Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 305 Notorious
The consequences of dealing with the grain merchant Zhang Cunjin yesterday were immediately apparent.

Li Qinzai is a strong dragon, while the grain merchants are local snakes.

As soon as Qianglong arrived on the site, he took the land snake and the rest of the land snakes felt uncomfortable.

Li Qinzai has gradually realized that the grain merchants in Bingzhou are not just grain merchants, or in other words, they are just tools on the surface.

There is a force behind the grain merchants, otherwise they would dare to drive up grain prices dozens of times in a catastrophe, and ordinary merchants would not have the courage to do this, let alone encourage the common people to stop officials in the street.

Most of the people in front of them were bewitched by grain merchants. Firstly, they wanted to show off their muscles to Li Qinzai, implying a warning.

Li Qinzai didn't blame the kneeling and howling people in front of him.

The common people are common people after all, their experience and structure are only a little bit, they don't know that Li Qinzai asked Zhang Cunjin to suppress the grain price in Bingzhou city, let alone that Li Qinzai did it so that the common people can eat cheap food as soon as possible food.

What the common people saw was that the new governor was young and energetic and didn't know how to compromise. He was in conflict with the local grain merchants when he first took office, but in the end it hurt them.

Sighing, Li Qinzai lifted an old man who was kneeling in front of him, bent down to help him brush the dust off his knees, and said with a wry smile: "Old man, don't blame the grain merchants for driving up grain prices, but blame me for suppressing them. Is that what you say?"

With a bitter face, the old man bowed his head and said: "We are not people who don't know good and bad. It is indeed abhorrent for grain merchants to drive up grain prices, but we all have families and mouths, and we only want to have food and clothing every day."

"In the past, no matter how high the food price was, you could barely get by with your savings. But since Zhang Cunjin was interrogated, the price of food has risen again. I can't afford it anymore. The whole family is hungry. There is no other way but to appeal to the governor."

The people cried and kowtowed to Li Qinzai, begging Li Qinzai to let the Bingzhou grain merchants go.

For a moment, Li Qinzai's heart was completely chilled.

Obviously, he was working hard, from inside the city to outside the city, slowly planning to suppress food prices, trying his best to find a way out for the people, but he was not understood by others, and instead became a villainous official who harmed the people.

From the time travel to the present, has Li Qinzai ever suffered such incomprehensible aggrieved?
But he couldn't blame anyone in front of him.

The masses are ignorant, they are simple and honest, but they lack knowledge. How can Li Qinzai blame them?
Gritting his teeth, Li Qinzai still put on a smiling face and said, "Everyone, give me a little more time, and I will bring down the grain price in Bingzhou. Trust me."

The old man in front of him shook his head and said in tears: "Inspector Li asked Zhang Cunjin for the sake of our people, but... what we want is not criminals to punish the law, but food and clothing for the whole family. Please forgive me and don't embarrass the grain merchants again." gone."

Li Qinzai's face turned cold, and he said, "Even if I don't ask the grain merchants, how many days can your savings last? This year is destined to be a disaster year. Can you survive? If so, I won't worry about it, let it go right away." Apologize to Zhang Cunjin, apologize to the grain merchants, and let them continue to sell thirty cents a liter of grain."

The people kneeling on the ground were suddenly dumbfounded.

Today, they are relying on meager savings to support them. Such a high food price can only last for a few days. last a whole year.

Li Qinzai said slowly: "If you believe me, give me ten days, and I will give everyone an explanation. I am the governor of Bingzhou, and I will never allow anyone under my rule to starve to death this year!"

The people looked at him hesitantly, but no one said anything.

Liu Asi took a step forward and yelled, "Give way quickly! Don't obstruct the official driver!"

The people kneeling in the middle of the street slowly gave way.

Li Qinzai just started to take a step, but he heard a person rushing out of the crowd, and shouted: "Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people are in dire straits, you and other officials only care about their official prestige and don't know the sufferings of the people. The five members of my family have been hungry for three days, and the hope of life is over." Nothing but death!"

After finishing speaking, the man rushed forward and slammed headfirst into the stone steps on the side of the road with a will to die.

It happened so suddenly that Li Qinzai and his followers didn't expect it. They watched the man crash to death on the stone steps, blood flowed all over the floor, his body twitched uncontrollably, and then there was no movement. Seeing that he was dead .

Li Qinzai was shocked, staring blankly at the dead man, his expression fell into a trance.

