The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 1187

[Chapter 1187 The speechless He Wenlin]

“This”

He Wenlin was stunned when he heard this. For a moment, he didn’t know how to refute. He just looked at the man, speechless.

The dignified Censor of Zuodu, the most influential official, was now being choked to the point of being speechless.

It can be seen that he is indeed ignoring it.

At this time, the man continued: “If Duke An Guo had not built the new city, none of these tens of thousands of people would have had enough to eat! It is precisely because Duke An Guo wanted to build the new city that we have these two taels of wages and the money to eat!

You! You want to hinder the construction of the new city, and even use this to threaten Duke An, which is simply cruel!”

“Do you think we don’t know who you are? To tell you the truth, we know it in our hearts! He is nothing more than a villain in the court who is jealous of Duke An!”

“It is of no use to a person like you who has read the books of saints and sages, but your heart is dark and all you see is yourself.

“If it is true that Duke An Guo does not build the new city, will it be Duke An Guo who loses it?

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With so much money and so many shops, he can be prosperous and rich even if he does nothing, but he still chooses to build a new city. That is because the people who benefit from building a new city are poor families like us!

” Every sentence was spoken from the bottom of his heart.

After everyone heard this, their eyes became a little red, and they were also moved by these words.

He Wenlin, on the other hand, was livid and speechless for a moment.

In his eyes, building a new city is a waste of people and money, a massive construction project, and a waste of money.

However, he did not expect that in the eyes of these people, building a new city was actually the way for them to survive.

After thinking about it, I still can’t find a reason to refute it.

Because he really didn’t know how difficult it was to find a job that could earn two taels of silver in Kyoto Prefecture.

He never paid attention. After all, he never had to worry about two taels of silver.

However, it was obviously impossible for him to admit that he was wrong.

For these workers, building a new city is a good thing and should not be a big problem.

However, the problem is that workers only account for a portion of the hundreds of thousands of people in Kyoto Prefecture.

In addition to workers, there are many other people in Kyoto Prefecture.

It is still unclear what these people’s views are on building a new city.

But it is conceivable that these people will oppose the construction of a new city.

First of all, after the construction of the new city is completed, the price of residences in Kyoto Prefecture will definitely drop.

Although Duke An Guo controls a lot of mansions, most of the mansions in Kyoto Prefecture are still in the hands of some well-to-do families, who have house deeds and land deeds.

You don’t need to think too hard to know that these people must hope that the price of the mansion will continue to rise. After all, they are the ones who own the mansion.

In addition, if a new city is built and many people leave Kyoto Prefecture, will it affect the prosperity of Kyoto Prefecture?

Although He Wenlin was not very interested in these people coming from other states.

But he also had to admit that these people were indeed the main reason for Kyoto Prefecture’s growing prosperity.

Without these more and more people, the prosperity of Kyoto Prefecture would definitely be affected.

Take the simplest example, this rickshaw driver.

Most of the rickshaw pullers in Kyoto Prefecture are foreigners coming from other prefectures.

Generally speaking, these people are children from poor families in the village. They are strong and can endure hardships.

Because of their existence, the price of this rickshaw is always within the affordable range of everyone.

If a new city is built and all these people go to the new city, the number of rickshaw pullers will definitely decrease.

The reduction in the number of rickshaw pullers will definitely lead to an increase in this price.

This is to be expected.

Therefore, other people in Kyoto Prefecture should be opposed to the construction of a new city.

Thinking of this, He Wenlin ignored everyone’s accusations and turned around to leave.

Not even a rebuttal.

Because he knew that there was no point in refuting, because these workers were the beneficiaries of the construction of the new city.

What he needs to find is the group of people whose interests have been harmed by the construction of the new city.

Thinking of this, he wandered around the south of the city.

There is no doubt that the most prosperous south of the city must be the most opposed to the construction of a new city.

If a new city is built, some people will definitely stay in the new city.

In this case, a new place similar to Chengnan may arise in the new city, and Chengnan will naturally be affected.

Walking aimlessly on the street.

There are people coming and going around.

Vendors were selling all kinds of gadgets, making the whole street lively.

This can be considered a better part of the south of the city.

Even though there are enough shops here, these small traders and hawkers are still not driven away.

Because the shopkeepers of various shops in the south of the city all know the same truth.

To be convenient for others is to be convenient for yourself.

The reason why the south of the city is so prosperous is because of these small merchants and hawkers.

If there were not these small traders and hawkers, just major shops, many less wealthy families would not choose to come to the south of the city.

It is precisely because of these small merchants and hawkers that no matter you are poor or rich, you are willing to come to the south of the city.

Even if you are poor, if you shop around a lot, if you suddenly make money one day, you will choose to go to those shops to sell things.

He Wenlin wandered among the vendors, thought for a while, and walked to a wonton stall.

“Here’s a bowl of wontons.”

“Okay! Sir! You sit down first, the wontons will be here later!”

Hearing this, He Wenlin frowned slightly, always feeling a little uncomfortable, but he didn’t say anything, he just looked for it. A place to sit down.

By this time, those who got up early to work had already left.

And those who don’t need to work haven’t gotten up yet.

It’s the time of the day when there are the fewest people.

The wonton vendor was also free and not so busy.

While waiting for the wontons, He Wenlin chatted with the vendor.

“Shopkeeper, have you heard about any major events in our Kyoto Prefecture recently?”

When the vendor heard this, he said without raising his head: “Sir, you are asking the wrong person. People like us are like this every day. It’s all firewood, rice, oil and salt, so why bother to pay attention to this? If you want to ask about something big, you’d better go to the restaurant. Everyone there knows it.”

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Wenlin was silent.

After a pause, he said again: “I heard that Duke An Guo is going to build a new city outside the city recently. Have you heard about it?”

When the vendor heard this, he suddenly said: “This is what you are talking about! What’s there to ask about? Who in the entire Kyoto Prefecture doesn’t know?”

He Wenlin asked again, “What do you think about this matter?”

The vendor was startled, looked back at He Wenlin, and said, “Sir, you are a reporter. Right?”

(End of chapter)