The Dragon Boat Festival floods that lasted for many days, coupled with the Baisong River burst, caused even the water level of the Grand Canal to rise a lot due to flooding.
At this moment, in front of Pier 3 of the Grand Canal, one hundred and fifty grain transport ships were moored neatly, and hundreds of sergeants from the Yamen were standing on the shore.
The leader is none other than Shi Tao, a hereditary Qianhu!
Under Shi Tao's order, many migrant workers were carrying red lanterns to and from the grain ship and the dock. Some of the lanterns had already been hung on the mast of the grain ship. The lanterns were in the style of palace lanterns, but perhaps they were made in a hurry.
The reason is that the style of the lantern is a bit simple and the workmanship is a bit rough, but the three big characters on the curtain hanging below the lantern are very eye-catching: Weaving Bureau!
"Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!"
Although the sergeants of Zhensi Yamen do not do the work themselves, they urge them very hard. Some of them still have riding whips in their hands. If they see anyone moving a little slowly, they will whip them up!
At the same time, a group of people walked towards the pier. Among them, Lin Xu was walking at the front, followed by Lin Xu's soldiers, Xinxue disciples from Qinglin Academy, and many ordinary people.
, so vast that there are hundreds of people!
"Sir, did you see that they are hanging lanterns and preparing to force the people to sell their fields at a low price under the banner of Weaving Bureau?"
Yang Dingyuan walked beside Lin Xu, pointed at the sergeants in the Yamen, and said loudly to Lin Xu.
"I saw it! It's so cruel!"
Lin Xu sneered and walked faster!
At this time, Shi Tao also saw this group of people who were coming to kill him. Although the distance was a bit far away and he couldn't see clearly who these people were or what they did, he subconsciously felt that these people were definitely
Not a good one!
"Go over and take a look at what they are doing. If there are no important people, tell them that our office is handling official business, and no unrelated people are allowed to approach the dock!"
Shi Tao ordered!
"yes!"
A chief immediately took the order and left!
Soon, the chief came back with a look of horror on his face: "Sir, it was Lin Xu who brought someone here!"
"Who!? Lin Xu!?"
"right!"
"Which Lin Xu!"
"That's Lin Xu from Jiangling!"
Before, Shi Tao was ordered to go to Jiangling County to arrest Guo Nanxing twice, but he failed to catch him because of Lin Xu's obstruction. Especially the second time, he had obviously captured Guo Nanxing, but he was intercepted by Lin Xu on the way.
Come down!
In the end, under Lin Xu's coercion and inducement, he not only handed over the person to Lin Xu obediently, but also followed Lin Xu's "suggestion" and stayed in Jiangling for five full days before returning to Suzhou. Although he was not severely punished,
But he didn't escape a scolding!
This time, he originally wanted to complete the matter assigned by Mr. Feng and make meritorious service. The previous work went very smoothly. Yun Jinxiang's people did not dare to stop them, so they let them hang up the lanterns of the Weaving Bureau and waited until they
Just put lanterns on all the grain ships, and then go to various states and counties to buy land!
I really didn’t expect that before the lanterns were hung up, Lin Xu came with a large number of people to cause trouble!
At this moment, Shi Tao really felt what it felt like to "cry without tears"!
Lin Xu is definitely the evil star in his life!
"Sir, what should we do now?"
This chief also followed Shi Tao to Jiangling twice to carry out missions. He saw with his own eyes how powerful Lin Xu was, so he was very frightened!
"What else can we do? Ask them what they are here for first!"