"What's going on ahead?" Cui Heng got out of the carriage, looked at the people in Lu County in front, and asked Liu Litao beside him.

"This, this is probably the handwriting of Sun Panshi and others." Liu Litao was trembling with anger and gritted his teeth, "Sir, these people are already lawless, and most of these people are bewitched by them!"

"I'm afraid there are thousands of people. What a great skill!" Cui Heng sneered and said to Hui Shi, "Go over and ask, what's going on?"

"Yes! Your lord!" Hui Shi saluted and ordered.

"Those people are probably watching our jokes." Cui Heng glanced at the city wall of Lu County in the distance, and said with a smile, "Liu Juncheng, let the accompanying soldiers prepare food and salt!"

After he accepted the position of the prefect of Lu County, he kept Liu Litao by his side as the governor, which helped him to quickly understand the various affairs of Lu County, and it was also more convenient to collect the seven emotions of sentient beings.

"Yes! Your lord!" Liu Litao nodded quickly and said in admiration, "Your lord is so predictable, he had long expected that there would be such an obstacle."

"Go, go, go." Cui Heng waved his hand and smiled.

This Liu Litao's official habits did not change, and his three words were always flattering. Fortunately, he was sincere in his work, and the soldiers behind him were quickly mobilized.

Cui Heng's entourage to Lu County City is not small.

In addition to Huishi, Xu Fengan, Liu Litao, and Qian Cang, more than a dozen people who had fled from Dachang County to Juhe County served as soldiers.

When a new official takes office in a different position, especially if he comes to a place like Lu Juncheng, where a hole has already been dug, he must be prepared in advance.

If you want to gather people's hearts, to gain the love of the people, and to collect positive emotions, you must have someone you can use to do things from the very beginning.

There should be at least a dozen in number.

These former Dachang County victims are undoubtedly the best choice.

They were absolutely loyal to Cui Heng, and even believed that their lives belonged to Cui Heng.

On the other hand, it was also because Cui Heng brought a lot of supplies to Lu Juncheng and needed people to transport them.

It is true that he can also use magic to make those materials after he arrives at Lu County City, but in that case, it is to fish out of the water.

You can only harvest emotions on a large scale at one time, and there is no follow-up.

After a bowl of water in Juhe County flooded an army of 50,000 people, he didn't receive many sentient beings.

This is not in line with the concept of sustainable development.

It's better to arrange more manpower, and it will be better to proceed gradually.

……

As soon as Huishi arrived in front of the city gate of Lu County, a dozen people immediately surrounded him.

"Master, you are from the county governor. Please let the county governor give us a way to survive. We can't afford to buy food!"

"I beg the county governor to stop raising the price of food, we little people can't afford it, I beg the officials, give me a way to live!"

"There is also the Yan family. My family has not dared to eat salt for three days. The child's body is getting weaker and weaker. It's pity that he is still growing! Woohoo!!"

The more the people talked, the more excited they became. Some even started to push forward, almost completely surrounding Hui Shi.

Zheng!

Huishi lightly shook the steel knife around his waist, looked around with icy eyes, and shouted loudly, "Everyone, the prefect is alive in the sky, loves the people like a son, don't get excited, he will definitely help you solve the problem!"

Ordinary people were afraid of swords, and when they saw this battle, they subconsciously took a few steps back.

"How to solve it, can he still spit out the money he ate?!"

At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "I've already heard that the new county governor, grain merchants and salt merchants conspired to raise the price several times, and take half of the commission!"

"Who's talking nonsense!" Huishi shouted angrily and wanted to go out to check, but was surrounded by people on the third and third floors, and he couldn't move at all.

"Master! Is it true that the prefect takes commissions from the merchants?"

"Master! Have pity on us! If we go on like this, we won't be able to live anymore!"

"Master, Master..."

The voices of countless people buzzed in Hui Shi's ears, making him extremely irritable, and he almost couldn't help drawing a knife and slashing people.

But these people are not the Huang family of Juhe County, and they cannot be killed at will.

He could only forcibly hold back.

However, Hui Shi was a warrior in the Qi Condensation Realm after all, so he could use his True Qi to slowly push away these people and return to Cui Heng.

"My lord, the situation is not optimistic." Huishi reported in the past, and said solemnly, "Someone is among the common people to sow discord, saying that, sir, you are partnering with merchants and competing for profits with the people."

"Have you found out who it is?" Cui Heng asked.

"My subordinates are surrounded by people, so I couldn't find out." Huishi nodded and felt a little ashamed.

"It's okay." Cui Heng said with a smile. "Go over again and tell these people, come to me to buy grain and salt, you can buy it at half the usual price, and each person is limited to 20 catties of grain and one catty of salt.

"However, every commoner who comes to receive grain and salt must speak to the merchants who drive up the price of grain and salt. At that time, you organize your staff to record all these."

"Yes! Your Excellency!" Hui Shi immediately ordered to return.

"My lord, I have already discovered that person just now." Xu Fengan, who was disguised as an old scholar, wondered, "Why don't you let me catch him directly?"

"Now arresting people, but there is no way to cut the grass and root." Cui Heng chuckled lightly, and glanced at the gate on the city wall.

……

At this time, in the gatehouse on the city wall of Lu County.

Sun Panshi and Wang Jinsheng were sitting facing each other drinking, looking at the scene outside playfully.

"Brother Wang Xian, how do you think the Governor Cui will deal with this raging public opinion?"

Sun Panshi drank a glass of fine wine and laughed, "I'm afraid this is the first new county governor in history to be blocked by the people at the gate of the city! Hahaha!"

