Chapter Ninety-Eight

Zhang Zhong was the first to get the news, and he was still worried that if the emperor listened to Ning Tingshi's words, he would really send him to a more remote place, and he didn't care about the remoteness, but the construction of this place has not been completed yet.

Let people tell their son about the matter and see how their son will decide, if it really can't be done at that time, they will compromise and get Luzhou right.

As a result, when the news of the people in the inner courtyard came, it was not a compromise, but an attack, yes, Zhang Zhong understood the consequences of doing this, and the people of Qinzhou would follow a lot, after all, this place is now better than other surrounding state capitals, and the people's lives are better.

Since his son said so, Zhang Zhong naturally would not object, his son never seemed to have made a mistake until now, the only thing that went wrong was that he did not know in advance about the big flood at the beginning, but there was no way to do it, no one could have guessed that there would be such a big flood.

Zhang Zhong made a decision in his heart, and immediately began to make arrangements, called the people who came from Qinzhou to the Yamen, prepared the food properly, and let these people go to Qinzhou to win over people.

In fact, he doesn't need to be co-opted, there are already people who have been affected by the disaster in Qinzhou, especially the people in the villages who have been rescued by Huzi and others, they are really too chilled by the government of their place, and after the disaster, the first people to come over are the people from Luzhou.

If you think about it, you can know how hard it took those individuals to get here, how could an official who was good to the surrounding state capitals not be good to the people under his rule?

So these people organized themselves, brought everything they could take away, and came along the mountain road to Luzhou, and it was indeed not easy to drag their families and mouths, but no matter how difficult the road was, these people were also determined to rush to Luzhou, and they really couldn't continue to live here.

Those who could walk went directly, and those who couldn't walk also ran to the edge of the Qinjiang River, hid in the big boat, and waited for the big boat to bring them back.

At that time, a few people died every day, but now that the previous patients were stable, there were no more patients sent over, and the two ships sent some food to the local people, and began to prepare for the return voyage, and Ning Zhong came twice during this time.

He thought that he would be able to get some people's hearts when he came, after all, he was a thorn history, and he came to visit the people with such an identity, and the people would be very moved.

But there was a deviation in the result, there was nothing moved by the people at all, the people were grateful to these guards and doctors from Luzhou, without them, there would be more deaths, not to mention how many were dug out from under the ruins of the house, but those who were rescued would not be able to survive in normal times.

Even if there are still some people who are not rescued in the end, no one will say that the doctors on the ship have bad medical skills, and many of the wounded are no longer alive in their eyes, but they are stunned to let the doctors on the ship save them, this is the ability, not to mention the doctors sent by Luzhou.

The people are more willing to go to Luzhou now, I heard that Luzhou doesn't need money to see a doctor, so that not only the officials in Luzhou are good, but they also don't have to worry about getting sick, there are many people who die because they don't have money to treat their diseases, and people who are so seriously injured can be treated, not to mention the usual minor illnesses.

The original population of Qinzhou was much more than that of Luzhou, but after this incident, more than 10,000 people wanted to leave Qinzhou and go to Luzhou.

Waiting for a few more people to come back tomorrow, and then leaving some, it gives people the feeling that they have all gone outside to find work to do, where would they think that they are confusing the officials sent by Qinzhou, just like that, more than 10,000 people, when the people here in Zhang Zhong have not arrived, and the officials here in Qinzhou have not yet noticed, they all entered the mountains.

After arriving in the mountains, they found a place to gather, and the people's procession headed towards Luzhou, where there was the life they longed for, and there was the paradise in their hearts.

Huzi and the others can be regarded as having completed the task, and followed the two big ships that were basically empty and went back, Ning Zhong also knew the news, he really wanted to leave the person who was pulled by the big boat, but he didn't have so many doctors here to do the next thing.

After thinking about it, he felt that these injured people were also a burden, so he gave up, and waited for two days later, when the news came one after another, Ning Zhong was completely stupid.

"What? Are all the people in the affected areas gone? Don't know where to go? Can't you see the footprints? Chase me, don't let them leave, more than 10,000 people are gone, who is still here to farm? Who's going to do the work for you? ”

Ning Zhong heard the news of the departure of the people in those villages, and at the same time he was surprised and couldn't think of how so many people could leave so smoothly, it stands to reason that he should have known the news earlier.

