In the middle of the night, the people who came were very anxious, running full of sweat, and if you listen carefully, you can hear the noisy sound in the distance.

Shen Qu hurriedly changed his clothes and followed Shen Fu out.

Ngawang drove the car very fast, and deliberately took some detours to check the shops on several other streets, and finally stopped on Qinglong Street, which was the most damaged.

This place has been surrounded by people, the people of the government have also arrived, the Praetorian Guards surrounded the shops, there was a lot of commotion everywhere, candles were burning in the shops, through the crowd you could see that the door panels were smashed and there was a mess inside, some shops even had their signboards knocked down and thrown on the street, and the shopkeepers and men on a street were busy cleaning up the mess and totaling losses.

The adults of the government are checking and verifying shop by shop, and some of the shopkeepers and men are being questioned by the government, all of them have sad faces and depressed heads.

Seeing the owner coming, the shopkeeper and the guys seemed to have seen a savior, and they rushed over to describe the scene at that time, constantly blaming themselves and accusing themselves, they were all manly, but at this moment their faces were full of sadness and depression, Shen Fu's father and daughter hurriedly comforted everyone.

"Uncle."

Zhang Chengru came over and saluted the father and daughter, and said: "The government is questioning, it is said that the same group of people did it, all wearing black clothes with their faces covered, holding sticks in their hands, and smashing them when they enter the door, as if they are prepared." ”

"Who is it, and what do you say?" Shen asked.

Zhang Chengru shook his head, "Those people didn't take the things in the shop, it seems that they didn't come for money." ”

"Not for money? So why? ”

"They said that the owner wants to sell well to the court and don't pull others into the water, your family's business is big, and others can't compare, just please yourself, don't use others as backstops."

The guy recalled it intermittently, and Shen did gasp.

Obviously, this is the work of peers.

The government also inspected the shops of other houses on several surrounding streets, and sure enough, only the shops of the Shen family were damaged.

This is a protest against Shen Fu's new policy.

Shen Fu was very sad, and said angrily: "Although it is difficult to do business, but we know that this day is much better than that of the people, everyone takes out a little bit to help them, is it so difficult to do some modest efforts, is it that seeing that the people are short of food and clothing, then who will come to the shop to buy things?" ”

Shen Qu helped Shen Fu sit down, the old father was panting, coughing and his cheeks were flushed.

"Daddy, don't worry, wait for the government to finish asking."

Zhang Chengru brought tea and said, "The shopkeeper and the guy are scared, the government is a little difficult to ask, I'll go over to help, you sit down for a while." ”

Shen did thank you: "Thank you." ”

Zhang Chengru shook his head with a smile, turned around and walked towards the place of inquiry.

He is a scholar and has been an official, so he naturally understands the rules and regulations of the government, and it should be smoother for him to mediate in the middle. Shen did look at his back, and felt a little lighter.

"It's all Daddy who is too impatient." Shen Fudao, "I should have thought that not everyone can think so deeply and far, Daddy should have discussed with them first, and asked everyone's opinions, even if they don't agree, they can make people feel respected, not like now, hey, it's too hasty." ”

Shen did rub Daddy's back and comforted: "Daddy has just taken office, his heart is good, and the decree is also beneficial to the country and the people, but whenever a new decree is promulgated, it will inevitably be opposed, isn't it a common thing, everyone will accept it after a while." ”

"Lord Shen, Mrs. Shen."

Mutam ran in from outside and said: "I sent someone to chase after him, and I caught one, and the person has been handed over to the government, according to his confession, it is the owners of several shops who have united to find someone to sabotage, the purpose is to oppose Lord Shen's decree, and he is unwilling to give money." ”

"Thank you." Shen said, "Why are you here?" ”

Mutam was stunned for a moment, and said: "Hey, I happened to be passing by with a friend for a drink, and I saw someone sneaking up and sent someone to follow, who knew that it was such a coincidence." ”

He scratched the back of his head, his eyes were a little wandering, Shen did not ask much and thanked him again, Mutam said: "The top priority is to discuss with them as soon as possible, the government will put further pressure on them, uncle, if you are free tomorrow, I will come to Zhang Luo, and everyone will sit down and talk." ”

Shen Fu said, "It's really embarrassing to bother His Royal Highness the prince about this matter." ”

"Uncle's relationship with them is a little awkward now, if I add an outsider to be present, at least everyone can maintain some decency."

