My father Yongle, building a five-good family

Chapter 79 Black-hearted and rotten-lung? That's good!
Just as Zhu Gaoyu was about to arrive at Zhuangzi, there was chaos inside the village.

The head of the village frowned and looked at the brand new account book after a night of copying and revision. He was a little worried:

"This account book... is it really impossible for anyone to see it?"

A manager nearby smiled confidently after hearing this:

"Brother-in-law, don't worry. My ability to fill in the accounts is passed down from generation to generation! Besides, Zhu Gaoyu is just a child."

"It's not that I look down on people, it's just that mathematics is complicated. No matter how talented a child is, I don't believe he can find any flaws in my account book."

After saying this, the steward saw that the village head still looked worried, so he comforted him again:

"Brother-in-law, don't worry! When have you ever seen a prince or a grandson of the emperor who is familiar with the affairs of the court? The previous king didn't even know what we were doing. What can a child of five or six years old know?"

The village head smacked his lips, thinking that this was indeed the case.

But after thinking about it, he always felt that Zhu Gaoyu was not an ordinary person.

This guy had just arrived in Datong and beat up Xu Yuan, and extorted money from the local tyrant...

This is enough to show that Zhu Gaoyu is not that easy to deal with.

Speaking of which, the village head was always respectful to Xu Yuan, and it was precisely because of this that he was able to secure his current position.

Seeing Xu Yuan in such bad luck, Zhuangtou couldn't help but feel a sense of grief for the loss of the rabbit.

Just when the manager of the village was feeling uneasy.

The tenant farmers in the village couldn't help but feel sympathetic.

The previous owner of Zhuangzi was the King of Dai.

King Zhu Gui of Dai has been bullying the people and has not been a good son for a long time.

Now a young grandson of the emperor has come.

This life...will become unbearable sooner or later.

Among the waiting crowd, there was a thin boy holding a little girl.

The boy looked confused and numb.

Suddenly, his hand moved slightly, he looked down and found his sister looking up, and said carefully:
"Brother, I miss grandpa. When will grandpa come back?"

return?

If you offend the village head and are punished to work in a place like a quarry, how can you ever come back alive?

Do I have to rely on the new master?

The young man twitched the corners of his lips, as if he wanted to laugh, but he couldn't.

This beautiful dream of relying on others...

Ever since he lost his father at a young age and his family's land was seized by King Dai, it has long disappeared.

Even today, eating enough food with your own hands... is a problem!
Just as he was thinking about it, the sound of horse hooves gradually sounded in the distance, the horse neighed, and the carriage slowly stopped beside the official road.

The village head in the crowd stretched his neck, trying to get a glimpse of the person who came, but at first glance, he could not see Zhu Gaoyu at all.

Instead, there was a group of strong men standing around.

When Zhuangtou saw this scene, his heart skipped a beat again.

Looking at this situation...why does the youngest son of Prince Yan look like such a bad person?
Even though he was muttering in his heart, the village head still trotted towards him, looking extremely attentive.

"Your Highness is here, and I feel honored by your humble presence. I have specially brought the tenants of our farm to come and pay my respects to Your Highness."

Zhu Gaoyu put his hands behind his back, took three-seven steps, and said in an old-fashioned manner:
"What's your name?"

The village head always felt that this kid deserved a beating, but due to the difference in status, he still put on a fawning look:
"I am Hao Jian, a commoner, thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

Zhu Gaoyu said "oh" twice, nodded, and said lazily:
"Okay, okay, this is a good name indeed."

Hao Jian always felt that the youngest son of Prince Yan was always saying something weird, but he had no evidence.

Then he forced a smile again:

"The official road outside the city is not easy to travel, right? Your Highness, you have worked hard on the journey. I have specially prepared some tea for you. Would you like to have a taste?"

Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand:

"Hao Jian, don't use those nonsense words. Where's the account book? Let me have a look first."

Hao Jian's eyebrows jumped, as he felt that Zhu Gaoyu had come with ill intentions, but he soon comforted himself again.

He really didn't believe it because Zhu Gaoyu had a strong background. Zhu Gaoyu was a versatile person and had a deep understanding of even the mundane affairs.

Thinking of this, Hao Jian gritted his teeth, took out the account book he had prepared long ago, and handed it to Zhu Gaoyu.

Zhu Gaoyu opened the account book and began to flip through it quickly.

All of a sudden, the pages of the book were flipping.

