From Beijing to Zhizhejiang, there is an atmosphere of terror everywhere.

Xu Fu's words are not only his heart, what will happen next, what will happen in the future, will it be worse in the future, or in other words, what is bad now can not be worse, and then next, is it necessary to let countless families die.

Merchants are not better than landlords, if the landlord has a poor harvest this year, after all, there is still surplus grain at home to deal with, but people who are engaged in business, often the capital is smashed into, no loan is good, once the backlog of goods in the hand is a catastrophe, this is no longer a simple to earn silver, but involves the problem of net worth.

Ruyifang's business is quite hot, but it's a pity that there are many people who drink tea, but the transaction is less than the usual one, everyone comes to drink tea, but they don't want to do business, but to inquire about the latest news, but unfortunately, the bad news comes one after another, yīn clouds are dense on everyone's heads, and everyone's hearts are worried.

Many people who know Xu Fu naturally hope that Xu Fu can come forward, no matter what, they also ask this Lord Hubu for details, although with the growth of the new policy, these businessmen already have some strength, but in the face of this sudden storm, everyone found that they were not even as good as dust, the only hope was only Lord Xu, and only Lord Xu could save them.

Xu Qian drank tea, in recent years, he was in the household department, he suddenly became idle, the responsibilities of the household department are getting less and less, and a considerable part of the rights have been divided by the tax supervision yamen, in addition, the cabinet is more wary of the household department, and many of the regulations of the household department are almost difficult to communicate in the cabinet.

In this case, Xu Qian has almost become the most idle scholar in the Jingshi, and the official business at hand is lacking, or some trivial things.

If you are idle, then you will be idle.

Xu Qian's mentality is good, he is not in a hurry at all, although many people come to the door, they seem to cry, everyone is inquiring about his meaning as Lord Xu, and they all hope that Lord Xu can come up with ideas.

In fact, this is not surprising, the new deal was originally promoted by Xu Qian, in the past, whenever there was a problem with the new deal, it was often Xu Qian who came forward, and now, of course, everyone put the last trace of hope on Xu Qian.

Xu Qian's expression was very calm, he glanced at Xu Fu lightly, and then said: "This is the meaning of the cabinet, and it is also the meaning of many court ministers, if they have to do this, what can I do?" I heard that the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is very strict, right? ”

Xu Fu smiled bitterly: "What is already bad can't be broken, even the money bank is also greatly affected, many people ask the money bank for loans, but now what to pay?" Although they are all mortgaged by the workshop or the land, but now the price of the workshop and the land has plummeted, once there is a problem, even if the money bank can put the collateral under its name, this loss is not small. Shou Ninghou has already rushed to Zhejiang, hoping to cheer up some big businessmen, hoping that they can stabilize the ...... On the other hand, there is no such big chaos in Tianjin for the time being, but it is also fast, after all, people are panicking now...... Is there really no way to do it? More or less, we should also fight for it on the basis of reason. ”

Xu Qian shook his head and smiled, and said: "Now, what's the use of fighting for me alone, the new deal is not Xu alone, and it's not just me Xu Qian who benefits. ”

Xu Fu was silent, and only after a long time did he say: "Okay, I'll try my best to stabilize the Ruyi Fang, as for the rest, I can't take care of so much." ”

Xu Fu sighed and went again and again.

And Xu Qian is still calm, the reason why he refused, not only because he did not have the strength to oppose the cabinet in Beijing, but more importantly, he needed allies, and the time for making a fortune in a muffled voice had passed, and now, if someone still thinks that he can retreat with his whole body, or hide under Xu Qian's big tree to eat and drink spicy food, it is impossible, Xu Qian may not have this ability, nor does he have this obligation to fly them.

So next...... It's up to them!

Xu Qian certainly knows the weakness of these people, but what he is looking at now is the fire, if the fire is here, then next, he should be ready to fight back.

Xu Qian drank tea, slowly thinking and digesting the news.

At this time, Menzi came to report and said: "My lord, the Ministry of Industry has sent an account book, saying that it is a palace to be built in the palace, and the Ministry of Industry has drawn up a charter, please look at it." ”

Xu Qian nodded his head and stretched out his hand, "Take me a look." ”

This account book is not small, because the Son of Heaven entrusted himself to take care of the construction of the palace, although it was just an unintentional word, but he must have greeted the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry naturally can't be lazy, now that he has a plan, he has a rough budget and an eyebrow to start construction, so he naturally wants to say hello to Xu Qian.

In fact, the Ministry of Industry is very reluctant to deal with Xu Qian, but this is a project in the palace, or the Son of Heaven has the final say, so he can only do it as a last resort.

It's just that why didn't they send it to the household department, but sent it while they were at home?

