Warm spring enters Hou's door

Chapter 111 The result of confrontation
He has been dug and calculated, and he can still laugh?
And laughing so hard!
The two servants were full of doubts, and at the same time couldn't help sighing in their hearts - this Marquis of Changning is really hiding his secrets, and his mentality is very stable.They are even younger than him, it really is a hero born a boy!

Therefore, they respected Du Juanqing even more in their hearts.

In the days that followed, they naturally got along better and better.

In a flash, it was New Year's Eve.

On this day, Fufengzi Ou Shenzi can be regarded as coming from the mine.Of course, Du Yi and Gu Tianyuan's two little followers also came back.

I haven't seen them for a few months, and the two little guys have lost a lot of weight. This little guy looks weird and painful.Seeing it, Gu Caiwei couldn't help but hurried forward to hold their little hands: "A Yuan, A Yi, how do you feel now?"

"Tired." The two little guys answered in unison.

Gu Caiwei immediately covered her lips and smiled.

Wouldn't they be tired of being apprentices under Ou Shenzi Fufengzi?These two people are the masters who don't eat or drink when they are busy.As their little apprentices, these two little guys naturally have to be busy like spinning tops in front of and behind them.

"Then, do you want to give up?" Gu Caiwei asked with a smile.

"No!" Du Yi immediately shook his head.

Gu Tianyuan thought for a while, and he also shook his head: "I just learned a little bit of fun from sword casting, and I don't want to let it go yet."

"I want to give up! I want to give up!" But immediately, Gu Tianci who had just entered the door shouted and ran over.

He was caught by Du Shishilang to go to the mountain to see the mine. Every day before dawn, he would get up and follow the peasant up the mountain. He would follow the peasant wherever he went. He would watch from the sidelines when the peasant started mining. He was busy until the sky. When it was dark, he could go down the mountain with his husband.No matter the severe cold or hot summer, as long as the folk husbands set off, he had to go with them, and even ate and lived with them.

In the past few months, he can be said to have suffered a lot. He has lost weight like Du Yi and others. Moreover, because he hasn't eaten or slept enough for a long time, his spirit has been weakened a lot.

So now, when Gu Caiwei said that she could give up?He hurried over and yelled.

But it's a pity that as soon as he said that, Du Shishi, who came in with him, quickly stepped forward and lifted him aside. "Uncle and aunt, he was joking, don't take it seriously. Now he is doing well in the mine, and he has shared a lot of things for me. I am planning to hand over all the things at hand to him in the coming year, and then I can take the initiative to lead People went into the mountains to find iron ore!"

He wants to stuff more things into his hands?

When Gu Tianci heard this, his face wrinkled like a little bun.

Seeing this, Du Shishi lowered his head and gave him a cold look: "What? You're not happy?"

"No, no, I'm very happy, very happy!" Gu Tianci shook his shoulders and nodded quickly.

I don't know how much his kid has suffered under Du Shishi's hands, but now he is terribly afraid of Du Shishi.As soon as Du Shishi glanced over, he was trembling with fright.

That's a good thing.This little guy can be cured by someone, so they don't have to worry too much about him.

Gu Caiwei immediately put him aside, and walked to Ou Shenzi and Fu Fengzi with a smile.

"Brothers, how are you feeling recently?"

"It's not bad. The mine is rich in resources, and Lord Hou treats us well. I'm very satisfied with my stay here." Ou Shenzi quickly responded with a smile.

Fufengzi had a cold face.From the moment he entered the door until now, he didn't look at Du Juanqing, and now he just said softly: "This iron mine is indeed very good, and Ayi is also very clever and well-behaved."

Anyway, he just didn't praise Du Juanqing.

Du Juan was hostile towards him in his heart, but in fact, why wasn't he?
Looking around, Du Juanqing's face also began to darken.

Gu Caiwei's brain hurts.

As soon as she changed her mind, she decided to change the subject, and smiled at Du Yi: "Your master praised you! It can be seen that you have done a good job. You must continue to work hard in the future."

"Of course!" With her affirmation, Du Yi smiled brightly.