When Hao Jian saw this scene, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and even a smile appeared on his face.

He was so scared before, afraid of this and that.

I'm not afraid of anything!
This youngest son of Prince Yan probably can’t even read an account book!

Sure enough, after reading for a while, Zhu Gaoyu raised his head, casually rolled up the account book, put it in his sleeve, and immediately spoke:
"Come on, let's go have some tea. The carriage has been jolting up and down all the way, so I can't even have some tea."

When passing by the tenants, Zhu Gaoyu glanced at them and waved:

"Okay, let's go. Don't gather here for nothing. I know you all have work to do."

Hao Jian was very comforted to hear this.

This prince is also one of those who treats tenants as workhorses.

Although he is young, he has a dark mind.

But Hao Jian just likes this kind of master.

Otherwise, how could he get any benefit?

Perhaps... he could appropriately surrender to this young master.

As a child, he only needs to take a little benefit to fool people. As for the rest, aren’t they still Hao Jian’s?
……

In Zhuangzi.

Zhu Gaoyu picked up the teacup, took a sip slowly, and then shook his head and indulged himself in it:
"Hao Jian, your tea is really good."

Hao Jian quickly replied:

"If Your Highness likes it, I have a lot more and will bring them back to you when the time comes..."

As he spoke, Hao Jian thought for a moment and smiled mischievously:

"Your Highness has just arrived, so I'm afraid you don't have much money. I do have some things here that I would like to present to Your Highness."

Zhu Gaoyu really looked happy:

"Is it money? I tell you, if it's too little, I don't want it. I'm not short of money!" Hao Jian smiled so hard that his teeth were almost showing.

This damn kid is really a black-hearted and rotten-hearted person.

OK... OK...

Hao Jian just likes to deal with those evil people.

I saw Hao Jian take out a thick stack of papers.

Zhu Gaoyu originally thought that they were banknotes, but when he looked closely, he found that they were all land deeds and some shops on the prosperous streets of Datong.

This move...is not small.

Seeing Zhu Gaoyu's dazed look, Hao Jian smiled with confidence.

In this world... there is no one who cannot be bribed with money and land deeds.

This is the case with Xu Yuan, this is the case with King Dai, and this young son of King Yan is no exception.

Just when Hao Jian was immersed in his own wisdom and unable to extricate himself, he suddenly heard the sound of a teacup breaking.

There was a crisp "pop" sound, and the teacup fell to the ground and broke into pieces immediately.

Zhu Gaoyu's originally smiling face was now filled with anger.

I only heard him say loudly:
"I don't even have that many land deeds. How can you, a village head, be richer than me?"

"Do you know what I hate the most?"

Hao Jian was stunned.

What's the situation?
Didn't you look fine just now?
Before he could open his mouth, Zhu Gaoyu said again:
"What I hate most is someone who is richer than me! Someone, tie up this village head for me!"

Xiao Jixiang seemed eager to try again. He rubbed his hands, took out the hemp rope that he had prepared long ago, took two steps at a time, rushed forward, and tied Hao Jian three circles inside and three circles outside, tightly.

When Ma Sanbao saw this scene, his face couldn't help but twitch.

He was very suspicious that the current situation was something Zhu Gaoyu had planned long ago.

Otherwise, how can we explain the fact that Xiao Jixiang carried a hemp rope with him?
At this moment, Hao Jian was completely confused.

What about the arrangements you made?

The result of the arrangement is to tie him up?

This, this, this... isn't this the truth?
But before he could say anything, Xiao Jixiang stuffed a ball of dirty cloth into his mouth and dragged Hao Jian to the field outside the farmland like a dead dog.

The commotion caused by this operation was quite big.

When the managers in Zhuangzi saw this, they were all startled.

The head of the village has dirty hands, so how can those in charge have clean hands?
Especially the steward who was called Zhuangtou's brother-in-law before, ran up in a hurry:
"Your Highness, what do you mean by this? We are all honest servants. If you treat us like this... I'm afraid we will all be disheartened!"

Zhu Gaoyu was not a big man, but when he put his hands on his hips, he looked very imposing.

Especially on his left and right sides stood Ma Sanbao and Xiao Jixiang, who were even more bullies than bullies.

In front of him, Hao Jian is not worth mentioning at all.

Then Zhu Gaoyu sneered:
"Why should I explain to you what I have done? I can beat the Dai King's dog whenever I want!"

