Li Chongjin was not reconciled, and rushed along the river embankment to the west, the more he ran, the cooler his heart became - although the water village on the south bank was only found at the gentle level of the river, those high guard towers continued until the west side of Zhengyangdu, five miles to the west.

On the opposite side of Zhengyangdu, the water village is nearly five meters high, stretching for nearly a mile from east to west, and it is full of soldiers.

Li Chongjin couldn't help but take a breath, this Lin Feng's Shouzhou is really not easy to gnaw! He let out a light breath, turned his horse, and rushed north, first delivering the challenge to the manager.

At this time, on the south bank of Zhengyangdu, Lin Feng was leading Zhou Ehuang, Xiao Fei'er, and Duan Feihong to clean up all kinds of debris behind the water village with the soldiers and civilians of Shouzhou. The three beauties all dressed up as peasant women, picking up things like everyone else, or serving tea and water to everyone, without a trace of "Mrs. Thorn Shi" at all.

After unintentional transmission, the touching deeds of "Zhou Luoying, the daughter of Situ Zhouzong and the future wife of Lord Lin, sneaked out of Jinling City and prepared to live and die with the people of Shouzhou City" quickly spread among the soldiers and the people, and everyone's eyes were full of admiration.

After a while, Emperor Zhou E couldn't stand the extremely warm greetings and praises of the surrounding people, quietly walked to Lin Feng's side, and said shyly: "Brother Lin, they always talk about me." ”

Lin Feng was busy in front of a trebuchet, he handed the rope in his hand to Gazi next to him, turned around and scraped off the beads of sweat on the tip of Zhou Ehuang's nose, and said with a smile: "My Emperor E's people are beautiful, cute, and so virtuous, and affectionate, who doesn't want to take a sneak peek at you and praise you in person?!" ”

Emperor Zhou E was so angry that he punched Lin Feng, turned around and ran to Xiao Fei'er's side, hiding by her side.

Lin Feng looked up at the busy "big production" scene at the scene, and a trace of pride surged in his heart, the whole city of Shouzhou was united in military and civilian, what else is there to be afraid of in war? Lin Feng coughed lightly, picked up a branch in his hand, beat the rhythm on the wooden pillar of the trebuchet, and sang loudly: "A big river, the waves are wide and ......"

With Lin Feng taking the lead, the people around him naturally sang along, and "My Motherland" started from the water village up and down, and then to the sentry tower and trapezoidal position, becoming louder and louder, and quickly spread to the south bank of the Huai River.

This afternoon, there was no movement on the north bank of the Huai River, and the singing on the south bank came and went, not at all like the eve of a tragic battle.

In the evening, Lin Feng rushed back to the Thorn History Mansion with his family, and Wu Qiao rushed over and reported softly: "The owners of the five major grain and oil stores in the city have all arrived, waiting for you in the study." ”

Lin Feng didn't change his clothes, and went straight to the study with Feng Jingyun.

The four big fat men and one thin man in the study immediately bowed down when they saw Lin Feng enter the door.

Lin Feng gave them a seat, poured tea, and said to the five people who were sincerely afraid: "Bosses, Lin has something important to discuss today, so I invited everyone to come over." May I ask, has everyone's business tax been halved this year? ”

The three fat men and one thin man nodded together, only one fat man was slightly stunned, nodded halfway and stopped, shook his head slightly, and then clicked again.

Lin Feng noticed the fat man's movements, pointed at him and asked, "You should be Shenghe's boss, right?" Say, is there something wrong with business taxes? Say, I'm in charge of you! ”

"This ...... This ......" The fat man hesitated slightly, looked at the others, wiped the beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, and gritted his teeth and said, "Zheng Fei, the tax collector in charge of our area, found me and said that he was supposed to be exempted from half of it, but Shouzhou is going to fight now, and everyone has to support the front line, and I just asked me to pay the other half two days ago." ”

Lin Feng's brows immediately furrowed, and he ordered Feng Feng to invite this Zheng Fei over, and arranged for his subordinates to send six meals to the study.

