The reason why His Royal Highness the King of Chu had the confidence to solve the 'Great Depression' in Suzhou by printing grain stamps was that his third brother had laid a good foundation for him.

There was no third brother to sweep away the gangsters and ruffians in Suzhou City, and no third brother to scare all the big families in Suzhou City. If these people can still be demons, they can stir things up for him in minutes.

But now, the gangsters and ruffians are no longer scratching their heads, the big families are still locked in cages, and the instability is minimized, so that he can rest assured and boldly implement his Suzhou revitalization plan.

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Without further ado, after settling the local officials, the king of Chu immediately received a group of locals from Fengyang......

They were Jiangnan immigrants who were moved to Fengyang by his father for three years in Hongwu.

That year, Boss Zhu moved a total of 140,000 households in Jiangnan to Fengyang. All the wealthy people in the Jiangnan area were moved to Fengyang, and they were not allowed to go back privately.

However, since the beginning of the previous year, Zhu Yuanzhang has allowed them to return to their hometown every Qingming Festival to sweep the tomb.

These people returned to Suzhou from Fengyang on the pretext of sweeping the tomb.

The people who brought them in were Shen Rong and Gu Yuanchen.

These two were recruited by Zhu Zhen last year as members of the Municipal Shipping Division, but they didn't go to the Yamen of the Municipal Shipping Division for a day. After the Laba banquet in Zhenjiang, he was sent back to Fengyang, and it took him a few months to conduct a thorough investigation of the large households in the south of the Yangtze River who moved to Fengyang.

The people who came today were carefully selected by Zhu Zhen from the roster submitted by the two.

They all suffered great sins in Fengyang, and they also knew that Shen and Gu climbed to the high branch of the king of Chu and got out of the sea of suffering. After seeing the king of Chu, he kowtowed like pounding garlic one by one, and did his best to be humble. and those who seem to be obedient at the Laba banquet, but in fact they are not inferior, are completely two painting styles.

"Settle down, everybody." His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled lovely, and his two thick eyebrows were like crescent moons. "Don't be nervous, this king invites you to have a cup of tea, let's talk casually, and sit down."

Everyone got up in thanks, and then followed Shen Rong and Gu Yuanchen to sit down on the two rows of circle chairs under the hall. Each person only rested a small piece of their stomach on the chair, their waists were straight, their eyes did not squint, and their breath did not breathe.

Seeing that they were still very nervous, Zhu Zhen chatted with them first, asking them where they used to live, how many generations they have been in Suzhou, and what kind of local industries are there now?

His Royal Highness the King of Chu's questions pierced the heart one by one, and everyone who asked was sad, and many people shed sad tears.

They told Zhu Zhen that they had lived in Suzhou for generations, and that three years before Hongwu, he never thought that he would leave here in his life.

As for the industry in Suzhou...... Even big guys like Shen Rong and Gu Yuanchen can't keep it, let alone them.

and plundering their property...... Oh no, it should be said that they took over their property at a 'generous' price, and naturally their former best friends, those big families who stayed in Suzhou.

"Right now, we don't have much contact with this Gusu City, except for the ancestral tomb." A guest named Xu Ben said:

"I heard that those people were all imprisoned, and I have to thank the two highnesses for speaking out for us poor people."

"It's just a matter of effort." Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Then what are you going to do next?" ”

"Of course, it's back to Fengyang." Everyone said gloomily: "If you don't return at the end of the month, you will be in a flail." ”

"If there's a chance to stay, do you think about it?" Zhu Zhen leaned on the armrest and asked in a casual tone.

"Yes, of course I do!" When the guests heard this, their eyes lit up and they nodded, and what they were looking forward to day and night was this sentence.

"As long as His Highness can let us return to our roots, let the grass people do anything." They hurriedly expressed their positions as if grasping at a life-saving straw.

"Yes, even if you pour night incense for Your Highness, we are also willing!"

