A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 615 I keep my word and I will never break my word
"Here we come." Wu Zhuangtou put on a rabbit-skin coat, got off the kang, went out of the house, and came to the house of Old Litou next door, and dragged Zhengheren's two sons to "beat horses".

Playing horses, a popular game during the Song Dynasty.That is to play Shuanglu, which belongs to playing chess. Because Shuanglu's chess pieces are in the shape of a horse's head, it is called "playing a horse".

They were having fun when they were suddenly pulled out, the faces of the two brothers were stinky,
"Father, it's winter, this little prince doesn't treat the Duke's mansion well, why did he come to our village again!"

Wu Zhuang glanced at Tian Qi who was not far in front of him, and glared hard at the whining second son, "Shut up! I don't know that trouble comes from your mouth."

The second son resentfully stopped making a sound, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. He gave Tian Qi ten courages, and this kid didn't dare to chew his tongue.

After walking for a few minutes, the three of them arrived at the private school in the village.

"My lord, Wu Zhuangtou and the five stewards have arrived and are waiting in the front hall." Buwei walked into the study and reported in a low voice.

Wang Lidong put down the book in his hand, stood up and said, "Where's Chunlan?"

Buwei said: "Already in the front hall, greeting the leaders of Wuzhuang."

Wang Lidong took no action, walked through the middle courtyard, and came to the front hall.

Wu Zhuangtou and the four stewards got up and packed their luggage:
"I have seen the young master."

"I have seen the young master."

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"Wu Zhuangtou, how much did you pay for the rabbit fur jacket you are wearing?"

"Hey, the clothes on your two sons are better than what you wear. If I read correctly, they are made of wolf fur. This workmanship should be Xiangfurui's. The shopkeeper will not let you wear such a piece if you don't have 5 pennies. You take it home."

Wu Zhuangtou felt a sudden rush in his heart. He was in a hurry to come here just now, but he forgot about this!

He gave the two sons a hard look, and told them not to wear wolf fur jackets to go out, because evil people just like to show off!
After Wang Lidong looked around, he took an account book from Chunlan and slammed it on Wu Zhuang's face with a 'slap', "You are so bold, you dare to covet the young master's money!"

Wu Zhuangtou was stunned, looked at the account books on the ground, but still pretended to be puzzled and said: "Little Lord, why are you greedy for money? You guys have never taken a penny from the village in these years!"

Wang Lidong waved his hand, and several tenant farmers entered the hall, and then they all reported the rent paid in recent years one after another.

Chunlan took the account book and drew out the numbers registered by several people in the account book one by one.

Wu Zhuangtou, who was covering his cheeks, was dumbfounded when he saw a few tenants. He turned his head and saw the joking little father-in-law, and immediately understood that they had all been tricked.

Wang Lidong said:

"Don't say that I don't give you a chance. Now take the initiative to explain. For the sake of five years of hard work, I will consider giving you a lighter punishment. Otherwise, Wu Zhuangtou, you are an old man in the Earl's Mansion of Xiangyang. You should know my mother's methods." .”

Thinking of Princess Pingning's cruelty, Wu Zhuangtou shuddered all over, his legs softened, 'pia chirp' knelt on the ground, and 'dong dong dong' kowtowed three times in a row, "Little lord, please forgive me. The younger ones have corrupted a total of 1689 guan, and please forgive me. Forgive the younger ones this time, and the younger ones will definitely change their minds in the future."

"Father, what nonsense are you talking about? How long have I been greedy for the farmer's money! You are the only one who is greedy, and I didn't take a penny."

"Wu Zhuangtou, you are greedy for money, don't rely on me, I haven't taken a penny all these years"

Wang Lidong called outside the gate: "Master Xu".

As soon as the words fell, a team of guards entered the gate, the leader of the bearded strong man was the instructor of the Imperial Army who was invited by Princess Pingning from the Xiangyang Marquis Mansion to teach Wang Lidong boxing and kicking.

However, after less than ten days of teaching, he found that there was nothing to teach. This person is also a shameless person, so he immediately packed up and resigned, but was retained by Wang Lidong, and then became the chief instructor of the martial arts class in Yaojiazhuang private school.

Instructor Xu walked up to him and saluted,
"Young master."

Wang Lidong pointed at those who were still stubborn, and said: "Drag these people out, and hit 20 boards first. If you still insist on not admitting it, break the middle leg."

The middle leg, which leg is that?

Instructor Xu was a little confused, and when he was about to ask a question, the corner of his eye glanced at a place in charge not far to the left, and he suddenly understood.

The steward only felt a chill down below, suddenly felt something was wrong, turned around and went out:

"I'm from the Xiangyang Marquis's Mansion, and your Qi State Duke's Mansion can't take care of it."

