The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

The changes in the north of the city are obvious to the locals. Every morning when they wake up, they will find that the place where they have lived for many years has undergone earth-shaking changes. What was built.

This is a forgotten corner. Officials would feel their feet would be dirty even if they set foot here. People would not come here unless necessary. Besides, the construction site was under strict martial law, and outsiders were not allowed to come here.

It was an accident that Cao Ruiwen came to the north of the city. There was a theft here last night. A Hu merchant from the north reported to the government that thousands of his good furs had been stolen by the thieves. Because of the large amount of money, he personally took it with him. People are coming.

"Has the businessman who reported the crime filed a record with the government?"

"Yes, I'm an acquaintance. I have been traveling between Chang'an and Tatar for more than ten years. I come here once or twice a year. I heard that this time I came here for that...some business district, so I chose it on purpose. Stay at an inn in the north of the city."

Cao Ruiwen followed the yamen servant to the inn. It was a dusty two-story building with a spacious backyard, and an unpleasant smell of horse dung came over his face.

"Where's the person?" The head catcher asked the innkeeper impatiently, not seeing the alien businessman who reported the crime.

The shopkeeper was very anxious, and the customers in the store would be the first to look for him if they lost something, but where would he pay so much money, then the Hu merchant went to the government to report the case.

"Reporting to my lord, I heard that the adults on the construction site came to inspect, and the merchant Hu couldn't wait to take someone there to find someone. His entourage said that most of the things were stolen by the untouchables in the shanty town. Go to them for a theory."

Cao Ruiwen happened to want to see what happened to the place where Shen Jia was tossing, so he led people to look for it. The road surface had not yet been built, because there were too many vehicles passing by, the soil was pressed into stripes, and it was raining and muddy. Unbearable, a group of people got their shoes wet after walking a few steps.

Cao Ruiwen didn't have this trouble sitting in the sedan chair, but it was hard for the bearer who carried the sedan chair, and it was still easy to fall when walking cautiously.

Just after turning a corner, a bearer slipped his foot. Fortunately, the guards on the side supported the sedan chair in time, so that Cao Ruiwen didn't fall out in embarrassment. He was about to give a lecture when someone exclaimed: "Hiss!" ...Look, then...where is that?"

Everyone looked at the prestige, and saw a large area of ​​neat houses appeared in front of them, like soldiers lined up neatly, and they couldn't see the end at a glance.

"This...is this still the north of the city?"

Cao Ruiwen opened the curtain and looked ahead in shock. On a large piece of flat land stood rows of well-arranged houses. The doors were red, the walls were white, and the tiles were blue. It looks like it was rubbed from the same mold.

He had seen the blueprints before, but at that time, like everyone else, he thought the house was too monotonous and simple, and it was just a hut for civilians to live in. He didn't expect that it would be quite shocking to connect it together.

"Go, go and have a look." He couldn't wait to see the changes here with his own eyes.

After walking for a while, you can see a tall archway, which is covered with red silk. Presumably, the name has already been engraved on it, and I don't know what Shen Jia wants to do.

The guards at the gate didn't dare to stop them when they saw that it was the adults and officials from Shuntian Mansion, but they still reminded: "Shen Shilang is also inside, there is a barbarian merchant who came to make trouble, and the adults ordered someone to take him down."

Cao Ruiwen frowned, he didn't understand what Shen Jia was doing to arrest the sufferer, and the trial of the case was not under the control of the Ministry of Industry.

He yelled "Stop the sedan chair", and when he got down, he waved to the guard and asked, "Is everything built here?"

The guard didn't recognize him, but he recognized the person with him. Looking at the official uniform on his body, he replied respectfully: "My lord, I don't know the progress here, but it should be almost there. I heard that the next Everyone will be able to move into the new house at the beginning of the month." The guard said with an envious expression on his face, the longer he stayed, the more he found that this place is a good place, and with the help of Mr. It must be better.

"Where is Lord Shen at the moment?"

"Go straight along this side, and you will find the largest building in front of you. This is where the adults usually deal with their affairs."

Cao Ruiwen had already seen that building, it was very conspicuous, and it was different from the surrounding buildings. He walked over with people, and heard the noise from a distance.

"Leave a way, Mr. Fu Yin is here..." Luo Pu led the yamen servants to coax the crowd of onlookers away, and made way for him.

