Quick Wear: Crazy Fox Calm Tree

Mu Qing was flipping through the account book in his hand. The housekeepers who managed the shop stood in a row and reported quietly.

"The cloth shop has been doing very well recently because many people come to the store to buy cloth due to the change of seasons. In addition to cloth, some people also come to buy ready-made clothes, but not many."

"The grain business is the same as before, but it will probably be a little worse in two months. By then, the weather will be hot and we won't have much appetite to eat."

"The jade shop has sold a lot of gold and silver jewelry recently. Apart from the man who was arrested, the profit this month is 1 taels. Almost all the things that man bought have been returned, and the money has been paid."

Mu Qing nodded from time to time and asked one or two questions until the last butler finished his report. Only then did Mu Qing put down the account book in his hand and looked up.

"Yes, summer is coming soon, and it's time to replace the things in the shop. You guys can handle it. If there is anything you can't handle, come to me and I will help you." Mu Qing said.

"Yes!" several shopkeepers said in unison.

"Master, I have something to tell you. I heard that a new material has become popular in the south in the past two years, but the fabrics in our shop are still from the past two years. I plan to go to the south to take a look." said one of the shopkeepers.

"Not yet. There have been some issues in the south recently. It won't be too late to go there after the issues are resolved." Mu Qing shook his head, then looked at the shopkeepers and said seriously, "The reason why I asked you to come here today is also related to this matter."

Mu Qing briefly explained the matter of the southern dam. The shopkeepers frowned. Although the things they sold were different, they had to deal with the merchants in the south.

Even though they didn't have any close friends or confidants, they still had some friendship. Now that they heard such news, they were all very embarrassed for a moment.

"So what does the higher-ups mean?" One of the shopkeepers stepped forward and asked, are they planning to rush to rescue the dam, or are they planning to give up and let the people on both sides escape?

“Of course we are planning to rescue them, but repairing a dam is not an easy task, and it is too late to prepare things now.

So I want to ask you how much money the Mu family can come up with now. Also, can you contact the merchants in the south? I haven't had much dealings with them before, so I'm not very familiar with them.

Do you know who is available and willing to build the dam? "Mu Qing shook his head and said to everyone.

Hearing this, everyone hesitated for a moment. It was easy to transfer silver, but persuading the merchants in the south to build the dam was a difficult matter...

"Young master, it's only May now. Although I don't know how much profit each family has made, it's only been five months since the Chinese New Year, and the silver we've earned is about half of that of previous years. I estimate that we can only take out about 30 taels." The shopkeeper who just stood up said after thinking for a few seconds.

Mu Qing looked carefully at the manager and recognized him as the one in charge of the jade shop. He nodded silently in his heart, it seemed that he was the head of these shopkeepers.

"This amount of silver is enough. As long as we can survive this year, the court will naturally take care of it." Mu Qing said. The silver allocated by the court for disaster relief was only 20 taels. What he had was far more than that. Besides, he was only providing emergency relief. This money was enough.

"Young master, the money issue is easy to discuss, but the merchants in the south may not agree. After all, this is a losing business. Not to mention making money, I'm afraid that the money invested will not even make a sound." The owner of the jade shop shook his head and said with a few embarrassed smiles.

With this much money, they could move their family thousands of miles away. As long as they were well-informed, even if they couldn't take all their belongings with them, the amount they could leave behind, including their house, would not exceed this amount.

The house can still be lived in after the water recedes, but if you throw in two or three hundred thousand taels, it will be completely gone.

What's more, time is so tight now. It is not a trivial matter for anyone to take out two or three hundred thousand taels of silver in such a short time.

"As long as they are willing to help, the court will naturally be willing to give them some benefits. Although the money cannot be returned to them, the reputation can be." There was a hint of deep meaning in Mu Qing's eyes. The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then his eyes lit up and he understood what he meant.

As long as the court is willing, just a little bit of money will be enough. Not to mention the imperial merchants, as long as the tax is reduced, or a plaque is written with the name, it will be much more effective than the gifts they gave to the court officials before.

