Everyone thought that Zhu Liming was asking for something and should be humble and low-key towards them, but who knew that they didn't even see anyone all night, and they were immediately insulted.

Everyone is from aristocratic families, and they have always been arrogant, especially now that the wealthy and aristocratic families have the upper hand. Zhu Liming has something to ask for, so how can he just give up?

Cui Dongliu made up his mind that if Zhu Liming didn't come to apologize to him in person, he would make Zhu Liming look good.

Let him know who is the real master of Qinghe County.

"It's really too much. There's not even a brazier or hot tea to entertain you with good wine and food. The attitude of asking for help without asking for help is really ridiculous." Pei Niu, the chief steward of the Pei family, stood up and said, "Cui

Brother, let’s go together later.”

"Yes, it's just too much bullying. I think this guy is deliberately asking us to drink the northwest wind here." Wang Lei, the patriarch of the Wang family, looked gloomy and started to curse.

"This is just to show off to us."

"We must not allow it to succeed."

"Let's go together and see how he builds Qinghe County."

"Without our help, it would be a dream for him to rebuild Qinghe County. We can just go back and wait for him to come and apologize."

"..."

A group of people cursed and wanted to go back, but when they reached the lobby, they were blocked by guards:

"The Grand Administrator has an order. You can enter but not leave the hall. Please wait in the hall. Anyone who resists the order will be shot without mercy!"

A pair of long knives flashing with cold light flashed under the moonlight, and the cold light reflected in everyone's eyes and penetrated into everyone's hearts.

Everyone paused in their steps, looking at the wolf-like army with pairs of eyes, and their eyes couldn't help but show a hint of solemnity.

Looking at those eyes filled with evil spirits, all the masters had no doubt that if they dared to disobey orders, they would chop down their heads with big knives.

"Where is Mr. Han?" Cui Dongliu did not argue with the guards, but suddenly shouted: "I am doing this for Mr. Han's sake. Is this how Mr. Han treats guests?"

"Yes, I came here just for the sake of my Korean father-in-law's face. Is this how the Korean father-in-law treats me?" Du Wanshan said:

"I came to the prefect's mansion in the middle of the night to drink in the cold wind, and I still can't see the person in charge. Our time is precious, how can we waste it here? Please come out and give us an explanation." Pei Niuleng.

vocal tract.

After a little provocation, the hall suddenly burst into flames, and everyone shouted "Korean Mr.".

Han Qinhu in the side hall smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid my reputation will be ruined today. Ask the commander what he wants to do? If he doesn't come forward, I can only invite him back."

Qin Qiong looked at the guards in the palace, her eyes flashed when she heard this, and then she was about to turn around and walk to the backyard when she heard Zhu Limingxiao's voice coming through the door: "Don't look for me anymore, I'm already here."

In the middle of the night, Zhu Liming was seen followed by two attendants. The attendants were carrying a wooden bucket with a lid in their hands and walked into the main hall from outside the door.

Looking at the chaos in the hall, Zhu Limingxiao's voice was calm, overpowering the young and old in the hall:

"Excuse me, I have a lot of things to do. There is no one in Nuo Dafu Yamen. I have to do everything personally, so I wasted time. I hope you will forgive me." Zhu Mingxiao strode into the hall, and there was a lot of noise in an instant.

The crowd fell silent, and the sound of pindrops could be heard throughout the hall.

Zhu Mingxiao was wearing a big cloak and was wrapped in a fur coat. He was sitting on the table in the center of the lobby: "Cuofei, all the official servants in the yamen have disappeared, and I won't be busy running all kinds of things every day until late at night.

"

Zhu Liming's words were a slap in the face, pointing the finger at everyone.

Only then did everyone realize that this was a show of force. Everyone transferred the government officials back, but Zhu Liming used this as an excuse to give everyone back.

"We don't dare." Everyone was suppressed by Zhu Liming, and they all saluted in unison, not daring to make any mistakes.

Zhu Mingxiao glanced at the people in the hall with an expressionless face and said to the door: "Come here, bring up the dinner I have prepared for you all."

A soldier came forward, holding a wooden basin in his hand. In the wooden basin were wooden bowls.

Someone opened the wooden barrel that Zhu Mingxiao had carried into the hall before, and saw steaming steam. In the barrel were chaff, grass roots, bark, and some corn that could be counted by the number of grains.

One bowl per person, steaming hot, placed in front of everyone's table.

Zhu Mingxiao was holding the bran porridge and looked at the fat merchants below: "Everyone, my official office is poor and I can't afford three meals a day, so I can only live on rice bran. Sir, please don't despise the simplicity.

Drink!”

After listening to Zhu Liming's words, the squires picked up their bowls, looked at the steaming chaff, and moved their lips one by one, but in the end they still couldn't eat it.

hard to swallow!

Everyone usually eats fine rice and fine noodles, but have we ever eaten such chaff?

"Why, is it not to your liking?" Zhu Mingxiao drank a bowl of rice porridge, and then glanced at the people in the hall. His eyes were like a huge mountain, weighing down everyone's breath.