Cao Ruiwen had already seen the scene inside. Shen Jia was wearing an official uniform and sitting on a chair, with a group of barbarians kneeling in front of him, as if they were arguing.

"Master Shen, what are you doing?" Cao Ruiwen walked over and took a look at the Hu businessman. He had an ordinary appearance, and his eyes were full of hostility. When he saw Cao Ruiwen coming over, he even shed two tears, "Master Cao is here, what do you want?" Let the grassroots decide!"

His face was full of flesh, it was too ugly to cry, Cao Ruiwen turned his eyes away, waiting for Shen Jia to give him an answer.

Shen Jia pointed to the Hu businessman and said: "This man came here this morning, he asked his servants to arrest him without asking anyone else, and without anyone's consent, he led his men into the houses to search and arrest them, and injured several civilians. "

The Hu businessman retorted: "My lord, the Caomin said it before, and the Caomin came here to find something if they lost something."

Before Shen Jia could speak, Pan Mo who was beside him kicked the Hu businessman, "Shut up, you are not allowed to interrupt."

Shen Jia waved her hand, signaling to him that it was not important, and continued, "Whether you have lost something or not is not under the control of the official. If you want to search, you have to be arrested by the government's yamen servants, and there must be formal procedures. What right do you have to break into a private house and return it?" Hurt people? What's more, you are still a foreigner, and you are so presumptuous in our Dajin territory, have you thought about the consequences?"

The Hu merchant was not frightened, but said instead: "Da Jin issued an official document, saying that he wanted to recruit merchants to Chang'an. I, Damudin, came here with sincerity. Who knows that I haven't lived in Chang'an for a few days. Just throw it all away, is this the sincerity of Da Jin? If Da Jin wants to use this method to blackmail the businessman, we will not come here in the future."

"You go to Shuntian Mansion to report to the officials when you lose something. It is the official's responsibility to investigate the case. Naturally, they will do their best to cooperate with the search and questioning. Dajin is a state of etiquette, not your hometown. You can go wherever you want. If you want to arrest Whoever catches them!"

"But I suspect that this group of poor ghosts stole my things. The inn is the closest to here. Someone saw them always coming in and out carrying a lot of things. Maybe they stole my goods!"

"Stop talking nonsense, at least you have to show evidence!" Some people retorted angrily, "We are poor, but we have been working here recently, we can eat enough, and we have wages. Who would steal your things? ?”

"Who else is there besides you? Which of the beggars and thieves in the city didn't go out from you?"

"You..." The crowd was in an uproar. Obviously this Hu businessman's words aroused public anger, but it is undeniable that there are indeed many people who steal and play tricks here.

Shen Jia was impatient to talk nonsense with him, she got up and said to Cao Ruiwen: "Lord Cao, I will leave the case to you, but he injured the people first, and when the case is over, let him be punished for the crime of wounding others for no reason!"

Cao Ruiwen said flatly: "I have my own ideas, thank you Lord Shen for your help."

"It's just a coincidence, so I won't disturb Mr. Cao's business, and leave." Shen Jia took the people away, Cao Ruiwen glanced at the seat where he was sitting just now, and said to the Hu merchant: "Since you have gone to the government to report the crime, why don't you Act without notice? Come, take them to the inn, and check there first, as for you..." He glanced around and said indifferently: "Without my official's consent, you are not allowed to leave the workshop."

The common people are naturally in awe of officials, seeing someone as approachable as Shen Jia these days, almost thought that all officials in the world are the same, but Cao Ruiwen was born in aristocratic family, he cast his eyes over him, and no one present dared to refute.

A supervisor came over and asked, "Master Cao, what should we do if we need to go out to transport materials? Can you give us a deadline? The construction period is too fast, and the big guys have to work day and night to get to today."

Cao Ruiwen didn't even give him a look, and led the people away. The entourage beside him sneered, "We adults still need to listen to you? What are you?"

After everyone left, the supervisor hurriedly sent someone to inform Mr. Shen so that he would not be implicated.

After the merchant Hu was taken away, Cao Ruiwen carefully inquired about the process, and also sent people to look for clues around. According to the merchant Hu, they came to Chang'an with a large number of goods, and they booked an entire inn as soon as they arrived. The carriage and carriage were placed in the backyard, but after one night, all the horses were missing, but the goods and carriages disappeared. If it wasn't stolen, what could it be?

Cao Ruiwen took the shopkeeper and the waiter of the inn and asked, "Have you ever seen that batch of goods?"

