Uncle Hong Lou Rong

Chapter 213
King Zhongshun is in a good mood today, and everything in Jiangnan is going very smoothly.After the Yellow River seized the Huaihe River, the Lema Lake and Yihe River Basin suffered from disasters all year round. Now, new channels have been opened in Lema Lake and Yihe River to enter the sea, which can be regarded as reducing the impact of the water potential of the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

The main canal of Hongze Lake entering the sea is also being excavated. Only after these two new river canals are dug, the frequent floods in the Yellow River and Huaihe River may become history.

At this time, King Zhongshun, who was patrolling the Yi River, seemed to be very proud. The flood disaster in the Yellow River and Huaihe River had not been resolved after several dynasties and generations. Now this problem will be resolved in his hands.A deep smile could not help but appear on the face of Vicissitudes, and he said to the governor of the river: "There is no need to delay the development of the new river in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. "

The Governor of Hedao nodded and said: "Your Majesty will definitely live up to the prince's expectations."

King Zhongshun hummed, and said, "This king has always been aware of your achievements. The water transportation of this dynasty has reached a period of necessary innovation. If it goes well, this king will recommend you as the new governor of water transportation."

However, the governor of Hedao knew that the topic of water transportation innovation had been debated since the beginning of Emperor Xiande's ascension to the throne, and now five or six years had passed without any progress.He was disregarding delusions and said with a shy smile: "Thank you for the promotion, my lord. It's just that the lower officials are concerned about the water conditions of the river and don't know about water transportation."

King Zhongshun smiled lightly and said: "Don't underestimate yourself, all the officials in the court know your ability. This year, it is a great achievement to control the water situation. When the Supreme Emperor was in power, there were also many governors of water transportation who also managed the river. They held two positions. , there are examples to follow."

The governor of Hedao said: "I don't dare to take credit for my humble position. The credit for the water control of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River is greater than that of Rong's guards in the prince's mansion."

"What does he know?",

King Zhongshun snorted, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.Speaking of this kid, I can't help but think of the time when this bastard made Jia Qiang and others kneel outside his house to confess his crime.This guy has no serious means, but he knows some crooked ways.It's not bad, but the heart is not bad, and he has done something for the court.

It's a pity that he was born in Jia's family.

Alas, for the Jia family with big tails, as long as the four princes and eight princes stay together for a day, the emperor's brother will not be able to sleep peacefully in the palace all day.

King Zhongshun asked the guards beside him, "Is there any news about that bastard recently?"

"The bodyguard Rong went to Jinling at the end of last month. He met with the Ministry of Industry Superintendent Jia Qiang and stayed in the cement kiln factory in Jinling of Ningguo Mansion for nearly a month. During this period, people from Rongguo Mansion came to him and went there together. The Zhen family in Jinling is probably about the construction of the Provincial Court."

"Farewell? Their family knows how to calculate." King Zhongshun smiled nonchalantly, watching the surging river slap on the river bank and read the waves.Said: "This bastard didn't even send a letter, saying how long it would take for his family's kiln to be completed. The king is willing to let him go back to Shenjing, but... the heavenly things for the Jiangnan River Project are not good. Where is the king? I can let him go."

The governor of the river said with a smile: "But the empress has come to remind me again?"

"Who else can there be except her." King Zhongshun said helplessly, "She treats the god-in-law she recognizes as her own daughter, but she is so precious and distressed that she wants to instruct this king to send that bastard back to Shenjing as soon as possible."

The governor of Hedao was sent by Prince Zhongshun, and was once promoted by the Thirteenth Lord.So knowing a lot of inside information, he frowned and said, "Could it be that something has changed in the palace?"

King Zhongshun hummed lightly, but did not give him an answer.I just stared at the river in a daze, not knowing what I was thinking, and felt a dull pain in my left leg and knee.Taking a deep breath, his face gradually became difficult to look.

Sigh: "It's getting colder."

When King Zhongshun returned to the royal palace on the west bank of Lema Lake, he saw a familiar figure outside the palace.He couldn't believe it, didn't this bastard live in Jinling?Why did you come to Suqian?
At this time, Jia Rong was kneeling outside the hall, with a rotten wooden barrel and a dark package in front of her.

"When did he arrive?"

The guard replied: "The guard Rong came to the palace in the afternoon, and when he came, he was crying for grievances. Although the brothers made it clear that the Lord was going to patrol the river, the guard Rong insisted on kneeling here, waiting for the Lord to come back."

"What the hell are you doing again?" King Zhongshun glanced at Jia Rong's back with extremely puzzled eyes.Gently twisting his left leg, he passed by Jia Rong and entered the hall.

What the hell?

Jia Rong, who was kneeling on the ground, only felt pain in her knees, and saw that Master Thirteen ignored him and went straight into the hall.Curling his lips, he quickly stood up and followed into the hall.He shouted in his mouth: "I am wronged, my minister is wronged."

