When Fang Zheng saw him rubbing his nose and tears against his body, he kicked Liu Jin away and said with a smile, "Why are you so anxious!"
Then he shouted to the outside: "Someone come! Prepare a table of wine and food for me!"
Liu Jin fell to the ground and still shouted: "You can't kill him! He's the prefect!!"
Fang Zhengyi stepped forward and helped Liu Jin up, saying, "Stop howling, I have something to ask you!"
"Besides you, who else knows about the Crown Prince's false summons?"
"There are also Eunuch Guo and the two guards beside the prince."
Liu Jin looked at him eagerly: "Master Fang, killing the prefect is a serious crime, you can't kill him..."
"You don't have to worry about this. Liu Xun has committed a serious crime and he deserves to be killed. I will report this to His Majesty."
"Let me ask you, did the prince only send you out to deliver his orders?"
Liu Jin explained truthfully: "There are also... two guards who are here to deliver the decree. They should be here soon."
"What about the prince? How is he now?"
Liu Jin shook his head: "I don't know, His Highness was still in the palace before I left."
Fang Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, that's fine."
"After dinner, take a two-day rest and help me submit a memorial to the palace. If you are afraid of being discovered by His Majesty, give it to Eunuch Guo. He will know what to do after reading it."
"I'll find someone to help you deliver the imperial edict."
After saying that, he took out fifty taels of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the pocket of Liu Jin.
Liu Jin was about to grin when he saw the banknotes, but he felt it was inappropriate so he held it back and said hesitantly, "Master Fang, this... is it appropriate for someone else to deliver the imperial edict?"
"It's all fake from beginning to end. What's inappropriate about it? Go inside and take a rest first."
"Wait for the people behind to arrive, let them eat and rest, and then pass on the order!"
Liu Jin nodded in agreement and then went into the side room.
Seeing Liu Jin went in to rest, Fang Zhengyi asked someone to give some instructions, and then went directly to the houseboat to see Liu Xun.
The old man was locked up on the ship for a few days, and he didn't ask much about him, so he didn't know how his physical condition was.
When he entered the room, Fang Zheng was surprised to find that Lu Fa was also there, sitting on a chair and looking at Liu Xun.
Both of their eyes were bloodshot.
Perhaps to prevent Liu Xun from committing suicide again, his hands were tied up with ropes.
Fang Zheng was confused at the sight and patted Lufa on the shoulder: "What are you doing?"
When Lu Fa heard that it was Fang Zhengyi who came, he immediately stood up and said, "Master, I'll help you keep an eye on him."
"His legs are broken and he can't speak, so why are you staring at him? Has he eaten in the past two days?"
"He didn't eat, but we gave him a lot of sugar water."
Fang Zhengyi looked at Liu Xun and smiled playfully: "Eat more if you can, there are not many meals left. The day after tomorrow, when I finish the things on hand, I will let you go."
Liu Xun looked at Fang Zhengyi and grinned sinisterly.
"Master, he is scolding you."
"???"
Fang Zheng turned his head and looked at Lufa: "You can see this!? What did he scold me for?"
"I don't know, but he's definitely scolding you."
"Give him two slaps!"
“Snap!” “Snap!”
After being slapped twice, Liu Xun quickly closed his eyes and dared not look again.
"Go and call Xie Xian."
Upon hearing this, Lu Fa went out to find Xie Xian. Liu Xun opened his eyes again and looked at Fang Zhengyi.
Fang Zhengyi said calmly: "Your hand is not broken, you can still write."
"You are now desperately protecting the person behind the scenes just to protect your descendants."
"But have you ever thought that if you die, your family will be of no value."
"I'll give you pen and paper, why don't you confess now and become a tainted witness? I'll find a way to help you save your family."
Liu Xun turned his head away silently.
Fang Zheng frowned when he saw this. Since reasoning didn't work, he could only appeal to his emotions!
"I don't really care who's behind you, but I don't want to get into trouble. Even if I do, at least I have to know who the enemy is."
"If you help me, I will accept your favor."
"I will guarantee it with my good name, Fang Zhengyi. If you tell the truth, I will definitely help you save your family, at least your son!"
Liu Xun opened his eyes and looked at Fang Zhengyi with resentment.
Then he spat on Fang Zheng's official uniform.
Fang Zhengyi said nothing, but silently pulled Liu Xun's head over and wiped the phlegm off his body.
"Since you don't want to talk about it, then just prepare to go on your journey with peace of mind."
Fang Zhengyi was helpless as he refused to listen.
He turned around, poured himself a cup of tea, and sat at the table to drink it.
Xie Xian entered the room and asked Fang Zhengyi when he saw him, "Master, what do you want me to do?"
"Have you found anything out of this old man in the past two days?"
Xie Xian glanced at Liu Xun and shook his head, saying, "He's stubborn! It's useless to say anything! He spits at everyone he sees."
"Forget it, don't worry about him. I have other things for you to do."
"The followers of the Freedom Church and the refugees outside the city are too dirty, and the weather is hot now."
"Go to the city and buy a few bathhouses. Wash these people well before they are taken to work. Give each of them a new set of clothes. Men's spring trousers will do. Buy the cheapest ones."
Xie Xian took out a small notebook and started recording.
Then he hesitated and said, "I see. Whose money is this then?"
"Of course it's the government! Could it be that it's ours? Wouldn't it be unfair for us to spend the money ourselves?"
"You go ahead and do it. We can pay for it first."
"Also, I'll send someone to give you the map of Jianjiang later, and ask someone to enlarge it for me."
"Isn't there a stage in the center of Fenghua Tower? Just enlarge it according to the standard of the stage background."
"Then you divide every important road in the city and mark it on the map."
“There are also infrastructure projects such as building river dams, all of which should be marked.”
"It will be useful in the near future."
Xie Xian took a pen and kept taking notes. After recording, he looked up and asked, "Master, what are you going to do?"
Fang Zhengyi sighed: "Let's do some projects, build roads! When Fenghualou opens, the rich people will gather and bid on the spot."
Xie Xian couldn't help but smile.
I don’t know why, but the master seems to be obsessed with building bridges and roads... and he has very high requirements for the standards of roads and bridges.
Fang Zhengyi also had his own troubles regarding the road construction.
In fact, there are not many things that rich people can do.
Even if the imperial court encouraged it, the people below might not be willing to build temples, houses, and the like.
No one wants to do something that doesn't bring any benefit.
In the long run, the potential benefits of road construction are not small, so this is the most cost-effective option.
For now, we can only let him make a good start and build some public facilities, and then we can work on it step by step.
"Also, we can immediately recruit people to build a number of schools outside the city."
"Children under the age of twelve can go to school free of charge, and two meals a day will be provided. This matter should be implemented now."
"besides......"
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