Chapter 98

Zhang Zhong was the first person to get the news. He was still worried that if the emperor listened to the words of Governor Ning, he would really send him to a more remote place. He didn't care about the remote place, but he would feel unwilling to accept it if the place had not been built yet.

Let someone tell your son what the matter will be decided. If it really doesn't work, then you will compromise and get Luzhou ready.

As a result, when we waited for news from the people in the inner court, we did not compromise, but attack. Yes, Zhang Zhong understood the consequences of doing so, and the people in Qinzhou would come with us. After all, this place is better than other prefectures around us, and the people's lives are also better.

Since his son said this, Zhang Zhong naturally would not object. His son still seems to have never made any mistakes. The only thing that is to say is that he did not know the initial flood in advance, but there is nothing he can do about it. No one can guess that there will be such a big flood.

Zhang Zhong made a decision in his heart and immediately started to make arrangements, calling the people who came from Qinzhou to the yamen, and preparing the food, so he asked these people to go to Qinzhou to win over people.

In fact, he didn't need to win over it. The people who were affected by disasters have begun to come here in Qinzhou, especially the people from the villages that Hu Zi and others have rescued. They are really too disappointed with the government in their place. After the disaster, the first person to come over was actually from Luzhou.

Just think about it and you will know how much effort it took for those individuals to arrive here. How could an official who is good to the surrounding prefectures and prefectures not be good to the people under his rule?

So these people organized themselves to bring everything they could take away, and came along the mountain road towards Luzhou. It was indeed not easy to bring family members, but it was so difficult to walk on the road. These people also made up their minds to arrive in Luzhou, and they really couldn't continue to live here.

Those who could walk left directly, and those who could not walk also ran to the edge of Qinjiang, hid in the big ship, and waited for the big ship to take them back. Apart from those who were incompetent, there were only wounded people on the ship whose condition had stabilized. The doctors on the ship tried their best to save the people who could save them.

At that time, a few people died every day. Now that the patients were stable, no patients were sent here again. The two ships sent some food to the local people and began to prepare for the return flight. Ningzhong came twice during this period.

He thought that he would win some people's hearts when he came. After all, he was a governor. If he came to visit the people with such an identity, he would be very moved.

But there was a deviation in the end. Nothing moved the people at all. The people were grateful to the guards and doctors from Luzhou. Without them, more people would die. Not to mention how many people were dug out from the ruins of the house, but those who were rescued would not be able to survive.

Even though some individuals were not rescued in the end, no one would say that the doctors on the ship were not good at medical skills. Many wounded people could no longer survive in their eyes, but they just let the doctors on the ship rescue them. This is the ability, let alone the doctors sent from Luzhou.

The people are more willing to go to Luzhou now. I heard that Luzhou has no money for medical treatment. In this way, not only Luzhou's officials are good, but they also don't have to worry about getting sick. Many people die because they don't have money to treat the disease. People who are seriously injured can be treated, let alone minor illnesses.

The original Qinzhou population was much larger than that of Luzhou, but after this incident, more than 10,000 people were going to leave Qinzhou and go to Luzhou. These people were very smart and were afraid of being stopped, so they all came to leave. Today they walked a small part and brought various things with them.

Waiting for this small part to come back tomorrow, and then leave some more, it gives people the feeling that they are all looking for work outside to do. How could they think that they are confusing the officials sent from Qinzhou? In this way, more than 10,000 people, before Zhang Zhong arrived, and before the officials in Qinzhou could notice, they all entered the mountains.

After arriving in the mountains, I found a place to gather, and the people's team headed towards Luzhou in a vast way, where there was the life they yearned for, and where was the paradise in their hearts.

Hu Zi and others completed the mission and followed the two large ships that were basically empty. Ning Zhongze also learned the news. He wanted to keep the person who was pulled by the large ship, but there were not so many doctors here to do the next thing.

After thinking about it, he felt that these injured people were also a burden, so he gave up. After two days, Ning Zhongze was completely stunned when the news came one after another.

"What? All the people in the disaster-stricken areas are gone? I don't know where they have gone? Can't you tell them when you look at the footprints? Chase me, and you must not let them leave. More than 10,000 people have left. Who is here to farm? Who is here to do things?"