The steward also had a bitter face, and when he heard the old man's order, he said: "Master, it's too late, it is estimated that those people have entered the mountain early, even if there are traces, the people also have special people to make the traces fade, really send someone to chase, maybe you can catch up, but what can you do if you catch up?" If you force the people to come back, how many troops do you have to send out?

If there are too many factions, the things here will be too busy, and if there are fewer factions, the people will really be in a hurry, so it will be easy to cause civil unrest, master, let's hurry up and think of a way. ”

The housekeeper naturally knew why those people left, and he also knew where they were going, except for Luzhou, he couldn't think of any other place where the people could go by themselves.

Ning Zhong is also aware of this, but things are as the housekeeper said, once those people leave, they don't plan to come back, this thing is not easy to do, send troops to catch some people who walk slowly, then it will take a few days to catch up, after all, you can't ride a horse on the mountain, if you don't get it right, it will provoke a civil uprising, and at that time, even if he has a thousand mouths, it is useless, and the emperor will definitely not spare him.

Thinking like this, Ning Zhong became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it, and after a while, he sighed and said: "If I knew that this was the case, I should have sent someone out as soon as possible and gave the food, but now it's good, everyone is gone, and if I go to catch up with the food, the people may not agree to come back."

All of this was made by Zhang Zhong, if he didn't send a boat to deliver things and give treatment, if he didn't send that small team of more than 100 people, how could the people be willing to run to Luzhou, and I don't know what happened to the fold above, I think there will be a decision from above soon, and send Zhang Zhong to a farther place. ”

Ning Zhong put all the responsibility on Zhang Zhong's body in the case of nothing to do, he was still waiting for his fold to work, if he went to the official post, he would get the news in two days, of course, he didn't know that the Zhang family had already known about this matter in advance, Zhang Jiuling's family raised pigeons like Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan thought, there are also some in the capital, responsible for correspondence.

No matter how fast the horse runs, it is far inferior to the pigeon, and the endurance is much worse, knowing that it is faster to walk the military post, but Ning Zhong does not dare, if someone catches the handle, everything will be over.

When Ning Zhongzehe was anxiously trying to figure out a way, those people had already gone out for a long time, and it was very lively along the way, especially the cry of the little baby, which was not only loud, but also penetrating and shouting.

"Let's go, let's go, Zhang Zhong, I am inseparable from you, you took away a lot of my people before, and then bought a lot of things from me, and then stopped my family's boat, and the things on the bed were emptied, and now you dare to do this?

Hmph, don't let me feel better, I won't let you live comfortably, don't you want to receive something that can be used as a tribute? Collect, let you collect, the money from the last catastrophe hasn't been recovered yet, right? I don't want you to sell these things for a price. ”

Ning Zhong said indignantly, and instructed the butler: "Are there many things in our house that should be used as tribute? Take out half of it and transport it to the capital, quickly, well, by land, otherwise it will be easy for them to stop you again if you continue to take the sea route.

I don't know what happened to Cao Herui and the three of them, it looks like the situation is that there is a strong wind, and there are people on the boat, I don't know how many can't be found, don't care about this for now, and when you let people bring the goods to the capital, you will sell the souvenirs we brought over cheaper. ”

"Huh? Sir, you're saying you want to sell those tributes? That's not cost-effective, it's better to let the small one think of a way, even if it doesn't sell so many things, some of this tribute is not used by ordinary people, but this is nothing, the rich and noble people can use it if they can't use it, and the medicinal herbs and other things that they eat, all people can't do without it.

Okay, after you can go over there, sell it cheaper, and then let the people in the family go there to buy it, and say that what you eat is not good, don't ask a doctor, just let them pretend, and see who will laugh in the end, so that when you transpire a few times, the price of the same goods will become cheaper, and when the Zhang family sells, others are worried, so there are fewer people who don't buy it, and at that time, we will take out all the other things in the house and sell them very cheaply.

