Chapter 1555: Chapter 1552: Wutong Street of the Northern City
“Arrest him, throw him in jail.” Chu Heng’s voice was cold, and the guards imdiately stepped forward to seize the man who had splashed dog’s blood.
The smug smile on the man’s face froze. He struggled fiercely, shouting curses, “Help, is Yonghe Workshop trying to bully commoners? I know you have officials backing you. If I can’t get out, it ans I’ve been wrongfully accused. Fellow villagers, help .”
“I don’t know which corrupt official’s shop this belongs to, oppressing the people by taking their cotton without paying a penny. How is this different from daylight robbery, you all… mmm…” The man’s mouth was imdiately gagged by a guard, and he was about to be taken to jail.
Ye Muyu quickly reached out and pulled Chu Heng’s sleeve.
Seeing the clarity in Chu Heng’s eyes, she whispered, “Ah Heng, loosen him up first and let him speak.”
Chu Heng instantly understood Ye Muyu’s intention. Noticing her bright eyes, he rubbed her palm with his finger and calmly instructed the guard to remove the rag from the man’s mouth.
The man did not understand Chu Heng and Ye Muyu’s actions, but this worked to his advantage. A calculating gleam flashed in his eyes as he shouted loudly, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
In no ti, a large group of commoners had gathered around.
“Everyone co and see, this Yonghe Workshop is too overbearing, actually sending out a convoy to rob the cotton from commoners’ hos, saying it’s a purchase, but in reality giving stones instead of silver. Many folks have been deceived. This Yonghe Workshop also opened a shop called Yonghe Ready-made Clothing Shop, where the cotton clothes are sold at a very low price. Obviously, the normal price is over two hundred wen, but at Yonghe Ready-made Clothing Shop it’s only fifty or sixty wen. No businessman wouldn’t want to make money, so with such low prices, they must be cutting costs sowhere.” The man, seemingly bold or perhaps believing that Chu Heng and Ye Muyu wouldn’t act against him, was quite adept at rumor-mongering and stirring up trouble.
So passersby who heard this rembered, “Yes, recently the cotton clothes at the Yonghe Ready-made Clothing Shop in North City have been very cheap. If we couldn’t buy cotton clothes from the Yonghe Ready-made Clothing Shop, the elderly in my family would suffer this year. At this price, it’s really affordable in the capital. What nonsense are you spouting? Even throwing dog’s blood at Yonghe Workshop’s door is despicable. You deserve to be caught and beaten by the shopkeeper, what a lack of morals.”
With that, the passerby spat.
Causing more people to voice their agreent.
Obviously, the Yonghe Ready-made Clothing Shop was quite popular recently, and many had bought cotton clothes and clearly benefited.
Plenty of indignant commoners stepped forward, “This brother is right. If it weren’t for the cotton clothes from Yonghe Ready-made Clothing Shop, we would be having a tougher ti this year, let alone a warm winter.”
“Exactly, my ho is in the countryside. If we didn’t have cheap cotton clothes, many elderly in the village would have frozen to death this year. The owner of Yonghe Ready-made Clothing Shop is truly benevolent. You, on the other hand, have sinister intentions, trying to harm the owner. It’s simply too much.”
“Right, who is this person, bullying our benefactor? Let’s all turn him over to the governnt together!”
Nearby, curious passersby who hadn’t heard of the Yonghe Ready-made Clothing Shop asked, “Is it true that a cotton coat there only costs fifty wen?”
“Yes, I’ve bought one, but unfortunately, you need to have household registration, and each person can only buy one. Otherwise, I would have stocked up a few more.”
“Eh, where is that shop?”
Since those who had already purchased couldn’t buy more, they generously waved their hands, “It’s on Wutong Street of the Northern City…”
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