Fufengzi snorted again. "He is indeed a fast learner. Although his foundation is weak, he is willing to learn and work hard, and he is not afraid of hardship. My apprenticeship is not considered a failure."

When Ou Shenzi heard Fu Fengzi praised Du Yi, he quickly said loudly: "Wulang is also very good! He is smart and sensible. I teach him one thing, and he can draw inferences immediately. He deduces the principle of medicine. In the past few days, he has even researched two new prescriptions!"

"Really?" Gu Caiwei immediately became happier, and she quickly praised Gu Tianyuan several times.

Seeing this, Fu Fengzi's eyes darkened immediately, and he quickly praised Du Yi again.

Ou Shenzi had been arguing with him since he was a child, and the two of them used to compare each other when they bumped into each other. Now that everyone praises their apprentice together, naturally they start to praise their little apprentice one by one.Before they knew it, they praised their two children to the sky!

And boasting, seeing that the words were not enough, they began to throw out the cultivation plan for the apprentices in the future. It was a grand and gorgeous, and they were just about to send these two little guys to the throne of the world's number one swordsmith up!

These two people were quarreling with each other, they didn't look like masters at all, but when Du Yi and Gu Tianyuan heard the master praised them so generously, they were overjoyed, their small chests stood out high.

Seeing this, Du Juanqing also gave Gu Caiwei a light look. "It's really wonderful that you quoted this trick, Huo Shuidong."

"Aren't I doing it for you?" Gu Caiwei snorted softly, "If you match up with Brother Fang, we don't have to eat today's New Year's Eve banquet!"

"But they are arguing so fiercely now, how do you think the impact will be better?" Du Juanqing looked at the two brothers Ou Shenzi who were still screaming louder than ever.

"Then you think too much." Gu Caiwei smiled immediately, "Speaking like this is normal for the two of them, and it's just a way for them to vent their emotions. When they have vented enough, they will be fine. I will still eat happily, if you don’t believe me, just wait and see!”

then……

After the banquet was ready, Ou Shenzi and Fufengzi also finished their quarrel.At the moment when the voice was closed, the two people really changed their angry looks just now, and they all returned to the calm and calm image of the outside world at the beginning, as if the quarrel just now did not exist at all.

Du Junqing was amazed.

Gu Tianyuan and Du Yi looked calm.Following these two masters these days, they have seen too many such situations, and they have long since become numb.

However, before taking the seat, Fu Fengzi still took another deep look at Gu Caiwei.

Although she didn't speak, just this one glance made Gu Caiwei's heart tremble, and she quickly smiled at him.

Fufengzi let out another low hum from his nasal cavity, turned his head and left.

Gu Caiwei stuck out her tongue quickly. "My scheme was discovered by brother!"

"If you find it, you will find it. Anyway, your skills are not very good. Isn't it a matter of time before you are discovered?" Du Juan said coolly, grabbed her catkin again, and pulled her to sit on the upper seat together.

The New Year's Eve banquet tonight is much richer than the New Year's Eve banquet.In addition to the dishes on the New Year's Eve, Gu Caiwei added a steamed carp to everyone's table.

The carp is a big red carp caught from the pond, and the skin of the carp is still red after the scales are removed.After being steamed in the pot, the fish meat is bright red and translucent, showing a sense of festiveness.

Moreover, the rough carp meat has been soaked in flour, the meat quality has been much firmer, and the taste has also improved a lot. It is suitable and satisfying to eat two bites during the Chinese New Year.

Fufengzi never cared much about eating, but Ou Shenzi cheered, "I can say I have eaten what you prepared, little lady again!"

Then, he started to gobble it up.

Fufengzi ate his portion slowly.After finishing one fish, he said again: "These days, I heard some noises in the mountains."

When the people present heard this, their hearts tightened.

There are noises in the mountains... This is really scary to hear.

But it must not be that there are cracks in the mine!Otherwise, the mine they have worked so hard to dig for so long will be abandoned!All the hard work I put in before was in vain!

Seeing that everyone's faces turned pale from the shock of his words, and even Du Juanqing's brows were wrinkled and worried, Fufengzi's eyes showed a hint of complacency.

