Seeing these heavily armed soldiers carrying scimitars, Song Wentang and others became even more frightened. Some of them had poor psychological quality and their bodies started to tremble.
Seeing that he was about to be captured by these sergeants, Song Wentang quickly stepped forward and got close to Liu Mingju: "Master Liu, my nephew Wentang, my father is Song Chaoshan, the former chief minister of Jiangsu."
Liu Mingju understood immediately and why they came.
"So you are Song Wentang, why are you making trouble in front of the governor's office?"
Liu Mingju's tone was cold, seemingly without any emotion.
Song Wentang felt even more chilled when he heard Liu Mingju call him by his first name, and his tone was so cold!
Although he really wanted to get close to Liu Mingju, it was obvious that Liu Mingju had no such intention at all!
"Mr. Liu, we are not making trouble here, but we want to see you, but the office does not let us in, so we had a few quarrels..."
Song Wentang said tremblingly.
"Song Wentang, since your father is the former chief envoy of Jiangsu, you should know the rules. If you want to see me, then follow the procedures. If you can't see me for a while, just make a noise here, how unbecoming!"
"Yes! Yes! What Mr. Liu taught me is that it is wrong to be born late!"
Song Wentang apologized quickly and did not dare to call himself "nephew" anymore.
"Why do you want to see me?"
Liu Mingju asked with a straight face.
"Sir, this is what happened. Just now Lin Xu took some people to Pier 3 and said that he was ordered by the governor's office to requisition our one hundred ships of grain... We are not convinced.
,So...so I want to seek justice..."
Song Wentang was nervous, so he didn't pay much attention to the wording of his words. After he said "ask for justice", he immediately regretted it, because he knew that there was no problem in saying such words in private, but in front of Liu Mingju
Speaking in person would obviously anger Liu Mingju!
Sure enough, Liu Mingju sneered: "You are not convinced, so you are here to seek justice, right? Well, let me ask you, why are you not convinced? What kind of justice do you want to seek?"
Under Liu Mingju's strong pressure, Song Wentang did not dare to speak directly about the grain being expropriated for no reason. After thinking about it, he launched a personal attack on Lin Xu!
"Lin Xu is not an official, so what qualifications does he have to collect our grain?"
"Humph, you're here to seek justice before you even understand the matter? Who said Lin Xu has no official status? He is a fifth-grade guerrilla general registered with the Ministry of War! In addition, Lin Xu brought the governor's Yamen documents and me
He is qualified to collect grain with a warrant!"
Liu Mingju said in a deep voice.
The pressure in Song Wentang's heart was getting bigger and bigger, cold sweat was dripping on his forehead, and his brain was getting harder and harder. He followed Liu Mingju's words and started to say: "Even if Lin Xu has an official status, the food belongs to us, and he
What levy!"
Liu Mingju reprimanded: "Do you have no brains, or do you have no ears? Don't you understand what I just said? He collected the grain on my order. Why do you think he collects it?!"
Other merchants were originally counting on Song Wentang to help them get food back, but seeing that Liu Mingju didn't give him any face at all, and Song Wentang didn't speak coherently at all. Not only did he fail to make the point, but he also always angered Liu Mingju.
They all shook their heads!
Judging from this situation, Song Wentang has no hope at all!
So, those businessmen had no choice but to plead for mercy in person and knelt on the ground one after another!
"Master Liu, I spent all my money to buy those grains! If you confiscate those grains, our family will have no way to survive!"
"Master Liu, I bought the grain with a loan shark. If the money is not paid by then, the loan shark will definitely hack our whole family to death!"
"Master Liu, please return the food to us..."
Liu Mingju stood there with his hands behind his back and said nothing, looking at these businessmen kneeling on the ground crying with cold eyes!
Song Wentang still didn't kneel down, as if he was confronting Liu Mingju!