Uncle Hong Lou Rong

Chapter 212 Even the wife can't control it with one hand

Jia Rong didn't know what the old farmer was thinking.

Because of yesterday's incident, the so-called peasant envoy of the holy religion under the seat of Bai Zun in front of him has greatly changed Jia Rong's view, or looked at him with admiration.The old farmer thought in his heart, no wonder the holy religion has not been successful, how could the people of the holy religion do it in such a way.

He even began to wonder if all Dayan's officers and honors looked like this.

That's a big deal.

The old farmer left and came to a private house in Taoyuan County.There is also the place where the holy religion used to contact the congregation. The old farmer saw Bai Zun who had withdrawn from Yangzhou and sat down as a business envoy.

The old farmer frowned and said, "This Lord Ming Wang thinks differently from the three venerables."

"What did King Ming say?"

The business envoy was a fat middle-aged man with two mustaches. When he spoke, the two mustaches on the corners of his mouth curled up and down, like two moving eyebrows.

The old farmer sighed.Reluctantly said: "Now I don't know whether the identity of the Buddha's mother has been exposed, nor can I figure out the intention of the reincarnated King Ming. Just looking at his behavior, it is very different from what the three venerables expected. If the venerable wants to use the name of King Ming to unite the saints Teach, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

The merchant chuckled lightly. "It seems that Master Bai Zun's wishful thinking is about to come to nothing. Whether Jia Rong is the real King Ming or not, Madam can't control it with one hand. Poor this woman, she is still dreaming of overthrowing Dayan to avenge her man. dream."

"You don't need to slander Lord Bai Zun. You and I are his envoys. Don't let me hear you say such things again." The old farmer stared at the fat man with four eyebrows with wide eyes, and said sharply: " Don't forget, the shops you are in charge of are all the dowry brought by Bai Zun from Jilong Mountain. As long as the Venerable says a word, you will no longer be a merchant envoy."

The fat businessman laughed and said, "Don't be angry. We are all generals of King Ning Jing, how could I disrespect Madam? It's just because of Jia Rong's demeanor, because his Ningguo Mansion was blackmailed by the Ministry of Water Transport, Dozens of merchant ships plus cargo cost at least 1000 taels of silver, but he can throw it away with great style.

Thinking about it, this King Ming is about to go to that King Zhongshun and cry miserably.

In this way, all the officials of the Ministry of Water Transport will suffer. It can be said that they will kill [-] enemies even if they lose [-] to themselves.I dare not provoke such a person. "

"It's not that we want to provoke him. Wouldn't it be good to invite him to come over and become King Ming? Leading the congregation of the Holy Cult to rebel against Dayan, we might be able to ascend to the throne in the future." The old farmer said in a deep voice.

"Heh, you're the only one who believes in such words. Ask other brothers in the sect if anyone else believes? It's unrealistic to rebel. We want money to have money now, and change identities in a few years. Although we can't be rich and powerful, we can still be stable. Live this life." The fat businessman patted his big belly lightly, and asked with a smile: "You have also been in contact with Jia Rong many times, so it can be seen that he has the slightest intention of becoming King Ming?"

"This..." The old farmer fell silent.Although Jia Rong had no hostility towards the Holy Cult, she was secretly on guard.

The fat businessman said disdainfully: "He is the descendant of the Duke, Dayan's fourth-rank noble riding captain. Now Jia's family still has a concubine. Not surprisingly, he can inherit the title of another generation in the Ningguo Mansion. A good official and noble Do, rebel with us? Do you think it’s possible? I doubt that Jia Rong’s identity as King Ming is all fake news released by other venerables.”

"No nonsense." The old farmer said in a deep voice.

The business envoy said: "I'm not talking nonsense, Madam was deceived. Qingzun from Chang'an Prefecture was also deceived. Because of such unreliable news, all the people in Qingzun's lineage in the capital were killed by Jin Yiwei. I was picked. This time, Qing Zun was seriously injured, and he could no longer be compared with the two Venerables Chi and Bai. Looking at Chi Zun again, he is so smart that he didn’t care about the rebellion when he went south to Huguang. Now only our wife believes it, alas ..."

The old farmer frowned with thick eyebrows, thought for a moment, and said: "Jia Rong is the reincarnated King Ming, which was confirmed by Lord Jin Zun back then."

"Golden Zun? This Jinzun, we have joined the Holy Church for more than 20 years, and we have never seen this person until now. Whether it exists or not, and what kind of person it is, I am afraid that even my wife may not know. Is this person credible?"

"It must be credible. Otherwise... 20 years ago, how could we have escaped from Jilong Mountain? At the beginning we took refuge in the holy religion, but it was Lord Jin Zun's idea." The old farmer said politely, "I want to come to Jin Zun There has been a change in the year, or the identity is sensitive, it is not appropriate to have frequent contact with the church."

