When Li Qian heard Lin Feng's words, he was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. His eyes widened and he looked angry and scolded sternly: "Lin Feng, you are a slanderer."
"I am an upright man in Yongning County. How can I kill people wantonly or collaborate with the enemy and betray the country? I, a member of the Li family in Xianyang, Qin Dynasty, have been loyal to the Qin Dynasty for generations. How can I possibly collaborate with the enemy and betray the country?"
"What you said is simply ridiculous."
After scolding Li Qian, he turned to look at Cao Xizhi and said, "Please tell me, Governor Cao, I dare to say that everyone in the world has betrayed the Qin Dynasty, and my Li family will not betray the Qin Dynasty."
Lin Feng said calmly: "Li Qian, what are you so anxious about? If you have no problem, you can naturally be proven innocent. I, Lin Feng, am slandering you and will be punished. So, why are you so anxious?"
brush!
Li Qian's complexion changed slightly.
Lin Feng's words were obviously prepared.
Li Qian looked at the gurgling river in front of him. Under the irrigation of the cannon truck, a steady stream of river water was transferred from the Yongning River to the ditch. Even when a drum truck is running, the water tanks everywhere gather in the ditch, so that the water flow is very strong and fast.
This kind of irrigation does not consume any manpower and only requires the tireless rotation of the drum truck. It will not be a problem to irrigate the entire Yongning County.
Fell into a trap.
Li Qian had such thoughts in his heart.
"Lin Feng, are you plotting against me?"
Li Qian couldn't help but make a sound.
Lin Feng said coldly: "Li Qian, how did I plot against you? Was it me who asked you to make noise outside the county government? No! Was it me who asked you to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country? No. It was me who asked you to be wanton. Killing people? No."
"I, Lin Feng, didn't do anything. Everything you did was your own initiative."
"To say I plotted against you is ridiculous."
Lin Feng flicked his sleeves and said: "Li Qian, you think you are from the Li family and no one dares to deal with you. But you have forgotten that the laws of the Qin Dynasty treat everyone equally. The emperor and the common people are equally guilty, let alone your Li family?"
Li Qian said in a deep voice: "You have judged me a long time ago and will not give up. So you had a truck to deal with it early, but you kept hiding it just to lure me to take action."
Lin Feng said: "You are seeking your own death."
While talking, Lin Feng took out a book from his sleeve, handed it to Cao Xizhi, and said: "Prefect Cao, all the evidence of Li Qian's crime is in it, please take a look at it."
Cao Xizhi took it and opened the book to browse. The more he read, the more frightened he became. After reading it, his expression became cold and solemn.
Li Qian, damn it!
He committed numerous crimes, not only killing people, but also collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.
Cao Xizhi threw the book directly in front of Li Qian and asked: "Li Qian, what else do you want to say?"
Li Qian picked it up, his hands trembling a little.
He looked even more panicked.
Li Qian opened the book and saw the contents one after another. Most of these contents are very detailed, and he also knows them. Only this time, the crime of collaborating with the enemy and the country was added. This was Li Qian's grain shop, secretly selling grain to the Xia Kingdom to make money.
Qin State is located in the northwest, the area is relatively remote, and food is in short supply. After all, the Qin State area is not like the Xia State that occupies fertile land, nor is it like the Qi State that is close to the sea and has rich resources.
Therefore, it is okay to buy grain from Xia State and come to Qin State. However, it is absolutely impossible to sell Qin's grain to Xia.
For Qin, food is a strategic material.
Li Qian's face turned completely dark. In fact, there were people from all the major families doing business, and there were even merchants from the major families selling grain to the Xia Kingdom. It's just that you don't make any announcement about such things, you just do it quietly.
But being discovered, or even reported and exposed, is different.
Li Qian gritted his teeth and rushed towards Lin Feng, baring his teeth and saying, "Lin Feng, I will fight with you."
Lin Feng kicked him out.
boom!
Li Qian's body felt like he was struck by lightning.
Under Lin Feng's foot, Li Qian fell to the ground and curled up, feeling very uncomfortable.
At this moment, Li Qian felt even more regretful.
He regretted that he was so worried about his son's safety that he didn't dare to take action. He was even worried that his power and interests would be damaged if his family sent someone here, so he kept tolerating it.
