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Chapter 592: Elite soldiers can stabilize the country, and clever weapons can benefit the people

Hydraulics uses a longer stroke to obtain greater force. Isn’t this as simple as the principle of leverage?

In essence, hydraulics and levers are both basic mechanical principles. Therefore, the impact of hydraulics is as great as that of levers. It exists as a basic mechanical principle and is one of the cornerstones of Ming Dynasty engineering.

The Technological Progress Award in the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty was awarded to Wei Youshan, the inventor and manufacturer of water-fertilizer at the Xishan Coal Bureau. Water-fertilizer does have some defects, and even in terms of increasing production, it has led to a reduction in production because the plants are too tall and have weak resistance to lodging. However, water-fertilizer is still a product that will benefit generations to come.

The Technological Progress Award in the 11th year of Wanli was awarded to Huang Zifu, a doctor of the Five Classics in the Royal Academy of Sciences.

The discovery of the entire hydraulic technology, including its implementation and application, was promoted by Huang Zifu, who was recommended by Grand Marshal Tan Lun.

The Five Classics doctors finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had been under tremendous pressure from public opinion this year. In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty's lowly Confucian scholars, it was a great shame and humiliation that the Five Classics doctors, as the emperor's special aides to the emperor, actually lost to a craftsman from the Xishan Coal Bureau in the competition for the Technological Progress Award!
The doctors of the Five Classics wanted to explain that in the process of rapid technological development, the principles of many mechanical devices and inventions have been widely used when people were not very clear about them, and they have been constantly summarizing the laws in practice, constantly understanding the complex laws behind the phenomena and conducting complete theoretical analysis, in the hope that the results of technological progress can be maximized.

This is the mission of the Five Classics Doctors and the Royal Academy of Studies.

There are countless examples like this. The Ming Dynasty only had a vague understanding of the fact that hard sails can handle winds from all directions. If the Ming Dynasty could fully understand the principle of how hard sails can handle winds from all directions, then the Ming Dynasty's steam turbines would make great progress.

But these lowly Confucian scholars didn’t care about the difference between practical and theoretical research at all. They just thought it was a shame that the Academy of Sciences lost in the competition for the Technological Progress Award, and that they had been eating the emperor’s food for so many years in vain!
This year, the Technological Progress Award finally went to the Royal Academy of Sciences, which finally put such doubts to rest.

Zhu Yijun, the Ming Emperor, was still very busy after the Chinese New Year. He finally arrived at the main gate of the Royal Academy of Gewu in his carriage. At the invitation of the Minister of Rites Wan Shihe and Shen Li, the Ming Emperor stepped down from the jade carriage step by step, wearing a twelve-tassel crown and twelve-chapter imperial robes, and attended the grand ceremony in his best attire.

Only on extremely important occasions, such as offering sacrifices to the Taimiao and the imperial mausoleum, would the emperor take out his attire. This represented respect, respect for the changes that technological progress had brought to the Ming Dynasty.

Flags were waving, horns and drums were beating melodiously, and musicians from the Taichang Temple were beating chimes in a solemn and dignified manner.

Amid cheers of "Long live the emperor", Zhu Yijun entered the Imperial Academy of Studies. He walked to the viewing platform set up outside the Sutra Library and began the second Chonggu Prize award ceremony.

When this award is called the Chonggu Award by most people, Wang Chonggu, the leader of the Labour Party, truly deserves the title.

Zhu Yijun has no dissatisfaction with the current Wang Chonggu. Wang Chonggu deserves to be the leader of the Labour Party.

As the Second Prime Minister and Minister of Punishments of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Chonggu first presented a congratulatory message. After Zhu Yijun reviewed it, he gave it to Feng Bao, who passed it to the Minister of Rites, Shen Li, who went on stage to deliver a speech.

"Mozi said: I have the will of Heaven, just as a wheelwright has a compass and a carpenter has a square. The wheelwright holds on to the compass and ruler to measure the world's squares." When Shen Li said the first sentence, the court officials below immediately felt uneasy.

The quotations on such important occasions usually began with Confucian classics, but this time, "Mozi" was quoted, which made the court officials watching the ceremony very dissatisfied. However, when they saw the ceremonial officers holding the Embroidered Spring Swords, and the Ming Emperor sitting on the platform had seen it, they naturally represented the Emperor's will.