This person's brain seems to be a little hard to use, is there a difference between the two!
Coach Xu made a signal, and immediately two guards grabbed him, "Boom! Boom!" After punching the man twice, he pulled him out of the front hall like a dead dog.

"And these three, take them away too."

Seeing the two sons being dragged away, Wu Zhuangtou, who was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed several times in a row, begging the little father-in-law to let them go.

The voice hasn't fallen
"Don't hit me, I'll do it, I'll do it."

"I recruit, I won 72 times in five years."

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After just hitting a few sticks, they were all recruited, but Coach Xu ignored the begging of several people and asked his subordinates to beat all 20 sticks.

After the four people were carried back to the front hall, Wang Lidong said: "I said earlier, as long as you can take the initiative to confess, you will be punished lightly. Wu Zhuangtou is very good. Tell yourself, how much have you been greedy for in the past few years?" ?”

Wu Zhuangtou hurriedly confessed honestly: "Back to my little father-in-law, I have corrupted a total of 1252 pennies in the past five years."

Wang Lidong said: "I keep my word, and I will never break my word. As long as you spit out the money and pay 20 times the fine, then the matter will be over."

After listening to the first half of the sentence, Wu Zhuangtou almost squeaked out of joy, the little father-in-law is really a living Bodhisattva, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, he cursed loudly and blackened his heart.

20 times the fine is [-] guan. All the property he has accumulated in the past few decades is not that much. He is worse than his mother's Princess Pingning, so he might as well be killed.

Wang Lidong looked at the other four people, and said in a cold voice: "You four, don't eat or drink fines for toasting. In addition to spit out the money I have been greedy for these years, you will be fined 50 times the fine."

Wang Lidong said to Chunlan: "How much fine these people will pay in the end, help them figure it out, lest they make a mistake by themselves."

Chunlan started writing immediately, and after 2 minutes said: "Wu Qi (the eldest son of Wu Zhuangtou) has 6650 guan, Wu Yin (the second son of Wu Zhuangtou) has 6650 guan, Yi Dabiao has 4950 guan, and Li Chunlai has 3600 guan."

Several people immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying that they didn't have that much money, and at most they could barely make up the money they had been greedy for all these years.

Wang Lidong sneered and said, "No, Chunlan and Coach Xu, each of you bring a team and go and raid all these houses. Bring back all the family members of these people."

"Good sir."

The three of them immediately gathered together and left the private school compound excitedly.

Copying their home is their favorite!
Half an hour later, Wang Lidong couldn't help but tsk-tsk when he looked at the dozen or so land deeds copied from Wuzhuangtou's house.

The most valuable are the two land deeds in Tokyo. Although they are only two small yards, the current land price of the capital is comparable to that of the later generations of "Bei Shang Guang Sheng". It is customary to break a bone, even if it is 15000.

8 small villages, plus an iron mine, are worth about 12000 guan, which is 6000 guan if folded in half.

"Wu Zhuangtou, these count as 1 guan, so you still owe me [-] guan, you and your wife can work together to pay off the debt!

The day I pay it off, I will let you go. I will keep my word and I will never break my word. "

Wu Zhuang spat on the ground with his head. He had already seen clearly that this little bastard had no intention of letting their family go!
Glancing at this guy, Wang Lidong was very big and didn't bother with him. After disposing of the other 4 people, he made up with 3 people, each with a large team, and went to another 4 farms to ransack the house.

On January 1, Qi's Carbon Industry sold a total of 16 charcoal cakes
The inventory of charcoal cakes was running out, and the 'Honeycomb Stove' was sold out. Wang Lidong decided to start the pre-sale mode.

On January 1, Qishi Carbon received a deposit of 17 charcoal cakes.
In early spring and March, everything is revived, and the hormones in the animals' bodies are also beginning to move around.
Ever since Wang Lidong launched the 'Honeycomb Coal', the entire capital has rarely heard that soldiers and civilians were frozen to death because they couldn't afford charcoal for heating. The deputy envoy of the third division and the envoy of salt and iron.

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. I thought I could be promoted to the official envoy, but after waiting for a long time, I gave such a small reward.

Qi Guogong was depressed for more than half a month.

But in the capital, there are many people who are more depressed than him.

In the living room of Sun Zhen's mansion, Yushi Zhongcheng in the east of the city, the atmosphere was a bit dignified.

A middle-aged man dressed like a scholar sitting in the lower seat took a picture of the account book in his hand and said dissatisfiedly:
"Why are there so many less? Didn't they sell 1 guan in January, but only 53 guan in February?"

Lu Gong, the general judge of Kaifeng government, explained: "Shaojing (the second son of Fubi who participated in politics), since the beginning of last month, there has been no snow in the capital, and the temperature is not as cold as the previous two months. The amount of charcoal used down.

Moreover, the royal 'charcoal cakes' launched by the Duke of Qi have a great impact on our charcoal business. "

(End of this chapter)