That night, Liao Bo rushed around and arrested eight small sea merchants who did not go to inform Liu Rui.
"Everyone, do you have anything else to say?" Liu Rui looked at them fiercely.
Wang Liancheng swallowed hard and said, "Boss Liu, Chairman Liu, if you say we didn't want to kill Zhao Lin, I admit it. But if you say we colluded with him to betray the Chamber of Commerce, I won't admit it."
Liu Rui sneered: "Not killing him is betrayal. Now it has come to a life-and-death situation. If he doesn't die, we must die. You are trying to kill us."
Cai Zhenhe quickly said, "President, we absolutely don't have this idea. We just don't want to, but we're also prepared to do it. There's no conflict."
"Hmph! That's not important. What's important is that you have other thoughts and are no longer trustworthy." Liu Rui snorted coldly.
Wang Liancheng, Cai Zhenhe and the others were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their hearts were pounding.
"But considering that we are all friends, I can give you a chance." Liu Rui suddenly said.
"Please speak, President." A small merchant said hurriedly.
Liu Rui said, "When we killed Zhao Lin, you were at the forefront. This is your token of loyalty, proving that you and Zhao Lin are not colluding."
"No," Wang Liancheng objected quickly, "We're too old to wield swords. Wouldn't charging to the front mean we're asking for death?"
Liu Rui said calmly, "If you don't charge, you'll die now. Regardless, whether you or your corpses appear there, the result will be the same."
Several thugs took a few steps forward with swords in hand and looked vicious.
Cai Zhenhe quickly said, "I'll do it, I'll do it, President, please spare my life."
Liu Rui smiled and said, "That's right. As long as you do it, we will still be friends in the future, and you will definitely benefit from it."
Wang Liancheng sighed: "I'll do it too."
"We do it. We all do it."
Those small sea merchants also agreed.
Liu Rui laughed out loud.
"Okay, everything is ready, just waiting for Zhao Lin to come out."
Zhao Lin deliberately waited for a few days until Liu Rui and the others became impatient, and then he left the headquarters and went to the dock for a secret visit.
"Zhao Lin has left the headquarters!"
"He only has about twenty people protecting him."
"Those people are wearing armor under their robes. Be careful when you attack them later."
"Zhao Lin is also wearing armor. He is indeed very afraid of death."
"The Qingzhou army has not moved and is still guarding the headquarters."
"The Qingzhou Army has assigned 500 cavalrymen to hide five miles outside the dock. They will provide timely assistance if anything happens."
Liu Rui immediately took out the map and drew a circle near the pier.
"It takes about sixty breaths for a cavalry to run five miles, so we have to kill Zhao Lin within fifty breaths, leaving ten breaths as a buffer." Liu Rui said.
"We can deploy some manpower between the cavalry and the dock to hinder the cavalry." Liao Bo said.
"Why go through so much trouble? Just send people over and surround the docks. Do they dare to harass the people?" said another merchant.
Everyone smiled.
The people are worthless, so we won’t feel sorry no matter how many of them die.
As long as we can slow down the rescue speed of the Qingzhou army and kill Zhao Lin, it will be worth it no matter how many people die.
"Zhao Lin is too arrogant. He only mobilized 500 people to protect himself and placed them two kilometers away. He looks down on us." Liu Rui said.
Then his face turned cold and stern: "Then let him know how powerful we sea athletes are!"
"Sea warriors, never compromise!"
"If Zhao Lin dares to steal our money, then let him live!"
"Everyone, get ready and listen to my command. When the horn sounds, act immediately!"
"Yes, President!"
Many sea merchants rushed out.
Liu Rui went out, got on a carriage, and came to the governor's office.
"How come you have time to come to my place?" Ge Ruochuan asked.
Liu Rui smiled and said, "Please come and watch a good show, sir."
Ge Ruochuan's eyes lit up: "Is everything planned?"
Liu Rui nodded heavily: "He won't be able to escape even if he has wings!"
"What about the aftermath?" Ge Ruochuan continued to ask.
"Of course, it won't implicate you, sir." Liu Rui said, "This attack was carried out by pirates. The officers and sailors worked together to kill some of the pirates. The people can all testify to this."
"But the court may not believe it." Ge Ruochuan said.
Liu Rui cursed in his heart, wanting to take action but hesitating. Is such a person qualified to be a governor?
Liu Rui smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether the court believes it or not. As long as Zhao Lin's death is justified, what does it matter if they don't believe it? They can investigate as they please."
Ge Ruochuan nodded slowly: "You are right, it is indeed so."
Ge Ruochuan stood up and said, "You two, let's go to the theater together."
Two people came out from behind the screen.
Ge Ruochuan didn't introduce them and took the two of them into a carriage, heading to the beach in a low-key manner.
Zhao Lin and Mi Banxia have disguised themselves and arrived at the seaside pier.
Mi Banxia said, "Why not just go and arrest them directly? Is it really necessary to go through so much trouble?"
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "The king's army never fights without a reason. If you want to silence the three provinces, you must have a legitimate reason."
"But it's too dangerous." Mi Banxia said.
Zhao Lin shook his head: "Time is urgent, so we can only take risks."
If Zhao Lin was given one or two years, he would be able to properly handle the maritime trade affairs.
But Emperor Chengping might ascend to heaven one day, so Zhao Lin should focus his main energy on the capital, so he can't waste his precious time here.
Besides, there is no need to be polite to those businessmen who evade taxes.
If you are obedient, everything will be fine. If you are not obedient, I will take this opportunity to uproot you.
Anyway, as long as the ship is there and the people are there, changing a few ship owners will not affect the overall situation.
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