King of Song

Chapter 168
With the food crisis resolved, Lin Zhao has settled down here.With free time, it is inevitable to settle accounts with some people.No, to be precise, it should be settled after winter.

Hoarding and driving up prices is nothing more than making some black-hearted money against conscience and making disaster fortunes. Although it is hateful, it is also tolerable.As long as it's not too much, magistrate Lin's tolerant attitude can tolerate it, or turn a blind eye to it.

But Lu Ji went too far, his behavior has seriously exceeded the bottom line of magistrate Lin.In order to make money, they use all kinds of despicable methods.

First, the ship was scuttled, and a large amount of food was lost. Lin Zhao didn't have to care about it, and didn't feel bad about it.But the dozens of boatmen of the Meng family died unjustly and pitifully, and their good years were buried at the bottom of the river like this.After the old grandson ran this time, it was time to go home to take care of his old age, and he spoiled his grandson, but he died a miserable death.

This was something Lin Zhao could not tolerate or forgive anyway.Thinking about Lu Ji's poor character, Qian Jiang Sanjiao helped him, and even wanted to kill someone to silence him.It's a pity that you can't lose money by stealing chickens.

But if not, how could Lin Zhao catch him?It is really regarded as the recovery of Skynet, sparse but not missing.

There is a saying that if you do evil, you can still forgive it, but if you do evil yourself, you can't live!Should!Luigi asked for this completely!

In Qinghetang, Lu Ji was doing the accounts, looking down at the accounts intently, the expression on his face became more solemn and gloomy.Since the digital display of Guangji Grain Bank began to sell grain, the price has been falling all the way, and the situation in the grain market is not optimistic.

Due to its own special reasons, Qinghe Grain Bank was slow to respond, and it was the last to open a warehouse to sell grain.But the price at that time has dropped a lot, and it has missed the rush to buy and large customers, so the price is low and sales are slow.

The current food price is already lower than their previous purchase price. When the famine is approaching, the food price after the disaster is actually higher than before the disaster?This is a unique and strange phenomenon, but it happened in Qiantang County this year.Many grain merchants, together with County Magistrate Lin, directed such a surprise scene, but it turned out that several families were happy and their families were sad!

The loss of Qinghe Grain Bank is inevitable. Although the difference between the purchase price and the selling price is not much, it is because they store too much grain.After the small price difference is multiplied by the huge base, the loss is not a little bit.

In the last period, in order to play a price war with Lin Zhao, they even purchased grain at several times the price.It was thought that Lin Zhao could be dragged down in this way, but it ended in failure before it started to work.The cost is very high, and the food that could have been comparable to gold and silver can only be sold at a low price.

It is self-evident how great the loss is!

What's more, there is still a situation of slow sales, and a large amount of food cannot be converted into money.After two months of continuous rain, it has begun to be damp. If it rots and molds, it will become worthless.Especially in the middle of the whole winter, the situation will be even worse when the grain shipped from other places and new local grains appear in the coming year!
In short, Qinghe Liangxing is not only losing money this time, but also losing money!The loss is not serious at all, and even the profits of the past two years have been taken into account.

Lu Ji's heart is bleeding, how should he explain to Da Lang, Er Lang, and San Lang?Especially with Erlang, who is illiterate and has a bad temper, and Saburo, who is intelligent but shady, is by his side. I am afraid that the days to come will be very sad.How Dalang in Bianjing would react, all these made him uneasy!
How long will it take to earn back so much shortfall?He wanted to pay off his merits, but now he didn't even have the slightest confidence.

In the room, when he heard Sanlang's wild laughter and shouts, his heart suddenly moved, and he went out nervously.

First, I saw Sanlang Lu Heqing's hands ticking, the blood had already formed a line on the ground, it looked a little scary!
When he wanted to go up to pay attention and visit, a servant ran in in a panic, as if he had encountered a very serious matter.

Lu Shengqing frowned, and cursed, "What happened? Why are you in such a panic?"

"Erlang, Sanlang, the proprietor..." The servant was flustered and out of breath, unable to speak for a while.

Seeing this, Lu Heqing's eyes moved, and a very bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart, could something serious happen?

Lu Ji also felt the same in his heart, but the price of food was already so high, so it was fine to suffer heavy losses, we all recognized it.What can happen now?Could it be... Lu Ji suddenly thought of something, and a thought flashed in his heart.Immediately, he shook his head lightly, impossible, they are already dead, nothing will happen.