The cheap scholar still couldn't muster up the courage to make a scene.

Is it wrong to be timid? If you make a scene, His Majesty will really kill people.

The reason why Wang Chonggu quoted Mozi was to cooperate with the emperor's decree to compile the "Compilation of Philosophers".

The Mohist theory of Heaven's Will and the Confucian theory of the unity of man and nature and destiny are two completely contradictory paths. Heaven's Will is not about ghosts and gods. Wan Shihe combined Heaven's Will with the Taoist way and believed that this sentence should be interpreted as: All things are created by Heaven, and all things follow certain rules, and this Heaven's Will is the infinite principle of all things.

The Confucian theory of destiny, on the other hand, closely links the imaginary destiny with the succession of the throne. For example, the guest star that exploded as a supernova at the end of the sixth year of the Longqing reign was linked to Zhang Juzheng becoming the only remaining regent; and the appearance of the great comet in the fifth year of the Wanli reign was linked by Confucianism to Zhang Juzheng's period of mourning.

The Mohist theory of Heaven's Will attributes the will of Heaven to a kind of operating law, which has no deep connection with the rotation of emperors on earth.

"Ever since Yuan Fu wrote about contradictions, Wanli's Great Debate has begun to discuss the impact of production. Your Majesty ordered the establishment of the Imperial Academy of Inquiry into Things to study the principles of all things. Time flies, and today, it has borne fruit. The Five Classics doctors have been working hard for years to repay your kindness."

"Since the completion of the first one-horsepower steam engine in the seventh year of the Wanli reign, continuous improvements have been made. Today, there is a 32-horsepower steam engine test run. The iron horses galloping on the road and the steam engines roaring in the government factories are all the results, and behind them are the sweat of the five classics doctors."

"The Central Plains has been suffering from a shortage of money for a long time. All dynasties have tried to implement the banknote system but failed. Today, the money system is still in use. The insufficient production capacity of printing silver coins has become a roadblock and stumbling block. Silver has flowed in quickly since the opening of the sea, but because of the inconvenience of circulation, it has been blocked in the treasury of the big city. Today, the emergence of hydraulics has finally allowed the output of printing silver coins in the Ming Dynasty to reach a higher level."

"After the recommendation of His Royal Highness Prince De, the award was reported to the Ministry of Works, and the five classics doctors reviewed and selected. The final review of the Technical Progress Award was reported to the cabinet, and the nine ministers of the court discussed it together. His Majesty approved it and awarded Huang Zifu, a doctor of the Five Classics, the first-class merit award plaque and the extraordinary merit plaque."

It was indeed approved by Zhu Yijun, because the reward plaque made of sixteen taels of pure gold is still in Zhu Yijun's hand. This award was given by Zhu Yijun himself.

Zhu Yijun stood up, walked in front of Huang Zifu, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Dr. Huang."

Huang Zifu shook his sleeves, bowed five times and kowtowed three times in ceremony.

Zhu Yijun looked unhappy. Kneeling was fine, but it was still a great ceremony. How did the Ministry of Rites do things? There was no great ceremony last year, and there was no kneeling procedure.

Shen Li from the Ministry of Rites noticed His Majesty's displeasure at the first time and almost jumped up from his chair. In fact, His Majesty did not like meritorious officials to perform such grand ceremonies. Shen Li knew this habit very well. Last time, Wei Youshan only allowed half of the ceremony, which was a bow. This was also a part of His Majesty's courtesy to the wise and humble, in order to win people's hearts.

If you make contributions to the country and speak up for the people, you will gain His Majesty's special respect and favor.

Zhu Zaiyu's face became even uglier. He knew what Huang Zifu was going to say next, because Huang Zifu had been unwilling to accept this award since the review.

Huang Zifu bowed his head and said loudly: "I dare not take credit for the work of heaven. I am terrified."

"I have been paid by the emperor and have no worries about food and clothing. Since I have been paid by the emperor, I dare not be greedy for credit and reward. The hydraulic technique was completed by my colleagues and colleagues. I am afraid that people and gods will abandon me if I take this credit alone. I sincerely ask Your Majesty to follow the old rules and grant me the Institute of Gewu and reward me as a whole."

"Without your majesty's decree to build the Institute of Gewu, without the Institute of Gewu, I would be nothing but... just a street juggler. I am lucky to be able to be looked at with respect by Sima Tan with my little creative ideas."

