The He family will be escorted to the capital. This is the job of Jin Yiwei, and Li Yi has no way to stop it.

Fortunately, it was Lu Changfeng's men who were in custody this time. It was very easy for Li Yi to see the criminal.

Opening the iron door of the prison, Li Yi couldn't help but choked and coughed several times due to the musty smell that hit his nostrils.

As he walked into the long corridor, the atmosphere became stronger and stronger. Several huge rats ran directly past him when they saw someone coming in. Li Yi couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the cold cell.

He was also a person who had been in a prison cell, but because of his reputation, he was still treated well. He did not expect that the He family, a wealthy and powerful family in Baoding Prefecture, would be in this situation now.

He walked to the cell where He Yaozu and Mr. He were imprisoned, and stopped. The dark cell was lifeless. Li Yi looked at it for a moment, and then saw two trembling bodies in the corner.

It was already cold winter, and the two of them were still wearing thin prison uniforms. He Yaozu carefully buried his old father in the hay to keep him warm. But he, a playboy who used to be pampered and pampered, now had an unkempt face and a dirty look on his face.

It was sallow and could only lean against the corner and tremble.

Suddenly, He Yaozu seemed to notice something. He turned around and saw a young man in black uniform standing outside the iron fence, like a black rock!

The two people's eyes collided through the iron bars. Li Yi did not see any resentment or anger. All he felt was sadness.

The cell leader walked up, opened the iron bars and left directly, but Li Yi stood at the door of the cell, silently looking at the very haggard He Yaozu.

After He Yaozu experienced this calamity, he grew up a lot instantly. He smiled softly and said, "Brother Zizheng, since you are here, please come in and talk about it."

Such a calm greeting made Li Yi slightly surprised. He slowly stepped into the cell and said, "Brother He, Li Yi is here." After saying that, he took off his snow cloak and gently threw it to He Yaozu, and gave him a deep kiss.

Bow, "Brother He saved me out of righteousness, but ended up in this situation. Zizheng feels deeply grateful."

He Yaozu abandoned his family Li Yi and chose to stop his family's conspiracy. This was indeed a righteous act of killing relatives. He Yaozu could afford Li Yi's bow to him.

He Yaozu's eyes flashed with pride, and he stood up and supported Li Yi, "Why did Zizheng say this? There are many things in the world that are unexpected, so how can we blame him for his fault?"

Li Yi sighed heavily, "Brother He has a huge mind, which makes Li Yi ashamed. Now that the matter has come to a point, the situation is like riding a tiger. The situation of the He family has been taken over by the imperial court, and I am afraid that punishment will be inevitable."

He Yaozu was slightly silent. Although he had transformed now, he was not so open-minded as to despise life and death.

At this moment, Mr. He, who was nestled in the hay, woke up and said weakly, "Yaozu, did your eldest and second brothers save us? Are we going home?"

A trace of surprise flashed across Li Yi's face, and He Yaozu smiled heartily, "My father was not in good health to begin with, but now he has undergone a sudden change. He has suffered from soul-losing syndrome and is also blind."

Li Yi was speechless for a long time, silently staring at the beggar-like old man in the corner. It was hard to imagine that this man was once the number one tycoon in Baoding.

"Zizheng, don't think too much. If the He family goes to the capital, I already know the outcome." He Yaozu said.

"You already know?" Li Yi was slightly surprised. He thought the He family had to go through the Dali Temple for interrogation before reaching a conclusion.

He Yaozu said with a smile: "My eldest brother has been running around in Beijing for many days. He wanted to use Zhuomai to divert the attention of the court and divert the attention of the court. But it failed. Now the court officials are paying attention to this case, and my second brother will be designated as the main culprit.

, only if the court catches him, he will be punished by execution, and my father and I will be exiled to Lingnan."

Lingnan is thousands of miles away from the capital, and even young people can't bear it, let alone He Yaozu and Mr. He.

Li Yi sighed slightly, the He family had arranged everything. Although he was exiled to Lingnan, money could make things worse. When the time comes, he could open up the joints and find a substitute.

