"Friends, don't listen to them... They are lying to us, we rush in and see... It's true to see--"

Suddenly, a loud roar broke out from the crowd. Before Xuantianwei could find out who was roaring, the incited people suddenly rushed towards the granary.

The main gate of the granary was just two thin wooden doors. How could it withstand the impact of so many people? It only lasted for a moment, and the wooden door collapsed with a bang.

Behind the wooden door was a dense granary. The people rushed towards the granary with yelling wildly, "Give it a snatch--"

boom--

The granary in front was pushed to the ground by the chaotic people. Several wooden boards were scattered, and the scene in front of everyone suddenly calmed down.

"Empty... it's actually empty..."

"It's true... Bai Ze Mansion has no food stored..."

"The court lied to us... the court has given up on us... Let us stay here and wait for death..."

"Hurry, go and tell the villagers, we should not stay in Chuzhou, everyone run away... Staying in Chuzhou is just waiting to die... Run--"

"Deputy Commander, what should I do now? Once rumors spread, Chuzhou will be in chaos!"

"Then there is only one way..." The deputy commander stood up gloomy, "The only way is to kill them all to avoid the news leaking..."

"What?" The young general stared with his eyes wide open and looked in disbelief.

Kill them all? Those are three thousand people! Kill them all? One thousand city defense forces massacred the three thousand unarmed people?

"I have no choice. If the rumors cannot be stopped from spreading, Chuzhou will inevitably be in chaos. The situation that the prefect finally settled will inevitably disappear. There is no way for us to do this... I think the court will definitely understand us."

"Send the order and kill!"

"No, absolutely not!" the young general shook his head in a hurry, "They are innocent people... they must not do this."

scold--

As soon as the words fell, the young general's head also fell instantly.

The soldiers around them trembled suddenly, and they looked at the deputy commander who had changed into another person with fear.

"Who else dares to question our general's order? Kill me!"

"The whole army should pay attention to the rebellion of the people and spread rumors, which will harm our Chuzhou. All the soldiers obey orders and draw bows—"

The movement behind him made the people who were running away suddenly burst into deceased and even fled desperately.

"Stop, Xuantian Mansion is here, who dares to touch a hair of the people--"

A loud shout sounded, and suddenly, dozens of bright red figures rushed out from behind the crowd. They lined up in neat formations and rushed towards the granary on the shoulders of the people.

"Hmph!" The deputy commander snorted coldly, took out the bow and arrow in an instant, and drew the arrow in one go.

"Swoosh--"

The arrows were like flowing light, shooting towards the front commander of Xuantian Palace with a shrill sound of breaking through the air.

"Head, be careful--" A Xuantianwei who was blocking the crowd suddenly jumped and blocked the deputy commander and shot an arrow with his back.

The arrow pierced deeply into his vest, and blood bloomed between his chest.

This scene was seen as Zhang Changgong's eyes were about to break, "City Defense Force, are you going to rebel?"

"We are helpless to retreat to Xuantian Mansion. If you insist on stopping us, don't blame us for killing us! Shooting arrows!"

Whoosh swish swish swish-

The sky was filled with arrows and rain, covering the unarmed and panic-loving people below.

"head--"

"Brothers, get up, dance the fish and dragon—"

The moment the arrow landed, a watermark suddenly appeared in the sky of everyone, and a koi broke through the projected wave of water bursting into the sky.

A virtual light curtain composed of hexagons covers the range of the rain of arrows.

"Ding Ding Ding--"

The arrows fell like rain, making a crisp sound like hitting the roof.

In the prefect's office, Lu Sheng and He Xingzhi were following Gai Ying's report together. Since the bankruptcy plan to trap the Chuzhou grain merchants was launched, Lu Sheng, except for leaving enough grain to maintain the main cities of Chuzhou for two days, the rest were sold to Chuzhou grain merchants at three times the price.

Outside Chuzhou City, grain transport teams gathered from all directions were coming in a vast rush.

The news that the Lord of Dongfang City found was not wrong, or not all of them were wrong. Indeed, Lu Sheng did not bring the money to Wu and Ji states to buy food and transport it.

Instead, he invited grain merchants from the surrounding eight states to transport the grain to the first, and how much does Chuzhou eat as much as possible. The only mistake was that Lu Sheng did not put these grain merchants in on credit, but completed the transaction outside Chuzhou and then sent it to Chuzhou through the Eight Gate.

In other words, the food that can enter Chuzhou has been paid.

In a blink of an eye, I sold it for three times the price, and in a blink of an eye, I went to Chuzhou to buy a larger batch of grain. Although it was just a wall of eight gates, there were two different worlds inside and outside.

All three parties were very happy about this kind of transaction. The grain merchants in the eight major provinces kept selling grain to Chuzhou at a price of 30% higher than the market price. The grain merchants in the Chuzhou were even more humble and ate in large quantities at three times the price.

Lu Sheng was more satisfied with making the difference as an intermediary, and then bought more grain to use the military formation as a node to deliver life-saving and disaster relief grain to the prefectures of Chuzhou.

The business that everyone is satisfied with is indeed comfortable to do. Listening to Gai Ying reporting the profits over the past ten days, Lu Sheng sincerely sighed that the business that he thought he had made money every day was nothing compared to this one.

"Chuzhou grain merchants have been using cash and bank notes to settle? They have no credit?"

"Not yet." Gai Ying returned truthfully.