"Ah?" Zhu Yijun was extremely surprised. After listening to Huang Zifu's complete statement, he was stunned for a moment, and said with great emotion: "My dear minister, please stand up, stand up, and talk. If everyone in the Ming Dynasty thinks like you, I will be very relaxed."

Zhu Yijun looked at everyone's expression and knew what had happened.

Huang Zifu was recommended by Tan Lun to serve as a Doctor of the Five Classics. He was best at mechanics, so he felt that he should not receive this award alone. The achievements were all made by the Academy of Gewu, and he felt guilty accepting this great achievement alone.

Zhu Yijun knew Huang Zifu's opinion. He had talked about this matter with Zhu Zaiyu yesterday. Huang Zifu thought that, just like the reward after the invention of the steam engine, the honor belonged to the collective of the Academy of Gewu, not to him personally.

"Take it." Zhu Yijun pulled Huang Zifu's arm and stuffed the one-pound first-class merit award plaque into Huang Zifu's hand, then smiled and said, "You deserve this reward, my dear, take it, and you will have a clear conscience."

"Huang Aiqing, if you don't take, how can others take? If you don't make progress, how can others make progress?"

"Of course the credit and honor belong to the Institute of Gewu, but also to you personally. There is no contradiction or conflict. Just be at ease."

"Others see your extra courtesy and your return, and they will naturally follow your example and follow your footsteps."

“Your Majesty, I thank you for your great grace…” Huang Zifu hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the first-class merit award plaque, his expression still a little complicated.

He was just a juggler who served tea in the folks and had some knowledge of tricks. If he had not gone to the Institute of Gewu and systematically studied the way of Gewu, would he have achieved what he has today? It is impossible.

This is a first-class merit award medal, and there is only one of these in the Gewu Academy.

Advanced individuals and advanced collectives. Advanced collectives are composed of advanced individuals. Simply eating from the same pot is harmful to enthusiasm. This is itself a process of mutual benefit, mutual promotion and mutual achievement. Huang Zifu simply understood this relationship as a favor.

"My dear minister, please work harder and come up with more technologies." Zhu Yijun did not explain it more clearly, but only encouraged him to continue to make more contributions.

"I obey your command! It is a blessing that my skills can benefit the world." Huang Zifu became excited when he heard that His Majesty had made further requests.

Elite soldiers can bring peace to the country, and ingenious weapons can benefit the people. These are probably the two sentences that have been verified since the Royal Institute of Gewu was established.

“Sometimes, the less you have, the more you emphasize something.” Zhu Yijun looked at the Ming officials who were watching the ceremony, waved his sleeves, and returned to the viewing platform.

Confucian scholars emphasize morality, and self-cultivation means cultivating moral conduct. Huang Zifu is a virtuous man who knows how to repay kindness. Even with such a huge reward, he remains calm and keeps working hard in the hope that he can be awarded the title of Five Classics Doctors in the Royal Academy of Studies. The Five Classics Doctors need more recognition.

However, when the Confucian scholars were discussing the merits and rewards, they all vied with each other to claim credit, and the Daxing County even made a joke of "announcement of good news" in the county clerk's records.

How much grain can be produced from one acre of land? How could Zhu Yijun not know?
Only the medals for outstanding achievements were awarded by the emperor himself, and the technical progress awards were divided into five categories. The second category had two places, the third category had four places, the fourth category had eight places, and the fifth category had sixteen places. For example, the copper-clad wood shipbuilding technology won the second-class medal, and Baoqisi's breeding of forage grass also won the second prize.

It's just that the Baoqi Division is led by Zhu Yijun. Xu Zhenming, the director of the Baoqi Division of the Ming Dynasty, is in Hetao, practicing the improvement of forage grass planting and summarizing experience. He has to regretfully miss the award ceremony. Please accept it on your behalf, Your Majesty.

The rewarding process lasted a full hour. Zhu Yijun did not return to the palace. Instead, he sat in the imperial carriage and went to the Xishan Coal Bureau with his ministers. It was the day for the annual distribution of dividends to each craftsman. The itinerary was very simple. Zhu Yijun never gave a long speech. He just waved his hand and said: Give out the money!

Sometimes, real money is far more important than empty promises.