The servant calmed down and said, "It's not good, the officials from the county government have come and said they want to arrest people..."

"Arrest people?" Lu Shengqing suddenly said angrily: "Is it wrong? Dare to come to our Lu family to arrest people? What are you kidding!" Weight, absolutely dare no one come to make trouble.So when I heard it suddenly, my temper suddenly became hotter.

"Come on, let's go and have a look!" Lu Shengqing was going to take people to investigate immediately!

But Lu Heqing grabbed the second brother and said, "Second brother, it's inconvenient for us to come forward at this time, and we don't know what's going on, so it's better not to act rashly!"

"Then what should we do? Wait for them to arrest people?" The two brothers really combined their movements and movements. The third brother just settled down, and the second child became impulsive again.

"Second brother, this is not Bianjing after all, it's Hangzhou!" Lu Heqing grabbed the second brother Lu Shengqing with a bloody hand, and said, "Don't forget the elder brother's request, if it is not necessary, we should not directly confront Lin Zhao! "

"Oh!" Lu Shengqing sighed, the corners of his mouth were silent, but he still seemed to be reluctant in his heart.

Lu Heqing also knew that in fact, hatred had already formed between Lin Zhao and Lin Zhao.The rise of hoarding was doomed from the beginning of the conflict with Lin Zhaoqi, but this conflict was relatively low-level after all and did not affect the overall situation.But if his brother came forward directly, it would be a completely different situation. A head-on conflict broke out between the elder brother and Lin Zhao, and the impact would be very bad.

Definitely avoid this unless absolutely necessary.

They didn't realize that Lin Zhao had already grasped the real identities of Lu Ji and Lu Shan's queen through his own special channel. The two brothers seemed mysterious.But he knew that he had already revealed it in front of Lin Zhao, so he was deceiving himself and others, but the performer himself didn't know it.

Like Lu Ji, they all believed that there was no clue left, so they were not afraid.I don't even want to expose myself without the other party's "knowledge".

Seeing this, Lu Ji hurried forward and said, "Erlang and Sanlang don't want to argue, I'll just deal with it now, it's a trivial matter!"

At this moment, Lu Dongzhu was still very calm and confident. He felt that there was no major problem.

When Lu Shengqing saw this, as long as he gave up, Lu Heqing also breathed a sigh of relief.Of course, not getting rid of it doesn't mean he doesn't care about the outside world. What Lin Zhao will do, he will wait and see!
Lu Ji went out in a hurry, and at the same time ordered someone to go and bandage Lu Heqing's wound.

Walking to the door, Lu Ji saw a young man who thought he was mighty, standing at the door with a group of guards, each of them looked fierce.

"What's the matter with the various officials?" Lin Zhao stepped forward and bowed his hands in salute, smiling calmly, without fear.He decided that as long as it wasn't for those few things, simple hoarding and driving up food prices were nothing.After all, these things are very flexible. What's more, there are too many people involved. If there is a way, the law does not blame the public, so what can we do?What's more, there is Lu Huiqing behind him, and Dalang is there, even if it is a direct showdown, it is good, so he still has this confidence.

"Mr. Lu, excuse me. There is a case in the county government, and Mr. Lu needs to go and answer!" The leader of the team is naturally Su An and Sub Bozhou. It is really overkill for a big internal guard to do these things.

"Case, question?" Lu Ji's heart skipped a beat, what is this?Is there something tricky?Or have other questions?I can't help but feel a little up and down, and I feel a little uncomfortable at first.

Su An nodded and said: "That's right, Dongzhu Lu please leave immediately!"

"Dare to ask this officer, what is the case, and what are you asking?" Lu Ji asked in a deep voice.

"This... Dongzhu Lu, don't ask too much, you will know when you go!" Su An hesitated for a while, but did not tell.

Lu Ji said: "Okay, but my shop is busy, can I give you instructions?"

"Order?" Su An immediately frowned and said, "The county magistrate passed you on, how could you allow you to dawdle, you really don't know etiquette, you don't know high or low!"

Su An said it very bluntly. He was very indignant at what the Lu brothers did. How could he let it go if he had such an opportunity to humiliate him?

