Chapter 674: Beating someone is not illegal

The grain merchants kowtowed to everyone obediently, and Liang Jian coughed dryly and said, "Come on, give me a seat for everyone."

Chen Ao sat aside and smiled faintly, "There is no need to sit down. I remembered that I came alone, but I don't know why he didn't come today?"

The grain merchants all looked at Chen Ao, and one of them said, "I wonder who your highness is talking about?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "There is a guy named Zheng Ke who owes me 120 million yuan. Who knows you?"

Everyone just thought Chen Ao was joking, but no one knew that Zheng Ke didn't say that Chen Ao was just talking and saying that Chen Ao called him by his name, and he was very rude in his words, and he had already expressed his attitude. Many grain merchants were hiding under the Duke of Zheng, and at this time they were already uneasy.

Xu Bing from Zhengji rice shop had to bite the bullet and stand up and said, "My master is full of trivial matters, so the villain comes to my master. The governor will say the same as the villain said."

Chen Ao's face turned pale and said, "This is what you said. If you can't make the decision later, don't blame me for giving you a lot of trouble!"

"This..." Xu Bing was dumbfounded, thought for a while, and said in his heart, let's see what he said.

When everyone calmed down, Chen Ao stopped talking and his eyes fell on Liang Jian. Liang Jian said seriously: "This time I am recruiting you to the disaster in Taiyuan. Now there are tens of thousands of victims in Taiyuan City, with clothes not covered and food not filling. If this continues, sooner or later, they will starve to death and freeze to death. God has the virtue of living and the court has the heart to help the people. However, the food for disaster relief in Bianjing cannot be transported, and the local official warehouse is empty. What can you do? Therefore, I specially invited all the wise men to fulfill your merits."

Liang Jian's opening remarks were quite polite, but most of the grain merchants were not convinced. They bought grain everywhere and hoarded it for so long, spending so much money and effort. Their purpose was to take the opportunity to make a fortune in Taiyuan. In business, business, no benevolence, righteousness and morality must be discussed. Anyone with a little conscience is probably bankrupt, so how can they do a big deal? They buy low and sell high like them, and they can make a profit of dozens or hundreds of times after entering and leaving a few times. How can they take out the grain? As long as the grain is taken out, the government will have food to provide disaster relief, who will buy their grain ten times or hundreds of times? If this is true, this transaction will be overwhelming.

Liang Jian continued, "I have been discussing with King Pingxi for a long time, and I have no choice but to ask all the wise men today. Each family will take out the grain. At that time, King Pingxi will naturally report to the court and commend your righteous deeds. You can report to the court and the people at the same time. This is a good thing that is the best of both worlds. I wonder what you think?" He was afraid that the grain merchants would refuse, so he added: "When the disaster situation eases, the court will send food, and the governor will naturally return the grain. I will definitely not let you suffer any losses."

A grain merchant couldn't help but smile and said, "What is the saying of the governor? The food at this time is different from the food after the disaster is relieved. The price of grain at this time is ten coins per dou. If it is usually possible to buy it for sixty or seventy cents, it will be doubled, and we will also pay it back. The villain is a merchant, and the grain is also purchased from other places, and the cost of these cars and horses is not a decimal. If the governor insists on donating grain in Changlongmishop, what can the villain say? Tomorrow, I will teach my friend to send two hundred dou for the governor to dispatch it."

Two hundred dou of grain, for today's situation, it is undoubtedly a beggar. Liang Jian couldn't help but beggars when he saw the grain with a smile on his face, and said seriously: "I heard that Changlong Mishop has stored 30,000 dou of grain. In the past two months, you have already earned a full basin of gold and silk. Isn't you afraid of... not..."

He was stunned for a moment, originally thinking that he was not afraid of the incompetence of the laws of nature, but then he thought that these people were of great origin, and at least there was a minister standing behind each person. Moreover, these people had also given many gifts in the past. As the saying goes, it was really hard to say anything serious at this time.

When the grain merchants saw Liang Jianxin timid, they all laughed. Xu Bing, the shopkeeper of Zheng Ji rice shop, said: "We are all law-abiding businessmen. We only open the door to do business and give enough taxes per month. Now the governor is going to peel and knock bones again, so how can we make a living? The governor forgives his crime, and this grain is definitely not allowed."