"How much have they eaten yet?"

"About ten million stones."

"Ten million stones...one stone is forty kilograms, and the price is seven taels, which means they have already taken out seventy million taels. Dayu's tax revenue is only 20 million taels a year. Where did this Chuzhou grain merchant get so much money?" He Xingzhi calculated the price with a terror on his face.

"What's hard to imagine? Can Chuzhou grain merchants take out such a large amount? Obviously they have received a lot of financing, and I really can't think of anyone else in Chuzhou except for the four independent cities."

"The four main cities are really a cancer in our dynasty! Chuzhou is in trouble, and the people are hungry for food, but they don't think about the emperor's grace and want to make money in the national crisis? It's really... I'm really forgetting my ancestors!"

"Mr. Prefect must not say that. They are our God of Wealth now. Tens of millions of people in Chuzhou are waiting for them to help their lives..."

Suddenly, Lu Sheng shook all over and a sharp light burst out from his eyes.

"Master Lu, what's wrong with you?" He Xingzhi accurately sensed Lu Sheng's extremely nervous questioning.

"The fish and dragon army formation... is activated!" After the words fell, Lu Sheng's figure flashed and the person disappeared without a trace.

The rain of arrows in the sky continued to fall, and the fish and dragon formation map was about to fall from afar in the rain of arrows. The fish and dragon army formed by only twenty people did not have much power at all.

However, the other side's city defense force had more than a thousand people.

"Xiao Cinian, what exactly are you going to do? What about Commander Bai? Let him speak out!"

"Zhang Changgong, Commander Bai ate bad food last night and was sick at home today. Don't resist stubbornly. The news that the granary is empty must not be spread, otherwise we are all sinners in Chuzhou. If you don't know how to polite, don't blame me."

"The Chuzhou granary has never been empty. You are deliberately inciting people to riot..."

Xiao Cinian suddenly smiled and raised his hand gently, "Zhang Changgong, then let's go."

He waved his arm gently, and a shrill sound of breaking through the air suddenly cut through the sky.

"Chew!"

A black shadow suddenly rushed over from behind the granary. The moment he saw it, Zhang Changgong's face suddenly turned pale.

"Be careful, it's a moat crossbow-"

"boom--"

A loud bang like a thunderbolt, and a crossbow arrow like a spear hit the barrier of Xuantian Guard's military formation. The crossbow arrow instantly exploded into pieces and shot around, and at the same time, the Xuantian Guard's military formation was also exploded.

"Shooting the arrow—"

"Swoosh swish swish--"

"Everyone, run--" Zhang Changgong had no time to take care of his injuries, turned around and shouted at the people who were confused.

The people screamed and fled behind them, and the rain of arrows behind them came like guns and bullets.

Bang bang bang-

Several muffled sounds came into his ears, and Zhang Changgong's body trembled violently. The rain of arrows hit his back ruthlessly. Zhang Changgong turned his head hard, and all the brothers around him were shot into arrows, but each of them built a human shield wall with their backs without regrets.

"stop--"

A loud shout fell like a bolt from the blue, and the rain of arrows shot into pieces broke into powder in the sound waves.

Hearing this loud shout, Zhang Changgong's eyes, which had gradually lost their spirit, suddenly shone with a bright look.

"Chief, you finally-"

The arrow rain stopped, and the defense forces of the Thousand City Cities fell to the ground with their ears covered and they were wailing in pain. Even the deputy commander Xiao Cinian also had a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. He staggered a few steps and fell to the ground.

Zhang Changgong fell slowly, and his powerful arms wrapped around Zhang Changgong's body.

Zhang Changgong's eyes began to blur. He could no longer see who the person in front of him was, but he knew that this was their chief coach, their teacher, and their faith.

"Chief, you are here... Student Zhang Changgong... has not forgotten your teachings... We are the guardians of the people... We always protect the lives and property of the people...

The head coach... can my name be engraved on...the spiritual monument?"

"Yes!" Lu Sheng replied solemnly.

Zhang Changgong laughed, laughing like a child who got his beloved toys. But Lu Sheng cried, and his students and subordinates were actually killed in this way?

"What happened? Why is this happening?" Lu Xiangyang rushed to the scene with a whip. Before the horse could stop, he had already rolled down from the horse's back like a gourd.

"I ask you, what's going on? Why did the city defense army conflict with Xuantian Mansion? Xiao Cinian, please explain it to me!"

In the Daotai of a state, there is the power to supervise all officials to command all officials, and the City Defense Force is also within his jurisdiction. Moreover, the order to guard the granary was also given to the City Defense Force by Lu Xiangyang.

"Sir, the people broke into the granary and found that the granary was empty. In order to prevent the rumors from spreading, they could only imprison them. But Xuantian Mansion took action to stop them. Do you know that once the rumors spread, a refugee wave will inevitably appear in Chuzhou and will hit the military formation. At that time..."

"You're talking nonsense, what you said just now was to kill us..." A commoner who had not yet run away suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Yes! The city defense force wants to kill us all, and Xuantian Mansion then took action to stop us!"

"Sir, don't believe these unruly people's words..."

"Unclerence?" A cold snorted and bombarded Xiao Cinian's mind like a thunder. "Mr. Lu, you already understand who is right and who is wrong. Just look at the arrows scattered around you and know what's going on. My Xuantian Mansion is not equipped with a long bow and a long arrow!"
Chapter completed!