"Don't say I didn't expect it!" This sentence has been hovering in Murong Yanchao's mind, allowing him to truly appreciate the bone-broken chill and fear.

Although Sun Tu did not act evilly or showed off his weapons as before, the intercepted memorial brought even greater threat to Murong Yanchao, making him unsurprising that the other party would really kill him in anger - a person who dared to intercept the official memorial, and what else he dared not do?

So until someone called him softly and made Murong Yanchao come back from his horror, there was still an unconcealable fear in his eyes. It took a while before he returned to normal. He could see clearly the people standing in front of him at this time, namely the confidant master Jing Yiming, the two assistant officials of the government office, Fang Ping, and the superior Shen Bian. The three of them were looking at him with concern: "Maintai, what are Sun Tu doing?" There was also some uneasiness in their tone.

Before Murong Yanchao could answer, a servant ran over in panic and stood in front of the door and reported urgently: "There was an accident in the palace. Dozens of soldiers from the wing suddenly surrounded the government office and said they wanted to hand over their food there..."

This immediately changed the faces of the three subordinates in the room. Murong Yanchao was calm at this time and waved his hand, "I know, please step back." Then he looked at the three people: "Sun Tu came to see me for this reason. He wanted the government office to distribute all the money and grains he had accumulated in the past two years to his soldiers in the wing."

"Ah? This... are they really going to rebel? They dare to have the idea of ​​the granary of the government office..." Shen Bian couldn't help but scream, unable to hide the fear in his eyes, and the other two were not much better than him. They also looked uneasy and turned their eyes to Murong Prefect to see what decision he had made.

"It's time to go, I can only take another step." When he said this, Murong Yanchao's heart thrust. The foundation he had created in Qingzhou for many years was destroyed by Sun Tu in less than half a month. He knew very well what this concession meant. What he took out was not only money and food, but also his reputation and prestige in the state would plummet.

However, in the face of the current situation, does he still have any choice? With Sun Tuzhi's boldness, as long as he continues to hold on, he may really dare to ask someone to snatch food, or even be cruel to himself. It is related to his life and even if he is reluctant, he can only endure it.

In fact, he did not realize that after suffering losses one after another, he had already developed a fear of Sun Tu, and even had the confidence to fight with Zhidou. This was just like when he was in Qingzhou, those people didn't even have the courage to compete with him.

"But... if the money and grain is really distributed in full, the amount of money will be quite large. I'm afraid there will be not enough grain stored in the granary warehouse." Fang Ping immediately raised his concerns.

"I naturally understand this point, so in addition to the things in the granary, I also decided that the officials such as us and some commercial banks in the city would raise some money and grain to make up for it. If you count it, each of you would just take out 5,000 guan." But Murong Yanchao had already made a decision and replied immediately.

"Ah..." The faces of the two subordinates changed suddenly: "Secretary... How could the Xiaguan take out so much money..."

"Hmph, don't tell lies in front of Ming people. Is this the only thing you earn on weekdays? You can get less than 50,000 guan in two years. Now you are just asking you to take out only 5,000 guan, what's the point? And not only you, but the wealthy businessmen in the city also have to take out money and grain to offset the amount. The official decided to take out 20,000 guan, which is not more than you waiting for?" Murong Yanchao's face darkened and said reproachfully. He didn't know what the people below did behind his back, but just turned a blind eye.

When they saw that he was talking so thoroughly, the two subordinates were speechless and dared not argue again. However, they still felt a pain in their hearts. It was five thousand guan, and even for the officials, it was a considerable amount.

Although they did take all kinds of opportunities to make money into their pockets over the past two years, this number is not too much. After all, there are too many people below to manage. In addition, Qingzhou is not very rich, and the income is even smaller, and this is not all from the Xiangjun. Now they have to give 30% of the income to the Xiangjun, which is like cutting their meat.

But they also knew how dangerous the situation was. Whether it was Sun Tu or the soldiers gathered again, they could not offend them casually. Didn’t they see that even the always tough prefect had already given up, so they dared not be enemies with him, so they could only admit defeat.

Seeing that they finally accepted their fate, Murong Yanchao finally smiled, but before he could speak, Shen Bian spoke again: "Maintai, it is not too difficult for you to ask Xiaguan and others to take out some money, but now it is not easy to let the rich merchants in the city pay the money..."

