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When Zhu Mian, who was hiding in Zhao Ji's old mansion, got the news, he was just stunned, and then jumped up.

I see!

Zhao Ji left him in Beijing to "protect" him.

And looking at this situation, Zhao Ji was very clear about what means Zhou Quan would use to deal with him, and Zhou Quan must have told him before he started.

Thinking of the news that Cai You came privately after that day, Zhu Mian wanted to cry without tears.

Obviously, this is a premeditated action by Zhou Quan, the last time the Imperial City Division monitored the incident, although the Imperial City Division was transferred to Taicha afterwards, and Zhou Quan was also promoted to the title, but Zhou Quan's close people were detained, but he had not yet given him an explanation.

If the court doesn't give him an explanation, he has to give the court an explanation, and in order to avoid this explanation, the court has to let Zhu Mian come out to dissipate his anger.

Since Zhu Mian took the people on Zhou Quan's periphery at the beginning, now Zhou Quan is taking his subordinates, which is a matter of course for revenge. What's more, Zhu Mian was an official at the beginning, but Zhou Quan took the servants of the Zhu family, in Zhao Ji's opinion, throwing out a few servants of Zhu Mian can make Zhou Quan no longer angry, this deal is simply worth doing.

If it was just a few domestic servants, Zhu Mian would also admit it, but this is not a few, the gold and silver belts in his family, as well as the ones who are usually active, were all wiped out by Zhou Quan!

Moreover, it is said that the so-called "Manichaeans" at that time still held a list in one hand and counted people one by one, and then took them away. This also means that Zhou Quan's idea is not a day or two, and he has already sent someone to inquire about his situation clearly.

The matter can't be finished like this, but Zhu Mian can only swallow it temporarily. But then, more news came, which made Zhu Mian unable to stay.

He asked Zhao Ji to see him, but Zhao Ji did not hang him, but made an appointment to see him in Yanfu Palace in the afternoon.

Before coming to see Zhao Ji, Zhu Mian deliberately dressed up in front of a glass mirror for a long time, and he must dress himself up haggard and hasty, so as to arouse Zhao Ji's sympathy.

"Why does Zhu Qing look like this?" Sure enough, seeing his situation, Zhao Ji was taken aback.

"Minister...... Wronged, the minister's house was copied, and even the minister's outer house was copied! Zhu Mian cried.

"Oh, I also know about this matter, I heard that it was the Manichaean religion, and I have issued an order to order Yousi to investigate thoroughly, and categorically not let the Manichaean thieves escape!" The corners of Zhao Ji's mouth twitched slightly.

At this time, Zhu Mian didn't want to calm things down at all, so he shouted: "Official, where is Manichaeism, it is clearly Zhou Quan's anti-thief!" ”

"Well, this matter can be proven, speaking of Zhou Quan...... I heard that he fell in love with a beauty in Chizhou, and you also have a heart, so the two are fighting? ”

Zhao Ji asked about a gossip, and Zhu Mian was stunned on the spot.

Cai You also secretly passed the news to him, letting him know about the so-called competition between him and Zhou Quan for beauty. But this is simply nothing, at least he himself has no impression of it at all.

In fact, what he and Zhou Quan are fighting for is actually a position in the court, not a beauty.

This matter must be defended, otherwise Zhou Quan's bullying and persecution of him will become a jealousy between two men, and he will be sullen for the sake of jealousy, this matter is not very glorious, even if it is investigated, it is not a big crime.

"So rebellious, so arrogant! Where did I take a fancy to his woman, I want to rob him, I am in Suzhou, Jiangnan Lingxiu, what kind of beauty is not, and I want to rob him? ”

Zhu Mian, who knelt down in front of Zhao Ji, cried bitterly and was heartbroken.

No wonder he is like this, not only the mansion in Suzhou was copied, but also the rest of the Zhuangyuan mansion was also copied. The losses of the family were reported one after another, and he was robbed of his property worth two million yuan!

Originally, Zhu Mian still wanted to endure it, but he lost so much property, how could he endure it, and ran to Zhao Ji to cry, even if it was just to let Zhao Ji punish Zhou Quantong, it could be regarded as a little anger.

But he knelt on the ground, but he didn't see the anger flashing in Zhao Ji's eyes.

"Zhu Qing, get up." Zhao Ji glanced back, suppressed his anger, and said slowly.

"The official family, this guy is a fake cult, he is good at copying the minister's house, lawlessness to this point, the heart of rebellion, if it is clearly revealed, the official family, the official family, he is now in Beijing, just take him, and his family property will be confiscated! Over the years, he has done everything he can to camp and accumulate a wealth of gold and silver, and he has raided his home, and the official family wants to conquer the ...... of the Liao State"

Zhu Mian was still crying, and suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps, he looked up in astonishment, and then a huge foot appeared in front of him, bang, and kicked him over.

"The minister really can't stand it, the king loses his manners, and the minister accepts the punishment." Zhou Quan, who kicked Zhu Mian over, was angry and arched his hand towards Zhao Ji.

"You...... Why are you here, official, why is he here! After Zhu Mian saw clearly the person who kicked him, he panicked, stepped forward on his knees, and directly hugged Zhao Ji's leg: "Help, help the official!" ”

Zhao Ji's expression was a little embarrassed.

"Zhou Qing ......"