What Ning Zhongze heard was the news of the people in the village leaving. While he was surprised, he couldn't think of how many people left so smoothly. Logically, he should have known the news early.

The manager also had a bitter face. When he heard the master's order, he said, "Master, it's too late. I guess those people have entered the mountain early. Even if there are traces, there are special people who have made the traces fade. If you really send people to chase them, you may be able to catch up, but what can you do if you catch up? If you force the people to come back, how many troops do you have to send?

If there are too many people, the matter here will be too busy. If there are too few people, it will be easy to cause civil unrest. Master, please think of a solution quickly."

The housekeeper naturally knew why the people left, and he also knew where they were going. Apart from Luzhou, he could not think of any other place that the people could pass by themselves.

Ning Zhongze also knew this, but as the housekeeper said, those people did not plan to come back once they left, and this matter was not easy to deal with. If they could catch some slow-moving people, they would have to catch up for a few days. After all, you can't ride horses on the mountain, and if they were not done well, it would cause civil unrest. By that time, even if he had a thousand mouths, it would be useless. The emperor would definitely not spare him easily.

Thinking of this, Ning Zhong became more annoyed the more he thought about it. After a while, he sighed and said, "If I had known this, I would have sent someone out and given the food. Now, I have left. If I go to catch up with the food, the people may not agree to come back.

All of this was done by Zhang Zhong. If he didn't send a boat to deliver things and treat it, if he didn't send a small team of more than 100 people, how could the people be willing to run to Luzhou? I don't know what the note has been on the top. I think the top will soon make a decision to send Zhang Zhong to a farther place."

Ning Zhong was helpless and pushed all the responsibility to Zhang Zhong again. He was still waiting for his memorial to work. If he walked to Guanyi, he would get news in two days. Of course, he didn't know that the Zhang family had already known about this in advance. The pigeons raised in Zhang Jiuling's family were as Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan thought, and there were some in the capital, responsible for communication.

No matter how fast a horse runs, it is far from being as good as a pigeon, and its endurance is much worse. He knows that he will be faster in the military post, but Ning Zhong dares not. If someone catches the handle, everything will be over.

When Ning Zhongze and anxiously thought about a solution, the people had already gone far away and broke the road, and it seemed very lively along the way, especially the little kid's crying, which was not only loud, but also the penetration was not comparable to the one who pulled his neck and shouted.

"Let's go, let's go, Zhang Zhong, you and I are incompatible. I took away a lot of my people before, and later bought a lot of things from me. Later, I stopped my boat and all the things on the bed were emptied. Now I dare to do this?

Humph, I won’t let me live a good life, and I won’t let you live a comfortable life. Don’t you want to collect something that can be used as a tribute? I’ll collect it, but the money from the last disaster has not been recovered yet? I’ll make these things not sold at the price.”

Ning Zhongze said angrily and ordered the butler: "Does there be many things in our family that should be used as tributes? Take out half of them and transport them to the capital. You must hurry, yes, go by land, otherwise you will be stopped by them again if you continue to walk by sea.

I don’t know how Cao Herui and the other three were doing. It depends on the situation that it encountered a strong wind and the people on the boat. I don’t know how many people can’t find them. I don’t care about this for now. When you ask someone to bring the goods to the capital, you will sell the local specialties we brought there cheaply."

"Ah? Master, are you saying you want to sell those tributes? That's not a good deal. It's better to let the young man think of some solutions. Even if he doesn't sell so many things, some of these tributes cannot be used by ordinary people, but this is nothing. Rich people can use them that the people cannot use, and all the people can't use them.

Fortunately, after you get there, you can sell it cheaper, and then ask the servants at home to buy it, and say that you have eaten something and your health is not good. Don’t hire a doctor, just let them pretend to be laughing, and see who will laugh in the end. After steaming like this a few times, the prices of the same goods will become cheaper. When the Zhang family is waiting for the sale, others are worried, so there will be fewer people who don’t buy it. By that time, we will take out all the other things in the family and sell them very cheaply.

