My Daming New Empire

All the way from the capital to Zhangde Mansion is a waterway, which also makes this trip a lot more comfortable.

Liu Wan was not in a hurry, he knew very well that the guards of King Zhao's Mansion might have returned to Zhangde Mansion by this time, and informed Zhao Wang.

As long as Zhao Wang is not a fool, he will arrange to pay back the money immediately.

If he really wants to lose his title of King Zhao, even if he has tens of thousands of wealth, he will not be able to keep it.

So this errand is actually very easy.His Highness was just making a show for others to see, and he was just taking this opportunity to go back to his hometown to find his sister.

On April 23, Liu Wan and his entourage disembarked in Puyang. The Puyang Guard had formed a guard team composed of as many as 200 guards to escort Liu Wan and his entourage to Zhangde Mansion.

In addition to them, guards including Changshan Guard, Anyang Guard and other guards have also received tasks. If there is a transfer order, they must fully cooperate with Liu Wan.

But these are still just plays. Although King Zhao is the third son of His Majesty, he would not dare to really fight against Zhu Zhanji when he has no military power.

Although there is a lot of money, King Zhao has made a lot of money trading with Dongying and North Korea in these years, so he will not be short of this money.

But in Zhangde Mansion, Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui's hair is really graying because of the money.

He has earned a lot of money over the years, but it is just a small amount of money made by following the inner eunuch.The main reason is that he has spent too much money to build Zhao Wangfu these years, and it is really difficult to raise funds for a while.

What he owed the bank was not small money. The principal amount alone was more than 50, nearly 60, plus interest, the total would exceed 70 silver coins.

However, just as Zhu Zhanji thought, he didn't have the guts to refuse to pay back the money. If he really wanted to cut his throne and ransack his home to pay off the debt, he would be wronged.

"Send people to Jiaodong and Ningbo to gather all of my king's funds. Then I will compress the purchases in Shanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan. Now my king is in trouble with funds. They are willing to pay on credit. My king wants their goods. If not I would like to pay on credit, so I will do less business in autumn and winter."

"Then how should the imperial envoy deal with it?"

"Do they need me to deal with them? Treat them with delicious food and drinks. When the money is paid back, they will leave naturally."

Having said that, when Liu Wan flaunted his way through the city and came to Zhangde Mansion, Xu Guan, the magistrate of Zhangde Mansion, personally greeted Liu Wan and his party outside the city.

When Liu Wan came to the extremely luxurious Zhao Wang Mansion, which covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, the middle door opened wide, and Zhu Gaosui went to the gate to greet the imperial envoy himself.

Then, Liu Wan started to eat and drink, waiting for Zhao Wangfu to raise funds.

Of course he would not stay in Zhangde Mansion. After resting in Zhangde Mansion for two days, he proposed to go back to Linzhou to visit relatives.

Chapter 71 Purpose

Liu Wan's memory of his hometown has long been blurred. Whenever he recalls his hometown, his mother's eyes of despair when she was sunk in a pig cage will always be in his mind.

This also made him full of hatred for everything in his hometown, because all his tragedies were brought about by his relatives.

He didn't know why it was not his own relatives who killed his mother and made him an orphan.

He still remembered the name of his hometown, which also gave him a basis for investigating everything about his hometown.

After coming to Zhangde Mansion, he has already sent several teams to his hometown to investigate, including Jin Yiwei and the Counseling Department.

With the official documents in their hands and the support of the local government, they probably investigated the past events in a few days.

His father was a shrewd hunter at the beginning. Because he was good at hunting, the family life was not difficult, and because there were often prey for sale, the small life was prosperous.

But because he was good at hunting, his father finally became the target of the prey and died in the mouth of the prey.

There are many tigers in the Taihang Mountains, so it is not surprising to die in the mouth of a tiger.

It's just that after the father died, the mother was less than thirty, so she had to remarry according to court rules.

The family wanted his mother to marry a bum in the family, but his mother didn't want to, so she found a down-to-earth man from outside the family.

All the disputes stemmed from interests. Because Liu Wan's father was capable, besides inheriting three acres of land, he earned a lot of money by selling prey in those years. At that time, land prices were cheap, so he bought another eight acres of land.

Eight mu of land is not a small amount for a poor family at the foot of the Taihang Mountains.The three acres of land originally belonged to the Liu family. If Liu Wan's mother wanted to remarry, she would not be able to take it with her.

However, the eight acres of land bought later did not belong to the Liu family. Liu Wan's mother remarried and had to be taken away.

Just for these eight acres of land, the Liu family held a meeting of elders and sentenced Liu Wan's mother to death.

After getting the clearest result, Liu Wan was extremely angry and also had a sense of humor.

Eight acres of land, one life, even the government didn't go through, just a few elders of the family met and made a decision.

No wonder His Highness has been saying that the role of the government at the grassroots level should be strengthened and the family power suppressed.

Although this family can become an effective supplement to the government and manage the villagers in many cases, their position is always open to the outside world!

Closed, conservative, not enterprising, only smug, this is the family...

Liu Wan is no longer a child without the slightest ability. Living in the palace where the power struggle is the most complicated, and following Zhu Zhanji's side, he has long learned to look at affairs from a more macro perspective.

In this matter, he wants to avenge his mother, but he also wants to do it beautifully.

It's a pity, because he can't remember who took his sister away.Although the investigators easily found out what happened that year, they didn't ask where the sister is now because they didn't want to startle the snake.

When those villagers talked about putting Liu Wan's mother in a pig cage, they were able to speak clearly and clearly, detailing everything.But because the younger sister who was less than three years old was involved in the stability of the adoptive family, most people don't know about this aspect.

However, this is enough. As long as he can find the specific participants when he returns home, everything can be investigated clearly.

Departing from Zhangde Mansion, he first passed Yutang Town where Liu Wan fled, which is also Cai Yuheng's hometown.

The Cai family never imagined that they could still see their daughter whom they thought they would never see.Ever since they knew that Yuheng had been selected into the palace, they could only pretend that they had never given birth to this daughter.

But now, when her daughter appeared in front of them, her nearly fifty mother cried heartbreakingly.

Cai Yuheng was also crying uncontrollably, and no one could persuade him.

The Cai family is a small landlord in the local area, and the family power is not small, so it can be regarded as a big family.

But in the entire Ming Dynasty, they are just a very ordinary family.Most of the maids who can enter the palace come from this class, because only the women of the small landlord class can have concerns and are easier to control.

If they are lucky, they may be blessed by the emperor or be rewarded to the heroes, but most of them can only age silently in the palace and die quietly.

Cai Yuheng exchanged all the accumulated silver for silk and satin and gave it to his mother. For them, these silk and satin from the palace were more valuable than gold and silver.

Liu Wan also added a few bolts of fine cotton cloth as a gift. This kind of fine cotton cloth was not long ago developed by the Ministry of Industry.Zhu Zhanji likes this kind of underwear made of fine cotton the most. Compared with silk, fine cotton absorbs sweat more and is more comfortable to wear.

What is good at the top must be effective at the bottom.

Because of Zhu Zhanji's liking, the price of this kind of fine cotton cloth is very expensive now, comparable to the price of ordinary silk.

Cai Yuheng's reunion with his family was a joy, but Liu Wan's reunion with his family began with a lawsuit.

He left Cai Yuheng at home to reunite with his family for a few days, and brought his guards to Linzhou.

Xu Gang, the county magistrate of Linzhou, personally went outside the county seat to welcome the imperial envoy back to his hometown, but as soon as they met and exchanged pleasantries, Liu Wan handed Xu Gang a paper of complaint.