Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 768 Confrontation
"My biggest competitor is Gu Xianting. As long as my lord persuades Gu Xianting to give up the bidding, I will be sure to win. Naturally, grain merchants everywhere will not panic. This problem will be solved naturally. Shi De can also spare his energy to help you solve the problem."

Zhu Shide's words are for Lu Tao to make a choice, as long as you, Lu Tao, don't interfere, the matter will disappear.

Lu Tao said coldly, "What other people want to do is her freedom, and I have no control over it."

Zhu Shide pushed the boat smoothly: "If your lord says so, then there is nothing I can do to help."

Lu Tao looked at Zhu Shide.

Although Zhu Shide is afraid of Lu Tao, he is also a person who has experienced storms, and he has plans in his heart to be prosperous and prosperous with Zhu Clan, and to be harmed if he is harmed.

Lu Tao smiled: "Then I have no choice but to leave Mr. Zhu in the government office until the official's troubles are relieved."

Zhu Shide is engaged in a grain buying war with his bidding opponents, if his center is detained by Lu Tao in the government office, wouldn't it be a mess there.

Lu Tao's move was really powerful, Zhu Shide said coldly: "My lord threatens me!"

Lu Tao smiled lightly: "Did I threaten you?"

Zhu Shide stood up abruptly: "Why should you detain me?" Behind him was Zhu Clan, who was one with Zhu Clan.

"Master Zhu misunderstood. I didn't detain you. I just suspected that you were related to this matter. I kept you to cooperate with the investigation, so as to return Master Zhu's innocence as soon as possible."

It's really two official words, black and white, Zhu Shide was speechless immediately.

……

Early the next morning, Zhu Quan came to report to Zhu Donglai: "Master, Zhu Shide was invited by Lu Tao to the government office last night, and he is currently being detained by Lu Tao in the government office."

Zhu Donglai smiled slightly: "Lu Tao is in a hurry."

Lu Tao became anxious, indicating that the situation was no longer optimistic.

Zhu Quan said: "Master, if Zhu Shide is detained in the government office, I'm afraid that this group of Jiangnan grain merchants will be leaderless and panic."

Some things cannot be replaced by others, Zhu Shide needs to do it himself.

Zhu Donglai said lightly: "Zhu Quan, come with me to the government office."

Zhu Quan asked: "But I want to say hello and let you know."

Zhu Donglai said lightly: "It's good to show off a little."

Zhu Quan understood: "I will arrange it now."

Lu Tao personally came forward to preside over the overall situation at the gates of major grain shops to appease the hearts of the people.

Indeed, as soon as Lu Tao appeared, he was able to calm down the anxious people, and the order naturally became orderly.
Those villains who hid in it and fanned the flames did not dare to make a fuss.

Lu Tao alone is easier to use than the government army and yamen servants.

An adjutant came to report: "My lord, Zhu Donglai, Master Zhu has arrived at the state capital."

Lu Tao smiled slightly, knowing that Zhu Donglai is here to ask for someone, and I won't let him go, so what can you Zhu Donglai do to me.

He said, "Go back."

When Lu Tao came to the hall of the government office, Zhu Donglai was already sitting and waiting, and Xu Fulai, the observer of the Jiangnan East Road, came with him.

The observers are directly appointed by the imperial court. They mainly supervise local officials and part-time supervise local politics, people's livelihood and economy.

The official rank is from the third rank, which is half a grade higher than the Zhongzhou governor, and half a grade lower than the Shangzhou governor.

There are eight observation envoys in East Jiangnan Road, and each envoy is in charge of several states. This Xu Fulai is monitoring several surrounding state capitals including Suzhou.

Xu Fulai has another identity, the foster son of Zhu Fenggong, the ancestor of the Zhu family in Suzhou.

Seeing Xu Fulai, Lu Tao knew it well, and greeted him with a smile: "Master Xu, why are you here?"