Hao Jian was extremely angry. Thinking of the King of Dai above him, he hardened his heart:
"Your Highness! I am the King of Dai's man after all. You beat and scold me so casually. Aren't you afraid that the King of Dai will hold you accountable later?"

When Zhu Gaoyu heard this, he continued to put his hands on his hips, showing off:

"My father is the King of Yan! My eldest brother is the Crown Prince of Yan! My second brother is the Prince of Gaoyang! My mother is the eldest daughter of the King of Zhongshan! My grandfather is the King of Zhongshan! My grandfather is the Emperor of Ming!"

"Just tell me...what can the King of Dai do to me?!"

The tenant farmers who were watching the development of the situation cautiously could not help but open their eyes wide after hearing this.

The thin boy among the tenant farmers couldn't help but clench his hands and purse his lips tightly, as if he was expecting something, but was afraid that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

Seeing that Hao Jian didn't know how to answer for a while, Zhu Gaoyu became more arrogant again:

"What's more... do you really think I'm a fool? You took this account book and tried to fool me. You really think I don't know how much benefit you got from it, right?"

"Do you think if it was the King of Dai who did this, would he scold me or praise me for doing a good job?"

Hearing this, the scholar-looking clerk in charge of the account books felt uneasy and raised his voice unconsciously:
"Your Highness, even if you are the grandson of His Majesty, you still need to rely on evidence to judge things. I have checked this account book many times every day. What basis do you have to conclude that we have deceived our superiors and embezzled money?"

Zhu Gaoyu was too lazy to talk nonsense and just threw the account book out.

The accountant opened it and saw circles drawn with charcoal on it. Each of them was a mistake that he had not noticed before.

At this moment, the accountant collapsed all over, his body shaking like a sieve, his lips trembling, he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Zhu Gaoyu put his hands behind his back and strolled around the group of people, looking them up and down.

The group of managers in the farm were trembling with fear when they were looked at by him.

Ma Sanbao saw this scene very clearly from the side and felt that Zhu Gaoyu was definitely up to no good again and probably had another evil idea in his mind.

Sure enough, after a while, he said in a rather sad tone:

"Before I came to the manor today, I was actually looking forward to seeing you. But! Hao Jian is really abominable! He actually gave me a bunch of land deeds and shops! Tell me, is he guilty of a heinous crime?!"

Upon hearing this, the managers in Zhuangzi were all startled.

I didn't expect that this young son of Prince Yan, although still very young, has a similar personality to the current emperor.

They both have the same clean character and hate corruption!
But for the tenant farmers in the fields, Zhu Gaoyu's character was obviously a good thing for them.

But the next moment, Zhu Gaoyu changed the subject, his face still showing an indignant look:

"Hao Jian obviously has so much wealth, but he only gave me a few insignificant land deeds and shops. Shouldn't he be beaten?"

When Xiao Jixiang heard this, he stood by and pounded his head, trying his best to agree:
"That's right! There are so many people in this world who want to please our Highness. You are just a small village head. You don't want to offer all your wealth, but instead just give them the land deed to get rid of them. Are you still a human being? You are simply disrespecting our Highness!"

The corners of Ma Sanbao's mouth twitched more and more violently at this moment, and he even had the urge to cover his face and leave.

At this moment, even in his eyes, Zhu Gaoyu and Xiao Jixiang looked like dandy and treacherous villains.

These two people...are not good people at all!
After hearing what Xiao Jixiang said, everyone present was shocked.

The manager of Zhuangzi began to worry about his family wealth.

The tenant farmers inside were worried whether they could survive this winter under the manipulation of this master who was even more evil than Zhu Gui...

Zhu Gaoyu looked at the frightened eyes of the people around him with satisfaction.

He coughed lightly, and then spoke again:
"Xiao Jixiang, since they don't really want to surrender, there's nothing we can do. Let me test you, what should we do next?"

Let’s go back to the city in a smooth manner!
The farther away from this village, the better!
This is the only thought in the mind of the manager in Zhuangzi at this moment.

Little Jixiang grinned and bowed flatteringly in reply:

"Reporting to Your Highness, since Hao Jian does not respect Your Highness and is a servant, it is only natural for the master to confiscate the servant's property..."

I wrote until very late yesterday. I was afraid that I would not be able to get up in the morning, so I checked it and posted it on time. If you find any typos, please point them out and I will correct them when I see them~
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(End of this chapter)