Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 148 No point, no business (please subscribe!)
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Li Yan knew that the governor of Jeju was able to become famous in the Water Margin, not because of his outstanding ability and noble official morality, but because of his jaw-dropping and unimaginable actions in the process of handling the case, that is, he went to He Tao It's a strange thing to have the words "Diepe...zhou" tattooed on the face, and the name of the state is empty.

In Li Yan's view, there is nothing wrong with reprimanding his subordinates, but such despicable actions against his subordinates can only highlight his arrogance and brutality.

He Tao is the arresting envoy of Sandu, in charge of the criminal investigation of a state, and also a powerful figure in the local area. If he is so cruel to He Tao, how can he be "soft as water" and "love the people like a son" to ordinary people?
How can such a cruel, rude and insulting way of ruling not arouse the anger of the people?
Li Yan played the banner of doing justice for the sky, how could he let such a person go?Why didn't he have a public trial?

In fact, all of the above are excuses.

The real reason why Li Yan wants to try the Governor of Jeju publicly is:

After breaking through Jeju City, the first thing Li Yan and others did was naturally to check the warehouse to see how much they could gain from this campaign.

As a result, Li Yan was furious!
In a majestic place, there are only 22 yuan in deposits!

Not only is the money low, even the food is less than 20 shi!

Even if other regions are not included, only Jeju City has a population of 10,000+!
According to the past practice of Shuibo Liangshan, each person in the place where the sky walks the road will be given two stones of grain, which is not enough for the people in Jeju City!

Since Jishui and Liangshanbo are connected, Juye, located in Liangshanbo, has become a crucial area for water transportation and strategic position, and water transportation is flourishing. Jeju, located in Juye, has become one of the most developed cities on the east and west roads of Beijing. one.

How could such a developed city only have so little money and food?

Li Yan immediately ordered a public trial of the governor of Jeju!
After the Liangshan army entered the city, it can be said that they did not commit any crimes against the common people, and the public buying and selling were exactly the same as the rumors, which made the common people in Jeju city feel at ease.

And the public trial of Shuibo Liangshan is well-known. Who in Jeju doesn't know that the public trial of Shuibo Liangshan can avenge big revenge without worrying about being retaliated?

The most important thing is to actively interact with Shuibo Liangshan. Everyone gets two shi of grain. Two shi of grain is half a year's ration for one person. How can we not actively fight for it?

Therefore, as soon as I heard that Shuibo Liangshan was going to hold a public trial meeting, and the first public trial was the largest government minister in Jeju Prefecture, tens of thousands of people came to watch the excitement.

Due to the large number of people watching the public trial, Li Yan's public trial was held at the gate of the government office.

Li Yan, who was sitting on the governor's chair, patted the gavel, and said in a clear voice: "Evil people are not afraid of the sky, and good people are not bullying the sky. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and we only fight for the early and the late. Now I Liang Shanbo's public trial of the governor of Jizhou, whoever has grievances, speak up quickly, and the revenge will be hard to avenge if it is too late!"

Li Yan thought that this public trial would be the same as the previous public trials. It was difficult at the beginning, and then slowly guided, the people will be active and enthusiastic!

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Yan's words fell, an extraordinary man in his [-]s separated from the crowd and came forward, and then bowed and said: "Report to the king, the villain has grievances!"

Li Yan asked: "What grievance do you have?"

The man said: "The villain's surname is Su, and his name is Chief. He is the head of the local Rice Chamber of Commerce..."

Upon hearing the identity of Chief Su, Li Yan couldn't help frowning!

In Li Yan's impression, none of the rice merchants seemed to be a good thing.

But this time Li Yan was wrong.

This Chief Su is really an exception.

At this time, when buying rice, Shengdou is used as a measuring device, so there is a saying of "Shengdou Xiaomin".

Chief Su first sold rice in a small village. From then on, when measuring rice, he would use a mahogany ruler to level the raised rice in the bucket to ensure that the quantity was accurate. He will also put some rice in the rice basket and add it to the rice bucket. If the surface of the rice has been smoothed, it will bulge into a bunch of "points" to make as much profit as possible. .

Of course, in later generations, the term "no business without sharpness" has become bad, and it has become "no business without evil".

In addition to giving more rice when selling rice, Chief Su also recorded the sales process, recorded the eating habits of customers, the order cycle and the best time for delivery, and conducted a market survey in their village including the following questions: Family The number of people in the household; how many bowls of rice are consumed every day; the size of the grain storage in the family.

In response to market research, Chief Su took two measures: free door-to-door delivery; regular filling of rice tanks in customers' homes.

For example: in a family of five, three adults and two children, each adult needs to eat two bowls of rice, and each child eats one bowl. In this way, the daily rice consumption of this family is eight bowls, and the capacity of the family rice tank is 120 bowls. This is close to a bag of rice, and a cylinder of rice can be consumed for fifteen days, so he decided to give this family a bag of rice every fifteen days.

To benefit the people, and by establishing such a valuable record and launching new services (home delivery, regular replenishment), Mr. Su's rice shop has established a wide and deep relationship with customers, first with his old customers , and then gradually expanded to other villagers. His rice shop continued to expand, and the business of the rice shop was booming. When he was in his thirties, he became a famous rice merchant in Jeju, and later became the chairman of the Jeju Rice Chamber of Commerce. head.

But all of this was ruined by the Governor of Jeju.

Chief Su looked at Fu Yin with hatred and continued: "Since he took office, he and his brothers have tried their best to suppress our rice merchants and occupy our rice shops. Now more than [-]% of the rice shops in Jeju City are His family owns [-]% of the rice shops in other places in Jeju Prefecture, which has left us rice merchants with no way out. Moreover, their brothers not only bully, but also dominate the market. The rice sold by his rice shop has always been in short supply. The catty is short, and the inferior is used as a good one, and the people of Jeju dare not speak out, so I beg the king to uphold justice for us!"

Before Li Yan could speak, Fu Yin jumped to his feet and said: "Mr. Su, don't be bloody. You can't frame me and Zhou Sheng as brothers just because I know Zhou Sheng with the same surname!"

Li Yan looked at the bluffing Governor, and then said to Chief Su: "I, Liang Shanbo, will never let a bad person go. Similarly, I will never wrong a good person. You sue the Governor, do you have evidence?"

Chief Su said: "The people in the city are all evidence. As long as the king sends someone to investigate, he will be able to find out whether what the villain said is true or not. In addition, there is a granary at Sanlitu that can hold five million shi of grain. People who go to check will know why there is not much food in the official warehouse!"

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(End of this chapter)