But no matter what, the once glorious and wealthy He family will never return, and this century-old family will also disappear in this political struggle.

Li Yi sighed slightly and said: "The current situation of the He family is really Li Yi's fault. If there is anything he can do, let Brother He give Li Yi this opportunity."

He Yaozu shook his head, and a cold look flashed across his originally plain face, "Brother Zizheng, it was Yaozu's willingness to stop my second brother's plan, and he did not blame you. And the person who leaked this matter was the one who was in charge of my He family.

Enemy, if one day I, He Yaozu, need to take revenge, brother Zizheng, don’t stop me."

Hearing this, Li Yi's face was full of bitterness.

The person who leaked the assassination of Zhang Heng by the He family was his cousin Wang Jin. And because he saved the imperial official and exposed the prisoner, he has now been promoted to an official in Baoding Prefecture, the eighth rank, and he has been promoted by two.

grade.

He Yaozu took the risk to tell Wang Jin about this in order to let him get rid of Li Yi. However, in order to be promoted, Wang Jin regarded the He family as a stepping stone and stepped on the He family to get promoted. Therefore, the He family hated him. So did He Yaozu.

No exception.

People cannot have evil thoughts, but they can have private vendettas. As long as the private vendetta is reasonable, the people encourage revenge. And Wang Jin's disdainful behavior made the He family's revenge a logical thing.

Li Yi looked at He Yaozu's calm and peaceful expression and knew that he had made up his mind. He couldn't help but sigh deeply, bowed deeply, and went out.

After walking out of the cell, Li Yi took out a piece of gold from his sleeve and handed it to the Jin Yiwei Baihu in charge, and said seriously, "The He family and his son are my friends, please treat me well."

"I've made a serious promise to you, I'll do it right away." Jin Yiwei Baihu agreed happily.

Under the hazy moonlight, Li Yi's carriage rumbled south.

In the depth of winter, the mountain wind is cold and cool, and the winter period is about to enter. Li Yi feels that many things should be dealt with properly one by one.

The most important thing now is the resettlement of the victims. Shi Kefa has a strong ability to do things, and soon he managed the Anmin District in an orderly manner. And the most important thing is that he is not a self-proclaimed person. His young attitude allows him to be knowledgeable about many new things.

Full of curiosity, once he understood the management model of Fuguo Society, he could quickly understand it.

It can be said that Shi Kefa's generosity enabled Fuguoshe to make full use of its people, and also won the support of many victims. For a time, the image of the government and the court gradually changed among the victims, from exploiting and oppressing their enemies to being tolerant.

relatives.

Li Yi was also very happy about this. When he walked into Anmin District, he saw that the victims were in good order and the entire area was neat and clean, which was a bit better than before.

Pairs of victims walked past, and some who knew Li Yi stopped and said, "Little benefactor."

Li Yi nodded lightly and walked into the middle wooden house.

Shi Kefa is checking the accounts of this Anmin District. With the return of the victims and the departure of Zhang Heng and others, the situation in Baoding Prefecture has finally stabilized. However, amidst the prosperity, there are still many difficulties.

On the one hand, the resettlement of the victims has become a problem. Some people with land are fine and can just return to their hometowns. But there are still many victims who do not have land or have sold their land at a low price. Even if they go back, they will not have anything to rely on for their livelihood.

On the other hand, the resettlement of 100,000 disaster victims requires a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. Although with Li Yi's support, the resettlement of the victims went very smoothly, but in the long run, no one can bear such a large expenditure.

The imperial court has given an order, that is, all the 100,000 disaster victims must be properly dealt with after next spring. As for how to deal with it, the imperial officials do not want to deal with it.

It is not difficult to give orders, but how to complete them is difficult.

Today Shi Kefa came to Li Yi to discuss with him how to deal with these victims.

Seeing Li Yi come in, Shi Kefa put down his account book and asked his attendant to make two cups of hot tea.