The Thirteenth Master, who was originally weak in legs and feet, was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground when he was yelled, and he turned his head and gave a fierce look.Ben wanted to scold him, but seeing Brother Rong stretched out, his face was tired, and the corners of his mouth were dry as if he was seriously ill.King Zhongshun lost his mood, and said in a muffled voice, "Why don't you stay in Jinling and come to Suqian?"

Jia Rong held the barrel and the package in her hands, and shouted with aggrieved face: "I am wronged, I am wronged, I am suffering in my heart."

"This is a new thing. Is there anything in the world that can make our Lord Rong feel aggrieved and bitter?"

King Zhongshun was surprised, but there was a secret smile on the corner of his mouth.It seemed that it was decided that Jia Rong was going to play some tricks, just like the people from Ningguo Mansion ran to Zhongshun Wang Mansion to complain about Wudu, but this time this bastard went into battle in person.

Why doesn't he believe it?Brother Rong was very speechless, he thought of himself as someone, and I'm not the kind to play cheap.We are good people, very good people.Brother Rong shrugged his nose, keeping an aggrieved expression on his face, and knelt down to untie the package.

"The thirteenth master wants to make the decision for me."

"Huh?" King Zhongshun was perplexed when he saw his movements and saw that the package was full of cement dust.Asked: "What are you doing with your things?"

Brother Rong presented a booklet and shouted, "Master Thirteen, our Jia family has a grudge."

King Zhongshun opened the booklet suspiciously, only to see a lot of words densely written on it:

"The humble job originally lived near Jinling City, and the kiln factory had houses and fields, and life was free and joyful. Who knew that Tang Fufang was arrogant and merciless, greedy for millions of taels of water transportation, and his officials followed suit. Destroying my property and stealing my money , I want the Jia family to be filial again. The children of the Jia family turned against him, but they were burned to smoke by a big fire. My craftsman scolded him for bullying the good people, and he was set on fire by the canal. Hundreds of merchant ships were all burned. Burn it all up. The poor heaven and earth have [-] catties, and they all sank to the bottom of the river..."

Thirteenth Master's brows twitched when he saw it, and he was almost so angry that he wanted to rush over and kick him, that bastard.It was only after seeing the following content that he frowned again.With a snort, he asked, "What's going on? How did the Governor of Water Transport provoke you, and he wanted to insult him so much, and it's even worse."

Isn't it all written on it?

Brother Rong curled his lips and said aggrievedly: "The Jia family is wronged, and the prince is also wronged."

King Zhongshun looked at him coldly, with a disbelieving smile on his lips.

Jia Rong cried out sadly: "That bastard Tang Fufang, he instigated the officials of the water transport guards to ask for a high fee from the cargo ship that transported the heaven and earth. Our people from Jia's Kiln Factory paid it, and they didn't give up. Not only did they lose money along the way, [-]% of the heavenly objects, and in the end in Taoyuan County, all the heavenly objects including the boats were burnt clean, burnt clean."

"Is there really such a thing?"

"It's really true." Jia Rong said aggrievedly, "Does the Thirteenth Master still not trust the boy? The boy is the guard of your palace, the personal guard. The Thirteenth Master knows what kind of person the boy is. If it is not Really, why did the kid come all the way from Jinling to beg the Thirteenth Lord to decide."

"Could it be that you burned the thing yourself, and then planted it on the Governor of Water Transport?" King Zhongshun looked strange, and thought: "Of course I know what kind of person you are. Is there anyone in the world who knows you better than me?"

Brother Rong was shocked, but there was no strange expression on his face.

Fortunately, people from the Holy Church were asked to do it at the beginning. Although the burning was an accident, it was a serious water transport official who asked for trouble.Although the official has another identity as a member of the Holy Church, this pot must be borne by the Ministry of Water Transport and the Governor of Water Transport.

He said with a bitter face: "The Thirteenth Master knew that the boy was a lover of money, so why would he burn his own things cruelly. The boy only found out later that there were many people present at that time, and many people saw what happened. "

"Why would the officials of the Ministry of Water Transport trouble your Ningguo Mansion for no reason? No one in the world knows that the natural resources of your Ningguo Mansion are used for the river project."

"Yeah, the kid is also confused. For no reason..." Jia Rong whimpered, and he really squeezed out two tears.Weeping, he said: "Poor people in the south of the Yangtze River, I thought I would be able to avoid the Huanghuai flood disaster in the future, but I didn't expect... Shangguan Duan Yu was still waiting for the cement of Ningguo Mansion to pass by in Hongze Lake. In the end, it was all burned , sank to the canal. This time, I have to wait for another month to go.”

King Zhongshun was finally moved when he heard it.He doesn't care if the matter is true or false, the most important thing is that the supply of cement is not available.He frowned tightly and stared at Jia Rong.Ask: "How much was destroyed?"