The enthusiasm of the Xishan Coal Bureau, the Woolen Factory, and the Shipyard was all bought with real money. Without a mechanism to distribute the money downward, the government-run factory regiments and the engineering corps battalions would really fail, as Lin Fucheng said, and even fail soon.

The scene was well organized, with everyone being distributed according to their workshops. The Imperial Guards, Eastern Depot guards, and Ministry of Revenue ambassadors were personally watching over it. In addition, the Imperial Guards would visit the official factories afterwards, which basically ensured that the distribution was in place.

"We'll have dinner at the official factory today. Zhang Daban can go to the cafeteria to get some food." Zhu Yijun sat on the big chair that Wang Chonggu usually sat on, flipping through the accounts on the table. This was this year's production plan.

According to Wang Chonggu's plan, if the wool material can continue to grow at the same rate as last year, from 120,000 bags to 140,000 bags, then this year 1.2 million pieces of woolen cloth can be produced.

This will greatly facilitate the Ming Dynasty's development in Liaodong. Woolen cloaks are the flagship products of the Ming Dynasty woolen factories, and most of them are sent to Liaodong, mainly for development.

Hypothermia is a very dangerous thing. For example, in the early summer and late summer when the temperature difference is huge, if there is a heavy rain in the mountains and the temperature drops sharply, people who are wearing thin clothes may die directly from hypothermia, which can be roughly understood as being frozen to death.

A woolen cloak is a great way to keep warm. A cloak weighs six or seven kilograms and is warmer than a quilt.

"Your Majesty, no." Zhang Hong rejected His Majesty's request. He bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I will bring the kitchen with me and cook for myself."

"Really..." Zhu Yijun waved his hand impatiently and said, "Do it yourself, do it yourself, I'll listen to you."

Zhang Hong made large bowls of herbal tea and guangbing for the emperor. When the Beijing camp went out to war, His Majesty would order a guangbing of the same kind as the soldiers every day. It was not that Zhang Hong did not want His Majesty to eat the same thing as the craftsmen, but this was Wang Chonggu's territory and he needed to be careful.

"Why is there so much noise outside?" Zhu Yijun frowned and asked Feng Bao.

Feng Bao quickly asked the eunuch to go out and check. The eunuch hurried away and hurried back, bowing his head and saying, "Your Majesty, a kiln dweller wants to file a complaint with the Emperor!"

"Who is it? Who are you suing? Let's go to court!" After looking through the accounts, Zhu Yijun did not even bother to eat and went to court immediately.

Complain to the Emperor! What a rare thing! You can even encounter this at Xishan Coal Bureau. It is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early!

"Song Rendong, a kiln dweller, sued Wang Chonggu, the deputy minister, for taking human life lightly!" The eunuch looked at Wang Chonggu with a complicated expression, bowed his head and said, "He is indeed a kiln dweller, his face is tired, and his hands and feet are covered with calluses."

The kiln dwellers are real kiln dwellers. You can tell it at a glance because the gaps between their fingers and calluses are all black due to long-term underground work. This is definitely not something that an ordinary scholar can disguise.

"Ah? Wang Ci Fu is disregarding human life?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu in confusion.

Wang Chonggu said helplessly, "I have never taken human life lightly. This is not the first time he has sued me. He has gone to the Shuntian government office to sue me three times. Previously it was Shen Yikuan, and now it is Wang Xiyuan. One is from the Zhejiang Party, and the other is a direct descendant of the Chu Party. If this is true, there will definitely be chaos."

"Ugh."

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said, "That's right. If it was really Wang Ci Fu who took human life lightly, how could this kiln dweller have the opportunity to file a complaint at the Shuntian government office? He would have died in the wilderness long ago."

Wang Chonggu is a traitor, a deputy prime minister, a minister of justice, and a powerful and influential member of the monopoly class in the Ming Dynasty. To put it bluntly, Wang Chonggu really wants to take human lives lightly. This kiln dweller should have died in the wilderness long ago and could not have caused such trouble.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that false accusations and counter-accusations do not apply to him. He is also a pitiful man." Wang Chonggu said with emotion: "The reason why I still let him work in the government factory is because he is a victim. Similarly, I am also seeking fame and reputation. When people get old, they care about their reputation."

Wang Chonggu did not deny it. If he really wanted to do something, he would not leave such an obvious trail.

