Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1335 Easy to capture

  Fang Jifan's words made Emperor Hongzhi very dissatisfied.

   This guy...

  Everything is good, but lazy.

  You have so much money-making ability, why don’t you use it on the right path?

  Emperor Hongzhi could not help feeling disappointed when he saw Fang Jifan, who seemed to be selling his flowers with a single-mindedness.

   What a good boy, gone astray.

   It's just that as the Son of Heaven, it's inconvenient to 'teach' him anything.

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "Well, I'm waiting for your Jingfu to come up with some skills. If you keep doing nothing like this, I will punish you."

  Fang Jifan then saluted: "My son obeys the order."

  Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao left.

  Zhu Houzhao complained for Fang Jifan: "Old Fang, your father is too dishonest. A great hero like you will punish you for being lazy. What do you mean?"

  Fang Jifan said with emotion: "Perhaps, it is because His Majesty is crazy about money."

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao thought it made sense, and grinned: "Haha... I have always suspected that I am not my own, but now I hear it, but I think... um... Maybe it is really my own, and I am crazy about money. , earning some money, why is it so difficult."

   He saw Fang Jifan frowning: "Old Fang, what are you thinking?"

Fang Jifan said worriedly: "I am worried about the White Lotus Sect. I am not afraid of thieves stealing, but I am afraid that thieves will think about it. They have stolen so much gunpowder. They must have a big conspiracy. Like me, they have made great achievements and are the Duke of the country. A person with a very high reputation and everyone is grateful to me, isn't he the thorn in the eyes of these White Lotus Sect bandits? They must get rid of me and hurry up. Only by killing me can they make trouble with peace of mind. I am a little worried. Not only worrying about myself, but also worrying about the safety of Her Highness the Princess and Zhengqing. If they succeed, it will be terrible. My life is fine. A man died for the country, and he can be loyal to the court until the end of his life. I, Fang Jifan, have the wish of my life, but when I think about it, how many people would suffer if there is no me in this world, I feel anxious when I think about it."

  Zhu Houzhao thought for a while: "Why didn't the Bailian sect bandits want to assassinate me, this palace is also very important. I can knit sweaters, and this palace has a good reputation..."

  Fang Jifan glared at Zhu Houzhao: "Your Highness, do you still have the time to joke around at this time? Disaster is imminent, and you still eat this dry vinegar."

"Okay, okay." Zhu Houzhao didn't want to argue with Fang Jifan, so he said: "This is easy, you send more trustworthy guards to protect you at any time, don't worry, if the manpower is not enough, the palace will also send a group of guards. Come on. What are you afraid of? But instead of being passive, it is better to take the initiative to attack and wipe out these religious bandits."

  Fang Jifan nodded and said: "I think so too. I ordered Wang Jinyuan to investigate the actions of these thieves. If they dare to come to the capital, I will tell them to go and never return."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded, amused: "That's the truth, so I tell you not to worry, you are just born like this."

  Fang Jifan said: "I am also doing this for the common people. The common people cannot do without me. Without ministers, who will build houses for the common people to live in?"

  Zhu Houzhao was silent for a long time: "Actually... I can inherit your legacy."

  Fang Jifan: "..."

  …

  Wang Jinyuan almost exploded when he heard that someone was going to assassinate the young master.

  He consciously is the confidant of the young master's confidant, and those rebellious officials and thieves will attack him first if they are not in order, so he hurriedly recruited the students from all over the new city and ordered them to investigate the bandits.

These students have a very good relationship with many victims of the disaster, and they are almost the mouthpieces of the victims. Seeing Wang Jinyuan sighing, some people said: "These thieves are so bold, shopkeeper Wang, don't worry, there are so many people around Shigong to protect him, if you think about it, you can do it." It's safe and sound."

Wang Jinyuan stomped his feet: "But there is no one around the old man with hundreds of guards to protect him at any time, so we must quickly catch the thieves, otherwise, I predict that these thieves will definitely take me to the knife. I am the confidant of the young master. Once I'm gone, it will be very inconvenient for the young master to act, it's like breaking his arm, if they fail to assassinate the young master, they will definitely hit the old man with their ideas, so...the action must be fast, not even half a minute slow, the young master has already I made it clear that I will immediately issue a reward, and besides that, to mobilize everyone in the new city, we must not give these thieves any chance to take advantage of it."

  After hearing this, everyone felt reasonable.

  All looked at Wang Jinyuan sympathetically.

   Immediately afterwards, everyone began to recite the characteristics of the White Lotus Cultist, such as how to behave in daily life, what statues will be enshrined in the home, and the tone of speech...

  After they wrote it down one by one, they began to go from street to house and notify each family.

  The original disaster victims have already settled down in the capital.

  The vast majority of people have jobs and the canteens have been withdrawn, because they already have the ability to support their families, so there is no need for relief.

