allonlinenovel Chapter 227 Lord Jiang is kind-hearted
Chapter 227 Lord Jiang is kind-hearted
Looking around at everything in Jiangzhou City, Chen Xiu suddenly felt a little confused.
What was happening before my eyes was completely unheard of.
Looking at the man rolling on the ground, Chen Xiu sighed secretly, then turned around and asked someone by his side, "Where will they live after their house is demolished?"
“There are resettlement houses outside the city, all newly built.”
Someone else answered.
Chen Xiu also remembered that when he entered the city just now, he saw many people building houses.
"Excuse me, I wonder what Lord Jiang is going to do by purchasing so many houses?"
Chen Xiu asked.
He had asked Lu San this question before, but Chen Xiu could not understand what the latter said.
Someone else answered, "The master wants to buy land to build a new house."
Hearing this, Chen Xiu was slightly stunned.
"Isn't it a loss-making business to buy such a piece of land for one hundred taels?"
Chen Xiu thought to himself.
I heard that Jiang Zuo is extremely greedy for money, how could he do such a thing.
While I was thinking about it, the people around me had already left.
"Master, why don't we go back first?"
Meng Cheng on the side said.
"Let's not go back yet. This Jiangzhou City is too strange. I want to keep walking around."
Chen Xiu said with a serious expression.
What he just saw and heard was completely beyond Chen Xiu's understanding.
What he wanted to see most was Jiang Zuo himself.
Just after leaving the street and turning around, Chen Xiu and his group met the Jiangzhou city officials headed by Song Gaolang.
At this moment, Song Gaolang was ordering his runners to drive away the beggars on both sides of the street.
"Go, go, go. Beggars must not appear in Jiangzhou. Take him away and carry him to the construction site."
Song Gaolang ordered in a slightly impatient tone.
Since Jiang Zuo came to Jiangzhou City, Song Gaolang, the county magistrate of Jiangzhou, has been several times busier than before, and naturally he has become more irritable. However, thinking that he will benefit from it in the future, he is not dissatisfied.
Chen Xiu and his group saw clearly the officials' actions of driving away the beggars.
It is outrageous that an official appointed by the imperial court would actually drive out these poor beggars in the street.
Chen Xiu saw it and felt angry.
"My Lord, I don't want to go anywhere."
The beggar stayed where he was, refusing to move.
I saw that his clothes were ragged, his body was dirty and he smelled bad.
The yamen runners were quite disgusted and wanted to take the beggar away by force.
"You have to go even if you don't want to. Get up."
Song Gaolang shouted again.
As the magistrate of Jiangzhou County, he now had to deal with this group of dirty beggars.
Although he was helpless, he had been carrying out the task assigned by Jiang Zuo very seriously since he took it. Even if there were slight deviations in the execution process, he did not dare to be negligent at all.
"As officials appointed by the imperial court, you actually want to attack a beggar?"
Suddenly someone spoke.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who spoke was Chen Xiu.
As the ninth prince, he hated to see local officials oppressing the people.
Song Gaolang narrowed his eyes, his expression full of displeasure, and said, "Why is it you, the nosy young master, again?"
"Go away, this is none of your business."
The yamen runners behind Song Gaolang also began to drive them away.
Seeing this, Meng Cheng stood in front of Chen Xiu.
"You outsiders are really troublesome."
Song Gaolang complained.
"You local officials have relied on your power to oppress the people, and now you are not even sparing a beggar."
Chen Xiu could no longer bear it and almost wanted to reveal his status as a prince and angrily rebuke these officials.
Hearing this, Song Gaolang sneered and said, "You, young master, seem to be arrogant. You dare to talk to me like this. Do you think I am bullying the people? Haha, these beggars seriously affect the appearance of Jiangzhou. Now we just want to take them out of the city. How can we bully them?"
Chen Xiu retorted: "How did a beggar offend you?"
Song Gaolang said: "Our Lord Jiang is kind-hearted and cannot stand the poor."
Lord Jiang again?
Whenever he heard about Jiang Zuo, Chen Xiu felt more angry.
"So you're just going to drive them all away? Do you think there are no poor people in the world?"
Chen Xiu frowned and said.
These local officials seem to have absolutely no regard for the people.
"This group of idle guys, they have hands and feet, but they insist on begging. Our Lord Jiang wants to help them with labor reform. Jiangzhou City does not support idle people."
Song Gaolang said confidently.
After hearing this, Chen Xiu seemed to understand that this group of local officials wanted to capture these beggars and force them to perform labor service.
Could it be that when I first arrived in Jiangzhou City, I saw so many laborers, perhaps they were all forcibly conscripted by these officials.
It seems that Chen Xiu will never tolerate this.
He was just about to reveal his identity and punish this group of corrupt officials who were doing evil.
But at this moment, the beggar's voice was heard casually saying: "Forget it, stop arguing, I'll go, sir, we have agreed in advance, is there two taels of silver every month?"
Song Gaolang said impatiently: "If you go any slower, it will only be one or two."
"Two taels of silver?"
Chen Xiu was stunned.
You know, even in the capital, there are still some good jobs that pay two taels of silver a month.
These officials are actually willing to give this job to a beggar?
Chen Xiu didn't understand.
Thinking back to what Song Gaolang had just said, could this be another order from Jiang Zuo?
"Get out of the way."
Song Gaolang shouted to Chen Xiu.
At this moment, Chen Xiu was confused.
He really couldn't understand what these officials were trying to do.
"Sir Song, I think these people are behaving strangely. Should we arrest them and interrogate them? They might be spies sent by the State of Chen."
The subordinate whispered in Song Gaolang's ear.
Song Gaolang turned his head and his eyes stayed on Chen Xiu. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Look, he seems to be just a young man who has not experienced the world and likes to meddle in other people's business. It is better to have less trouble than more. Let them be. Inspector Jiang said not to offend those foreign guests. Just send someone to watch them secretly."
Ever since Jiangzuo issued the new decree, outsiders from all over the north and south have gathered in the Jiangzhou city area, so it is not surprising that there are a few strange people.
The subordinate nodded: "Yes, sir."
Chen Xiu, on his side, was still standing there in a daze, looking at the beggar going away.
"Master, how about sending someone to follow them and take a look?"
Meng Cheng suggested.
Chen Xiu shook his head: "Forget it, no need to waste time."
"How could such corrupt officials be so kind to a beggar?"
Meng Cheng also refused to believe it.
Chen Xiu remained silent for a moment before he said, "Let's go."
A group of people arrived at the center of the commotion and suddenly heard bursts of shouting.
"These are all good stuff shipped from Daizhou, everyone, take a good look."
"Daizhou?"
Chen Xiu couldn't help but be attracted by the hawking sounds and was quite curious, so he slowly went over to check it out.