General Constitution of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 153
"Qian Xian, five villages in the east of the city fought for water."

"Teach the sergeants of the Suzhou Guards to stop them, try to stop them if they can, if they can't...let's talk about it."

At the county government office, Ning Jue had a look of helplessness on his face.

There is no right or wrong in this kind of competition for water sources in the village. In the past, Zou Wang could only rely on Zou Wang to adjust it. This will be unstoppable, and the people will naturally solve it by themselves.

The family member bowed his head and said: "Qian Xian, there are still a few villages in the south of the city. I heard that it is a blood feud of several generations. It was suppressed by Zou Wang earlier, and now I heard that they will also fight."

"Bloody feud?"

Gu Kexue then opened his mouth and said: "It's nothing more than a village occupying a few feet more land. People with the same surname help each other, and different surnames attack each other. A few words of quarrel kill people. The more troubles get worse, the bloody feud."

Even Ning Jue was speechless for a moment.

"I didn't expect Zou Wang to be somewhat useful."

Gu Kexue smiled wryly and said, "Yes, in all fairness, Zou Wang is bullying the market, and it is true in Yurou Township, but if such a person suddenly disappears, there will be trouble in the end."

"I'm going to Litian. Those gentry probably won't even bother to stop them."

The old order has collapsed, and everyone wants to take advantage of the chaos to gain more advantage in the next era.

Hearing this, Ning Jue picked up the black gauze hat and said, "This opportunity is not to be missed, hurry up and take advantage of the chaos and no one will take care of us and go out of the city to the fields."

"Here, Qian Xian, it just so happens that the servants of the county government have all returned and are vying to take us to Litian."

"They also take the initiative to cut the fields?"

Gu Kexue blurted out without raising his head: "The fields they brought you are all from neighboring villages."

Looking at the back of Ning Jue leaving resolutely, Gu Kexue couldn't help but sigh.

"But if this continues, the memorial to impeach you, Ning Ke, will have to go to Beijing..."

Gu Kexue picked up a framed playbook from the desk and handed it to Gu Qingnong, "Qingnong, send this playbook to Jinling, and ask my family to pass it on for me."

Gu Qingnong only glanced at the notebook and his expression changed.

"Master also wants to impeach officials?"

"Everyone participates, but I am a Wuxi native and I don't participate? Isn't this the same as telling the world that I helped Ning Kezhong's Wuxi field? One more copy for me and one less for me has nothing to do with Ning Kezhong's life and death. But it is related to the old man’s wealth and life.”

"At times like this, I have to charge forward, and we have to protect ourselves first."

Hearing what Gu Kexue said, Gu Qingnong reluctantly left the county office.

When Zou Wang was alive, he was a wealthy man in the southeast. Now that Zou Wang died, his million-dollar wealth became a piece of fat in the southeast.

From princes and generals to traffickers and pawns, who doesn't want to come and share a piece of the pie.

After "Zou Wang" died, there was chaos inside and outside the city, everyone was staring at the door of their house with new and old hatred, and the resistance in Litian was also much smaller.
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The rice market in Wuxi is the best in the world, but Zou Wang's fortune came just when the cloth wharf was just beginning to flourish.

The most valuable assets of the Zou family are also the hundreds of cloth shops in the south of the Lianrong Bridge at the North Gate of Wuxi.

And the next day, Zou Laihe and his brothers, who were disheveled, also appeared on the Lianrong Bridge.

"Father made it clear before he was alive that these shops are divided between you and my brothers, so why should I have [-] each?"

"Why don't you have [-] houses each? Do you want to cut half of each house for you?"

"Otherwise, the business of each cloth shop is different. You are the one who manages the business of this cloth shop on weekdays. How can you prove that you have no preference?"

"Then sell them all! If we get the money, can we split it in half?"

"Why not? If you sell it, whoever is afraid of it?!"

Zou Laihe is in his thirties, while Zou Laipeng is about 20 years old. The difference between the two brothers is ten years, but they are evenly divided.

The Lianrong Bridge was already full of people, watching with relish the two sons who were honest in Wuxi yesterday, and today they were bruised and swollen because of their old man's property.

An hour later.

In the first cloth store in the south of Lianrong Bridge, several accountants of the Hua family finally finished their abacus.

Zou Laipeng, Zou Wang's second son, stood up against his elder brother's black eyes and asked excitedly, "How much money?"

The head shopkeeper stretched out a palm.

"15 million taels?"

"5000 taels."

When Zou Laipeng heard this, the expression on his face froze instantly, he froze in place, clenched his fists tightly, and was unable to make a sound for a long time.

This is not only the hundred and ten shops in the south of Lianrong Bridge, but also the business, looms, and inventory of these cloth shops.

15 taels is Zou Laipeng's psychological limit.

Unexpectedly, the Hua family was only willing to give 5000 taels.

What's the difference between this and Ming Qiang?
Seeing his brother's emotions seemed to be a little bit wrong.

Zou Laihe hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to each other, "Thank you, everyone. I've brought all kinds of contracts. Let's go to the county government to deliver them sometime."

"Young Master Zou was joking, the little ones should."

After seeing off the accountant of the Hua family, Zou Laihe turned around, but his brother was nowhere to be seen.

After searching for a while, I found Zou Laipeng from behind the counter.

At this time, Zou Laipeng squatted behind the counter with his arms around his knees like a child, sobbing softly.

"Brother, our father's 30 years of hard work have saved up the family business, and we've lost it in just a few days..."

