When Zhou Bin heard that the common people were kneeling outside the City Lord's Mansion, he felt a little strange and walked out in a hurry.
When I went out the gate, I found many ordinary people kneeling outside the gate. They all had pale faces and looked haggard, and looked particularly pitiful.
An old man was kneeling in the front. When everyone saw that the city lord had come out, they were a little scared.
The old man had never seen the city lord before. He raised his head cautiously and found a young man standing in front of him. He was heroic and had an extraordinary bearing.
There were many soldiers and servants standing beside him.
The old man was so frightened that he kowtowed hurriedly: "My Lord, I, Old Chen, lead the villagers to kowtow to you, my Lord."
As they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed, Zhou Bin said hurriedly: "Fellow villagers, there is no need to do this. If you have anything to say, just tell me."
Old Man Chen hurriedly said, "Lord City Lord, please give us a chance to survive. We are almost dying."
Zhou Bin frowned when he heard this: "Hmm? Tell me what happened in detail."
When Old Man Chen saw that the city lord was not as scary as the legend said, he was not as scared as before.
He said boldly: "City Lord, I, I said, please don't be angry! We really can't survive."
Because the previous city lord was said to have a bad temper, if you were not careful with your words you might anger him and be beaten to death, so Old Man Chen was still a little scared.
Before Zhou Bin could speak, Zhang Hengkun beside him immediately introduced: "Old man Chen, this is not the previous city lord, but our new city lord, Mr. Zhou. Just tell me what you want to say, he will make the decision for everyone."
Old man Chen looked up blankly and asked, "What did you say? Is this the new city lord?"
Others also looked at Zhou Bin curiously, and everyone realized that the young man in front of them was not the same person as the previous city lord.
No wonder everyone felt that the person in front of them was nothing like the evil and ruthless city lord in the legend. Judging from his appearance, he was actually quite kind.
It turned out that the city lord had changed! Everyone was excited.
Maybe the new city lord is a good person, in which case everyone’s lives can be saved.
So Old Man Chen immediately became bolder and started telling everyone about their difficulties.
It turned out that Old Man Chen and the others had lived in Baijiang City for generations, and their lives had never been rich.
Although they were poor before, they could still barely survive.
But ever since Bai Feichen became the city lord here, everyone's life has become more and more difficult.
Especially a few years ago, Bai Feichen did something that made everyone on the verge of collapse.
It turned out that since he came here, he ordered the price of salt to be increased tenfold.
Previously, a pound of salt only cost one copper coin, but later it became ten copper coins per pound.
A month ago, Bai Feichen raised the price of salt to twelve copper coins per pound, which was far beyond everyone's affordability.
Many people end up eating less or no salt because of the high price of salt.
However, due to not eating salt for a long time, many people became weak and staggered when walking, let alone working.
Gradually, many people suffered from salt deficiency due to lack of salt, and became weak, dizzy and dazed.
There are even people who die from not eating salt for a long time.
We are really at our wits' end and hope that the City Lord's Mansion can show some leniency and supply everyone with some cheap salt.
However, Bai Feichen turned a deaf ear to everyone's requests, and some people even dared to make suggestions, and were directly arrested and taken to the City Lord's Mansion, and then disappeared.
When everyone saw this situation, they were so scared that they dared not say anything.
It’s just that after the recent price adjustment, people really can’t afford it anymore.
The City Lord's Mansion stipulates that salt can only be sold by the government. If a private individual dares to buy and sell salt, it is illegal.
Therefore, everyone was at a loss as to what to do. Finally, after discussing it, everyone risked being beheaded. Dozens of them, on behalf of the poor people, came to beg the city lord, hoping that the price of salt could be lowered a little so that everyone could have salt to eat.
After Old Man Chen finished speaking, he lowered his head and dared not say a word.
Everyone lowered their heads and lay on the ground, each of them feeling very nervous.
Although this person is the new city lord, no one knows what his temper is like.
If he gets angry about this and arrests everyone, there will be nothing we can do.
After hearing this, Zhou Bin immediately turned around and asked, "Lao Zhang, what's going on?"
Zhang Hengkun was stunned. Old Zhang? This title sounds good. He immediately said, "My Lord, these are all problems left over from before. We haven't had time to solve them yet."
Zhou Bin's face darkened: "Such an important issue has not been resolved yet, what are you doing all day?"
Zhang Hengkun was so frightened when he saw that the city lord was angry that he hurriedly explained: "City lord, can I have a word with you for a moment?"
When Zhou Bin saw his expression, he knew there was something hidden, so he nodded and turned to go in.
Zhang Hengkun hurriedly followed in, and after the two entered the yard, they immediately closed the door.
The poor people kneeling outside the door were dumbfounded. They didn’t know what the city lord meant. Was he planning to arrest everyone?
Everyone was anxiously waiting outside the door.
Zhou Bin watched the door close, and then asked, "Lao Zhang, what do you want to say? Say it."
Zhang Hengkun hurriedly explained: "City Lord, I was actually just about to report this matter to you."
Zhou Bin smiled and said, "Oh? Then tell me, what happened?"
Zhang Heng immediately explained to Zhou Bin that he had already known about this matter before, and the reason why it had not been resolved was that there was no way to solve it at all.
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