Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 374 It seems like I really can’t do it
"Your Majesty is very kind."

Liu Bowen bowed and nodded, generally speaking he admired the hero who created the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said, "I've stayed here for too long. It's time for us to go back. There's no need to send him off."

According to Lao Zhu's daily work plan, he should still be dealing with memorials at this moment.

If you stay with Liu Bowen for a long time, the memorials will not decrease.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Bowen also stood up and said respectfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked out quickly, but when he was approaching the door, he stopped and turned around and said, "Bo Wen, it's better not to tell anyone what happened today."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I understand."

Liu Bowen nodded immediately.

In fact, there was no need for Lao Zhu to remind him. Liu Bowen definitely knew what could and could not be said, but Lao Zhu still reminded him.

Bowing down until Zhu Yuanzhang's figure was completely gone, Liu Bowen slowly stood up straight.

There was a complex look in his eyes that was not there just now.

"Class contradiction..."

Liu Bowen murmured.

Regarding the importance of economic development, Liu Bowen has long been aware of it. It may be slightly different from what Su Jing said, but the core is the same.

What really concerns Liu Bowen is class conflict.

Shang Yang's reforms gave ordinary people a way to join the nobility, stimulated the people's initiative, and made Qin quickly become stronger.

As a result, he inevitably offended the old nobles of Qin State and met a miserable end.

The reason for this accident is what Liu Bowen thought.

In other words, Liu Bowen always thought this way before.

But the class contradiction mentioned by Su Jing is related to the theory of social development.

It seemed that something new appeared in Liu Bowen's eyes.

Did the class contradictions of the Ming Dynasty, or the class contradictions of the entire feudal dynasty, always exist?

Whether it is land annexation or other natural or man-made disasters, in the final analysis, it is the evolution of class contradictions.

The demise of the dynasty, peeling off the superficial cover-up, isn't the core caused by the intensification of class conflicts until they break out?

Liu Bowen was suddenly shocked, because what he was thinking seemed to be seriously deviated from, or even contradicted, what he had learned since childhood.

"What on earth am I thinking? What does Mr. Su know?"

Liu Bowen said to himself.

The more you know, the more doubts you have.

Now Liu Bowen just feels that he really has too many doubts, and the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that there is a lot wrong with the current world.

In other words, there is great terror!
Even people like Liu Bowen are often shocked by what they think in their hearts.

change!
What exactly is Su Jing's change?
Liu Bowen kept thinking in his heart, and had some vague answers, but he was not very sure.

"Ah~"

With a long sigh, Liu Bowen could only express the complicated thoughts in his heart like this.

……

the other side.

There was a clanging sound in Yongjiahou's mansion.

"Damn it! Hu Weiyong, I went to visit you personally, but you dared to stay behind closed doors!"

Zhu Liangzu was very angry because Hu Weiyong didn't see him.

Hu Weiyong was very diligent when he came to his house before, and his attitude was extremely comfortable.

Although there are some differences, in general, they can be regarded as like-minded people.

But now, when he went to Hu Weiyong's house in person, he was rejected.

Zhu Liangzu was really angry and felt like he had been slapped hard on the face.

"Master, please calm down. Maybe Hu Zuocheng is really in trouble?"

The butler advised carefully from the side.

Zhu Liangzu said coldly: "Does Hu Weiyong have such a big deal that he can't even see me? He is clearly avoiding me!"

The housekeeper remained silent and could only stand aside with his head bowed.

Zhu Liangzu finished venting his anger and asked, "How is the situation with Su Jing? Has any news come back?"

The housekeeper immediately took out a secret folder from his arms and said, "Master, this is the latest information that has been sent back."

Zhu Liangzu took the secret fold. There was a wax seal on it, which had obviously not been opened.

As a general, Zhu Liangzu naturally knew how to keep confidential documents confidential.

Zhu Liangzu requested that all information about Su Jing be kept confidential.

Even his confidant butler still couldn't look at it.

After opening the wax seal, Zhu Liangzu carefully examined the seal.

But after a moment, a smile appeared on Zhu Liangzu's face: "Hahahahaha! God is really helping me!"

"Master, what's wrong? Why are you so happy?"

The housekeeper asked immediately.

When Zhu Liangzu is happy, it's usually fine if he takes the initiative to ask questions.

