Chapter 56 Lord Lu's Fury
Lu Chenyang had initially thought someone was being lazy and not taking good care of the crops, but this situation existed in almost every household, and half of the fields were in this state.
Lu Chenyang immediately sent people to check and found that in the entire county, more than one-third of the crops had not grown.
Lu Chenyang's face was cold. The weather in Lingnan was very good this year. If it was not a natural disaster, it must be a man-made disaster. He immediately concluded that there was something wrong with the seeds.
In Yanquan County, almost all seeds are monopolized by the Shen family.
Lu Chenyang was furious at this time. He had already shown leniency to the Shen family because of Shen Shiqian's surrender, but the Shen family dared to trick him like this!
Lu Chenyang had never been so angry. The Shen family actually dared to tamper with the seeds, which was going to cut off the people's livelihood!
Lu Chenyang said coldly, "Go and seal up all the seed shops owned by the Shen family. Bring back every last one of them!"
He looked at Li Dajun and the others coldly: "Anyone who dares to show favoritism will be treated as an accomplice!"
Li Dajun shuddered and immediately responded, "Yes!"
Li Dajun quickly took the yamen runners away. Lu Chenyang was furious, and no one dared to be clever at this time.
The county yamen runners came out in full force and sealed off all the seed shops of the Shen family, and arrested all the shopkeepers and waiters inside.
Lu Chenyang didn't plan to let it go like this. He wouldn't let the Shen family go either.
He did not send anyone to the Shen family to arrest people for the time being because this alone was not enough to shake the Shen family.
In a seed case, the Shen family might be able to send someone to take charge, and the matter might be dealt with.
But Lu Chenyang didn't intend to let it go. He had already given the Shen family a chance. Even if he couldn't completely overthrow the Shen family this time, he would make the Shen family lose some skin!
Of course, Lu Chenyang went there with the intention of overthrowing the Shen family.
Lu Chenyang sent people to the Shen family shop to arrest people with great fanfare. Shen Shiqian soon got the news. He was shocked. Why did Lu Chenyang do this?
The other shopkeepers were also furious: "Young Master, you follow Lu Chenyang's lead, but he is targeting our Shen family like this! This is simply too much."
Shen Shiqian didn't listen to him, but asked the messenger: "What's going on? The seed shop? What happened? Otherwise, why would Lord Lu be so angry?"
"They say there's something wrong with the seeds our Shen family sold, and one-third of the crops we planted didn't grow. When Lord Lu found out, he was furious and said everyone in the seed shop would be arrested. Many people have already been arrested. Young Master, you need to come up with a solution!"
When Shen Shiqian heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat.
He could almost imagine how angry Lu Chenyang was that someone had tampered with the seeds.
He suddenly slammed the table, his face full of frost: "Then who can tell me why there are problems with the seeds sold by the Shen family?!"
A steward's eyes flashed, and he said, "Young Master, it may not be a problem with our seeds. Maybe someone is framing our Shen family. Lord Lu has long disliked our Shen family. Maybe..."
Shen Shiqian looked over coldly, “Are you saying that Lord Lu is using the food of the people of the entire county as a price to frame our Shen family?! Our Shen family is really a big face!”
Lu Chenyang did use a lot of methods, even killing people, but there was one thing that Shen Shiqian believed Lu Chenyang would never do.
That is, he will never ignore the lives of the people. This is Lu Chenyang's bottom line.
It can be seen that Lu Chenyang got angry several times, almost all of which were for the people. He is a good official who really cares about the people.
Therefore, Shen Shiqian believed that even if Lu Chenyang really intended to take action against the Shen family, he would not use seeds to destroy the crops.
Shen Shiqian couldn't sit still anymore, so he went to the yamen in person to ask to see Lu Chenyang.
Li Dajun had just finished arresting people and sent them to jail, and he saw Shen Shiqian without even drinking a sip of water.
Shen Shiqian was very respectful and humble to Li Dajun: "Captain Li, please help me pass on the message."
Li Dajun was in a very complicated mood. He lowered his voice and said, "Master, Lord Lu is very angry right now. Why don't you come back in two days?" Shen Shiqian shook his head and said, "Excuse me, Shopkeeper Li, please help pass on the message. I was not aware of this matter. I will give Lord Lu an explanation."
Li Dajun sighed, nodded, turned around and went in to pass the message.
Li Dajun carefully conveyed Shen Shiqian's words to Lu Chenyang. Lu Chenyang was silent for a moment, and he said, "You are really concerned about the Shen family's affairs."
Li Dajun was immediately shocked and broke into a cold sweat. He quickly knelt down and said, "Sir, please calm down. It's just that...it's just that the Shen family has done me a favor. My mother was seriously ill and had no money for treatment. It was the Shen family who helped and saved my mother's life. However, I have absolutely no collusion with the Shen family. Please understand."
Lu Chenyang waved his hand. He just thought that he thought the Shen family was domineering. Even if these people got benefits from the Shen family, they would still feel resentment in their hearts, so he was a little surprised that Li Dajun would help.
Lu Chenyang thought for a moment and said, "I won't see him anymore. Tell him that if he can't figure out what's going on with the Shen family, I don't mind helping him."
Li Dajun looked at him cautiously, then agreed and turned to go down.
When Shen Shiqian heard Lu Chenyang's words, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
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