As Jia Yao spoke, he winked at a few people.
Here, there is no Princess Jiayao of Beihuan.
Only Madam Jiayao.
From the moment she met Yun Zheng, Yun Zheng had already made his attitude clear.
Even if he wanted to salute, he should give priority to Yun Zheng.
They are now the subjects of Dagan and can no longer always think about themselves as the princess.
When you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head!
Although it is cruel, they must follow this rule if they want to live a better life.
They should know that Yun Zheng is definitely not a kind-hearted person.
Under Jia Yao's crazy signal, several people finally reacted and quickly knelt down, bowing their bodies: "I greet the prince and Madam Miaoyin..."
...
...
Yun Zheng had a dark face. He looked up at the few people and said sternly, "Since this is your first offense, I will forgive you this time! If you do it again, don't blame me for being rude!"
"yes!"
Several people buried their heads and answered tremblingly.
"Get up!"
Yun Zheng snorted and ordered, "Take off the cloth on your face."
Jia Yao thought that Yun Zheng wanted to remember the appearance of these people so that he could settle accounts with them later, so she quickly pleaded for them, "They just moved to Dagan, and they don't quite understand the etiquette of Dagan..."
"Shut up!"
Yun Zheng shouted coldly at Jia Yao.
Jia Yao wanted to plead again, but Yun Zheng swept over with a cold gaze.
Jia Yao's heart twitched and she could only swallow back the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
At Yun Zheng's request, several people stood up nervously and took off the dirty cloth on their faces anxiously.
The moment several people took off the cloth on their faces, Jia Yao's heart trembled violently and her nose instantly felt sore.
She didn't have much impression of these people.
But the thin faces of these people still made her feel distressed.
It is obvious that these people who moved to Dagan did not live well.
Maybe even abused.
Yun Zheng frowned slightly, and then shouted sternly: "Take off your shirt!"
The few of them did not dare to disobey and carefully took off their shirts.
As their shirts were taken off, their skinny bodies appeared in front of Yun Zheng and the others.
Everyone is skinny and their ribs are clearly visible.
Looking at their skinny appearance, Jia Yao's eyes were suddenly filled with tears.
For a moment, Jia Yao almost exploded on the spot.
Yun Zheng promised her!
He said that these people would live much better if they moved to Shuobei than in Beihuan.
However, now they are all skinny and bony, how can they look like they are in good condition?
Jia Yao really wanted to question Yun Zheng loudly, is this his promise?
But she held back in the end.
No matter how angry she was, she couldn't explode in front of Yun Zheng in public now.
If she humiliates Yun Zheng, the situation of both these people and Bei Huan will become more difficult.
Jia Yao held back the tears in her eyes and slowly turned her head away, not wanting to look at the appearance of those people.
Yun Zheng glanced at the skinny bodies of the men, then turned to look at Yang Xu, "Manager Yang, gather all the kiln workers together. I want to question them!"
"Your Majesty, this..."
Yang Xu panicked and quickly apologized, "There has to be someone around this kiln. Someone has to be watching it at all times. If..."
"Then leave a small number of people to watch over the kiln!"
Yun Zheng interrupted Yang Xu and said, "I am waiting for them at the place where the clay models are made!"
After saying that, Yun Zheng didn't give Yang Xu any chance to say anything else and walked straight towards the mud embryo area.
Miaoyin cursed Yun Zheng in her heart, and pulled Jia Yao, who still turned her face away, and whispered, "Let's go! Yun Zheng must have seen what you can see! Don't worry, he will give these people an explanation."
Jia Yao didn't say anything, but just held back her tears and followed Miaoyin.
When they arrived at the mud area, before Yang Xu came over, Yun Zheng ordered all the men to take off their shirts.
As expected, most of these people are skinny.
Some people's bodies were so shriveled that they looked almost like mummies.
Among them, there are not only people from Beihuan, but also people from Dagan, Menghu and Zhenhe.
However, those who work hard are still in the minority.
Yun Zheng called over a skinny Beihuan man, "What's your name?"
"Haotu."
"How much do you earn per day?"
"Wages? We...we don't have any wages!"
"No wages?"
A murderous intent suddenly flashed in Yun Zheng's eyes.
Afterwards, Yun Zheng asked several people in succession.
Except for those who work hard, these people do not receive any wages.
Even those who work hard are paid very little.
They only had two meals a day, and they were always watery.
The dishes that go with rice are basically pickled vegetables.
As for meat, don’t even think about it, there is none at all!
After asking these questions, Yun Zheng's face had become extremely ugly.
Yang Xu ran over with a nervous heart, and when he saw that everyone had taken off their clothes, his face suddenly turned pale.
Yun Zheng looked at Yang Xu with a cold face, "I remember that these kiln workers should be paid five to ten coins a day, right? Why do most of them not even get a penny?"
Facing Yun Zheng's gaze, Yang Xu felt his whole body go limp. He knelt on the ground with a thud and explained in a panic, "Your Highness, I... I think it's too troublesome to pay wages every day, so... I plan to pay everyone monthly..."
"Really?"
Yun Zheng's eyes became even colder. "Why do these kiln workers only have some bland food every day? Could it be that you have saved their rations for them and plan to distribute them to them every month?"
“Yes, yes…”
Yang Xu buried his head tightly and nodded in panic.
Looking at Yang Xu's appearance, Miaoyin couldn't help but shake her head secretly.
Can't even lie!
How dare you admit such a vile lie?
No wonder this man spent money to buy an official position but was thrown into the kiln factory to be the manager.
Yun Zheng walked up to Yang Xu, kicked him to the ground, and roared with a cold face: "Do you think you are smart, or do you think I am a fool? Do you want to tell the truth, or do you want me to order someone to be punished?"
When Yang Xu heard that he was going to be tortured, he was so frightened that his face turned pale. He suddenly turned over and knelt down, kowtowed and cried, "I have been blinded by greed, please spare my life, Your Majesty..."
"Mercy?"
Yun Zheng looked at Yang Xu coldly, "I remember that you were recommended by Zhang Xu, right? I ordered you to be the manager of the kiln factory for Zhang Xu's sake. How dare you commit corruption under my nose?"
Yang Xu knelt on the ground, wailing in his heart.
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He originally spent fifty thousand taels of silver to buy the position of chief clerk in a city.
As a result, after reporting to the palace, the people there said that he was still lacking in talent. It happened that the kiln factory had just been built at that time, so they asked him to come here first to be a kiln manager. After his abilities improved, he would be granted the position of chief clerk.
He thought there was money to be made in the kiln factory, so he agreed.
As a result, he had only worked for less than a month and had not even earned back a fraction of the 50,000 taels of silver he had spent, and Yun Zheng actually came running over.
At this moment, Yang Xu felt extremely wronged and just wanted to cry loudly...
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