Chapter 170 Coal Pricing
There is no way. It is said that the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager, but now that the real big shot has come out, it is no wonder that the people behind them dare not show up.
However, at this moment, another crisp slap shocked everyone present.
Everyone looked up and saw that the scholar, like Cheng Hongbo just now, screamed and spun around in place, then fell heavily to the ground, while Zhu Chong waved his hands beside him.
Zhu Chong's patience with scholars had been completely worn out. Anyone who dared to mess with him was seeking death.
"You, you actually dared to hit me? Do you know who my master is? Do you believe that my master will make sure you can't become an official?"
"Really?" Zhu Chong nodded and called out to Zhou Xiuying who was following behind him, "Xiuying, slap him in the face and take his teeth as interest. I want to see why your master won't let me be an official!"
"Yes, sir!" Zhou Xiuying had been eager to try. Under the scholar's frightened gaze, she stepped forward and slapped him on the mouth.
"Ah..." The scholar screamed again, and then everyone watched as the scholar flew from the ground into the air, opened his mouth and spewed out countless bloody teeth, and finally fell to the ground and fainted.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this. No one expected that Zhu Chong not only slapped the other person, but also let his own maid slap him again.
However, the person who surprised everyone more at this moment was Zhou Xiuying. No one expected that such a delicate little girl could have such strong hands that she could send someone flying with just one slap!
"What are you all standing there for? Let's go!" After Zhu Chong had dealt with the scholar, he called on the cotton merchant to prepare to leave.
"You can't leave, no one can leave, stop them all!" Cheng Hongbo originally thought that everything was under control, but the result was beyond his expectations. He could only force his way forward and shout loudly.
The officers had bitter expressions on their faces and were about to step forward. They were just following orders. If they let Zhu Chong go like this today, they were afraid that no one would suffer the consequences later.
"Young master, let me do it!" At this time, Yang Miaozhen looked eager to try, and she came behind Zhu Chong and volunteered.
"What are you doing? You're a little girl, you should be reserved, okay?" Zhu Chong was startled and quickly stopped the violent girl behind him.
Letting Zhou Xiuying take action is to intimidate the opponent, but if Yang Miaozhen takes action, the nature of the situation will be completely different!
Besides, if Zhu Chong was forced to use Yang Miaozhen to deal with these people, then his job as an official would be really boring!
Zhu Chong looked at the officer who was blocking his way, fumbled around in his waist for a long time, and pulled out a jade pendant. He then asked with a lazy sneer, "Are you sure you really want to stop me?"
The officers were stunned for a moment when they saw this, but when they carefully looked at the contents on the jade pendant, they all felt uneasy.
"Get out of the way, everyone, open the door, quick, quick, quick..."
Hearing the officer say this, Cheng Hongbo was dumbfounded, and the cotton merchants were also dumbfounded. They didn't know what had happened. Everyone was very curious, what did Zhu Chong just take out that caused the officer's attitude to change so drastically?
But at this time, Zhu Chong had already put away the jade pendant. Then he waved his hand and left with Zhang Quan and others and the cotton merchant.
After everyone had left, Cheng Hongbo dared to rush to the officer angrily, "What's going on? Why didn't you stop them? What did he show you?"
The officer was very dissatisfied with Cheng Hongbo's yelling at him, but he knew that he couldn't afford to offend the man in front of him, so he could only grit his teeth and explain: "Young Master Cheng, you can't blame us for not doing our job. We really can't do anything!"
"That person has the East Palace token in his hand. Stopping the accomplice in rebellion is no joke!"
"What? East Palace Token? How could that person have the East Palace Token? This is impossible!" Cheng Hongbo was dumbfounded.
But the officers ignored him and just packed up their team and left. Seeing that the people had left, Cheng Hongbo suddenly felt that the situation was developing in a direction that his father had not expected.
But he glanced at the scholar lying on the ground, still in a coma, a strange gleam in his eyes, and he called on the servants to drag the scholar onto the carriage, and then hurried away.
It was a farce, which ended with Zhu Chong's great victory.
The cotton merchants went to the Baochao Tizhusi to have the cotton weighed and received the money. They were all smiling and placed the cotton one by one into the Baochao Tizhusi's warehouse as they had promised.
As for Cheng Jitang and other cotton merchants, they turned pale after receiving the news, knowing that the cotton they had in their hands would definitely be worth a lot of money.
Zhu Chong had already broken off relations with them and it was impossible for him to buy their cotton again. After knowing that Zhu Chong had used the Eastern Palace token, the cotton merchants became extremely worried. They did not expect to offend the Eastern Palace.
But after this incident, Zhu Chong had no intention of pursuing the matter. With his status, dealing with Cheng Jia was like using a nuclear bomb to kill a mosquito. Cheng Jia also stopped and did not dare to act rashly.
However, this incident still reached the ears of Old Zhu. After knowing what Zhu Chong had done, Old Zhu just laughed it off and let it go.
Now that the cotton was available, Zhu Chong turned around and began to prepare for the production of new treasure notes.
Now that the railway tracks at the coal mine have been laid, the time for transporting coal into Yingtian Prefecture has been greatly shortened.
Therefore, Zhu Chong decided to take a two-pronged approach and start selling charcoal and banknotes simultaneously. However, the price and method of selling the charcoal needed to be decided by the Crown Prince and Zhu Biao. So Zhu Chong handed Zhu Biao a note and went about his own business.
When Zhu Biao received the note from Zhu Chong, he immediately rushed to the palace to report to Zhu.
"Father, my second brother said that the development and transportation of coal mines have been standardized and can be sold now. However, since Yingtian Prefecture has never had a coal shop, no one has ever sold it properly."
"So I would like to ask the Emperor to set a price, and then I can start planning the sale with my second brother."
When Old Zhu heard that it was about making money, he nodded, but did not speak directly. Instead, he pondered for a while before asking Zhu Biao, "What does the Crown Prince think of this matter?"
"Father," Zhu Biao said with a bow. "Coal is a good thing, but it's easier to mine than firewood. My second brother wants one hundred catties for two hundred coins..."
Hearing the price, Lao Zhu's face darkened. "That's two cents per pound. That's much more expensive than firewood!"
"Then what do you mean, father..." Zhu Biao didn't dare to say anything more and asked directly.
"Twenty wen for a hundred jin, that's the price. Tell the second brother to be a man of conscience and not be obsessed with money!"
Old Zhu was lecturing Zhu Chong, but Zhu Biao felt that he was lecturing himself, so he quickly said he was leaving.
After leaving the palace, Zhu Biao thought about it and decided that he should meet Zhu Chong in person, so he went directly to the Baochao Tizhusi.
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