Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 82, what a coincidence
As it gets closer to the end of the year, the weather is getting colder.

There has been another heavy snowfall recently, and it is time to melt the snow, which adds to the coldness. When the cold wind blows, everyone wants to go home early, gather around the coal stove, boil a pot of water, drink Serve with a cup of hot tea.

The colder the weather, the more refugees gathered here in the capital. The Xishan Coal Industry only recruited thousands of refugees last time. It didn't take long, and soon more refugees gathered at the gates of the capital. .

There is no way, as the time goes to the later stage, there will be more and more people without food. If there is no food, they can only come out as refugees, go to big cities to beg or do coolies to survive this winter.

These refugees gathered together, shivering in the cold wind, looking forward to entering the city, or someone would come to give out porridge, steamed buns and so on.

Zhang Yanling rode a tall horse and brought a dozen servants to Xibianmen, intending to recruit some refugees back to produce briquettes.

Both his brothers have already discussed that Xishan Coal Industry will recruit thousands of refugees, and they are also planning to recruit thousands of refugees to learn from Xishan Coal Industry in an all-round way.

"Bah~ You can meet this birdman wherever you go."

As soon as he left the west gate, Zhang Yanling couldn't help cursing, following his gaze, it turned out that Uncle Changning and Zhou Yu were also leading a group of servants towards the refugee group.

The two brothers Qingyunhou and Changningbo, and the two brothers Shouninghou and Jianchangbo have always looked at each other differently. The Zhou brothers are the younger brothers of the Empress Dowager, and the Zhang brothers are the younger brothers of the current queen.

Both families are relatives of the emperor, and they also have a strong family. Emperor Hongzhi was very kind to the Queen Mother Zhou, because she was his own grandma, and she was raised by the Queen Mother Zhou when she was a child. Naturally, the Zhou brothers also ascended to heaven with chickens and dogs.

Emperor Hongzhi had only one wife, Empress Zhang, and Empress Zhang gave birth to the only son of Emperor Hongzhi, who loved Empress Zhang very much, so although the Zhang brothers were domineering and had a bad reputation, no one dared to marry her. If there is anything wrong, at most it will be scolded by Emperor Hongzhi, and some trivial punishment will be given.

The Zhang brothers and the Zhou brothers did not have any enmity with each other, but the two Zhang brothers were domineering and wanted to embezzle the Zhou family's property. For this reason, the two families even had a quarrel with Emperor Hongzhi, so they also looked at each other. dislike; despise.

"Isn't this Jianchangbo?"

Zhou Yu also saw Zhang Yanling and greeted him with a smile.

Relatively speaking, the two Zhou brothers are better at being human, and they are much more low-key. There is no way. The days won't be too long.

Therefore, when facing the Zhang brothers, the Zhou brothers tended to be patient as much as possible. As long as they were not too much, they generally would not offend the Zhang brothers.

The other party's elder sister is an unshakable empress, and she gave birth to the only son of the emperor. For a long time to come, the Zhang brothers will be able to walk sideways, and I can't afford to provoke them at all.

"What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Changning Bo here."

Zhang Yanling also replied with a smile, although the two families had some conflicts and did not see each other, they were still friendly on the surface, and the Empress Dowager Zhou still had to give her face.

"Yes, what a coincidence, Uncle Jianchang is going to the briquette workshop?"

Zhou Yu was much older than Zhang Yanling, and he was more elegant, with a short beard.

"Ah... Well, I heard that your Zhou Coal Industry Co., Ltd. opened today. I wonder how the business is doing?"

Zhang Yanling laughed and didn't answer directly, but changed the subject and asked rhetorically.

"Average, average, let's be so-so, let's make a living."

Zhou Yu said ambiguously, and then stopped the journey, as if waiting for Zhang Yanling to go first, and Zhang Yanling's side was the same, waiting for Zhou Yu's side to go first, staring at each other.

"Haha, Uncle Changning and Uncle Jianchang are really destined to each other."

At this time, a rough voice came, and a tall middle-aged man with a beard, five big and three thick, and a big man also came over on a tall horse.

"Meet the British Duke~"

When Zhou Yu saw the person coming, he quickly said respectfully.

The person who came here was the British Duke Zhang Mao. Zhang Mao can be regarded as a representative figure among the military generals and nobles.

"Meet the British Duke~"

Zhang Yanling looked at Zhang Mao, although he also greeted him, but his attitude was somewhat arrogant.

"Don't dare to be such a big gift to Uncle Jianchang~"

Although Zhang Mao is an honorable man, he can be regarded as a military commander. Don't look at his long back and burly waist, but he is a strong individual. He absolutely dare not offend the Zhang brothers. Zhou Yu, who has a good relationship with him, is more casual .

"Why is the Duke here?"

When Zhang Yanling saw Zhou Yu and Zhang Mao, his heart skipped a beat, and he could already guess the other party's intentions with his toes. Most likely, like himself, they came here to recruit refugees.

"It's freezing cold. I see a lot of refugees outside the city gate. I think they are pitiful, so I plan to recruit some people to go back home and order them around."

Zhang Mao looked at Zhou Yu and Zhang Yanling, rolled his eyes, and immediately understood their purpose, so he thought about it and said with a smile.

His words are naturally very beautiful, and he has nothing to do with recruiting people. He just said that the weather is cold and these refugees are pitiful, so he wants to help them.

"This old fox~"

Zhang Yanling and Zhou Yu couldn't help scolding in their hearts, recruiting is just recruiting, it must be so beautiful, but they looked at each other and said: "I also see these refugees are pitiful, and I am going to come to recruit some go back."

"That's really a coincidence~"

Zhang Mao smiled and didn't point out the other party. There are many smart people. Not only the Zhang brothers want to learn from Xishan Coal Industry, but also the Zhou brothers, Zhang Mao and others.

"It's always a matter of first come, first served. I'm the first to come here, so what if the refugees here belong to me?"

These refugees are cheap labor. When it comes to the issue of interests, Zhou Yu is the first to speak.

"What do you mean you came first, I will not come later than you, I want all these refugees."

Zhang Yanling was really not afraid of anyone for grabbing food, and immediately said very domineeringly.

When Zhang Mao heard this, he frowned slightly, then smiled and said, "I don't think our three families should rob us. What if this refugee can belong to whoever he wants?"

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