Yang Xu is a coward.
Before Yun Zheng ordered his men to torture him, Yang Xu confessed everything.
In addition to him, the accountant of the kiln factory also followed suit and embezzled money.
Their explanation to the people of the Northern Huan, Zhenhe and Menghu tribes was that these people were all guilty and that making them work in the kiln factory was a chance for them to atone for their sins. They would only be paid if they worked for a full year.
The people in these three departments had never thought about how good their lives would be after coming to the kiln factory. They just wanted to have something to eat and not starve to death, so they did not doubt the wages.
Yang Xu even sold out Zhang Xu very straightforwardly and told everyone how he spent 50,000 taels of silver to buy an official position.
Yang Xu was still speaking with tears in his eyes, but Miaoyin was secretly shaking her head.
This idiot!
With this kind of condition, he still wants to be an official?
He sold out Zhang Xu in public, and still expected anyone to protect him?
...
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However, Zhang Xu is not in Shuobei right now, so they cannot count on Zhang Xu.
It doesn’t matter whether you say it or not.
Yun Zheng's face turned even colder, and he asked sternly, "Where is the money you embezzled?"
Yang Xu wailed: "It's right where I live..."
Yun Zheng ordered Tong Gang with a dark face, "Take him to get the silver. Also, bring the account office over!"
Tong Gang did not dare to delay and immediately called a few people, picked up Yang Xu, and left quickly.
After Yang Xu was taken away, other kiln workers also came one after another.
Yun Zheng still ordered the people who came to take off their shirts.
These people are all similar, almost all of them are skinny. Only a few master chefs in the kiln factory may have some meat on their bodies because of better food, but they are just not thin.
Looking at the appearance of these people, Yun Zheng's face became even uglier.
He knew that these people would definitely commit corruption.
But I didn't expect these people to be so cruel.
Just be embezzling, at least it requires some technical skills, it can be more covert or more sophisticated, but don't be so blatant!
The wage is five cents, if you want to be greedy, I'll give you two cents at least!
Just embezzle all of it. This is treating everyone as fools!
This is definitely something that only a stupid and greedy person would do.
I don’t know how much luck a fool like Yang Xu has to be so bold.
You are so unskilled that you can't even embezzle money, and you still want to be an official?
I really want to introduce Xu Shifu to them as a teacher.
It seems that it’s time to close the net!
We can't let these people continue to act like this.
Those who have dreamed of becoming an official should have had their fill of that.
It is time for those who have taken advantage of the situation to make them pay back the money with interest.
Not long after, Tong Gang brought Yang Xu and the accountant over, bringing along the stolen silver they had embezzled.
The amount of stolen money embezzled by the two men was actually not that much.
After all, the kiln workers and people who make honeycomb coal here only number about two thousand people.
Each person only gets a few cents a day as wages. How much can be embezzled in less than a month?
Yun Zheng was too lazy to talk nonsense, so he found a slightly higher place to stand on, and said loudly: "No matter where you were from before, now, you are all my people!"
"I will give you the wages these two men withheld, not a penny less. I will give each of you an extra fifty coins as compensation for the withheld food!"
After listening to Yun Zheng's words, the scene suddenly became dead silent.
Everyone opened their mouths in stupidity, hardly able to believe their ears.
Not only do we have to pay them the full wages, but we also have to pay them an extra fifty cents?
This...is this true?
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Just when everyone was stunned, a man suddenly knelt down and cried loudly.
With this person taking the lead, everyone finally woke up from their dream.
In an instant, everyone knelt down.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking charge of us..."
"Your Majesty is wise..."
Everyone knelt on the ground and shouted.
Many people were so excited that they cried.
At this moment, all the grievances and resentments in everyone's hearts seemed to have been vented, leaving only joy and excitement.
Looking at the people kneeling down, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in Jia Yao's eyes.
This damn bastard!
It turns out you were waiting here!
Yun Zheng raised his hand to stop everyone, and pointed at Yang Xu and the accountant, "As for these two people, I will leave them to you to deal with first! You can take revenge if you have any grievances, just don't kill them for me!"
After hearing Yun Zheng's words, Yang Xu and the accountant were so frightened that their legs went weak and they knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.
However, Yun Zheng ignored them and just ordered his men to throw the two men to the kiln workers.
"Kill these two beasts!"
I don’t know who shouted first, but the anger of the people who had been oppressed for a long time was instantly ignited.
In an instant, everyone rushed towards Yang Xu and the accountant, punching and kicking them.
"ah……"
"My Lord, spare my life!"
"I won't dare to do that again. Your Majesty, please spare my life..."
The two kept screaming for mercy.
However, Yun Zheng pretended not to hear.
It was not until the screams of Yang Xu and the accountant gradually weakened that Yun Zheng stopped everyone.
Thanks to Yun Zheng's intervention, the two men were not beaten to death.
However, only half of his life is left.
The two men curled up into a ball, blood gushing out of their mouths.
If the fight lasts any longer, he will definitely die.
As Yun Zheng raised his hand, the scene suddenly became quiet.
Only Yang Xu and the accountant were still groaning weakly in pain.
Seeing this scene, Jia Yao's eyes became even brighter, and he stared at Yun Zheng not far away with hatred.
Yun Zheng stopped the excited crowd and said, "It would be too easy for them to be beaten to death like this! From today on, they will stay in the kiln factory to work. I will make them suffer twice as much as you have suffered!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
As Yun Zheng finished his words, everyone cheered. No one was dissatisfied because the two men were not beaten to death, and no one felt that Yun Zheng was favoring the two men.
Yun Zheng stopped everyone again and said loudly: "I am too lazy to arrange for anyone else to come. The manager of this kiln factory will be nominated by you yourselves!"
"However, I will make it clear in advance that I cannot tolerate any grain of sand in my eyes!"
"The manager of this kiln factory is here to do work, not to enrich himself, and certainly not to abuse his power!"
"Which steward dares to do these things? Ask yourself first: Is your neck harder, or is my sword harder?"
Hearing Yun Zheng's words, everyone felt even happier.
Especially the people from Beihuan.
The majority of people working here are from Beihuan.
If anyone were to nominate someone, they would definitely nominate someone from Beihuan to be in charge.
This way, at least they don't have to worry about being bullied anymore.
Soon, everyone started discussing the matter.
Looking at everyone's happy faces, Jia Yao couldn't help but smile bitterly.
These people are so easy to deceive...
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