That night, the heads of the seven families came to the mansion one after another.

When everyone arrived, Gu Zhou stopped and called Lord Qiu to go to the living room together.

Lord Qiu followed Gu Zhou and cried bitterly.

He was forced to write a post helplessly, and the heads of these seven families should not blame him afterwards.

"Lord Qin sent to ......," the guard shouted loudly.

The heads of the seven families stood up and bowed to greet each other.

Gu Zhou stopped the spring breeze with a rare smile: "Everyone is exempt, sit down!" Feel free. ”

After the heads of the family sat down, they carefully looked at this Lord Qincha, who was a little too young, white and handsome, with a gentle smile, and a very good look.

But they didn't dare to underestimate him because of that.

To be able to sit in the position of Dali Siqing at such a young age, either the family background is very hard, or the real talent and practical learning methods are powerful.

Everyone makes eye contact with each other.

See Moves.

Gu Zhou stopped: "Listen to Lord Qiu, you are a famous family in Dengzhou, not to mention controlling the entire sky of Dengzhou, at least half of the sky, Gu was ordered by the emperor to come to solve the food shortage in Dengzhou, and I hope that you will help each other, and when you return to the dynasty after success, you will have to ask for credit for you in front of the emperor." ”

There was silence at the table, and everyone was complaining in their hearts about Lord Qiu, how could Lord Qiu say such a thing, the sky in Deng Zhou belonged to General Lu, they were at most a horn, and Lord Qiu's words were equivalent to putting them on fire.

Lord Qiu felt bitter in his heart, and swore to God that he had never said such a thing. Master Gu looked upright, how could he make up nonsense?

But he didn't dare to expose it to his face.

"What's the problem with you?" Gu Zhou didn't see the slightest anger or embarrassment on his face, and still smiled gently.

"Lord Gu, I'm just a little bit of money, Lord Qiu is worthy of us, what he said is exaggerated, these years, the Zhenbei Army is stationed in Dengzhou City, 100,000 soldiers and horses of grain and grass in addition to the imperial court allocation, the rest are our help, only barely supplied, this year's harvest in Dengzhou is not good, we have little surplus food left at home, although there is a heart to help the Lord, it is really ...... I can't do it, and please don't blame the adults. Master Zhou was the first to speak.

"Yes, Master Gu, there is really nothing we can do."

"Don't blame Lord Gu."

They all cried and became poor.

The attitude is very sincere.

Gu Zhou stopped laughing and didn't say anything, clapped his hands, and several soldiers came in with a few large boxes.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what they meant.

Gu Zhou stopped: "These are the fish scale books of Dengzhou City, Gu ordered people to count overnight, the fertile land owned by your seven families alone accounts for more than sixty percent of all the fertile land in Dengzhou City, if you check carefully, count your relatives and subordinates, this number is even more considerable, if you order someone to go to the field to measure it......"

Everyone's faces changed slightly, who didn't buy the government to fake the fish scale book, but they couldn't stand up to inspection.

"It can be said that more than eighty percent of the fertile land in Dengzhou City is in your hands, and it is not an exaggeration for Lord Qiu to say that you control the entire sky of Dengzhou, and I also know that you are responsible for the grain and grass of the Zhenbei Army, and the pressure is great, and you can turn a blind eye, Gu Mou doesn't want to pursue it, but at present, there is a shortage of grain in Dengzhou, if you really starve to death, who will cultivate so much fertile land for you in the coming year?"

"Everyone should take a long-term view, suffer a temporary loss, and enjoy long-term health, you will not lose this account."

There was silence again.

Lord Qiu sneered: "Your family background is in Dunzhou, Dengzhou is safe, and everyone is unhappy in the chaos in Dengzhou, Lord Gu bears the emperor's order, and he doesn't want to deliberately embarrass you, can you help or help, it will be good for Dengzhou and your family." ”

Master Zhou gritted his teeth, as if he had made a lot of determination: "Since Master Gu and Master Qiu have talked about this, even if it is difficult, we will help the adults, and our Zhou family is willing to contribute the surplus grain, a total of eight hundred stones." ”

"Since Brother Zhou has taken the lead, our Huang family is not far behind, and the Huang family is willing to donate 600 stones."

"Five hundred stones for the Feng family."

"Six hundred stones from the Zhang family."

"Five hundred stones for the Liu family."

"Seven hundred stones for the Qi family."

"Five hundred stones for the Zhu family."

Gu Zhou stopped and stroked his palms: "The heads of the family are really generous, they actually scraped together four thousand two hundred stones, come on, come on, Gu Mou respects everyone for a cup." ”

Gu Zhou stopped and picked up the wine cup.

Seeing that he was not displeased, the heads of the families secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this Lord Gu is still very easy to fool!

"Don't dare, don't dare, we will respect Lord Gu, Lord Gu has come from afar, I should have waited for the friendship of the landlord, tomorrow, I will be the east of Chunfeng Building, and I will wash the dust for Lord Gu." Master Zhou said with a smile.

Everyone drank the wine in the cup, Gu Zhou stopped the wine cup, sighed and said: "It's a pity, these 4,200 stones are still a drop in the bucket to solve the grain shortage in Dengzhou, it seems that this official will have to go to the field tomorrow to measure the field carefully and see where to get some grain out."

Heads of House: Uh......

And that's not all?

Everyone looked at Lord Qiu, who squeezed his eyebrows at them, signaling them to come out again, otherwise everyone would not be able to eat and walk around.

Gu Zhou stopped pouring himself wine and drinking, as if he didn't see their silent exchange.

Master Zhou weighed for a moment and said, "Master Gu, it's not that we don't cooperate, it's true, our family's big business is also expensive, and the surplus grain in the family was taken to the south to sell long before the food shortage, and I really can't take out more at this time." ”

can't get used to this Lord Gu, Lord Gu is deceiving them, once they give in, what awaits them is an excessive demand.

The rest of the family heads also chimed in.

Gu Zhou stopped slightly, and put down the wine cup: "Ladies and gentlemen, this official still has official business to be busy, please be, by the way, this official has asked your entourage to go back to pass the word first, you have to stay in the government to discuss important matters with this official, when the matter is resolved, when to go home." ”

Yes? This......

Everyone reacted that Master Gu was going to put them under house arrest here.

"My lord, we have not made any mistakes, and we have not broken the law, on the contrary, we are willing to donate a part of our food to help adults solve the food shortage crisis, how can adults treat us like this." The head of the Feng family said angrily.

Gu Zhou stopped and pretended to be at a loss: "What's wrong with this official?" ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a table of wine and food: "This official has good wine and good food to entertain you, and there are beds and bedding at night, and you will never be able to freeze you, you are all law-abiding and law-abiding, loyal and patriotic rich squires, famous families, you are willing to assist this official here, share worries for the court and the emperor, this is a commendable move, isn't it?" ”

Gu Zhou stopped smiling and finished speaking, and looked at Lord Qiu: "Lord Qiu, didn't you say that you wanted to show the tax account book to the official?" ”

Lord Qiu wiped the sweat from his forehead, and didn't care about the several family heads who looked at him angrily, so he hurriedly got up and followed Master Gu.

He really wanted to cry without tears, this Lord Gu was too insidious, he just said before that he would invite the seven masters to come over to discuss the matter of donating food, who would have thought that Lord Gu would dare to detain people here.