Although Xu Fulai's official rank is half a rank lower than that of Shangzhou governor, because of his duties, he is often the one who is flattered.

It's just that Lu Tao is not just a governor, Lu Tao's status as the head of the land clan has weight. Take Zhu Donglai as an example, although he has no official position, which high-ranking official dares to be arrogant in front of Zhu Donglai.

Xu Fulai specially stood up to pay tribute: "Lord Lu, the people in the city are rushing to buy food recently. I see that your lord is very busy. As a local observer, naturally you can't just stand by and watch. I just want to see if I can help you."

Lu Tao sneered in his heart, if you don't take the opportunity to read my book, I will burn incense, how dare you ask you for help, and replied: "Master Xu has a heart."

Xu Fulai raised his sleeves and pointed at Zhu Donglai respectfully: "I just met Lord Zhu."

Lu Tao snorted coldly in his heart. If you said that the two of you didn't make an appointment, I wrote Lu's characters upside down and said lightly: "Brother Zhu, why are you so idle? Could it be that you are also here to help?"

Zhu Donglai responded lightly: "What can be difficult to get brother Lu, I have other things to come here this time?"

Lu Tao sat down and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I heard that Master Lu detained Zhu Shide in the government office last night?"

Xu Fulai immediately said: "I don't know what law Mr. Zhu committed, Mr. Lu wants to detain him. As far as I know, Mr. Zhu has always been law-abiding. As the general grain merchant in the east of the Yangtze River, he has been conscientiously helping the government with his affairs."

Xu Fulai's words seemed to be asking questions, but they were actually accusations.

Lu Tao smiled and said: "Master Xu misunderstood, I did not detain Mr. Zhu, recently the grain merchants in the counties and towns around Suzhou purchased grain at a high price, and there was no grain to sell in the grain shop, which caused the people to panic. I ask Mr. Zhu to stay in the government office to assist me in the investigation Be clear about this, so that you can catch the person behind the scenes."

As Lu Tao spoke, he glanced lightly at Zhu Donglai, everyone knew it well.

Zhu Donglai said: "Since it's not a detention, please let Brother Lu let Zhu Shide go back."

Lu Tao smiled: "Once the investigation is clear, I will naturally send someone to take Master Zhu home."

Zhu Donglai said: "Cousin Zhang Zhengliang came to me in a panic this morning, worried about the teacher's moral comfort, and asked Brother Lu to show him some kindness for his age."

Lu Tao said with a smile: "Then I will trouble Brother Zhu to go back and tell Mrs. Zhu that Mr. Zhu is very good with me, please don't worry."

"Brother Lu doesn't know that Zhengde suffers from a hidden disease. If he gets sick suddenly, his life may be in danger. If anything happens at that time, brother Lu will be the one to blame."

Lu Tao looked concerned: "Oh, what hidden disease?"

"Purplegia!"

Lu Tao said loudly: "There is no cure for this disease, thank you brother Zhu for reminding me, I will immediately arrange personnel to guard Master Zhu day and night, in case Master Zhu suddenly becomes ill and cannot be cured."

Didn't you say he was sick?Then I have a fair and just reason to kill him when the time comes.

Zhu Donglai naturally knew that things were not going so smoothly, and the conversation just now was just a foreshadowing, so he looked at Xu Fulai lightly.

Xu Fulai said: "Lord Lu, Suzhou City has been influx of people these days, can the government office handle it with manpower?"

Lu Tao smiled and said, "It's okay, it's a bit stretched."

Xu Fulai said: "Earlier, I asked a yamen servant that he didn't get a good night's sleep. Is there something wrong?"

Lu Tao said: "Take responsibility and do your best. You should work harder."

Xu Fulai said: "This is not acceptable. If you are exhausted, where can you find someone to maintain the law and order in the state capital? How about this, I will find some people for Mr. Lu."

When Lu Tao was serving in the government office, Xu Fulai called out a name: "Zhu Shaozhi."