"I see. I'll write to them when I get back."

You know, they have a lot of acquaintances in the south. Now that there is such a good opportunity, they will naturally focus on their own people first.

Mu Qing smiled and nodded, and finally continued chatting with them about how much money the Mu family would have to allocate for disaster relief.

The number cannot be too small, as it cannot reflect their intentions. The number cannot be too large either, as it will offend colleagues, it will attract attention and be easily targeted, and taking too much will also cause serious consequences.

After discussing for several hours, everyone finally decided on the final amount of silver.

"Everyone has worked hard." Mu Qing exhaled, and said with a trace of fatigue in his eyes, "If there is nothing else, please go down first."

"Yes." The shopkeepers also breathed a sigh of relief.

After the housekeepers left, Mu Qing leaned back in his chair and gently rubbed his temples.

After discussing for so long, they finally came to an agreement. If they couldn't come to an agreement, he would probably kick everyone out. With so many people talking at once, he was already having a headache.

Fortunately, the discussion finally came to a conclusion.

With this money, it should be able to help a lot. At least the elderly and children will no longer be displaced, and they can have a bowl of hot porridge and a place to rest.

After resting for a while, Mu Qing reached out and took the brush, then half-leaned and wrote a few lines on the paper.

"Chunsheng!"

"Young Master." Chunsheng walked in from outside.

"Send this letter to the Pacification Office and hand it to Qin Yu." Mu Qing blew the ink on the paper, then stuffed the letter into the envelope and handed it to Chunsheng.

"Yes." Chunsheng took the letter and walked outside.

Mu Qing looked at Chunsheng's departing back, poured himself a cup of tea, then leaned back in his chair, drinking the tea while thinking in his mind what else he needed to do.

Qin Yu was a little surprised when he received the letter. He didn't expect Mu Qing would write to him. Are they very far away?

After opening the letter, Qin Yu finished reading it quickly, and finally a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He didn't expect that Mu Qing's brain was so smart and he had come up with a solution so quickly.

If you do as the letter says, you might actually succeed and even save yourself a lot of trouble.

Qin Yu walked towards the palace while thinking. By the time he arrived at the gate of the palace, he had already sorted out his thoughts.

……

The Southern Dam project was not difficult, but it was also simple. After the Emperor promised a two-year tax exemption, a large number of merchants flocked to the South. Then the dam that had troubled the Emperor was quickly built, and it was very solid, with all the best and most genuine materials.

Don’t say there will be no problems this year. There will be no hidden dangers in the next ten or twenty years.

When the construction of the southern dam was in full swing, Qin Yu successfully learned the cause of his father's death from the corrupt officials and obtained the evidence.

His father Qin Ming'an did die because of his involvement in the Western Regions spy business.

At that time, Qin Ming'an was ordered to investigate the situation of officials in the south. Originally, his task was only to investigate the officials' political achievements, whether there was any corruption, or any cases of wrongful convictions.

But he was really too smart and too perceptive. Just from a banquet, he noticed that something was wrong with the maid in the official's house, and he followed the clues to find the official's concubine.

Then, following the example of the concubine, he found many other women with similar situations. Finally, after a thorough investigation, he confirmed the plan of sending spies from the Western Regions to the Great Zhou.

But before Qin Ming'an could pass the news back, the concubine discovered the clue. In order to prevent the things he found from being unable to be sent back, Qin Ming'an made a lot of preparations.

He also pretended to be confused, let them conquer him, ate and drank with them, indulged in beautiful women, and tried every means to make many backups and send the backups back to the capital.

But in the end, only that one painting was found. Because it was a private relationship and the Mu family had a great reputation in the business world, those people did not check Mu Jinnian carefully. They just gave him a rough search and left, and did not notice that there was an extra painting in their luggage.

Even if they discovered it, they would probably not take it seriously. After all, the Mu family bought a lot of goods, all by the ship, and this painting was not very noticeable among them.

