I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 232 The Power of the People

At the gate of the government office, the guards in charge of guarding Cao Shun and his safety couldn't take it any longer, and they all comforted him.

"My lord, you'd better go in and rest for a while!"

Unexpectedly, Cao Shunhe didn't appreciate it, he just tossed his sleeves, turned his gaze to the visitor, and questioned him immediately.

"The common people are still waiting at the door. As their parents, how can I go in and rest alone?"

"Deliberately provoke the relationship between the official and the people, what is your intention?"

Facing Cao Shunhe's questioning, the guard suddenly knelt down on the ground and said in a trembling voice.

"Your Excellency, this subordinate has been wronged! This subordinate is thinking about your health, so just now..."

"Okay, you don't need to say any more, if you want to go back to the government office, just go back!"

"I want to stay with the people in the city."

Cao Shunhe interrupted the guard impatiently and said.

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

Seeing that Cao Shunhe had already made up his mind, the guard didn't dare to speak too much, for fear of provoking him and suffering innocent disasters.

"Okay, Lord Governor, you really are a good official for the people!"

"Master Governor, please be respected by this old man!"

Cao Shunhe's actions also successfully attracted the support of all the people present.

"Look, there's a carriage coming over there!"

"There are a lot of guards around!"

"That seems to be the carriage of those big salt merchants in the city!"

Among the many people present, there were some well-informed people who recognized at a glance that this was the carriage of the big salt merchants in the city.

Soon, three luxuriously decorated carriages stopped at the gate of the government office. Liang Hong, Li Yide, and He Jin got out of the carriage with the help of servants.

"Bah, profiteer!"

"Master Governor, don't let them go, and put them in jail!"

"Yeah, Lord Governor, vent your anger for us!"

As soon as the three got off the carriage, they were verbally criticized by many people at the scene.

Suffering such abuse all of a sudden, the expressions on the faces of the three were not very good-looking, and Li Yide's expression was even more gloomy, and he clenched his fists secretly.

"You are here?"

At this moment, Cao Shunhe saw a few people coming, and asked with a smile on his face.

"I have waited to meet the governor!"

After the three of them looked at each other, they immediately saluted Cao Shunhe respectfully.

"It's okay, everyone get up! Do you know why the official asked you to come here this time?"

Cao Shunhe looked away from the few people, raised his eyebrows, and asked.

"Report to the governor, since we got your news, we have rushed to the government office without stopping."

"What you explained, we have already learned something about it on the way here."

"I didn't know about the increase in the price of salt in the city!"

Liang Hong stood up and explained to Cao Shunhe.

"Oh, so it's my official who wronged you, isn't it?"

When Cao Shunhe saw this, he couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart, but he asked with the same expression on his face.

"Don't dare, Lord Governor, I've been wronged!"

"When I heard the news from the subordinates you sent, I was also very surprised, and I quickly sent people down to investigate."

Li Yide on the side gritted his teeth and continued.

"Oh, so what did your investigation find?"

Cao Shunhe raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.

"Report to the governor, we have investigated what happened!"

"It turned out that some of the shopkeepers under his hands, blinded by profit, raised the price without telling us."

"Right now, these shopkeepers have been controlled by us and handed over to the government."

Liang Hong didn't dare to look directly into Cao Shunhe's eyes, and stared at the ground, explaining.

"Well, that's good, since you can explain the matter clearly, then I can rest assured!"

"Let's hand over those shopkeepers who have raised prices without authorization to the government as soon as possible."

Cao Shunhe had a panoramic view of the expressions on the faces of several people, and then added another sentence.

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

After listening to Cao Shunhe's instructions, several people answered with expressions of respect.

"Master Governor, since the matter has been explained clearly, can we go back?"

He Jin on the side, after noticing the angry eyes of the people behind him, felt like a light on his back, and immediately begged Cao Shunhe.

Unexpectedly, Cao Shunhe seemed to have not heard He Jin's appeal, pointed at the countless people gathered outside, and said loudly.

"I don't care what the official said about this matter, you might as well ask them if they would like to let you just leave like this?"

As soon as Cao Shunhe finished speaking, countless people gathered around, as if responding to his words, looked at these culprits who caused the high salt price in the city with extremely angry eyes, and waved their arms vigorously, loudly road.

"I don't want to! I don't want to!"

The angry shouts of the surrounding people made the guards in charge of protecting the safety of these salt merchants quite nervous, and could not help but clenched their weapons tightly.

If the people lost control and started to fight directly, the guards on the scene alone would be far from being able to protect the safety of several people.

"My lord, what do you mean?"

Seeing the increasingly serious situation, Liang Hong, who had always remained calm, could not help but feel a little flustered in his words at this moment.

"The meaning of this official is already obvious. You might as well ask these people, what do they want most at present?"

"Maybe, after you meet their requirements, you can leave directly."

With a smile on his face, Cao Shunhe walked up to the three of them and said condescendingly.

"you!"

Seeing Cao Shunhe's attitude, Li Yide couldn't help glaring.

"Why, do you want to attack me?"

A mocking smile appeared on Cao Shunhe's face, and he asked immediately.

"Where is there, Lord Governor, calm down!"

Seeing this, Liang Hong at the side hurried forward to smooth things over.

"Since you dare not do anything, then don't be ashamed in front of this official, understand?"

Cao Shunhe had a panoramic view of the expression on Li Yide's face, and said coldly.

"Thank you, Lord Governor, for your teaching!"

Li Yide forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth, and replied.

"For the sake of your attitude of admitting your mistakes is not bad, I will spare you this time for the time being."

Cao Shunhe glanced at Li Yide, then walked up to the common people, turned his gaze to the three of them, and said loudly.

"Now, it's time for you to make a decision!"

Facing Cao Shunhe's blatant threat, the three of them were full of bitterness on their faces, and they thought to themselves: "If I had known this, I wouldn't have come here."

If the demands of the common people on the scene were not met, the three of them might not be able to walk out of the government office alive today.

After a long time, the three of them looked at each other, and finally Liang Hong stood up and said loudly.

"Everyone listen to me, I also understand everyone's difficulties very well!"

"I, Liang Hong, am not the kind of profiteer who only knows how to hoard and make huge profits! Now the price of salt in the city remains high, and the burden on the common people is very heavy."

"Now, I have decided to release all the salt in stock so that the salt price in the city can return to the previous level as soon as possible."

Liang Hong paused for a moment, then turned his gaze to the many common people present, and said loudly.

"That is to say, you can buy a catty of salt for only seven Wen!"

"what?"

Everyone present was shocked by this news, and for a long time, they couldn't say a word.

"Are you crazy?"

Li Yide looked at Liang Hong's back, couldn't restrain the anger in his heart anymore, and then stepped forward and questioned.

"I'm not crazy, it's just that the lives of the people in the city are too sad."

Facing Li Yide's questioning, Liang Hong looked calm, and immediately responded.

At this moment, countless ordinary people gathered outside the government office couldn't help cheering after hearing the news from Liang Hong!
On the other hand, Cao Shunhe frowned, he had already seen the tricks they were trying to play.

"Since the price of salt is seven renminbi a catty, then all the shops in the city will be shut down and no salt will be sold for the time being."

"Over time, people will have no salt to eat, and will have to buy high-priced salt again!"

In this way, since he was able to escape from here, he did not violate his promise.

(End of this chapter)