At this time, Governor Zhao felt a little thirsty, so he went into the tea shop to rest.
Unexpectedly, there is actually a storyteller in this tea shop at the intersection outside the city.
Governor Zhao couldn't help but sigh to Master Jiang: "The prosperity of Suzhou's humanities can be seen. There are storytellers even in this suburban tea shop."
But I heard the storyteller on the stage say: "A great event has happened in Gusu City recently. The South City Gate, also known as the Snake Gate, has been blocked again. It is really shocking!"
Governor Zhao and Master Jiang looked at each other in confusion, but they did not expect that the storyteller would actually mention this matter.
Someone in the audience shouted: "What's so surprising about this? You storytellers are used to making lies and exaggerating!"
The storyteller said disdainfully: "How can ignorant country folk like you know the key?"
The person who was talking to the audience was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to step forward and take action.
But the friend next to him tried his best to stop him, shouting: "You can't do it! You can't do anything to the storyteller!"
Now the senior manager of the Storyteller Office is the foreign affairs officer of the Lin Mansion! If you beat the Storyteller today, you will be hunted down by the New Wu Alliance tomorrow!"
Governor Zhao, who was watching with cold eyes, felt more and more that Lin Tailai's hegemony in Suzhou City was really comprehensive, and he had a long way to go.
The storyteller didn't pay too much attention to this small threat in front of him, and continued calmly: "This is a long story!
But it is said that when Wu Zixu built Gusu City, because the Snake Gate faced south, it was facing the enemy country Yue!
So Wu Zixu arranged the art of hating victory at the Snake Gate, hanging a wooden snake with its head facing into the city, and combined with the Feng Shui of the Snake Gate to restrain the Yue Kingdom!"
Everyone in Suzhou knew about Wu Zixu's construction of the city, but this was the first time many people had heard of such details.
The storyteller continued: "Later, King Gou Jian of Yue destroyed Wu and after conquering Gusu City, he completely destroyed Shemen!
For the next two thousand years, there was no south gate in Gusu City. It was not until Lin Daguan moved to Canglang Pavilion in Nanchang a few years ago that the south gate was reopened."
Many impatient people shouted: "After so much verbosity, where are the shocking things you just said?"
The storyteller replied sadly: "Two thousand years ago, the King of Yue attacked Wu and destroyed the Snake Gate that restrained the Yue Kingdom.
And now, two thousand years later, the Yue people have once again blocked the Snake Gate. History has repeated itself. Why do you think it is?"
The audience was confused, what's wrong?
The storyteller sneered: "Have you not noticed that the current governor is from Yue, and the prefect is also from Yue? It's ridiculous that you are trapped in a huge conspiracy and you don't know it!"
Bang! The incognito Governor Zhao stood up angrily, knocking down a stool and making a noise.
This has gone beyond writing essays and spreading rumors, right? Has it started directly to write stories and scripts?
Is there any connection between him temporarily blocking the Snake Gate for his own safety and King Gou Jian of Yue destroying the Snake Gate?
Bang! The storyteller suddenly slapped the case, pointed at Governor Zhao and said, "Look, this old man with a wealth of knowledge is so angry, which means he has realized the problem!"
Master Jiang quickly held up the stool and then pulled Governor Zhao to sit down.
It’s really hard to reveal your identity here, so let’s listen first and see what kind of story this storyteller has made up.
The storyteller originally wanted to interact with Governor Zhao a few times, but seeing that Governor Zhao sat down again and had no intention of speaking, he could only continue talking with regret.
"Most of the imperial court's money and food came from the southeast, more specifically, from the eight prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River! Oh no, it should be the seventh prefecture, not including Nanjing.
The seven prefectures are Su, Song, Chang, Zhen, Hang, Hu, and Jia. Among them, the four prefectures of Su, Song, Chang, and Zhen belong to Southern Zhili, while the three prefectures of Hang, Hu, and Jia belong to Zhejiang!
So why did a Zhejiang governor desperately raise taxes in Suzhou?
After much deliberation, it must be to reduce their money and food in Zhejiang!
Our four prefectures in South Zhili pay a little more, but the three prefectures in Zhejiang can get a lot less!
Otherwise, how can we explain that the governor keeps forcing us Susong people to increase taxes and pay back the previous taxes owed?
This is the deep malice of a Yue governor towards our Suzhou! Blocking the Snake Gate is proof!
Only Yue people would hate the Shemen so much that they would even hesitate to emulate Gou Jian, who destroyed Wu, to openly express this disgust!
That’s why I just said that it was truly shocking that the Snake Gate was blocked the day before yesterday, was that right?
With such a governor in office, I will not give up until I destroy the prosperity of Gusu!"
There was an uproar in the tea shop, and everyone was filled with indignation!
If we just talk about blocking the Snake Gate, they have not yet felt it personally, but if it is related to tax increases and tax repayments, it will be very interesting!
This new bastard governor must have deep hatred and great malice towards Suzhou!
After Gou Jian destroyed the Snake Gate, he followed suit and blocked the Snake Gate. The wolf's ambition was clearly revealed!
"That's nonsense!" Governor Zhao was furious and stood up again.
Everyone around looked at Governor Zhao in astonishment. What did this man mean? He looked unfamiliar. He came from Zhejiang in the south to do business.
Seeing that something was not going well, Master Jiang quickly called the guards, dragged Governor Zhao and ran out.
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Chapter completed!