Outside the gate of the county government, there are more than twice as many onlookers on the inside and outside as before. Originally, there were not so many idlers, but since an hour ago, the news that Xu Cheng was slashed by General Mingwei at the gate spread widely, and the people who flocked from all directions surrounded this place.

If it weren't for the loud servants who repeatedly chanted and were not allowed to make noise, and Zhu Tingfang was too fierce, it would be so noisy that it would be like a vegetable market. However, compared to the sound of firecrackers coming from all over the city, the county's Yaqian Street has become quite quiet. Because most people are trying to hear what is going on in court.

At the gate of the county government and the entrance of the public hall, a total of four students from the Wendao School did not live up to the expectations of the people. Although there was a distance from the public hall to the gate of the county government, one came out to repeat it after listening to one paragraph, and then went back to replace the other to pass on the next paragraph.

But just as one of the students passed on the charges of Zhang Shou questioning Xian Yunhe and others, before the next person came to replace them, three people in the crowd suddenly forcibly squeezed out. The two tried their best to block the few masters and apprentices of Cao Wu and the errand servants who maintained order, and the other took the opportunity to rush to the big drum at the gate of the county government, took out a drumstick directly from his arms, and struck the drum vigorously.

This knocking sound immediately aroused an uproar among the onlookers. In the past few days, because Zhu Tingfang said that he would accept all kinds of lawsuits, but the premise was that he was not allowed to report false cases, so all those who had grievances would be reported in one go, how could anyone jump out and beat the drum to file a complaint at a time like today? Still so prepared?

You must know that the drumsticks that beat the drum at the entrance of the county government are all put away on weekdays, and the drums of the complaint are also guarded by special personnel, how can you knock on it if you want, otherwise will the county master still sleep in the middle of the night?

When the arm was twisted by the servant, the middle-aged man who had been given the opportunity to beat the drum because of the cooperation of his companions shouted: "The three of us are the spinning workers whose houses were burned down by those profiteers, and we didn't dare to go back to Cangzhou to escape death, so we hid outside for a long time, and we just came back the day before yesterday!" Today, we heard that the county government was going to try the so-called chaotic people, and we had to stand up......"

"There are no chaotic people in Cangzhou! Cangzhou is only forced to a dead end by corrupt officials and profiteers, and this is the innocent people who are in danger! ”

I don't know if I witnessed the scene of a corrupt official conferring a head before, and I don't know if I was infected by the simple sentence that there are no chaotic people in Cangzhou, and someone in the crowd instantly echoed loudly: "That's right, there are no chaotic people in Cangzhou!" ”

As the second person and the third person followed, such voices were heard from all directions.

At first, it was uneven, but gradually it became uniform, and eventually, the sound converged into a torrent, and it spread from the front street to other places, and there were other people on each street who followed suit, and there was a faint mountain shouting tsunami, and the earth shook the mountain, and even the people in the public court could hear it clearly.

Just now he was stabbing because of the charges of Xian Yunhe and others, and when he heard this cry that seemed to come out of the same throat, Du Heng's face suddenly turned a little ugly. Thinking that he didn't need to wade into this troubled water, he had the intention to avoid the edge for the time being, but there was always some unspeakable unwillingness in his heart, and when he saw Ge Yong frowning slightly, he couldn't help but complain.

"This must be someone fanning the flames behind the scenes and forcing the court to make concessions!"

This time, what he said attracted was a sneer from Zhu Tingfang: "General Du is reading, in the end, there is a lack of reading." Gentleman, boat also; Those who are familiar with the people, the water is also. The water carries the boat, and the water capsits the boat. Tang Shi Wei Zheng also used it to persuade Tang Taizong, not to mention, did everyone outside shout that they wanted to exonerate the eight people in front of them? All they want to express is that there are no chaotic people in Cangzhou, that's all! ”

Ge Yong said leisurely: "I went to Wendao School last night and saw the famous Xu Weng in Cangzhou. He was a few years younger than me, but he taught many more students than I did. When he finally sent me away, he also expressed his feelings to me, hoping that I could play the court and let everyone in the world know that there were no chaotic people in Cangzhou. ”

Zhang Shou only knew that Mr. Ge went out last night, as for where to go, he had no intention of asking, let alone surveillance, at this time, listening to Ge Yong mention, he couldn't help but be very glad that Zhu Tingfang and him visited one after another, and finally succeeded in impressing people.

However, the old master was indeed open-minded, not only did he not think about Zhu Ying's previous threat, but also said such a sentence in front of Ge Yong that coincided with him.

Hearing Ge Yong say the same, Du Heng shut his mouth.

Knowing that no matter how much he says, it is useless, and it will incur the bad feelings of others, what else can he say? However, he secretly decided to write down all of Zhang Shou's judgments for a while, and then look at the situation after returning to Beijing.