"Hahaha." Zhu Zhen couldn't help laughing and said: "The people who pour night incense for this king are all big beauties, and they don't have that qualification if they want to pour it." ”

"Yes...... everyone nodded with a smile: "In short, whatever His Highness asks us to do, we will do it, and we will never frown!" ”

"Don't worry, I'm not letting you be a traitor." Zhu Zhen smiled faintly, pointed at Shen Rong and said, "This king has read the information compiled by the two of them, and knows that you all have silk weaving workshops in your family, and you have personally managed them. ”

"Yes......" the crowd said. Generally speaking, it is not much of a glamour to manage the workshop yourself. Because this either means that their family business is not big enough to let the factory be managed by the people below; Either they are not high enough in the family and can only be sent to manage the workshop......

In short, they can only be regarded as marginal figures among the big households.

"That's why the king came to you." Zhu Zhen no longer sold Guanzi, and briefly talked about the current predicament in Suzhou. Then he said:

"Because the weavers can't work, many Suzhou citizens have run out of cooking at home, and this king has some responsibilities. Therefore, I thought of a method of 'work for relief', and prepared to produce a batch of silk by the Suzhou Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, so that the citizens could have work to do, and naturally they would have food. ”

Everyone was busy praising His Royal Highness's benevolence and virtue, and he was the savior of the people of Suzhou.

"You're boasting early." Zhu Zhen smiled at everyone: "As soon as this king understands, there are only thirteen looms in the weaving and dyeing bureau, which is of no help at all. So let them ask you, are you interested in taking this order and producing these silks for the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau? ”

"Yes, of course." Everyone nodded hurriedly and said: "This kind of good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, we must be willing to do it without money!" ”

"It's just ......," but Xu Ben smiled bitterly and said: "We don't have a workshop now, not even a loom, how can we share your Highness's worries?" ”

"Hahaha, it's easy." Zhu Zhen beckoned, and Luo Guanzhong presented a stack of deeds stamped with a big red seal.

"This is your original workshop, of course, and now it has been transferred to someone else's family. This king asked people to find out all the bottoms left in the yamen. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes turned red. Staring straight at the stack of deeds, that is the property they were robbed by taking advantage of the fire and almost robbed by Ming!

"Mr. Luo has seen it for this king, it is indeed unfair." Zhu Zhen said and glanced at Luo Guanzhong and said, "Right? ”

"Yes." Luo Guanzhong nodded expressionlessly, he thought that the King of Chu invited him to join the curtain to be a military advisor, but he didn't expect that this sixth man would only use him as a tool to deal with documents.

"Those buyers pay only two to three percent of the market price, and the least is even one percent. It's really unfair. ”

"That's what they robbed while they were on fire!" Everyone shouted angrily: "After the imperial court issued an order at that time, in order to prevent us from escaping, we were only given three days before we had to set off on the road. I didn't have time to deal with the industry at all, so I could only entrust the people who stayed behind to sell it on my behalf - I didn't expect them to be brazen, turn their left hand into their right hand, and sell it to themselves at a very low price! ”

"Zhu He, that bastard, you haven't given me money yet! Last year, I took advantage of returning to my hometown to sweep the graves, and I was beaten out when I came to ask for it......" A big family named Zhu Ping complained through gritted teeth.

No wonder they were so happy to hear that the big ones who stayed behind were in prison.

"Well, this king will help you get the property back!" Zhu Zhen patted those deeds, and he was arrogant.

"I wait for Your Highness to thank you for your kindness." Everyone burst into tears with excitement, kowtowed, and said: "In this life, in this life, no, in this life, in all life, we will swear allegiance to Your Highness!" ”

P.S. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I blame you today. When I sat in front of the computer and prepared the codeword, I was suddenly stunned by what was happening in the neighboring country. I never imagined that ancient history would repeat itself abroad. And deeply realized that Boss Zhu is indeed not unfounded...... So I brushed and brushed, and it turned out that I hadn't finished writing a chapter until now. I was wrong......

(End of chapter)