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Chapter 219 Li Shanchang: Just give Zhu Chong 81 times the face.

Magistrate Yang did not stay at the clinic for long. He only discussed the matter of "enjoying life to the fullest" with Yang Qing before leaving.

After all, no one wants to be around a royal physician who always thinks you have all sorts of yin and yang deficiencies and that you can't do without them.

Upon returning to the county government office, Magistrate Yang first instructed the cook to prepare a bowl of lightly salted soup. Then, he went straight into his study and began writing a statistical report on the commercial development of Ningyang County.

Generally speaking, if Magistrate Yang begins his memorials with a standard format like "Your subject Yang, respectfully submits this memorial...", he is basically getting straight to the point, and it's possible he wants to treat Zhu Chongba like a beast of burden. However, if he writes a report with a title like "Report" or "Summary," then without a doubt, Magistrate Yang is trying to annoy his colleagues in the court.

Damn it, you guys sent out thirteen official documents while we were eating noodles on the summer solstice? Is that something a human being would do?

It's just that I, Yang, am magnanimous, so I only caused you some trouble. If I, Yang, were petty and narrow-minded, I would have urged Zhu Yuanzhang to make you write the "Five-Year Commercial Plan of the Ming Dynasty"!

No, it seems that the Secretariat and the Ministry of Revenue are already working on this, but I don't know when they will be able to produce anything significant.

Moreover, the fact that an official document was issued during the summer solstice when people eat noodles is clearly the fault of the Office of Transmission; the blame cannot be placed on the Secretariat and the Ministry of Revenue.

The Ministry of Communications should be tasked with researching how to improve the speed of document circulation and how to increase work efficiency.

While silently complaining to himself, Magistrate Yang was scribbling a draft on a piece of paper.

"There are thirty-seven shops, including three shops selling staple foods like grain and oil, employing three people each. The first shop is called... monthly sales volume... monthly commercial tax payment..."

He wrote down almost every detail about the thirty-seven shops in Ningyang County, so that Emperor Zhu Chongba could understand the current state of commerce in Ningyang County after reading it.

Once the ink had dried and the memorial was sealed, Magistrate Yang summoned Lame Five and instructed him, "Brother Lame Five, please have someone deliver this memorial to the Office of Transmission. Also, tomorrow we'll go to Wenshang County to find Zhao Liang."

Limping Five was slightly taken aback, then asked in a low voice, "Your Excellency, should I call a few more brothers? Otherwise, you don't need to go, I can just take a few brothers with me."

Yang Shaofeng was stunned for a moment, and after regaining his senses, he said with a wry smile, "I went to see Zhao Liang on official business, not to cause him trouble. What are you taking a few brothers with you for? Are you planning to put a sack on him or beat him up with a club?"

In fact, Magistrate Yang was looking for more than just Zhao Liang.

According to the requirements of those thirteen official documents, Magistrate Yang had to travel to at least Wenshang County, Qufu County, Sishui County, Yanzhou Prefecture, Tai'an Prefecture, Feicheng County, and other places.

There was no other way. Emperor Zhu Chongba clearly had the idea of ​​large-scale infrastructure construction. Even if he didn't intend to undertake large-scale infrastructure construction, he would most likely need to collect data on the roads and bridges between various prefectures and counties so that the Ministry of Works could use this data to make a five-year plan. Magistrate Yang had to start dealing with the officials in these places, cooperating with each other to measure the distances between them and collect data on their respective roads and bridges.

Sometimes, Magistrate Yang couldn't help but want to curse. Everyone says that spring plowing, summer sowing, and autumn harvest are the three essential tasks. Right now, it's the crucial time for summer sowing. Although I, Yang, don't need to work in the fields myself, I still have to go to the fields of each village and community to inspect them.

Now look what's happened! That old tyrant Zhu Chongba suddenly demands statistics on this and that. Not only can I, Yang, not only can I not go to the fields to inspect, but I also have to run to the nearby prefectures and counties to discuss the land measurement situation with those officials. How utterly ridiculous!

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While Yang Shaofeng, the county magistrate, was internally cursing, Emperor Zhu Chongba was receiving Liu Jizu with a smile.

"Yes, of course we agree."

Emperor Zhu Chongba smiled broadly and said to Liu Jizu, "If it were someone else proposing marriage, we would definitely be reluctant, after all, we raised these two girls from childhood and were thinking of letting them stay for a few more years. But since you, Old Master Liu, have spoken, how can I, Zhu Chongba, have any objections?"

Having stated his position, Emperor Zhu Chongba then turned his gaze to Li Shanchang: "Brother Shanchang, what do you say?"

Li Shanchang didn't want to give an explanation at the moment.

I even felt like swearing.

So, Zhu Chongba wants to marry two of his adopted daughters to that madman Yang, but he doesn't think it sounds good to marry two at once, so he insists on dragging Liu Jizu along as a formality, and also wants to bring me along as a witness to prove that it was Liu Jizu who came to propose marriage on behalf of that madman Yang, to prove that Zhu Chongba has not forgotten past favors and therefore had no choice but to agree, and to prove that it wasn't you who rushed in first.

I bother!

Did you ask me if I was willing before you dragged me here to be a witness?

Furthermore, Yang Dianfeng first appeared in Ningyang County. It's hard to say whether Liu Jizu ever went to Shandong in his entire life. How did he come to have such a close family friend and nephew as Yang Dianfeng?

You, Zhu Chongba, are shameless enough—Liu Jizu is already so old, why do you insist on making that madman Yang his family friend and nephew? Couldn't you have made him his family friend and grand-nephew? How afraid are you of being a generation below Liu Jizu?

However, considering that he still had nine generations of relatives, Li Shanchang could only curse in his heart while smiling and agreeing: "According to common sense, marrying two princesses at once, even if both princesses are His Majesty's adopted daughters, is unprecedented in history. Only with the help of Mr. Liu, it would be absolutely impossible."

Oh well, it's all acting. As long as a person is alive and not alone, when isn't it all acting?

Today is just a different setting, and we have to act according to a pre-arranged script.

Let's give Zhu Chongba some face.

Just as Li Shanchang was secretly grumbling to himself, Liu Jizu stood up shakily, cupped his hands and bowed to Emperor Zhu Chongba, saying, "This humble subject thanks Your Majesty for your grace!"

Emperor Zhu Chongba quickly stood up, took Liu Jizu's hands, and helped him sit down again. Then he said with a smile, "Look at you, still calling yourself a commoner. In front of you, Old Master Liu, I am not an emperor, I am Zhu Chongba."

After the banquet ended and Li Shanchang took his leave, Emperor Zhu Chongba returned to the Qianqing Palace with Liu Jizu. He then invited Empress Ma, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Lao Er, Zhu Lao San, Zhu Lao Si, Zhu Lao Wu, and others to come over.

After everyone had arrived, Emperor Zhu directly instructed Zhu Biao: "Biao, take your younger brothers and kowtow to the old man. If it weren't for the old man's gift of a piece of land, your grandparents would have had nowhere to be buried. We will always remember such a great kindness, and you must not forget it, nor can any of our Zhu family descendants."