Zhang Shou nodded successively to the teacher and the future eldest brother, and then said in a deep voice: "With the Great Ming Law, the camp gate outside the palace and the secondary camp gate are the same as the imperial city gate. If anyone trespasses, he shall have a hundred rods. The inner camp tent door is the same as the palace gate. Whoever trespasses shall have sixty rods for one year. and when you trespass into the gates of the palace, you shall be the same as the door of the tent of the inner camp, and you shall be sixty rods for one year. ”

"With the law of the Ming Dynasty, the reporters who steal the customs and prevent printing are all sixty rods. Whoever steals weapons shall be counted as thieves. Whoever pretends to be a minister or a close attendant of the family of an official shall have forty rods and three thousand miles. You waited for the thief of the great prince to send a pass to defend it, falsely claiming that the prince was a close attendant, and then stole the weapons of the people in the cavalry camp, counted the crimes, and used the rod as a hundred and flowed three thousand miles. ”

"The number of sins is combined, and the rod is a hundred, and the flow is ten thousand miles."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shou pushed the handrail and stood up, and said in a deep voice: "There are no chaotic people in Cangzhou, the so-called chaos, but the collusion of corrupt officials, profiteers, and inferior gentry will eventually cause trouble." However, the cause was traced to the fact that it started from a textile machine that was several times more efficient. It is my fault, I only think that I can make the helper pay a lot less labor and get more product, but I forget that the traitor seeks profit! ”

"From ancient times to the present, from the beginning of the people can only rub linen and weave cloth, reel silk and weave silk, the world is still silk, and later there are spinning and weaving, and the world is still cotton. Whether it is a loom or a textile machine, it is always changing, I used to watch my mother weave and dye, so I wanted to change these textile utensils, thinking that one day, there will be more cotton cloth in the world, and the spinners and weavers will no longer be unclothed. ”

"However, it is the nature of traitors to pursue profits, even if General Mingwei is thunderous now, and the atmosphere in Cangzhou is suppressed, however, can it be guaranteed for three or five years, but can it be guaranteed for ten or eight years? Even if it can be guaranteed for ten or eight years, can it be guaranteed for thirty or fifty years? Therefore, I discussed with General Zhu that Cangzhou produces cotton and textiles are extremely prosperous, and the pricing is all in the hands of one party, which is unfair. ”

"Therefore, I hope to try out three types of cooperatives in Cangzhou: cotton, spinning and weaving, where cotton farmers will be owned by their fields and workshops and weavers will be invested by machines. Unified distribution of seeds, guidance of planting, unified improvement of machinery, guidance on the essence of textiles, unified purchase and underwriting, and fixed remuneration for domestic workers. After the cotton harvest season each year, the prices of cotton, yarn and cotton cloth for the next year are estimated separately......"

Zhang Chen and Zhu Er had quietly come to the side of the court at this time, and when they saw Zhang Shou talking about a system they had never heard of, the two couldn't help but look at each other. Especially Zhang Chen, when he heard that Zhang Shou casually pushed Jiang Dashao to the position of the head of the cooperative in the spinning workshop, he couldn't help but take a light breath and said: "Jiang Siyuan's dozen canes are really worth it!" ”

Zhu Er touched his chin, and then whispered: "It's simple, what if others want to do it?" ”

"If not, then continue to let them do it alone." Zhang Chen smiled and said nonchalantly, "No decree can be exhaustive, nor can it be achieved overnight, it always needs people to continuously improve." By the way, the spinning workshop was taken by the surnamed Jiang, and he also took care of the Qi family's property, so no one could compete with him. But on the side of the weaving mill and the cotton farmers, no one can be the head of the company. ”

There was an indescribable light in his eyes, and then he said softly: "Mr. Xiao handed over the new loom to me, I relied on this left hand to my right hand in Xingtai before, which deceived so many people, including even these insatiable guys in Cangzhou." I think it's more fun to fight with these guys outside than to fight with people in the capital. ”

Zhu Er suddenly heard Zhang Chen's voice, and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "You mean...... Want to take the lead and be the head of the weaving cooperative? You're not kidding, you're the eldest son of the Duke of Qin! ”

"So what?" Zhang Chen glanced at Zhu Er angrily, "My father's health is so good, let alone twenty or thirty years to live, what have I been doing in the past twenty or thirty years, eating and waiting for death all day long, or just going to be an official?" Since I'm not happy to perfunctory those guys who are still proud of the horses in the capital, why can't I be the head of this club? ”

Zhu Er's head was swollen by Zhang Chen's words, and he even forgot Zhang Shou's words and the noise of the people outside. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered, "It's okay to play occasionally, you can see which noble family has descendants...... Especially if the eldest son is in business himself? ”

"Then I don't use the name Zhang Chen, won't it be over with Wang Shen?"

