Zhao Hao laughed again, and it was an ugly laugh, with both eyes narrowed into slits.
His eyes fell straight on Kong Weiqing, and he didn't say anything, just smiled at him.
Kong Weiqing felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, but he was not afraid. Instead, he sneered.
His relationship with Prince Yu is even deeper than Li Yong's, and with the help of alcohol, he is really not afraid of Zhao Hao.
He didn't think that Zhao Hao would dare to do anything to him.
Zhao Hao took a breath, his anger reaching its peak. He waved at Luo Bi who was not far away.
"Master Luo, have someone take Master Kong outside, strip him of all his clothes, and tie him to a pillar."
"No one can let him down without my order."
"Give him another fifty strokes of the cane."
Luo Bi's eyes moved, and he immediately bowed and agreed, then waved to the outside.
Five or six people immediately rushed in, grabbed Kong Weiqing and dragged him out.
Kong Weiqing was shocked and angry when he saw this, and immediately yelled at Zhao Hao.
"Zhao Hao! How dare you touch me?"
"My sister is the seventeenth concubine of His Royal Highness Prince Yu. If you touch me, His Royal Highness Prince Yu will never let you go!"
Zhao Hao sneered, then turned his gaze back to Li Yong.
Li Yong's face was extremely ugly. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhao Hao repeatedly to beg for mercy.
"Sir, Kong Weiqing relies on his relationship with Prince Yu to ignore you, but I never dare to have such an intention!"
"I hope your Excellency will understand."
Zhao Hao sneered in his heart, this Li Yong was indeed more cunning than Kong Weiqing.
But at this point, Zhao Hao no longer wanted to try any conciliation tactics.
He said in a cold voice: "Li Yong, Kong Weiqing may be closer to Prince Yu, but he follows your lead."
"You're smarter than him!"
"Originally, although you two are the people of Yu Junwang, as long as you work hard for me in the manor, I will turn a blind eye and will not do anything too drastic."
"But your master was the first to plot against me, and you two servants caused the deaths of so many tenants in the farm."
"Then don't blame me!"
Hearing what Zhao Hao said, Li Yong's face became even uglier and he completely collapsed.
He knew that Zhao Hao was determined to deal with him and Kong Weiqing.
Sure enough, Zhao Hao said in a serious tone: "I won't teach you a lesson. You have until tomorrow morning to get out of the village."
"Don't let me see you again, otherwise..."
"I will kill you!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yong's body trembled violently in fear, and then he nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"Don't worry, sir. I will leave immediately and will never offend your eyes."
After saying that, he quickly got up and ran to the backyard.
Zhao Hao looked at Luo Bi with a gloomy face and said, "Old Luo, you should stay in this manor for now. We need to start the disaster relief work as soon as possible."
"I will find someone else to take care of the other farm."
“Supplies will be delivered as soon as possible.”
Luo Bi nodded quickly: "Don't worry, sir, I will do my best to save more tenant farmers' lives!"
Zhao Hao didn't answer and walked outside.
When he reached the door, Zhao Hao suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Luo Bi coldly: "The two of them are the only ones in the manor. If anyone dares to disobey them, they will be killed directly without any mercy!"
After saying that, he strode away.
Zhao Hao returned to the city overnight and asked Lao Zhong to buy a large amount of supplies.
The prices of supplies in the city are not high now, and all the major families are working hard to provide relief to the victims and are also allocating supplies from all over the place.
The supplies were relatively sufficient and there was no situation where there was no shortage of things to buy.
All these aristocratic families are exerting their strength, and their power is indeed terrifying.
Just talking about this kind of mobilization ability, even the imperial court cannot do it.
Under the leadership of Lao Zhong, dozens of trucks of supplies were transported to Zhuangzi overnight. Seeing the trucks leaving Beijing, Zhao Hao breathed a sigh of relief.
That Kong Weiqing will definitely not survive.
In weather like this, if he was beaten with fifty boards and tied outside for a night, he would definitely be dead.
In fact, he really wanted to kill Li Yong as well, but he couldn't.
Killing Kong Weiqing can be said to be an act of insubordination.
But Li Yong didn't.
As for not caring about the lives of the tenant farmers in the village, which led to the deaths of thousands of them?
That's not a reason.
If this is the case, then so many people died in this snowstorm that Jiang Wan'er, as the emperor, would probably have to issue an edict of remorse first.
They are just tenant farmers, the lowest ants in the world, their status is not even as good as that of businessmen.
So no one cares whether they live or die.
Even if more people die, it doesn't matter.
This kind of thing cannot be explained in court.
Zhao Hao was busy until morning and just finished and returned to the first floor to rest.
On the other hand, at the imperial palace meeting, Jiang Wan'er and a group of court officials were also discussing specific matters regarding disaster relief.
The main topic of discussion today is still the issue of housing for disaster victims.
Without shelter and heating, even if you have clothes and food, you still can't survive the winter.
But the number of victims is simply too great.
The court officials discussed the issue for nearly an hour, but no one could come up with a feasible solution.
At this moment, Jiang Wan'er looked at Zhao Wenxiang with serious eyes.
Since the beginning of today's court meeting, Zhao Wenxiang has not said much, just like usual.
At this time, he still didn't stand up.
This made Jiang Wan'er a little unsure. Could it be that the idea that Zhao Hao wanted to tell her was not feasible?
So he just stopped talking?
Just as she was about to call Zhao Wenxiang's name, Zhao Wenxiang came out at the right time.
"Your Majesty, I have a solution to the problem of resettling disaster victims."
Hearing what he said, everyone looked at him instantly.
Everyone was very surprised.
There was doubt in his eyes.
Jiang Wan'er's beautiful eyes flashed, and she quickly said, "Zhao Qing, do you have a solution? Why didn't you report it earlier? Tell me now!"
Zhao Wenxiang said, "Your Majesty, we estimate that the number of disaster victims will definitely exceed 100,000."
“If we start building housing for resettlement now, it will definitely not be possible.”
"In that case, we need to find a ready-made place."
"I think, why not make use of the farms around the Imperial Capital?"
"There are a lot of manors within a hundred miles of the Imperial Capital. Most of them are royal manors, and some are owned by major families."
"Now all the major families have also joined in, and are working with the court to provide relief to the victims."
"If every village can gather and resettle some disaster victims, the imperial court can also distribute some winter supplies."
"Isn't that solved it?"
"Of course, perhaps every village has its own difficulties, but it is better than letting the victims crowd into the Imperial Capital."
When Zhao Wenxiang said this, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.
King Kang quickly seconded the proposal, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhao's method is very clever. Although it is difficult to operate, it is definitely feasible."
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