Although doing so will cause considerable losses to us, it is better than Zhang Zhong’s family. What do you think? If you release it and sell it now, then when Zhang Zhong’s family sells it, we will have nothing to lower the price.”

The manager knew how the master was thinking about it as soon as he heard it, but he thought it longer-term and said the plan with his head down next to him. This was more detailed and more secure.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you at this time. I must do it. I don't believe that Zhang Zhong has too much money to buy things and can't sell them. By the way, let's talk about the goods transported from Zhang Zhong's house here with the local people, especially to tell them how much money the things are worth in other places, and find some reasons to say that these things are not good. Let's see what Zhang Zhong should do?"

Ning Zhongze now wished he could find Zhang Zhong, and then bit off a piece of meat on Zhang Zhong and ate it hard. Zhang Zhongzhen hated people too much and could never let him go like this. The only thing he regretted was that he helped Zhang Zhong write a good comment.

I don’t know what the people in the court would think. I think they would say that they had to go back on their word, right? But I don’t care about so much. At that time, the people who come to check must be kept here first. Isn’t that a benefit? Just give more, but you must not let Zhang Zhong live a better life.

Ning Zhongze's hand clenched into his fists, and his nails were also pinched into the flesh of the palm of his hand.

The housekeeper didn't say much this time, and he also realized that the master wanted to use the money from his family to fight with Zhang Zhong. He didn't know how much money Zhang Zhong's family had. Although the Ning family had a noble family, a lot of the money was not kept at home and they were all divided into business. The two ships returned this time were part of the money, and the goods stolen by Zhang Zhong were all a lot of money.

Now, the cargo is gone and there is one missing boat. After encountering such a strong wind, the boat may have sunk. I just don’t know how the people above are doing, and there is no news yet.

The housekeeper received the order to leave, and Ning Zhongze was left alone in the study, staring blankly at the books on the table, and murmured: "Zhang Zhong, Zhang Zhong, wait for the people sent from above to arrive at this place. I will see what consequences you can have. You dare to grab the place, grab people, and rob my goods from you. I will make people regret coming to this world."

Ning Zhongze now thinks that Zhang Zhong is not as good as his Ning family by then, and he has not taken back so much money, so he comes to him to beg him in person, so that he can enjoy the fun of life.

Thinking of this, Ning Zhongze felt much better, as if he could really do it.

Thinking of these money things, he thought of the money that Cao and Rui and the other three took from him. The money was flying money, and then he could come here to withdraw money with flying money.

"No, if the three of them die and the flying money is taken away by others, it will be easy to send someone to take the money away. Since that's the case, they may not survive. Why not arrange it first and don't let others get the money away. Yes, someone is here."

After muttering a few more words, Ning Zhongze shouted to the outside, waiting for people to come in, and said to the people who came: "Tell those pawn shops that the money sent out a few days ago, except for Cao and Rui, the other people don't care about it. Why haven't the people sent out to inquire about the news yet? Send some people out, if we don't know what happened in Luzhou, it's hard for us to do.

If you want to deal with Zhang Zhong, you have to know what he is going to do. Even if you can't destroy them this time, you have to hurt them. Humph! How dare you go against me?"

After hearing this, the visitor left in a hurry. As soon as the man left, the person who was inquiring about the news rushed back, looking exhausted. After seeing Ning Zhongze, he said, "Master, the young people are all back, and the matters over there have been almost complete inquiries."

"Oh? I found out? Tell me quickly, what exactly does it look like?" Ning Zhongze was finally a little happy at this time, at least he could understand the situation there as soon as possible.

"When I go back to the master, Luzhou is still building the seawall and has spent a lot of money to build roads. The local people are working hard, and there is basically nothing big. Oh, there is a dock on the dock. The young people can't get through. The other side is too strict, but the young people can see that the dock is very big, maybe they want to use it to build a large ship.

Another thing is that Cao and Rui have already returned. They are more honest there. They do small business every day and can't make much money, but they don't have to worry about continuing to pay off their debts. The young people also found out that Zhang Zhong seemed to be trying to make some wooden houses there, which is on the mountain, and some people have already built them there."

The person who came to tell me what he had found out was some small things that seemed nothing, and he didn't care when he said it.