He thought very carefully, so the day of the consultation was set for the afternoon of the next day.

Mutam chose the location in a restaurant, and everyone arrived neatly, but all of them looked unhappy, their faces were long, and they didn't buy Shen Fu's proposal to do what they could and contribute money and efforts.

Everyone's point of view is very consistent, the entire Jin'an and even Daye, in terms of strength and financial resources, are not as good as the Shen family, since the Shen family has extra money, then take it out, why do you have to pull everyone together, besides, this official position is also his Shen Fu alone, and has nothing to do with them, the so-called donations and help are nothing more than endless money, and everyone's life is not easy just after the war, so why bother......

Someone else said Shen Fu directly: "I have long heard that your daughter has a relationship with the prince, and now your brother has also become a eater of the emperor's grain, we ordinary people, every penny is hard-earned, why bother to make wedding clothes for you......"

"If your family wants to climb the dragon and the phoenix, we don't have that kind of mind, so we won't participate."

Everyone expressed their dissatisfaction, and in general, it was one sentence: don't do anything that has no money and no benefits.

It is said that businessmen are mercenary, but Shen Fu just doesn't want everyone to have such prejudice, so he has been working tirelessly over the years to help the army, donate to the epidemic, fund the people, and promote government decrees...... However, this idea is not acceptable to everyone.

The conversation was deadlocked, and it was impossible to continue for a while.

Seeing that things are going to be yellow, Shen Fu has no choice but to prepare in his heart, even if there is only one Shen family, he will still spare no effort to push the executive order, and if everyone is not willing to donate, he will donate it himself.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Mutam broke the deadlock and said with a smile: "I have listened to it for a long time and understand everyone's suffering, you can see if it is so good, a few days ago I just discussed with my uncle to bring the Shen family's business to Soto Country, first, to help us develop, and secondly, to expand the Shen family's business."

If you don't dislike it, as the prince of Sotho, I can promise you that if you are willing to cooperate and participate in the new policy, we will not charge taxes for three years to expand business in Sotho in the future, we will bear the food and lodging of carriages, horses, and horses, and we will also give support and preferential treatment in all aspects. ”

Soto is a vast country with many people, and it is a fertile soil, and these conditions are nothing more than a very attractive fat meat for business people, but everyone still looks at me, I look at you, and finally said, go back and discuss it before giving an answer.

A negotiation is in chaos for a while, and we can only wait for their reply slowly.

Shen Cheng was a little puzzled, the suggestion put forward by Mutam was clearly a good thing, why did those people go back to discuss, what was there to discuss, couldn't they understand the business opportunities and considerable profits here, or was there any other reason......

As the night falls, the candlelight casts the figure on the wall, infinitely magnified.

Li Luansong stood in front of the window of the imperial study, the night scene was quiet and beautiful, and he was waiting for news.

May entered the door and saluted: "Your Highness, everything has been done, the person has been caught, the government has already said hello, the Shen family's smashed shop has been compensated, and Mutam also gave quite favorable conditions to persuade everyone to cooperate with Shen Futui's administrative order, but because His Royal Highness did not give an order, everyone did not agree on the spot." ”

Li Luansong has been sending people to secretly protect Shen Qu's shop, and this time he discovered the situation for the first time, arrested a group of black-clothed people and sent them to the official, and found out that the people behind the scenes were actually some important ministers in the court. They saw that Shen Fu's decree was strongly supported by Emperor Xiaochun, and felt that he had broken the rules of officialdom when he first arrived, making them seem very useless, so they came up with this bad idea, taking advantage of the contradictions between the shop owners to provoke trouble, which was nothing more than to give the Shen family's father and daughter a dismount.

