"My lord, that person was tortured and refused to confess anything, his subordinates went down to investigate, Zhang Heng was right, this person was an ordinary villager near the embankment.

His family disappeared before the dam was blown up, and his parents and brother had not been seen in the village for several days. ”

The man dressed in black knelt on one knee and bowed his hand to Chen Jian'an.

He had a face that stood out from the crowd, and his black power suit outlined the strong muscular lines of his body, and even when he knelt there, he looked like a cheetah ready to attack.

Chen Jian'an was not surprised by this, but he was afraid that the reason why the Zhang family found a civilian to do this thing still has a backhand, if this person died in his own hands, he would just falsely accuse himself of indiscriminately killing innocents and disregarding human life.

"Qizhou, you send Xuantie cavalry to guard him strictly, don't let him die, and find another opportunity to go to Zhang's Mansion to investigate, it is best to rescue the hostages."

As the leader of the Xuantie Cavalry, Qi Zhou nodded in response, and was about to say something more, but there was a knock on the door outside, and he looked up to see Chen Jian'an waving his hand to himself, and quickly got up, and got up on the beam of the house at one point.

Chen Jian'an said come in, and the housekeeper walked in tremblingly, kneeling on the ground.

"My lord, Madame ordered the little ones to go to the street to keep an eye on them, and if any merchants dare to take the opportunity to raise prices, they will all be tied up and handed over to you.

However, there were so many shops that had risen in price that nine out of ten in the city were rising, and one of them was closed and refused to do business, and the small ones did not dare to arrest all of them, so they could only come to ask the adults for their opinions. ”

As an old man in the county government, the first thing the new master ordered was not done, and the housekeeper was very guilty.

When Chen Jian'an heard the words "price gouging", he immediately frowned and took the case.

"Bold! How can you step on the bones of your compatriots at this time to make a fortune! ”

The housekeeper shuddered, kowtowed and explained:

"Lord Hui, this Lin Yang is short of materials, it is difficult for the locals to accumulate any wealth, most of the local traders are foreign bosses, there are no relatives in the local area, and naturally they will not care about the lives of others.

Moreover, this place is very close to the border pass, and many people in the city have foreign blood, and in the eyes of those foreign bosses in Mingxia, they don't regard them as their own compatriots. ”

Those who are not of my race will have different hearts.

In the eyes of Mingxia people, sometimes the gap between people and people is bigger than that of people and dogs.

As soon as the butler's words were finished, the door of the study was pushed open again, and Jiang Fu walked in with a cold face.

"What are you talking about with them, it's just some businessmen, the people don't fight with the officials, if anyone dares to be disobedient, they will directly close their shops and confiscate everything!

Toast without eating and punishing wine, so kill the chicken and set an example for the two of them, and the others will naturally be obedient. ”

The fierceness in Jiang Fu's tone made the housekeeper shrink his neck when he heard it, and this vigorous and resolute method allowed him to even spy a little bit of Jiang Chang's demeanor from a female streamer.

Chen Jian'an didn't feel any demeanor, he only felt that Jiang Fu didn't learn well from Jiang Guangyao, and learned a bad habit of being domineering and ruthless.

But after thinking about it, she was originally such a character, a little wolf cub raised by Jiang Guangyao's jackal.

It's just that I like myself, so I put away my fangs when I face myself.

Chen Jian'an walked up to her with some helplessness, took the whip she held in her hand, and shook his head at her.

"Merchants are also ordinary people, how can the government directly rob their things? The national crisis is the time for everyone to help each other in the same boat, so it is better for us to move with affection and reason, and let them take the initiative to raise money and charcoal.

It is a long-term plan to convince talents with morality, and blindly taking tough measures will only lose the support of the people. ”

Although this is true, it also depends on when it is used.

In troubled times, using the key points and convincing people with virtue is not the only means to solve the problem.

Jiang Fu didn't think so, if those old slippery heads were so easy to deal with, Dongchang wouldn't have studied so many torturous punishments.

But she rolled her eyes, suppressed the rebuttal that was about to be exported, and smiled at Chen Jian'an.

"Okay, then do as you say, I'll make a post now, invite all the merchants in the city to the banquet, and I hope you can convince them at the banquet when the time comes."

Chen Jian'an saw that she "corrected her mistakes when she knew them", and nodded with satisfaction.

"I'm tired, I will also play a letter to your majesty, asking the court to allocate funds, as soon as the disaster relief money arrives, immediately start building new houses for the people."

Looking at his hopeful appearance for the future, Jiang Fu couldn't bear to hit this child.

When she was with her father, she had seen him deal with the disaster relief funds, not to mention whether the funds could be allocated, that is, the emperor nodded and appropriated the funds, and it was unknown how much it could actually go to the place.

So Jiang Fu knew early on that instead of relying on other people's conscience, it was better to rely on his own means.

Now this truth, Chen Jian'an, who has been receiving gentleman's education, does not know.