"Hey, what are you talking about? My eldest brother is the owner of Qinghe Food Company, not to mention...he is a person of status, so he is not so arrogant and domineering!" Lu Shan couldn't bear it, and couldn't help but scold him.

"Is there a status? Is it just a businessman's ear? What status? A joke!" Su An immediately sneered!

"You!" It was only then that Lu Shan realized that although he was a member of the official family, he had always appeared as a businessman and had no status at all!

What's more, as soon as the words came out, Su An robbed him and said: "I know you are the owner of the grain company, so I am polite to you. Why are you so ungrateful? You have to toast instead of fine wine. Looking at the gentle Wen's, but what kind of murder and arson, what? Since you don't appreciate it, you forced us, then...lock him for me!"

Immediately, two guards stepped forward and tied up Lu Ji, and the situation suddenly changed.

Lu Shan suddenly panicked, what's going on?How did the eldest brother get tied up?what is this?His yelling immediately attracted many people to watch.Seeing that the owner of Qinghe Food Company was arrested by the government, everyone pointed their fingers one after another, some were puzzled, some made irresponsible remarks, and the scene suddenly became lively.

But the person involved, Lu Ji, stood there blankly, letting the guards tie ropes on him.Su An's words just now startled him, especially the words murder and arson made his expression tense!Could it be that Lin Zhao noticed something?Or caught something?Probably not!Lu Ji had ghosts in his heart, and suddenly felt a little uneasy and nervous.

Even without any resistance, he was tied up by the officials.Regarding this, he was noncommittal. He knew that there was no point in resisting now. Since the officials dared to do this, they must have obtained Lin Zhao's acquiescence.If he acted rashly, he might suffer a loss because of it.

Isn't it just being tied up?What's this?As long as Lin Zhao has nothing conclusive, what can he do with the evidence of major crimes?Now that I have tied myself up, I will definitely let him give it back when the time comes!
In this way, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lu Ji, the proprietor of Qinghe Grain Company, was bound and taken away by the Qiantang County guards.The news quickly spread in Qiantang County, arousing the suspicion of many people, and there was another uproar.

First of all, it is a kind of grain merchant who is close to Lu Ji on weekdays, works with him, or plans to hoard together.They all thought that Lu Ji was taken away because of this incident, so everyone immediately felt in danger, for fear of implicating themselves.

But there are also some who hear the news, it is a kind of joy.For example, Zhang Ziheng of Guangji Food Company just smiled lightly when he got such news, but this smile is very meaningful, it is from the heart.

With the cooperation of Lin Zhao, he was the first to open a warehouse to sell grain, and the sales speed was also very fast, so he did not lose money because of this, but made a small profit.As a result, it has become the most profitable grain bank in this turmoil.

The bet is right, this feeling is quite refreshing, Zhang Ziheng's conservative mind is also shocked, and the ambition that has been silent for many years seems to be showing signs of recovery.

If Qinghe arrives completely, the Zhao family, which is now the second largest, will also suffer a lot from it. If I can take advantage of it, then... Can the largest grain merchant in Hangzhou become mine?

When Zhang Ziheng was muttering and thinking about it, there was a news that the owner of Qinghe Food Co., Ltd. was tied up and taken away by the county government officers.At first he didn't really believe this, but he didn't want to but took it seriously, Zhang Ziheng hurried to the shop on the side of the street and saw Lu Ji being taken away, not to mention how happy he was, the opportunity seemed to come...

Wait a minute, it is said that Lu Ji is backed by senior officials, what is the situation?So for Lu Ji... it's better to wait and see what happens...

Someone will definitely be more anxious!The more flustered you are, the more interesting the situation will be...

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The most anxious person right now is undoubtedly Lu Shan. He and his elder brother have depended on each other for many years, and they have a deep relationship with each other. Seeing the bear's paw being taken away, can you not be anxious?

It's just that the officials are very domineering, they are powerless, and they dare not stop him, so they just watched the eldest brother being taken away.Seeing that the guards had gone far away, Lu Shan immediately turned around and entered the room. At this time, the only ones who can save the elder brother are Lu and Qing brothers!
"Erlang, Sanlang, the eldest brother was taken away by the officials. The situation may be very serious. I beg you two to lend a helping hand and help!"

"What?" Hearing the news that Lu Ji had been kidnapped, Lu Shengqing suddenly became a little uneasy!
(End of this chapter)