Shipin Dalizheng

After making some revisions and perfecting the drawings, he gathered a few people in the village who knew some carpentry to work on them, and they worked day and night without eating.

He didn't even notice when Chuncao and Daya came back in a bad mood at dusk. Chuncao saw them sweating profusely as they worked with axes, saws and chisels, but she didn't say anything.

However, professional matters must be done by professionals. These farmers worked hard all night, but the things they made were so unbearable for Rong Tang to look at. He knocked and hit the things himself, but in the end it was ruined. He was so angry that he kicked the waste several times.

After that, he asked someone to harness the horse carriage and go into the city to find Tang Fuyun.

However, before entering the city, he asked Rong Wanli to rush to Fuxinzhuang on horseback and transfer twenty strong servants from the Bo Mansion to enter the city together.

Those people didn't understand why, but since their master called them, they had to go, and a fight broke out over it.

Rong Tang went to the Ministry of Industry workshop first and called out Tang Fuyun. Tang Fuyun only looked at the blueprint for a moment before nodding and saying, "I'll send it to you tomorrow."

See, this is the confidence of smart people.

Next comes the time of reckoning.

Rong Tang and his men rushed to the door of the Jin family in a rage, only to see a huge doorway, and even the main door had been removed.

Of course, Butler Wu is no longer around, and the other servants have either been sold or run away, so there are only a few left.

After rushing in for a long time without finding any servants, they headed straight for the main courtyard. Old Yang, who had a maid to serve her, went out to get some water when she suddenly saw a group of people rushing towards her like wolves and tigers. She howled, threw down the basin, and ran back, "Master, Madam, the second young master is coming."

"Catch her and gag her. There's no need to keep the tongue of someone who can't even speak."

The servants from Yuan Bo's Mansion who were following behind her would never miss this opportunity to show off. They chased after the old woman and grabbed her.

The old woman cried out, "Second Young Master, spare my life."

Then there was the sound of slapping, "You damned woman, what Second Young Master? This is Prince Rong..."

Soon they arrived at the main house door and saw a woman in bright red brocade clothes lowering her head and trying to hide. Rong Tang shouted, "Catch her!"

Of course, it was Yang who wanted to run away. She knew very well what she had done, and she wanted to run away in a panic, but she didn't.

Without waiting for Yang to speak, Rong Tang gave another order, "Bring the sticks and beat him to death."

Yang's hair was disheveled and she was about to cry out when a servant took off his smelly socks and stuffed them into her mouth. Four men held her limbs down, and two of them started beating her with sticks. Yang cried out in pain and struggled desperately.

Jin Shizhao finally rushed over and looked at Rong Tang coldly, "You evil creature, what do you want to do?"

Rong Tang said coldly, "What do I want to do? Are you pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid? She's just a cheating concubine. How dare she pretend to be the mistress and sell off my uncle's property? Mr. Jin, are you desperate? You've thrown in the towel now and have no dignity left, right?"

Jin Shizhao's face was as cold as ice. "Rebellious son, how dare you insult your biological father?"

"What else am I afraid of? Mr. Jin, take a piss and look at your face now. In the past, you married into a family for wealth and glory, to climb the ladder faster, and at least you could cover half your face and save face. Now that you've fallen from the sky, you've completely let yourself go, right? You can also buy four taels of cotton and ask around. What man with any shame would openly embezzle or forcibly seize his wife's dowry? He will be scolded for several lifetimes, you coward."

Jin Shizhao felt that Rong Tang looked down on him less and less, and scolded him more harshly each time, until his blood boiled and he began to doubt his life.

"You rebellious son, shut up, shut up..."

His mouth was full of a sweet and fishy taste, and a mouthful of old blood threatened to gush out.

Yang finally spat out the socks in her mouth and cried out, "Master, Master, save me... I'm going to be beaten to death..."

Jin Shizhao's mind was in a turmoil, his heart was in turmoil, and he whispered, "Yang, are you selling the property of the Bo Mansion?"