The fat businessman sneered at Du: "Many things have happened in the past 20 years. The members of the former abolished princeling party have lost all their power, and the Yizhong Prince Party has been completely punished. Maybe that Jin Zun has also been implicated."

"Stop talking nonsense."

"It's up to you. Anyway, I'm a businessman now, and I'm only responsible for making money. I don't care about other things. If you have Jia Rong's affairs in the future, don't bother me. We don't want to have contact with such a narrow-minded guy. It will be troublesome when he bites back."

"you……"

The Ministry of Water Transport absolutely does not know about the affairs of Taoyuan County.After this happened, Taoyuan County's transportation officials immediately sent a letter to the Huai'an Prefecture Yamen, but it was already the next morning when the Governor of Water Transportation received it.

"Fire?"

"Returning to the Governor, it was indeed a fire. When the patrolling officials were investigating illegal salt, they accidentally set the awnings and ropes of the merchant ships in Ningguo Mansion on fire. Dozens of merchant ships' serial cargoes were all burned up."

"Which company?" The deputy governor of water transportation suddenly raised his eyebrows, thinking that he had heard it wrong.Hastily asked: "Which company's goods and merchant ships were burned?"

The people below respectfully submitted the letter of statement, and replied: "It is the goods and merchant ships of the Jia family in Ningguo Prefecture. There are more than 80 ships. The [-] catties of goods were all destroyed in this fire."

The governor of Water Transport suddenly got up, and snatched it without waiting for the deputy governor to read the letter.After reading it, I frowned.Han Sheng asked: "Have you seen all the goods burnt with your own eyes?"

The people below replied: "When Beizhi heard the news last night, there were still a lot of natural objects scattered on the pier. Many people in the county also saw it. It should be completely destroyed."

The Governor of Water Transport frowned and asked, "Does the person in charge of transport in the Jia family have any requirements?"

"This……"

"Why are you hesitating, come back quickly." Hearing this, the deputy governor already knew that something was wrong.Why was it that Jia's merchant ship was burned? That thing was nothing else, it was an urgently needed material for the Jiangnan River Project.This will be passed on to King Zhongshun, and many people in the Ministry of Water Transport will be charged with dereliction of duty.

The people below said helplessly: "I came here after hearing the news last night, but I don't know the attitude of the Jia family. It's just that there is still a problem. At that time, the ship's guard was arrested by..."

"What's the matter, tell me quickly."

"The man was engulfed by a fire snake, jumped into the canal while struggling, and disappeared. Presumably..." the person who replied eagerly said, "The situation was chaotic at the time, and it was not because the brothers in the department were unwilling to rescue. The truth is All of a sudden, all the boats were connected again, and when the rope broke, we could only watch the fire boat drifting down the river."

"It's a good one to keep your eyes open." The Governor of Water Transport calmed down now, and said with a dark complexion: "Back then, Chibi was set on fire, but now we are setting fire to the courtyard of our Water Transport Department."

"My lord, what should we do now?" the deputy inspector asked.

"I can only talk to the people of the Jia family. If the big things can be reduced, the small things will be the best. They transported the heavenly things for nothing more than money. He added more than 80 merchant ships and accompanied them with 2000 taels of silver. That's enough. The deputy governor should go to Taoyuan County in person and handle the matter properly."

"So what if the Jia family doesn't want to accept it?"

"If you don't want to accept it, you don't want to accept it. No matter where the trouble goes, it will be 2000 taels of silver at most. Now that the transportation of grain and grain to the north is imminent, you, a deputy governor, have given the Jia family enough face. If they don't know what's going on, they will Let Jia Rong come to the governor."

It's just that Water Transport didn't know that at this time, Jia Rong took Qin Zhong and others to make a fuss at the pier for a while, and then sent Qin Zhong out of Taoyuan County.Jia Rong, on the other hand, took the package given by the old farmer, ordered someone to carry a smashed wooden barrel, and went north to the Lema Lake Palace.

When they arrived, they could only see that there was still a lot of cement dust left in the gaps between the stone slabs after the pier in Taoyuan County had been cleaned up.Some cement ash meets water, so it still presents a hygroscopic state, which actually fills the gaps between the stones.

"The Jia family has left."

"gone?"

"The grandpa of Jia's family said that there is an urgent shortage of natural resources for the construction of the Hongze Lake Dam by the Hedao Yamen. It is too late for the southward movement of the natural objects to be delayed all the way this month. If we can't build a few water storage and release water before the rainy season next year If there is a catastrophe, they will commit crimes in the Ningguo Mansion."

Hearing this, the deputy governor began to beat drums in his heart.Puzzled and asked: "Master of the Jia family? Who is it? Has Jia Amnesty come to the south of the Yangtze River?"