Although this is also a big loss for us, it is better than Zhang Zhong's family, what does the master think? If we sell it now, then when Zhang Zhong's family also sells it, we won't have anything to lower the price. ”

As soon as the steward heard this, he knew how the master thought about it, but he thought more long-term, and lowered his head next to him and said the plan, which was more detailed and also more secure.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you at this time, it must be done, I don't believe him Zhang Zhong has so much money that he can't sell it, and he is not in a hurry, by the way, the goods transported to this side by Zhang Zhong's family will also be told to the local people, especially to tell them how much those things are worth elsewhere, and then find some reasons to say that these things are not good, see what he Zhang Zhong does?"

Ning Zhong now hated to find Zhang Zhong, and then bit off a piece of meat on Zhang Zhong's body and ate it, this Zhang Zhong really hated people, he definitely couldn't let him go like this, the only thing he regretted was that he helped Zhang Zhong write a good excerpt in the first place,

I don't know what the people in the court will think, I think they will say that they have gone back on their word, right? But I can't take care of it so much, and when the time comes, the people who come to check on it must keep it first, isn't it a benefit? It's enough to give more, but you must not let Zhang Zhong get better.

Ning Zhongze's hand was clenched into a fist tightly, and his nails were deeply pinched into the flesh of his palm.

The housekeeper didn't say anything this time, he also saw that the master wanted to use the family's money to fight with Zhang Zhong, and he didn't know how much money Zhang Zhong's family had, don't look at the Ning family is a family, but a lot of money was not put at home, it was divided out to do business, and the two ships in the return this time were part of the money, and the goods that were robbed by Zhang Zhong on it were a lot of money.

Now it's okay, the cargo is gone, the ship is missing, and when there is such a strong wind, the ship is likely to have sunk, but I don't know what happened to the people above, and there is no news until now.

The housekeeper received the order to leave, leaving Ning Zhong alone in the study, looking at a few books on the table in a daze, and muttered: "Zhang Zhong, Zhang Zhong, wait for the people sent down from above to this place, I will see what consequences you can have, dare to rob me of places, people, and my goods, I make people regret coming to this world." ”

Ning Zhong now thought that Zhang Zhong would not be able to compare to his Ning family at that time, and he would not return it after spending so much money, and then come to him to beg him in person, so that he could enjoy the fun of this life.

Thinking like this, Ning Zhong was in a much better mood, as if he could really do it.

Thinking of these money things, he thought of the money that Cao and Rui took from him, and the money was used as flying money, and when the time came, he could come here to withdraw money with flying money.

"No, if the three of them die, then the flying money is taken by others, then it is easy to send someone over to take the money away, since this is the case, they may not survive, it is better to arrange it first, don't let others get the money away, yes, come on."

After muttering a few more words, Ning Zhong shouted outside, waited for someone to come in, and said to the visitor: "Tell those pawnshops that those flying money sent out a few days ago, except for Cao and Rui themselves, the others don't care, and why haven't the people sent out to inquire about the news come back yet?" If we send out some more people, if we don't know what is going on in Luzhou, we won't be able to do it.

If you want to deal with Zhang Zhong, you have to know what he is going to do, even if you can't break them down this time, you have to make them break their bones, hum! Dare to go against me? ”

The person who came left in a hurry after hearing this, and as soon as the person left, the person who inquired about the news rushed back, looking like a dusty servant, and after seeing Ning Zhongze, he said: "Master, the little ones are all back, and the things over there are almost inquired." ”

"Oh? Got it? Tell me, what does it look like? Ning Zhong was finally a little happier at this time, at least he could understand the situation over there as soon as possible.

"Back to the master, Luzhou is still building the seawall, and took out a lot of money to build the road, the local people are working hard, basically nothing too big, oh, there is a dock on the other side of the dock, the small ones can't get by, the side is too close, but the small ones can see that the dock is very big, maybe they want to use it to build big ships.

There is also Cao and Rui, the three of them have gone back, they are more honest over there, doing some small business every day, and they don't make much money, but they don't have to worry about continuing to repay their debts, and the little ones also inquired that Zhang Zhong seems to be going to get some houses made of wood over there, which are on the mountain, and some people have already built them there. ”

The person who came told me what he had heard, and there were some small things, which seemed to be nothing, and he didn't care when he said it.

