"Dad, all these lands are mine?" An Jingzhi looked at the land deeds and house deeds on the table happily.
These were all things that were confiscated from Censor Liu's house. Some were handed over, and some were hidden by An Zhongyi. The emperor also knew about this, but he had always turned a blind eye to it.
Seeing his son's happy expression, An Zhongyi felt that it was better than anything else. "Yes, these houses and land are all yours. The people around Huifeng County are all your tenants. You can do whatever you want with them."
Of course, Censor Liu did not have so much land, but An Zhongyi added some silver and bought all the land in other places.
As for whether those people are willing to sell, the people from the East Factory have come to the door with silver. If you don’t give them face, do you want to go to jail?
Of course, it is possible that after finding his son, An Zhongyi wanted to accumulate some blessings for his son, so he did not bargain for the price, but bought the other party's land at the market price.
In fact, when An Jingzhi bought the fields around Huifeng County, he was not interested in those fields, but the mountain above the fields in Huifeng County. There were a large number of coal mines on that mountain.
Buying it is like buying a gold mountain. Of course, its most important function is not to make money, but smelting. Using coal as smelting fuel will make the smelting efficiency higher.
If he bought the land around the mountain, wouldn't the mountain be his? Even if he wanted to do something, no one would be able to see him.
"Thank you, Dad." An Jingzhi happily put all the land deeds and house deeds back into the box.
The mountain over there was worthless. It was assumed that the mountain would belong to them once they bought the land. An Jingzhi didn't think of buying the mountain specially. If he did, it would attract some people's attention. There was really no need for that.
When the father and son were getting close, the voice of a servant was heard outside.
Zhang Baotian opened the door and whispered to the servant, then walked up to An Zhongyi and said, "Master, it's the Minister of Justice Hu Weiguang who has come with his brother-in-law and his son to apologize."
"Why are you here to apologize for no reason?"
An Jingzhi looked at the two whispering and took the initiative to say, "Dad, how about I go down first so as not to delay your work."
An Zhongyi stopped him and said, "No need, it's not an important matter." On weekdays, he was either working in the palace or in the East Factory. He finally had the opportunity to go home, and his son was not out playing. How could he bear to give up the time to spend with his son?
"Bring the person in directly." An Zhongyi ordered.
The Minister of Justice and his wife's brother and his family were waiting anxiously outside the door.
When his wife told him that his wife's nephew Su Jiangtao had offended An Jingzhi, he was scared to death. As a member of An Zhongyi's faction, he knew best how much An Zhongyi cared about An Jingzhi.
To put it extremely, if they offended An Zhongyi, they might still have a chance of survival, but if they offended An Jingzhi, that would be a way to death.
There was no other way. These were his wife and relatives, and he couldn't just watch them die. He immediately prepared gifts, brought his family, and took Su Jiangtao, who was still lying in bed recuperating, to the An Mansion to apologize. At this moment, the Minister of Justice only hoped that An Zhongyi would give Su Jiangtao's family a lighter punishment because of his unwavering service to the other party.
He was already in pain all over from the beating, and the dog had bitten him hard on the butt. Although the flesh wasn't bitten off, he was still seriously injured. He was recuperating in bed when he was suddenly grabbed and dragged to the An Mansion to apologize.
Along the way, Su Jiangtao felt that his master was making a big fuss out of nothing. It was not until he saw his uncle, the Minister of Justice, who was busy with official duties, appear in his house that he realized that he might have caused a big trouble.
He didn't care about the minor injuries on his body. He was so scared that his face turned pale. He followed the family to the An Mansion with his head lowered all the way.
The two families were brought before An Zhongyi.
Hu Weiguang shouted at his nephew, "Kneel down! Apologize to Master An!"
Su Jiangtao was so frightened that he fell to his knees.
Hu Weiguang smiled and explained the whole story to An Zhongyi, then apologized to An Jingzhi, "Nephew Jiang Tao offended you, young master. Today, as your uncle, I will bring him here to apologize."
Then, a man who looked very similar to Su Jiangtao also apologized, his face full of fear. "It's all my fault that I was busy with official duties and failed to properly discipline my son. I offended Master An. As his father, I apologize to Master An on his behalf."
Then he knelt beside Su Jiangtao regardless of anything.
Su Jiangtao looked at his father who was also kneeling beside him. He looked terrified, trembling all over, and his face was full of regret.
An Jingzhi really didn't expect that these people were so afraid of An Zhongyi. They were officials appointed by the imperial court, but they asked him, a man without any achievements, to kneel down.
"Get up." After An Jingzhi spoke, the father and son did not get up. Instead, they looked at An Zhongyi. After An Zhongyi nodded, they stood up carefully.
Su Jiangtao was about to stand up when Hu Weiguang pushed him back down, "Keep kneeling."
Su Jiangtao did not struggle, but was pressed down by the opponent's strength. His already weak body fell to the ground. Then he endured the severe pain and slowly got up and knelt.
An Zhongyi had not heard about this incident yet. He had just returned and had not had time to listen to the report from his servants. After hearing what Hu Weiguang said, he was angry at first, but the other party had wounds all over his face and blood on his buttocks, and his son had not suffered any grievances, so the anger in his heart dissipated a lot.
"My son, no matter how you plan to deal with it, Dad will listen to you."
"No need for that. This is just a quarrel of pride between young men. He scolded me and I hit him. We are even now. Lord Hu, there is no need to be like this." An Jingzhi said.
An Jingzhi didn't take this matter to heart at all, but it scared the family terrified.
Hearing the voice from above, Su Jiangtao secretly looked up and glanced at him. He didn't expect that he would be let go so casually.
After all, he just said a few harsh words but the other party wanted him to catch him and beat him up, which shows that he is not a very mean person.
After his father and uncle's explanation, he already knew what kind of trouble he had gotten himself into, and before coming here, he only hoped that his family would not be in trouble.
Not to mention Su Jiangtao, even Hu Weiguang couldn't believe it.
Although An Jingzhi has been in the capital for quite some time, his reputation is not very good.
When he found his father An Zhongyi, he immediately took people to teach those beggars who had bullied him a lesson. He also arrested all the beggars in that beggar's den and put them in jail. Some were beheaded, and some were exiled. His reputation for being narrow-minded and holding grudges had spread.
People didn't know that the beggars' den was doing all kinds of evil things. They often caught some little beggars and broke their legs, and they specialized in begging. They only saw An Jingzhi's stinginess and revenge.
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