Then, he said slowly: "But I'm not talking about our mine, but elsewhere."

call!
The big guy quickly breathed a sigh of relief.

Du Juanqing immediately and quietly ground his teeth a few times, and then asked Gu Caiwei: "It's New Year's Eve, does he have to look for trouble like this?"

Gu Caiwei shook her head quickly. "Brother Fang's ears are very keen, and he is the most sensitive of all the apprentices under Yang Mingzi. He can tell where the best raw iron is located just by listening. So now that he said so, Then there must be a reason for him to speak. He will not look for trouble when it is New Year's Eve."

Du Juanqing's brows relaxed a little, but there was still a bit of suspicion in his eyes.

Immediately, I heard Du Yi say: "It seems that there are some sounds. I can't hear them clearly during the day, but I have heard them for several nights. It is like the sound of digging the mountain with something in our mine. Especially on two nights , I also heard a rumbling sound, as if some heavy object fell to the ground suddenly, and the ground under my feet trembled."

"Hey, I heard that voice too, but it was so quiet at night, I thought it was my illusion, so I didn't care about it." Gu Tianyuan said immediately.

His mind was all on making the pills, and of course he didn't care so much about other things.

The expressions of the other people staying in the mine changed after hearing this, and they quickly told what they had heard.

In the end, by combining everyone's opinions, they can come to a conclusion—someone should have opened a mountain not far from them!
The mine in Yongxing County is already less than five miles away from the junction of Yongxing County and neighboring counties.Going a little further, there are endless mountains in front of you, which is also the boundary of Yangxin County, a neighboring county.

Those voices also came from Yangxin County.

"Who could it be? The Wu family?" Hearing this, the Minister of Military Affairs asked in a low voice.

At this time, apart from the Wu family, no one should be frantically forcing the peasants to mine in the winter.

Du Juanqing's eyelashes drooped slightly. "Whoever he is, anyway, since he is not on our territory, it has nothing to do with us. They can mess around as they like. We just need to do our own thing well."

"That's true." The household servant also nodded quickly.

Now they have already driven out all the idlers in Yongxing County, and they have also made a plan to open the mountain for the next year. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the future is bright.As long as this matter is done well, they must have made a great contribution, and no one will come to snatch it again!

That being the case, why should they care so much?If those surnamed Wu really want to make a fuss, they can do it by themselves. This matter doesn't have a big impact on them.

Therefore, everyone just mentioned this matter casually, and then kept it deep in their hearts, and turned to talk about other topics.

Seeing this, Fu Fengzi took a faint glance at Du Juan.

Tonight's New Year's Eve banquet is actually not very formal.After all, apart from the people from the Marquis of Changning's mansion, the two ministers from the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Qin family, and the lords from the Duke of Lai's mansion, as well as the people from the world represented by Ou Shenzi Fufengzi, were eating together. The swordsmith masters who came from all over the place had a very complicated composition of personnel.

Now that so many people get together to eat, everyone actually doesn't have much to talk about and go together.So after Du Juanqing said a few words on the scene at first, and then announced the opening of the meeting, everyone began to talk to themselves, and it was still an exchange between small groups.

It's just that, after several months of running in with each other, these small groups have found the most suitable way to get along.In addition, Du Juanqing had always treated them generously, so these people's attitude towards Du Juanqing was considered respectful, so although the reunion dinner was not very lively, it was still harmonious and smooth.

After eating, everyone said goodbye and went back to rest.

Fu Fengzi waited until everyone was almost gone, then he stood up Shi Shiran, his eyes were officially on Du Juanqing.

Du Juanqing noticed his gaze, he immediately raised his chin slightly, and looked back at Fufengzi generously: "But Fufengzi, what else do you want to explain?"

"No." Fu Fengzi shook his head, "I didn't expect that you could subdue so many people's hearts in a short period of time and make them unite. From this point of view, you still have some abilities. "

"Don't worry, I'll show you more of my abilities next." Du Juan said calmly.

"Really?" Fufengzi tugged at the corner of his lips, "Then I'll just wait and see."