Xu Qian pondered for a moment and said to Menzi: "Invite people in." ”

Not long after, a Lang Zhong from the Ministry of Industry came, and this person was polite to Xu Qian, and said, "Xiaguan Hu Zhong, I have seen my lord." ”

Xu Qian nodded and said, "Master Hu doesn't know what to learn?" ”

Hu Zhong didn't dare to drink Xu Qian's friendship, although he was polite, he obviously didn't want to have anything to do with Xu Qian, so he hurriedly said his intentions, presented a book, and said: "This is a rough charter, please take a look at it." ”

Xu Qian took it, and it was really serious.

This made Hu Zhong a little uncomfortable, because Xu Qian's speed of reading was very slow, which showed that this Lord Xu was very serious when he read word by word.

What the Ministry of Industry is most afraid of is that others are serious, and Hu Zhong couldn't help but get up and down when he saw this situation.

Will this Xu Qian be a branch?

After watching it for half an hour, Hu Zhong's legs and feet were already sore.

Suddenly, Xu Qian said lightly: "The official only looked at Sancheng, but now, it is full of suspicions, I don't know if Master Hu can explain it." ”

Hu Zhong chuckled in his heart and said, "Please also show someone to beat it." ”

Xu Qian said: "The entire new palace costs fifteen million silver, and the land near the coal mountain is not encircled, but it covers a large area, more than 700 acres, but the cost is still big." ”

Hu Zhong said with a smile: "In fact, this is much more valuable than the Great Gao Xuan Palace, which covers an area of only more than 50 acres of land, less than 10% of the new palace, but the silver spent is 2 million taels of silver. Since it is a heavenly womb, it is indispensable to break the bank. ”

"Really?" Xu Qian smiled slightly: "In this way, I dare to ask, what is the Divine Tree here?" ”

"Shenmu, naturally it is Shenmu ......"

Xu Qian smiled: "It's nothing more than wood, what is the fame, what else can be famous?" ”

"Lord Xu's words are wrong, this is a real sacred tree, it is the treasure of the town hall designated by Zhang Tianshi himself, it needs to be cut down from the mud Bora country, and it takes countless manpower and material resources to transport it to the Beijing ......."

Xu Qian said lightly: "Even so, a single piece of wood needs to cost hundreds of thousands of silver?" Lord Hu is not a fool when someone Xu is a fool, and he has been a bastard to the point where there is no distinction between good and bad, I can find a lot of such wood, and three thousand taels of silver can be ordered to be transported by sea to appease the envoy, do you believe it? ”

Hu Zhong's face changed drastically, and he said, "Xiaguan said, this is what Zhang Tianshi meant." ”

Xu Qian sneered: "Zhang Tianshi's duty is to make alchemy for His Majesty, when will he still be in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Engineering?" Could it be that he is already the secretary of the Ministry of Industry? Isn't it right, isn't it a few years ago that the Ministry of Industry Shangshu was still discussing with the official in the palace, and the official was in a fierce fight? This is strange, dignified Shangshu, I regard my household as a grudge, how come I obediently become a kowtow worm in front of a Taoist, what this Taoist priest says, he will do? It's just that I don't know, this is the rule of the Ministry of Industry, and I ask the adults to teach me. ”

Hu Zhong was very embarrassed, and he couldn't wait to get into the crack in the ground for a while, and reluctantly said: "My lord, isn't this because of public business?" Because I have a personal grudge with Lord Shangshu of the headquarters, I ......"

Xu Qian smiled even colder: "What personal grudges can this official have with you, it's just what you do, it's too much, a piece of wood, you dare to ask for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, don't you think it's ridiculous?" This charter is simply ridiculous, all in all, the official will never agree with it, if you insist on building it like this, then the official will have to tell the Son of Heaven to settle this account. ”

Xu Qian then said: "Go back and revise it again, not only the divine wood, the rest will be changed, you want to get some benefits from it, the official has nothing to say, let alone a person who blocks people's money, just don't go too far in everything, you must know how to stop in moderation, and don't treat people as fools, if you are still so ignorant of the importance next time, then it is not a reconstruction, let's go to the Son of Heaven and say this." Master Hu, this official is tired, please go back! ”

Xu Qian's attitude made Hu Zhong both embarrassed and angry, at this time Xu Qian threw the book over, he hurriedly caught it in the air, but he didn't dare to do anything, so he had to say: "My lord's teachings, the lower official must remember it, and the lower official resigned." ”

After that, he hurriedly left the Xu Mansion.

Xu Qian looked at his back, revealing a little disgust, the water is clear and there are no fish, Xu Qian never objects to others taking a little advantage, life always has to eat, this is the same as being an official, he always needs silver to maintain his dignity, but like these people gobble up and are so unscrupulous, Xu Qian has an instinctive disgust.

As for the face of these people, Xu Qian naturally didn't have any scruples, if he was afraid, he wouldn't be called Xu Qian. (To be continued.) )