Originally, according to Zhao Ping's idea, these people were led to the factory.
Let them see the development of the Xiping Village Industrial Base.
Look at the happy smiles of the people.
Especially for Chen Xinghe, let him read more and understand more, and then he will be more convincing when he explains it himself.
As for Mu Jianzhang and the others, just show them around.
It would be best to let them see Mu Qiaoqiao.
In this way, there will be one less potential enemy.
But as soon as they met, Chen Xinghe asked him about his crime, which forced Zhao Ping to reconsider the matter.
Burning bridges?
I worked hard to help him suppress bandits and put down rebellions for him.
This allowed him to firmly occupy the position of Qingzhou State Shepherd.
It's good now. If he wants to be punished as soon as he meets him, who will give him face?
Anyway, Zhao Ping was quite unhappy.
If Xu Tianhua and Peng Yue hadn't manipulated him and kept giving him winks, I'm afraid Zhao Ping would have attacked him directly.
What about the state animal husbandry?
What about those second-generation ancestors from the capital?
Zhao Ping is no longer afraid.
Of course, he was inflated.
With two hundred men and the most inferior catapults, he wiped out thousands of bandits.
Zhao Ping's self-confidence exploded.
I feel that the combat power of the Dawei Dynasty is very backward.
Now he has nearly a thousand bodyguards under his command, plus the 600 Qianhewan bandits led by Mao Shiba, as well as the Flying Eagle Army.
Coupled with the Tang Dao, a more accurate catapult.
Zhao Ping felt that it would not be a problem for them to resist an army of tens of thousands.
My heart is already wandering.
Even Zhao Ping himself didn't notice the change in his mentality.
Fortunately, he was not stupid enough to confront others when they first met. Instead, he followed Xu Tianhua's advice and entertained these people well.
However, these people were led to Xiping Village, the original Zhao family.
That thatched house that leaked air from everywhere.
"You live in a place like this?"
Chen Xinghe said in disbelief.
"if not?"
Zhao Ping sneered: "How can I live in a big house like a state capital as a villager in the mountains?"
“It’s pretty good to have a place to keep out the wind, rain, and cold.”
"Many villagers in Xiping Village live in even worse conditions. It rains heavily outside and light rain inside. Winter is here, and even if they are covered with two layers of quilts, they cannot resist the cold air coming from the four walls."
"The food is worse."
"Some people can dig wild vegetables to barely satisfy their hunger."
"But there are tigers, wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountains, so not everyone dares to go deep into the mountains to hunt for food."
"Those villagers who cannot dig wild vegetables can only eat grass roots or even chew tree bark."
"My intestines are so painful."
"Some people may not even be able to expel the filth from their bodies for more than ten days, and they will be strangled to death."
"this……"
Chen Xinghe was dumbfounded, "Are all the people in you Xiping Village so poor?"
"Can't even eat steamed buns?"
"Not just Xiping Village, the entire Yun'an County is similar, and even most households in the entire Donghai County are like this."
Zhao Ping said: "If you don't believe it, ask Magistrate Xu and Magistrate Peng."
Xu Tianhua was confused.
Can’t the common people afford steamed buns?
He didn't notice it?
But it seems that Zhao Ping is right. In Xiping Village and Xia Village, these people eat meat.
Maybe steamed buns are more expensive than meat.
Xu Tianhua nodded following Zhao Ping's intention.
It's not his fault.
In the past, in the palace, people either ate meat or drank wine every day, and rarely ate white steamed buns.
There is also a housekeeper at home, and a woman is responsible for purchasing.
He didn't know the prices of these daily necessities at all. He didn't even know how expensive steamed buns and meat were.
After coming to Yun'an County as the county magistrate, he has been busy in the county government.
Someone will take care of you every day, and you will have meat every meal.
The furthest place is to Xiping Village, and the food here at Zhao Ping's side is richer and more delicious, better than what he eats in the county.
As for what the people eat?
The people Xu Tianhua saw the most were the people in Xiping Village and Xia Village. They all ate meat.
Peng Yue opened his mouth but said nothing.
Is Xiping Village too poor to afford food?
Can't even afford wild vegetables?
He wouldn't believe it even if I beat him to death.
He knew very well that in the factories Zhao Ping opened, the workers he recruited were given four copper coins every day.
And he's still in charge of food.
Four copper coins can provide a family with three full meals a day.
Of course, he followed Jun Cheng's advice and followed Zhao Ping's footsteps, so he would not refute and nodded along.
I'm just a little worried. Is it really okay to deceive Mr. Zhou Mu like this?
"Why!"
Chen Xinghe let out a long sigh, "It is my negligence as a state shepherd that has made the people under my rule so poor. I feel unworthy of the emperor's kindness."
Yes, the idea has been reversed.
If you no longer think about punishing your own sins, then you have to talk about it.
Zhao Ping chuckled in his heart.
It is true that a child who cries will be fed by milk.
