supplies, once we've distributed them to the soldiers, does Xu Da think he can just come and snatch them?"