A middle-aged man walked in wearing military armor.

Seeing the military uniform worn by this man, Lu Tao's face changed slightly.

Xu Fulai ordered: "Zhu Shaozhi, I have met Mr. Lu."

"The last general Zhechong Captain Zhu Shaozhi has met Mr. Lu."

Captain Zhechong is a fifth-rank military officer.

Daguan Kingdom is actually a government military system, and there are four Military Government 510s in all provinces, prefectures, and counties in the world, collectively called Zhechong Prefecture.

Implement the system of going out as soldiers, entering as people, and hiding soldiers in the people.

These soldiers usually work as farmers by themselves, and have weapons and armor in their homes. If they are called, they can immediately go into battle.

Take this Zhu Shaozhi as an example. He is usually a commoner. If he is called, he will immediately return to his position.

Xu Fulai showed the fish talisman and said to Li Shaozhi: "You immediately mobilize the troops of the cavalry and infantry."

Captain Zhechong took the order to retreat.

In order to prevent clique formation and monopoly, Lu Tao did not compromise the government's right to mobilize the army, and he really did not expect Zhu Clan to come to this hand.

Seeing that Lu Tao was silent, Xu Fulai smiled at Lu Tao and said, "Master Lu, as the observer of Jiangnan Dongdao, I have the duty of supervision. In order to avoid riots, I have to prepare for suppression."

Lu Tao wondered in his heart, who was he trying to suppress, but replied with a smile on his face, "Master Xu just can't believe my ability."

Xu Fulai said: "Just in case, if Mr. Lu is short of personnel, Zhechong's army can make up for it in time."

Zhu Donglai saw the card flashed to Lu Tao, and said, "Lord Lu, can I have a look at Zhang Shide?"

"can."

Zhu Shide, who was under house arrest by Lu Tao, walked back and forth in the room, anxious.

Right now, he is competing with his bidding opponents to buy grain, not to mention being under house arrest by Lu Tao for ten or eight days, even for one day, the gang of grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River will be in chaos without a leader.

Lu Tao's move is really vicious, but he has no choice.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Zhu Shide's excited voice came: "Shide, are you okay?"

I saw Lu Tao leading two people in, namely Zhu Donglai and Xu Fulai, "Lord Zhu, Master Xu."

Lu Tao laughed and said, "Look at Mr. Zhu's food and living, he hasn't been detained."

Zhu Donglai said, "Shi De, Tang Shu is very worried about your illness, and wonders if you feel unwell at the moment."

Zhu Shide immediately understood that if he wants to get away from Lu Tao, there must be a reasonable step to make both of them look good.

She cupped her hands and said, "I'm sorry, Lord Zhu is worried. Master Lu invited me to assist in the investigation. I'm sorry, Lord Lord, go back and tell Father, I'm all right here, don't worry."

Zhu Donglai said: "Shi De, if you are in good health, you don't need to worry about it, you are afraid of a sudden attack of the disease."

Zhu Shide chuckled: "Master Lu has a request, and Shide should devote himself to it..."

As he said that, he suddenly fell straight to the ground, his body twisted, and he looked like he was having a seizure.

Zhu Donglai said in surprise: "Hurry up! Take Shide to the hospital for treatment."

Lu Tao came to Zhu Shide's side first, took off his shoes and boots, clamped Zhu Shide's mouth with two fingers, and stuffed the shoes into Zhu Shide's mouth.

I snorted coldly in my heart, I like acting, then I will act with you.

Zhu Shide held the stinky shoe in his mouth and was insulted, but secretly complained and dared not swallow the shoe.

The people brought by Zhu Donglai carried Zhu Shide on their backs when they entered the room. Lu Tao ordered: "In order to prevent the patient from biting his tongue, the shoes must never be removed."

"Brother Lu, I'm leaving first."

Zhu Dong said and left in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)