Chapter 625 Greed
"Both of these people are targeting the workshop, and they are willing to do such a thing for the workshop. I know that if I hadn't signed and put my fingerprints on the document, Kugua and I would be safe. But if we agreed to this and signed and put our fingerprints on it, our lives might really be in danger."
"I gritted my teeth and refused to agree to this. Even though Feng Yongfu and Su Zhengshi made things difficult for me and beat me every day, and even denied me food and water, I still managed to survive until today when Manager Zhuang rescued me and Kugua."
Zhuang Qingning listened to Shang Chengen and nodded slightly, "I see."
When she went to Fengjiazhuang before, she saw that Feng Yongfu was a cunning and overly selfish person, so she decided not to open the noodle workshop in Fengjiazhuang. Later, Zhuang Qingning also heard some things about Feng Yongfu from Shi Bao.
It is said that Feng Yongfu was unwilling to give in, so he went to the county government office and made a big fuss, but he was severely punished by them.
Zhuang Qingning had a bad impression of Feng Yongfu and did not care about him. Later, he never heard anything about Feng Yongfu from Shi Bao and others. Zhuang Qingning himself thought that the matter was probably over.
Unexpectedly, Feng Yongfu was still keeping an eye on this matter and even made it worse.
And Su Zhengshi actually colluded with such people and did such a heartless thing.
Zhuang Qingning looked at Su Zhengshi coldly, and Su Zhengshi, seeing the current situation, knelt on the ground in cold sweat and kowtowed repeatedly, "Manager Zhuang, Manager Shang, I, I... I was blinded by greed and was persuaded by Feng Yongfu..."
"Feng Yongfu said that there are always cunning businessmen who set up such a workshop in Sujiazhuang, using the people of Sujiazhuang and the well water here. Even the flour is made from wheat ground from the fields of Sujiazhuang."
"Logically speaking, this noodle workshop cannot survive without Sujiazhuang. However, a noodle workshop that relies entirely on Sujiazhuang for its construction has business from all over the world and makes a lot of money, but the wages paid to the workers in Sujiazhuang are not enough."
"Three or four hundred copper coins a month, even building a new house requires three or four years of hard work, it's useless, and the idea of asking villagers to subscribe to silver shares is nonsense. This workshop is so profitable, it must be worth a thousand gold. We only make four or five taels of silver this year, we can't buy any silver shares, let alone any dividends."
"If we really want to make money and let the villagers live a good life, we have to take over the workshop completely, that's the only way..."
"Feng Yongfu kept talking to me about this every day. I didn't know what was going on, but I felt that what Feng Yongfu said made some sense. I felt that Manager Shang was obsessed with money, so I wanted to take the workshop back from Manager Shang."
“Just, just…”
As Su Zhengshi spoke, his face was filled with shame, tears and snot, and he apologized repeatedly to Shang Chengen and Zhuang Qingning, "Shopkeeper Shang, I was really bewildered for a moment, I really didn't want this to happen, it's all because of Feng Yongfu..."
"If there is no greed in your heart, no matter how others instigate you, you will not have any thoughts of taking other people's things for yourself."
Zhuang Qingning glanced at Shang Chengen coldly, "After all, it's because you, Su Lizheng, have dark thoughts in your mind that you shouldn't have, so someone has bewitched you, and these dark thoughts of yours have been infinitely magnified."
"What's more, even at this moment, he still puts all the blame on Feng Yongfu alone, and doesn't admit his own mistakes. It's obvious that Su Lizheng doesn't realize what his mistakes are."
"Now that things have come to this, there is no need to waste time talking to Su Lizheng. Let Lord Ding teach Su Lizheng what is right and wrong, and what is honor, righteousness, and shame."
As soon as Zhuang Qingning finished speaking, Su Mu, who had already received her signal and was waiting outside, had already arrived in the yard. He picked up Su Zhengshi and took him to the county government office.
Zhuang Qingning asked someone to drive the ox cart over to send Shang Chengen and Kugua back to Qingshi Town.
The two of them expressed their gratitude profusely again.
Su Mu and Su Ye brought Su Zhengshi to the county government office to meet Ding Gaochang and told him the situation in general.
When Ding Gaochang heard about this, he was furious. He questioned Su Zhengshi and recorded his confession. Then he sent Shi Bao and Shen Quan to bring Feng Yongfu back.
Shi Bao and Shen Quan had previously been to Fengjiazhuang with Zhuang Qingning. They had always disliked Feng Yongfu, and now when they heard about this, they were very angry and rushed to Fengjiazhuang in a hurry.
At this time, Feng Yongfu was drinking wine leisurely at home. There were two plates on the table. One was fried peanuts sprinkled with salt, and the other was large slices of greasy-looking pork head.
Feng Yongfu took a sip of wine, picked up the large piece of pig head meat and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing it randomly, he swallowed it.
It smells really good.
And these days are truly beautiful.
In the past, we had to eat coarse grains and vegetables, and the number of times we ate pure white flour buns throughout the year could be counted on one's fingers. The days of eating pork heads, peanuts, and drinking wine happily were not necessarily available during the Chinese New Year, but now we can easily live like this.
You can drink as much wine as you want and buy as much pork head as you want. It's really comfortable.
No wonder everyone wants to make money, this money is indeed a real good thing.
But this money is also not good. The bad thing is that it always likes to go into the pockets of the rich and doesn't even want to look at the faces of the poor people.
It's really hateful!
But now, he is rich and lives a life he never dared to imagine before, and one that he also envied and hated.
Actually, he could live such a life thanks to that fool Su Zhengshi.
With just a few words, he was completely confused. Not only did he agree to employ people from Fengjiazhuang in the noodle workshop in the future, but he also got 30% of the money earned from the workshop.
He doesn't have to do anything, but he can get 30% of the net profit. It's like he got it for free.
However, this 30% is still a little too little. Since Shang Chengen is not here, Su Zhengshi will get the remaining 70%. He has to take more out of his pocket no matter what.
I heard that Su Zhengshi bought a house in the county town and was planning to buy another yard in the prefectural city. So whatever he said had to be talented...
Feng Yongfu smacked his lips and drank glass after glass of wine.
(End of this chapter)
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