It is now the cold winter, and with the first heavy snowfall of the year about to fall, many things need to be figured out.

After Li Yi finished doing it, the two exchanged a few words, and Shi Kefa said: "Zizheng, I came to you this time because I have something to discuss with you."

Then he handed the document in his hand to Li Yi.

Li Yi opened it and found that inside were letters to Shi Kefa from the wealthy people of Baoding Prefecture.

Apart from many words praising virtues, the general meaning is that they want to hire disaster victims as workshop workers to share the worries of the imperial court.

Obviously, these large households have begun to take a fancy to the value of the labor force of the disaster victims.

Li Yi looked up at Shi Kefa and said softly: "Since the big family in Baoding are willing to share the worries of the imperial court, it is a good thing."

Shi Kefa nodded and said: "Although he has bad intentions, doing this can indeed solve the urgent need."

Li Yi's original idea was to keep all the victims in Baoding Prefecture, and transform them from refugees into workers who could provide cheap labor for the workshops. This was his plan, but he did not expect that not only himself, but also the big households in Baoding Prefecture would

I thought of it.

Li Yi couldn't help but admire the keen vision of these big investors, and said directly: "In your opinion, what should we do?"

Shi Kefa thought for a while and said: "There are too many victims, so this move may only be slightly effective. I want to try it now. If the big households are lenient and kind to the victims, I will naturally encourage them to hire the victims. But if

It is absolutely impossible to turn disaster victims into slaves and start a trend of slavery."

Shi Kefa thought more deeply. He was not afraid of big businessmen hiring disaster victims to do work in the areas. What he was afraid of was that they would turn the victims from free people into slaves and work for them.

Li Yi heard the words and said: "If you are worried, you can find some smart people and go to the big workshops to test it out. Then you will know the basics."

After hearing this, Shi Kefa nodded and said, "This is a very good plan."

After leaving Anmin District, Li Yi summoned Zhu Qilong and said, "Tell Sun Cer and ask him to preach among the victims and say that big companies are willing to pay money to hire the victims to work."

Zhu Qilong heard this and said: "Sir, the big family in Baoding Prefecture betrayed their trust before. You didn't even teach them a lesson. Why are you helping them call in the victims now?"

Li Yi sneered and said, "Do you know why they are recruiting victims in such a hurry?"

Zhu Qilong said: "After more than a month, many workshops have been established. It seems that the big companies want to produce goods as quickly as possible and earn profits."

Li Yi nodded, "They thought the situation was calm now and wanted to make profits, but there was no turning back. This is the right time to trap them firmly."

Zhu Qilong didn't understand, but when he saw the young master's face full of confidence, he naturally retreated to spread the message.

Things here come to an end, and Li Yi wants to return to Anxin.

During this period, all my focus was on assisting the state society. Although I did not slack off on Anxin affairs, I always did not show up, and my control was still somewhat reduced.

He took Zhu Qilong with him, and the two of them were not as anxious as before and entered Anxin New Town leisurely.

Li Yi didn't come back for a long time. At this time, he saw that Anxin was very busy now, so he went to the market first.

The city is full of people coming and going, and there are various stalls and shops everywhere. The sounds of hawking and talking come and go, making it very lively.

Li Yi was not in a hurry, and slowly followed the flow of people shopping. He saw that the new town was rich in goods, and all kinds of goods were popular, and there were even some luxury goods.

Li Yi saw a rouge shop and walked straight over to pick some.

Because now Anxin has mastered the distillation technology, the level of extraction and production of perfume has been very high. Therefore, most Anxin rouges add some perfume to it and turn it into perfume powder, which is a very precious and high-end product.

This box of perfume and rouge would cost three taels of silver to buy in the capital, but in Anxin it would only cost one tael of merit.

Because there is too much wealth, Anxin now issues merit silk to replace merit, which is a transaction currency made of silk with anti-counterfeiting marks. This is Li Yi's selfish intention, which is to strengthen the people of Anxin's dependence on him.
To be continued...