Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 283
After returning from the ground, the lights gradually went out, and a fat man stood by the second door, as if he was waiting for someone.

Xu Qing approached, the man hurriedly knelt over and said: "The county uncle is here, the grassroots Zhuo Deao begs the uncle to atone for his sins!"

Taking a closer look, it turned out that it was one of the two wealthy businessmen brought over by Yang Wen, whose original name was Zhuo Deao.The two wealthy businessmen and the bodyguard were stayed by Xu Qing in Luonan County's Bo Mansion for a night as a reward.This reward is not real, it's just that it's awesome to say it out - I slept in Boliu, Luonan County!This is like, having eaten at a banquet with a certain star, it can be said that I have clinked glasses with a certain star.You also need to be modest, you can't sleep through the day, and get up and leave when you feel the light.When Yang Wenyun returned with Immortal Niang, those bodyguards and a wealthy businessman followed him, only Zhuo De'ao was left.

Xu Qing was puzzled, what does it mean to come to plead guilty at night? Could it be that the bowl and chopsticks were broken?That's too much panic, it's not the palace.Thinking about it, Xu Qing took a step forward and said, "De Ao, Zhuo De Ao, well, what a good name. You have made more than ten million yuan for my Xu family. What is your fault?"

The rich businessman Zhuo Deao didn't dare to get up, he was still kneeling, wiped his tears and said pitifully: "Uncle, the grassroots are guilty, but they just hid Steward Yang. Wuwuwu, now I see that uncle is really so kind to his servants." , woo woo, I am grateful to Dade, risking my life to tell my uncle about this..."

When Xu Qing heard this, his head suddenly became dizzy. He wanted to risk his life to tell him what, he put away his face, and said seriously: "Tell me what you want, oh..."

Zhuo De'ao knelt on the ground and dared not get up, sniffed his nose, hearing the sound he must have really cried.He said slowly, "Uncle, I'm from Shangluo. I manage the property of my uncle's family over there, and also sell my sugar. People from Nanyang and Xiangyang come to buy it."

Xu Qing waved his hand, motioning for him to get down to business.

Zhuo Deao said again: "Uncle, what I want to say is related to human life. I don't know what happened, there was a family in Nanyang who ate the candy we gave and died the next day. The rest of the people also suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. At that time, I sent a lot of money to suppress this matter. In order not to offend Steward Yang, I did not tell him. But a few days ago, another family member died, so I In Shangluo!"

Xu Qing couldn't help frowning and asked: "Eating candy and eating dead people is unheard of. You mean Steward Yang poisoned, so that's even more impossible?"

Zhuo Deao said sincerely and tremblingly: "No, Uncle, I don't suspect that there is something wrong with Steward Yang. It's just that there are many complaints in the public, and the sales of sugar goods in Hongshan Town have also dropped a lot."

Xu Qing swung his sleeves, looked up at Xinghan's bright sky and thought.The Tang Dynasty also attached great importance to food safety. There is a regulation in the "Laws of the Tang Dynasty": "Preserved meat is poisonous. If you have been sick, burn it quickly if you have a surplus. If you eat it and sell it, you will be killed." Those who are sick will be punished for one year, and those who die because of it are hanged; that is, those who are killed by self-eating, are subject to the law of manslaughter."

If Xu Qing's sugar products were poisonous, if they were stabbed out, Xu Qing would not be able to explain it, so he could only push Yang Wen out to die for him.But how can Xu Qing have no idea about his own things, where it might be poisonous, there must be something strange about this matter.Could it be that someone poisoned and killed people with the help of Xu Qing's candy goods, or did someone deliberately slander "Xu Ji"?

Xu Qing thought about it for a second, this Zhuo Deao dared to tell Xu Qing about this matter, how could he guarantee that Xu Qing would not be directly angry at him?Could it be that he already had relevant clues.

I saw Zhuo Deao kowtowed his head and said: "Uncle, I have also investigated. The deceased's family all ate sweets, one person who ate the most died, and the others were sick. I checked it in the county government. As evidence, the word "Xu Ji" is also printed on the fried rice candy, but..."

Xu Qing frowned and asked, "Just what?"

Zhuo De'ao said seriously: "It's just that the fried rice in the fried rice candy is a little yellow, and the fried rice used in Hongshan Town is all round and jade-like high-quality Jiangnan rice. It seems that the fried rice candy was imitated by others... "

Xu Qing pondered, indeed, the fried rice candy in Hongshan Town was printed with the word "Xu Ji", which indeed guaranteed the brand effect and reduced the impact of others' imitation.But the word Xu Ji is relatively simple, and others can still imitate it.Once unscrupulous merchants use inferior raw materials to make fried rice candies, and then sell them at a slightly lower price after printing Xu Ji, they can also make money.But the common people can't tell the truth from the fake, they only think that Xu Ji's things have become worse, and even if there is a safety problem, Xu Qing will be blamed.

Therefore, some celebrities beat mosquitoes and sue a small restaurant that uses his name, and the compensation is very high. This is the reason.Didn't do anything bad, but made a fuss all over, blocked a shot for someone else, who would want that?

Xu Qing decided to do something.

He said to the kneeling Zhuo Deao: "Get up first, you are indeed at fault in this matter, but I want you to have a heart of repentance, and I will not punish you for now. In the future, you should do things well and make up for it with merit. If you encounter such a thing, you should tell Yang Wen in time."

Zhuo Deao kowtowed again, stood up, and let out a long breath, as if he had lifted a heavy burden.Just about to leave, Xu Qing asked again: "Zhuo De'ao, wait a minute."

Zhuo Deao was startled, turned around and lowered his head and asked, "Uncle, what else can I order?"

Xu Qing smiled, motioned him not to be nervous, and said, "De Ao, you said you are from Shangluo?"

Zhuo Deao nodded slowly in agreement.

Xu Qing asked again: "Then do you know Shangluo Paper Factory!" Xu Qing was thinking that the packaging of the rice candy produced in Hongshan Town is too simple, especially the low-end products, which are just wrapped in straw paper.If you use printing to print colorful patterns on the packaging, you can even write stories that spread positive energy, and then sell them, then you don’t have to worry about being copied.

Zhuo De'ao nodded and said: "I know, I know about the property under Uncle's name. Although Shangluo Paper Factory is losing money, it's helpless."

"How helpless?"

"Well, there are few students in Shangluo in the past few years, and the paper mills can't sell much paper. The labor is expensive and the materials are not cheap, so it's a loss. In fact, as long as there are enough people to buy paper, it's a good money maker. The factory. Our Shangluo paper is also very famous!"

Xu Qing smiled and said: "I have called the people from Shangluo Paper Factory to come over. You are staying in the county magistrate's mansion for the time being. Then we can discuss something together. Oh, by the way, what you said today just needs to be borrowed. The strength of the paper mill..."

Although Zhuo De'ao was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask, nodded and backed away.

Xu Qing looked around, only to see that the lights were out, he couldn't help but look cold, wrapped up his clothes, and went back to the house to rest.No, it's going back to the house to sleep, and sleep is not rest.

(End of this chapter)