From the sound of it, he seemed to be unaware of it, but it was also possible that when Yang sold the shop, Jin Shizhao was still in the Ministry of Justice prison.

Yang cried, "Master, it wasn't me who sold it. It was Mother who asked me to sell it. My eldest brother was exiled to the northwest, and Mother was worried he'd suffer along the way, so she asked me to sell it to get some money. But we don't have any money left. Plus, you're in the Ministry of Justice, and you have to take care of everything. And the uncle's house is completely shut, refusing to open the door and giving us a penny. Mother and I have no other choice. If we don't sell the shop, how can we get the money?"

Rong Tang felt something was wrong when he heard this. The shops in the county did not have legal deeds, so most people did not dare to buy. Those who dared to buy would bargain down the price. The four shops and the goods were only sold for 800 taels. How could it be enough to pay for the Jin family?

"You bitch, what else did you sell?"

Yang was shaking all over, her teeth chattering, and she just stared at the main room with a miserable smile, which made Rong Tang's heart sink even more.

Suddenly, a servant from the Bo Mansion came running over and bowed to Rong Tang, saying, "Sir, please go back to the mansion quickly. Something big has happened."

Rong Tang glared at the Jin family and said, "Don't get excited yet. Wait for this prince to come back and deal with it."

Jin Shizhao panted, "Rebellious son, let your stepmother go first..."

What answered him was a servant's raised stick and Yang's breathless wails.

Rong Tang went to the next door uncle's house and saw the housekeeper Tao circling around, almost shining the doorway. As soon as he saw him, he said, "My lord, come back! Something big has happened!"

"Speak slowly."

In fact, Rong Tang already had some guesses about the so-called big event.

"Didn't you say you wanted to sell the shop? I spread the word a long time ago, and this morning someone came to our door wanting to buy it. I took someone to look around and pointed out our shop to the person. But when the person went in to ask around, he found out that out of the twenty-eight shops, twenty had already changed hands and were no longer ours."

Rong Tang closed his eyes and found out as expected.

"Who bought it? When did you buy it?"

Just like the shops in the county town, anyone who dares to buy a shop without a legal deed must either be of a prominent identity or have sufficient confidence. Rong Tang can only suffer this loss in silence.

Steward Tao complained bitterly, "Who else could it be? It can only be the Liang family, the Liang family of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the Liang family of Prince Rui's mother."

Very good!

Rong Tang took a deep breath and said, "Tell me, what's going on between the Jin family and the Liang family?"

It was also because he had been too busy and had not paid much attention to these businesses. He only wanted to lay a solid foundation first, and then take everything back from Jin Shizhao bit by bit. Unexpectedly, before he could even use his strategy of cutting off the source of funds, they had already been drained away by others.

"That's because the old master was Prince Rui's man, and he didn't know how to make a living, so he rented all the shops at home to the Liang family at a low price. The Liang family is really unscrupulous. They knew that this was the property of the Earl's Mansion, and the old master didn't have the written contract, but they dared to buy it anyway. They don't care about falling out with you, the prince."

That’s great, the Liang family, the maternal clan of Prince Rui, you have successfully angered me.

"Butler Tao, take my name card and go to Jingzhao Prefecture to sue the Liang family. This is the same case, and I want to see the difference between the county magistrate and the Jingzhao prefect's verdicts!"

Steward Tao's heart skipped a beat. Sue? How easy would that be? The Crown Prince might be the Crown Prince, but he was from Prince Rui's mother's family! It wasn't that the Jingzhao prefect didn't dare to go to the Liang family to ask for help, but he was afraid that if there was a commotion, Prince Rui would come out to favor the Liang family, and the Crown Prince wouldn't be able to resist.

"Sir, let's take a long-term view on this matter. Why not find a few influential people in the capital to mediate?"

Rong Tang said, "Just listen to me. Go file a lawsuit first, without even saying goodbye. Just ask whether this sales contract is legal and who violated the rules and stamped the official seal!"