Realizing This Is Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years
Chapter 65

One Thought from the People

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"What's going on up ahead?" Cui Heng got down from the carriage and looked at the people in Lu County in front of him before asking Liu Litao beside him.

“This may have been Sun Panshi and others.” Liu Litao was so angry that his entire body trembled. He gritted his teeth and said, “Master, these people are already breaking the law. Most of these commoners were bewitched by them!”

“Maybe there are thousands of people here. Outstanding ability!” Cui Heng sneered and said to Hui Shi, "Go and ask what happened."

"Okay, my master!" Hui Shi bowed.

"Those people might see us humiliating ourselves." Cui Heng's gaze swept over the city walls of the distant Lu County and he said with a smile, "Governor Liu, have the escort soldiers prepare to distribute grain and salt!"

After he accepted the position of Governor of Lu County, he kept Liu Litao by his side as the County Governor. This would help him quickly understand the various problems in Lu County, and it would be easier for him to gather the seven emotions of all living beings.

"Okay, my master!" Liu Litao nodded quickly and praised, “Master, you are really good at predicting things. You have long expected this hurdle.”

"Continue." Cui Heng waved his hand and smiled.

Liu Litao's old habits did not change. His words did not deviate from flattery. Fortunately, he was quite sincere in his actions. The soldiers behind him were quickly mobilized.

Cui Heng's entourage to Lu County City was not small.

In addition to Hui Shi, Xu Feng'an, Liu Litao, and Qian Cang, there were also over ten refugees who had fled from Dachang County to Juhe County.

New officials had to be prepared in advance, especially for a place like Lu County.

In order to gain the hearts of the people and gain the love of the masses in order to gather positive emotions, he must have people who can be used to do things from the very beginning.

There are at least a dozen of them.

This former victim of Dachang County was undoubtedly the best choice.

They were very loyal to Cui Heng and even believed that their lives belonged to Cui Heng.

On the other hand, it was also because Cui Heng had brought a lot of supplies to Lu County and needed people to transport them.

It was true that he could use a spell to make more supplies after he arrived at Lu County City, but it was like drying out a pond to catch fish.

He could only harvest their emotions on a massive scale once.

After a bowl of water in Juhe County City sunk 50,000 troops, he did not receive much from the Seven Emotions of Life.

This is not in line with the view of sustainable development.

It would be better to organize a few people and continue step by step.

….

As soon as Hui Shi arrived at the entrance of Lu County, over a dozen commoners immediately surrounded him.

“Officers, you're the district governor, right? Please let the county governor give us a way out. We can't even afford food!”

“We beg the Governor of the District, please do not raise the price of basic goods. We commoners can't afford it. Please give us a way out!”

“And salt! My family did not eat salt for three days. Our child's body is getting weaker. Too bad he's still growing! Huu!!"

The more these commoners spoke, the more agitated they became. Some even began to press forward, almost surrounding Hui Shi completely.

Clangs!

Hui Shi gently shook the steel sword at his waist and looked around coldly. He shouted, “Everything, the Governor cares about the world. He loved his people like his own children. Don't fidget. He will definitely help you solve your problem!”

Ordinary people were afraid of the sword. When they saw this scene, they subconsciously took a few steps back.

“How did he finish it? Can he spit out the silver he ate ?! ”

At this time, someone among the crowd suddenly shouted, “I have long heard that the new district governor has conspired with grain traders and salt traders to raise prices several times. He will take half of the commission!”

"Who's spouting nonsense!" Shouted Hui Shi furiously. He wanted to go out and check, but he was surrounded by commoners and could not move at all.

"Sir! Is this true? Governor takes commission from traders?”

"Sir! Pity us! If this continues, we won't be able to survive!”

“Master, Sir..”

Countless commoners' voices buzzed in Hui shi's ears, leaving him extremely frustrated. He could barely help but draw his sword and slash at them.

However, these commoners were not the Huang family from Juhe County. He could not kill as he pleased.

He could only forcefully hold it.

However, Hui Shi was a Qi Condensation Realm martial artist. He could use his True Qi to slowly push these people away and return to Cui Heng's side.

"My lord, the situation is not optimistic." Hui Shi went to report and said in a low voice, “Someone has mingled with these people to spread discord. They say that you work with traders to fight for profits with people.”

"Do you know who that is?" Cui Heng asked.

"I'm surrounded by people and can't investigate." Hui Shi lowered his head in embarrassment.

"It's okay." Cui Heng smiled and said, “Go again and tell these commoners to come to my place to buy food and salt. They can buy it at half the usual price. Everyone is limited to buying 20 catties of food and 500 grams of salt.

“However, every citizen who comes to take foodstuffs and salt should report the name of the merchant who raises the price of foodstuffs and salt. At that time, set up a few people and record everything.”

"Yes sir!" Hui Shi is back soon.

"Sir, I just found that guy." Xu Feng'an, who was pretending to be an old scholar, asked curiously, "Why don't you let me catch him directly?"

"If we catch him now, we won't be able to remove his roots completely." Cui Heng chuckled and glanced at the guardhouse on the city wall.

….

Currently, at the guard post on the city wall of Lu County.

Sun Panshi and Wang Jinsheng were sitting opposite and drinking wine, looking at the scene outside mockingly.

"Brother Wang, how do you think the Governor of Cui County will handle this ferocious public opinion?"

Sun Panshi drank a nice cup of wine and laughed. “This is probably the first time in history a new regional governor was blocked at the city gate by commoners! Ha ha ha!"

