Should I say it or not, the big families in Suzhou who have been fully beaten by Boss Zhu are well-behaved and sensible, and understand the value of having a solid backer.

Unlike those big families at the Laba banquet, it is not uncommon for His Royal Highness the King of Chu to throw an olive branch, which really makes the old six crooked nose.

Since he swore allegiance to His Royal Highness, he became a lackey of the King of Chu. As for the terms of future cooperation, naturally Zhu Zhen said what it was, and these people accepted it all.

According to Lao Liu's design, the future Suzhou Weaving and Dyeing Bureau will become a general contractor-like organization, responsible for accepting orders in a unified manner, and then subcontracting orders to various workshops. And supervise the production of the workshop to ensure that it completes the task with quality and quantity.

These people present will be the first batch of 'subcontractors' of the Suzhou Weaving and Dyeing Bureau to sign a contract with the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau for a period of 30 years. The contract stipulates that the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau must guarantee the profits of the subcontractor, and the subcontractor must give priority to the completion of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau's orders.

But the contract is not fair either. Not surprisingly, the Bureau of Weaving and Dyeing has a dominant position over the subcontractors and unilaterally has various means of punishment, while the subcontractors can only be left to the disposal of the Bureau of Weaving and Dyeing.

If it were to be the big ones at the Laba banquet, they would definitely not agree.

But these people in front of them agreed without hesitation. In order to repay His Royal Highness the King of Chu for his reconstruction, he has been a cow and a horse for 30 years......

After that encounter in Fengyang, they really realized that being cattle and horses for people is much happier than being an ownerless wild dog.

For the sake of them being so well-behaved, the sixth child also gave them a reassuring pill and said, "You don't have to go back to Fengyang." Lao Shen, you can arrange for them to stay and wait for good news. ”

"Yes." Shen Rong hurriedly got up and answered.

"Your Highness, should we hurry back and raise money?" Xu Ben hurriedly asked: "Redeem the factory, and the future operating costs......

"The citizens are waiting for the rice to be cooked, and there is no time to raise money for you." Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said: "This king has paid for you first, and it will be slowly deducted from the payment in the future!" ”

"Your Highness!" Everyone was very happy when they heard this, they wouldn't be cheated without paying money, Your Highness is really benevolent!

"Go ahead." Zhu Zhen served tea to the guests.

"Yes, the grass people are retiring." The big families bowed happily and withdrew.

~~

After they retreated, Zhu Zhen instructed his cousin Hu Xian, who was the head of his guard, to bring the big dogs in the prison.

After lunch and a short rest, Hu Xian reported to His Royal Highness, and a group of prisoners brought it.

"Your Highness has arrived in ......"

When Zhu Zhen stretched his waist and turned out from behind the screen, he saw this group of dogs in prison clothes and tortured, trembling and kneeling on the ground.

"You've all drunk this king's laba porridge, haven't you?" The king of Chu sat down on the throne and asked with a yawn.

"Yes." Everyone nodded. Thinking that yesterday they were the guests of His Highness, and today they have become prisoners, how can they not feel like they are in a different world?

"Tell me about you, when the king told you well, no one listened." Lao Liu's face hated the lesson that iron does not become steel:

"Did this king tell you at that time that all those who want to profit from the sea trade can join the fleet of the city shipping division? We share risks and profits, don't we? ”

"Yes, yes." The prisoners nodded in response.

"Do we still guarantee the safety of the personal and property of all the merchants in the city? I promise that you will have a lot of money; I shouldn't have taken anything from you, and I didn't take a penny? ”

"Yes." The crowd nodded again.

"Tell me about you, this king has taken out his heart, but you are treated as donkey liver and lungs." Zhu Zhen said with a sad face: "Don't say that you don't join this king, and you make trouble together against this king, why are you so vicious?" ”

"Your Highness, we were wrong." The prisoners kowtowed and pleaded guilty, and explained with tears in their eyes:

"But it's not that we don't know what to do, it's that someone above is forcing us to go against His Highness."

"Who is so bold?" Zhu Zhen deliberately straightened his face.

"It's Hu Weiyong, Prime Minister Hu Cheng!" Someone said endlessly: "He is Lu Zhonghe's backstage." Three years after Hongwu, Lu Zhonghe covered the sky in Suzhou, relying on him to support him! ”

"Is there any evidence?" King Chu asked expressionlessly.

"Nope." The man shook his head and said, "How can you leave evidence for such a most confidential matter?" The villain is also the fourth brother-in-law of the Lu family, I heard him mention that he often drinks with Prime Minister Hu Cheng's nephew in Nanjing, and only then did he know that the backstage of the Lu family was the prime minister of the dynasty! ”

"It may also be that the fourth child of the Lu family is bragging." Zhu Zhen waved his hand and said: "In short, there is no conclusive evidence, and you can't just accuse the prime minister of the dynasty." ”

"Yes." The man quickly shut up.

But there were no fools present, and they all knew that His Royal Highness the King of Chu must have heard it in his heart. The king of Chu knew that his arms could not reach his thighs, so his evil feelings towards them would naturally be lighter.

~~

After a deep confession, someone dared to ask, "Dare to ask Your Highness, what will you do with us?" ”

After the beheading that day, the gang was sent back to prison. Then they knew that their sin would be forgiven by death, and that they would not be able to escape their sin of life.

"It is said that you are guilty of inciting a popular uprising." Zhu Zhen said lightly: "But my prince's brother is benevolent and unmatched, and he doesn't want to be punished without teaching, so my third brother just educated you and didn't kill you." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince, thank you, Your Highnesses." The prisoners of the lower ranks naturally had no words to thank him. After the beheading, they now understand the preciousness of life. It's hard to get my life back, and I have to live no matter what.

"We will be willing to accept any punishment."

"Then exile Qiongzhou." Zhu Zhen happily proposed: "When I get over there, I will reflect seriously, and I will be a good person in the future......

"Your Highness, can you not go......" the prisoners begged pitifully.

In the eyes of people in this era, exile in Qiongzhou is a life of death.

"The villain is willing to give all his family property, half to the court, half to His Royal Highness, begging His Highness to be gracious...... someone kowtowed and begged: "Your Highness, the villain is old, and he can't afford to toss." Let's just let the villain go as a fart. ”

"The villain is also willing to give all his wealth, just ask His Highness to let it go." The rest of the people also followed suit.

This account is easy to calculate. Anyway, if you are sent to Qiongzhou, you will have nothing, so it is better to take the initiative to give everything and release it in place.

"This king's family education is strict, and I can't ask for your family property." Zhu Zhen shook his head and said: "As for you dedicating your family property to the imperial court, that is your freedom, and it has something to do with this king?" ”

"That ......" The crowd couldn't figure out what he wanted for a moment.

"First of all, return the property that you have been in Hongwu for three years and have been snatched by ingenuity." The king of Chu asked Hu Xian to distribute the stack of deeds to everyone.

"Yes." Man is a sword, I am a fish. At this time, they could not agree.

"Then tell your family that they may cooperate with the king in all this time. Whoever cooperates well, when this king is here, let him go free. Zhu Zhen put forward another reason that was not too much at all.

Let these people secretly sigh, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is really merciful...... It's two extremes with the terrible King Jin!

(End of chapter)