Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

Fan family of Zhangzhou, Fan Shiwen.

Zhangzhou Wu family, Wu Xin!

"We have met the Master Qianhu!"

After the introduction, several people bowed to Li Chaoqin in unison.

Li Chaoqin then snorted coldly, sat back in his chair, scraped the foam in the teacup with a covered bowl, and asked everyone without raising his head.

"Everyone, the show just now was quite good!"

"Come on, what do you want to say here?!"

"Master Qianhu has misunderstood!"

Wen Yuanqiu still had that smiling face. He saw an empty chair in the room and sat down without caring whether Li Chaoqin agreed or not.

"We wouldn't dare to incite the people to attack the Royal Guards, even if we had the guts!"

"We just heard about what happened this morning. Now that we know that you are in trouble, we rush over here as soon as possible."

"If you don't believe me, you can send someone to inquire. Which of our families in Zhangzhou is not well-known for its good deeds?"

He spoke very sincerely, but as soon as he finished speaking, Li Chaoqin, who was sitting in the main seat, stood up.

"Everyone, please take a seat first. I have drunk too much water. Allow me to go pee!"

After saying that, he walked straight outside.

He was afraid that he would not be able to suppress his anger and would chop all these guys to death!

Damn it, they are demonstrating!

However, he couldn't act rashly before he figured out the identities of these people.

Local forces are intertwined and if you are not careful, big trouble will arise.

What happened to the Zhou family has already given him a wake-up call!

Although he knew that what happened in the morning was definitely related to these people, he could only grit his teeth and bear it.

Seeing this, Mu Yongyuan also followed out. Li Chaoqin waved to him and waited until he walked in before giving him instructions in a low voice.

"Go and get all the Jinyiwei in charge of Zhangzhou!"

"It's best to be familiar with the situations of these companies!"

Mu Yongyuan did not dare to hesitate and immediately turned around and went out to call for help.

The captain of the Jinyiwei in Zhangzhou was named Qin Rou. It is hard to imagine why a five-foot tall man would have such a name.

Soon he appeared in front of Li Chaoqin with a group of small flags under his command.

"grown ups!"

Li Chaoqin stood outside the Chuihua Gate, pointed at the people in the inner hall and asked them.

"The Wen, Kong, and Liu families, as well as Pan Shiwen from the Fan family and Wu Xin from the Wu family, do you have any information about them?"

"Have!"

Qin Rou nodded quickly after hearing this.

"To answer your question, the Liu family is just an ordinary businessman and has no background."

"The Kong family is a bit more troublesome. I heard that Kong Wenxiang's branch came from Shandong."

"The four major grain stores in Zhangzhou seem to be led by the Wen family. I have inquired about it, but I have not found out who is behind the Wen family."

"Pan Shiwen of the Fan family is the cousin of Fan Shiying, the Fujian Provincial Education Commissioner."

"Wu Xin of the Wu family, his grandfather was a Jinshi during the Wanli period, and he once served as the prefect of Zhangzhou. Later, the Wu family moved here!"

"boom!"

After hearing this, Li Chaoqin punched the osmanthus tree next to him.

"Damn it! No wonder they all seem so fearless!"

He didn't take the Fujian Education Commissioner seriously.

He didn't take the Wu family, which had produced the prefect of Zhangzhou, seriously.

But the Kong family who moved here from Shandong made him feel a little difficult.

Who doesn’t know that Confucius has disciples all over the world!

If I offend the Kong family, I'm afraid even my adoptive father won't be able to protect me!

How to do?

Just when he was in a dilemma, a bandit came running over angrily.

"My lord, those guys are so abominable!"

Li Chaoqin frowned and looked at him: "What's going on?!"

"Sir, those guys actually acted like a junior and said that the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang were weaklings who couldn't even handle the Zhou family!"

"And..."

Having said this, the man hesitated for a moment, but after being glared at by Li Chaoqin, he could only continue timidly.

"They also said, let the little ones come out and see if the adults have fallen into the toilet!"

what?

Li Chaoqin flicked his thumb and pushed the Xiuchun Sword out of the scabbard, but after his face changed for a moment, he pushed the sword back.

Don't be impulsive!

His face was as pale as water and he returned to the hall with a gloomy look.

"Tell me, everyone, what do you want to do?"

After sitting down, he went straight to the point and asked Wen Yuanqiu and others.