"The minister has long said that the minister is loyal, if it weren't for this kind of scum, how could the official family blame the minister?" Zhou Quan saw him running to Zhao Ji's side, and he couldn't step forward to kick it, so he could only let it go for the time being, and just snorted.

Zhu Mian still couldn't figure out why.

In his imagination, Zhou Quan's return to Jingshi was already bold, and it was absolutely impossible for him to appear in the palace alone.

But the impossible happened!

He couldn't understand that the number was normal, and it was good for Zhao Ji to be stubborn, but in the face of some people and certain things, it was inevitable that his ears would be soft.

Around him, there are people who are desperately framing Zhou Quan, and there are also people who are trying their best to speak for Zhou Quan, especially after the completion of the railway in Genyue Garden, he realized the significance of this thing to the Great Song Dynasty, and knew that he had to ease the relationship with Zhou Quan.

Naturally, someone conveyed his meaning to Zhou Quan, so Zhou Quan had this trip to Beijing.

"I ...... I ......" Zhu Mian's face was dazed, and his embarrassment at this time was really embarrassed.

"I summoned Zhou Qing, originally to be a person for the two of you and make peace with you, but I finally moved Zhou Qing, alas, Zhu Qing, what did you say just now!"

Zhao Ji sorted out his mood and said to Zhu Mian with a wry smile.

Zhu Mian was in the same mood and face at the moment, how did he know that Zhao Ji would play this hand. Let's play, just Zhou Quan should be hiding behind the screen to listen to the two of them, and Zhao Ji didn't give any hints, so he said a bunch of things that angered Zhou Quan.

Since Zhou Quan dared to appear in the palace, the so-called crime of rebellion was naturally solved.

"But, but the minister really didn't rob him of any women!" Zhu Mian shouted aggrievedly.

Zhao Ji was annoyed.

Zhou Quan said that there is, that is, there is, this is to give everyone a step, so that everyone has a way out. But Zhu Mian doesn't know what to do, no wonder Zhou Quan said before, this person is too selfish!

"Don't mention this matter again, Zhu Qing will go back and rest first." Zhao Ji said.

Zhu Mian still doesn't understand, he must have lost his holy family!

He was about to say anything more, but when he saw Zhou Quan looking at him coldly, it seemed that he would kick him at any time, so he could only let go of his hand, stayed away from Zhou Quan, and retreated.

"The minister did not hide it from His Majesty, and copied more than two million yuan from his house...... Your Majesty, this is just the floating wealth stolen by the minister, if you count the fields and houses, and the ministers can't find out, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of dollars in his family. His father and son were born in commoners, and they didn't have the ability to make money like this, so where did so much money come from, you can imagine! ”

After Zhu Mian left, the fierceness on Zhou Quan's face was gone, and he said to Zhao Ji with a smile.

Zhao Ji was silent.

Tens of millions of family fortunes, this definitely makes him red-eyed, and if this amount of money, if it is copied, the whole world will only praise him for handling it well.

"When the pig is fattened, it is natural to kill, kill the pig for the New Year, and part of the money goes into the public treasury, and the other part can go into the inner treasury. By the way, the Beijing-Xu Railway, the minister has already made a budget, and a total of 8.6 million and 4,000 yuan is needed......"

Zhao Gou is young, but he is full of action, and he really promoted the success of the Beijing-Xu Railway.

At this time, Diqiu's steel production lowered the price of iron in the Great Song Dynasty, and the lowest pig iron price could be as low as five wen a catty. The entire Beijing-Xu Railway requires about 70 million catties of steel, which is equivalent to about twice the iron output of Yuanfeng in the first year, but now, it is only one-sixth or even less of the annual output of Diqiu steel. Therefore, among the prices reported by Zhou Quan, the price of the railroad track is not the big one, and the real big one is sand and gravel and labor, which cannot be solved by industrialization for the time being.

Fortunately, the railways at this time were also different from the railways that often carried 10,000 tons in later generations, and the quality of both the roadbed and the rails did not have such high requirements.

Zhao Ji immediately grinned when he heard the expenditure of 8.6 million yuan, this is close to three times the annual tribute given to him by the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, he has more places to spend money, where can he take out so much money.

"The minister copied more than 2 million yuan of floating wealth from Zhu Mian's home, as the royal share capital, invested in the Beijing-Xu Railway, the minister then found someone to get together, and then issued some railway bonds in Beijing, if the operation is proper, at this time next year, the Beijing-Xu Railway can start construction, as long as the funds are sufficient, up to five years, the railway can be put into operation. At that time, the upper charge, every 100 catties of goods travel a mile to charge a penny, every year just this freight income, I am afraid it can reach more than one million, not ten years can be returned, and then it is all earned. There are hundreds of thousands of extra earnings in the palace every year, and there is no problem! ”

Such a beautiful prospect made Zhao Ji's heart pound.

He can be said to have not contributed a penny except for providing policy convenience, and the political and economic benefits that the construction of this railway can bring to him are almost unlimited.

And concentrating Zhou Quan's energy on this railway, to a certain extent, can also make him not have the spare energy to think about rebellion.

As for Zhu Mian...... At this time, where would Zhao Ji think of Zhu Mian?

"What kind of support do you need to fully promote the Beijing-Xuzhou Railway?" Zhao Ji asked.

"The first step is Zhu Mian's life." Zhou Quan grinned. (To be continued.) )