Crying about poverty is also a strategy.
Dealing with officials who care about the people should be tried every time.
Mu Jianzhang often goes down to check on the operating conditions of his own property, but he has seen the life of poor people.
The situation in some places is even more miserable than what Zhao Ping said.
Deaths from starvation and freezing are commonplace.
But is Xiping Village really like that?
If so, why were the workers we saw before all filled with happy smiles?
Which one is true?
Which one is fake?
Mu Jianzhang was a little confused.
Instead, the person behind him asked in confusion: "Why don't they eat meat?"
"Could it be that tree bark and grass roots are more delicious than meat?"
brush!
For a moment, the eyes of everyone present were focused on the second generation ancestor.
There are those who dislike it, such as Mu Jianzhang.
I really regret bringing out such a dandy from the capital who has never seen the world. It is such an embarrassment to myself.
There were glares.
For example, Chen Xinghe and Peng Yue.
I wish I could let this dude eat grass roots and tree bark for ten years.
Of course, there were also Li Hu and others behind Zhao Ping, who were all waiting for that person with angry eyes.
Eat meat?
There are almost no wild vegetables to dig out. Where can we get meat to eat?
Cut yourself?
I really want to give him a good beating to vent my anger.
Some people were amazed.
Such as Xu Tianhua.
Looking deeply at the boy, he was extremely shocked.
This guy has never been to Xiping Village, right?
Otherwise, how do you know that those people eat meat every day?
"Meat?"
Zhao Ping sneered, "The wine and meat of the Zhumen are stinky, and the bones are frozen to death on the road."
"You are aloof, hiding behind the red-painted gate, eating meat and drinking wine, but you don't know that there are white bones of people who died of freezing and starvation everywhere on the roadside."
"Why not eat ground meat?"
"I used to think it was just a joke, a way for future generations to ridicule and slander the fatuous and incompetent emperor."
"Now it seems that it is not."
"Those people live in a golden nest and have no idea of the sufferings of the people."
"Just like you."
"I, I, you, you... you are anti-poetry."
The man was choked and speechless.
But after savoring the sentence "The wine and meat of the rich family stinks, and there are frozen bones on the road", he said coldly: "Zhao Ping, the world is at peace in the Dawei Dynasty, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, how could there be frozen bones on the roadside."
"You are slandering the imperial court."
"Slandering our Majesty as being incapable of governing the country."
"You are going to rebel."
"Come here, capture this traitor for me, bring him back to the capital, and hand him over to His Majesty."
Zhao Ping's expression suddenly changed.
opposite?
He really hasn't thought about it.
After all, he has pretty good senses for His Majesty.
At least His Majesty protected Xu Tianhua at all times and helped him earn a lot of money.
Moreover, His Majesty also gave him Shang Fang's sword and coal mines.
Even if he disobeyed the decree, His Majesty did not settle the score with him.
It is also because of his poor IQ and complete lack of understanding of how to govern the country that the Dawei Dynasty is in its current state of decline.
Moreover, His Majesty is not a womanizer, and he does not choose beautiful women from all over the world.
Of course, these are not the main reasons.
The most important thing is that Zhao Ping does not have that strength.
Now, the other party has slapped him with that poem. If word of it really gets out, his future, Zhao Ping's, will be in jeopardy.
Zhao Ping was about to order the execution of these people.
He heard a loud shout from the other party.
"You dare!"
Mu Jianzhang urged his horse forward and blocked the way of those followers.
"Zheng Tu, I am here to obey."
"I didn't even speak, so what qualifications do you have to issue chaotic orders?"
"Brother Jianzhang, Zhao Ping mentioned the anti-poetry. As important ministers around the emperor, shouldn't we protect the Dawei Dynasty and put such anti-thieves to death on the spot?"
Zheng Tu asked rhetorically.
"What anti-poetry?"
Xu Tianhua said angrily: "Sir, you just told the truth casually. How come it has anything to do with the rebellion?"
"If you dare to slander Mr. Zhao again, I will have your dog's head taken off first."
"Xu Tianhua, do you dare to touch me?"
Zheng Tu also became more energetic, glared at Xu Tianhua and said, "My father is the prince's young master, a third-rank official of the imperial court."
"That's your father, not you."
Xu Tianhua pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "What's more, he is only a third-rank official, how can he intimidate me?"
"I've warned you, believe it or not."
"Anyway, if you dare to speak rudely to your husband again, I guarantee that you will not be able to leave Xiping Village safely."
Mu Jianzhang frowned deeply.
Zheng Tu is his subordinate, and Zheng Tu's father is his father's subordinate, but the two are tied by a rope.
When one loses, both suffer, and when one gains, both prosper.
Now Xu Tianhua threatens Zheng Tu in front of him, which is a slap in Mu Jianzhang's face.
In the face of the Mu family.
How could Mu Jianzhang tolerate it?
But before he could speak, he heard Chen Xinghe order: "Come here, slap Zheng Tu!"
