Chapter 214 It is difficult for people to buy coal

The king's side said goodbye to the chancellor Zeng Gong showed out of the Shangshu Mansion. To the north, it was forbidden in the imperial city, and there was a burst of sadness in his heart. When Renzong was in office, even if it was not the day of the upper court, it was not difficult to see the emperor. Alas, the king sighed gently. Wa Zhuang and Cai Jing were waiting for the king at the place where the king disassign. Seeing the king came out, Wa Zhuang led the three of the horse. Out of the imperial city to the south,

As soon as the three people next to the king walked to the Daxiang Temple, they saw that the people in the capital were in groups. Some pushed the carts, some picked up the list, and hurriedly went to the northwest of the city. The king took the horse and let these people go first, but unexpectedly, there were more and more people. It seemed that more and more people swarmed in that direction from the streets and alleys. This Some people greeted each other as they walked: "Huid up, it's too late."

"Let's go and have a look." Wang said to Wa Zhuang and Cai Jing, and the horse also walked to the northwest water gate in the direction of the flow of people.

Outside the northwest water gate, it used to be the coal farm of Jinxiang Mansion next to the king. Now the signboard of Jinxiang Mansion is no longer there. The signboard has been replaced by the northwest coalfield. Outside the door of the coal farm compound, the people carrying carts lined up a long queue. They were on their toes one by one and stretched out their necks to look at the yard. There were officers and soldiers guarding the door of the yard from time to time. Put three or five people in,

"You go and inquire. I'll take a look in the back." After Wang said to Wa Zhuang, he turned around and took Cai Jing around the courtyard wall of the coal yard to the backyard. The courtyard gate of the backyard was on the west side of the coal yard. Unlike what was seen in the front yard, there was a gate in the backyard. The coal transporters on the dry road transported coal from here. To the south of the yard was the dock for coal. In the past, when Wang was there, there was two water and drought. There is an endless stream of coal transportation on the road,

Nowadays, there are no boats on the water, and there is a depression on the dock. At the entrance of the dry road, the gate is half open. Only a few ox carts parked at the west side door have been released into the yard to unload coal. Most of the ox carts are parked outside the coal yard. Several soldiers standing at the door of the side gate are muttering something,

Wang asked Cai Jing to go over and have a look. Cai Jing walked into those people and asked, "These officials, I'm here to buy coal. You see, the front is lined up like that. When can I buy it?"

A soldier looked at Cai Jing. Cai Jing looked like a 17- or 18-year-old teenager. He was dressed neatly and did not behave like ordinary people. He didn't know which big family he was from, and he didn't dare to speak too much: "This prince, there is so much coal. Everyone is so lined up that they can't buy us. There's nothing we can do."

Cai Jing heard him say this and pointed to the dozens of cars of coal outside the door and said, "Are these also sold? Why don't you put them together?"

"These are also for sale, but some people have decided." As the soldier was talking, a middle-aged man who looked like a family came to them, took out a ingot of silver, which looked like three or four taels, and stuffed it into the soldier's hand: "Li Bantou, it's such a cold day, this is for everyone's wine money."

The leader of the class said to the people, "Mr. Zhang, there is coal sent by the officials in your house. Why did you come to buy coal?"

The person who came smiled and said, "The royal family sent some coal to the officials, but we are all big houses, which is not good enough. Besides, this year is not much this year. In previous years, we gave gifts of chicken, ducks, fish, pearls and emeralds. This year, we gave gifts to our bosses, and we all paid attention to sending fragrant cakes. Well, please come again."

The leader quickly waved his hand: "Don't say trouble. The main thing is that you can do things. Why don't you stuff the money like this? If you know it, we still don't want our heads."

The housekeeper said with a smile, "What you said, not to mention that my master is a middle-class doctor, even the Hanlin family has to warm you up. It's the common love of people."

The leader of the class smiled and ordered his men to drive a car to divide the coal for the housekeeper. After that, he looked back at Cai Jing and said, "Why are you still here?"

Cai Jing looked at the coal truck that had just been pulled away and asked the leader, "Isn't it also selling coal here?"

"Go, go, go, don't make trouble." When the head of the class saw that Cai Jing had received the money, he was a little embarrassed and too lazy to explain to Cai Jing, and became angry.

Cai Jing didn't say much to him. He turned around and went back to the place where Wang was waiting for him. He told Wang about what he had just seen and heard. Wang frowned and said, "The middle court doctor is at least the fifth grade. Hanlin is the third grade. The court officials have to go back to bribe him to buy coal. It seems that this year's coal is indeed supplied. Question, Cai Jing, I just came back and I haven't had time to understand. Do you know what's going on?

"Well, I know something. The court said that the prince's Jinxiang Mansion and other places were suspected of tax evasion, and the land purchase was invalid. I heard that because of this, even Cheng Hao, the magistrate of Jincheng County, was also implicated. Some time ago, they came to the house and secretly sent some incense cakes to our house. I heard that the court sent someone to take over the Jinxiang Mansion, but the prince was The court officials are meritorious officials, so they don't pursue the prince's tax evasion. Why don't you know that the prince is such a big thing? Cai Jing asked puzzledly,

"I know, I saw the documents, but the documents of the court are inexplicable, not to mention that Xiucai met soldiers. It's reasonable to say it's not clear. I'm thinking that Jinxiang Mansion can't just throw it away for nothing. I'm thinking about how to come back. I don't care about it."

