Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 49 The Peacock's Attempt

Fang Xuanling and Dai Zhou came here in high spirits, and returned with full enjoyment. One of them wrote a policy and handed it to Li Shimin.

Although the perspectives of the two are different, both sides believe that as long as the food supply continues, Gaoling will become an excellent place to absorb the victims, at least successfully maintaining the stability of the refugees caused by the drought.

Li Shimin was naturally relieved, and sent Du Zhenglun, a member of Zhongshushe, to go to various places in Guanzhong to appease the hearts of the people.

To be honest, in terms of governance, Li Tai has achieved the ultimate that a normal dynasty can achieve, but whether the drought can be solved or not depends on whether God will give him face or not.

Obviously, God doesn't really want to save face.

So since Dou Lukuan and Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling was soon sent out to pray for rain in famous mountains and rivers.

With Li Tai's Gaolingding in front of them, these Zhenguan famous officials could safely go to ask for rain without worrying about turmoil, so they went to eat and drink with public funds in peace.

Now, with the increasing flow of people, the dock jobs are slowly being filled.

But for Li Tai, there are many places where he needs to employ people, and when the pier is full, he can do other things.

For example, an official road with eight carriages running parallel from Chang'an to Gaoling.

For example, with the influx of people, the facilities of public toilets have to be increased.

For example, before autumn comes, how much land can be reclaimed, then how much land can be reclaimed.

To be honest, Li Tai even wanted to fix the sewer system to get rid of domestic sewage.

But when I was looking for someone to dig the sewer, I dug and dug to a grave that I didn't know whose name it was.

Li Tai suddenly came to his senses, the place he was staying in was called Chang'an, and it would even become Xi'an in the future!
In this era, if you want to build a waterway system here, save yourself, who knows what will be dug below!
The sewer system that Li Tai originally wanted to dig while accumulating experience was aborted.

Then the only way is to build public toilets and do a good job of fermentation integration, and all of these are their own property.

Don't look at this thing as disgusting, but in reality, this thing is precious.

Before the emergence of chemical fertilizers or guano resources, this thing was irreplaceable to some extent.

Originally, when Li Tai thought that he could accept these refugees smoothly and transform them into Gaoling commoners,

Bai He came over with a piece of news, Li Tai was taken aback when he saw the news, and asked, "Is the news true?"

"The peacock has already brought the problematic goods to Zheng's house!" Bai He said with a serious expression.

"Just follow the peacock!" Li Tai waved his hand, "Leave this matter to her herself!"

"Your servant obeys!" Bai He nodded without arguing when he heard Li Tai's words.

At this time, Peacock came to Zheng's mansion aggressively, followed by carts full of linen! "

Seeing the battle of the peacocks, Zheng Mingshang immediately welcomed the peacocks in and said, "Yuxin, this is..."

"Father, I kindly wanted to build a bridge for the Zheng family, and got a deal of [-] bolts of linen.

In the end, is this how the Zheng family dealt with me?It's fine to fill up the good with the bad, and I don't care if it shrinks by more than one layer.

But there was so much sackcloth that it even tore apart when it was pulled, the Zheng family took it for what I was.

Or do you think it's me who is easy to bully, or Yue Wangfu who is easy to bully! "The peacock shouted to Zheng Mingshang angrily.

"Yuxin..." Zheng Shangming said, "How many unqualified pieces of cloth are there? I'll change them, I'll change them!"

"Father, more than 7 of the [-] pieces of cloth have problems. Even if you take out all the money from Dafang, you may not be able to fill this hole!" Peacock said, "The Zheng family has such a big problem, no matter what How do you need to explain to the Yue Palace."

Hearing this, Zheng Shangming couldn't help being stunned, his head was a little dizzy.

To be honest, Zheng Fengchi has always told him not to be greedy for the money of the Yue Palace, so he also gives the cloth according to the standard, and the quality is at least above average.

But the rest of the Zheng family, after confirming that these linen cloths were for ordinary people to wear, and then discovering that the person who actually managed the business was Peacock, must have made up their minds.

Especially when the second delivery was made, Peacock chose to let them all go, which directly made them bolder.

After all, [-] pieces of cloth can't be gathered together, so the shoddy cloth is directly disposed of by taking advantage of this opportunity.

But they really didn't expect that the peacock didn't even notice that they were all well disguised last time.

As a result, this time it was only a little bit more stuffed, and the door was blocked by the peacock with these cloths.

