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Chapter 444 Cutting Weeds and Roots

For safety reasons, most of the granaries of wealthy families would choose to be placed in the city. The granaries of the Shao family were also built next to the Shao Mansion, covering an area of ​​no less than that of the Shao Mansion. On weekdays, many servants guarded the house, and all fire and theft were in good condition. However, Shao Fang was suddenly imprisoned. The Shao family, which was once popular, was not a place that everyone flocked to in Danyang City. Whether it was a servant or a hero under the roof, most of them escaped cleanly.

If it weren't for the arrest of the people this time, they were actually elite troops of the Qi family's army. These people would have taken the opportunity to make a big profit before leaving, but even if they were strictly guarding the situation, the Shao family would have lost a lot of gold, silver and wealth.

Fortunately, grain, such a crude and worthless thing, is not the first choice for carrying money. So when Wang Fulin and Lu Guangwu came to the granary with several soldiers under the guidance of Acai and Awang, they saw the millet piled up in the granary one by one. After all, Wang Fulin, who was one of the big grain merchants in Huizhou, was naturally quite excited. The far water could not save the near fire. Although Ye Mingyue and Xiaobei were already on the way back to Huizhou, they might be able to organize grain merchants to transport grain to Huaiyang, but in the end, there were more than ten days and half a month. With the Shao family's 10,000 stones of grain, the initial urgent problem could be solved.

After all, there is only water in Yangzhou City and the grain warehouse is still there. The problem is how much food can be saved by the towns outside the city that were prematurely burned before. In addition, whether some of the rice fields in the double season can catch up with the second season sowing. Otherwise, the grain prices in the second half of the year will be sky-high.

Although Wang Fulin had already made it clear that it was not for Shao Yi, Shao Fang was suddenly imprisoned. Seeing that Wang Fulin showed joy in the face of the grain in the warehouse, Awang couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Ten thousand stones of grain are here. Doing business is about getting money and goods. What about money?"

"The deposit of 100 taels of gold is with Mr. Lu." Wang Fulin saw Lu Guangwu patting his bag. Shao Fang's two companions relaxed his expression, and he continued, "As for the rest, I carry the silver notes entrusted by the salt merchants in Yangzhou, but because these are bills made by the salt merchants and gold and silver, I have to go to Yangzhou to exchange them."

"We are now birds in cages. Do you think we can go to Yangzhou?" A Cai immediately looked cold, remembering the past when Wang Fulin knocked Shao Fang hard through the courtesan conference, "If you want to pay the debt, just say it clearly!"

"It doesn't matter if you believe it. You need to clear the grain, ships and manpower. Take advantage of the time of transportation. I will go to Changzhou Prefecture to meet Mr. Shen, and ask him to go to Yangzhou with us. I think you should trust this son-in-law, right?"

Seeing that Wang Fulin was not offended at all, but instead made such a suggestion, Awang and Acai couldn't help but feel a little happy. Since Shao Fang and Shen Yingkui's son-in-law fell in love, Shen Yingkui has never come to Danyang again. This incident happened very suddenly. They were entrusted to Shao Yi, the only blood of the Shao family, and did not dare to leave easily. When they remembered that they should go to report to Shen Yingkui, they could no longer go out. So they had no idea that most of the heroes and servants who had left were captured. Now the prison and class rooms of the Danyang County Government were filled with them. Zhang Jiayin's real master was interrogated personally.

"Okay, then we will believe you once!"

Danyang is right by the canal. If the canal had not yet been overflowed before, then it would be the most convenient way to deliver grain to Yangzhou through the canal waterway. However, now that the canal overflows in Huaiyang section, transporting grain has become a very difficult task, and the most deadly manpower is the man. However, Wang Fulin and Lu Guangwu had stayed in Danyang for a while and met Niu Si, the former tycoon. Now that the Shao family collapsed, the Shaw Brothers Machinery Floor closed immediately. Countless machinists lost their jobs to make a living, so they found Niu Siyi. The man immediately slapped his chest and took on the matter, and in a moment he organized hundreds of idle mechanics who had nothing to do.

For transportation capacity and prudent considerations, from Danyang to the Dantu of Zhenjiang Prefecture to crossing the Yangtze River, he still walked the canal waterway. After crossing the river, he looked at the flood situation in Huaiyang and decided to transfer by land or waterway. Because of this, considering that the refugees who fled the disaster might have a strange intention when they saw the grain ship and truck, even though they knew that Chen Yingkui should be more convinced of Lu Guangwu, Wang Fulin still entrusted the escort to Lu Guangwu, and he was preparing to go to Changzhou, more than a hundred miles away the next day to see Chen Yingkui.

However, the next morning he had not had time to set off. The Qi family soldier who led them into Shao Mansion yesterday hurriedly found the inn. After the negotiation of 10,000 s of grain yesterday, Wang Fulin rewarded several Qi family soldiers who accompanied him. For the others guarding at the door, he ordered Danyang Pavilion to send sumptuous meals, which was a small win. When he returned the favor, someone sent him a big news that was beyond his expectations.

