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Chapter 428 Communication and Compromise

In a blink of an eye, three days passed by. Since last time he took Zhao Yu to inspect the workshop garden and discussed with him about moving the wool shop to Shuofang County, Zhang Ran felt much more relaxed, and the burden on his shoulders became a little more and he became more busy!

First of all, the top priority in front of Zhang Ran was how to arrange more than a thousand craftsmen and peasant officials from the former Taiguan Garden sent by Zhao Yu.

For Zhang Ran, these craftsmen and farmers are fine. Anyway, they were originally in Taiguan Garden, and they were all ordinary lower-level craftsmen. They had a low status and had no say. Even if they suddenly changed the place, they could only obey orders and wanted to do something. They had neither the ability nor the courage!

Therefore, after revealing something publicly, Zhang Ran gave these craftsmen and farmers a routine encouragement, promising to allocate their residences and distribute wool cloth clothes produced in the workshop, he handed over the rest to Li Chong to deal with!

Recently, Li Chong has been responsible for growing vegetables in the cellar. He has also accumulated a lot of relevant experience, so it was a smooth matter to hand it over to him. Moreover, after the last conversation, Zhang Ran believed that Li Chong could understand his current situation and would never dare to feel slack!

What really made Zhang Ran scratch his head was how to deal with and place Zheng Jia and the twenty subordinates he brought... Zheng Jia had a special identity, and was the confidant of Emperor Liu Che. He came to Zhang Ran's workshop garden on the order of the emperor to supervise and be responsible for the emperor's diet. He has great power, which is not comparable to ordinary craftsmen, nor is it easy for Zhang Ran to grasp!

But now Zhang Ran’s workshop garden is implementing a strict blockade system. Except for him, the rest of the people are only allowed to enter and not leave. Even the left and right chiefs, Li Chong and Wang Yu, unless they have no choice but to leave the workshop garden without Zhang Ran’s personal permission!

In this case, Zhang Ran naturally did not want Zheng Jia to be special as soon as he came, which would destroy the prestige he had finally accumulated and the rules he had set.

However, even if Zhang Ran was unwilling, he could not force Zheng Jia to enter and exit the workshop garden... After all, the daily supply of vegetables in Weiyang Palace cannot be stopped, otherwise the emperor would definitely not be able to explain it!

Therefore, Zhang Ran could only discuss the matter with Zheng Jia and tell him the reason and the confidentiality system currently implemented in the Workshop Garden, hoping that he could understand and cooperate...

Faced with Zhang Ran's request, Zheng Jia was also very embarrassed. He lowered his head and was silent for a long time before sighing slightly, "Ming Gong, it's not that my subordinates are unwilling to obey your orders, but that they have been carrying the saint's orders before they come down and have a special mission! Ming Gong also knew that this was related to the emperor's diet and could not tolerate any carelessness, so I had to personally check that no vegetables sent to Weiyang Palace... I even had to hand over the chef there, otherwise if there was a mistake, the entire tribe would have to move the heads of our clan!"

Speaking of this, Zheng Jia paused slightly and looked at Zhang Ran and said, "Ming Gong, I know you have difficulties and your own concerns, so I don't want to make things difficult for you... In this way, the subordinates I brought will stay in the workshop garden as you ask and are not allowed to go out at will!

And myself, I hope Ming Gong will give me a token to allow me to travel between the Workshop Garden and Weiyang Palace... so that I can perform the tasks assigned by Your Majesty!”

"This..." Zhang Ran was a little hesitant when he heard this. Although Zheng Jia was very reasonable, Zhang Ran understood that his request was not too much, but Zhang Ran still couldn't trust the other party... After all, he had only been with Zheng Jia for only two days and had no friendship or trust. In this case, Zhang Ran could not be relieved if he let the other party run around with many secrets in the workshop garden?

Seeing Zhang Ran's hesitant expression, Zheng Jia also understood what Zhang Ran was worried about. Therefore, he decisively gritted his teeth, raised two fingers, and made a vow in front of Zhang Ran: "Ming Gong, you can rest assured. I, Zheng Jia, promise you that you will definitely keep your mouth shut. Except for the emperor, you will not disclose any matters about the workshop garden to anyone! If there is any violation, the gods and man will punish him together!"

After making the oath, Zheng Jia said to Zhang Ran solemnly: "If one day Ming Gong finds that the secret of the workshop garden has been leaked, then just send someone to lock me up, and my subordinates will never resist or have any complaints!"

"Well..." Although Zheng Jia's series of statements could not make Zhang Ran completely believe him, at least it also made Zhang Ran understand the other party's attitude. With the other party's promise, if something really happens in the future, Zhang Ran has enough reason to turn the blame on the other party!

So, after weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Ran finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, I can give you a piece of the bamboo talisman certificate for entering and leaving the workshop garden, and I will grant you no need to stay in the workshop garden all the time, but you must do a confidentiality work and never allow any leaks to the workshop garden!

Otherwise, if something really happens and the emperor blames it, then neither of us will be able to escape! At that time, if you move your head and I will be severely punished, we will not think about a good life!"

When Zheng Jia heard this, his expression slightly shook and he quickly bowed his hand and replied: "Don't worry, my subordinates must remember Ming Gong's teachings and do a good job of confidentiality, and dare not slackew on the slightest!"

"Well, you know!"

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After dealing with Zheng Jia's affairs, a big stone hanging in Zhang Ran's heart finally came to an end. Next, Zhang Ran took the time to write an analysis on the economic war, elaborating on the various pros and cons of developing the wool textile industry and thus controlling the grassland wool trade, and listing the various benefits of mastering the trade sanctions stick!

After finishing the memorial, Zhang Ran personally rushed to Shaofu and handed the memorial to Zhao Yu, asking him to submit it to the emperor on his behalf!

Since we had already learned about the whole story of the economic war and some of Zhang Ran's ideas from Zhang Ran, Zhao Yu was naturally mentally prepared for the general content of the comment written by Zhang Ran!

After reading the commentary written by Zhang Ran and confirming that there was no problem, Zhao Yu was very satisfied. He then waved his pen and signed his name at the end, and signed the commentary very readily!
Chapter completed!
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