Peacock looked at Zheng Shangming's unsteady look, and continued:
"Now this batch of goods is still in my hand, I came to Zheng's house today, and I don't want to hurt peace with Zheng's house.

Father discussed with all the uncles, as long as the goods are replenished today, the inferior linen will be replaced.

Then I'll pretend it never happened! "

"This..." Hearing Peacock's words, Zheng Mingshang used his toes to think about it and knew that the other house would never come out!
"Father, there was a big business deal back then, and I haven't forgotten about the Zheng family.

Now that something has happened, I still hope that the Zheng family can let it go privately, and I also hope that the Zheng family will not make it difficult for me.

If I can't complete the task assigned by the King of Yue, I will die naturally, but the Zheng family will definitely be implicated. "

The peacock said in a threatening and complaining manner.

"This..." Zheng Mingshang frowned. It would not be difficult for him to reject the contract signed by Peacock.

But this time the king of Yue is evil, can the Zheng family really continue to hang out in Chang'an!

"Father, make a decision. Today I will be at Zheng's house, waiting for you to make a decision!" Peacock said.

"I'm going to discuss with Zhongfang!" Zheng Mingshang said to Peacock, "I will definitely give you an explanation."

"I'm waiting for your decision!" Peacock said to Zheng Mingshang indifferently, and sat down after speaking.

Peacock watched Zheng Mingshang leave, and couldn't help but sighed silently.

Originally, I had already made a decision, as long as my father pushed all the problems to the other families, I would just let the bad guys arrest them and pay off the debts.

In this case, all the property of the Zheng family fell into the hands of his father.

Whether you want to take it away in the future or not, it will become quite easy.

But obviously my father didn't want to use other people's death to pave his own way, so the other members of the Zheng family would at most lose some vitality, and I'm afraid they would hate themselves and their father instead!
"Counting this group of people is really meaningless!"

Peacock's eyes glanced at the Zheng family, which he had always thought to be majestic, but after being under Li Tai's subordinates for a while, when he came back here, he felt that the Zheng family was a bit too small.

In fact, Zheng Mingshang had quite a long discussion with the rest of the Zheng family.

First, Zheng Mingshang lost his temper and broke out the news that the peacock had discovered these inferior cloths.

Then a group of people complained around Zheng Mingshang, as if the time was too short, the construction period was too rushed, Peacock really didn't know what to do, they were all from his own family, and they didn't know how to accommodate.

All in all, no matter how a pair of sentient beings is discussed, since it is discovered, it must find a way to solve it. After all, it is the product of the king of Yue, not the peacock.

At least, the peacock came out of his own home, so there is still room for detours in this matter.

Peacock immediately came to Zheng's house to find a solution, trying to cover up the matter.

But the problem now is that the Zheng family really can't produce qualified linen in a short time.

After all, strictly speaking, this thing is considered money. If one hundred thousand pieces of cloth can be easily taken out, then the Zheng family will not use these unqualified cloth for camouflage.

Under such circumstances, the Zheng family finally came to Peacock to discuss a solution together.

"Yuxin..." At this time, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but it was Erfang who spoke first.

However, Peacock stretched out his hand and interrupted the second room, saying: "Second Uncle, my name is Peacock, and I will handle this matter on behalf of the Yue Palace."

"Okay, peacock!" Erfang said hastily, "We really can't afford [-] linen to replace it now.

How about we refund the money we earned the last two times, niece Peacock, please do me a favor and let our family go! "

"Do you all mean that?" Peacock looked around, and finally landed on Zheng Mingshang and said seriously.

"Yu Xin, if the Zheng family still has linen in stock, they will definitely replenish it for you, but it really won't be able to make up in a short time."

Zheng Mingshang paused slightly when he said that, and continued,

"The king of Yue is now governing the refugees in Gaoling, and we know a thing or two about the use of this cloth.

We only hope that this matter can be solved with money, if not, then at least give us an idea, let us think about it! "

The peacock's eyes seemed to be covered with tears, and said:

"You also know that King Yue is dealing with refugees!

As I said at the beginning, the King of Yue can go to the Ministry of Households to exchange for linen.

It's just that I thought there was money to be made here, so I handed over this matter to the Zheng family for preparation, but now it seems that I was wrong!
What King Yue needed was clothes for those refugees, not money.

If our Zheng family cannot give clothes to those refugees because of corruption, King Yue still has other choices.

But I...even the entire Zheng family is afraid that I will never be able to do anything for King Yue again. "

Zheng Mingshang gritted his teeth. Zheng Mingshang had personally experienced difficulties in connecting with King Yue.

