bastard seizes tang

Chapter 257 Lin Yuantu

With the heavy rain in Huainan and the water level of the Huaihe River soaring, it is almost in danger of bursting its embankment. It is normal for the people to panic.

In such a situation, the people panic, which is not conducive to the stability of the city, and it will also allow those with evil intentions to find opportunities to cause chaos. As the county magistrate, it is natural for Lin Yuantu to stabilize the people in the city, but this method is somewhat "" Another way" means.

After listening to Guangyangzi's words, Li Ke asked with a smile: "In this way, you have done nothing wrong in waiting, and this king should be rewarded instead?"

Guangyangzi said: "I don't dare to be poor, it's just that the people in Xuyi City are already in panic. If we don't find other ways to stabilize people's hearts for now, I'm afraid Xuyi City will be torn apart without waiting for the Huai River to burst its embankment."

Li Ke heard the words and asked: "Fractured? I'm afraid it won't happen. Xuyi is still under my Tang Dynasty, so how can there be a split?"

Guangyangzi said: "Your Highness is far away in Yangzhou, so I don't know it. Just five days ago, when the Huai River began to rise sharply, the price of grain and salt in Xuyi City had been increased continuously. Today, it is probably five times the usual price. , the common people can only bite the bullet and buy it, but ordinary people have limited wealth, such a high price of grain and salt can last for a few days, I am afraid that if there is no good plan, the price of salt and grain will rise again, the common people If there is no food to eat, there will be chaos in the city."

Li Ke listened to Guangyangzi's words, although his face was not angry, but he was already dissatisfied in his heart, and even had the intention to kill.

Food is the most important thing for the people, especially salt and grain. These salt and grain businesses are so bold and reckless, taking advantage of the flood to amass wealth, how can Li Ke tolerate him.

Li Ke snorted softly and said: "This week Dingfang is very respectful in front of this king. I didn't expect that behind my back, he would connive at the following Yan to act like this. It's really courageous."

Sitting beside Li Ke, Xiao Yuexian looked at Li Ke's appearance, knowing that Li Ke was already angry, and he just sent someone to add another fire to his heart, so he said at the right time: "Your Highness is Tianhuang nobleman, on behalf of Tian Xun hunts the southeast, holds the power of life and death, Zhou Dingfang naturally dare not make mistakes in front of His Highness, but His Highness has never thought about where the [-] guan money he Zhou Dingfang paid to His Highness came from, and it was not from these common people .”

Li Ke listened to Xiao Yuexian's words, and asked: "Immortal lady thinks that Zhou Dingfang's respectful appearance is just pretending to be seen by this king?"

Xiao Yuexian said: "I don't know if I'm pretending, but I know it. If Zhou Dingfang had known that His Highness was here today, even if he borrowed ten guts from him, he would never dare to raise the price of salt like this."

Li Ke's arrangement to go to Xuyi was very sudden, and only people around him knew about it, and no matter how powerful Zhou Dingfang was in Huainan, he would not be able to reach Li Ke's side for a while, so he must have been unaware, and such a scene would appear in Xuyi .

Li Ke really didn't know about Xiao Yuexian's life experience, and Li Ke didn't know her purpose and intention at all, but Li Ke knew that what she said was the truth.

The Salt Bank is rich and rich, the best in the southeast, and the Salt Bank can have so much money, naturally it is inseparable from the search for people's wealth. Li Ke saw it in Shanyang County, and now I see it again in Xuyi County, but this time the salt bank His behavior was worse than last time, and Li Ke's anger was also worse than last time.

Taking advantage of the disaster and wantonly raising the price of salt, this is no longer as simple as bullying the market, it is shaking the foundation of the people's governance in the Tang Dynasty!
Li Ke asked Guangyangzi: "I don't think that although the Taoist priest is a foreigner, he is so concerned about the sufferings of the people, but I don't know where the Taoist priest got the news?"

Looking at Li Ke's appearance, Guangyangzi knew that although he believed his own words, he still seemed to have some doubts about him, so he replied: "Your Highness is joking. Whole grains are inseparable from tea, rice, oil and salt, and the price of salt and grain in this city is soaring, and the money left in the pocket of the poor is getting more and more useless, how can the poor not know."