After that, he flicked his sleeves and strode away.

"Master, wait for me!" Seeing this, Du Yi hurriedly gave a low cry and chased after him.

Seeing Ou Shenzi, he couldn't help frowning, and hurried to Gu Caiwei's side. "Little lady, are Master Hou and Junior Brother still fighting openly and secretly? Haven't you thought of any way to make them live in harmony?"

"It's fine to live in harmony, they are doing well now, at least they didn't fight directly, did they?" Gu Caiwei spread her hands.

Ou Shenzi immediately pouted. "You think the younger brother doesn't want to hit him? It's just that he is too weak to withstand a fist from the younger brother, so the younger brother didn't touch him!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help sighing again. "So, in fact, my junior brother loves you enough. He is already so angry, and if he wants to help you protect this man, he can only turn around and vent his anger by torturing this man's son."

The corners of Gu Caiwei's mouth twitched.

What are these things?She is obviously the most innocent one, but why does it sound like she is a troublesome beauty from other people's mouths?
After Ou Shenzi said this, he also left.

Gu Caiwei raised her eyes to look at Du Juanqing, and saw that Du Juanqing's face became even uglier.

Ou Shenzi is a rough man, and his voice has never been low.Although he lowered his volume to talk to Gu Caiwei just now, it was only for himself.But at least Du Juanqing, who was standing beside Gu Caiwei, could hear his volume clearly.

So now, he is in a very bad mood.

"So he still wants to beat me?" Du Juan said coolly, "Did he beat all the men who wanted to marry you?"

"You want to hear the truth?" Gu Caiwei asked.

Du Juanqing immediately turned his head away. "Forget it, you don't need to say it, I know it all."

After that, he pulled her close again. "Let's go, let's set off firecrackers. Let's love each other, and this Fang will be mad at me to death!"

Gu Caiwei couldn't help but laugh again.

This arrogant and awkward man, he is really getting more and more fun.

However, although he publicly stated at the New Year's Eve banquet that he didn't care about the movement in the neighboring county, how could Du Juanqing really not take it to heart?The next day, early in the morning of Lunar New Year's Day, Du Ren was ordered to quietly go to the neighboring county to inquire about the situation.

Three days later, Du Ren came back and brought the latest news from there.

"Back to Lord Hou, it really is from the Wu family. After inquiring about the situation from the nearby mountain people, I found out that the Wu family had quietly sent a team to Yangxin County when our troops came here last year. , and then began to dig around, until the end of winter, finally found a small iron mine. Then they couldn't wait to transfer manpower and tools to start mining, and they didn't stop for the whole twelfth lunar month. They were busy until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, They are giving the artisans a few days off."

Du Juanqing did not hide this matter from the two servants, so when Du Ren reported the news, they sat together and listened.

Therefore, after hearing Du Ren's words, the Minister of Household Department immediately became angry: "They have gone too far! In the cold winter, the mountains are cold, and the cold wind in the cold night can blow off the dead branches on the trees. This winter There have been several snowfalls on the mountain, and the mountain snow has covered the top of the mountain thickly. Under such circumstances, they even sent people to mine, are they planning to freeze to death, or fall to death?"

Du Ren said softly again: "Looking at what those mountain people mean, since the mining began, it is true that several corpses were carried down from the mountain every day, and then they dug a hole in the nearby ravine and buried them."

Everyone in the room turned pale instantly.

"They really don't take human lives seriously! But even so, how much can they mine out of iron ore in the cold weather? Can they get back the money for those lives?" .

But everyone knows in their hearts that the lives of untouchables are like ants in the eyes of these superiors.They don't take it seriously at all if they are casually killed or injured.Well, as long as the things in the mine can be dug out as soon as possible, people will die when they die. Anyway, those people can't see but they don't see, of course they don't care!

Du Junqing also shook his head slowly.

"This is a matter in Yangxin County. I don't care about the affairs there. You came here only to take care of the iron mines here. Everything else has nothing to do with us. So now everyone knows in their hearts that there is It’s enough for one thing, and it’s not convenient for us to intervene in other things.”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then slowly added: "Of course, if the people from Yangxin County want to come to Yongxing County to seek life, this Marquis is also willing to accept it."