As they spoke, they walked around near the main entrance of the coal farm. Wa Zhuang also came back from the crowd. He pointed to the front door and said to the king, "Son, look."

Following the look of the king he pointed out, the people were scattered and were about to rush inside. The officers and soldiers inside were trying to close the door, and the door was noisy. Wa Zhuang said, "I don't know what's wrong with this coal field. If you sell dozens of copies, you won't sell it. Look at these people, some of them came before dawn, and they are frozen. As a result, I still didn't buy coal.

Cai Jing curled his lips and said, "Brother Wa, you don't know that a lot of coal in the back door has been sold to these soldiers to senior officials and bribed them."

The bricks said angrily, "It's ridiculous! As an official, the court also distributed some of them. How can they fight with the people?

As he was talking, one person from the crowd came to several people next to Wang. As he walked, he said, "Wang Shilang, why are you here? Brother is here for nothing this time." Wang looked at it and said that it was Ruan Xing, who came to the capital with him.

Ruan Xing was unintentional to say this, but his voice was loud. Unexpectedly, the people around him were stunned when they heard the name of Wang Shilang. Looking back, they saw that it was Wang who was sitting on a horse not far away. People immediately talked about it: "Isn't that Wang Shilang?"

"It's true, Wang Shilang came back after winning the battle."

"If only Wang Shilang were here. The coal of Jinxiang Mansion was cheap and easy to use. We haven't been cold in winter." I don't know who said that,

Some people said, "Quick, it's him." Greet others while walking

Suddenly, the people who were locked outside the gate of the coal field, some put down their picks, some threw down their burdens, and ran along with the voice. The crowd gathered around, which scared Wa Zhuang. He stopped in front of the king: "You, what are you doing?"

Wang was afraid that Wa Zhuang would hurt people, so he hurriedly grabbed Wa Zhuang and said, "It doesn't matter." After saying that, he quickly arched his hand to the surrounding people and said, "Dear fellow villagers, I am next to the king."

The crowd asked, "Wang Shilang, why did you come back?"

"Wang Shilang, when can Jinxiang Mansion recover?"

"Wang Shilang, what if we can't buy coal?"

Wang's heart was hot. He didn't expect that there were so many people who remembered him after leaving the capital for more than a year. He motioned everyone to be quiet and said to everyone, "Dear villagers, Wang is no longer responsible for coal now."

A 40- or 50-year-old man in the crowd said, "Let's be quiet and listen to what Wang Shilang said."

The crowd gradually calmed down, and Wang side sighed: "The king is not talented. He once managed the Jinxiang Mansion and let everyone use coal, but today is different from the past, and the family has changed again. Now he has no intention to participate in the coal business. I hope everyone will understand."

There was a burst of sighs in the crowd. As soon as it signaled everyone to be quiet and middle-aged, he said loudly, "Wang Shilang, we all know what happened to you. Don't worry, we are all people and admire what you have done. It's just that everyone has an idea. It used to be Prime Minister Bao who can speak for the people. Now that Prime Minister Bao is not here, just I hope you can help everyone. I beg you for everyone. Please be sure to tell the emperor that you can't watch the people freeze.

When the words fell to the ground, there was a burst of shouts in the crowd: "Wang Shilang, please help us. The elderly and children in the family can't be frozen."

Seeing this scene, I heard the people mention Bao Zheng again. Wang was sad. Now that he is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, how can he solve the people's coal-burning emergency? He hesitated to listen to Cai Jing's sigh. The king understood that Cai Jing sighed and saw it at the west gate just now. Ruan Xing came closer and said to the king, "Wang Shilang, you beat the Japanese slaves. I haven't frowned. Since you're back, what else is there to be difficult to get from you? Look at these people. How pitiful they are.

"Yes, Wang Shilang, I never saw you frown with that knife." Wa Zhuang also whispered,

If he hadn't seen today's scene, perhaps Wang had gone to Kaifeng Mansion and was disheartened to find his son for the rest of his life. Now Wang's side is raised by these people. It's not that he is proud, but that he thinks that Yuexia is no longer there now. At worst, he will follow Yuexia. What else does he care about in the capital? Zhao Shu, don't you want to repair me? OK? Well, in order to repair me and occupy my family's money, you let the people freeze, then my king's side is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp. In this case, I will have fun with you, a short-lived emperor, in the past few years,

Thinking of this, the king said, "Give me three days. Within three days, I will definitely let everyone have coal for the time being. We are not afraid of Jinxiang Mansion. Let's make Fenxiang Mansion, Shuxiang Mansion, Zixiang Mansion and Ganxiang Mansion. As long as my king is there, we will let everyone use coal."

Hearing Zi, Ruan Xing in the two places was overjoyed. It was very close to Liangshan, and the people immediately cheered: "Wang Shilang is good."

Wang said loudly, "Please get out of the way. I still have something to do to go to Kaifeng Mansion." The crowd immediately dodged a road and respectfully saw the king leave,