"Son brother, did you not notice the 20 strange carriages brought by the new county governor?" Wang Jinsheng asked instead of answering. He looked outside and chuckled. "I'm afraid there's a lot of food inside."

"How is it possible? Could he be moving food from Juhe County to help people?” Sun Panshi shook her head and said, “In addition, Juhe County has been poor for a long time. How can there be so much food to transport?”

“When Governor Cui was in Juhe County, he opened a warehouse to distribute food to save thousands of refugees.” Wang Jinsheng was still looking outside. “I don't think this will confuse him. We must prepare for the next countermeasure. ”

“Brother, you think too much..” Sun Panshi is still in disbelief, but when he saw the change outside, he suddenly stood up and shouted in great surprise, “How is it possible? She actually brought so much food?!”

“Not only food, but also salt!” Wang Jinsheng's eyes became a little confused. He suddenly laughed and said, “Hahaha, this is more interesting. If it's too easy to press, it'll make me feel bored.”

"Heh, it's just a step to bribe people!" Sun Panshi was still unconvinced and sneered. “After the publicity of these few days, the image of the new district governor and merchants working together to compete with the community can no longer be changed!

….

Cui Heng had brought a total of 20 food carts and five salt carts.

This food was certainly not enough to sell to these thousands of commoners, so it was first come, first served.

Then, he promised there would be more and they could buy it from the county magistrate's office.

They will also do their best to lower the prices of food, salt, and other commodities.

This way, the commoners would naturally disperse.

Even if there was someone inside who was manipulating things, it would not have much effect in front of real food and salt.

"Have you recorded all the information about the merchant?" Cui Heng asked Hui Shi.

"Sir, I've already recorded it." Hui Shi nodded and said angrily, "A total of thirteen grain merchants and six salt merchants all raised prices sevenfold!"

"Good!" Cui Heng nodded lightly.

“Master, even though you sell food to them for half the price, there are still people who feel that this is a way to bribe people,” Hui Shi said anxiously. “They still feel you're conspiring with those merchants.”

"It's okay." Cui Heng waved his hand and did not say anything more. He's back in the carriage. "Let's get into town!"

….

After handling the incident at the city gate, Cui Heng managed to become the governor of Lu County.

Sun Panshi and the others were waiting for the governor of this new district to make a move.

But three days have passed.

There was no news from the County Governor's House.

He only knew that Cui Heng arranged for the people around him to hold various positions.

There seems to be no sign of a fight.

In addition, food and salt were continuously transported from Juhe County over the past three days.

It was still sold to people for half the price!

It was as if the food and salt there were endless.

This made Sun Panshi and the others so angry that they almost cursed. They couldn't even use commoners to cause trouble in the County Governor's house.

He could only curse Cui Heng in his heart, hoping that he would soon run out of food and salt.

More than ten days later, there was still an endless supply of food and salt.

It doesn't look like it's going to be cut.

There was even a song praising the new county governor in Lu County.

Sun Panshi and the others were still able to survive, but the major grain merchants and salt merchants below them were unable to hold on any longer.

No income for more than half a month. Every entrepreneur will explode.

Therefore, traders began to buy food from the community at twice the price and sell it at three times the original price.

Grains and salt are important, but the greed for wealth is also an inseparable part of the human heart.

It is inevitable that some people will inevitably sell some of their food and salt.

This causes the overall price of food and salt to remain high even though the price of food and salt is always half the price.

Residents quickly began to spontaneously investigate families selling food and salt to traders.

This caused the grain traders and salt traders to quickly raise the purchase price to triple.

As a result, more and more people were secretly selling their food and salt.

The price quickly increased to five times.

It was almost near the price seven times before.

Right now, the food and salt shipments from Juhe County suddenly came to a halt!

The prosecutor's office also issued a circular. There was really no more food and salt to be transported.

The price of food and salt instantly soared to 15 times the original price!

Sun Panshi and the others cheered.

The merchants held a banquet to celebrate it.

The people were very angry, but there was nothing they could do.

The entire Lu County City was almost a gunpowder barrel.

It would explode with the slightest trigger.

Eventually, a large number of residents could not stand it anymore and ran to the office of the county magistrate to complain, hoping that the regional governor could punish these illegal traders.

This time, no one instigated anything. Everyone did it spontaneously, and they just went to ask the governor for help.

Instead of asking.

In the past month, the image of the new district governor fighting against all the grain merchants and salt merchants in the city had formed in the hearts of the people.

No one would believe that Cui Heng was conspiring with those merchants anymore.

Inside the county magistrate's office.

Cui Heng held a list and said to Hui Shi, who was on standby, "13 grain merchants, six salt merchants, nine medicine halls, 12 ore traders, seven ... You've been investigating all this, haven't you?"

"Okay, my lord. Everything has been investigated, ” Hui Shi said respectfully.

"What about people's attitudes?" Cui Heng asked again.

“My master plan is brilliant. The whole townspeople sincerely admire you now.” Hui Shi greatly admired Cui Heng's actions. This is what it means to really gather people's hearts.

If he were to raid these merchant houses the first time he entered the city, he would definitely not have people united behind him. He may even have been labeled a murderer.

"Good!" Cui Heng nodded and smiled. Now, he had reached his first goal.

Therefore, he immediately slapped the list of names on the table and said in a low voice, “Hui Shi, listen up! All of the above traders, search their homes and choose a day for a public trial! If anyone stops you, kill them on the spot!”

B*bi is getting fat.

It's time for a massacre!