"Mr. Wang Xiaoguan, Governor Zhang from Zhenjiang Prefecture, ordered people to send a message. Shao Fang's words confusing the public. When the law was immediately corrected and the people were in a common mind, the punishment will be executed today. Therefore, I sent a hundred households to come here to inform me. By the way, Shao Fang's two companions who had been in the sea captain's documents before, Governor Zhang did not pay attention to the omissions for a while, and would also escort them together this morning to Ming Zhengdian's punishment."

The person I just caught yesterday is going to be killed today, and even Awang and Acai are also killed together?

If Shao Fang and his servant died, they were not worthy of sympathy at all, but Wang Fulin did not believe that Zhang Jiayin and the governor Yingtian would be so decisive. Needless to say, this must be the intention of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao in the capital. At this point, this alliance between the inside and outside ministers will certainly not be afraid that Shao Fang might turn the tables, but it is just a killing chicken to warn the monkeys, and criticizing those idle people who are far away from the world but still do not forget their power and plots in the future. In contrast, the three heads fell to the ground, which is just a trivial matter for big people.

Last night, Lu Guangwu stayed at Niu Si, and Wang Fulin had only one person. After a moment of shock, he thanked the other party as if nothing had happened. Unexpectedly, the soldier did not say goodbye, but looked around and took two steps closer, whispered: "Didn't the little official give up a deposit of 100 taels of gold yesterday? The hundred households have ordered people to deduct the money and can be returned to the little official at any time."

When the Qi family army attacked the Japanese pirates, the military discipline was indeed quite strict, but later it was not as good as before when they arrived in Fujian. When this small group of elite people were transferred to Jizhen, the head coach Qi Jiguang was still very proud and secretly taking advantage of the situation, let alone the personal soldiers? After all, the court gave these soldiers the food and wages to fight for the battlefield, which was completely sorry for the risk of their heads in their hands.

Wang Fulin knew that he could not have too high requirements for the character of these soldiers. He pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Since the Shao family is not lucky and the money is not mine, I will borrow flowers to offer to Buddha. Let's take it to the public."

The soldier originally thought that Wang Fulin was generous to them before, rewarded them and sent good food and food. In addition, Wang Fulin was hard-working, and his uncle Wang Daokun was one of Qi Jiguang's few friends and confidants among civil servants. Therefore, all the households knew that he should not offend others because of a mere 100 taels of gold, so he would not be greedy. Now that he heard such a good thing, his first reaction was that he was unbelievable, and then he was ecstatic. After refusing for a while, he agreed. Because he received such benefits, he was naturally not hesitant to provide more information.

"I forgot to tell the little official one thing. Shao Fang also had a three-year-old son who stayed and entrusted it to a family to take care of him. The meaning of the superior is probably..."

Seeing someone slashing his palm, Wang Fulin immediately realized that it was a gesture of killing the weeds. Although Shao Fang and his servants were responsible for their own fault, but a three-year-old child was in trouble and needed such a tough job? He knew that with the little favor he had just established, it was impossible to ask these generals and soldiers of the Qi family army to do something, so he simply sighed: "Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the Shao family will also blame themselves! Since that is the case, is there any talk about how to deal with the Shao family's property?"

"Of course, it was confiscated to the official." The soldier even leaked such a big news. Of course, this kind of small matter would not be concealed. "Governor Zhang has sent his confidants to make a registration. Of course, the 10,000 stone of grain is not included. It is also to provide relief to the victims of Huaiyang. Compared with those land, real estate, gold, silver and silk, it is just a waste of money. In addition, Shao Fang was also very knowledgeable and tactful at the time, and he had not been arrested at that time, and even the government could not stop such a legitimate transaction. Of course, when Governor Zhang reported secretly, he would have to explain it clearly."

No wonder people say that it was the county magistrate of the family and the imperial destruction of the family. Shao Fang was so powerful, but now that he lost power, his master and servant lives were not counted, and his son would be implicated and all his property would be confiscated. Because the Shao family offended the most powerful figure in the world except the emperor and the two empress dowagers. Or in this current situation, the combination of Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao could control the royal family at all!

Thanks to the sergeant's explanation and reminder, Wang Fulin immediately rushed to the road. This trip to Wujin in Changzhou Prefecture was only more than a hundred miles, and the fast horse galloped on the official road in one day. Although he was alone and refused Lu Guangwu's companion to borrow, he brought his own dry food and drinking water. He was not with people when he was resting. He went smoothly along the way and entered the Wujin in Changzhou Prefecture in the evening to enter the city. For the first time, he came here, and he did not work hard to find out where Shen Yingkui's family was. After all, Shen Yingkui, a student of Changzhou Prefecture, was outstanding in strength, heroic and righteous, and was also very famous.

Not long after he asked someone to report it, Shen Yingkui actually came out with the doorman in person. As soon as he saw him, he smiled and asked, "Brother Wang is really meant to come to Changzhou to see me?"

Wang Fulin stared at Shen Yingkui for a long time. Seeing that his words and deeds were quite relaxed, he obviously didn't know what was going on. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"I'm really here to see you Brother Chen, come into the house and talk!" (To be continued 1qd0202)

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