"Brother Sun, didn't you find the twenty or so carts brought by the new county governor?" Wang Jinsheng didn't answer the question, looked outside and said with a light smile, "I'm afraid there is a lot of food inside."

"How is it possible, could he still bring food from Juhe County to help the people?" Sun Panshi shook his head and said, "And Juhe County has been in poverty for a long time, how can there be so much food to transport?"

"When this Prefect Cui was in Juhe County, he opened a warehouse and released food to save thousands of victims." Wang Jinsheng was still looking outside, "I think this level can't be difficult for him, and we should prepare for the next one. countermeasures."

"Brother Xian has been thinking too much..." Sun Panshi still didn't believe it, but when he saw the changes outside, he stood up suddenly and shouted in shock, "How is it possible, he really brought so much food?! "

"Not only food, but also salt!" Wang Jinsheng's eyes were slightly fascinated, and he suddenly smiled, "Hahaha, this is interesting. If it is too easy to suppress, it will make this young master feel boring."

"Oh, it's just an act of bribing people's hearts!" Sun Panshi was still unconvinced and sneered, "After these days of publicity, the image of the new county governor and the merchants partnering to compete with the people for profit cannot be changed!

"Even if he eats the bear-hearted leopard and dares to attack those merchants after he enters the city, his image will not be good in the hearts of the people, he just thinks that he is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!"

……

Cui Heng brought 20 carts of grain and five carts of salt.

Naturally, there is not enough food to sell to these thousands of refugees, so it is first come, first served.

Then, promise that there will be more in the future, and you can go to the Sheriff's Office to buy it.

And it will also make every effort to lower the prices of people's livelihood industries such as grain and salt.

In this way, the people will naturally disperse.

Even if there is support in it, it will not play any role in the face of real grain and salt.

"Has the merchant's information been written down?" Cui Heng asked Hui Shi.

"My lord, I have written it down." Huishi nodded and said angrily, "There are thirteen grain merchants and six salt merchants in total, all of which have doubled their prices by seven times!"

"Okay!" Cui Heng nodded lightly.

"My lord, even though you sold them food at half price, some people still think that this is an act of bribing people's hearts." Huishi said with some worry, "I still think you and those merchants are a group."

"It's okay." Cui Heng waved his hand, didn't say anything else, and went back to the carriage, "Enter the city!"

……

After dealing with the Chengmen incident, Cui Heng successfully took office as the prefect of Lu County.

Sun Panshi and others were waiting for the new county governor to make a move.

But three days have passed.

There was no news from the county governor's office.

All I know is that Cui Heng is arranging people around him to hold various positions.

There doesn't seem to be any sign of making a move.

Moreover, for the past three days, grain and salt have been transported from Juhe County through the Honghe River.

It is still sold to the common people at half price!

As if the grain and salt there are inexhaustible.

This made Sun Panshi and other popular people almost curse their mothers. They couldn't even find the common people to go to the county governor's house to make trouble.

He could only curse Cui Heng's food and salt in his heart to quickly run out.

After more than ten days, the grain and salt are still flowing.

There is no sign of breaking up.

Songs praising the new county governor have even begun to circulate in the city of Lu County.

Sun Panshi and the others could endure it, but their major grain and salt merchants couldn't hold it any longer.

For more than half a month without a single penny in income, even a businessman would explode.

As a result, the merchants began to buy grain from the common people at twice the price, and then changed the price to three times the original price to sell.

Although food and salt are important, wealth and silk also understand people's hearts.

It is inevitable that some people can't help but be tempted to sell some of the grain and salt they have.

This has led to the fact that the overall price of grain and salt remains high despite the constant existence of half-price grain and salt.

The people soon began to picket those who sold grain and salt to merchants.

As a result, grain and salt traders quickly tripled their purchase prices.

As a result, there will be more people who secretly sell grain and salt.

The price also quickly increased to five times.

It's almost seven times the original size.

At this moment, the grain and salt shipments from Juhe County suddenly stopped!

The County Sheriff's Office also issued a notice that there was really no food or salt to bring.

The price of food and salt has soared to fifteen times the original price in an instant!

Sun Panshi and others celebrated with their crowns~www.novelmt.com~ All the merchants held a banquet to celebrate.

The people were furious, but there was nothing they could do.

The whole city of Lu County has almost become a powder keg.

It's about to explode.

Finally, a large number of people couldn't bear it any longer, and they all went to the county governor's yamen to file a complaint, hoping that the county governor could severely punish these illegal businessmen.

This time, no one instigated it, everyone was spontaneous, and they all just went to the prefect for help.

rather than questioning.

In the past month, the image of the new county governor fighting against grain merchants and salt merchants in the whole city has been established in the hearts of the people.

No one would believe that Cui Heng was with those merchants.

Inside the Sheriff's Office.

Cui Heng took a list and said to Hui Shi, who was on standby: "Thirteen grain merchants, six salt merchants, nine medicine halls, twelve carbon merchants, seven... These have been checked out. Bar."

"Yes, sir, it has been checked." Huishi said respectfully.

"What is the attitude of the people?" Cui Heng asked again.

"Your great plan, people all over the city now sincerely admire you." Huishi admired Cui Heng's approach so much that it truly gathered people's hearts.

If they had raided the houses of these merchants when they first entered the city, they would definitely not have the kind of people they have now, and they might even be stigmatized by the stigma of killing donkeys.

"Okay!" Cui Heng nodded and smiled. Now, the first goal has been achieved.

So, he immediately put the list on the table, and said solemnly, "Huishi listens to the order! All the above merchants will search their homes and choose a public trial! If anyone stands in their way, they will be killed on the spot!"

Pigs are fattened.

It's time to kill!

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