Chapter 418 Chu Zheng Escorting Medicinal Materials
Seeing how readily she agreed, Old Master Chu looked down on her in his heart, thinking that she was greedy for money and would never amount to anything!
As they were talking, the two men finalized the business deal, and Zhu Mingqing also stood up to say goodbye.
When the Yangzhou prefect saw that Mr. Chu was still sitting in his seat, he knew that he had no intention of getting up to see him off. He also wanted to ask about the grain donation.
Arriving at the door, the Yangzhou prefect cleared his throat. Before he could speak, he heard the woman opposite him say, "Don't worry, sir. I will never say anything wrong."
Hearing this, the Yangzhou prefect felt relieved. It was very convenient to talk to an intelligent person.
"Then I will wait for good news from Madam Ming."
He walked back to the main hall, talking and laughing. Old Master Chu raised his eyes and asked casually, "Master Prefect, is there anything you are happy about?"
The Yangzhou prefect's smile faded, and he sighed deeply, "What can I be happy about? The weather is getting increasingly abnormal. I wonder if Master Chu could consider the people of Yangzhou?"
Hearing that the Chu family was being asked to donate silver, Old Master Chu immediately changed the subject: "I would also like to thank you, sir, for helping me resolve this matter..."
The Yangzhou prefect cursed in his heart: What a stingy guy!
On the second day, Mr. Chu sent someone directly to the inn to collect the medicinal materials. After Zhu Mingqing received the silver, he simply let it go.
The shopkeeper watched as a large amount of medicinal herbs were transported away, and they were from the Chu family.
Tell me, why didn’t you do this earlier? Why bother with all this trouble? I heard that the young master of the Chu family suffered a lot!
"They have all been sold to the Chu family. What else can they use to make medicinal food?" Luo Tingshan couldn't help but wonder.
Zhu Mingqing looked at the Chu family's convoy going away and laughed, "Just wait and see."
After the Chu family got the medicinal materials, they didn't care about the weather and directly hired people at a high price to transport them out of Yangzhou City within a few days.
Only after watching the convoy go away did Mr. Chu breathe a sigh of relief.
Even though it's a few days late, we've finally gathered all the herbs. Are we going to have to go to war again?
Thinking of this, Mr. Chu's eyes lit up and countless ideas of making money emerged in his mind.
The wind and snow were blowing, and the convoy had difficulty moving forward. Everyone was frozen stiff and could hardly open their eyes.
In a carriage at the back sat a young man from a branch of the Chu family, who was wrapping his clothes tightly, hoping to reach his destination quickly.
Chu Zheng was of course not happy about being asked to go out in this kind of weather, but if he didn't go out, the old man would threaten his parents.
One day, he will definitely kill that old man!
Chu Zheng was thinking darkly in his heart when he suddenly heard intermittent shouting from outside: "Oh no!"
“The herbs are gone!”
Chu Zheng's heart trembled. He opened the car curtain, but the backflow of wind and snow hit his face, making it impossible for him to see anything.
"Sir, just now... whoosh, the medicinal herbs..." The Chu family servant swallowed hard and said in a low voice: "Gone!"
Everyone knows how much the old man values this batch of medicinal herbs. Now that they are gone, they are all doomed!
Chu Zheng didn't care about the harsh environment and ran out immediately. He stumbled and fell to the ground, then got up and continued.
When he saw the empty cart, he almost lost his soul.
"How could it be gone? Ah!" He yelled at the people beside him, "What are you doing? Where are the herbs?"
He also knew that these people did not have the ability to take the medicinal herbs away, but at this moment he could only vent his anger in this way.
What should I do? I will definitely die if I go back, and maybe even bring trouble to my parents.
Chu Zheng was only eighteen years old, and his eyes were immediately filled with tears.
At this moment, a servant of the Chu family came over and whispered in his ear: "Master, let's run away. We won't go back!"
Chu Zheng was stunned and wavered for a moment, but when he thought of his parents, he knew that he couldn't run away.
The servant guessed what he was thinking, "The young master and I will go back to pick up the master and the mistress. We just left the city not long ago, they will definitely not guess that we will go back."
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During the day, the wind and snow finally stopped for a while, and the people immediately came out to sweep the snow, fearing that it would bend the beams of their houses.
When he saw the bodies of people he knew buried in the snow on the road, he burst into tears.
Sadness spread on the streets, but not far from the prefectural government office, porridge distribution had already begun.
There is also hot soup next to it. Drinking a bowl of it in the snow is absolutely a great happiness.
Chu Zheng looked at the servant next to him: "What's your name?"
"Little man Ah San."
Chu Zheng: "You come back with me, aren't you afraid of being discovered?"
Ah San shook his head. "I believe that good deeds will be rewarded, and that good will come to you. You probably don't remember me. When I first entered the mansion, I offended others, and it was you who saved me from being whipped."
Chu Zheng really didn't remember these things, but with someone by his side at this moment, he felt like he had someone to rely on.
"Come on, let's finish our soup and then find a place to stay."
People gradually came over after hearing that there was food to eat, and the streets were filled with the life again after a long time.
After Chu Zheng finished drinking a bowl of hot soup, he felt warm in his stomach, and even his hands and feet were no longer so cold.
"Ah San, do you feel..."
Ah San nodded immediately: "I don't feel that cold anymore either."
Chu Zheng was very curious about what the soup was made of, but seeing the people queuing up, he decided to leave first. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if he was recognized.
"Sir, my wife invites you."
At this moment, a muscular man in black appeared in front of Chu Zheng.
Thinking he had been discovered, Chu Zheng quickly straightened his collar and covered his face: "I don't know you, Ah San, let's go!"
He had just taken a step when the man whispered, "Master Chu Zheng, if you don't want more people to know, please come with me."
After saying that, he turned and walked forward.
Chu Zheng was startled. As expected, he knew his identity. It seemed that he could not hide.
When he arrived at the inn, Chu Zheng was thinking that Madam Ming seemed to live here, when Madam Ming's face appeared before him.
After all, he was deeply impressed by this person when he came to move the medicinal materials. It was rare to see someone who could get so much silver from the Chu family.
Moreover, Mr. Chu is very good at disgusting people. He deliberately made people pay in front of so many people, but I have never heard of any criminals appearing behind the inn.
Chu Zheng knew that Mrs. Ming must have capable people protecting her.
The door closed. Zhu Mingqing looked at Chu Zheng, who was wrapped up thickly, and raised the corner of his mouth: "Take off your hat. It's not convenient for you to talk like this."
Chu Zheng was very alert and asked without moving, "Madam, what is the matter that made you ask me to come here?"
Zhu Mingqing did not hide it from him: "I heard that the Chu family asked you to escort the medicinal herbs, but those herbs are gone?"
Chu Zheng's expression changed drastically: "Did you do this?"
Zhu Mingqing smiled faintly: "I came to you this time, Master Chu, to ask you, do you want to leave the Chu family?"
As far as she knew, Chu Zheng's life in the Chu family was not easy. Just this year, he was frozen while escorting medicinal herbs and became ill. Not long after he came back, his parents died of overwork, and he left the Chu family alone.
Later, he became a strategist in the Liang family, in charge of food and logistics, and played a decisive role in the Liang family's subsequent success.
There's no reason to give such a person to the Liang family.
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