Chapter 302: Taking advantage of people's greed, the players lose everything
Facing Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang with curiosity in their eyes, Zhu Gang ordered the maid beside him to bring a thermal container called "warm plate".

"In order to facilitate heat preservation and carrying, people in the Song Dynasty also invented various heat preservation and packaging measures.

For example, this utensil called "warm plate" can keep the food warm while ensuring its taste as long as hot water is poured into the inner layer of the plate when in use.

It’s just that people at that time called “ordering takeout” “suohuan”, and “delivery boy” was called “idle man”.

Generally, "idlers" stand on the streets or in front of restaurants, waiting for you to call them.

They will come up to you and ask what you want to order, or what gift you want to give them, or even help you find a singing and dancing companion.

Usually, "idlers" will carry a small stool with them and sit at the door of the restaurant when picking up takeout.

In the Song Dynasty, well-off families with some financial means did not cook at home but only ordered takeout.

At that time, Suzhou women were too lazy to cook, so when they were hungry they would open the window on the second floor and shout loudly to ask for food.

When the order is taken, they lower the basket with a rope and then hoist the food up again.”

Wang Jinghong, who had been promoted to the position of "Imperial Commissioner General and Eunuch of the Western Factory School", praised him immediately upon hearing this: "Your Highness the Prince of Jin is worthy of the reputation of being knowledgeable and talented, as he still remembers things from the Song Dynasty nearly a hundred years ago!"

Unfortunately, Old Zhu turned a blind eye to the performance of Wang Jinghong, the supporting actor. He took a sip of tea and said, "Your elder brother and I are here to listen to Mr. Wang's story. By the way, we also want to know what secrets you have left in it."

Zhu Gang, who had just taken two bites of the rose Yuanxiao cake, quickly patted the food residue on his hands.

He organized his words a bit and then said, "Last time I mentioned that the other three looked at each other in bewilderment, and only a young man named Qin Shan was eager to try.

He knew that this was an opportunity, so when others were afraid to speak, he immediately stood up.

Qin Shan then led his men to the barren mountain designated by Mr. Wang. After concluding that this was an excellent place to grow tea, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The next step is to open up the land for planting, and the first thing to do is to find workers.

Qin Shan discovered that there was a village called Kaoshan Village at the foot of the mountain, where the people made a living by hunting.

Since the villagers have hardly ever been outside in their entire lives, they have become lazy and are not willing to work at all.

Even though Qin Shan offered a salary far beyond the ordinary, only a few people signed up.

Of course, these people who were working were not serious at all and they couldn't reclaim much land in a day, which made Qin Shan very angry.

Qin Shan, who was at his wit's end, suddenly remembered a book he had seen in Wang Yuanwai's study.

There is a "monkey game" among them, which can be used at this time to solve the urgent problem.

So Qin Shan returned to his residence and called his servants to give them some instructions.

Then he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.”

After such a long wait, Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang finally heard the key content.

Both of them pricked up their ears for fear of missing any important information.

Zhu Gang, who didn't even have a proper breakfast, knew that if he didn't satisfy his elder brother and father's curiosity, they would probably come to Prince Jin's Mansion to make trouble.

So he could only speak eloquently under the gaze of the two people: "The next morning, Qin Shan was having breakfast when he suddenly heard a noise outside the door.

It turned out that among the workers who were reclaiming the land, someone suddenly dug out gold from the soil.

Then several other people also dug out gold one after another.

They were so excited that they used all their strength to dig the soil, and soon they harvested a lot.

These people rushed home immediately to tell the good news.

Soon the news spread throughout the village, and the villagers rushed to the barren hills to dig.

However, not long after, Qin Shan, who learned that gold had been dug out in the barren mountain, immediately led people up the mountain to stop the villagers.

He said that the mountain belonged to the Wang family and that the villagers were not allowed to dig. Someone pushed Qin Shan and he fell to the ground and fainted.

After he was carried back to his residence by his servants, the villagers on the barren mountain began to dig frantically.

Those who dug up gold were beaming with joy, while the villagers who found nothing were cursing. "

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have thought of something, but he did not express his thoughts.

Instead, he turned to look at Zhu Biao, and seeing that his son looked thoughtful, he nodded.

Zhu Gang took this opportunity to quickly stuff a piece of stuffed roll into his mouth.

After drinking two sips of tea, he said slowly: "After Qin Shan woke up, he rushed to the county government office without stopping.

Qin Shan then filed a complaint and brought the villagers of Kaoshan Village to the government office.

The magistrate was extremely angry about this and ordered his men to search the village for the gold and return it to Qin Shan.

The villagers of Kaoshan Village had not even had time to warm up their gold before it was seized by the officials.

Unexpectedly, this was not the most despairing thing for them, as another piece of news came from the county government.

The gold found in the villagers' homes turned out to be fake!
Qin Shan, who rushed over after hearing the news, insisted that the gold on the mountain was absolutely real.

The villagers were now even more guilty. Even though they said they had no knowledge of the matter, the magistrate still ordered them to compensate Qinshan for his losses.

For the villagers who make their living from the mountains, that amount is something they cannot afford to pay back even in their next life!
Therefore, the "impartial and impartial" county magistrate decided to put these "troublemakers" into jail.

Just then Qin Shan spoke up and said that he could let the villagers work for him to pay off his debts.

Of course, this would definitely be a lifetime thing, and the desperate villagers had no choice but to sign the contract and agree to it. "

Zhu Biao, filled with righteous indignation, suddenly slammed the table and stood up.

“According to what you just said, all of this must have been a long-planned plan by Qin Shan.

He sent people to bury fake gold in the land on the barren mountain in advance, designing to attract villagers to dig.

Afterwards, this person bribed the county magistrate and directly convicted the villagers.

Qin Shan then stepped forward as a "good man" to plead for the desperate villagers and provided a solution that seemed to have the best of both worlds.

The evil intentions are outrageous!"

Zhu Gang nodded and said, "Brother, what you said is absolutely correct. Qin Shan found workers in this way without spending any money.

Soon he reclaimed the barren hills and planted tea.

When Mr. Wang learned about this, he was extremely happy and immediately said that Qin Shan was the perfect candidate for his son-in-law.

He quickly chose an auspicious day to hold a wedding for the two, and also handed over a lot of business to Qin Shan.

Qin Shan, who achieved a class transition, became Wang Yuanwai's designated heir.

He has everything, including wealth, beautiful wives and relatives.

Those villagers who fell into the trap all became slaves of the Wang family.

They have to spend the rest of their lives paying off the high debts.”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "What an 'iron-faced and impartial' county magistrate!

What a malicious monkey trick!
The viciousness of this scheme lies in that it takes advantage of people's greed to set up a trap and make those who participate in it lose everything.

If we knew that someone used such a vicious scheme to harm others, we would definitely not let him off easily!"

(End of this chapter)