Wang Chonggu explained the reason why he pleaded for Song Rendong. Wang Chonggu did not take human life lightly after the false accusation. Song Rendong would be punished with severe punishment if he didn't die, or at least be exiled to a remote place. He was just trying to gain fame and reputation, to show that he was magnanimous and would not haggle with small people.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously.

Wang Chonggu sighed and said, "Song Rendong, I know his situation. In the second year of Wanli, I confiscated all the mines in Xishan and established the Xishan Coal Bureau. His father, Song Dajing, was a miner working in the mine. Mining was very dangerous at that time. His father died in the mine accident, leaving behind an orphan and a widow."

"The compensation that the mine gave to Song Dajing was all in the hands of this widowed mother. Unexpectedly, someone in this village wanted to wipe out the whole family, and the leader was Song Rendong's uncle. The widowed mother took the compensation and ran away to marry someone else. The uncle took away the little property left, including the house and seven acres of land."

"My father died and my mother remarried. My uncle is heartless and ungrateful."

"Song Rendong became an orphan, helpless and alone. Unable to beg in the village, he went to the mine to beg. At that time, he was only seven years old."

"Later, the mine learned about this and sent him to school. He ate leftovers in the cafeteria and managed to survive."

Wang Chonggu introduced Song Rendong's situation. This child had a miserable life, not just an ordinary miserable life. His father died in a mine. Fortunately, he worked in a government-owned factory, so he received a pension. Although it was not much, he was able to survive. However, his uncle wanted to wipe out the entire family, and the orphan and widowed mother could not fight back, so the mother cruelly abandoned the child and left.

This is also the reason why court officials opposed the abolition of chastity arches. Sometimes, setting up chastity arches was not entirely a form of persecution, but was for the sake of the child's survival.

Song Rendong's uncle was about to make his family wealthy, and Song Rendong couldn't even get food from any other family in the village, so he starved to death.

Things like losing a family's entire family to poverty are very common these days.

After finally growing up, Song Rendong became a kiln dweller. He worked diligently and could get dividends every year, so his life became much better.

"Last September, I reported a case in which a brothel owner and several prostitutes pretended to be good women and joined the Yongding Woolen Factory. They then disguised themselves as weavers and used marriage as an excuse to swindle people for money." Wang Chonggu finished talking about Song Rendong's miserable first half of life and explained the specific causes and consequences.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "I remember it was exactly the same as the marriage fraud case of the Xi family girl in the east of the city."

In the case of Xi's daughter, Wang Menglin, the son of former Minister of Justice Wang Zhigao, investigated and interviewed, and made a clear defense. Wang Menglin, who failed the imperial examination in the eighth year of Wanli, passed the imperial examination in the eleventh year of Wanli, served in the Ministry of Justice before the New Year, and went to the local area to serve as a prefectural magistrate after the New Year. (Chapter 250)
Wang Chonggu then said, "Song Rendong is also a victim. He was cheated out of twenty-four silver coins, which was the money he saved for his wife after working hard in the mine for three years. The Ministry of Justice arrested the man, sentenced him, and recovered the stolen money and returned it to Song Rendong and other deceived people. Song Rendong is a bit confused about right and wrong. He always thinks that I am taking people's lives lightly, and he told everyone about it, leaving me helpless."

"So it is." Zhu Yijun did not believe one side of the story, but went to the court and summoned Song Rendong.

First of all, it was confirmed that Song Rendong was indeed a kiln dweller, and he was not the knife used by the lowly Confucian scholars to deal with Wang Chonggu, because he was indeed a poor laborer.

"Li Niang has already become a good woman, how could she marry someone by fraud! Wang Ci Fu did not make any effort to clarify the matter and executed both of them. This is a disregard for human life! I am suing Wang Ci Fu for a false case!" Song Rendong knelt on the ground and said loudly.

Zhu Yijun's eyes went dark. He originally thought that there was some inside story of this case that he didn't know, but when Song Rendong opened his mouth, Zhu Yijun was extremely helpless. Song Rendong obviously knew that the so-called Li Niang was a prostitute!

Zhu Yijun began to ask patiently. Song Rendong had been saying how good Li Niang was, how gentle and kind, and how considerate she was. How could she be a bad person?
As long as we remove Song Rendong's subjective descriptions, the case is exactly the same as what Wang Chonggu stated. To put it nicely, Song Rendong was deeply in love and could not extricate himself. To put it bluntly, he was stupid enough to be deceived and cheated, and he still did not repent. If it were not for Shuntian Prefecture's investigation of the case and the recovery of the silver, this guy would have lost both his money and his life.