Zhu Liangzu smiled and said: "Su Jing has stayed in the capital for too long, and the shopkeepers under him have begun to rebel."

The matter of Ping An Rice Store is quite important in Lishui County.

Zhu Liangzu's spies could easily detect the general situation.

"Congratulations, Master! This Su Jing dares to go against Master, and she deserves to end up like this!"

The butler immediately agreed.

In order to make Zhu Liangzu happy, he even called Su Jing by her first name.

"Is this the end?"

Zhu Liangzu sneered and said, "This outcome is nothing."

If the shopkeeper under Su Jing rebels against him, then Su Jing will definitely take some countermeasures.

In business matters, if the benefits are large enough, it is normal for some unconventional methods to be used.

Such as assassination!

Zhu Liangzu's first thought was not that Su Jing was in a difficult situation, but that he could take advantage of it to take action.

With this kind of cover, it would be easier for him to do it.

The housekeeper also understood Zhu Liangzu's thoughts in an instant. After all, he had been the housekeeper of the Yongjia Marquis Mansion for many years, so he must have understood this matter very quickly.

He was frightened in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it too obviously.

Su Jing is not an ordinary person. He is Uncle Renyuan, a count personally conferred by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the prince's teacher. He has good relations with all the civil and military officials in the court.

If Zhu Liangzu really did something like this, he might be in trouble too.

However, as the steward of the Yongjia Marquis Mansion, he had nothing to do about it.

Stop Zhu Liangzu?
He simply can't do it.

Wait until Zhu Liangzu does it before reporting him?

That would only increase the punishment and make it impossible to escape death.

Report now?

Zhu Liangzu did nothing, there is no evidence at all, and he was the Marquis of Yongjia, a great hero in the founding of the country.

Since he was just a housekeeper, he would probably be found guilty of slander and executed.

This is like a dead loop that cannot be solved at all. "Master, what are your plans..."

The housekeeper looked at Zhu Liangzu and asked, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to ask.

Zhu Liangzu glanced at him and said: "You don't need to know my plans. You just need to send the secret report of Su Jing's whereabouts to me in time."

Zhu Liangzu still knew how risky it was to deal with Su Jing, no matter how bad his brain was.

So even if he has such a great opportunity, he will not act rashly.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can help you win a hundred battles!
"Yes, sir."

The housekeeper nodded, then turned around and went down to do some work.

Zhu Liangzu looked at the door and rolled his eyes, seeming to be thinking about how to make it foolproof.

In this kind of thing, the risk is always huge.

But whenever he thought of Su Jing, Zhu Liangzu gritted his teeth.

In the prison, Su Jing was so arrogant that even the jailer couldn't let him down.

Originally, Zhu Liangzu wanted to take revenge on the jailer, even though the jailer was transferred to the pro-army captain's mansion.

But when Zhu Liangzu wanted to find the jailer, he found that he could no longer find him.

The name of the jailer was no longer on the roster of the pro-military captain's mansion.

"Su Jing! I will definitely let you know the consequences of provoking me!"

Zhu Liangzu said coldly.

……

Lishui County.

"Master! Master!"

Sun Ping hurried to Su Jing's yard and shouted.

Pushing open the courtyard door, Su Jing was tinkering with some bottles and cans in the courtyard.

Sun Ping was already used to this scene. It was normal for Su Jing to do something he couldn't understand.

"What's wrong, Sun Ping?"

Su Jing continued what she was doing and asked calmly.

It's only been a few days since Wang Jiafu's affairs started, and Su Jing really doesn't have anything special to do.

Since you have nothing to do, then do something you want to do.

Su Jing was engaged in the extraction of rubber at the moment. She went to Shandong. Although it was a horse-drawn carriage, the bumpy ride was a bit uncomfortable.

Modifying the wheels is the easiest way.

And the first thing that popped out of Su Jing's mind was rubber tires.

After all, previous attempts to make springs in order to make firearms failed.

Without springs, the manufacturing of this shock absorber is nonsense, so it is most likely to be improved directly on the wheels.

Su Jing still had quite a few cars in her previous life. Although there was no research on tires, it was clear that they were made of rubber.

However, it is difficult to obtain oak trees in the current Ming Dynasty, at least they are not planted around Yingtian Mansion.

Without oak trees, it seems impossible to make rubber.

Su Jing will not be stumped by this kind of problem. The purpose of making rubber is to provide tire shock absorbers for the wheels.