"The old man once revealed his identity at the pier. He is Jia Rong, the second-class bodyguard of King Zhongshun."

"Mother Xipi." The deputy governor cursed, and asked the people behind him, "Jia Rong is in Taoyuan County, why didn't you report it?"

"Although I saw a person wearing the clothes of a bodyguard, I don't know the details of the other party." The water transport official in Taoyuan County replied helplessly, "It's even more unexpected that the uncle is the lord of the Jia family. Let's wait for something to happen. The uncle brought people from Ningguo Mansion out to ask for an explanation."

The lieutenant had a bad premonition in his heart.If you really want to ask for an explanation, the Jia family should stay in Taoyuan County.Now they can only look at the ruins on the ground and some of the shipwrecks that have just been cleared from the shore.

He asked, "What explanation does the Jia family want?"

"..." The water transportation officials didn't dare to answer any more, they looked around, hoping that the colleagues next to them would answer this question.

The deputy governor of water transportation was about to be panicked to death by them, and he cursed: "Everyone is dumb?"

He thought that as long as the Jia family made a request, everything could be discussed.It's just that Jia Rong's ghost actually connected the cargo with the river project.But no one can refute it, because these things are indeed going to be sent to Hongze Lake to build the gate.

Pointing out a person, the deputy governor asked, "Tell me, what exactly is the Jia family's request?"

"The Jia family...they..."

"Hurry up, hey and haw for whom to show." The officer next to the deputy governor also urged.

The man who was pointed out secretly gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and said eagerly: "The people of Jia's family were on the pier in front of all the officials and common people, and counted the merchant ships of Ningguo Mansion all the way from Ping'an Prefecture. They also said that [-]% of these natural objects that were originally intended to prevent floods in the south of the Yangtze River were destroyed on the way. When they arrived in Taoyuan County, they were all ruined."

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials present turned black.

There was a complete silence, no one dared to speak first, even many small officials didn't even dare to take a breath.

The Deputy Superintendent of Water Transport clenched his fists and asked, "What do you mean by making things difficult all the way? Is there such a thing?"

The shipping officer said helplessly: "Your Excellency, I don't know, this is the standard money of each guard of the canal. I just didn't expect the officials of the guards of Ping'an Prefecture to be so dark-hearted. .all……"

"So of course the people of Jia's family are not happy about it. They paid nearly a hundred taels of silver at one time, and even lost [-]% of the goods. You guys are really good, and the benefits are serious." The deputy governor of water transport laughed back angrily, and sneered. : "The Jia family's dozens of boats are only worth a few hundred taels, and the benefit fee has gone to nearly a hundred taels, and another [-]% has been lost. You people are really courageous to treat the Jia family as a bodhisattva who gives money."

All the officials listened to the lecture, but dared not refute.Although this is a practice that has existed in the Ministry of Water Transport for decades, ah, it is only now that I understand that this practice does not apply to anyone.

Only the transportation officer of Taoyuan County said aggrievedly: "The Jia family's filial piety is not only our Taoyuan County, it has always been done like this, but it is related to the food and clothing of tens of thousands of people in the Ministry."

The deputy superintendent glared at the transportation officer, they were all children of relatives, so he didn't train him again.He also knows that now is not the time to train people, and finding a solution is the key.For some reason, the deputy governor's voice trembled.

"Jia Rong also returned to Ping'an Prefecture with the Jia family?" He still had one last hope.If Jia Rong returned to Ping'an Prefecture to supervise Tianwu, then he would still have time to negotiate with Jia's family.

in case……

"The people from Jia's caravan came back first. Uncle Jia led two people to pick up some natural objects on the ground, and took a rotten wooden bucket. He hurried to the north, and he didn't know what to do."

"What?" The deputy governor was puzzled for a moment after hearing this.It suddenly occurred to me that King Zhongshun was in Suqian County, north of Taoyuan County.There was a sudden pain in the heart, as if someone had stabbed the heart with a knife.

Did Jia Rong go to King Zhongshun to complain?

It's going to happen this time!
He asked, "Why don't you keep them?"

The transport officer smiled wryly, "We can keep officials in guard uniforms there."

Yeah, they can't keep it.

Something is wrong.Now is a critical time, and such a thing suddenly happened.Will it affect the transportation of grain to the north?Or it may once again cause a dispute between river transport and sea transport.

The deputy governor is quick-witted. Although there has always been corruption in the water transport, the nature of what the officials know in their hearts is different from what they say with their mouths.Baiguan knew in his heart that he had acquiesced in corruption, but if he said it, it meant that the water transport would be rectified.

"Rectify the fart." Uncle Rong in the carriage cursed inwardly, "Who cares about the water transportation, as long as the Ningguo Mansion is not wronged. This time, the cement must be sent to the shipping list no matter what."

(End of this chapter)