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Chapter 172 Chapter 178: Persecution
On the second day after Li Hao dispatched 28 special forces to carry out the rescue mission, rumors spread everywhere in Tingzhou City, saying that Tingzhou's granary was empty and all the money and food had been stolen by the new governor Li Hao.

No need to think about it, this rumor must have been spread by Cao Tian. Although these rumors are all nonsense, most of the people are ignorant, they believe them all, and they dare not make trouble, because Li Hao is an official, a high official , who holds the power of life and death for everyone in Tingzhou, who dares to make trouble.But the panic of lack of food lingered in everyone's mind like a nightmare. Suddenly, the entire Tingzhou City was shrouded in a strange atmosphere.

In the afternoon, under the instigation and appeal of some mobs, nearly a thousand people in Tingzhou gathered at the gate of the governor's mansion, blocked the governor's mansion, knelt down and begged Li Hao to release food for help.

How can Li Hao have any food? 250 shi of the [-] shi grain found from the homes of the two judges, Sicang and Treasurer, have already been transported to Zhechong Mansion as military rations. After all, Zhechong Mansion still has [-] soldiers to support, otherwise If there is a mutiny among the soldiers, the consequences are unimaginable. He has kept the remaining fifty shi to support five hundred guards. Besides, even if the fifty shi are taken out now, it is not enough for the thousands of people in front of him. Point, and someone from Cao Tian will definitely come in to fish in troubled waters.

Li Hao was caught in a dilemma for a while, and he could only hope that the special forces would rescue the son of the shopkeeper Li of the Longchang Grain Shop as soon as possible, so as to completely solve the food crisis in Tingzhou.

There were more and more people outside the Governor's Mansion, and they all knelt outside the door silently. Among them, one person made the most noise, yelling at Li Hao for food, and saying that Li Hao was greedy for public food, black-hearted and black-lung. It's hard to hear.

Li Hao frowned and stood in the courtyard, he had to admire Cao Tian, ​​he could force himself into such an embarrassing situation with just one move, listening to the shouting and cursing outside the door, Li Hao sighed helplessly: "Cao Tian is good!" Means, good means! Use food to force people, use people to force me, I am still too tender."

Hearing some frustration in his words, Lu Yun stepped forward to comfort him: "Master, don't be impatient, Feiying and the others have already gone to rescue Shopkeeper Li's son, once they rescue Shopkeeper Li's son, the matter will be settled. "

"I don't know this." Li Hao sighed leisurely, "But what if they can't rescue the hostage?"

Lu Yun was at a loss for words when he heard the words, and he couldn't think of a good word when he opened his mouth several times, so he could only shut up.

Li Hao frowned slightly, thoughtfully, and then slowly said: "Everything must be prepared for the best and the worst, we can't all rely on Feiying and the others, even if Feiying and the others can really rescue the hostages, we We must also make follow-up preparations, what if Cao Tian goes to burn the grain again?"

Lu Yun's hairs stood on end when he heard that, if Cao Tian really burned the grain in the Longchang Grain Shop, then it would be very difficult for Li Hao to stand up.

Li Hao said slowly: "Since he has already taken the first step, then you can't let him take the second step, Lu Yun, you go secretly contact the shopkeeper Li and tell him that we have sent someone to rescue his son, so that he can rest assured Wait, and at the same time, you take Gionee and the others to cooperate with Shopkeeper Li to protect the grain at Longchang Grain Store, and there must be no mistakes."

"Yes!" Lu Yun solemnly accepted the order. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly thought of something and turned his head to ask, "Master, I have something that I don't understand."

"speak."

Lu Yun asked puzzledly, "Why didn't Cao Tian burn the grain in the Longchang Grain Store from the very beginning, so that you will surely lose."

Li Hao raised his eyebrows, and said: "Maybe he can't get that much grain in a short time, or maybe he doesn't want to offend the Li family in Longxi, so as long as he is not forced to rush, he will not destroy the Longchang grain shop For the food, I guess... When the special forces bring back the son of shopkeeper Li, it should be the time for them to burn the food, so you have to be prepared and don't be careless."

"Don't worry." Lu Yun narrowed his eyes slowly, and said proudly, "If I let them succeed, I will apologize with my right hand."

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, his solemn expression finally eased a little, and he grinned: "I just like to see your stinky and shameless look when you are pretending."

Lu Yun was stunned, and smacked his lips. Although he didn't say anything, his expression already expressed his meaning: "You are so handsome for only three seconds."

Lu Yun called Jin Li and his group, and they climbed over the wall and left the governor's mansion one after another, rushing to Li's shopkeeper's house. Big, otherwise, how could the Longchang Grain Shop provide rice grains for the whole city? Of course, not everyone in Tingzhou buys grain. One or two hundred catties of grain.

Lu Yun went to shopkeeper Li and explained his purpose. When shopkeeper Li heard that Li Hao had sent someone to rescue his son, he was so moved that he almost cried. He was about to kowtow to Lu Yun on the spot.

Cao Tian used Xiaobao's life to threaten shopkeeper Li to close his business and not sell food, otherwise he would tear up the ticket. Shopkeeper Li had no choice but to cheat Li Hao.Unexpectedly, Li Hao retaliated with virtue, not only did not blame him, but also helped him save his son, and now he sent people to protect the grain. There are more than 500 stone grains in their granary, which is not a small amount. If Cao Tian Once the fire was burned, he couldn't explain to his family at all, and he probably wouldn't even think about having a bright future in his life.

