After repeating this process, the remaining courage of the officials and the people finally disappeared, and the crowd began to slowly move back.
Li Zongming's face was livid, and the three inches of green beard under his chin were trembling slightly. He tried hard to maintain Sima's face and dignity, but he was secretly reviewing in his heart that this method of using people's support to force Wang Junlin was probably the wrong person.
But he didn't know that if he was a native of this era, he would naturally have a very high reputation and be accused by thousands of people. At worst, he would vomit blood out of anger, or at worst, commit suicide. But looking at Wang Junlin at this moment, his mood was not affected at all.
Influence.
What exactly has this young man in his twenties experienced that makes him so strong-willed...
Wang Junlin stared at Li Zongming, smiled faintly, and said: "Li Sima, why don't you come in and let's talk. Maybe with Li Sima's advice, it is not impossible for me to commit suicide and apologize."
Li Zongming was overjoyed when he heard this, but he looked at the officers of the General Manager's Office who were still murderous inside the door, and the sharp arrows on the bow strings that emitted a cold light, and then looked at Wang Junlin's respectful and gentle smile,
Li Zongming felt a chill in his heart before he realized that Wang Junlin was playing tricks on him. While he was furious in his heart, just like the officials and people just now, they couldn't take this step no matter what.
"My officer, my officer...hum!" Li Zongming shook his sleeves fiercely and turned to leave.
As soon as Li Zongming left, the remaining officials who were holding on were as if they had been granted amnesty and hurriedly followed Li Zongming away. Today's so-called just action to find the culprit of the snow disaster finally turned into a farce.
Wang Junlin stared at the backs of Li Zongming and others and said, "When will the food of those nobles and big landowners arrive?"
Shen Guang, who was next to him, immediately said: "Report to Lord Marquis, in two days at most, all the food will be delivered outside Jincheng."
The storm subsided for the time being, and Wang Junlin used extremely tyrannical methods to suppress the case. However, this method ultimately failed. At that time, Wang Junlin was forced to have no choice but to use a gentler method.
I would not choose to use such overbearing and cruel methods to eliminate disasters.
"At the end of the day, people will be sent out to buy grain, but they will come back empty-handed. The merchants in the east and west cities of the city are unwilling to sell grain to us. Moreover, the officials and people in the city are very resentful. The person in charge of the yamen is scolded and scolded by others everywhere.
The wine shop no longer sells wine to us. I sent someone out from my humble job to buy some things for the Marquis. When I walked around the streets in the city, for no apparent reason, a few rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves always hit my forehead. I looked for someone there, too.
No...Master Hou, look at this posture, they want to isolate us." Yang Hushi said carefully from the side.
Wang Junlin was stunned for a long time and then sighed with a wry smile: "The Li family in Longxi is indeed very powerful in Yongzhou, but if they can cover the sky with one hand, I don't believe it..."
"Master Marquis, according to the orders of the Governor, we only have ten days of food left in our army. The food in the military camp can only last for three days. If we can't buy more food, the 30,000 troops in Jincheng will be without food in three days.
It's better to use that Li Fengmu to threaten the Li family in Longxi." Yang Hushi said with a bitter face.
Food is the foundation of everything, whether it is the morale of the people or the morale of the military, only enough food can be firmly held in the palm of your hand. Especially in the current disaster, food is particularly precious.
It has to be said that the Li family in Longxi grasped the key points, but Wang Junlin did not want to use Li Fengmu as a weight in the secret fight with the Li family in Longxi at this time.
Although Wang Junlin is powerful, if there is no food, the 30,000 state army he has just controlled will be a toothless tiger, unable to jump up. Countless historical facts have recorded that no matter how loyal and invincible the army is,
As long as there is no food, they will become the most terrifying demons.
Wang Junlin dared to reveal his identity, and the capital of his arrogance and domineering was that he controlled the 30,000 state army. However, if the state army collapsed internally because of food, Wang Junlin would only be one person no matter how powerful he was. At worst, he could use the most primitive
method to completely wipe it from this world.
Li Zongming's abacus was very precise and based on common sense, it was indeed feasible.
"I am ordering all the shops in the city to sell grain to the general manager's office and the state army. Don't blame me for being rude!" Li Zongming stroked his beard and said in a deep voice.
Dong Bo nodded: "The officers and soldiers in the army will also pay attention. If someone does not have the foresight to sell food to the general manager's Yamen, I will chop up his whole family first. It's just that the lower officials are worried that King Junlin will order the army to snatch the food."
Li Zongming squinted his eyes and smiled: "Hahaha, I am waiting for him to give such an order. It is a pity that Wang Junlin will not be so stupid."
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Two days later, early in the morning, Chen hour.
The sun has just emerged from the east. The fiery red ball, with a somewhat lazy feel, hangs lazily on the eastern horizon of the desert, rising slowly and unwillingly.
Outside Jincheng South City, the nobles and landowners finally delivered the food.
Nearly a hundred nobles and big landowners contributed a total of 100,000 dan of grain, which was enough to feed the 100,000 victims for three months. However, Wang Junlin had a bottom line, and the bottom line was that the grain must be returned, and the process of borrowing grain could be ruthless.
Some, but the food must be returned.
This was Wang Junlin's promise to the landowners and nobles.
Wang Junlin knew very well in his heart that no one was a saint, including Wang Junlin. He had a lot of money in his bowl, and when it overflowed, the overflowing part could be donated selflessly.
You can also take out a little bit of what's inside, but if you take out more, you'll be upset.
This is not selfishness, but human nature. The human nature of most people in the world can be dedicated, but it cannot be dedicated entirely. Half must be considered.
Therefore, Wang Junlin fought first and then paid homage, forcing them to hand over grain at the risk of life and death, and then the deed gave them enough confidence to borrow grain in the name of the government without worrying about defaulting on the debt.
Of course Wang Junlin could not make the decision, but the governor Wang Tong could. Wang Junlin had already made the decision for Wang Tong without Wang Tong's consent. The reason for this was that he wanted to see if Wang Tong knew about Yongzhou.
What will the people do after their crisis is resolved?
One hundred thousand stones of grain, it can be said that Wang Junlin collected all the nearly semi-hidden grain reserves in Yongzhou. He no longer has to worry about the refugees making a big mess when the official warehouse is empty in a few days. In the year of disaster, the grain is
The biggest and most effective thing to stabilize people's hearts.
Wang Junlin received the news in advance that the food would be delivered early this morning, so he sent people to set up a stand outside the South City Gate early in the morning, and then gathered all the people in the city and the victims outside the city under the stand.
After the food arrived, the time was finally ripe for something that had been planned for many days.
PS: The fourth update is here, at least there will be a fifth update————