After speaking, he got up and left.

How clever the two servants are, when they heard this, they suddenly realized it!

"I know what to do!" The Minister of War said immediately.

The household servant also nodded repeatedly. "I also know, I'll go back and order someone to draft a notice, and then have someone post it all over the city!"

"Okay, I'll help you!" said the Minister of War, and the two immediately went hand in hand, chatting and laughing.

In a blink of an eye, the sixth day of the first lunar month passed, and the mines in Yangxin County, which had been quiet for a while, began to be lively again.

Although the weather is still cold, spring in the south comes earlier, and now the weeds in the mountains have sprouted, and the snow on the mountains has almost melted.

Wu Chonglie was wearing a thick cloak, a scarf made of fiery red fox fur around his neck, and holding a stove in his hand. He stood at the foot of the mountain slowly, watching the civilian husband in single clothes crawling hard on the mountain.At the foot of the mountain, sword casting rooms have also been built, and the sound of clanging and clanging can be heard endlessly.

However, Wu Chonglie frowned, he was not satisfied with this lively scene.

After a quick glance, he told the left and right: "There are still too few people. If this continues, the good mines in the mountains will be mined in a year and a month? Hurry up and go to the nearby villages and towns to gather more folks to mine!"

"Don't worry, the king, the subordinates have already sent people, and they will come back with new people soon. Now that it is the slack season after the year, many villagers must seize the opportunity to come and make a fortune!" The steward said quickly.

Only then did Wu Chonglie nod in satisfaction.

However, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he came to inspect the mine again. Seeing that the number of people on the mountain did not increase but decreased, his face suddenly became gloomy.

"What's going on here? Didn't you say to find someone? Where is that person? Where did all of them die?"

The little servant trembled in fright, and hurriedly shouted: "Junwang, this is not to blame for the little one, it's really... It's really the Marquis of Changning and the others who are too insidious and cunning!"

Wu Chonglie immediately frowned. "The surname is Du again? It's not enough that they have hurt my brother so badly, but now they dare to intervene with this king? Tell me, what did he do?"

"After the year, they sent people to post notices everywhere in Yongxing County to attract peasant husbands. They also promised that as long as the peasant husbands came, they would definitely have meat for every meal. They would also be given holidays during the busy farming season, allowing them to finish their work at home. Then go back to work in the mine. Those peasants can’t get enough to eat, and when they hear that they can eat meat, don’t they all run faster than rabbits?”

"What's more, when the Marquis of Changning arrived in Yongxing County last year, they bought a batch of sheep and raised a large herd of pigs on the mountain. Some people drove the pigs and sheep out to graze every day, and drove them back at night. Every day they had to Everyone who works in the mines in Yongxing County knows that killing a sheep and a pig for the folks to eat. So now they are taking advantage of the New Year's Eve to release such news, and then pass by the folks who go home for the New Year As soon as it was publicized, of course the people around were moved. Therefore, not only the people in Yongxing County, but also people from our Yangxin County and many surrounding counties flocked there!"

The boy was talking while watching his reaction.Seeing Wu Chonglie's face turned dark, he quickly lowered his head and stopped talking.

Wu Chonglie gritted his teeth with a cold face for a long time before he finally let out a sneer. "They should know that the king has also found the mine here, so they are anxious, and want to quickly gain the upper hand, so as to steal most of the credit. However, if they still treat me and my second brother as easy to bully, then they But it was a wrong idea!"

Then he turned back. "Isn't it just to use some good things to attract the group of untouchables who are full of food and happy to eat meat? I will do this too, and I can produce more things than him!"

So the next day, a large number of people appeared in Yangxin County and even the surrounding counties and towns, and they posted the Wu family's notices everywhere.

Du Ren naturally got a copy and handed it to Du Juanqing: "Master Hou, what should we do now? Now that the Wu family has offered better conditions than ours, many of the civilian husbands who have agreed to come to our place to work have already left!"

