wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 62-62. There is a problem with the cloth for trial cutting

After hearing the order from the chief, all the yamen servants immediately pressed the bosses of the remaining four sword shops to the ground, raised their boards and beat them violently.

These bosses have been in business for many years, with rich family backgrounds, and they all live a pampered life. After a few boards, they wailed like Zheng Zongde and his son.

Immediately, the sound of the board on the stage slapping the body and the sound of crying and screaming merged into one.

Looking at this scene, Zheng Yuansheng had an epiphany why the new Mr. Zhou chose to be at Caishikou. He obviously wanted to make an example, and see if any of the officials and petty officials below would dare to cheat him!
Tian Erya's thinking was different from his. She was deeply shocked by the horror of doing business with officials and businessmen, and secretly vowed that she must be cautious when dealing with the government, otherwise, what will lose is not money, but life.

Zhou Changkui waited for the yamen servants to finish playing the board, and bowed their hands to respect the sky: "The Armed Forces Institute is one of the three institutes under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is in charge of the weapons, saddles, armor, equipment, and quilts used by the court. I was ordered to assist the Ministry of War to select high-quality equipment from the civilian population. You are considered to be on the emperor's mission, and you should do your best to accept it, but you are greedy for profit. He's a wolf-hearted, treacherous bastard with an eye for money."

Tian Erya saw that Kang Zhixian was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed, and swallowed his saliva.The new master of the Armed Forces Institute is too powerful. While rectifying the sword shop, he is also intimidating the magistrates.

Zhou Changkui reprimanded him, then changed the subject: "I am not an unkind person. After my investigation, the scissors of your five shops are indeed well-known in the Jiangnan area. I will give you another one to redeem your sins." Opportunity, do you accept it?"

Zheng Zongde and the others were hit by the board, fearing that their heads would be cut off, they scrambled to reply: "My lord, please give the villain a chance to make amends, and the grassroots will definitely do a good job."

"My lord, Xiaomin must do my best and dare not be half false. Please forgive me, my lord."

Zhou Changkui nodded with satisfaction: "In this case, I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds. You have two days to forge scissors that can pass the trial cut. The request of the Armed Forces Institute."

The bosses were stunned, and just looked at each other, wanting to speak out.

"Huh?" Zhou Changkui snorted.

Everyone didn't dare to have any more objections, and kowtowed: "Yes."

"Two days later, at the same time, I will check your scissors here." Zhou Changkui said, leading the troops to leave.

The family members of the bosses in the crowd rushed up after seeing him waving his hands, and carried the beaten man home.

Zheng Zongde was lying on the bed, wow in pain, but the top priority is not the pain in the buttocks, the most important thing is to solve the problem of forging scissors, otherwise he will be beaten again in two days.He summoned all his sons to discuss the matter.

Both Zheng Yuanxin and Zheng Yuanli were boarded and had to be present. They were supported by their slaves and lay on the soft couch.

Zheng Yuanfei was a little dissatisfied seeing his two elder brothers injured like this, and being scolded by his father: "Father, for the matter of forging professional scissors, I have to find my second uncle. It's useless to find us."

Zheng Zongde glared at him: "Bullshit. This time, the Armed Forces Academy purchased a lot of scissors. How can you do it all by yourself? You have to learn the craft of forging scissors, supply materials and deploy manpower. arrange."

"I thought for a long time that I didn't need to learn the craft of forging scissors, it was all abandoned, and I had to deliver the goods in two days, and it was too late to learn now."

"Blame me." Zheng Zongde lamented, "It's been a long time since I lived comfortably, and I didn't take my ancestors' skills seriously, which led to a big loss today. Now, I have to rush all night to forge the scissors needed by the Armed Forces Academy .

Zheng Yuanli said: "Father, the quality of Wang Ji and Zhao Ji's scissors is not bad. If we say that the scissors we submitted to the Armed Forces Institute this time are all fake taro, but they can't do it? Why are they not qualified? ?”

"Second brother, are you stupid? Today, Lord Naming clearly chose the worst pair of scissors from so many scissors, deliberately making them unqualified. This also reminds us that in the future, every pair of scissors forged will be It has to go through multiple inspections. Boss, if your wound is better, go and help your second uncle. Third, you must provide the best iron and steel to your second uncle as soon as possible, so that he can make the best scissors. "

"Yes, Dad, I know." Zheng Yuanxin and Zheng Yuanfei agreed.

Zheng Yuanli reckoned that his father must have made arrangements to call him over when he was injured, so he took the initiative to ask Ying: "Father, what can I do?"

Zheng Zongde rubbed his chin: "Second brother, I think the cloth that was tried today is different from previous years. You arrange to inquire about it."

"Yes, Dad."

After Zheng Zongde instructed the other sons, he looked at the silent Zheng Yuansheng: "Fourth brother, I regret not listening to you. If, according to your reminder, we will be vigilant and give the best scissors to the Armed Forces Institute, maybe Free yourself from the pain of flesh and blood today."

Zheng Yuansheng shook his head: "Father, let's stop talking about it now, and take good care of your health. I will go to the blacksmith yard to help Second Uncle forge scissors."

"You are a scholar, where do you do these things? Third, you arrange for people to prepare materials, and at the same time, find time to go to the blacksmith yard to help."

"Yes." Zheng Yuanfei complacently glanced at the fourth child.At critical moments, dad, you have to respect him.

Zheng Yuansheng didn't argue with her, and silently stepped aside.

Zheng Zongde waved his hand: "Okay, you all go back and prepare, and there must be no more mistakes."

Zheng Yuansheng helped his elder brother to go out, saw his sister-in-law taking over, he let go, and saw his elder brother being helped back, he turned and left.

Zheng Yuanli's daughter-in-law supported her husband, pouted: "Second brother, seeing your fourth brother is between your elder brother and you, who do you prefer? He helped your elder brother walk such a long distance, and he didn't even ask you. "

Zheng Yuanli rolled his small eyes: "The fourth son is the closest to the eldest brother, of course he should be close to the eldest brother first. He is just a nerd, why are you making excuses for him?"

"I just don't think he is close to us. In the future, when he wins the examination, wins the Jinshi, and becomes a high official in the imperial court, he will definitely take care of the elder brother's family more than we do."

"That's a long-term thing in the future. It's nonsense for you to mention it now. If you have the time to compete with the boss, why don't you think about how to take care of you and me!"

Zheng Yuansheng didn't know about the bickering between the second brother and his wife, so when he returned to his residence, he saw Xia Tian squatting at the door of the study staring at his clothes in a daze, and walked over: "What are you thinking?"

Xia Tian hurriedly got up: "Master, you are back."

"Is there something on the clothes? Why are you staring at it?"

"Master, I heard from Erya Tian that the cloth used to test the scissors this time is very strange, so I will follow along for a while."

Zheng Yuansheng was taken aback for a moment, Tian Erya and Dad's thoughts coincided with each other unexpectedly.He immediately asked: "Tian Erya thinks the cloth is strange?"

"She said the cloth was too shiny and too square, and something else should have been added."

"Let's go find her together." Zheng Yuansheng turned and walked towards Wutong Garden.

Xia Tian hurriedly followed him.

When the two came to Wutong Garden, they found that the gate was open, and Tian Erya was looking through it under the sun holding a piece of cloth.

Zheng Yuansheng was puzzled: "What are you looking at?"

Tian Erya looked at them the same way, and then turned to the cloth strip: "I think the cloth used by the government to test the scissors is not quite like the cloth we usually use, and I think it is a bit strange."

"What kind of weird method?"

(End of this chapter)