Five Hundred and Ninetieth IX the Nobleman Appears

Jia Fei's face that could play the role of a tough guy was still indifferent, he raised his head and said: "I'm the only one in my family, go to Nima!"

Zhu Zhanji was furious and shouted: "Use torture!"

Fang Xing smiled lightly and said, "I like this kind of guy the most. It happens that Jia Quan is here too. Xiao Jia, I'll leave this man to you. If there are some people who are willing to say confessions, you can try Jin Yiwei's method of torture." , take two apprentices by the way."

"Xiao Dao, Fang Wu, you go with Jia Quan."

Jia Fei was carried away inside, Fang Xing looked at the captives kneeling on the ground, and said kindly, "Who knows who the officials Jia Fei colluded with? If you tell them, you can redeem yourself."

Zhu Zhanji felt unreliable: "These people are thugs, and they all have lives in their hands. Let's wait for the torture."

"Do you think they are tough guys who would rather die than surrender?"

Fang Xing said with a smile: "It's just bullying people by virtue of being fierce. A truly fierce person will not be a thug."

Zhu Zhanji was dubious.

"Since you don't want to say anything, just wait."

Fang Xing became impatient, so he said to Lin Qun'an, "Leave some brothers to guard the prisoners, and the rest will return to the camp. The food in the evening will be better."

Of the more than 30 captives, Lin Qun'an left a hundred households, and then led the team to leave.

"Let's go back too."

Fang Xing and Zhu Zhanji were just about to mount their horses, when someone among the captives shouted, "My lord, the younger ones are willing to speak, the younger ones are willing to speak!"

Fang Xing reined in the big white horse, frowned and said, "Who?"

The prisoner was about to confess, but a man next to him shouted: "The younger one is Fan Weichang's family, Your Highness, the younger one has confessed, it was Fan Weichang who ordered the younger one to inform Jia Fei..."

"Who is Fan Weichang?" Fang Xing was not very familiar with the officials in the court.

Zhu Zhanji said angrily, "It's Zuoqian Capital Censor."

Fuck! Is it actually the censor of the capital of Zuoqian?

"Your Majesty is about to get angry, and Master Liu is about to be reprimanded again."

...

Zhu Di was very angry after receiving the news, and immediately called Liu Guan to scold him bloody. If Zhu Di's current accuracy was not as good as before, Liu Guan would definitely have a bloody head today.

"A nest of snakes and rats! Is this my censor?"

"Go back! Clean it up for me. If something like this happens next time, I will punish your whole family!"

Liu Guan almost ran away with his head in his arms. He had to be thankful that he had just taken over the Supervision Institute, so Zhu Di made an exception, otherwise he would at least have to go to jail today.

Back at the Procuratorate, Liu Guan took down the censor who impeached Fang Xing that day without hesitation.

"My lord, I have been wronged by the lower officials!"

"I'm sorry!"

Liu Guan touched his chin that was smashed by the paperweight, thinking with lingering fear that Zhu Di's hand shook at that time, otherwise the cliff would have come towards his nose.

"Take it down!"

Liu Guan stared fiercely at the remaining censors and said, "Which one of you has colluded with the outside? Tell me, and I will punish you lightly!"

All the censors looked at Liu Guan calmly, as for whether there was a ghost in their hearts, Liu Guan didn't know.

So he could only say angrily: "If you don't say anything at this time, you will be punished severely after being found out by this official!"

...

Fang Xing entered the palace, he came to ask for favor.

"Your Majesty, most of the soldiers of the Jubao Mountain Guard come from the Northland, and some of them got married and had children before, but the north and the south have been separated for the past few years. Your Majesty, can you take their family members to reunite?"

Sergeants in Ming Dynasty are actually life-long occupations. After you die, your children and grandchildren will still be in the army.

And this kind of thing can actually be done by the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies, but Fang Xing felt that it would be better to have a job with Zhu Di.

There was still anger on Zhu Di's face, he stared at Fang Xing and said, "Why can those houses be built in a short period of time?"

So you know everything!

Fang Xing didn't hide it either: "Your Majesty, that's the newly researched cement, which is used to bond the frame of the whole house and the bricks. With this thing, you don't need to cut wood to build a house, and you can directly build a brick house.

"

There are also brick houses in the imperial city, so Zhu Di asked, "Maybe it will last?"

Fang Xing said with a guilty conscience, "Seventy or eighty years should be fine."

I remember that those brick houses look a little useless after decades, and some of them can be punched out with a punch.

Zhu Di shook his head and said, "It's too short."

Fang Xing said unwillingly, "Your Majesty, what if it is used to build roads? Think about it, a road made of cement will not be afraid of rain or snow, and it can withstand heavy pressure, so it won't ruin the road completely." It's a rut."

Zhu Di asked in surprise: "You don't want to use this thing to make money?"

say! Old Zhu, you underestimate me, don’t you!

Fang Xing said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, whether you bring money with you when you are born or not when you die, as far as I am concerned, it is enough for me."

Zhu Di hummed, and finally his anger disappeared, "In this case, you can hand over the manufacturing method to the Ministry of Industry. As for the credit, I will remember it in my heart."

Cement is not something that private people can play with, so Fang Xing readily agreed.

A look of tiredness suddenly appeared on Zhu Di's face, but it disappeared quickly. He said lightly: "Jubaoshanwei must be prepared in the near future, you can go."

Fang Xing naturally bowed to leave, Zhu Di watched his back disappear outside the main hall door, and asked suddenly: "Can I trust him?"

The chief eunuch bowed and said, "Your Majesty has made up his mind, and this old slave dare not speak in vain."

...

Zhu Di is about to prepare for the official camp!

"After getting this excuse, His Majesty can use the excuse that there are many lawless salt merchants to run the salt government. This is a move that benefits the country and the people."

Although Xie Jin is only a commoner, his vision is still from the temple, "After the official camp, His Majesty will give you a time to adapt, and the price of salt should be cheaper during this time."

While writing the memorial, Fang Xing said: "Mr. Xie, I am going to suggest that the price of table salt be crucified, so that even if the officials below want to do something, they can only mix other things into the table salt to make a profit, but... …This method is easy to deal with, salt is all particles, those buyers will naturally be able to distinguish the difference between table salt and sundries, when the time comes to advocate reporting, if the report is true, a certain amount of property will be rewarded.”

Xie Jin nodded and said: "Salt and iron are the country's major financial and taxation items. If someone dares to tamper with this, it will be inevitable to search the house."

Fang Xing put down the pen to let the ink on the memorial dry.

The weather was already getting cold, Fang Xing rubbed his hands, remembering Zhu Di's hint, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Majesty probably agrees, but he is worried that the Lianghuai Salt Chamber of Commerce will make trouble, so he will probably order me to lead the army to Yangzhou Mansion to frighten the big and small salt merchants." business."

Xie Jin laughed and said, "Then you have been to Yangzhou Mansion three times, why didn't you think of bringing some beauties back?"

Fang Xing said habitually: "There is a fierce wife in the family, don't dare!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Xie Jin couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, Fang Xing also laughed, just smiled, and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty acts vigorously and resolutely, I guess this matter will be resolved tomorrow, but that nobleman... should also show up Come on!"

But before the next day, before dark, Jia Quan brought a message.

"Duke Cheng took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Yangzhou Mansion to frighten the salt merchants..."