English Novel
Chapter 1046: Uncle Ding Makes His Move
Chapter 1046: Uncle Ding Makes His Move
” With Shangjing Rice, you have made great contributions. Brother, you can be conferred the title of Marquis this time.”
Zhang Ronghua was stunned. He really didn’t think about it in this way. The original intention of developing Shangjing rice was to brew Shangjing wine. Otherwise, with the current production capacity of rice, it would be a complete waste to use rice as the main ingredient to brew. Even if the profits were a lot after blending, the gains would not make up for the losses.
He did not expect that by a freak combination of factors, he would make a great contribution.
Just as Ding Yi had said, Shangjing Rice’s contribution was huge, even greater than opening up a new territory. It was related to the foundation of the Great Xia Kingdom, and no one could find fault with it. If he was not conferred the title of Marquis, he would not be able to explain himself.
Thinking of his current status and the fact that he was a Marquis, his power was simply too terrifying!
Ding Yi continued,” The Ministry of Works has been unable to solve this problem for so many years. I didn’t expect that I would be able to solve it so easily. When you bring out the Shangjing Rice tomorrow, who knows how many people’s jaws will drop. The more they think about it, the more eager they are to see their faces.”
“As long as the people live well, the credit is secondary,” Zhang Ronghua said calmly with a smile.
“There really aren’t many good officials like you who think for the sake of the people.” Ding Yi sighed.
He asked again.
“There’s still no news from below?”
Zhang Ronghua was about to speak when Mo Qi ‘an knocked on the door. An urgent voice came from outside.” Sir, are you inside?”
The two of them looked at each other. There should be good news.
Ding Yi opened the door and brought him in.
“Greetings, Sir!” Mo Qi ‘an cupped his fists and bowed.
“Any clues?” Zhang Ronghua asked.
Mo Qi ‘an said,”” I was on the North-South Avenue with my men and was about to search the Jia Bao shop when the shopkeeper sat at the door crying. When he saw me, he acted as if he had seen his savior and told me about the burning of the account books in the shop. He told me that the burned account books not only recorded the sales records, but also some information about the high-ranking officials and nobles. He told me that the items were sent to the shop according to the time stated on the account books every month. Now that they were gone, he broke his promise once and his business fell through. These were the channels that he had spent so much effort to establish over the years. The losses were huge.”
He voiced out his guess.
” Such a huge commotion can’t be hidden from the mastermind. He must have received the news in advance and was afraid that we would follow the clues, so he came up with this plan!”
“Why didn’t you kill the people from the Jia Bao shop?” Zhang Ronghua asked.
“This is also something that this subordinate does not understand.”
“Has the shopkeeper been in the shop all this time?” Zhang Ronghua asked again.
“No!” Mo Qi ‘an shook his head. We arrived right after he arrived.”
He came back to his senses.
It was not that the mastermind did not want to. The shopkeeper of the Jia Bao shop was not around. Even if he killed the servant, he was still alive. There was no difference whether he was killed or not. After the incident, the officials would also react. It was meaningless to find the person before them. In that case, it was better to burn the account book.
“Sir is wise!”
“Did you bring him?” Zhang Ronghua asked.
“I’ve brought it here.”
Mo Qi ‘an went out and brought a plump middle-aged man in.
Plop!
The shopkeeper knelt on the ground and bowed.” My name is He Jiabao. The shop is named after me. Just now, the account book was burned, and all the customer’s information was destroyed. The loss is huge. Sir, you have to help me!”
His sharp eyes sized him up. His expression was anxious, angry, and unwilling. It didn’t seem like he was pretending. It seemed like he didn’t do it.
“Let me ask you, who has been buying the high-grade orchid perfume in your shop recently?” asked Zhang Ronghua.
He Jiabao was stunned. If the lord didn’t help him, why would he ask this? Although he was puzzled, he still answered truthfully,”I have a good memory. If I had studied hard back then, I would have…”
Seeing that the atmosphere had turned cold, he didn’t dare to boast anymore and got to the point.
” The Zhu family of Southern City. The young lady of the Zhu family has a cold personality and especially likes orchid, especially the high-grade orchid perfume. As long as the goods are good, she will buy it no matter how expensive it is.”
“Who else could it be?”
“No!” He Jiabao shook his head. Ordinary Youlan is fine, but high-grade Youlan perfume is expensive and has a small audience. Other than some special people, no one else will buy it.”
Zhang Ronghua took out the green jade bottle that the Crown Prince had given him. Mo Qi ‘an took it and handed it to him. He Jiabao took a whiff and his eyes lit up. This is the high-grade orchid sold in the miniman shop.”
“What proof do you have?”
” My source is in Jinzhou,” He explained.” The environment there is good, suitable for the growth of orchids, and the age is high. The perfume I make tastes better, and the quality is also higher.”
“Grind the ink.” Zhang Ronghua smiled.
He Jiabao didn’t understand. What did this have to do with him? “Hurry up and thank me!” Ding Yi guessed and said angrily.
The monk was confused.
“Thank you, Sir!” He Jiabao did as he was told.
Zhang Ronghua picked up a pen and dipped it in ink. He wrote the words ” House of Perfume “. The calligraphy skills of the six states were close to Dao. It formed a school of its own and combined with the power of the government. It was majestic. Seeing people was like seeing words, as if he had come personally. He then stamped his own private seal and the seal of Shangjing government.” This is for you.”
Mo Qi ‘an was very envious. He took the copybook and didn’t want to give it to him. With Daren’s reputation among scholars and his current status, if he were to put it bluntly, this copybook would be sold for at least 100,000 taels. He would even break his head to snatch it.
Silver was secondary, the key was grace and glory!
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