"Sir, why are you so bitter and resentful?"

No one else spoke, and it was still Wen Yuanqiu who stood up.

He smiled and took out a stack of things from his arms and placed them in front of Li Chaoqin.

"You have come from afar to seek justice for the people of Zhangzhou. This is a heroic act."

"We don't have any special abilities, so it's customary to offer a small gift. Please accept it, sir."

Li Chaoqin casually pulled apart the stack of things, and found that they were all silver bills. Judging from the thickness and the denomination of the first bill, it was at least five thousand taels!

Under normal circumstances, he would have wished someone would give him money.

But now, this money is hot!

He stared at Wen Yuanqiu coldly.

"What do you mean?"

"Do you think I'm here to extort money from Zhangzhou?"

"Then you are wrong!"

"I don't care whether what happened this morning has anything to do with you!"

"Now, immediately, open your grain stores to sell grain! Otherwise, if a civilian dies of starvation in the city, I will hold you accountable!"

When Wen Yuanqiu heard this, the smile on his face suddenly turned into a bitter smile.

"My Lord, what are you talking about?"

"We are all grain stores that are open for business. Who would have a grudge against silver?"

"If there is still grain in the warehouse, how can we not open the store to sell grain?"

"If we really can't get any food, we can't just open the store, put out a few empty bowls, and let the guys sit around doing nothing, right?"

Chapter 99 Where is the best place to cut?

"Are there really no food?" Li Chaoqin's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Seeing his angry look, Wen Yuanqiu seemed very proud.

He stroked his beard and shook his head slightly: "I can't say there is none, but we have a large family to support, it's impossible for us to sell our own food rations, right?"

Upon hearing this, Li Chaoqin slammed the table and stood up, pointing at the door.

"Well, now that we have come to this, please go back!"

"But let me make this clear first. You better be careful, or else don't blame me for being rude!"

"Come here, see the guests off!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Yongyuan walked in from the door and looked at Wen Yuanqiu and others with a bad face.

"Everyone, please!"

"No need to see me off, bye!"

Wen Yuanqiu was not angry. He bowed and left with the others.

Looking at the backs of these people leaving, Mu Yongyuan said in a low voice.

"Sir, in my humble opinion, these people are here to test your attitude."

"After this overture was rejected, I'm afraid something else will happen later."

How could Li Chaoqin not see it?

But he couldn't think of what other tricks these people would use against him.

It was obvious that their actions were intended to drive them out of Zhangzhou.

There are only two reasons for this.

One is the missing 700,000 dan of disaster relief grain. These people had more or less contributed to it, and they were afraid that they would be implicated.

Second, the disaster relief grain had nothing to do with them, it was simply because of the Zhou family.

Li Chaoqin would rather believe that it is the first reason!

He believed that Wen Yuanqiu and others would not be so bold as to become enemies with the imperial court simply because of the friendship between allies.

Even the Kong family has to weigh the pros and cons!

Seeing that he just had a gloomy face and didn't say anything, Mu Yongyuan tightened the embroidered spring knife at his waist and said in a deep voice.

"Sir, why don't I take some people with me tonight and capture all of them!"

"With the knife at their necks, I don't believe they won't hand over the food obediently!"

Li Chaoqin shook his head when he heard this.

"Don't act rashly anymore!"

"Seven hundred thousand dan of disaster relief grain is not a small amount. These few families in Zhangzhou alone are not capable of eating it all in one go!"

"We have already alerted the enemy. If we cause any more trouble, neither you nor I can afford it."

"Before coming to Zhangzhou, I sent someone to report the relief grain to Your Majesty. If what I expected is correct, the messenger is already on the way back."

"Wait!"

"With His Majesty's order, we won't have so many concerns when we take action!"

After saying that, he looked around and asked Mu Yongyuan with some confusion.

"Zheng Zhilong and Xiong Wencan haven't come back yet?"

These two men had gone out with their people since early yesterday morning and had not returned all night. Even with such a big commotion yesterday, there was no sign of them. This made Li Chaoqin very puzzled.

Could it be that these two were attacked by someone else?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Li Chaoqin's heart skipped a beat.

The purpose of his coming here was to recruit Zheng Zhilong. If everyone was dead, then there was no point in recruiting him!

Go fuck the relief grain, but fuck the starving people!