Obviously, last year was fine, but in the turn of the year, those weavers and boatmen who relied on selling their strength to support their families suddenly lost their jobs in large areas.

Or even if there is an owner who is willing to hire someone, the salary given is only half of last year, or even one-third, and they are still rushing to do it......

Because their families have no land, the whole family is supported by the income from work, and once they can't find a job, their lives are in a desperate situation. This continued until March, and the situation did not improve. One can imagine how depressed the workers were.

Today is another day of no improvement. The workers squatted on the street in front of the gate early, craned their necks and hoped that someone would come to recruit workers.

Whenever they saw a pedestrian dressed like a proprietor or a shopkeeper, they hula and surrounded him, and asked:

"Recruitment, boss. I'm cheap, 40 ...... a day"

"I can do thirty-five texts, and I will ...... dyeing silk and jacquard in warp."

"I'm ...... Thirty Dollars"

But involution can't solve any problems, people are just passing by.

When the workers returned disappointed, someone scolded: "Fuck, the minimum is forty a day!" Why did people descend by themselves before they could speak? ”

"You're all old calendars. Who hired you now? What's the use of holding on? "There are also things to say about the initiative to reduce the price.

"Why didn't it work? How many times have I said it, the difficulty is only temporary! There is the optimist who said loudly: "Now it's just that the ignorant King of Chu is doing nonsense, and he is not allowed to trade privately at sea, which causes the big households to dare not produce, so we have no work to do." It won't be that for long - the gentry are begging for our lives! Everyone saw it, Master Lu even gave up his life! ”

Lu Yuan is on the street in front of Guanqian, and the wreaths and curtains placed outside can be seen clearly by everyone. Of course, I also saw the tragic scene of the government pulling Lu Zhonghe's coffin away, and the Lu family crying all the way.

So I couldn't help but feel sorry when I heard the words.

"Alas, Master Lu is a great good man, how many of us have been fed by his family's loom?" A middle-aged man sighed: "I hope his death can make the emperor raise his noble hand and let us live." ”

"Dream on!" Suddenly, a shrill voice sounded, and a man with triangular eyes said roughly: "Don't you know yet? Far from stopping, the imperial court will intensify its efforts - soon the sea ban will be implemented, and not a single plank will be allowed to go to the sea! Let's just wait to drink the northwest wind! ”

"What, the board doesn't go to the sea?" The crowd was amazed. "Then we're completely out of the woods?!"

"Not really!" The triangular eye struggled to agitate: "Don't expect the conscience of the court to find out. If they have a little conscience, Master Lu will not commit suicide in despair! ”

"Yes, Master Lu is dead, do we still have a way to live...... The workers couldn't help but be depressed, and the mood of hunger, exhaustion and despair was intertwined, making the atmosphere on the street in front of Guanqian more and more stagnant.

"Fuck!" At this time, another black-faced man suddenly jumped up and roared: "Old man of dog days, if you don't give us a way to live, then we won't live either." Let's go, follow me to surround the mansion, kill the dog emperor's dog legs, and snatch Master Lu's coffin back! ”

"Go together, go together!" The black-faced man had a very high prestige, and immediately many people got up and echoed loudly: "You can't let Master Lu die in vain, you have to make a big deal in order to force the imperial court to abolish the sea ban!" ”

"That's right, Suzhou is a wealthy place in the world, and the old man can't afford to mess up!" Triangular Eyes echoed loudly, and followed with a number of men.

The workers were already full of resentment, and once someone took the lead, they couldn't hold back immediately, and they got up one after another, and headed towards Yaqian Street.

In the crowd, someone took the lead in shouting slogans: "Abolish the market, open the sea ban, and avenge Master Lu!" ”

"Abolish the city, open the sea ban, and avenge Master Lu!"

"I want to eat, I want to live!"

"Eat, live!" The incitement soon drew everyone to shout in unison.

And the slogan of the earthquake attracted more people to join the team from all directions. The queue towards Yaqian Street became longer and longer, and by the time they arrived in front of the Yamen of Suzhou Prefecture, there were more than 10,000 people......

~~

The prefect's yamen, in the house.

Liu Ying stood beside the bed with her hands behind her back, staring at the autopsy without blinking.

Both of these were the penal servants he brought from Beijing, and he had a lot of experience.

"Uncle, according to the physical signs of the deceased, judging from the "Record of Clearing Grievances", the deceased should have died one to two days ago."

"The cause of death of the deceased should have been caused by someone covering his mouth and nose and choking his neck."

"Oh, isn't it poison?" Liu Ying's eyes lit up. That Lu Gongzi and Lu Shuhe both said that Lu Zhonghe committed suicide by taking poison.

"Probably not, although the deceased's lips were purple-black, the nails of his hands and feet were normal yellow-white, and there was no sign of poisoning in the abdominal organs...... of course, he pretended to be poisoned in his mouth after death," he was sure.

"Interesting...... Liu Ying couldn't help but sigh secretly, the emperor is really sage, this Lu Zhonghe really did not commit suicide, but was 'committed'......

At this time, outside the room, he suddenly remembered a hurried knock on the door, and then Li Heng's anxious voice: "Uncle, something is wrong." ”

"Go ahead and take detailed notes." Liu Ying commanded, turned around and walked out of the room.

"What's wrong?"

~~

At this time, it was dark, but the fire was still shining outside the palace, and the voices were boiling.

Li Heng and Liu Ying stepped on the ladder and climbed the outer wall of the government from a position far away from the gate to take a look, only to see that outside the gate of the government office, thousands of citizens shouting slogans had gathered.

The officials of the government and the officers and soldiers brought by Liu Ying shouted at the oppressive crowd through the gate, trying to disperse them. It's a pity that the sound is directly drowned out, and no one can hear it at all......

Looking up in the distance, there are still winding fire dragons, converging here.

"What are they shouting?" Liu Ying's face was pale, staring at the angry crowd outside.

"It seems to be shouting, 'Abolish the city, open the sea ban, and avenge Master Lu'......" Li Heng has not been in Suzhou for a long time, and he can only barely understand Wu.

"This is a rebellion!" Liu Ying said coldly: "Governor Li, have you notified the nearest health office?" ”

"I have already sent someone to report to Suzhou Wei." Li Heng wiped his sweat and said: "Wu County and Changzhou County, they should also come to support." ”

"Well, arm all the people inside, be ready to resist, and don't let the mob storm the palace." Liu Ying said in a deep voice.

"Hey, the lower official has already ordered to prepare." Li Heng nodded and said in a low voice: "But no one knows what will happen when there is chaos, and there is a secret passage leading to the river." The lower officials have the responsibility of guarding the land, so the uncle quickly took your family to avoid it. ”

"Ridiculous!" Liu Ying snorted, completely unappreciative and said: "As a Qincha, how can this official disgrace the emperor?" I won't be a deserter when the guards die! ”

(End of chapter)