The grain merchants nodded one after another, and one of them said, "On the ji, ji, we are all good people and we are unwilling to donate grain. Can the governor even raid our home? What is the difference between this and the robbery? Private wealth is private wealth, how can we send it out easily? The governor said this, but the villain knew the right minister of the Ministry of Justice. When he was to revise a letter, he would have to see if there was such a law in the Song Dynasty."

Liang Jian was already sweating profusely, and opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't know what to say. He was dumbfounded and kept saying: "You...you...you..."

Shen Ao, who was sitting at the lower head, looked cold and sneered: "Governor, why do you do if you talk so much nonsense to them?"

Liang Jian had no choice but to say, "Your Highness...I..."

Shen Ao stood up and smiled faintly, "Since you don't say it, let me say it." He pressed the hilt of the sword, and his slender figure gave people a feeling of majesticity. He raised his sword eyebrows and walked step by step among the grain merchants. He sneered and did not speak, but just looked at this and that one.

The grain merchants were so distressed by him that they could not even hide when they hit Shen Langzi. How could they dare to fight with him? But this huge profit was right in front of him. If they really contributed their food, the loss would be hundreds of millions of yuan. How could they let go easily? Even if they fought for their lives, they had to give it up.

Merchants have the rules of businessmen, just like being an official, ten times or a hundred times the profit. Even if you bring a tiger-headed guillotine, they will never give up easily. Officials can be willing to risk scouting their homes and extermination for thousands of people, especially merchants. Even if some families are wealthy and have endless wealth to enjoy for the rest of their lives, they are still unsatisfied. Since they dare to take the risk of coming to Taiyuan to hoard goods, they have their own reliance and courage. It is better to kill them if they want them to spit out their benefits easily.

Shen Ao suddenly stopped in front of the businessman who said he wanted to go to the Ministry of Justice to compile a book and looked directly at him, with a smile on his face.

The businessman looked a little embarrassed, but he had to face Shen Ao in all respects.

Shen Ao said lightly: "What's your name?"

The businessman hesitated for a moment and said, "My surname is Huang, and her name is Huang Ting."

Shen Ao said oh and said with a smile: "Do you have a friend in the Ministry of Justice?"

Huang Ting said: "It's just a friend of gentlemen."

Shen Ao suddenly raised his hand and slapped him hard. Huang Ting did not expect Shen Ao to do this. He took a step back and covered his face and let out a whimper.

It was cold winter at this time, and the weather was cold. It hurt ten times or a hundred times more than usual. Chen Ao was very strong. It was obvious that he had practiced this slap skill. After countless tempering, he had already achieved a little success. Huang Ting's face was swollen and he was so painful that he could hardly straighten his waist.

The grain merchants next to him couldn't help but tremble when they saw Chen Ao's actions. They looked at Huang Ting in horror, and felt a little chilling on their backs. Most people like them came from powerful families, and they were never the only ones who dared to hit them. After slapping this slap, they finally understood what pain was.

Chen Ao took another step forward, Huang Ting, who was covering his cheeks, looked flustered, afraid that Chen Ao would beat him, so he stepped back, and was blocked by a captain behind him. The captain's figure was like an iron tower, so where could he break away?

Chen Ao was almost one foot away from him, and he smiled and said, "Brother Huang, why not write another letter and ask the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, what is the crime of slapping you?"

Huang Ting's tears were about to burst out, and he bent his body and said ai: "No sin, no sin!"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "No sin? That's better. Today, my hands are itchy, so it's better to warm your hands with a few more slaps."

Huang Ting had already collapsed on the ground all of a sudden and said, "Your Highness, please spare me!"

Chen Ao looked at him with contempt, his eyes full of contempt, and said softly: "Give up your life? I can spare your life, but the lives of 100,000 victims. Will Brother Huang spare them? If you don't want to be requisitioned by the government, I will certainly not let you suffer any losses. In Bianjing, the best one for a dou of rice is only 100 cents. It's better to do this. The rice you stockpiled up will be purchased at the highest price of one hundred cents per dou of border troops. How about it?"

