Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 394 Prisoners
Needless to say, the big households in Suzhou who have been beaten up by Boss Zhu are well-behaved and sensible, and they understand the value of having a solid backer.

Unlike those big families at the Laba Banquet, they didn't care about the olive branches thrown by His Royal Highness Chu Wang, which really made Lao Liu's nose crooked.

Since he swore allegiance to His Highness, he became a lackey of King Chu.As for the various terms of future cooperation, these people naturally accepted what Zhu Zhen said.

According to Lao Liu's design, the future Suzhou Weaving and Dyeing Bureau will become an organization similar to a general contractor, responsible for accepting orders uniformly, and then subcontracting orders to various factories.And supervise the production of the factory to ensure that it completes the task with quality and quantity.

These people present will be the first batch of "subcontractors" of the Suzhou Textile and Dyeing Bureau, and will sign a 30-year contract with the Textile and Dyeing Bureau.The contract stipulates that the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau must guarantee the profits of the subcontractors, and the subcontractors must give priority to completing the orders of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau.

But the contract is far from fair.Not surprisingly, the Bureau of Weaving and Dyeing occupies a dominant position over the subcontractors and has various means of punishment unilaterally, while the subcontractors can only be dealt with by the Bureau of Weaving and Dyeing.

If it were the big families at the Laba Banquet, they would definitely not agree.

But these people in front of them agreed without hesitation.In order to repay His Highness King Chu's kindness of rebuilding, Quan Dang has been working as a cow and a horse for him for 30 years...

After the encounter in Fengyang, they really realized that being a cow and horse for someone is much happier than a wild dog without an owner.

Seeing that they were so obedient, Lao Liu also reassured them: "You don't have to go back to Fengyang. Old Shen, you can arrange for them to stay and wait for the good news."

"Yes." Shen Rong hurriedly got up and answered.

"Your Highness, should we hurry back and raise money?" Xu Ben hurriedly asked for instructions: "Redeem the factory, and there are also future start-up expenses..."

"The citizens are waiting for the rice to cook, and there is no time to raise money for you." Zhu Zhen waved his hand grandly and said, "I first paid for you in advance, and it will be deducted from the payment in the future!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Everyone was very happy when they heard the words, and they would not be cheated without paying money. Your Highness is really kind!
"Let's go." Zhu Zhen sent the guests off with tea.

"Yes, the grassroots leave." All the big households bowed happily and left.

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After they retreated, Zhu Zhen ordered his cousin Hu Xian, who was the head of his bodyguard, to bring those big dogs from the prison.

After lunch, after a short nap, Hu Xian reported to His Highness that a group of criminals had been brought here.

"His Royal Highness is here..."

When Zhu Zhen stretched his waist and turned out from behind the screen, he saw this group of tortured dogs in prison uniforms trembling and kneeling on the ground.

"Have you all eaten my Laba porridge?" King Chu sat down on the throne and asked, yawning.

"Yes." Everyone nodded.Thinking that they were His Highness's guests yesterday, but today they are prisoners, how could they not feel as if they were separated from each other?
"Tell me about you, when I told you well, no one listened." Lao Liu said with a face full of hatred for the lesson:

"Did the king tell you at that time that anyone who wants to profit from maritime trade can join the fleet of the Shipbuilding Division? Let's share risks and profits, right?"

"Yes, yes." All the prisoners nodded in response.

"Are we still guaranteeing the safety of the personal and property of all Shibo merchants? Guarantee that you have a lot of money; you shouldn't be charged, and you won't take a penny?"

"Yes." Everyone nodded again.

"Tell me about you, this king has poured out his heart, but you are treating him like a donkey." Zhu Zhen said with a sad face, "Don't tell me if you don't join this king, and even make trouble against this king, why are you so vicious? "

"Your Highness, we were wrong." The prisoners all kowtowed to plead guilty, and explained with tears:

"But it's not that we don't know good from bad, but someone from above forced us to fight against His Highness."

"Who is so bold?" Zhu Zhen made a serious face on purpose.

"It's Hu Weiyong, Prime Minister Hu!" Someone said in shocking words: "He is Lu Zhonghe's backstage. After three years of Hongwu, Lu Zhonghe covered the sky in Suzhou with one hand, and it was him who supported him!"

"Is there any evidence?" King Chu asked expressionlessly.

"No." The man shook his head and said, "How can there be evidence for such a most confidential matter? The villain is also the fourth brother-in-law of the Lu family. I heard him mention that he often drank with Prime Minister Hu's nephew in Nanjing. Only then did I realize that the backstage of the Lu family is the current prime minister!"

"It may also be the Lu family's fourth bragging." Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said, "In short, there is no conclusive evidence, so you can't just accuse the current prime minister."

"Yes." The man quickly shut up.

But there were no fools present, and everyone knew that His Royal Highness Chu Wang must have heard it in his heart.The king of Chu knew that his arms could not hold back his thighs, so he would naturally feel less disgusted with them.

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After a deep repentance, someone boldly asked: "Dare to ask Your Highness, how will you deal with us?"

After being killed that day, the gang of wealthy households were sent back to the prison.They knew that they were exempt from death and life.

"Ordinarily, you inciting a civil uprising must be a capital crime." Zhu Zhen said indifferently: "But my elder brother is unparalleled in kindness, and he doesn't want to punish you without teaching, so my third elder brother just educated you, and didn't kill you."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince, and thank you, Your Highnesses." Naturally, all the prisoners had no choice but to thank them.After being beheaded, they now understand the preciousness of life.After finally getting back his life, he must live no matter what.

"I am willing to suffer any punishment."

"Then exile to Qiongzhou." Zhu Zhen happily suggested: "When you get there, you should seriously reflect on it and be a good person in the future..."

"Your Highness, can you not go..." the prisoners begged pitifully.

In the eyes of people in this era, exile in Qiongzhou is a close call.

"The villain is willing to donate all his family property, half to the court and half to Your Highness, please forgive me..." Then someone kowtowed and begged: "Your Highness, this villain is old and can't bear to toss about. Just treat this villain as a villain." Fart it."

"The villain is also willing to donate all his wealth, just ask His Highness to let him go." The rest of the people followed suit.

This account is easy to calculate.Anyway, if he was dispatched to Qiongzhou, he would have nothing, so he might as well give up everything and release him in another place.

"My family has strict education and cannot take your property." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said, "As for you dedicating your property to the imperial court, that is your freedom. Does it have anything to do with this king?"

"Then..." Everyone couldn't figure out what he wanted for a moment.

"First, return to others the property that you robbed in the third year of Hongwu." The king of Chu asked Hu Xian to share the stack of deeds with everyone for review.

"Yes." Man is a knife and I am a fish.At this time, they couldn't help but not agree.

"Then, tell your family members to let them fully cooperate with this king during this period of time. Whoever cooperates well will be set free when this king's affairs are over." Zhu Zhen mentioned another reason that is not excessive at all.

This group of people couldn't help sighing secretly, His Royal Highness King Chu is so kind... and the terrible King Jin are completely two extremes!

(End of this chapter)