"Then let them agree to Mutam's conditions and walk down the ladder themselves." Li Luansong commanded.

May said, "But Your Highness, don't you need to tell Shen Niangzi about this matter, so wouldn't she have to credit the credit to that curly wooden tam, and His Highness obviously did so much for her and didn't let her know?" ”

"I don't need her to know." Li Luansong said, "Everything their father and daughter did was also for Daye, which was what I should do, and they were also worried about the country, she helped me, not me who helped him." The imperial court is in need of people, if even this kind of person can't be protected, I, the prince, will be too useless. ”

"But, isn't that a cheap curl for nothing?" May felt aggrieved and muttered, "I heard that because of this matter, the master of the Shen family felt that he had helped a lot, and persuaded Shen Niangzi to accept him as an apprentice. ”

Li Luansong was stunned for a moment, this wooden tam really kicked his nose in the face.

"When?"

"That Mutam has gained such a big benefit, and he can't hurry up, I'm afraid it's already by now..."

"Prepare the horses." Before the May words were finished, Li Luansong had already set off.

Two fast horses galloped on the streets of Jin'an and stopped in front of the Shen Mansion.

May jumped off the horse and knocked on the door, saying that His Royal Highness had something important to see Mrs. Shen.

The porter didn't dare to slack off, ran in a hurry, and came back in a hurry after a while, and said with a sad face: "The lady said, there is something at home today, and it is inconvenient to see His Highness, so please change the day." ”

Missing? For the sake of Mutam not to see him.

Li Luansong was angry, and just wanted to break in, she stopped it, remembering all kinds of domineering behaviors towards her before, and doing that would only make her hate it even more.

The leg that stepped up the stairs slowly retracted, and he turned around and wanted to leave.

The porter knew his identity, and kept smiling on his back, the door was open, and through the carved stone wall screen, he could see that there was a lively apprenticeship inside.

The lights were bright, Shen was sitting at the door of the flower hall, Mutam knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, he called her Master, shouted so sweetly, and offered tea to her.

When Mutam turned sideways, Li Luansong saw the smugness on his face and the smile on Shen Qu's face, it was a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, and it was different from the look in his eyes......

Shen Qu drank the apprentice tea, and naturally wanted to give Mutam a red envelope, and said: "You are my first apprentice, I hope you will learn as soon as possible and go back to build your own hometown." ”

Mutam kowtowed and thanked her, and from then on he could justifiably follow her every day.

Looking sideways, I saw a familiar figure outside the door through the hollow stone wall......

That night, Shen Qu dispensed medicine to Emperor Xiaochun as usual, and suddenly remembered that day he smelled the smell of herbs on Li Luansong's body, and it seemed that his injury had not healed, so he took an extra dose of medicine and wrapped it and handed it to Zelan: "Bring it to Your Majesty in May, this pair is for His Royal Highness the King of Jin, which will help him recover as soon as possible." ”

Zelan said, "But lady, I feel so sad every time I see May, he says that His Royal Highness the King of Jin is more sad than him, and he is in a daze all day long, and he heard that he is about to be made the prince, but he doesn't look happy at all, and the lady doesn't plan to ......"

Shen Qu shook his head silently, "What do you have to do with me." ”

He is going to become the crown prince, this is his fate, a different life trajectory from hers, everything is finally going to be settled.

Zelan was still talking to himself, "I heard that all the officials and female dependents of the crown prince's canonization ceremony will attend, and the lady can also go when the time comes, can I go to see it, I haven't seen such a big scene, I heard that now the nobles and ladies in the capital are fighting the idea of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, I don't know if the candidate for the crown princess will also be decided at the canonization ceremony......