Zhang Chen retorted impatiently, and when he saw that Zhu Er was finally speechless, he said with high spirits: "I only found out during the days when I came to Xingtai that this is much more interesting than fighting cocks and walking dogs in the capital. If I am not the eldest son of Qin Guogong, I can't blindly use my identity to suppress people, so I have to use my brain more, this kind of life of fighting wits and courage is very interesting. ”

Zhu Er also wanted to finally fulfill his classmates' obligations: "You are still the chief of the Banshan Hall......

"It's all been divided, what else is the fasting chief? Besides, I can still ask Mr. Xiao for advice in private. Reading dead books behind closed doors, where is there practice to be interesting! Moreover, after I am seventy or eighty, I have time to lie in bed and read! ”

Zhu Er simply didn't know what it was good to say - what is it called being able to lie in bed and read after being seventy or eighty? Are you cursing yourself or what?

However, the next moment, when he heard Zhang Chen's words, he had no room for slander.

Because Zhang Chen's question was simple and direct: "I saw that you were quite close to that old salted fish, and it seems that you have been to some of his vegetable gardens?" Are you planning to find another way, a good farmer? ”

"Since you want to be good farmers, instead of talking about it, why don't you stay, deal with those cotton farmers well, and see what can be done to make the cotton fields produce more cotton? You know, the efficiency of the spinning machine and the loom has all gone up, but the cotton is not enough! Once more cotton is produced, it will be as Mr. Xiao said, cotton is like a cloud, and the weavers have their clothes. ”

Zhu Er's heart pounded all of a sudden. However, the next moment he thought of his shortcomings, he was discouraged again. He's real...... I've never planted a field! In the past two days, he also tried to ask the old farmer about the purpose of farming during the research, but the result was not optimistic, because farming is not based on words, but by doing!

"It's not a problem if you haven't done it before, why don't you just give it a try? Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu and I haven't really done anything big before, didn't we do a good job in Xingtai this time? Zhu Er, you look at Lu Sanlang's spring breeze proudly, don't you have any plans to chase him? Your eldest brother can be civil and martial, don't say it's you, we are tied together by a bunch of people, and we can't catch up with him for the rest of our lives! ”

Zhang Chen saw that Zhu Er was finally gradually moved, he couldn't help but smile secretly, thinking that he would drag you Zhu Er out with a big bag, and it would not be easy to be beaten back when he turned back to Zhang Shou. According to the attitude that my father showed before, as long as he has Zhang Shou's support, most of them will wave his hand, do whatever he likes, and maybe give generous support.

In this sense, his father is really much more open than Zhu Er and Lu Sanlang's father......

Zhang Shou didn't know that Zhang Chen and Zhu Er actually decided on the other two heads of the so-called cooperative.

In fact, he had a lot of mature and immature ideas, but after thinking about it, he decided to set up small groups of a little scale in Cangzhou as he originally planned, because when looms and spinning machines were bound to be introduced to the south, Cangzhou had to try to hold together if they wanted to compete with those big businessmen with strong capital.

Of course, before what he claimed to be out of the world could come true, he had to be able to make his verdict acceptable.

However, just as he was revisiting the words he had prepared in his heart, Ge Yong on the side suddenly spoke: "Lao Tzu said, the people are not afraid of death, so why are they afraid of death? If the people are always afraid of death, and those who are strange will be killed, who will dare? There are often killers who kill. The husband kills the killer, it is said that the master of the generation is slashed, and I hope that there are those who do not hurt their hands. ”

Hearing one of Lao Tzu's most famous quotations, Zhang Shou was slightly stunned, and when he saw Ge Yong lightly explain this sentence again, he nodded gratefully to the teacher, and then continued: "Textile workers are floating food and sending people, day and night, if you get a job, you will live, and if you are unemployed, you will die." was bullied by others before, and died overnight, so he did act excessively and made a big mistake. ”

He paused for a moment and said conclusively: "Maybe my previous judgment may have been heard by some people, or there is something to avoid the important and trivial, however, the words to excuse them were said by the eldest prince himself when Xu Cheng counterattacked the palace. And most importantly, his sin deserves to be punished, and his feelings are pitiful! Therefore, for the sake of warning the world, I have played the emperor and filled the land of the army, not Liaodong, Kouwai, Southwest, and Yungui. ”

"I recently got the rubber tree seeds that Emperor Taizu once mentioned in the manuscript, but this tree can only grow in hot and humid places, so Xian Yunhe and other eight people will flow thousands of miles and plant trees in Qiongzhou Mansion!"