Unexpectedly, Lin Feng boiled a frog in warm water and plotted against him despite being silent all this time. So much so that now, Lin Feng was caught off guard and it was difficult to restore the situation.
The most important thing is that the situation in the book is clearly recorded without any omissions. Under the premise of Cao Xizhi's personal interrogation, even if Li Qian wanted to argue, it would be difficult.
Li Qian's mind was spinning rapidly. He was an old Jianghu after all, and he quickly came up with a countermeasure.
Don't admit it.
Even if you beat me to death, you won’t admit it!
Li Qian gritted his teeth and shouted: "Prefect Cao, this is a frame-up, it's all a frame-up."
Cao Xizhi said in a deep voice: "Whether it is a false accusation or not, we will know after the interrogation. Come, take Li Qian and put him directly into the Yongning County Prison. Next, I will interrogate him in person at the county government office."
The accompanying government officials stepped forward, took down Li Qian, and took him away.
Cao Xizhi looked at the heads of the big families who followed Li Qian, and said in a deep voice: "As people of the Qin State, you know that the drought is coming, and you don't want to share the country's worries and alleviate the drought. Instead, you follow Li Qian to make noises and add chaos everywhere. It's true that It’s infuriating.”
brush!
People in the big family changed their colors one after another.
All worried.
These people are deeply rooted in Yongning County, but in front of Cao Xizhi, they are like ants.
There is no resistance.
When Lin Feng saw this scene, he took the initiative to stand up, glanced at the people from the major families, and said, "Prefect Cao, these people from the major families, the main reason why they are like this is because they were bewitched and influenced by Li Qian."
"Right now, Yongning County and even Fufeng County need sincere unity. We also need people from major families to contribute money and efforts to help solve the drought that the people are experiencing."
"Especially to solve droughts, the first step is to dredge ditches and divert water for irrigation. These things cannot be accomplished in a short period of time by recruiting corvees, and must be supported by a large amount of money to recruit people to do work."
"I believe they are also willing to help others and are more willing to atone for their sins."
After hearing Lin Feng's words, everyone from the big family looked at Lin Feng with grateful expressions.
However, my heart is miserable.
Spending money and effort means that there must be a lot of bleeding. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to escape this difficulty. When they looked at Lin Feng, they were even more horrified. Could it be that Lin Feng had already plotted against them when he plotted against Li Qian?
No matter what, these people could only accept Lin Feng's love.
"Prefect Cao, my Zhou family in Yongning County is willing to pay 50,000 taels to help Prefect Cao clear the ditches in Fufeng County."
Zhou Cheng stood up directly.
He was attracted by Li Qian and was from a wealthy family in Yongning County.
"Prefect Cao, I, the Ye family of Yongning County, are also willing to pay 50,000 taels to help Prefect Cao clear the ditches in Fufeng County."
"Prefect Cao, my Yang family in Yongning County is also willing to pay 50,000 taels."
"Prefect Cao, our Chen family in Yongning County really has limited financial resources. However, I am willing to pay 30,000 taels to atone for my merits."
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Everyone spoke through gritted teeth.
Their hearts are bleeding.
However, there is no other way but to admit defeat. Now if they don't pay, then they can make noise and cause trouble together with Li Qian. This incident alone can bring them to trial.
Cao Xizhi's eyes lit up with joy when he heard the words of the heads of the big families. He originally came to Yongning County in person this time and did not even notify Wang Yue because he was grateful to Wang Yue and Lin Feng for killing Fu Gang and avenging his daughter.
Unexpectedly, the harvest was huge.
A rough estimate is that it is at least 400,000 taels of silver. With this money, he can follow the method of Yongning County and implement the method of collecting water in the entire Fufeng County, and the drought can be quickly alleviated.
Cao Xizhi gave Lin Feng an unabashed look of approval.
This Lin Feng is really awesome.
No wonder Lin Feng was just a visiting uncle, but Wang Yue valued him so highly.
sharp!
Really awesome!
Cao Xizhi stroked his short beard under his chin, nodded and said: "I also believe that you were deceived about Li Qian's matter this time. With all my heart, I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the thousands of people in Fufeng County. ”
Zhou Cheng and others responded with a grimace.
There's nothing I can do, it's bleeding profusely.
They forced smiles on their faces, as if they were obliged to do so, but in their hearts, they felt extremely distressed.