  Life in this capital is hard, but compared to the beginning, I don’t know how many times better.

   Not only that, many people began to get preferential loans from Xishan Bank, and only paid some down payment, and then bought the house built by Xishan Jianye.

This kind of house, of course, cannot be compared with the mansions near Miyagi. In fact, the house is like a small box, the size of a palm, with a radius of only a dozen feet, and the selling price is only eighty or ninety taels of silver. Two silver coins, and the rest of the money, pay back slowly.

   But no matter what, everyone always has a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

  In the vicinity, there are hospitals, schools, neat roads, and even... even Shuntian Mansion has moved here, which caused the house price of eighty or ninety taels to rise to more than one hundred and twenty taels.

  So many people began to feel happy, after all, life has hope.

  In this day and age, hope is a luxury for common people.

The vast majority of people, in a small cave, will never be able to travel within a radius of 30 miles in their entire lives. The farthest they go is just the market. Don’t even think about studying, even if the whole family works hard. , but also need to bear heavy chores, what can be exchanged is just barely subsistence food, and if there is any natural disaster, there is a risk of death for the whole family.

  Therefore, in every disaster year, many sallow and emaciated children have grass marks on their heads and sell them at a price that is almost outrageously low, but no one cares about them. Even in a good year, the price of a person is higher, but the price is still not much higher.

  In this era, it is forbidden to slaughter cattle at will, because cattle are extremely precious resources. Compared with them, most of the time, in dental shops, the price of a person is not even as high as a cow.

   At this time, when they heard that someone was going to assassinate Duke Qi, the people in Xincheng exploded.

  Each person's eyes seemed to be extra vigilant, but anyone who came from outside or felt abnormal, they would report to the authorities without hesitation.

  In Shuntian Mansion, it is overcrowded. There are people reporting to the officials everywhere, and there are also busy guards who don’t touch the ground. They listen to the descriptions of the people who come, and then determine whether they are suspicious. After that, there are still people who are responsible for arresting them.

  The entire new city is in full swing.

  In one day, more than 300 suspicious people were arrested.

  In the old city, it was not much better. Even on the platform of the train station with the largest flow of people, the personnel of the new city and the old city Bingma Division began to conduct investigations one after another.

  The entire Beijing Normal University was in a state of chaos.

   Jin Yiwei is here... a bit confused.

  Mou Bin originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a great contribution, so he had already ordered thousands of households to start taking action. Jin Yiwei had tens of thousands of people. With so many people, he thought it would be easy to capture this time, but who would have expected...

"Commander Mou... I have been staring at a salesman for a long time and found him suspicious, so I have been following him secretly. I wanted to see who else he was in contact with, but who would have expected that he would be taken by the Shuntian Mansion this morning. I went, it is said that someone else reported him, so far, this person has not been released."

   "There is another shop, Xincheng Qianhusuo. I have been paying attention to them, but at noon, a group of guards rushed over...they took them away."

"The worst thing is Liu Qianhu. In order to show his face in front of the commander, Liu Qianhu decided to take a few of his own brothers, disguised as ordinary people, and secretly searched the streets and alleys. The most conscientious people reported it, nine out of ten, they felt that Liu Qianhu and others were quite suspicious, so another servants came. , The flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple, and they wanted to escape. When the thousand households shouted, dozens of guards and idlers on the side of the road chased them out of the four streets, and they were held down by others, and they were given a meal. The beating was fierce, blood was vomited out, Liu Qianhu wanted to reveal his identity, they still didn't believe it, they slapped him a few more times, saying that if Jin Yiwei ran away, he must be a thief, and the people on the side followed beaten, and then taken to Shuntian Mansion, when he came back, there was not a single bruise on his body."

  Mu Bin: "..."

"Commander Mou, how can you investigate the Brotherhood right now? Now spies dare not go out, for fear of being regarded as religious bandits. The spies go out to the streets, and before they find anyone suspicious, they will be arrested. Take it away, it can’t be done anymore.”

  Mu Bin took a deep breath.

  In the past, how could he value Shuntian Mansion in his eyes.

  But it’s different now, he doesn’t dare to provoke Shuntian Mansion at all, and that Liu Qianhu, if it was in the past, Jin Yiwei would definitely not give up when the flood flooded the Dragon King Temple, but now...

  Mou Bin found himself not even daring to utter a word.

   No matter how fierce Jin Yiwei is, is he more fierce than the crown prince and Fang Jifan?

Mu Bin frowned: "Factory guards are getting less and less attention by His Majesty. If even this part of the job is not as good as Shuntian Mansion, haven't you heard of the latest news outside? Being an official doesn't make decisions for the people, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes. If we can't do this job well, we really have to go home and sell sweet potatoes."

  (end of this chapter)