After chatting with shopkeeper Li for a few words, shopkeeper Li took Lu Yun and the others to the granary. The granary was so big that there were ten grain stacks. One stack can store a thousand shi of grain, and ten can store a total of [-] shi of grain.

There are a group of guards around the grain stack, about 30 people. Lu Yun checked the surrounding terrain again. The courtyard wall is a four-meter-high brick wall. The east of the courtyard is an open space, the west of the courtyard is an alley, and the south is connected to the store. Together with some of his shops, the north is the home of shopkeeper Li.

After Lu Yun looked around, he asked shopkeeper Li to let him lead all the guards. Shopkeeper Li nodded and agreed, and let Lu Yun lead all his more than 30 guards. Lu Yun communicated with these guards before I found that these guards were not ordinary people, they had all served as government soldiers, and many of them were masters. Thinking about it carefully, it didn’t seem surprising. The Li family in Longxi usually only delivered goods to the Longchang Grain Shop once a year, and each time [-] stones of grain. Why? To do this, because the distance is too far, and the road is not easy to walk, it is all in the desert, every time it is transported, it will waste a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, so there is only one time per year.

It is not a small amount to deliver [-] shi of grain at a time. For safety reasons, the Li family in Longxi naturally sent many experts to escort them. After the grain arrived in Tingzhou, half of the experts were left in Tingzhou to guard the granary. , Grain is getting less and less, so there are fewer and fewer master guards, so now, there are [-] grains left in the granary, and there are only [-] guards left.

Lu Yun was afraid that these guards would not listen to him, so he performed a ladder in front of them, and ran to the top of the grain stack on foot, shocking the audience. The eyes of all the guards became extremely worshipful. Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Then start assigning tasks.

When Lu Yun showed his lightness skills in the granary of the Longchang Grain Shop, the people outside the governor's mansion became more violent. Some radical people had already started knocking bricks from the wall and throwing bricks at the gate of the governor's mansion. Before it was ordered not to harm the common people, those right guards could only watch silently from the sidelines, very helpless.

Li Hao peeked out from the crack of the door for a while, and found that although the leader was in ragged clothes and patched clothes, his face was full of oil and he was well-fed. He didn't look like a poor man.

Li Hao could see that the person who led the disturbance was hired by Cao Tian. It seemed that Cao Tian was not stupid, and he knew how to use tricks.

Inspired by the leader's words, the people became more and more emotional. Some people dared not touch them when they saw the officers and soldiers. Throwing on the gate, the dilapidated gate was smashed and swayed.

Li Hao gritted his teeth hard, and shouted suddenly in the yard: "Everyone, stop!"

Everyone outside the door stopped when they heard the voice. Seeing them stop, Li Hao suddenly opened the courtyard door and strode out. His cold and stern eyes swept across the audience, and Wei Leng shouted, "What are you doing? The gate of the mansion? Do you want to rebel?"

The people who had just built up their courage were frightened by his aura, and they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to shout, but the guy in the lead said loudly: "Lord Inspector, we are the people under your rule, and now we have no food to eat." I can only come to you, my lord, I beg you to open a warehouse to release food, and save us!"

Li Hao glanced at him, and asked coldly: "Are you starving to death? Why does this officer think that you are jumping up and down, your voice is still so loud, and your strength seems to be endless."

The man hurriedly said: "My lord, although I'm not hungry yet, the food left in the house is only enough for two days. If you don't give out food for relief, the people of Tingzhou will not be able to survive!"

"Yes, my lord, help me, my lord, help me..." The rest of the people echoed the words and begged together.

This made Li Hao very helpless. It seems that the herd mentality of the people is not a product of the future world, at least it existed in the Tang Dynasty. Among the people here, there are a few who have already started to run out of food at home, at most they have food at home There are not many, and then they misbelieve rumors and have panic. It doesn’t matter if one person panics. If thousands of people panic, tens of thousands of people panic, it may cause disaster. This is how many long-planned civil uprisings in history happened. In the end It is these poor people who are unlucky.

Li Hao looked at the sea of ​​people kowtowing in front of him, and he had already made a decision in his heart. He must eliminate the panic first. At this time, whether there is food or not is secondary, and the most important thing is to stabilize the hearts of the people, so he slowly raised his right hand, Holding up two fingers, he said in a deep voice, "Two days, after two days, I will release food for everyone."

All the people became quiet after hearing the words. If the food can be released in two days, they can afford to wait. Even if the family has already started to run out of food, they can borrow some from relatives, and it will pass after two days.

When the leader saw that Li Hao calmed down the people with just a few words, he was immediately unhappy. His task was to stir up trouble among the people. How could he calm them down? So he asked Li Hao loudly: "My lord! ! Why do you have to wait two days before releasing the grain! Could it be that, as the rumors say, you are greedy for the grain in the state warehouse!"

This sentence was like thunder on the ground, and every sentence was heartbreaking. The people who had just calmed down started to make noise again, and the whole place was full of buzzing voices.

(End of this chapter)