Chapter 677: Trouble

In the evening, the imperial envoy lit a light on the side of the headquarters, and many people came in and out of here, and occasionally dogs barked. Tonghu led a team of people to patrol everywhere. With the lessons from the last time, his vigilance couldn't help but increase a lot.

Going further inside, there is a small hall. The weather here is cold, and the meetings in the major courtyards and the affairs of the office are carried out in the small hall. Unless it is a very serious occasion, they will go to the empty hall. Chen Ao is no exception. He wrote a memorial with his own hand and asked people to rush to the capital overnight.

The memorial was naturally self-disputed. The fact that the killing of the Taiyuan Governor was too great and sensational. Chen Ao had been living in so many years, but how could he not know how powerful it was? As long as the news reached Bianjing, it would immediately cause an uproar, and its influence would not be due to the collapse of the ground.

Therefore, Rong Chenao has not had much time in Taiyuan. The imperial envoy from the court is coming sooner or later. Chen Ao has not had the leisure time to read books these days. It has been seven hours since the deadline, and five hours later, after this night, if the grain merchants do not pay the grain, he has to choose to use rough means.

Dozens of reports came to Chen Ao's case, and the grain merchants did not make any noise at all. Chen Ao couldn't help but chill, knowing that they had reached a tacit understanding and wanted to fight with their own family to the end.

After overnight, Liang Jian, the acting governor, came to the headquarters to take a horse and asked for a meeting with the lamp. Chen Ao asked the Liang "Governor" to sit down and asked someone to pour tea. Liang Jian seemed worried and said, "Your Highness, let's bring wine."

Liang Jian didn't know what happened to him, but he was quite bold tonight. He was still timid before, but he was going to ask for wine at this time.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Okay, just drink."

He asked someone to serve wine and food, warm a pot of wine, and drink a glass of wine. Liang Jian said, "Your Highness, I am fortunate to be unfair. The five city gates have been closed, and the grain shops in various places are also asked to follow him. Just wait for the grain merchant to give the order. As long as the grain merchant does not hand over the grain..." He actually drank a glass of wine, his face turned red, and the wine strengthened the cowardly courage, and said sternly: "You can confiscate the grain shops."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Governor Liang."

Liang Jian then drank again.

Chen Ao sighed and said, "I have implicated Governor Liang. I will regard this glass of wine as my respect for you." After that, he picked up the wine cup and touched Liang Jian.

Liang Jian exclaimed and said, "What else can the last general say when things have reached this point? Since he can't escape the guilt of being threatened, he simply followed His Highness to do something earth-shaking."

The two clinked glasses and drank them all. Chen Ao thought to himself that he was still a military officer who was quick to be a military officer and could think easily. If he were a civil servant, he would have been worried and cried.

Chen Ao said again: "Don't worry, Governor Liang, even if the imperial court takes me, I will still protect Governor Liang, because there are some things that Governor Liang will do."

Liang Jian couldn't help but say, "Please tell me your superiors."

Chen Ao asked someone to pick up a book, threw it on the table, and said, "This is a bill. To settle the victims, distribute oxen, clothes, and build new houses. Each transaction is very clear, and it costs approximately 81 million yuan. This money will be sent by the king. If there is anything wrong with me, can Governor Liang do this good man to the end for me?"

Liang Jian couldn't help but feel moved: "Mr. Liang had heard of His Highness's name for a long time. Everyone said that His Highness values ​​wealth over righteousness. When I saw him today, I realized that it was all rumors."

Chen Ao smiled bitterly. At this time, even he himself didn't know whether he was a good person or a bad person.

The two of them were having a drink while chatting. Until the third day of the morning, they were not sleepy. Chen Ao slept late last night and slept until the afternoon during the day, so they were not tired at this time. Where could Liang Jian sleep? After drinking a glass of wine, he became much more energetic.

When it was the fifth day of the day, a lieutenant hurriedly reported, saying, "Your Highness, the time is almost here."

Chen Ao put down his wine glass, walked out to look at the sky, and said lightly: "Can you make any movement in the rice shops?"

The captain shook his head and said, "No."

Chen Ao sneered, "They don't cry when they don't see the coffin. I have given them a chance. Do they think I dare not touch them?" Chen Ao stood in the mist dawn. When the morning breeze blew, he could not see any tiredness.

Liang Jian came from the hall and stood behind Shen Ao. Chen Ao casually said: "Governor Liang, it's time to call the grain merchant to come and report."

Liang Jian nodded and immediately asked someone to call. Chen Ao and Liang Jian rode their horses to the Grand Governor's Office, beat drums and tents, and Liang Jian was about to sit down, but Chen Ao patted his shoulder and said, "Now King *** is here in person." After that, he sat down and Liang Jian sat down with him.

Two ranks of lieutenants and generals arrived one after another. After saluting, everyone stood to one side silently.

After that, the grain merchants came late and saluted Chen Ao. Chen Ao said with a shallow face: "Why is there no one in Zhengji rice shop?"

The grain merchants all pursed their lips and did not answer.

Chen Ao sternly said: "I asked again, why is no one coming to Zhengji rice shop?"

The grain merchant Huang Ting said, "Xu Bing, the shopkeeper of the rice shop, was ill at home. As for Duke Zheng, he suffered from some cold yesterday."

