The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

Li Kui stood up directly and said righteously,

"Therefore, I will personally pay to redeem all the officers, soldiers, and servants captured this time!"

Hearing Li Kui's words,

Everyone present looked up at him in astonishment.

Is this a sudden rise? Or is it the sun rising from the west?

But no matter what they thought, when Li Kui said this, everyone reacted very quickly.

Whether they were officials or businessmen, they all stood up and clasped their fists towards Li Kui.

"Your Excellency the Governor is truly righteous!"

"Master Li, you are truly a role model for us!"

"Lord Li is so righteous! He is truly a good parent to us gentry!"

"grown ups……"

I don't know who suggested it.

"Let me toast to Lord Li!"

"it is good!"

"That's how it should be!"

As soon as these words were spoken, countless people agreed with them.

The officers and soldiers captured in a swarm were clearly priced at five taels of silver per officer or soldier.

Nearly a thousand people were arrested, that's five thousand taels of silver!

Such a large sum of silver is enough to buy several ships of salt!

Anyway, as long as you don't spend your own money, a few words of praise don't matter.

A few flattering words are worthless.

Everyone raised their glasses and toasted Li Kui with smiles on their faces.

Hearing the praises from the crowd, Li Kui's face flushed.

A toast.

"As the chief official of Yangzhou, I shall serve the people and bring benefits to them!"

"This is my job, there's no need for you to be so rude! Hahaha!"

The flesh on his chubby cheeks trembled from his smile.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the venue reached a climax.

It was so lively with people drinking and drinking.

After the atmosphere gradually calmed down,

Li Kui looked at everyone with a red face.

"Everyone, I have one more thing to say!"

Because Li Kui had already paid for it out of his own pocket,

Everyone's favorable impression of Li Kui, the new prefect, increased greatly, and they all pricked up their ears to listen.

Li Kui's originally rosy face turned slightly serious, and he said solemnly,

"Everyone, although our previous plan was to rescue the officers and soldiers who were captured by the swarm."

"However, Lord Lin, the Inspector of the Salt Administration of Yangzhou, was ambushed by a swarm of swarms of soldiers amidst the chaos."

"Unfortunately, he was also captured!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked!

Since the establishment of Qingfeng Village, people have flocked to it.

It was nothing more than capturing some officers and soldiers or the families of officials, businessmen and gentry to make some money.

Even if everyone is unhappy, they can just grit their teeth and scrape together some money, and just consider it as a loss to avoid disaster!

The most important thing is that most of the members of Qingfeng Village are local people who can't survive.

As for why the people could not survive, everyone present, whether officials, gentry or salt merchants, knew it very well.

Naturally, they would not report it to the imperial court and raise troops to suppress the bandits.

This also led to the current chaotic situation in Yangzhou.

But now, even the incumbent chief of a yamen was arrested.

Is this a rebellion?

Someone who knew Lin Ruhai hurriedly looked around the crowd.

Sure enough, there was no one at the Salt Administration Office.

For a moment, everyone was frightened.

"Ah? Are you all trying to tear each other apart?"

"Yeah! We've been cooperating, bah, keeping our distance. What's the point of all this swarming?"

"Master Lin has been captured. What should we do?"

"..."

Li Kui sat in the first seat, slowly raised his head, and silently observed the reactions of everyone present.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a playful expression.

The crowd discussed noisily for a while.

An official in a green robe stood up and bowed to Li Kui.

"Your Excellency! The Salt Inspector is a high-ranking official in the imperial court. This matter must be handled promptly and properly!"

"Otherwise, once this news reaches the capital, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape responsibility either."

Another official nodded and stood up to agree.

"That's right. Today, they rushed in and rashly broke the tacit understanding between us. They might kidnap one of you again someday!"