Chapter 557 Who could have thought that things would develop in this direction (1 update)
"They have been nagging us these past few days, saying that the government is exploiting us to build dams, and that we do more work for the same salary, and they feel sorry for us."
"What a joke! I have a lot of strength, so what if I do more?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince provides us with food and drink every day, and he also builds houses for us. I am willing to do more work! It is not their turn to talk nonsense here!"
These people spoke one after another, explaining the matter clearly and narrating everything that these young men had done during this period.
It can be said that this complaint was very specific. The more specific these people said, the uglier the faces of these young men became, and the more desperate they felt in their hearts. Are you good at complaining?
In the end, the result of these young men was naturally the government prison. There was no doubt about it.
Therefore, when the head of the Yang family brought the other three people to witness it with their own eyes, they saw nothing.
After Lin Tongzhi left with a large sum of silver, the four heads of the family could continue to discuss the next things together.
But this time, the four heads of the family were speechless.
Anyone who just went to the dam and wanted to see the excitement would not expect to lose 50,000 taels!
After the granary was robbed, the business in the city was robbed, and the business of the grain store was squeezed out, now another 50,000 taels were lost. This is really too tragic!
The head of the Yang family was the most painful, as he lost the most.
He naturally knew what the other people were thinking, and it would be better for him to take the initiative to raise the issue rather than letting others raise it.
"I miscalculated this time, and I am sorry for implicating several people."
Zheng Shanfu immediately took over the conversation, "There are always accidents in everything, and Brother Yang naturally didn't want this to happen. None of us thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be so shameless!"
"This is not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this is simply a robber! It is simply an insult to civility and has no royal dignity at all!"
The head of the Tang family also followed with ridicule.
The contradiction immediately shifted to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the atmosphere between the few people improved a little.
The one who was the most angry this time was the head of the Chen family.
"Brother Yang, what should we do now? We can't do anything about building the dam, and what about the Red Lotus Sect you mentioned before?"
Patriarch Yang was more conservative this time. "As far as I know, all the followers of the Red Lotus Sect have been released from the prison. Now everyone's attention is on disaster relief, either building dams or the price of grain in the granary in the city. No one has noticed this." Patriarch
Chen, who was exposed this time, was more direct. "I think it's okay! The Red Lotus Sect robbed our granary. Even if this mob is made up of those low-class refugees, so what? They are also evil people who burn, kill and rob!"
"If the crime cannot be punished according to Daliang's laws, the prince is a cover-up! Once this matter is exposed, the world will think that the prince is colluding with the Red Lotus Sect and robbing the food of the rich families in the city!"
The head of the Tang family also thought, "In the end, His Royal Highness the Prince will definitely lose his reputation. Colluding with the Red Lotus Sect is not what a king should do."
This time, it was the head of the Zheng family who was more calm, "I think we should find out the news first. This prince does not play by the rules. Since he dares to release all the Red Lotus Sect members, he may not have no countermeasures!"
After Zheng Shanfu said this, the three people were silent again.
It was true. They had suffered too many losses from this His Royal Highness the Prince. This time, they must hit the target with one strike and cannot make any more mistakes!
There really aren't many opportunities left for them.
Right now, the four granaries in the city are still selling grain at low prices!
There is one in each of the four granaries, leaving no room for big grain merchants to survive. Moreover, they have observed that the granaries of these four granaries are full. No matter how much rice and grain they sell during the day, at night, there will definitely be a grain transport team coming to fill up the granaries.
God knows where they transport the grain from!
According to common sense, the rice and grain around Jiangnan has been monopolized by big grain merchants, and the prince and his entourage will definitely not be able to get rice and grain nearby.
Could it be that the prince can create something out of nothing?
The four great families have been watching these four stores for a long time, but they have not seen through the secrets and have not found out the real situation.
It's not that they don't have enough manpower, but that the people in charge of transporting grain are surrounded by guards with high martial arts skills. How high are they?
They are just ordinary retired secret guards. The people of the four great families can't even get close to them.
They can't even get close, let alone investigate.
Unable to figure out the details of these rice and grains, the four great families are naturally anxious. If they can't solve the problem of the grain store directly, they can only start from other places.
And now, if they miss the breakthrough point of the people on the dike, the only thing left is the disposal of the Red Lotus Sect.
If they can't hit the target in one blow, they will lose the opportunity to turn over, not to mention being slaughtered by others, it's almost the same.
The four of them naturally understood the seriousness of the matter.
But the more critical the moment, the more decisive they had to act.
However, the cost of failure this time was too great, almost risking their family business, and it was too difficult to make a decision.
Finally, it was the head of the Yang family who spoke up, "Brother Zheng, what does the eldest prince say? We have created such a good opportunity for him in the Jiangnan area, how is the eldest prince going to deal with it?"
Zheng Shanfu was a little panicked. He was only the uncle of Princess An, and the relationship was not close. He had only sent a letter to the palace before, but it had been such a long time, and there was no sound from the palace, and no news at all.
He really had no idea what the eldest prince was planning.
However, in this situation, he was not allowed to speak the truth, otherwise, he would lose his voice.
"The eldest prince is busy with the relief of soldiers who died in the war. This is a great opportunity to gain fame. As long as the eldest prince does a good job of providing relief to the soldiers who died in the war, people will naturally compare the prince's disaster relief with the eldest prince. As long as there is any trouble in this disaster relief, the prince will definitely be suppressed by the eldest prince."
Zheng Shanfu began to paint a picture again, "When the time comes, our four families will be the biggest contributors. Isn't this Jiangnan region our world?"
Just thinking about that picture, the heads of the aristocratic families who are used to being domineering could not help but start to get excited.
"We must complete the Red Lotus Sect's matter beautifully!" The head of the Tang family vowed, full of ambition for the future.
"The crown prince actually colluded with the Red Lotus Sect and released all the Red Lotus Sect members from prison privately. Even if it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he cannot escape the condemnation of the world for being so lawless and reckless! The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will not hand over the future of Daliang to such a bad-behaved crown prince!"
The head of the Chen family said coldly.
Seeing that the three of them had reached an agreement, the head of the Yang family bowed and folded his hands, "Since this is the case, this matter requires the four of us to work together!"
The three of them also bowed and folded their hands in return, "As long as the four of us work together, we will definitely get through this difficult time!"