Chapter 795 Signs
September 21st is the hottest season of the year in Fengri City, and the flood has just passed. The hot weather makes it even more difficult for the homeless, who can only sit shriveled on the eaves or under the trees Like dried fish with a sour smell, passers-by on the road avoid them.
These are old and weak people who have no more labor at home. They can't find a place for themselves by working hard, so they can only live on the streets. It is much better in the city than outside the city. There is a porridge shop in the yamen, and you can’t starve to death for a while, and you don’t have to worry about wild beasts eating people in the wild. If you are lucky, one or two well-meaning people can throw a few small coins, pick them up and exchange them for buns and make tooth sacrifices.
It's not that no one goes to the dentist to sell themselves. But the dental office does not accept it now.
The women, who are good-looking, have been taken away, and the children, who are clever, have been taken away, and the old, weak or stupid are kept out of the door. The strange thing is that many people knelt at the door and begged for the dental clinic not accepting it. At this special time, I really can't tell which is good and which is bad.
But Zhu Shou knew very well that he was by no means a good person. There are still good people in the dental practice?
After a disaster, many people would sell themselves to dental shops for the sake of their families or for themselves to have a living ration or a place to stay, and the money they got would be used for their families to live on. It's very dark inside, and has nothing to do with goodness. Even for the dentist, it is a rare good opportunity to collect slaves at a low price.
The reason why Zhu Shou didn't finish the collection was not that he didn't look down on those stupid people, but that he wanted to save some money for the upcoming big business.
In the south, the battle has already reached the second half. Whether the barbarians were beaten as they were forty years ago, or whether they were completely wiped out will soon have an answer.
However, Zhu Shou still believes in the analysis he heard from Mr. Shen a few days ago: the barbarians cannot be destroyed, because the destruction of the barbarians may not be a good thing for the old Jing dynasty. It involves many issues, the biggest one being the boundaries of the barbarians It is impossible to set up a teleportation circle on the ground, and it is difficult to effectively rule a huge area, and it is easy to breed separatists and attract prying eyes. Leaving the barbarians only needs to keep pruning, just like pulling wool. For Jing Jiuchao, the benefits are higher and the risks are controllable. The only thing needed is a strategic revision.
Zhu Shou believed Master Shen's analysis, so he was sure that once the war in the south was over, tens of thousands of barbarians would be escorted back for sale, and they might even go to the Kundalhu Pass to pick them up. And the price will definitely be cheaper than before because of the large quantity.
So Zhu Shou wanted to leave more money to buy the barbarians.
In the past, Zhu Shou made a lot of money relying on Master Shen's news because he moved one step ahead of others, but now he is still planning to make a lot of money again by taking advantage of Master Shen's news. With these two sudden profits, Zhu Shou even thought that he could compete for the position of the head office of the dental bank in the future.
Head Office Lord! Zhu Shou didn't dare to think about it before, but now he feels that he is not completely hopeless.
Zhu Shou is also an old oil in the officialdom, and now he is the head of the Yahang in Dacheng, and he is also very well-informed. In addition, he is familiar with Wang Jian and other people in the Black Flag Camp, and he often hears things that others don't know. News, so you can analyze a lot of things if you think about it.
For example, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's actions towards emerging nobles and merchants are very big and thought-provoking.
First, there was a rumor that it was considering relaxing restrictions on merchants' involvement in special businesses to a certain extent. Then, the new nobles were greatly promoted. Whenever the crown prince took over the power of a large department, he would immediately make drastic changes in the upper-level personnel. Almost all the people who were taken down were from aristocratic families or powerful families, and those who were put on the horse were all the children of the new nobles who had not done well in the past and were excluded.
It is said that one generation of emperors and one generation of ministers, the old emperor has not yet stepped down, but the attitude of the new emperor has already been shown. This undoubtedly released an obvious intention: the spring of emerging dignitaries and merchants is coming.
Naturally, such a profitable place like Yaxing is controlled by aristocratic families or powerful families. It is a miracle that Zhu Shou, who came from such a small family and a small family, can get to where he is now. The position of the owner of the row is not even available.
But now the situation has changed. From Zhu Shou's point of view, once the new emperor ascends the throne, if the current suppression against aristocratic families and powerful families continues, the dental industry will definitely not be able to escape. Instead, wouldn't he have a chance?
Of course, there are still many joints to be opened up, and it is very likely that Xuan Qingwei's power will be used to help secretly. Regardless of whether it is successful or not, Zhu Shou will always work hard in this direction first.
Zhu Shou was not the only one who felt the crown prince's movements. Well-informed people from all walks of life in the world were more or less aware of it, but they were not as sure as Zhu Shou. After all, the crown prince is not yet the emperor, and the suppression of the aristocratic family and the powerful may be just a temporary beating, and it is not impossible for his attitude to change after he ascends the throne. So most people will not bet easily.
Hesitation is human nature, and decisiveness is against the general nature, so there are very few decisive people in the world. Generally speaking, the decision to cut off one's wrist is made only when one's eyebrows are imminent, but by then it is often too late.
Nowadays, due to the shortage of money and food, flower houses in various cities have been closed all the time, and the singer and oiran who was sought after by people in the past has been neglected for a long time.
However, many people know that Hualou has not been peaceful recently. I don’t know, it’s not possible, because people have died, and many people have died.
Those who died were either well-known singers in the flower building, or tortoises or maids who were good at massaging sobers, or handymen who helped customers iron and wash clothes. The deaths of these people have one thing in common, that is, they were hung on the city wall after their throats were cut, like dried meat hanging, swaying gently in the wind.
In fact, not only the dead people in Hualou, but also some people who can't get along with Hualou, such as the buddy of the restaurant, the clerk of the post station, and some servants in the local yamen. These people are all the same. .
Hanging the corpse, this is not a necessary action for killing, it is a warning, and it is also a punishment other than killing.
Whether it was killing people or hanging corpses, it was all done by the Prince's army with the badge of the Eastern Palace. The prince's pro-army and the forbidden army have the same route, but one is under the control of the emperor and the other is under the control of the prince. They are all very arrogant, even more unreasonable than Xuan Qingwei.
However, even if the prince is close to the army, there must be a reason for publicly taking people and killing people. This is the essential difference between them and Xuan Qingwei.
As for the reason: Colluding with evil monks!
These dead people colluded with evil monks? It might sound weird and impossible at first. But the local yamen and Xuanqingwei were silent, because the prince's relatives had produced a complete proof file.
It was the one from Shen Hao of the Black Flag Camp. Of course, the main body involved is Yueyinglou, and these people who died just happened to be people from Yueyinglou.