Tens of thousands of stones of grain from the Shen family were sent to the reserve warehouse in the name of disaster relief that night. Zhu Su did not ask, but went into a study room in Shen Yuan Waterside Pavilion.
In a blink of an eye, it was already dark, and Gou'er brought dinner with the Shen family's maid. He saw the candlelight in the waterside pavilion was bright, and a figure was still sitting at the table writing furiously.
The dog turned around and took Zhu Su's dinner from the maid's hand, and waved the maids away. After he nodded and greeted Wu Wangwei who was standing at the door, he gently opened the study door. Seeing that Zhu Su was still sitting at the table and concentrating, he did not dare to disturb him and stood aside quietly.
"What time is it?" Zhu Su asked without raising his head.
"It's already Xu time to return to Your Highness." Gou'er replied hurriedly.
"Well, it's actually dark." Zhu Su raised his head and looked out the window, rubbing his swollen brows. Gou'er couldn't bear it, so he tried to persuade him: "Your Highness, please rest for a while. You have been busy since you just finished sinking into the sea."
"Your body is rich in gold, but what if you are tired?"
"You are young, but you talk like an old guy like Xiang Deng." Zhu Su laughed.
"Gou'er dare not disappoint his adoptive father..." Gou'er said.
Xiangdeng was too old to travel far away, so he was left in the palace to manage affairs by Zhu Su. Before his blessing, he gave many instructions to the dog to take good care of Zhu Su's health. The dog has no father or mother, and is always disliked by others because of its race, so it can only find a place with Xiang Deng and Zhu Su. He and Xiang Deng were both Zhu Su's servants, so he simply made Xiang Deng his adoptive father. Zhu Su was also happy to see the success.
It would be best if the dog could forget his identity as a Jurchen.
"Thank you for worrying...but there are too many things at hand." Zhu Su sighed. "If we want to prevent and control the plague, we cannot do without Mr. Dai's help. This 'Health and Epidemic Prevention Guide' should be written and handed over to Mr. Dai preferably within tomorrow."
"And the more than a thousand guardsmen... By the way, is Di Meng back?"
"Not yet. He and Duke Chang have gone outside the city to train the thousand soldiers. I think they will stay in the military camp tonight." Gou'er replied.
"...that's it." That's right. Although he asked him to ask for Jin Yiwei's information files about the Taihu water bandits, Jin Yiwei's organization is very strict. It seems that these information must be hidden in the Yingtian Jin Yiwei Town Fusi headquarters.
This news comes and goes, so naturally I won’t report back so soon.
Zhu Su wrote a few more strokes. Seeing that the "Guide to Health and Epidemic Prevention" was almost completed, he finally threw the pen away and breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to get up to have dinner, the guards outside heard the commotion inside and came into the room to say: "Your Highness, the second master of the Shen family, Shen Wang, wants to see you. You have been waiting for a while."
"Shen Wang?" Zhu Su took a sip of millet porridge. "pass."
The guard nodded, turned around and went out. After a while, Shen Wang's voice came from outside: "Bye...His Highness..."
"Shen Wang. Sit... poof!" Zhu Su opened his mouth and asked Shen Wang to sit down. Unexpectedly, he just raised his eyes and spit out the millet porridge in his mouth.
Shen Wang, the second master of the Shen family, was seen naked from the waist up, revealing a body of fat that was trembling in the cold wind. Carrying a wooden stick on his back, which is not fishy or fishy...
"Cough cough cough cough cough..." Zhu Su, who was choked by this look, suddenly coughed loudly. The dog helped pat Zhu Su on the back. It took a while for Zhu Su to recover, and he said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "Shen Wang, are you... asking for forgiveness?"
"How heroic is General Lianpo... You are a pampered businessman with white flesh dangling all over your body. How can you imitate other people's excuses?"
"Are you here to plead guilty, or are you here to make me feel sick to my stomach?"