It is dozens of coins in Bianjing, but it is ten coins in Taiyuan. Such a price difference makes Chen Ao buy it for one hundred coins in just one sentence. How could Huang Ting be willing? But he was afraid of fighting, so he couldn't help but look at Xu Bing, the shopkeeper of Zheng Ji Mi Store, and said in a daze: "I... I can't make the decision."

Chen Ao said coldly: "Who is the winner?" He looked at Xu Bing in Huang Ting's eyes and said: "Is it him?"

Huang Ting shook his head and dared not say anything. In fact, his words were true. Even if he didn't want this huge profit, he would never dare to sell it to the government. The Huang family could do so many business relying on the permission of the Zheng family. If he sold 100 yuan of rice to the government to stabilize the price of rice today, could the Zheng family let him go? At that time, the Huang family would be struggling in the business world of Huaizhou. Not only did he despise the colleagues, but the Zheng family would still say something different. How dare he make fun of his own family?

Chen Ao walked to Xu Bing again. Xu Bing's face had already sunk, and he respectfully clasped his fists to Chen Ao and said, "Your Highness..."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Can you make the decision?"

Xu Bing hesitated and said, "I wonder what your highness wants the villain to be?"

Chen Ao looked kind and looked happy. There seemed to be no sign of an attack. He just smiled and said, "I would like to purchase the Zheng family's grain for one hundred coins."

Xu Bing immediately shook his head and said, "You can't even make a decision?"

Chen Ao's face turned cold and his eyes showed a fierce look, and he said, "What did I say just now? You said you could be able to make the decision, but I also said, if you can't make the decision and deceive me, you must give you some hardship."

Xu Bing immediately knelt down and said, "Prince calms down. A villain really can't make a decision for such a big deal."

Chen Ao said coldly: "Do you think I am a three-year-old child? Can you deceive me at will? If you come, take it down first and hit twenty rods!"

Several lieutenants responded and then shelved Xu Bing, who was calling for justice. They took a bench in the snow outside the hall, lie Xu Bing on the bench, tied it with ropes, so they found a water and fire killing stick, and then slapped it off. The lieutenants' buttocks were strong, but they didn't know the slightness of the slightestness. When the first slap came, the sound of bone cracks came. Xu Bing roared shrillly and fainted.

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In this White Tiger Hall, everyone was frightened and heard the people outside say, "I went to get the water, and I sucked it and continued to beat it."

Then, Xu Bing's wake-up sound came from the sound of his own, and another shrill roar...

Twenty rods may still be able to support the military man, but even if he can survive like Xu Bing, even if he can bear it, his femur is cracked and his blood and energy is blocked, he may not be able to survive for a few days. Xu Bing outside first supported the rods and began to cry and beg: "Your Highness... I can't make the decision, so my master can make the decision. Your Highness can spare your life!"

Chen Ao sat back and said to Liang Jian unsteadily: "Did you see it? Governor Liang, you are so arrogant. You should be the good people who are so timid. You don't need to be so polite to these troublemakers, just be beaten to death."

Liang Jian was so amused that he had to pretend to be obedient to the teachings and said, "I will remember it."

The lower-headed general was uncomfortable sitting here at this time, but he didn't dare to move, as if they were the ones who were tortured. The most helpless were naturally the grain merchants. The grain merchants were already looking at each other and complaining loudly. They were still a little braver just now, but now they were all silent and refused to even make a sound.

After finishing the twenty-scepter, Chen took a sip of tea arrogantly, raised his eyes to look at Xu Bing who was dying up. At this time, Xu Bing's *** was already bloody and was held by two lieutenants and did not sag. He had fainted a few times just now, but he was all awakened by water. The weather was cold and when he was poured by cold water, his teeth were trembling again, and he was so cold that he could not bear it. I was afraid that he would only have the last breath left.

Chen Ao looked at him and said lightly: "You just said that only your master can make the decision?"

Xu Bing couldn't even cry, but just nodded.

Chen Ao said lightly: "Come here, send this shopkeeper Xu back, and invite Zheng Ke to come again. Remember to bring a team of lieutenants. If Zheng Ke doesn't come, he will directly confiscate the Zheng family's shop."

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Chapter 2, ***.
Chapter completed!