By now, Li Niang had already been executed by the Queen Mother, but Song Rendong even ran to the emperor and filed a complaint for this matter.

Wang Chonggu was very stable in his emotions. He let Song Rendong go and allowed Song Rendong to sue him in the court in Beijing just for fame. A good reputation after death was what he pursued. Song Rendong had said these words to others countless times and countless people had advised him, but he just didn't understand that whores are heartless and actors are disloyal.

"Song Rendong! Look at the man in front of you. When you couldn't even get food in the village, he asked someone to take you in, gave you food, clothes, shelter, and even sent you to school to learn how to read and write. If you couldn't finish your studies, you could still work in the mine. Now think about your Li Niang. Didn't she ignore you when you had no money?!" Zhu Yijun said angrily, slamming the table.

"You are a thing that can be trampled by thousands of people and spread its legs for money. Can't you tell the difference between the two? Do you know how much your behavior hurts Wang Ci Fu? I have raised you for so many years, and you have raised such a heartless person!"

There were different situations for prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty. Some were forced, which was the majority. Some were depraved on their own initiative, for money and the drunken life in the world of prostitution.

This Li Niang is a liar. She even married a hard-working craftsman!

Zhu Yijun did not discriminate against prostitutes who were oppressed and forced to sell their bodies, such as Liu Qinniang, who could appear before the emperor as a weaver every year. However, Zhu Yijun was extremely discriminatory towards those who allowed themselves to degenerate and even engaged in fraudulent marriages.

This Li Niang was a liar. She cheated twenty-four people and got more than five hundred taels of silver.

The emperor had read the case file at first, and the death sentence was reviewed three times. To be on the safe side, Zhu Yijun also asked Zhao Mengyou to send the imperial guards to fetch the case file and review it carefully again. Song Rendong did not provide any more information.

"Li Niang is different." Song Rendong said loudly.

"Different as hell! Who treats you well or badly? Can you wake up? Have you been drugged by this bitch? Huh?!" Zhu Yijun wanted to pick up the inkstone on the table and smash it on this guy's head.

He saw in Song Rendong a kind of false kindness and clear stupidity cultivated in a greenhouse. He was willing to believe that there were beautiful things happening in this world because beautiful things had happened to him.

"Step back, step back. If you look at me any longer, I will really want to beat you up to vent my anger." Zhu Yijun was so angry that he stomped his feet and waved his hand to tell Song Rendong to get out.

"Wang Ci Fu, don't worry about this matter. I will handle it. Feng Bao, you keep doing this and that, and I don't believe that I can't deal with him!" Zhu Yijun was so angry that he turned left three times and right three times.

If Wang Chonggu had not pleaded for him in advance, this idiot would have been exiled to the border by Zhu Yijun long ago.

After Wang Chonggu heard the emperor's plan, his eyes suddenly widened and he stared at the emperor blankly. He asked blankly, "Your Majesty, was this trick also taught by Yuan Fu?"

What did Zhang Juzheng teach the emperor over the years? Did Zhang Juzheng teach this trick?
"No, the teacher doesn't teach these." Zhu Yijun explained for Zhang Juzheng. This was really not taught by Zhang Juzheng. The emperor thought for a while and said, "This is the self-cultivation of scholars."

Scholars have rotten hearts.

Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao to do two things. One was to let Song Rendong accidentally pick up some silver. The second was to let a craftsman who liked to visit brothels take Song Rendong to visit a brothel to see how fickle the world is. When there is silver, people will greet him with a smile, but when there is no silver, people will treat him with a cold face.

After experiencing it once, Song Rendong naturally knew that Li Niang in his heart only lived in his heart.

The next morning, Feng Bao, who had been waiting, reported the progress of the matter.

"Song Rendong handed the 100 taels of silver he found to the legal department of the official factory. He failed to accomplish the first thing, but succeeded in the second one. Yesterday, he was taken to a brothel by a veteran employee of the official factory to have fun." Feng Bao said with some surprise.

"Handed it over to the judicial authorities? Returned the money and property?" Zhu Yijun had never expected that the first thing would not be accomplished.

That’s a full one hundred taels of silver!

(End of this chapter)