The two unfilial sons who had already beaten the whole city, closed the door, and the two brothers seemed to be different people.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zou Laihe took out two land deeds from his sleeve.

"Don't worry, I know it in my heart. Dad has explained it before his death. These are floating fortunes. We brothers can't keep them. Why don't we exchange them for safety."

"Ten years ago, Dad surrounded a beach by the Taihu Lake. From the ground to the lake weir, he spent a lot of money to take care of it."

"No matter how dry the year is, there will be no shortage of water in the [-] mu of land, and no matter how flooded the year, the water in the [-] mu of land will have a place to drain."

"The two of us have [-] acres each, and my father didn't give his name, so he just divided it between us. This is yours."

"Don't worry, these fields have already been trimmed, and they are all Shangshang fields."

Looking at the land deed in his hand, Zou Laipeng calmed down a little.

Zou Laihe picked up a cup of tea and said with emotion: "After dealing with father's funeral, we don't want those houses or anything. They are all sold, and the whole family will move to live there directly."

"Your three nephews must have at least one Jinshi in order for our family to turn around."

"Father can't protect us from wind and rain for a lifetime."

After pondering for a long time, Zou Laipeng said in a low voice:

"Brother, let me go to study too."

On the official roads of the north and the south, there was an endless stream of postmen traveling between the two capitals.

Just after Gu Kexue blew the horn to impeach Ning Jue, the officials of the two capitals, the north and the south, made joint efforts to rebuild Ning Jue's image into a cruel official by taking advantage of the chaos in Wuxi.

After the chaos in Wuxi cut off this year's imperial food, they will be able to point all their spearheads at the new law.
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In late spring and March, spring thunder rolled, and continuous light rain swept across the south of the Yangtze River.

"Old Ancestor, it's raining, shall we go ashore?"

Mai Fu put down the teacup in his hand, shook his head and said, "No, our boat is very safe."

"Mr. Zou, do you understand?"

Looking at everything that happened in the city, Zou Wang frowned.

"For a cloth business worth at least 20 taels, he Hua Linxiang sent me 5000 taels. It's really deceiving!"

"This is all my family property that I have worked so hard to save all my life!"

"The beasts! The beasts!"

"Elder-in-law, I have figured it out, I have figured everything out, and I will follow you from now on..."

Zou Wang's flesh pain is real.

But for the rest, it's not so true.

It's just that compared with people like Mai Fu, Zou Wang's acting skills are not as good.

Before Zou Wang could finish speaking, a servant standing beside Mai Fu pulled out the knife from his waist and put it on Zou Wang's neck.

"Mr. Zou, our family recommends that you speak well and don't play around."

Beads of sweat oozed from Zou Wang's forehead, he froze on the spot and said repeatedly: "Elder-in-law, yes, I'm faking it, don't, don't use the knife."

Mai Fu glanced at the servant beside him.

"Okay, put the knife away, Zou Yuanwai is not feeling well either."

"Who can be reconciled to seeing the family business that I have worked so hard all my life disappear like this."

A wry smile appeared on Zou Wang's face.

"Mr. Mai made a clear decision. I really don't feel well in my heart."

"But I still remember that more than half of my Zou family's family business was obtained from Wuxi An's in this way."

"If it was Hua Linxiang who was on this boat today, I would do the same."

Mai Fu smiled when he heard the words: "I can't see that Zou Yuan is a strange person."

"I can't help it. The grass-roots are merchants. When they can make a profit, they will make money together. If they can't make a profit, they will fly separately."

"It's not a taste in my heart, it's not a taste, who made me fall for Zou Wang."

"Furthermore, there is no friend in this world who can't be bruised by a needle or pricked by a gun."

Hearing Zou Wang's emotion, Mai Fu couldn't help giving a thumbs up.

"Transparent!"

"Officials and shopping malls are generally the same."

Mai Fu stood up slowly, and said leisurely: "People always say what is as solid as gold, as solid as gold."

"But as far as our family is concerned, there is no such thing as golden soup in this world."

Zou Wang hurriedly said, "Elder-in-law's advice."

"There is no golden soup in the world, and there are no friends like golden soup."

"Since there is no golden soup in the first place, naturally there is no river embankment like golden soup, and weir mouth like golden soup. What do you think, Yuanwai Zou?"

Zou Wang bowed his head again and again and echoed, "Yes, how can there be a weir like golden soup in the world..." Before he finished speaking, Zou Wang sensed something was wrong.

"Elder-in-law! You mean...an animal! I'm going to fight with them!"

After finishing speaking, Zou Wang ran towards the outside of the painting boat, but was dragged back abruptly by the servant.

"Silverfish! Tarsal Maggots!"

"Mr. Mai, you asked me to kill these bastards with my own hands. I have sold them my life for so many years. They want to cut off the roots of my Zou family!"

No matter how Zou Wang shouted, Mai Fu only had one sentence left.

"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. Member Wai Zou, stay safe and don't be impatient."

Rain in Wuxi.

It's getting bigger and bigger.

And at the lake weir of the [-] mu of fertile land that Zou Wang carefully prepared for his sons, there was also a group of people speaking with provincial accents.

Even Ruan Bi and Hua Linxiang didn't know the existence of this group of people.

At the beginning, Zou Wang wished he could build this weir with black bricks.

This field, Zou Wang even went to the door and left it unused for five years, and specially sent people to take care of it day and night just to restore the fertility of the soil.

These are things that can't be bought with money for a while.

In short, this lake weir has been broken, and this is not the only place where the lake weir has been broken.

Because the good fields in Wuxi are not limited to this one.

(End of this chapter)