The afternoon sun is quite hot.

However, Shi Chong's mansion is specially prepared with ice cubes to eliminate the heat. These ice cubes are collected during the cold winter and stored in a special ice cellar, and are not taken out to use in the hot summer.

This is extremely expensive.

Because storing ice cubes is not easy.

Shi Chong likes luxury, so he specially prepares an ice cellar to store ice cubes and waits for use in hot summer. Today, Shi Chong is creating people in the backyard room.

In the hot summer, such exercise is actually very hot. After some exercise, the whole body is sticky. Because there are ice cubes in the room to remove the heat, and the house is well-structured, warm in winter and cool in summer, so it is very comfortable.

After Shi Chong exercised, he felt refreshed. He let his concubine serve him, put on his clothes and went to the study. He sat down at the study and drank a sip of the wine that had just been fished out from the deep well. He felt very cool and extremely comfortable.

Shi Chong slowly opened the book and read it leisurely.

Shi Chong was not afraid of Wang Qi's army being approaching. After all, with the 30,000 elite soldiers of the Chen State led by Han Song, he believed that this battle would inevitably lead to victory.

This battle will undoubtedly win!

"Dong!Dong!"

Soon, there was a knock on the door outside the study room.

"Come in!"

Shi Chong ordered.

With Shi Chong's order, the door creaked and was pushed open, but Shi Chong's aide entered.

Shi Chong's aide was named Liu Xi.

Compared to Shi Chong's thin and sharp-mouthed cheeks, Liu Xi was extremely obese and looked extremely strong. Even when he walked, the fat on his body was shaking like waves.

After Liu Xi stood still, he bowed and said, "Sir, the Prefect."

Shi Chong said: "Sit down."

After Liu Xi sat down, he solemnly said: "Sir, the current situation is a little bad for us!"

Shi Chong said: "What's wrong?"

Liu Xi looked solemn and replied: "Since yesterday afternoon, news spread in the city. There are roughly three news items. First, Zhao Shao, the newly appointed Xuzhou governor, announced that under the rule of Qi, the people in Xuzhou will not need to pay any agricultural tax within three years."

"Secondly, all the people in Xuzhou will be allocated by the government to allow the people to have their own land to cultivate, and there is no need to worry about not having a foothold."

"Third, there is no need to pay grain tax for this autumn harvest. Even merchants have many, and this clause is not included in the three-year tax."

Liu Xi said: "These three news have been flying all over the city, causing countless people to discuss. There are even rumors about Wang Qi's side, saying that welcoming the King of Qi, if the King of Qi comes, we will not pay food, and if the King of Qi comes, we will have food."

"Look, what is this?"

“This is really hateful.”

Liu Xi said in a deep voice: "So the humble judgment is that this is actually Xiao Qingzhi arranged a secret stance to spread news in the city, which aroused people's hearts and made people restless."

After hearing this, Shi Chong hummed: "A group of untold people is not worth mentioning. You don't have to worry about this matter, you just need to ensure that our army can firmly defend Guangling. By the time we win this battle, then in the end, the rumors will be self-defeating and will have no impact. Untold people are not enough to accomplish anything."

Liu Xi said: "Sir, you can't. Xiao Qingzhi is shaking the hearts of the people. His intentions are really vicious, so you must be careful."

Shi Chong asked: "What does sir mean?"

Liu Xi analyzed: "Sir, Xiao Qingzhi, why do you spread rumors? If you just encourage a little news, in fact, there is nothing, so you don't have to worry."

"The problem is that after the news keeps spreading, countless people will inevitably talk. The next step is that the other party may organize troops to raise troops. When Xiao Qingzhi's army attacks the city, there may be internal support in the city."

"So this news is very unfavorable to our current situation."

Liu Xi said: "Even these internals may destroy our granaries, or even destroy the arsenals, etc., no matter what it is, they will have a huge impact on us. These things must be guarded against."

Shi Chong was in a bad mood all of a sudden.

Originally, after a while, I was in a good mood, but after listening to Liu Xi's analysis, I was no longer happy, but instead I was very angry.

Damn Xiao Qingzhi.

It's really hateful!

Shi Chong said in a deep voice: "Sir, look at this situation, how should you deal with it?"

Liu Xi shook his head and said, "Because there are too many people talking about this, the whole news has spread in Guangling City. In this case, we can't suppress it at all. We have to find the person behind the scenes, because the other party is hidden in the crowd, and we can't do it at all."

Shi Chong said: "It's impossible not to ignore it!"

Liu Xi sighed and said, "The most important thing is that the agricultural and commercial tax we are currently implementing are relatively strict. In comparison, the people have more opinions. The people's hearts are boiling and cannot be suppressed!"

"Damn it!"

When Shi Chong heard this, he couldn't help but scold him.

Liu Xi looked a little frightened and hurriedly said, "It's a humble and incompetent position. Please punish me."

Shi Chong waved his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with you. I know that the sir has always been loyal. If you have followed me for many years, how can I not understand you? I just scolded me, just scolding these damn people."

"A bunch of untouchables, a bunch of unruly people."

Shi Chong's eyes were sharp and he said, "Sir, you bring a group of yamen runners and patrol directly in the city. Who is talking about it, you kill me directly. I want to see who dares to discuss it again."

Liu Xi's expression changed drastically and advised: "Sir, don't. If you do this, it will probably cause more civil unrest."

"Ministerial change?"

Shi Chong's triangle's eyes cast a cold light, and there was a strong murderous intent.

Who dares to rebel?

Are you impatient to live?

Shi Chong flicked his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "What is the mere civilian change? Untouchables are like leeks. If they are killed, they will naturally regenerate. Sir, you follow the order. I want to see how many people dare to discuss it again. Under my rule, whoever dares to rebel will die."

Liu Xi advised again: "Lord, if you do not persuade me in normal times, you will directly execute the orders. The problem is that at present, at critical moments, you cannot be so reckless. Once you arrange this, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Shi Chong said: "It is precisely this critical time that we need to make such arrangements and we must do this. We use heavy dictionaries in troubled times. At this time, we must use extraordinary means to suppress all the discussion. Sir, you don't have to persuade you anymore. Just execute the order. I want to see who dares to rebel and who dares to resist me."

Liu Xi was still worried and said, "Sir, this..."

"No need to persuade me!"

Shi Chong shook his head and said in a deep voice: "This matter is settled. You can execute the order now. Go back earlier and come back earlier. After killing a group of people, the discussion will naturally calm down."

"yes!"

Liu Xi responded helplessly.

He felt quite regretful.

If I had known it, I wouldn't have come to persuade me to report it, and it would be easier to deal with it. Now that Shi Chong's solution has made the situation more complicated and difficult.

Liu Xi had no choice but to go to the army and mobilize a group of soldiers to execute orders.

The number of soldiers was not large, only one hundred. One hundred soldiers followed Liu Xi and patroled the city directly. When they heard the people talking, they stepped forward without saying a word and hacked and slaughtered them.

In less than half an hour, hundreds of people were killed and injured.

The news spread throughout the city.

Countless people were silent, and many people hated Shi Chong even more.

Originally, Guangling County under Shi Chong had many heavy taxes. Finally, he had to wait for the King of Qi, but the people did not expect that their comments would be slaughtered, which made the people extremely angry.

Nie Feng is also in the city.
Chapter completed!