Ning Zhong listened quietly, but he was very shocked in his heart, he didn't expect the Zhang family to be so tormented, there was still money to build the road, and the dock, I don't know what to do to repair the dock here, isn't there a dock in the capital? In addition to the dockyard and also to repair houses in the mountains? What is this for?

Ning Zhong was even more puzzled when he thought about it, but he really couldn't guess the plans of the Zhang family, and at the same time he was more jealous, judging from what he heard, by the time the spring of next year comes, the entire state of Luzhou will change a lot, and it will change for the better.

This is what he really doesn't want to see, especially the road construction, if the people who come to check on it know about it, and there are those who are upright, his plan may fall through.

"How did you get back? Did you see a large number of people coming over there? Ning Zhong temporarily suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and asked again to the person who went to inquire about the news.

"Back to the master, we didn't see any people, they came back along the river, and we also saw that our boat had fallen on the shore, and some of it was still soaking in the water, master, the boatmen on those boats were also brought to the yamen by Zhang Zhong, I don't think they will come back."

The person who inquired about the news answered if he asked, and he knew that the master was in a bad mood at this time, and he was afraid of angering the master, in that case, he would at least receive a whip.

This news is not very good for Ning Zhongze, thinking that the ship is already too bad, even if it is repaired, it will take a lot of effort, and someone must go over there to repair it, so you can't bring the ship back.

"Well, the three of them have already gone back, so their debts will be paid off with that flying money? Zhang Zhong, Zhang Zhong, don't say I'm unreasonable, but who let you meet you, don't expect to get the money, but you should also give them the notes of those three people. ”

Ning Zhong waved his hand, let the person who inquired about the news leave, sat there and said with a sneer, he was preparing to do things not according to the rules, and the reason was very simple, that is, to make an excuse that he had lost something from his pawnshop, including those flying money.

In normal times, he would never do this, his reputation is gone, but who let the flying money be in Zhang Zhong's hands, since this is the case, he would rather lose some credibility, as long as he finds a good excuse, and he is still the same as before for other people, he is not worried.

Thinking about how to deal with Zhang Zhong in the future, the time passed in a hurry, and just when it was time to have dinner, the person who used to talk to the pawnshop came back anxiously, and when he saw Ning Zhongze, he said: "Master, those pawnshops have gone, but the money has been taken away, what should I do, master?" ”

"What? Taken away, so quickly? Oh, damn Zhang Zhong, I didn't expect him to be able to do this, it seems that as soon as he got the flying money, he sent someone to come and get the money away as quickly as possible, what can I do? What about tens of thousands, what to do? ”

When Ning Zhong heard that the money had been taken away, he immediately changed his face, his face was gloomy, and he seemed to see that nothing was pleasing to the eye.

How did he know, Zhang Zhong had long thought that he would do this, after taking the flying money, he did not directly forgive the debts of the three people, but asked people to go to the mountain quickly, and then took out the money as quickly as possible, and the money that was taken out has not been returned yet.

Only when they see the money can the three people be released, otherwise, they will have to continue to repay the debt, of course, they don't have to pay any interest these days, after all, they have already taken out the flying money.

Ning Zhong stood up from the futon in surprise just now, but now after thinking about it, he sat back down in a daze, his eyes looking straight ahead, and he didn't have any focus at all.

The person who used to do things hurriedly came over to beat his back, he was worried that the old man would not be able to bear this kind of blow, in case something happened, it would be difficult for the Ning family to get a thorn in the history again, and said while beating this person:

"Master, isn't that the money? The little ones estimate that they haven't had time to transport the money away, so they will send someone to check it out, and maybe they will be able to find out where the money is, and it will be a big deal when the time comes. ”

The man stopped beating his back and made a gesture of cutting off his head, which meant that he had snatched it back.

"Yes, yes, check, you must check, no matter where they hide the money, they have to search it for me, I don't believe that so much money can be easily transported away, thanks to the fact that I sent someone to keep an eye on the other side of the river, otherwise they would probably get the money to the boat."

I went to arrange it immediately, and told the people who checked that as long as I found the money, reward it, reward it heavily, even if I take out a thousand rewards to go down, it is worth it, and I want to lose the money on my side, dreaming. ”

As soon as Ning Zhong heard this, he had to take a risk, as long as others couldn't catch the handle, what would he say when the time came?