Xiaoer replied first: "I have seen it before. The villain is responsible for feeding the horses. I have seen it secretly. The fur is on the car. I also talked about this with the owner. The owner also asked the Hu merchant if he would sell him. A piece of fur."

"There is such a thing, but I have never seen it with my own eyes." The shopkeeper replied cautiously.

Cao Ruiwen didn't believe that so many things would disappear suddenly, even if someone stole them, they would have to be transported away, "Didn't you arrange someone to be on duty at night?"

The Hu businessman replied: "Yes, two people take turns every night, but that night, everyone slept soundly, and I don't know whose trick it was!"

The shopkeeper was not happy when he heard this, "You can't say that, because you think we are a black shop. Our inn has been open in Chang'an for decades. We are friendly with our neighbors, and we know it from far and near. Yes, how could it be possible to do something like that?"

Cao Ruiwen sent people to search inside and out, and the shopkeeper lived in the house next to the backyard, so he also searched, but did not find the lost property.

The news of a Hu businessman throwing something quickly spread in the city. The common people just wanted to have a chat after dinner, but the businessmen in the city couldn't sit still, but all the merchants knew that a large-scale business and trade center was going to be built in the north of the city. In this area, well-to-do merchants have already prepaid the rent, and there are also some rich and powerful who have spent huge sums of money to buy shops. Everyone is counting on the smooth listing of the business district so that they can settle in and do business.

Now that the commercial city has not been completed yet, there have been incidents of merchants throwing away their goods. According to the news, the people who stole the goods are probably the people in the north of the city. How can they open a shop and do business in it with confidence?

"I'll say no, right? Where is the north of the city? A group of poor ghosts who steal chickens and dogs all day long. If we go in and open a shop in the future, won't it be like sending sheep to the tiger's mouth? Who will help us reason when things are lost?"

"The deposit has been paid, what else can I do?"

"I don't care, the government must give an explanation, either remove the group of poor ghosts in the north of the city, or move the business area to another place, in other words, if we open the shop in such a place, who will come to buy things?"

This is true, noble children are also particular about going out, who wants to go shopping with the poor?

"I shouldn't have paid this money in the first place. It is clearly written in the contract. If you go back on your word, the deposit will not be refunded if you break the contract."

"Isn't that just for the face of Mr. Shen from the Ministry of Industry? It is difficult to see him on weekdays, and there is no way to give gifts. Now that there is such an opportunity, don't everyone rush to send money to the door? Besides, Mr. Shen is the god of wealth. Grandpa's title."

"As a civil servant, even if he is proficient in arithmetic and accounting, he may not necessarily understand business operations. Forget it, he doesn't want the money."

Shen Jia was also a little anxious after learning about the direction of the matter. Of course it is not a good idea to build a business district in the north of the city, but it is the most spacious and the cheapest land, the best solution for the demolished households, and it can also help the poor.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Xu Ran was in a hurry, seeing that it was about to be built over there, but there was such a moth, if no businessman was willing to come, wouldn't it be too embarrassing?

"Or, let's send someone to be a lobbyist, and let the merchants come in first."

Shen Jia shook her head, "This is not the fundamental solution to the problem. The business district is not for providing shops for merchants, but for promoting the economy. There must be customers and business."

"But to be honest, many people don't want to go to that place, right?"

Shen Jia threw the blueprint to him, "Look carefully, are these two places very close? After the business district is completed, the east and west sides are connected to the most prosperous areas, which is equivalent to extending the original commercial center. It's not a blind spot, not to mention, do you know how close it is to the palace?"

Xu Ran didn't pay attention to this point. The north of the city is a place that many noble children will never enter in their lifetime. At this time, not everyone has a detailed map in their homes. Naturally, they don't know how far it is from the palace.

"If that's the case, let's talk to them, and it should change their minds." Xu Ran didn't care much about the merchants. In his opinion, these merchants were of low status, how dare they refute the government's decision?

Shen Jia knocked him on the head, "Is it just that someone wants to rent a shop? ... The most important thing now is to solve the problem of the theft of Hu merchants, and not let the people in the north of the city be involved. You go to Shuntian Mansion personally, Ask the case to have a look, if the other party refuses to give it, I will personally ask for it!"

Xu Ran patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, my subordinates will definitely get it." His Xu family also has a bit of face in the capital.