As soon as October arrived, a bitterly cold sleet hit us, which was both expected and unexpected. People were everywhere looking for ways to keep warm. The prices of firewood, charcoal, clothes and food rose a lot in an instant, and life became even more difficult for the poor.
At all court meetings, big and small, Emperor Jingyuan asked officials from all walks of life to quickly come up with plans for disaster prevention.
Every day, people lined up in several cotton-padded clothing shops near Xiangguo Temple to buy cotton-padded clothes to keep warm, but there were always people who cut in line and scrambled for the clothes, making it impossible for the shops to do business. This matter alarmed the Imperial City Bureau, which sent yamen runners to take charge, and only then did they stop the looting.
In the corner of the alley, a few hooligans asked the goatee man, "Boss, we can't get any more cotton-padded clothes. What should we do?"
Goatbeard also felt that it was difficult. He was silent for a moment, then said sinisterly, "Then let's do something else."
"Boss, how do you give birth?"
The goatee's eyes tightened, "Useless, do you still need me to teach you this?"
The bastard who asked the question shrank his head in fear, "Yes, yes, I understand."
The gangsters looked at each other, understood each other, and said cunningly, "Let's go and cause trouble."
Just as they were about to turn out of the alley, they heard an old woman screaming from the opposite shop, "Why is there a scratch on your jacket..." She kept checking the new cotton-padded jacket she had received, "It seems to be still old..."
This was the 100 coins she had saved with great difficulty. If it wasn't for her precious grandson, she would not have been willing to spend it. Instead, she bought old and tattered new clothes. She accused the shop of being unscrupulous, "You will be punished..."
The waiter said nonchalantly, "If you can't afford it, don't buy it. There are many people who want to buy it..."
There were four or five sturdy men standing in the store. The old woman only dared to howl twice, not to do anything serious. She pointed at them helplessly: "You...you..."
The people behind saw the old woman making a fuss and waiting impatiently. They thought that the shop assistant must have thought that the old woman was easy to bully, so he sold her the damaged cotton jacket. They felt sympathy and impatience, shivering with cold, and pushed the old woman aside. They quickly took out a hundred coins and said, "Give me a thin jacket."
It was 88 wen per piece yesterday, and it has risen to 100 wen today. If you don’t buy it now, it will probably be more than 100 wen. You may not even be able to buy it. You should buy it now.
Finally bought a warm coat, the middle-aged man was so happy that he wanted to shake it out and put it on, but what he saw was a wrinkled grey cloth coat. After turning it over carefully, he found two small holes in it. "What's wrong with it?"
The middle-aged man couldn't take it anymore and glared at them, "How dare you sell this thing as a inferior product?"
The noisy crowd suddenly became quiet. They stared at the cotton wool in the hands of the old woman and the middle-aged man in disbelief. It was so dirty, wrinkled and had holes in it.
What was going on? They all looked up at the shop sign. The wind was blowing from the northwest, and the Songjiang Cotton Garment Shop was rustling in the wind. They had been selling brand new cotton garments a few days ago, so why did it suddenly become an unscrupulous business today?
Is someone causing trouble?
The people who wanted to cause trouble looked at each other. They hadn't made a move yet. Who was it? Was there another group of people who wanted to cause trouble?
It seems that it's not only the master who wants to make a fortune, there are many people eyeing this piece of fat meat!
A few gangsters hurried back and told Goat Beard about it. Goat Beard was shocked and quickly went to report to his master.
In the private residence, the nobleman got off the beauty and tidied himself up before letting the man with goatee in.
As soon as he came in, he smelled the odor of decadence. He secretly glanced at the curtains at the back, and was frightened by the nobleman's glance. "Reply...Reply to the master, our people haven't taken action yet, and something happened in Songjiang Shop. They are selling low-quality coats."
The nobleman frowned and said, "Someone come..."
"I am here, Master—"
"Go check who did it."
"yes."
The next day, the fifth day of October, the Dayin Dynasty held its regular morning court session, which was also the third day before Zhao Lan and Su Ruojin's wedding. The newly appointed Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Lord Su, and Prince Zhao and Su Fu Ma were all impeached.
"Your Majesty, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Lord Su, took advantage of his status as the son-in-law of the prince to allow his daughter's dowry shop to sell inferior jackets and clothes, passing off inferior goods as good ones and deceiving the common people. The shop of Su's concubine Ma's family also sold inferior cotton-padded clothes, harming and deceiving the common people. Their behavior is outrageous." (End of this chapter)
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