Zhu Fan said casually: "The prince ordered us to come over and see, how are you settled, is there enough firewood and charcoal at home?" ”

The man hurriedly got up and let them out to invite them in, Zhu Biao shook the snow on his body and walked in, it was very shabby, there was still some uneven ground, a few buckets full of stains, wooden furniture full of scratches, the whole house was basically the same color, it looked very depressing.

A woman hurriedly walked out of the room, bowed down and saluted, not daring to look up at all, and Zhu Biao didn't plan to say anything to them, after all, he had his own eyes.

When I arrived at the back room, there was a small wriggling figure in the quilt, it should be a child at home, I didn't dare to leak my head for fear of life, Zhu Biao walked to the side of the bed and touched the quilt, making sure it was a quilt.

Then he walked to the stove to see the piled firewood, as well as the charcoal carefully placed on the other side, and finally checked the grain, Zhu Biao nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the materials of the court in this village are quite good.

The couple stood aside with their heads bowed, not daring to make a sound, they did not understand why these nobles had come to their house, and now they were afraid that something would happen.

Seeing that Zhu Biao was still wandering, the husband hurriedly signaled his mother-in-law to boil water and wanted to make some tea for the nobles, Zhu Biao waved his hand to stop him, and then went out first.

The rest of the people also followed, and when Zhu Fan left, he pulled out a few pieces of beef jerky from his horse and threw them over: "It's rare to know this king, give your child something to eat." ”

Zhu Biao smiled, the second child is still good-hearted, this is good, the group rode on a horse and walked a few more houses in the village, the general situation is the same, the migrants are not doing well, but it is not a big problem to survive this winter.

There are more than 100 households in this village, and Zhu Biao didn't have time to look at them one by one, so he randomly checked a few and was ready to go to the next village, and asked after leaving the village: "Who is in charge of this village?" ”

Several people behind him looked at each other, and finally Zhu Li scratched his head and said, "It seems that Guo Chong is in charge, and these three villages nearby should be all." ”

Zhu Biao nodded, if the materials for the imperial court to resettle the relocated people were corrupted, they could make a profit by selling them elsewhere, especially cotton, there were not many plants in the Ming Dynasty, and the only ones were planted around Nanjing after Zhu Yuanzhang opened the country.

I walked through several villages along the way, and the situation was not bad, at least the officials were indeed not corrupt, until they came to a rather remote village, and walked two families first, and the situation was normal.

But when there was a problem in the third household, Zhu Biao went in and found that the family was covered with a linen quilt filled with poplar catkins, and the family of four was sleeping in it.

At first, I couldn't even hear the knock on the door, Zhu Biao thought that the family was poisoned by charcoal, and ordered someone to break into the door to wake them up, and after entering the house, they found that there was no charcoal, and when they looked at the quilt, they knew that something was wrong, and the family was so frightened that they trembled, and it took a while to tell the reason,

The notice that this village got turned out to be that the two families in the village shared a quilt, and now it's your day and my day, this kind of ridiculous thing happened, the first two families happened to have quilts, and they didn't dare to say anything, for fear of getting into trouble.

Zhu Biao ordered people to go down to inquire from house to house, and the result was indeed like this, Zhu Biao couldn't help laughing, and after careful inspection, their charcoal was not enough, less than half of other villages.

It stands to reason that there should be a connection between the neighboring villages, not to mention that their men are still working together, so this should not happen, but the people here are not dissatisfied, they just think that they are unlucky.

As for the officials who withheld the materials distributed by the imperial court, they were not dissatisfied, and some people felt that in previous years, the imperial court had never sent anything during the winter, and now there are quilts and charcoal, how dare they make trouble, it is a blessing to suffer losses, and if the official master is dissatisfied, there will be nothing.

Zhu Biao has already sent someone to arrest the official in charge here, it should be a first-class new science and technology scholar, who is also a child of a family, and he did such a stupid thing for some reason.

Zhu Biao didn't waste too much time here, he already had a bad premonition, and sure enough, there were problems in the villages in the future, either there was a shortage of food, or there was no quilt and only cotton clothes, and some of the charcoal was taken back the next day.

At this time, Zhu Zhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Di and others are not happy, his mother, I am waiting for the prince to suffer here on an errand, you dogs are just dragging their feet?

Zhu Biao ordered the detachment, and the three princes each led a team of men and horses to check, but Zhu Biao was not in a hurry, and the current situation was that some people wanted to fish in troubled waters, and they felt that it was snowing in winter, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not go out of the city easily.

Wait until the New Year before the crown prince may go back to Beijing directly, and will come back after the beginning of spring, as long as the minimum survival requirements of the people are guaranteed, so that they don't talk nonsense, this cotton charcoal is worth a lot of money to the north.

It stands to reason that this is also a common practice, and the most of the materials in the court can really reach the hands of the people is only thirty percent, and now they are probably worried about Zhu Biao, for fear that something will happen to the people, and half of the materials with the least materials will go to the people.

On the way back, Zhu Biao ordered someone to summon officials, this matter is not something that a few new science and technology scholars dare to do, they are nothing, they have no official or position, and they don't agree to corrupt the servants, they must be led by people with considerable energy in Fengyang Mansion.

However, Zhu Biao really couldn't understand that it was really stupid to dare to do such a thing in front of him for the sake of this little money from reselling cotton, grain, and charcoal.

People say that only for the sake of 100 percent profit will it trample on all human laws, and only with 300 percent profit will it dare to commit any crime, and even risk hanging its head.

This is a little bit of a big benefit, although they earn a business without capital, but the risk is too great, Zhu Biao suddenly felt that the fool who did this was probably the nobleman, and the civil officials would never be so stupid.

After Zhu Biao returned to the city, Zhu Zhang, Zhu Di and others kept sending people back to report that there was no problem with the villages and towns that Zhu Biao entered, and there were no problems with the villages and towns under the care of Zhu Biao's henchmen, but the more remote the place, the more materials were detained.

There is also the most unique village, that is, Zhu Biao is used to house disabled children, where the most ruthless is detained, there is everything on the surface, but the cotton in the quilt is pitiful, and the charcoal is the most inferior.

The news of Zhu Biao's anger spread, and officials from all over Fengyang Mansion hurried over, and Zhu Li also came with news that as soon as he entered the village, he saw a team of errand officers redistributing supplies, hoping to make up for the loss before being discovered.

The people who are close to the heart are naturally the fastest, and the rest of the people are different, and even two new science and technology scholars have already hanged themselves in the house, and the officials below are even more ugly.

There are also officials who rushed directly to the outside of the mansion and knelt in the snow, and even one of them was specially promoted by Zhu Biao, it is really incomprehensible, don't have a bright and lofty future, if you don't stare at this little profit in front of you, it's really damn it, it's not a pity to die.

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