Shen Wang was not in the mood to listen to Zhu Su's wisecracks. His fat face was red from the cold, and there were tears and snot on his face: "Your Highness, villain... I have little talent and little knowledge. I don't know how to calm down His Highness's anger." Just in case, even though I am trying to imitate Dongshi, I can only do this..."
"The dog is shapeless and bumped into His Highness. The villain has no way to teach his son. He really deserves to die!"
After saying that, several heads kowtowed deeply, making a thumping sound.
"Oh, then Shen Hai is your son..." Zhu Su suddenly realized. That's right, Shen Wang is the biological brother of Shen Rong, the head of the Shen family. Shen Rong said that Shen Hai, who was in charge in Suzhou, was his nephew, so naturally, he was Shen Wang's son.
I originally thought that Shen Hai was just a side branch of the Shen family, but now that I think about it, although the Shen family has shifted the focus of its business to Yingtian, Suzhou is the place of ancestors after all, so it is natural to choose someone close to him as the leader.
Shen Rong is getting old and has already retired to the second line. Shen Wang is responsible for most of the Shen family's business. As Shen Wang's son, Shen Hai is in charge of the business in Suzhou. It is indeed normal.
"There's no need to knock, we're eating right now. How can I swallow it if I'm bleeding?" Zhu Su said. The dog understood and took a step forward to pull Shen Wang up. Seeing that he could no longer kowtow, Shen Wang had no choice but to stand up like a donkey down the slope, but he was still wiping tears with a miserable expression on his face.
"So Chen Hai, how's it going?" Zhu Su asked, holding chopsticks and side dishes.
"Just now, my eldest brother has severely punished Quanzi Sanban, taking away his responsibility of being in charge of housework, and making him kneel in the ancestral hall to think about his mistakes. When His Highness calms down, when will he be released again." Shen Wang said,
"Hiss... After beating thirty times, you still have to kneel in the ancestral hall?" Zhu Su took a breath of air. He, Zhu Su, had seen a lot about playing with boards. If the Thirty Big Board was knocked down mercilessly, the skin and flesh would be torn apart, and every move would cause pain to the bones.
And kneeling in the ancestral hall is not as easy as imagined. You must know that you cannot eat while kneeling in the ancestral hall. And under normal circumstances, one has to kneel in the ancestral hall for several days and nights. It would be okay if you only kneel for an hour or two, but if you kneel for a long time, you will often become numb to the point where your entire lower body no longer belongs to you, and your whole body will feel like it is being eaten by ants.
After playing so many tricks, Zhu Su only met the fourth brother Zhu Di who was still able to kneel down and touch the ruthless people in the ancestral hall.
After all, human beings have very strong habits. Being hit, beaten, and kneeled down by Lao Zhu, Zhu Laosi got used to it...
"Hmph. It's an advantage for him." But the dog snorted coldly. He still remembered the way Shen Hai suddenly became violent and was rude to Zhu Su.
In his opinion, breaking the hands and feet of such a madman would be considered a minor offense!
"This is your Shen family's business, and I don't care about it." Zhu Su glanced at the dog, and the dog was shocked to realize that he had overstepped his bounds, and lowered his head.
"Second Uncle Shen, you can be regarded as an old man who follows me. You should know that I don't like these false things. If you are willing to bear the burden of apology, why not think of something practical to let me know your sincerity."
"Yes, yes..." Shen Wang shivered with cold, while beads of sweat broke out on his forehead. "Your Highness, I'm a dull man and I can't think of anything that would make you happy..."
"If there is anything Your Highness wants me to do, please feel free to give me your instructions. Even if I am a mess, I will definitely do it for Your Highness!"
"...That's not the case." Zhu Su said calmly. "Your Shen family has given up thousands of stones of food and grass, so let's let this matter be over for now."
"It's just that you can't be the only Shen family hoarding money in Suzhou City, right?"
"I want you to help me make those people spit out the food and grass. Are you willing?"
Zhu Su's eyes flashed with evil light.
(End of chapter)