"Let's go. We didn't have such an urgent need for manpower here. They are going to the Wu family's tiger's lair. How can I bring them back?" Du Juan said calmly, "Originally, my main purpose is to do this. It is to let the surname Wu understand that I already know what they are doing. Now that he already knows, my task is completed. As for the fate of these civilian husbands, it should be their own decision, and I It doesn't matter much."

Du Ren quickly lowered his head. "Yes, this subordinate knows."

The two servants watched the notice issued by Wu Chonglie, and they frowned.The servant of the household department whispered: "Is the king of Xin'an crazy? Guarantee that every citizen can have enough food for every meal, and there is a large piece of meat... Does he know how much such food consumption is? Let's raise it ourselves Seeing that there are almost not enough pigs and sheep, we have to go out every day to find pigs and lambs and come back to replenish them. In this way, we can at most ensure that they can taste the meat a day, and drinking a bowl of broth is already very satisfying. It's easy. They haven't raised pigs and sheep yet! The meat has to be bought outside, and it will cost more. Although the Wu family has money, it shouldn't be spent like this!"

The Minister of the Ministry of War said coolly: "Never mind him! The prince of the Wu family has been pampered since he was a child, and he really thought that giving people a big drink and a big piece of meat is just a matter of talking. He will cry at that time!"

Of course, Du Juanqing also had this idea.

"Who doesn't know how to spend money like water to gain the upper hand based on a momentary temperament? But if you want to have the last laugh, and finally completely occupy the highest point, that's the most important thing!" He said slowly.

Gu Caiwei deeply agrees with this point. "So it's enough to provoke him, let him intensify his fuss! Let's walk slowly according to the path we set up earlier, don't worry."

"Of course." Du Juan nodded, and the corners of his lips became even higher.

Seeing this, the two servants couldn't help covering their faces, and sighed inwardly—Jun Wang Xin'an, please ask for blessings!

Sure enough, after the new notice was sent out, the mines in Yangxin County were instantly overcrowded, and there were villagers everywhere who came to seek food.When Wu Chonglie saw this, he was very proud.

However, this complacency lasted less than a month before they were completely defeated.because--

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the servants below are causing trouble, and many people are clamoring to leave!"

Wu Chonglie, who was lying on his concubine's lap basking in the sun, lazily opened his eyes: "This king feeds them with delicious food and drink. What else are they not satisfied with? They still want to make trouble? Sure enough, these country people are not greedy enough." , They are full and have meat to eat, what else do they want? Do they still want to drag the family over to eat plain rice?"

The steward lowered his head hesitantly.

Wu Chonglie was impatient, he kept urging. "What's going on, tell me clearly!"

"Your Majesty, in fact, the commoners are causing trouble because they all said that they haven't eaten a bite of meat for five days in a row! So they are not happy, saying that we are lying, and that what we say is not worth it. They want to leave and go to Marquis Changning go!"

"Bullshit!"

In other words, Wu Chonglie could bear it, but when he heard that he was defecting to Du Juanqing, he couldn't help it!

He immediately turned over and sat up: "I allocated so much money, didn't Wu Jiu, who was in charge of the purchase, say that it would be enough for them to eat for half a year? It's only been a few days, and they are yelling that there is no meat to eat? All these greedy people Things, they must be used to eating meat, and started to want more, so they deliberately found trouble. This will definitely not satisfy them, you send me a message back, tell the guards to watch them, and no one is allowed to escape! Who dares to sneak away Yes, directly arrest them and beat them to death in public!"

"Yes, my little one understands." The steward nodded quickly, and hurried back to give instructions.

Immediately afterwards, ghosts and wolves howled in the Wu family's mine.

However, such an iron-blooded policy did not stabilize the peasants on the mountain.The harder they were beaten, the more civilians escaped.Gradually, less and less iron ore was dug up day by day.In just half a month, the output has already been reduced by half compared to the beginning!

You know, it's spring and the weather is neither hot nor dry, so it's a good time to go down the mountain to mine.It stands to reason that the ore dug out by the peasants should be doubled again and again, but why did this result in the end?