The mood of the people who had just been appeased was immediately re-inspired by the death of this man, and they continued to kneel on the side of the road and cry loudly.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Liu Ahsi hurriedly said, "Protect Wu Shaolang and leave quickly!"

Li Qinzai was held by Bu Qu's arms, almost half-supporting and half-pulling him away.

Back at the Governor's Mansion, Liu Asi ordered the gate to be closed, and looked at Li Qinzai with a livid face: "Fifth Shaolang, this man died strangely!"

Li Qinzai still didn't come back to his senses, and murmured in a trance, "Yes... did I kill him?"

Liu Asi said emphatically: "No! This man died strangely! There was no warning, and he said something to incite the people before he died. People who really want to die will not be so deliberate before their death."

Li Qinzai's body trembled, and he finally regained his senses.

Closing his eyes tiredly, he recalled the words and deeds of the man just before he died in his mind.

Liu Ahsi was right, that person died strangely, especially the provocative words before his death, which made people feel more deliberate.

His expression gradually turned cold, Li Qinzai said in a deep voice, "Quickly call Song Sen to see me."

Liu Ahsi waved his hand towards the door, and a trilogy left quickly.

Li Qinzai went on to say: "Tomorrow night, the Governor's Mansion will hold a banquet, inviting all grain merchants in Bingzhou City, Ah Si, you can arrange it."

"Yes!"

After Liu Ahsi left, Li Qinzai sat alone in the small room, with a murderous intent flashing across his face.

"Bingzhou Grain Merchants, you finally pissed me off!"

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The people died by touching the steps, and the news spread to Bingzhou City the next day.

However, the news that spread throughout the city has gradually changed its taste. People in the city all say that the new governor is young and incompetent.

Rumors and gossip were raging, and Li Qinzai's reputation was completely destroyed overnight, and he became the target of everyone in the city shouting and beating for no reason.

In the governor's mansion, Liu Asi was furious and clamored to send a trilogy to take all the people who talked about Wu Shaolang behind their backs into the prison for interrogation, but was calmly stopped by Li Qinzai.

The situation has developed to the present, and the taste of conspiracy is getting stronger and stronger.

Li Qinzai felt that there was a pair of invisible hands manipulating and controlling everything from behind. From the day he asked Zhang Cunjin, or from the day he called on Mrs. Korea, those invisible hands had begun to stir up the situation in Bingzhou. Pointing at him, the new governor.

The current rumors that Li Qinzai has become stinking all over the street are of course also their work.

If there is no accident, the news may have been quickly spread to Chang'an by interested people, and the censors in Chang'an are probably already sharpening their knives.

Public opinion can kill, good or bad.

Suddenly falling into passivity and being criticized by thousands of people, Li Qinzai calmed down instead.

Whether it is the cause of the matter or the ultimate goal, there are only two words in the final analysis, "food".

Li Qinzai wants to save the people from fire and water, and those who manipulate the conspiracy want to make a fortune. The interests of the two sides inevitably conflict.

Conflict of interest will of course lead to hostility, Li Qinzai understands very well, and he is not used to being passively beaten.

Now it's his turn to fight back.

Tonight, the governor's mansion banquet.

As soon as it got dark, guests came to the door.

The lady from South Korea came first, a gorgeous and luxurious carriage stopped at the gate of the governor's mansion, the double-horse carriage, the ostentation like a cloud of followers, the title of "Madam" conferred by Li Zhi, the ceremonial ostentation was not spared at all, I have used everything that can be used.

As soon as Mrs. Han entered the door, she covered her mouth and giggled. She winked at Li Qinzai and said, "I heard that Governor Li made a fuss yesterday. Now the whole city knows you."

Li Qinzai said with a smile: "It's okay, the subordinates are still notorious in Chang'an City, and they have lived without disease and disaster until now. Outsiders don't understand the reason, just chew a few words, don't care about them."

Mrs. Han's eyes rolled and she said with a smile: "When the city is full of storms, Governor Li still wants to entertain grain merchants. Tonight's banquet is probably not a Hongmen banquet?"

Li Qinzai blinked and said with a smile: "Ma'am, look at the corridor outside the hall. I have ambushed five hundred knives and axes. Are you afraid, Ma'am?"

Mrs. Han laughed disregarding her manners: "What am I afraid of? It should be the grain merchants who should be afraid."

Li Qinzai said in a joking tone: "Madam's words are wrong, maybe I have someone's instruction to kill Madam..."

Mrs. Korea suddenly laughed, and her face changed immediately.

(End of this chapter)