Hearing Guangyangzi's answer, Li Ke couldn't help being stunned, and he gave this Taoist priest a second look in his heart.Guangyangzi is different from those Taoists who talk about gods and gods, he doesn't have those pretending to be mysterious, and he is very down-to-earth.

Li Ke felt that Guangyangzi was quite interesting, and was about to ask him a few more words, but at this moment, a group of men and horses in government uniforms came out of the city quickly, and the leader was a man in light clothes. Green official uniform.

There are many officials in Huainan Road, and Li Ke has only met officials with the post of governor of each prefecture. The person who came to Li Ke was very unfamiliar, but Li Ke looked at the person who came, and quickly guessed the identity of the person who came. Apart from Lin Yuantu, the magistrate of Xuyi County, who else could be dressed in a seventh-rank official mansion?

Li Yuantu was riding a fast horse. As soon as he left the city gate, he saw Li Ke sitting in the tea room outside the city. He got off his horse and walked quickly to Li Ke.

"My minister, Lin Yuantu, magistrate of Xuyi County, pays homage to Ambassador Chuzhi of Huainan Road, Your Highness the King of Chu." Lin Yuantu walked up to Li Ke and bowed down.

Li Ke looked at Lin Yuantu bowing in front of him, and said to Lin Yuantu with a smile that was not a smile: "The magistrate of Lin County is very well informed. I just sat outside the city for a while, and you arrived."

The city of Xuyi was flooded, and the Huaihe River was in danger of bursting its embankment, so that Li Ke was asked to come here to supervise the water in person. Lin Yuantu was already terrified, but now someone told him that Li Ke had arrived, Lin Yuantu was afraid that Li Ke would be offended, so he hurried over here.

Lin Yuantu said: "I am not well-informed, but it just so happened that I was patrolling the city and saw His Highness here from a distance, so I came to pay my respects."

Lin Yuantu came here on horseback, looking in a hurry, he didn't seem to see Li Ke, and then came down from the city, he came from a long way.

However, Li Ke didn't bother to point him out, he just said: "The magistrate of Lin County has intentions, but if the magistrate of Lin County put half of these thoughts on the civil affairs, why did the people in the city panic and have to rely on setting up altars and casting spells to stabilize people's hearts. "

Guangyangzi was standing beside Li Ke. Li Ke probably already knew about Guangyangzi's opening of the altar. I can temporarily manage to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city, and I hope His Highness will forgive me."

Hearing this, Li Ke showed displeasure on his face and said: "Using spells to temporarily stabilize the hearts of the people in the city, I asked you to use all the light and easy methods. But now that the law has been cast, the Tao has been done, and the heavy rain still hasn't stopped, what should I do again?" How about it? You don't care about the importance of things, this is to put the king on the fire."

Through this method, Lin Yuantu has indeed temporarily stabilized the hearts of the people in the city to a certain extent, but all of this is only temporary and can only be used as a delay.

Now after several days of casting the spell, the heavy rain still hasn't stopped, and the people in the city will naturally gradually become chaotic, and such pressure is on Li Ke who came to Xuyi to supervise the water, so Li Ke's words are not false.

In terms of the identities between Li Ke and Lin Yuantu, what Li Ke said was serious, and Lin Yuantu hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me, this is definitely not my intention. Mingchao."

Li Ke waved his sleeve lightly, and said: "You want me to be clear, but if I am clear, the heavy rain will stop and the people in the city will be safe?"

Hearing Li Ke's words, Lin Yuantu seemed to have other intentions, so he asked: "I'm stupid, and I can only be inferior to your highness in governing. In case, I hope your highness will express it."

Li Ke said: "If you want to control the flood, you must first reassure people's hearts. If you want to reassure people's hearts, you must first set the price of salt and grain in the city. This king will go to the county government immediately, and you will take care of the principals of the salt and grain stores for this king." I will find someone for this king."

(End of this chapter)