Cui Dongliu put down the rice porridge and said in an indifferent voice: "We are not blessed to tolerate such dross. Sir, please call us here. If you have anything to say, please tell me immediately. I will prepare food and drink at home, so you don't need to worry about me."

"Oh?" Zhu Mingxiao stared at Cui Dongliu: "It seems that Mr. Liu's daily food is good, but the three meals a day of this common people are just dross in your eyes."

"Although my family is not rich, they can't even afford polished rice." Cui Dongliu's face was expressionless and his words were flawless.

"You must have seen the difficulties of my official. Now that Qinghe County has suffered a disaster, it is so difficult for me, let alone the common people?" Zhu Mingxiao sighed: "The granary of Qinghe County was stolen, and the court's disaster relief and food payments were delayed.

I have not allocated it yet, so I would like to borrow some money from you to help the people of Qinghe. I hope that if you have money, you can provide money, and if you have no money, provide food, so that we can tide over the difficulties together."

"The imperial court will never forget your merits and deeds in the future." Zhu Liming said with a smile.

After hearing Zhu Liming's words, the hall was as quiet as death. At this time, everyone looked at each other. Cui Dongliu sighed: "The government office suffered a disaster, and we, the people of Qinghe County, also suffered a disaster. The government office still has no food left.

, can’t stop that bandit, let alone us?”

"But I still have some food left at home. I can lend you ten loads for the winter, so that you don't starve to death. These ten loads are my gift to you, and you don't have to pay them back in the future." Cui Dongliu sneered.

Zhu Limingxiao gave everyone a warning, what does it mean?

It means that this matter is basically unfixable.

Zhu Liming left everyone in the lobby to freeze for half the night. Who was not feeling suffocated?

That evil spirit is not far away from breaking out.

Now that Zhu Limingxiao proposed to borrow food, it was surprising that everyone gave him a good look.

"Huh?" Zhu Limingxiao had a cold look in his eyes, staring at Cui Dongliu.

This is a slap in the face.

An unabashed slap in the face.

After all, Zhu Liming was also a fourth-rank official in the imperial court and the highest official in Qinghe County. After he opened his mouth, the other party only gave him ten loads of grain. This was like sending a beggar away.

Ten loads of grain is enough for ordinary people to eat for a year, but for Zhu Liming, it is a slap in the face.

On the other hand, Wang Lei said with a smile: "Sir, do you know how much a load of food costs nowadays?"

"One hundred coins." Zhu Liming said.

"Since your Excellency knows that one hundred cents is a load, you should know that we actually don't have any surplus grain in our hands. We have sold all the grain, so where will it remain in our hands?" Wang Lei said with a smile: "Your Excellency, if you want to borrow grain, we

I’m afraid there’s nothing we can do.”

"All sold?" Zhu Liming narrowed his eyes and stared at Wang Lei with a cold light.

"Sold them all. Fifty times the profit. If you don't sell, you will be a fool." Wang Lei cupped his hands: "If you had told me three months earlier that our food had not been sold at that time, we would have been able to share it with you. As for the situation,

Now, if we only have enough food for ourselves to eat at home, it is already difficult for us to even give five loads to the adults."

"Yes, even a load of grain needs to be calculated carefully," Du Wanshan said.

"It's a pity that it's too late, sir."

"That's right, now that food is so valuable, who would keep it and throw it away?" Pei Niu also agreed.

Zhu Mingxiao was speechless when he heard the words, but looked at the other small families with his eyes: "Are you all also running out of food at home?"

"Reporting to your lord, I have sold all the food, leaving only the food rations at home."

"Yes, yes, it's too late, sir."

"Please forgive me, sir."

Everyone started to boo, and with the five major families taking the lead, they all started to challenge Zhu Liming.

The food belongs to the family. If you want to borrow it, you can borrow it. If you don't want to borrow it, there is nothing I can do about it.

This time, everyone was sure of Zhu Mingxiao.

Pairs of eyes were looking at him, their eyes full of ridicule, teasing, and all kinds of inexplicable meanings. There was no doubt that everyone was waiting for Zhu Liming to make a fool of himself.

Zhu Liming smiled, with a strange look in his eyes: "Oh, it turns out that I said it too late. I can't blame you for this. I didn't explain it clearly before."

"In this case, the matter of borrowing food has been revealed. I have one more thing to inform you." Zhu Liming clapped his hands towards the door and saw Zhu Dan holding a tray covered with red silk.

Walked in from the door.

Seeing that Zhu Limingxiao had no entanglement and easily let go of borrowing food, for some reason everyone suddenly had a sudden thought, and a bad premonition arose in their hearts.

"Everyone, due to the incompleteness of the six government offices in Qinghe County, Qinghe County will implement military control from now on. All caravans entering and leaving the city must rely on the road guide issued by the government and the token to pass." Zhu Mingxiao opened the silk cloth and said,

On the tray are a bunch of large and small strange-looking brands, with strange numbers engraved on them.
Chapter completed!