Ning Zhongze listened quietly, but was very shocked. He didn't expect that the Zhang family would be so troubled that they still had money to build roads and that dock. I wonder what to do to repair the dock here. Isn't there a dock in the capital? In addition to the dock, they also repair houses on the mountain? What is this for?

Ning Zhong was even more confused when he thought about it, but he really couldn't guess what the Zhang family planned. At the same time, he was also jealous. Judging from the situation he heard, by the beginning of spring next year, the entire Luzhou state would have great changes, and it would have changed to a better place.

This is something he doesn't want to see, especially road construction. If the person who comes to check it out knows this and there is a straightforward person, his plan may be disappointed.

"How did you come back? Have you ever seen a large number of people passing there?" Ning Zhongze temporarily suppressed his displeasure and asked the person who went to inquire about the news.

"When I say to you, we didn't see any people. We came back along the river. We also saw our ship, which had already collapsed on the shore, and some of them were still soaking in the water. Master, those boatmen on the ship were actually brought to the yamen by Zhang Zhong. I think they won't come back."

The person who inquired about the news answered questions and answered questions. At this time, he knew that the master was in a bad mood and was afraid of angering the master. In that case, he would at least get whipped.

This news is not very good for Ning Zhongze. I think the ship is already broken, and even if it is repaired, it will take a lot of effort. People must go there to repair it. You can't bring the ship back.

"Well, the three of them have already returned. So, they will pay back their debts with the flying money? Zhang Zhong, don't say I'm unreasonable, but who has let you meet you? Don't expect to get the money. You should also give them the words of those three people."

Ning Zhongze waved his hand and asked the person who was inquiring about the news to leave. He sat there and said with a smirk. He was planning to not follow the rules, and the reason was very simple, that was, he made an excuse to say that something had been lost on his pawnshop, and among them were those flying money.

If he would never do this normally, his reputation would be gone, but who would let the flying money be in Zhang Zhong's hands? Since that's the case, he would rather lose some reputation. As long as he makes excuses and still does not worry about other people like before.

Thinking about how to deal with Zhang Zhong in the future, time passed in a hurry. Just when we were about to have supper, the person who went to talk to the pawnshop came back anxiously. As soon as he saw Ning Zhongze, he said, "Master, those pawnshops have gone, but the money has been taken away. What should I do?"

"What? Take it away, so fast? Oh, damn Zhang Zhong, I didn't expect him to do this. It seems that as soon as he got the flying money, he sent someone to get the money away as fast as possible. What should I do? What if I have tens of thousands of guan? "

When Ning Zhongze heard that the money was taken away, he immediately changed his face, his face gloomy, as if he didn't like anything.

He didn't know that Zhang Zhong had long thought that he would do this. After taking the flying money, he did not directly waive the debts of the three people. Instead, he asked someone to go to the mountain first, and then took out the money as quickly as possible. The withdrawn money has not been brought back yet.

Only when you see the money can those three people be released, otherwise you will have to continue to pay off your debts. Of course, you won’t have to pay any profits these days, after all, they have already taken out the flying money.

Ning Zhongze stood up from the futon in surprise just now. Now that he thought about it, he fell back dejectedly, looking straight ahead, without any focal length at all.

The man who used to do things hurried over to massage his back. He was worried that the master would not be able to withstand such a blow. If something happened, it would be difficult for the Ning family to get a governor. He pounded the man and said:

"Master, isn't that kind of money? The young ones probably don't have time to transport the money away and send someone to check it out carefully. Maybe they can find out where the money is. At that time, it will be a big deal."

The man stopped pounding his back and made a beheading gesture, which meant he had snatched it back.

"Yes, yes, check, you must check. No matter where they hide their money, they must search it for me. I don't believe that so much money can be easily transported away. Thanks to me, I sent someone to stare at the other side of the river, otherwise, they would probably have brought the money onto the ship.

I immediately went to make arrangements and told the person who was inquiring that as long as I found the money, rewarded it, it would be worth it even if I took out a thousand guan to reward it. I wanted to get rid of the money from my side and dreamed."

When Ning Zhongze heard this, he had to take the risk. As long as others couldn't catch the handle, he would say whatever he said then?
Chapter completed!