Wu Chonglie hurriedly called the person in charge over to question him, and the person in charge looked embarrassed: "Your Majesty, it's not that the subordinates are ineffective in management, it's really that those civilian husbands are too lazy! Everyone is lazy and refuses to work hard. The subordinates see For the sake of the poor people, if you talk to them in a friendly voice, they don’t even pay attention to their subordinates, and even ask for extra meat!”

"This group of unscrupulous people!" Wu Chonglie immediately sneered, "Since they are all shameless, then don't be too kind to them, just use torture! I don't believe that under torture, they can give me laziness Where to go!"

"Yes, everything is under your command, the king of the county!" The manager hurriedly agreed to go.

However, such a strategy did not improve the iron ore situation even a bit, and the iron ore produced every day continued to decrease.

In the end, Wu Chonglie couldn't sit on his mansion anymore.

"What's going on? I'm going to the iron mine to have a look!"

He made a decision and took action immediately.When the people in the mine heard the news, he was already close by!

These people had no time to prepare, so Wu Chonglie was naturally caught off guard.

then……

When he saw the withered mine in front of him, the men who looked like they were dying to carry the burden and slowly moved down the steps, and the sparse beating sound coming from the sword casting room below, Wu Chonglie's heart ached. After falling to the bottom of the valley, his face naturally became gloomy.

When the manager heard that he was coming, he trotted all the way to meet him, and all he saw was his face.

The steward immediately gave a soft knee and fell to his knees with a plop. "The king has mercy! The king has mercy!"

Wu Chonglie looked at him coldly: "What's going on here? You'd better give me a satisfactory explanation, otherwise, your life must be confessed here today!"

The steward was trembling with fright, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter is really not a small fault, but... but..."

"Why, do you still want to put the responsibility on Marquis Changning? But why doesn't this king remember what Marquis Changning did these days?" Wu Chonglie said coldly.

He's not stupid enough to be fooled by others.Of course, the real reason is - he doesn't think Du Juanqing is smart enough to control everything in his place!

Another shudder from the steward. "This...Of course it has nothing to do with Marquis Changning! It's just..."

"Just what? Hurry up and tell the truth, don't stammer here, I just want an answer!" Wu Chonglie's voice was filled with impatience.

The steward heard it, and he hurriedly said: "The main reason is that we don't have enough money to report to the county king!"

"You're talking nonsense! I gave you so much money, and it's enough for me to eat and drink for more than a year! You also patted your chest and promised me that at least they would be able to eat New Year's greetings!" Wu Chonglie scolded coldly.

"Your Majesty, that's actually exaggerated on purpose by the subordinates. With such a small amount of money, how can it be enough for half a year? Three months at most." The manager said with a bitter face, "You promised to feed the people, There is also a large piece of meat for each meal, which is all money! Especially at the beginning, it didn’t cost much to buy a pig and a sheep. But after all, there are limited pigs and sheep in the vicinity. If you buy more, the price It just went up, and the more it went up, the more outrageous it became. In the end, the money we spent on buying meat was [-] to [-] times a day, plus the money for rice... In fact, it was only a little over a month, and the money was already spent. Most of the time. The subordinates had no other choice, so they began to cut down on their diet, and bought the cheapest rice and noodles."

"In the end, I couldn't afford meat, and I couldn't even eat enough rice. These people made more troubles. The subordinates could only ask people to strictly control them, and even killed a few people to make an example of them. I didn't expect this group of people Not only were the unscrupulous people not intimidated, but they even started to fight against us, and then thought about escaping all day long. After a long time, things have come to this point..."

After that, he kowtowed his head several times in a hurry, coughing until the skin on his forehead was bleeding, and then he whimpered and begged: "This subordinate originally wanted to cooperate with the county king to manage this place well, who would have expected that there are too many troublesome people here. The subordinates are really helpless!"

Wu Chonglie looked at him coldly, his eyes were extremely indifferent.