Then, just make something similar to rubber.

After all, the purpose is to avoid shock.

So now Su Jing is trying to make glue from animals, boiling the purchased pig skin until a glue-like substance appears.

But this is just the beginning. The gelatinous substance cooked in this way is very loose. Not to mention making tires, it will be destroyed with a little force.

So Su Jing needs to add some substances to it to try to change its physical properties.

"Boss, shopkeeper Qian seems to be crazy."

Sun Ping said to Su Jing, with a look of urgency on his face.

Su Jing had already told him the plan and made arrangements for Ping'an Rice Store, so he was not in a hurry.

He felt the need to talk to Su Jing about shopkeeper Qian's matter.

"Is the old money crazy?"

Su Jing was stunned, stopped what she was doing, and asked Sun Ping: "What's going on? Tell me carefully."

After all, Shopkeeper Qian is the shopkeeper under him. Although his ability is mediocre, his character is okay.

This crazy thing probably has something to do with Pingan Mihang, that is, it has something to do with Su Jing.

Sun Ping immediately said: "It's like this. In the past few days, a clerk in the cloth shop saw shopkeeper Qian appearing around the cloth shop. His hair was disheveled and unkempt, and he kept mumbling. When others spoke to him, he would not reply. I kept saying: I can’t go back, I can’t go back.”

"I went to look for him personally and found that shopkeeper Qian didn't even recognize me. Sometimes he was crying and sometimes laughing. He must have gone crazy, so I sent someone to bring him some food and clothing, and then I came to report to my boss."

Sun Ping was also rescued by Su Jing back then. Now that he sees someone he knows going crazy, he naturally wants to rescue him.

"I see."

Su Jing nodded slightly, probably knowing why shopkeeper Qian was crazy.

Before Shopkeeper Qian became the shopkeeper of Ping An Rice Store, he was just a small stall owner, doing a small business and making very little money.

Later, he met Su Jing by chance. Seeing that he still had some business acumen, Su Jing took shopkeeper Qian with him.

Shopkeeper Qian was involved in the process of creating Ping'an Rice Shop from scratch. Originally, the shopkeeper was Su Jing, but after it became stable, Su Jing was handed over to shopkeeper Qian.

It can be said that Su Jing really changed the fate of shopkeeper Qian.

Now, because of Wang Jiafu, Shopkeeper Qian has lost everything, and he can no longer go back to the small business he was doing before.

"From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality is difficult!"

Su Jing sighed.

Sun Ping asked: "Boss, we can't just let Shopkeeper Qian do this."

Su Jing nodded and said: "Yes, after all, Lao Qian is my person. Although Mi Xing is now in Wang Jiafu's hands, I haven't fired him yet."

"In this way, Sun Ping, you take the old money and settle down first. I will be responsible for all the expenses. Find another doctor to see if there is anything wrong with his body. As for this crazy disease, this matter still needs to be solved. Just wait until he sees it for himself."

When doing business, it is natural that one should not take care of money, but his treatment of his employee Su Jing was not so ruthless that he would come and go as soon as he was called upon.

"Yes, boss, I'll do it right now!"

Sun Ping nodded, not surprised by Su Jing's arrangement.

Because this is what the boss he knows and follows should be like.

As Sun Ping left, Su Jing shook her head slightly and said, "Old money, old money, how can you be so fragile?"

In terms of age, Shopkeeper Qian is two rounds older than Su Jing.

But my mental endurance is really quite poor.

Having said that, Su Jing doesn't feel much guilt about this matter.

Shopkeeper Qian's madness did have something to do with him, but he had a clear conscience for what he did.

The bigger reason for going crazy is that Shopkeeper Qian's own psychology is too fragile.

Although this matter has a promoting effect on Su Jing's plan.

Shopkeeper Qian was the former shopkeeper of Ping An Rice Shop. This shopkeeper Qian is crazy. It just reflects the strength of Wang Jiafu, which also incites those who are still waiting and watching.

It can only be said to be a coincidence.

Su Jing continued to pick up bottles and began her own attempt.

People have to look forward, things have already happened.

However, Su Jing soon discovered that her idea of ​​making glue from animals seemed to be unworkable.

After adding various reagents, the physical properties of animal glue cannot be changed.

It seems like I really can't do it.

(End of this chapter)