Chapter 38
Conversation room.
The carriage slowly arrived at Zhu Heng’s home.
Zhu Heng asked them to wait.
He went into his room, went to the spiritual field, and took a glass of spiritual spring water.
I also randomly added some medicinal materials such as ginseng powder to make it more like a medicinal soup. I just put it in a gourd and returned to the room.
After walking out, he handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang:”After drinking it, you can keep it within three days.”
Zhu Yuanzhang took the gourd, opened it, and smelled it. He suddenly felt relaxed and happy, and his eyes were filled with surprise.
Although he doesn’t understand medicine, he knows that this is better than the medicinal materials given by those doctors!
The girl’s illness… maybe it will really turn around!
But… he looked at Zhu Heng again, but he felt a little complicated in his heart.
He finally recognized his son, but he didn’t give him any compensation.
But he cured the girl’s disease first.
This really made him feel even more guilty.
“If anything happens to you in the future, feel free to come see us! Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said,”We don’t cause trouble, but we are not afraid of it either!””
“If someone provokes you, don’t be afraid, we will make the decision for you! We still have some official relationship!
Zhu Biao also said with a serious face:”Brother, don’t feel embarrassed. You have saved my mother’s life. You have to give us a chance to repay our kindness.””
“Okay, okay, I don’t cause trouble, how could this happen?……”
At this time.
Sudden.
The courtyard door suddenly banged.
Being kicked away.
A group of officials followed in, but the person in charge was a tall man with a sinewy face and a knife at his waist. He shouted loudly:”Where is Zhu Heng!”
“Come with me to the government office!”
“Um?”
“Which of you is Zhu Heng?”
The five big and three rough people looked at the people in the courtyard with some doubts, frowning and looking at them.
Following him, he saw that one of the martial artists had a cold face, as if he was going to come over and fight him.
He suddenly felt angry, I just wanted to give an order to tie up these people, but suddenly I remembered that my master had told me before that today I must enforce the law impartially and not use rough methods… especially explain to them clearly the ins and outs of the matter, and I must pay attention to myself. This time he was asking for life for the people, not for the common people below…
So he acted like he was asking for life for the people, and said righteously:”Zhu Heng, you dare to bully the people and charge 90% of the rent. You are still a human being.”!”
“Now let’s go and take a trip to the government office with me!”
Mao Xiang’s expression suddenly changed. He took a step forward and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as he gave the order, he would deal with these people.
But Zhu Heng was puzzled and was about to say something.
Zhu Yuanzhang stopped him and stood in front of Zhu Heng. He stepped forward, looked at the people in front of him, and said calmly:”What’s going on?”
“what happened?! Ask Zhu Heng, he knows it himself!”
But at this time, the man with a sinister face snorted coldly and said with an angry look:”This man actually charges 90% of the rent!”
“For God’s sake, not even the most evil landlords charge such high rents.”
“The people were so troubled that they were about to rebel! I’m here to capture Zhu Heng and eliminate harm for the people!”
Zhu Biao was startled when he heard this and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang:”Father, this……”
Zhu Di shouted sharply:”Fart, who dares to falsely accuse Zhu Heng? Why haven’t I heard of this?”
He quickly looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:”Father…Father, Zhu Heng has always been good to his tenants, I know , he also gathered many refugees, including Ling’er and his grandson, who were rescued by him.”
The strong man sneered and said,”Those are all his disguises.”
“Do you know how much food he collects from the people a year?”
“He harvests 270 kilograms of grain per acre of land!”
“This is 90% tenancy, which is outrageous.”
“Two hundred and seventy pounds?”
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn’t help but change his face, and looked at Zhu Heng in surprise.
This number is too exaggerated.
You know, ordinary people can only harvest about three hundred kilograms of grain per acre of land after a year’s work. ’s…
Even the evil landlords in the late Yuan Dynasty only charged 70% of the tenant rent at most.
“this……”
Zhu Biao’s expression also changed, and he looked at the strong man with a stern face:”Who reported on Zhu Heng? Is there any witness?”
“how?
The strong man suddenly sneered and said,”Do you still want to kill people and silence them?””
“If you want evidence, just take a look at Master Zhu’s account books.”
“this……”
Seeing the certainty of his words, Zhu Biao also hesitated. Could this really be the case?
Although he had not been in contact with Zhu Heng for a short time, he still felt that he did not look like the kind of person who exploited the people…
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while with a stern face, and said slowly:”We will discuss it later.”
Zhu Biao also sighed and nodded. , Zhu Heng is his eldest brother after all, and his family owes him a lot.
Even if this is true, it must be covered up… and the people will be compensated afterwards…
But at this time…
Zhu Heng looked at the strong man with a strange expression and said:”I said, you can make false accusations. False accusation, can you be more professional?”
“Presumptuous, dare to quibble even when death is imminent. The strong man said angrily:”Are you harvesting two hundred and seventy kilograms of grain per mu of land?””
“yes”
“Is this 90% sharecropping?”
“no……”
Among the surprised eyes, Zhu Heng explained patiently:”This is just less than 10% of the rent.””
“Because my tenants can produce 3,000 to 4,000 kilograms per mu per year.……”
“……”Zhu Yuanzhang
“……”Zhu Biao
“……”Zhu Di.
The scene suddenly fell into deathly silence.
After a long while, the strong man was so angry that he laughed:”What did you say? The yield per mu is three thousand to four thousand kilograms, are you fooling me?”
Zhu Di also said quickly:”Brother, you can’t say this nonsense, wheat is this thing How can we harvest so much food?……”
It’s better to just admit to exploiting tenants.
I can still protect him.
But lying… you know, Zhu Yuanzhang is the most deceived by others.