Chen Aosenran sneered, "So that's the case? It doesn't matter whether they come or not. I will ask you first, should you pay this grain or not?"

The grain merchants below didn't say anything.

Chen Ao continued: "If you hand over the grain, you can save tens of thousands of people. The court will not cause you to suffer any losses. Even a small profit is enough. The value of a hundred citrus will not make you in vain."

The grain merchants still remained silent.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Will no one nod such great merit?" He seemed earnest and said with great sincerity: "Behind you are Duke Zheng and Li Bangyan, so you are so unscrupulous, right? Duke Zheng is a relative of the foreigners, and Li Langzi is the chief assistant. If they cover you up, someone will impeach you. The emperor is far away. The palace cannot be so clear. You are lucky, right?"

Chen Ao smiled and continued, "Make this money against your heart. Ask me, can you be at ease with your conscience?"

The grain traders seemed to have made up their minds and just didn't speak.

Chen Ao sighed and said, "I don't tell you any great truths, I just told you not to be lucky." He suddenly stood up...

The grain merchants then looked stunned and didn't know what the King Pingxi was going to do.

Chen Ao's face was solemn, and suddenly became extremely solemn, and he said lightly: "I am not a good person, I am more than a million yuan in greed for money? In order to vent my personal anger, I can frame it, and be clever and speak in a clever way. I have taken advantage of the opportunity, and I have not done it before..." He smiled and continued: "But I know that there are more than 100,000 people who are hungry now. I have read books and know a truth: people have to do what they do and not do. If they do something, they are to do it. He has to do his life, and even if he does not do anything, he must not touch his head. What King *** wants to do now is to fight his life!" He said nothing, took off the crown of Jinxian on his head, took off his jade belt, jade fish bag, and uniform, and was only wearing a short round-necked jacket with a lining. He was a pair of navy breeches. Although there was a charcoal basin in the lobby, the place was empty, the door was wide open, and the cold wind poured in, and his whole body couldn't help but become cold.

Take off your clothes in front of the Governor's Office...

Everyone's faces changed. They looked at Chen Ao. Chen Ao put his condolences, jade belts, and Liang Guan on the case and said seriously: "This is given by the emperor, and it is a glory and nobleness. But today, I would rather give up these things than do this!"

This sentence made everyone sober. Who doesn’t understand this thought when Chen Ao did this? Chen Lanzi wanted to burn his jades and stones. It would be fine if he handed over the grain. If he didn’t handed over the grain, he would die together!

The grain merchants couldn't help but feel trembling at this time. The most feared thing in all dynasties was to be desperate, not to mention that the King Pingxi was to fight with them.

Chen Aohu stared at the grain merchant and said, "Do you pay this grain or not?"

The grain merchant Huang Ting said with a sad face: "It's not that he refuses to hand over it, it's because the grain has been sold out."

Other grain merchants also said, "Yes, the grain is sold out, please check it out."

Chen Ao initially persuaded him kindly, and even if he took off his clothes in the hall, he did not show any embarrassment. However, when the grain merchants said this, their faces suddenly changed, and their eyes were full of murderous intent, "So, you must not be able to hand over?"

The grain merchants knelt down and said, "It's not that I don't want to pay, it's really that I have no food to pay."

Chen Ao snorted coldly and said with a stern face: "Since that's the case, I have to burn both jade and stones, come here!"

The generals on the lower end were all solemn. At this point, who would dare to say anything? They stood up and said, "The last general will obey the order!"

Chen Ao said viciously: "Dig three feet from the ground, and searched me one by one rice shop. I found a grain of rice. They were also bullying me. They immediately pulled me down and chopped me!"

"Abide by the order!" No matter how strong the border general had to do business with the grain merchants, he knew that he had to do things in public. If he was lazy, he might not have been the desperate King Pingxi who would cut their heads; so he responded to his orders and summoned soldiers to beat horses and headed towards the rice shops of each family.

"Dongdong..." The border soldiers arrived at the rice shop and smashed the door hard. Then they rushed in like a tide and searched wantonly. The shopkeepers and shopkeepers dared not say anything, and they were all standing sideways and being monitored by the border soldiers. The rice shop's warehouse was in the backyard. The border soldiers smashed the door open and found that it was indeed empty, with no grain of rice left.

The generals who led the team were also anxious and red at this time. They now hoped that the grain merchants would hand over the grain. There was always someone to give in to the current situation, but King Pingxi was determined and hope was placed on the grain merchants. But when he saw this empty warehouse, he immediately realized that these grain merchants were also trying their best to do anything.

If there is a conflict at that time, they will be unlucky sooner or later. They will not be able to collect grain and will not be able to report their lives when they go back. The Shen man was determined to squeeze out grain from the grain merchants. No one dared to imagine what it would look like in the end.

There was no such thing in the warehouse, so naturally I took these shopkeepers and the guys to ask. The shopkeeper swears, saying that the food has been sold out. Some of the confidant guys didn't know that, and they insisted that they didn't. As for the other guys, they couldn't ask anything.

After a full half-morning struggle, it turned out to be futile. More than a dozen generals returned to the governor's office.

In the Governor's Office, Chen Ao had already changed into a round-necked Confucian shirt, sitting here waiting for news with his eyes closed, but pursing his lips and not speaking.

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Chapter completed!