Unfortunately, in order to keep it secret, Mu Jinnian and the others did not know the meaning of the painting. They just placed the painting in the most conspicuous place as Qin Mingan instructed.

No one expected that it would last for so many years.

Qin Ming'an and his wife, who were trapped in a southern county, lived a good life at first, but as time went on, they realized that Qin Ming'an could not be bribed and was wholeheartedly loyal to Queen Zhou.

In order to prevent Qin Ming'an and his wife from telling others about their collusion with foreign tribes and the existence of spies, the spies and corrupt officials joined forces to kill Qin Ming'an and his wife, and put the blame of their deaths on the bandits.

Because all the accompanying personnel died together, the court did not suspect anything and simply investigated and closed the case. After all, no one expected that they were so bold as to dare to touch the inspector sent by the court, and all of them colluded to kill people.

Qin Yu looked at the testimony in his hand, his fists clenched so tightly that veins popped out, his eyes were incredibly red, and his whole body was filled with horror and sadness.

The Jinyiwei guards standing by looked at Qin Yu who was so sad and didn't know how to comfort him for a moment. They had all heard about the story of the eldest brother's father, but they didn't expect that there were so many things involved behind it.

"Go find the deputy commander." Several people looked at each other, and one of the Jinyiwei said.

Among the entire Jinyiwei, the lord has the best relationship with the deputy commander. With his help in persuading, the boss will be more receptive.

"Okay." A Jinyiwei nodded, but before he could move, he was stopped by Qin Yu.

Looking at Qin Yu, whose eyes were red and whose aura was terrifying, the Jinyiwei was frozen for a moment, his lips trembling, not knowing what to say.

"Don't move!" Qin Yu's voice was very cold.

The Jinyiwei nodded stiffly and watched Qin Yu walk out.

Not until he left the room did the Jinyiwei dare to breathe deeply.

"Sir, what happened?" A Jinyiwei asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"I feel like the atmosphere is a little off. Is there something else going on?" The Imperial Guard at the side scratched his head.

"It should be. I feel like the Lord almost killed me just now." The Jinyiwei who had just been stopped nodded with lingering fear.

Several Jinyiwei in the torture room looked at each other, their faces full of confusion. Something quickly flashed through the mind of one of the Jinyiwei, but unfortunately he didn't catch it, so he could only pat his head in frustration.

"what happened?"

"Nothing, I just seem to have forgotten something."

"It's not important to forget it. I'll remember it later."

"Ah."

……

When Qin Yu pushed open the door and walked in, Seventeen was flipping through the case file in his hand. He made a few casual strokes and put the case file aside.

"Sir...what's wrong, sir?" Seventeen raised his head with a smile on his face, but saw Qin Yu's horrifying expression and was stunned for a moment.

"Seventeen, seventeen." Qin Yu muttered, and it was unclear whether he was calling Seventeen or muttering something else.

"Sir, what's wrong?" Seventeen asked with a frown. Could it be that something happened in the Pacification Office?

"Seventeen, I remember you were my father's servant. My father was 17 years old when he picked you up, so he named you 17." Qin Yu said to himself.

"That's right, the master picked me up when he was 17 years old. At that time, I was a beggar and had no name. The master named me Seventeen because it was my seventeenth birthday." Seventeen nodded, with some nostalgia in his eyes. He was really grateful to the master at that time. If it weren't for the master, he would have starved to death that winter.

"Then why did you want to kill him? You knew he died unjustly, so why didn't you say anything? Or are you also involved?" Qin Yu stared at Seventeen and asked. Seventeen was one of the servants his father brought with him back then. His father did not come back later, but Seventeen did.

He always thought that Seventeen was just like him, and that he escaped the disaster because something happened and that was why he did not die.

But what if Seventeen was there at the time? What if he knew?

All the information Qin Yu could find about his father's murder before was recorded by the court, and the above records were naturally official records.

The records above said that Seventeen did not notice anything unusual at the time. When the accident happened, he happened to go back to the house to get something. When he came back, Qin Mingan and his wife had already passed away.