In particular, the better Li Tai's performance, the more valuable it is to catch up with the King of Yue.

Under such circumstances, the Zheng family would never give up on the King of Yue, more precisely, they would be abandoned by the King of Yue.

Because being abandoned by the King of Yue is very likely to become the first building block of the Zheng family to fall, Zheng Mingshang can't even imagine what will happen after that.

So at this time, Zheng Mingshang said decisively, "Yuxin, just tell me what you think, don't hide it!"

Peacock restrained his emotions and said:

"First of all, I bought these inferior cloths at a tenth of the price, and used them for emergencies anyway.

To be honest, I don't think so much is needed, but if the Zheng family continues to take it back, I'm afraid I won't feel relieved.

The second point is that I want the raw material supplier of Zhengjia linen, and I get the thread directly from the raw material supplier.

If the Zheng family can't make linen, then I will make it myself.

The Zheng family will disembark if they want to disembark, but I am already a member of the Yue Palace, so I can't disembark! "

"You cruel poisonous woman, your surname is also Zheng! Brother, please don't do it, this raw material supplier is the foundation of the Zheng family.

And even if you can't buy one-half of this inferior cloth, you can still buy one-third of it.

If we really do this, I'm afraid we will spit out all the profits we earn! Soon the people in several rooms shouted loudly.

"It seems that the Zheng family won't accept my sincerity for reconciliation!"

The peacock's face changed, and he was about to leave, saying,
"Since we can't agree on an agreement, then just treat me as blind and mistrust my own mother's family!"

But the peacock stopped after only a few steps, because Zheng Fengchi walked in from the outside.

"Yuxin is here!" Zheng Fengchi walked in and said with a smile on his face,
"I stood outside and listened for a while, and I knew what happened, we were wrong.

The Zheng family has always been based on honesty, and all those inferior cloths were donated to the King of Yue, as if the Zheng family had contributed to the disaster relief this time.

The family said that money is not money, this is so common! "

"The Peacock thanked Grandpa on behalf of King Yue!" Seeing Zheng Fengchi's words, Peacock's expression changed, and he saluted Zheng Fengchi,
"Grandpa came back and wanted to come to Zheng's house and still have a lot of internal affairs to deal with, so the peacock will not bother you, and I will take my leave first."

"Hmm!" Zheng Fengchi looked at the peacock and said slowly,
"Yuxin, although you changed your name, you didn't change your surname. This time you can remember that you came from the Zheng family. You did a good job."

"The peacock is leaving!" Yu Xin bowed after hearing Zheng Fengchi's words and left.

Because Yuxin knows very well that with Zheng Fengchi around, she can't take advantage of Zheng's family.

After returning from Zheng's house, Peacock knelt at the door of Li Tai's study room, confessing his mistake seriously.

"Get up." After Li Tai came back, he looked at the peacock, but said calmly.

Peacock was about to say something when Li Tai said, "I know about you. I bought [-] bolts of linen at a price of [-]%. Although the quality is not good, I have nothing to blame for completing the task."

"The peacock made a mistake in this matter, please punish the king of Yue!" Peacock did not dare to get up at this time.

Li Tai waved his hand, but said, "Get up, you have done nothing wrong with this matter.

You used your dowry as a loan to borrow a sum of money, and you planned that if the Zheng family gave all the authentic products today, you would also buy the linen.

It's brave to use your own money to pay for your mistakes!
Don't be so brave next time, those things are the only money you have, and there is nothing worth betting all your money on these days.

Even I... don't need to. "

When Peacock heard Li Tai's words, he couldn't help being stunned. He originally thought that Li Tai would praise or be moved when he knew about it.

"I appreciate that you can think for yourself and solve problems by yourself, but don't do this kind of thing next time."

Li Tai said with some sighs:

"In addition, when I go back to the Zheng family tomorrow, I will say that I thank the Zheng family for donating [-] bolts of linen, and I will continue to receive the Zheng family's linen in the future.

[-] horses per month, pay with one hand and deliver with the other.

But if there is another problem, then the Zheng family will go to someone else to find it. I can't bear this kind of deceitful guy. "

Li Tai walked to Peacock's side, wanted to pat Peacock's shoulder to encourage her, and said, "You are still in charge of this matter."

Li Tai stretched out his hand, the peacock had already started to grow, so it was a little taller, but he didn't, it seemed that he could only pat on his chest...

Reluctantly, he took his hand back.

(End of this chapter)