Zhou Zheng said something, and Shuntian Mansion was not idle either.

They seized a lot of property from Shangguan Qing's escort agency. The yamen runners were counting and discussing how to distribute it.

"This escort agency is really fat."

"This is not from this escort agency, it is from the Zhou Chamber of Commerce. It is to be escorted to Tianjin Wei and transported to Nanzhili."

"These things are worth at least tens of thousands of taels..."

"How to do it, is it still the same rule?"

"Old rules, keep nine and one."

"Okay! Good! I've posted it. If it's twice a year, we won't have to do anything else..."

"Hurry up, the adults are waiting."

The so-called "retaining nine and one" means that 90% of them are left in Shuntian Prefecture and one is handed over to the court.

Jiang Zheng is a middle-aged man wearing an official uniform, erecting his stomach, lying comfortably on the chair, holding his hands on his abdomen, and said with a comfortable face: "It's beyond my expectations, tens of thousands of taels..."

Not far away, he sat Feng Yao, the chief clerk of Shuntian Prefecture. He looked at Jiang Zheng and laughed: "I have been outside the capital for a long time and don't understand the capital. This Zhou Chamber of Commerce has a close relationship with the salt merchants in Jiangnan. How could it be that they are not fat..."

Jiang Zheng nodded and said with emotion: "The capital is the best place in the world, and its prosperity is no less than that in Jiangnan. I didn't expect that there is such financial resources... By the way, I heard that they have close ties with the Zhou family?"

There were many nobles in the Ming Dynasty, and not far away were Zhou Yingqiu, the former Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel. But now, there was only Zhou Qingli, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the close minister of the emperor.

Feng Yao hurriedly said: "There are rumors outside that it is related to Zhou Zhengyun, the second son of Minister Zhou. I heard that he is the boss and his family is very wealthy."

Jiang Zheng knew Zhou Zheng, after all, he had done some things and had some reputation.

Jiang Zheng ignored it at all and still smiled and said with a subtle smile: "Old rules, I'll send it to my mansion tonight."

Feng Yao laughed with a knowing smile and said with a knowing look: "Don't worry, sir, I will convert the things out later and send 60% to your house, so that God will not know it."

Jiang Zheng nodded with satisfaction, then looked slightly lighter, and looked at Feng Yao and said, "Zhou Qingli is about to resign. You can find someone to hit Zhou Zhengyun so that he will not be ignorant and cause any trouble."

Feng Yao immediately said: "Don't worry, sir, the younger one will go in person."

Jiang Zheng leaned on the chair, smiled gently, and said, "After this, we can have a good New Year. By the way, everyone in the mansion has a share, don't leave it."

Feng Yao said: "Don't worry, sir, you are all familiar things and you will guarantee that there will be no mistakes."

Jiang Zheng thought about this incident and made sure there was no mistake. Then he said: "You go and search for a famous painting from the Song Dynasty, preferably Mi Fu's, and bring it to me at night, so it's true."

Feng Yao said with a clear look on his face: "Don't worry, sir, I'll do it later."

Jiang Zheng's face was full of comfort and said, "Well, next year, I might be going to the Sixth Ministry. I will be there to send a magistrate of the Supreme County or a magistrate of the Sixth Ministry. You can choose one."

Feng Yao was overjoyed and stood up and raised his hand and said, "Thank you, sir, for the promotion!"

Jiang Zheng smiled, his face full of comfort.

...

While Jiang Zheng and Feng Yao were both happy, the people from Shangguan Qing Escort Agency were detained in the prison cell of Shuntian Mansion.

More than 20 people were detained separately, most of whom were frowning and complaining.

"I just said I can't take this escort. There are so many goods, so why should we pay for it!"

"Yes, we can't make money in our entire life. The boss is not easy to mess with. We are afraid we will lose everything..."

"What's the point of losing all your money? I'm afraid my family will be destroyed and I will be in prison for the rest of my life!"

"What do you think we should do..."

These are ordinary bodyguards who gather together, say a few words and are extremely pessimistic, and they almost cried.

Some of Shangguan Qing's prison cells were Shangguan Qing's confidants. They followed Shangguan Qing through Yongping Mansion, and even followed Shangguan Qing to suppress bandits in Yongping Mansion and fought under the capital.

They didn't say much, their expressions were calm, but their eyes were quite worried.

Things in the court were not that simple. Even Zhou Zheng was not a big shot. He could not make a fuss about the clouds and rain. If Shuntian Mansion really detained their goods, they would have nowhere to make any arguments and seek justice if they were sentenced.

They have seen so many such things!

I don’t know how long it took, a prison guard walked into the cell of Shuntian Mansion, sent the food in the cell where Shangguan Qing was detained, and whispered: “Miss Shangguan, someone asked me to bring you a message and come to pick you up tomorrow.”

Shangguan Qing was also wearing a tight outfit. He looked at the yamen runners and nodded softly, reaching out to take the meal.

The yamen runner left quickly without saying much.

A middle-aged man behind Shangguan Qing came over and picked up chopsticks, whispered to Shangguan Qing: "Shopkeeper, is someone saving us?"

Shangguan Qing could naturally hear the complaints everywhere, and said with a pretty face as usual: "Eat."

The middle-aged man stopped talking and hurriedly greeted others, and shouted to other cells: "You can't block your mouth when you eat!"

The cell suddenly became quiet and no one dared to speak.

...

Zhou Zheng left Jiujiang Pavilion and worked around outside. When it was almost dark, he returned home.

As soon as he returned home, he saw two unexpected people, one was Zhou Qingli who returned home early, and the other was Shangguan Xun.

Zhou Zheng looked at Shangguan Xun and said despite his surprise: "I have already arranged it, don't worry, I will come out tomorrow."

Shangguan Xun quickly raised his hand and said, "Thank you, my boss."

Zhou Zheng nodded, sat down on the chair, looked at Zhou Qingli and said, "Dad, why are you back so early today?"

Zhou Qingli looked at Zhou Zheng, glanced at Shangguan Xun, and paused before saying, "The yamen has nothing to do, so I'm back early."

Shangguan Xun sat opposite Zhou Zheng, with a somewhat awkward expression. It took him a while to say to Zhou Zheng: "The boss is like this. Qing'er is over the age of marriage. If he doesn't get married or get engaged, the government will force his marriage. Later, I discussed with Lord Zhou and asked Qing'er to make a marriage with his boss."

Zhou Zheng was stunned when he heard this, his eyes turned around between Zhou Qingli and Shangguan Xun.

There was indeed a rule in the Ming Dynasty that women who were suitable for marriage would not marry, and the government could force marriage. But, why?

Well, he was indeed a little 'not clear' with Shangguan Qing.

Although it was a little embarrassed, I was secretly happy.

None of the three people present were good at speaking, especially this kind of topic, and the scene was once embarrassed.

After a while, Zhou Qingli saw that Zhou Zheng did not object and said with a final say: "This matter is decided, and we will get married next year."

Shangguan Xun heard this and felt relieved. He naturally knew his daughter's thoughts, but the boss in front of him obviously had great ambitions and the Zhou family was a noble family. He was very worried that the boss would look down on the daughter of a businessman who was a small family.

Zhou Zheng blinked and made a default on this arrangement.

At the same time, the Tongzheng Envoy received several memorials impeaching the cabinet minister Qian Xiangkun, and did not dare to delay and sent them all to the cabinet.

Zhou Yanru looked at these memoirs, with a look of pride in his eyes. He glanced at Qian Xiangkun, stood up with the memoir, and prepared to enter the palace.
Chapter completed!