Guo Bei took his men to the ferry and killed Hu Ershui. He even went to the yamen where Hu Ershui worked, arrested the chief official, and threatened to report him. This matter quickly spread throughout Yangzhou City.
For a moment, the entire Yangzhou city was in chaos.
Everyone in Yangzhou who was influential knew that Qiao Si was going to have a fight with Lu Chen.
The previous seizure of Lu Chen's ship was made by Qiao Si, and everyone was waiting to see what means Lu Chen would use to resolve the situation.
Most people believed that the best way for Lu Chen to deal with this matter was to write a letter to the capital for help and ask the capital to send another official to coordinate and coordinate the command.
But even so, if Mr. Qiao Si really wanted to continue to disgust Lu Chen with some small details, he would definitely have a way, after all, he is a powerful man.
But what no one expected was that Lu Chen did not choose the safest way, but the most brutal way.
He directly killed all the people who worked for the Qiao family, and also picked out a bunch of them, intending to deal with them all.
This method does not seem to be official, but more like something that bandits would do.
So now the officials in the entire Yangzhou are in a panic. They are not afraid of arguing with Lu Chen within the rules, but they are afraid that Lu Chen will suddenly overturn the table.
Logically speaking, anyone who can become an official must have a few powerful people behind him. Everyone plays within the rules, and it’s just a competition to see who has the stronger backing.
This requires a certain process, and it will take a long time of mutual tug-of-war before there will be any results.
And even if the result really comes out, in most cases the loser can still keep his life.
The process of this game itself is a privilege for these officials.
But now you, Lu Chen, don’t follow the rules, don’t even use your backing, and directly send people to kill people. Isn’t this a bit too much!
Mr. Qiao Si was particularly angry. After hearing what Guo Bei had done, he overturned the table in anger.
"He's so arrogant, absolutely lawless! Who does he think he is? Does he even have the law in his eyes? Spread the word to our people, have them impeach Lu Chen and Guo Bei, and have those officials who are on good terms with us blast that evil Taoist priest to pieces!"
The reason why Mr. Qiao Si was so angry was, firstly, that he had never met anyone who dared to confront him so head-on, and secondly, he was a little scared.
Perhaps even he himself did not realize that he was a little panicked at the moment.
He thought he had woven an airtight net for Lu Chen. In this net, Lu Chen had almost no chance of struggling. The net would only be tightened little by little, and he would finally accept his failure in disgrace.
But Lu Chen didn't play any tricks or tactics with him. He just used force to break his opponent's trick and tore a hole in the big net he had woven with one punch.
The key point is that Mr. Qiao Si couldn't fill this gap. He found that he had no way to punish Lu Chen immediately.
Even if he asked the officials in the capital to help him criticize Lu Chen, even if the Queen Mother in the capital took action, it would take at least seven days.
Seven days are enough to reverse the situation in Yangzhou.
At this time, Mr. Lai walked in from outside and said with a somewhat unfriendly look: "Fourth Master, I just received news that many businessmen who had previously agreed not to attend Lu Chen's banquet have already left."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Qiao Si was so angry that he kicked the wine bottle at his feet away.
But what made him even more angry was what Mr. Lai said next.
"Fourth Master, someone just came to the door and gave you an invitation. They said that Lu Chen also invited you to a banquet."
"He is provoking us, he is demonstrating, he is really looking for death!" Mr. Qiao shouted these words with red eyes.
Mr. Lai also nodded and said, "Then I'll reply to that person and tell him we're not going."
"Wait! He thinks he's setting up a Hongmen Feast, so let me go and see. I want to see what he can do to me, what he dares to do to me!"
On the other side, Lu Chen looked at the merchants who were gradually increasing in number below, with more and more smiles on his face, but he felt more and more contempt for these merchants in his heart.
So it is normal for businessmen to be looked down upon in this era. Just look at the behavior of these fence-sitters.
Shen Wanshan and others looked at their colleagues who came hurriedly, and their hearts were also filled with a sense of superiority.
As a businessman, it would be terrible if you have poor vision.
They were able to bet on Lu Chen when he was not favored. Doesn't this just show the uniqueness of their vision?
Since ancient times, adding icing on the cake is not as good as providing timely assistance. When they came, they were just adding fuel to a cold stove. If this group of people came again, the effect would be much worse. Otherwise, Lu Chen would not have directly promised them 60 out of 100 shares.
Although Lu Chen despised these businessmen in his heart, he still had to put on a show, so every businessman who came would receive a smile from him.
When everyone had gradually arrived, Lu Chen finally spoke, "They say arriving early is worse than arriving at the right time. You all arrived at the perfect time. I was just discussing the company's shares with President Shen, and President Shen said that since this is a major event for the entire Yangzhou area, we should wait until the prominent colleagues in Yangzhou arrive."
When these people arrived, Shen Wanshan and the others had already repeated what they had talked about with Lu Chen before.
When these people heard that Lu Chen was willing to sell 100 shares to them, but Shen Wanshan and his group took 60 shares, many businessmen beat their chests and stamped their feet in pain.
That means doing business together with the royal family, and in the future I can openly call myself a royal merchant.
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