Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 26 Drinking Tea
Hide your trump card, take the initiative, and adapt to changes.

Liu Xuan reviewed the business negotiations in his previous life in his heart.
Just now he smiled unhurriedly and said,

"The three of them are all highly respected celebrities in Huaiyin County. Liu Xuan should be here to visit, but it is a blessing for everyone to gather together today. Come, please have some tea."

After that, Shi Shiran picked up the tea cup and drank it leisurely.
Qin Taigong and the other three had no choice but to drink tea with Xiao.

Didn't Liu Xuan ask them what they were here for?How can this chat continue?

The three of them drank tea absentmindedly and continued to wait for Liu Xuan to speak.

Liu Xuan pouted, shook his head, blew in the hot air, and took a sip of tea.

"As for this tea, spring tea is still delicious. Autumn is about to come now. The color of this tea is no longer translucent and the fragrance is not strong. I am neglecting you."

"Haha, I didn't expect that County Magistrate Liu is also a tea lover,"

Li Lin couldn't hold it back and took Liu Xuan's words and said,
"However, the three of us coming to the county government today are not just for tea."

"Oh? Please speak." Liu Xuan put down the tea cup and looked attentive.

"Ahem," Qin Taigong cleared his throat and took over the conversation.

"That's right, General Liu is the new county magistrate, and we have lived in Huaiyin for a long time. The compilation of county annals has always been the responsibility of our family."

"Zhu Ting committed evil this time and was punished by the general. It is also a big deal for Huaiyin County. Naturally, it will be recorded."

"So I would like to verify some details about this matter with the general, and I hope the general will not hesitate to inform you."

Good guy, Liu Xuan called him a good guy,
This old guy's entry point is quite strange. He used the compilation of county annals as an excuse.
Ask yourself questions openly,

Moreover, this matter was reasonable and well-founded. Liu Xuan could not find it easy to shirk it, so he nodded and said,
“If you have any concerns, it never hurts to ask.”

Qin Taigong successfully obtained the right to interview, a trace of pride flashed in his eyes.
"I heard that when General Liu first entered Huaiyin City, he entered the city alone as a refugee. How was he able to eradicate Zhu Ting so quickly?"

"Who said I entered the city as a refugee?"

Liu Xuan asked in a deep voice, in front of these old guys, he must not admit his refugee status.

"Moreover, I am not entering the city alone. Three thousand of my personal guards are stationed in the city. If you are interested, you can go and inspect it."

Li Lin became interested when he heard this. He was a military general and was most interested in the army.

"So General Liu defeated the garrison garrison with these three thousand personal guards?"

"It's just three thousand defenders, not worth mentioning." Liu Xuan waved his hand, turned to look at Li Lindao,
"Oh, by the way, the three thousand defenders aided the tyrants. Li Chao, the general of the defenders, deserves to be punished. Li Chao has been killed by me. General Li has been in Huaiyin for many years and knows a lot about military personnel. Do you know this Li Chao? Do you have any family members or accomplices? If his family members are also involved in Zhu Ting's evil deeds, I will investigate them."

"Uh~" Li Lin was speechless.

Li Chao is from his Li family. Does Liu Xuan really not know this, or is he deliberately trying to beat him up?

Li Lin took a sip of tea to hide his inner embarrassment and looked at Liu Xuan, who was staring straight at him.
I had to reply,

"This Li Chao is actually a descendant of my Li family. It's because of my lax upbringing that he became such a rebel and collaborated with Zhu Ting to harm the people of Huaiyin. He really deserves to be killed."

Li Chao was already dead anyway, so Li Lin simply sold him and continued,
"However, my family, the Wu heir of the Li family, is very strict in disciplining my clan members. His family would definitely not dare to do this. This is Li Chao's personal behavior."

Liu Xuan smiled and was noncommittal, but already knew that Li Lin didn't want to offend him because of Li Chao, so he said,

"In this case, Li Chao must be severely punished. Although he is dead, the money of greedy Mo is still there. This is the hard-earned money of the people of Huaiyin."

"Cheng Hu." Liu Xuan called out the door.

Cheng Hu came in and said, "Please give me your orders, my lord."

"You bring a thousand Tigers to raid Li Chao's house. As for his family," Liu Xuan looked at Li Lin deliberately, "leave it to General Li for further education."

"Got the order!" Cheng Hu received the order and immediately went out to order troops.

Liu Xuan turned his head and looked at Li Lin, his voice slightly respectful,
"I will not deal with Li Chao's family. I trust the old general's character. Does the general have any objections to this treatment?"

The corners of Li Lin's mouth twitched slightly, and he had to smile along with it.
You're going to raid a house and take 1000 people with you, which is more than my own private soldiers. If I have any objections, why don't you raid my house too?

"Haha, Magistrate Liu handled it this way, very good, very good."

Li Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead, knowing that he would encounter a tough situation today.
Stop talking and concentrate on drinking tea.

Liu Xuan turned to Qin Li,

"Qin Taigong, come on, where did we just talk?"

Qin Li had just seen Li Lin deflate, and he was already a little timid, fearing that Liu Xuan would also catch him.
He replied carefully: "Well, let's talk about the battle in which the general defeated Li Chao's defenders with three thousand personal guards."

"Well, what else do you want to ask next?"

Qin Li licked his lips, fearing that he would get angry. He didn't know what topic to ask, so he winked at Shen Fu beside him.

Shen Fu understood and quickly took over the words:
"Oh, it is rumored that before the war between the general and Zhu Ting, there was a business war in the city. Zhu Ting wanted to coerce the refugees into confronting the general, and bought a large amount of rice to bribe the refugees, but was defeated by the general in the same way. Shen wanted to know, the general Where did all the rice come from?”

"Bought it." Liu Xuan simply replied directly.

"That will require a lot of money." Shen Fu was a merchant and was most sensitive to money.

"Indeed, but I still have this little money."

Liu Xuan smiled faintly, "Do I need to tell you that my rice doesn't cost money?"

A family of merchants, right?Liu Xuan looked at Shen Fu with a smile, as if he were looking at a cash machine.

"Speaking of business war, I did spend a lot of money to hoard rice."

"I could have easily appeased the refugees, but Zhu Ting later colluded with grain merchants and used government money to buy rice from grain merchants, causing me to lose a lot of money."

"Now that Zhu Ting has been destroyed, all the money in the treasury has gone to grain merchants. This is the hard-earned money of the people of Huaiyin, and we cannot let profiteers take advantage of it in vain."

After that, she said to Zhao Liniang behind her,

"Liniang, you can lead another thousand tiger camps to check."

"Wait a minute," Liu Xuan was interrupted by Shen Fu before he finished speaking.

Shen Fu's face turned red, he stood up and walked to Liu Xuan and saluted,

"County Magistrate Liu, regarding the purchase of grain, please wait for the next words."

"Well, you tell me." Liu Xuan's voice was a little cold, and his dignity was natural.

"Magistrate Liu must have misunderstood Zhu Ting's collusion with grain merchants. My Shen family has always been in the grain business. Most of the rice circulating in the market in Huaiyin County belongs to my Shen family."

"We didn't know why the government purchased rice on the market, but we had to make money, so we successively replenished our positions with a lot of rice."

"I didn't expect that it would cause inconvenience to Magistrate Liu unintentionally, but colluding with Zhu Ting is indeed a misunderstanding."

Liu Xuan listened to Shen Fu's narrative calmly, took a sip of tea, his voice was still cold,
"Even if it's a misunderstanding, it's true that the county government's money has been consumed. The government is investigating the case, but it doesn't matter whether you did it unintentionally or not."

(End of this chapter)