Chapter 379: Making pornographic rumors
Liaoxi County, Yi County
Going further east from Yi County, passing Beizhen, you will enter Liaodong County.
In Yi County, Lu Yilian stopped more than 20,000 people heading to Liaodong County.
He thought smugly, "Lü Desheng, oh Lü Desheng, I finally caught you in a weak spot, didn't I? You two, Qin and Lü, have deeply offended the governor. This time, the governor will definitely use this opportunity to destroy your prestige."
So many people had fled from Liaoxi County to Liaodong County before, and the tax collected by Liaoxi County was less than what he thought, but he also felt embarrassed. However, it was not easy to openly argue with Lu Desheng about this matter.
This time, he also wanted to let Lu Desheng taste the feeling of having his population robbed.
At the same time, he felt jealous. He didn't know how those people from the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce had deceived more than 20,000 disaster victims in the south to follow them north to Liaodong County.
At this time, Lu Yiliang was recuperating in his mansion. He knew that Lu Desheng would not give up easily. He decided to recuperate first and wait for Lu Desheng.
Lu Yiliang didn't know that it was because he stopped someone that rumors spread.
Wang Dong is worthy of being a specialist in public opinion work. He is very good at throwing dirty water on others.
After receiving orders from Lord Lu, he immediately arrived in Yi County with people and silver.
Changli is the seat of the governor's office, located to the north of Yi County.
The two or three thousand people led by Xue Xu and Liu Erxi were stopped, which caused quite a stir. It not only attracted people from the county town, but also attracted people from surrounding villages to come and watch.
Because Lu Yilian mobilized the officers and soldiers of the county magistrate's office, the onlookers could only stand far away.
"Master Lu, what are you doing? Why are you stopping people from leaving?"
"Hush, you don't understand. Lord Lu is venting his anger on his future daughter-in-law."
"Future daughter-in-law? Who?"
"Mrs. Lu probably hasn't arranged a marriage for her son yet, right?"
"I know that Lord Lu's future daughter-in-law is the second daughter of our governor."
"Oh, it's her. Why would Lord Lu take it out on her behalf? What wronged her?"
"Hehe, you don't know this, right? Miss Shi was kidnapped by Liufu Village a few days ago, and she probably lost her virginity..." The person who spoke gave the other person a look that said 'you know what I mean'.
This topic sparks endless imagination.
"Miss Shi Er was kidnapped by Liufu Village? Well, they're bandits. How could they not take action when they see a beautiful woman?"
"I've heard about this, too. I thought it was just a rumor. I heard she was bullied by bandits all night. Is that true?"
"Hey, why did I hear that she was bullied by several bandits?"
"How do you bully people? Can you tell us in detail?" Seeing that they were talking excitedly, the people nearby came over, and those who had not come over all pricked up their ears to listen.
"Wait, what does this have to do with Lord Lu from Liaodong Commandery?"
"Don't you understand? Wasn't Liufu Village taken over by the officers and soldiers of Liaodong County?"
"Yes, when I heard the news, I felt very happy."
"Indeed, the suppression of the bandits really depends on Liaodong County."
"Do you want to hear what's going to happen next?"
"Listen, listen, big brother, keep talking."
"Our second Miss Shi, who was raped, is insisting on marrying the head of Liufu Village. Unfortunately, Liufu Village was taken down by Liaodong County soldiers, and Lord Lu wants Lord Lu to hand over the bandits. Liaodong County is using them as forced labor, so naturally they won't agree. So Lord Lu is doing this to embarrass Lord Lu."
Upon hearing this, everyone sighed. Lord Lu actually started a war for such a reason.
"No way? Why would you, the daughter of a governor, marry a bandit leader?"
"She's lost her virginity. If not the bandit leader, who else can she marry?"
"Do you think our Lord Lu is too protective of Liufu Village? The bandits have been captured, and Lord Lu is still trying every possible means to get them out."
"Yes, I wouldn't have thought so if you hadn't told me. No wonder it's so difficult to eradicate the bandits in Liaoxi County. It turns out it's because our Lord Lu doesn't want to."
Qin Yan was close to Liaoxi County, and he had been following the development of the entire situation.
Hearing this ridiculous version of the rumor, he couldn't help but twitch his lips. They were indeed the Lu family's water army. If they didn't know the truth, they would believe it was true. They made it up as if it were real.
Wang Dong was undoubtedly an expert at shaping public opinion; he was well aware of what the common people liked to see and hear. Officialdom maneuvers? They didn't understand, and they were far less captivating than romantic gossip.
Moreover, the rumors fabricated by Wang Dong directly implicated both Qin Liu and the Lu family.
Only one day later, when Lü Desheng set out for Yi County, Liaoxi County, to deal with the interception of a large grain convoy of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, rumors about the daughter of the governor's mansion were already rife.
Such a slanderous rumor soon reached the governor's mansion. Shi Xue burst into tears after hearing it. The truth was not like that at all!
Lv Desheng felt relieved after hearing this. "Don't you Shi family have no shame? What's wrong with just making up a story about Huang Yao?"
Disgusting? That’s right! I’ll make you sick.
He hadn't wanted to do this to an unmarried girl at first, but they were shameless. So don't blame him for having their faces torn off and stomped on.
Yuzhou, Xuchang
Che Jiu Ming was taking action. He had already figured out the tactics of the people from Luoyang and Runan.
The Luoyang side was represented by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, while the Runan side was represented by the three major families headed by the Xie family. He also had a rough idea of the food they brought.
He found it unbelievable just thinking about it. They were fighting to the death in the Southland a while ago, but now they were working in unison to deal with him?
Che Jiu Ming then sneered. Are these two parties treating him as a soft persimmon?
After figuring out who his opponents were and understanding their cards, Che Jiu Ming personally went to the largest money house in Xuchang - Liu's Money House.
There was no other way. Those people were too useless. He asked them to raise money, but they only raised more than 300,000 taels. He had to do it himself.
In a few days, half a month will pass, and success or failure depends on this!
Upon his arrival, the head of Liu's Bank personally received him, "What a rare guest, President Che."
After the shopkeeper Liu ushered him into the private room, Che Jiuming was in no mood to exchange pleasantries. He got straight to the point and said, "Let me be frank about my purpose this time. I want to borrow some money from your Liu Bank."
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Liu smiled and said, "That's certainly no problem. I wonder how much President Che needs to borrow?"
"One million taels of silver."
"No, Mr. Che, there are too many."
"It's only one million taels, is that too much? Liu Yanqing, do you look down on me?"
"Please calm down, President Che. Your land and houses have been mortgaged once." Manager Liu reminded him.
Che Jiu Ming choked. In order to extort land from Nanyang this time, he mortgaged his fields and houses to get a large sum of money and stockpiled a batch of grain.
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