Jia Rong cried: "There are 80 catties of cement, and there are more than [-] cargo ships. Even if the Jia family outside produces cement, they will not be able to find so many cargo ships to transport it."

"When did it happen?"

"Three nights ago, I don't know exactly what happened. I only heard from the person who transported the objects this time. It turned out that the water transport officials made up their minds that the Ningguo Mansion secretly transported smuggled salt from Ping'an Prefecture to Yangzhou for sale. So all the buckets of cement were moved out of the ship, and then they were dumped on the pier to check whether there was any illegal salt in the bucket.”

Jia Rong paused, and continued to mourn.

"Of course the people of our Jia family knew there was none, but they didn't dare to stop it. Just because those people say that there is nothing in one barrel, it doesn't mean that there is nothing in ten barrels, and that there is nothing in ten barrels, it doesn't mean that there is nothing in a hundred barrels. All the belongings are dumped at the pier for inspection, otherwise they will not be released.”

Anyway, those small water transportation officials who caused the accident have returned to Ping'an Prefecture. It can be said that there is no proof of death, and Jia Rong can say anything.Furthermore, there is still a lot of cement dust scattered on the wharf in Taoyuan County.After the cement dust meets water, it will stay on the pier forever for a long time, and it is absolutely impossible to completely remove it in a short time.

Brother Rong secretly laughed, and with so many people eating melons, it would be difficult for the Ministry of Water Transport to deny it.

King Zhongshun gave Jia Rong a puzzled look.Is it possible that Ben Wang really guessed wrong, this time it was the bastard who suffered the real loss?He asked again: "Since the Ministry of Water Transport inspected it, and the people of your Jia family cooperated, how could there be such a scene of burning boats and goods?"

"Returning to the lord, our Ningguo Mansion is cooperating. But the officials of the water transport have received some orders to smash out all the heavenly things." Brother Rong picked up the rotten wooden bucket in his hand and sent it to him. He took out the water transportation official uniform and water transportation token from the bucket.Said: "This is what the officials of the water transport smashed. The boy also asked for their tokens from the officials who smashed the sky, in case an outsider pretended to be a water transport official."

King Zhongshun took a deep look at Brother Rong when he saw these things.Kuan Kui said: "Okay, this king knows."

"Huh? Is this gone?"

"What do you think?" King Zhongshun snorted, and said, "Now is the critical time to transport grain. Millions of officials and people in Shenjing are still waiting for grain to celebrate the New Year. Do you think I can arrest the governor of grain transport and come over to ask for responsibility?"

Where there are millions of officials and people, there is no such thing as people.These grains are given to all the officials in the court and the soldiers of the battalions in the capital.

King Zhongshun was unwilling to see him, and said politely: "You also know that the south of the Yangtze River is in short supply of cement. Now that the cement has sunk in the river, you should supervise and urge your Ningguo Mansion's kiln in Jinling to be built as soon as possible."

"..." Brother Rong didn't forget the plan in his heart, and he said aggrievedly: "Thirteen Master Mingjian, I really feel wronged when I come here, and secondly, it is because of the Jiangnan River Project."

"Oh?"

"For the river project in the south of the Yangtze River, the loss of 2000 taels of silver for our Ningguo Mansion is really nothing. It's just that the water transportation, the guards, the officials and the officials act like this, and the cement of the Ningguo Mansion can't be delivered to Hongze Lake." Brother Rong felt Just a few drops of fake tears froze his eyelashes, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

Rubbing gently, trying to open the eyelashes, his expression twisted.He also said: "The delivery of cement has been late for a long time, and it will still be late in the future. Even if my Jia family pays the Ministry of Water Transport a few hundred taels of favor every month, it may not be able to guarantee the smooth delivery of the monthly cement." ah."

"What favor fee?"

Brother Rong curled his lips and said aggrievedly: "Master Thirteen doesn't know, but the ferry fees on the canal are very high now. There are not only freight fees, gate fees, boat fees, canal maintenance fees, Cao Ding's annual fee, and transportation fees for birthdays." , There are no less than ten kinds of transportation fees for patrolling water, horses and horses. Every guard will send one, and from Huai'an, Ping'an State Road, there will be five or 60 taels of benefits. This is only for our Jia family, no wonder it is said that water transport officials are the most profitable."

"Bullshit."

King Zhongshun cursed.

Today's good mood was completely destroyed, and his fists were clenched even more.The Thirteenth Master is different from other officials. He is in charge of many projects. It can be seen that the workers and farmers spend no more than ten taels of silver every year.In the past, the official salary of the sixth and seventh ranks was only a few dozen taels a year.

Unexpectedly, Ningguo Mansion would pay a favor fee higher than the officials' salaries for sending cement once.

Thinking of this, King Zhongshun narrowed his eyes slightly.

(End of this chapter)