"Did you forget that the people here are all fellow villagers of the Overlord of Western Chu. Back then, the Overlord of Chu would rather kill himself in Wujiang than return home in disgrace. This is enough to show how strong the people of Chu are. You and them On the contrary, didn't that force them to rebel? And it has been happening for so long, why didn't you come and report it to me from the beginning? I asked so many times in the middle, and you have always been perfunctory, and there is nothing wrong with it. You didn't tell me the truth. If you had told me the truth earlier, things wouldn't have developed to this point!"

"Your Majesty, what my subordinates said at the beginning..." the steward reminded him in a low voice.

Wu Chonglie's eyes turned cold. "You mean to say that everything is the responsibility of this king?"

"This subordinate dare not!" The manager quickly shook his head, "It's all the subordinate's fault. In the beginning, the subordinate didn't explain clearly, so you misunderstood the king. Later, the subordinate did not inform you in time. It is because of all your actions that the matter has come to this point. This subordinate knows his mistake, please punish the county king!"

"Of course I want to punish you. The iron ore that our Wu family found with great difficulty should have produced a large amount of raw iron according to the plan. It turns out that because you didn't report it, you kept it secret until now, and it turned out that Things have fallen to this point, this king doesn't even know how to explain to Her Majesty the Queen, you must bear all the responsibilities!" Wu Chonglie sneered.

The steward wants to cry but has no tears.

Obviously, when Wu Chonglie put up the notice everywhere at the beginning, he reminded him that it would cost a lot of money. It was Wu Chonglie who insisted that their family was not short of money, and he didn't care about such a small amount of money!Later, the civilian husband made trouble, and he went to report it again. Wu Chonglie kept saying that it was the private husband who was greedy and asked him to teach others cruelly.He saw that Wu Chonglie didn't take the lives of civilian husbands seriously at all, but just lulled people over with favorable conditions, and then began to squeeze them desperately. He was just following Wu Chonglie's wishes.How did it end up being his crime again with such a result?

He died wronged!
It's just that he thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say a word of rebuttal.In the end, he could only nod with tears in his eyes. "Yes, everything is the fault of this subordinate, and this subordinate will explain the situation to Her Majesty the Queen. However, since you have already come here, if you don't show some achievements, how can you report the situation to the Chang'an city?" The long-awaited Her Majesty the Empress and His Highness King Liang will explain?"

Wu Chonglie's eyes darkened immediately. "It's already come to this point, what else can I do? I can only write a letter to Dad, asking him to allocate some money to come over, and then start from scratch."

"Actually, my subordinate has an idea, whether it should be said or not." The manager said immediately.

Wu Chonglie raised his eyebrows. "Let's talk first and listen."

The person in charge hurriedly said: "This subordinate thinks that we can go to the Marquis of Changning for help at this time."

"You mean to make this king bow down to him? Impossible!" Wu Chonglie shook his head immediately, "Several of my brothers have already fallen under his hands. If this king bows his head and surrenders now, it doesn't mean that all of our Wu family recognizes him. Cowardly? This king can't do it!"

"Your Majesty, that's not what I mean. I want to say that since the Marquis of Changning and the others have done a great job here, they naturally have their advantages. You must know that when they first came here, they The money they got is not as much as yours! But look at how well they are doing now! Moreover, they have been here for more than half a year, and they will definitely produce something in the near future. As long as they come out first, they will definitely To seize the top spot. As a result, we are still here waiting for King Liang to allocate money, and then invest the money in. It will take at least half a year to get results, we can't afford to wait!" The steward said anxiously call.

After Wu Chonglie heard this, the expression of resistance on his face faded a little.

Seeing that there was something interesting in the matter, he hurriedly persuaded: "Besides, the subordinates also said that we just go to learn some experience from them, and observe the operation mode of their mine by the way. In this way, we know it well, and we can do things later. Do you get twice the result with half the effort?"

At the end, he said another sentence: "Besides, my subordinates have found out that most of the peasants who escaped from our mine have gone to Yongxing County to join Marquis Changning."

"Sure enough, it's him again!"

Hearing this, Wu Chonglie finally couldn't sit still.

He jumped up against the table and shouted angrily: "However, let me go to see him? That's impossible. You should write a letter quickly and let him come to see me!"

(End of this chapter)