The rice is very simple steamed buns, green vegetables and millet soup, except for Lin Feng, who gobbled it up, several other people ate a little bit of food, especially the boss of Shenghe Shop named He Sheng, who glanced at Lin Feng after two bites, and his chubby body kept twisting around.

Not long after dinner, Feng Jingyun walked in with a thin middle-aged man, and as soon as the man saw He Sheng in the field, his face immediately changed greatly, his body became weak, and he almost fell to the ground, and was grabbed by Feng Jingyun.

"Say, why do you charge half of the tax in the name of Shenghedian? Is there any overcharge for the business tax of other stores? Did you do it yourself, or did someone instruct you to do it? Lin Feng stared at Zheng Fei and asked unhurriedly.

"I'm ......" Zheng Fei sweated like pulp, shaking like chaff, and couldn't speak at all.

"Go, tie him to the book of credit, and when he's ready to confess everything, untie it down and see me!" Lin Feng waved his hand in disgust, and Feng Jingyun immediately grabbed Zheng Fei out of the country like an eagle catching a chicken.

Lin Feng turned to He Sheng, bowed slightly and said, "Boss He, please forgive me for not being strict under the control, Lin apologizes to you on behalf of him, and Lin will definitely send it to your store after the tax money is cleared!" ”

He Sheng bent down again and again to return the salute: "Don't dare, don't dare, the adult has killed the villain!" ”

Lin Feng stretched out his hand to stop He Sheng, and said to several bosses: "It's not a secret, the big war between Datang and the north is about to start, whether Shouzhou can hold on to it under the siege of heavy troops, food will be the most critical factor." So, I've been thinking about how to play the role of you grain and oil stores. I have summoned you today to discuss with you the problem of food supply in the city during the war, and I must solve this matter immediately! ”

The five people immediately became nervous, and they all stood up and looked at Lin Feng.

"Time is precious, Lin won't talk nonsense, just give you three choices, please give me your answer now!" Lin Feng stood up and said in a cold voice.

When the two fat men heard Lin Feng's words, their bodies couldn't help but tremble.

"The first choice, you continue to run your grain store, but from now on, the price of grain is not allowed to rise by a penny, if you dare to increase a penny, the Central Governor's Office will arrest you on charges of disrupting the wartime economic order, you and your subordinates will be imprisoned, all grain will be confiscated, and the store will be closed!" Lin Feng first gave the first choice.

At this moment, whether it was a fat man or a thin man, all five people at the scene trembled.

"The second option, you now take inventory of all your grain and oil property, and after being inspected by the Central Governor's Office, they will be recorded in the account books, and the Central Governor's Mansion will purchase all of them at the current grain price; At the same time, your grain store temporarily serves as a city-wide food distribution base, and is responsible for distributing the day's food to the residents of the nearby streets free of charge every day. When the war is over, I will give you credit and give priority to your promotion to meritorious people! Lin Feng's face remained unchanged and continued.

"I'll choose the second option!" He Sheng was the first to shout, and the other two fat men also shouted. The remaining fat and thin man looked at each other, still a little hesitant.

"Don't worry, there is a third option, that is, you close the store immediately, take your family out of the city now, from now on the Shouzhou War has nothing to do with you, I guarantee that your store will be undamaged after the war, and your grain and oil will not be damaged!" Lin Feng raised his third finger and gave the most reckless choice.

The remaining thin men immediately raised their hands and shouted, "I will also choose the second one!" "The fat man at the end of the day was shaking with fat and sweat, and he still couldn't make up his mind.

He Sheng couldn't look at it, and shouted at this fat man: "Old Lu, don't hesitate anymore!" If you don't choose well now, I'm afraid that after the war, there will be no more people in the city who will want to pay attention to you, and no one will go to your store to buy anything! Do you still want to gain a foothold in Shouzhou? ”

A sentence woke up the dreamer, this Boss Lu was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't stop shouting: "I also choose the second type, and I also choose the second type!" ”

Lin Feng exhaled slightly, these people were still acquaintances, and after thanking them, he sent them away.

At the same time, when Shouzhou went south to Qingliu Pass in Chuzhou (now Chuxian County, Anhui) in the Southern Tang Dynasty, 260 miles south, Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, who had just arrived, organized and convened the first emergency meeting in the army.