Chen Jian'an's 800 miles were sent out of the county government that night, and the posts sent to various merchants at the same time were also delivered to the bosses as soon as the curfew ended.

In Jiang Fu's expectations, there will definitely be many people who claim to be sick and refuse to show up.

But to her surprise, all the people who received the post came to the door with gifts, and the decorated courtyard was quickly filled.

They were all in a circle, everyone knew each other, and after finding their seats, they began to talk to each other.

Sitting at the top near Chen Jian'an was a man who looked to be in his forties, he was a little thin, with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, and the other bosses were very respectful to him, faintly meaning to be headed by him.

After Chen saw An and Jiang Fu sit down, Jiang Fu clapped his hands, and the next person put the prepared food on the table one after another.

"Lord Chen is a native of the capital, and the food in the house must be more refined and delicious than ours in these vulgar places, and the grass people must taste it."

There are those who are good at flattery, and others have echoed it.

Jiang Fu smiled very playfully, and after the first dish was placed on the table in front of everyone, all the people who had just been slapping their horses closed their mouths.

What kind of delicate food is there on the plate in front of you? It's just a piece of shriveled bark!

This thing may not be eaten when it is fed to cattle and sheep, so the new county order really wants them to eat it, right?

Immediately after that, the second and third dishes were also served, a plate of grass roots and a plate of Guanyin soil, respectively.

The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man put down the chopsticks in his hand, turned his head to look at Chen Jian'an, and asked with a stiff smile:

"What do you mean, Lord Chen?"

Chen Jian'an took the lead in picking up a chopstick and putting it in his mouth, stirring it, and beckoning to the others below:

"I'm sure you've never tasted anything before, have you? Why don't you try it today, although it doesn't taste good, it's all satisfying. ”

The host has moved the chopsticks, how can the guests not move?

Everyone looked at each other, but they all stubbornly put a chopstick in their mouths, and then chewed in pain.

"Boss Zhang, why don't you eat it? You must know that it is not easy to find these three ingredients outside the city now, and they are delicious that refugees can't eat. ”

When Boss Zhang heard Chen Jian'an's words, his eyes flashed, he chuckled, and raised his glass at him:

"Adults can understand the suffering of the people, it is really the people's clothes, and Zhang admires it!"

After speaking, he drank it all, but he didn't move the chopsticks on the table.

Chen Jian'an didn't force him, put down his chopsticks, picked up the wine glass and said to the people below:

"Xia Guan has just taken office, which is far less than the time everyone has spent in Lin Yang.

Now that Lin Yang is in trouble, presumably everyone will not sit idly by.

Looking at the love of everyone living on the same land, I hope everyone can donate generously to help Lin Yang tide over this difficulty. ”

After saying that, he raised his glass and drank it all, but the next one was silent, and no one raised a glass in agreement.

They all set their eyes on Boss Zhang, and it was obvious that they recommended him as everyone's spokesperson.

"Everyone is a small business, barely making ends meet, even if the adults say so, we really don't have any money left to help."

Chen Jian'an frowned, he didn't expect them to refuse so simply.

But after all, the money belongs to others, and people don't want to give it out, so they can't grab it, right?

He pursed his lips and backed down:

"Then at least don't raise the price of relief materials, otherwise what's the difference between this and robbing while the fire is burning?"

Boss Zhang shook his head with an embarrassed face when he heard this, and his tone was very embarrassed:

"Adults don't know that at this time, the old grain is sold out, and the new grain that has just been harvested this year is on the market, and the price is already higher.

And charcoal, how can charcoal in summer be the same price as charcoal in winter? It's not that the villains deliberately want to cause chaos for the adults, but that the price is going to increase at this time of year.

I hope that adults will understand, don't embarrass our small business, otherwise if everyone's store can't be opened, wouldn't adults want to buy food and charcoal at a high price, and there is no way? ”

Jiang Fu watched her husband touch a soft nail and drank tea calmly, without the slightest intention of helping.

Chen Jian'an saw the faces of these people back and forth, and glanced at Jiang Fu without a trace, his eyes darkened, and he said as if he was soft:

"The official knows that it is not easy for you to do business, but it is also not easy for the people, so as long as you are willing to generously help the official to tide over this difficult time, I will try my best to meet your requirements."

Jiang Fu raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart, Chen Jian'an, I am afraid that he is dead to the businessman who is not kind to the rich.

He must have invited the merchants at this juncture for disaster relief, and since the merchants were unwilling to pay the money, they could not come, and since they came, they must have some plan.

Jiang Fu could guess, Chen Jian'an could naturally guess it, he wanted to see what this group of people had in mind.

Boss Zhang was overjoyed, not realizing that this was a trap at all, and bit the hook in one bite.

"Ahem, since Master Chen said so, we always have to give you a face, don't we? The grass people really have something to ask for here, as long as the adults can agree, then it is easy to say whether they want food or cotton clothes and charcoal. ”