"Well? Can they dare to go against the government's intentions?" Murong Yanchao's face suddenly sank. Now he was angry. If there was really that eye-opener who dared to go against him, it would be just right to vent his anger.

"No, have you forgotten that there have been many theft cases in the homes of those wealthy families in recent days, and many of their treasures and a lot of money have been stolen. Now their losses are already huge. If they force them to take out the money, I'm afraid..." Shen Bian said with some concern.

Although Sun Tu is terrible, these local big families have a great influence. If they really make a fuss with these people, it would be difficult for the government to collect grain and taxes. Although Murong Yanchao can cover up the sky in Qingzhou, it is actually because he is on the same boat with these big families and has similar interests. If he really annoyed these people, the situation will only be worse.

Murong Yanchao then realized that because of Sun Tu's appearance, he really put this matter aside. Since last month, major theft cases have occurred in Qingzhou City, and most of the stolen wealthy families were rich. Many wealthy families even went to the yamen to complain, which caused a lot of storms at the time.

After pondering for a while, he finally said, "Officer Shen Tui, it's been a month since you've been there. Have you not found a clue yet? Have you taken down that thief?" Such a move can no longer be called a thief, but he is called a thief.

Shin Bian lowered his head guiltily: "The thief has gone without a trace and has never been seen yet, so..."

At this time, Jing Yiming, who had been silent, spoke: "The Mansion, there is a way to solve the current problem. Why not just hand over this matter to Sun Tu and the wing soldiers under his command?"

"Huh?" The people present were stunned, and then they smiled happily, especially Murong Yanchao, who slapped the table and said, "Yes, Sun Tu has always claimed that he has the responsibility of protecting the country and protecting the people. Now this thief in my Qingzhou City is when their wing army is working. If they can't even handle this little thing, will they still have the face to ask us for any money and food?"

The more he thought about it, the more he was concerned, and then he looked at Shen Bian: "Since that's the case, Shen Tui, I'll leave this matter to you to deal with it. Then I'll see Sun Tu and tell us what we ask. As long as he can help take the thief, we will naturally not lose their money and food that has been accumulated in two years."

"Ah? The minister..." Shen Bian was a little panicked when he heard this. Sun Tu was a fierce man who was even afraid of Murong's prefect. How dare he negotiate with him?

But before he could shirk his words, the prefect Murong had already glared at him and said, "This is your responsibility to proclaim the official. If you can't even do such a small matter, then you will take someone to find the thief. If you can't find it, you will only ask!"

Although Murong Yanchao has been defeated in front of Sun Tu recently, the prestige he has created in Qingzhou for many years is still there, and it is more than enough to suppress these subordinates. So with just one look, Shen Bian was so scared that he didn't dare to say anything else, so he quickly responded: "Yes, the official will go to see Sun Tu now and let him take on this matter." When he said this, he regretted why he mentioned this just now. Isn't this making him feel uncomfortable? Now he can only pluck his courage to meet Sun Tu.

It was not until the two subordinates retreated with great thought that Jing Yiming looked at his boss with some concern and confusion: "Futai, do you really plan to give in like this? This will only encourage Sun Tu and the others to be arrogant, in the future..."

"Of course I know that doing this is like drinking poison to quench thirst. Once he gains power, my years of hard work here will be ruined. But the situation is like this, and now I can only endure it. Moreover, the situation in Qingzhou is much more complicated than what he thought. I believe there is still a way to turn around this situation. As long as he is a general, he will inevitably not be able to escape the future fate. That is my chance to turn over." Murong Yanchao said, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Jing Yiming also understood the meaning of his words. In addition to having more confidence, he was also helpless. Six or seven years ago, the reason why the prefect Murong could completely take over the power of the state was not only the identity of a civil servant and Liang Shicheng in the court was the backer, but also borrowed the complex relationship in Qingzhou. It was just that they could not imagine that many years later, a military officer who had just arrived in Qingzhou actually forced them into a dangerous situation again, and they had to use the previous tricks to turn the situation around again.

After all, this made them feel a little shame, but in the face of reality, they could only put the useless dignity aside.
Chapter completed!