In the middle of August of the second year of Zhongping.
Liaodong's development was in full swing.
Taking in refugees, building dams, and so on.
With the wealth that Zhang Ning had given him, no matter how the four great clans tried to hinder him, he would be helpless.
After a few months of training, the strength of the 3,000 commandery soldiers had improved greatly.
On this day, Liu Hao called all his subordinates over.
"Everyone, I have decided to take action against the four great clans. This malignant tumor will be removed sooner or later.”Liu Hao said to everyone.
"My lord, I, Old Dian, am willing to take the lead.”Dian Wei immediately stood up and said.
Liu Hao ignored Dian Wei's words. Taishi Ci could still be trained, but Dian Wei was only suitable to be a bodyguard.
"My lord, how do you plan to force the four great clans?”Xi Zhong said with a smile.
"I have already sent people to send invitations to the four great clans, inviting them to attend the banquet. I believe that they will definitely come this time.”Liu Hao said confidently.
Hearing this, Guo Jia frowned slightly and said,"My lord, are you planning to make a move at the banquet?”
Liu Hao shook his head and continued,"We don't have enough food now, and I've collected evidence of crimes committed by some of the four families. What do you think will happen if I ask them for some food?”
Guo Jia and Xi Zhong immediately understood what was going on. Taishi Ci was a little confused, while Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuan Shao did not understand at all. Liu Hao did not explain to them either.
That night, as Liu Hao had expected, all the people from the four great clans came.
"Everyone, I've been the governor of Liaodong for so long, but this is the first time I've met you all.”Liu Hao said politely.
"It is our honor to be invited by the prefect.”Gongsun Du smiled.
If one didn't know them well, they would really think that Liu Hao had a good relationship with Gongsun Du.
After three rounds of wine, everyone was slightly tipsy.
"Liaodong's prosperity requires everyone to work hard together. Recently, many refugees have come to the city, and the food in the prefect's manor is somewhat insufficient. Do the few family heads have surplus food at home to help the prefect's manor tide over this crisis and return it to everyone next year?”Liu Hao pretended to be drunk.
When the four clan heads heard Liu Hao's words, they were shocked. They knew that Liu Hao would not invite them to the banquet for no reason. Now, it was the main topic.
"Liaodong is a bitter and cold place, and we don't have much surplus grain. If the governor needs it, I can gather a hundred stones of grain.”Gongsun Du smiled, but his eyes were cold.
"My Li family can take out 80 dan of grain.”
“......”
The other three Patriarchs also said.
100 dan, 80 dan, these grains could be used to beat beggars, but they were useless to the entire Liaodong.
"Master Gongsun, I heard that your son Gongsun Kang took a fancy to the daughter of Old Zhang's family in the south of the city a year ago. However, Old Zhang was unwilling, so your son had Old Zhang beaten to death and raped his daughter. In the end, Old Zhang's daughter committed suicide.”Liu Hao said with a fake smile.
"Lord Prefect must be joking. My family's upbringing has always been very strict, how could I do such a shameful thing.”Gongsun Du's killing intent burst out, but his expression didn't change as he smiled.
"I only heard about it. It seems that what I heard might not be true.”Liu Hao drank another glass of wine as if what happened just now was really a joke.
"Master Li, I heard that your second son was riding a horse in the city some time ago and bumped into a pregnant woman. As a result, one corpse and two lives were lost.”Liu Hao looked at the Li family head and said.
"Lord Prefect, these are all rumors.”Cold sweat broke out on Master Li's forehead. This was the first time he had witnessed the power of this youth in front of him.
"Looks like I can't just listen to rumors in the future.”Liu Hao shook his head and continued,""Where were we earlier?"
"My lord, you talked to the family heads about food earlier.”Xi Zhong reminded.
"I remember now." Liu Hao looked enlightened and looked at the family heads."I wonder if the family heads have any surplus food to help the prefect's manor tide over this crisis?”
When the family heads heard Liu Hao's words, they cursed him a thousand times.
"My family still has two thousand dans of grain in the east of the city.”Gongsun Du stood up and said.
"My family also has 1000 dans."
“......”
Liu Hao shook his head and said," There are too many refugees in the city, and this food is not enough. I see that the Gongsun family's head has a big business. It shouldn't be a problem for him to take out 10,000 dans of food. The others can just take out 5,000 dans. I will definitely pay them back next year."”
"You!" Gongsun Du heard Liu Hao's unreasonable words and was so angry that he wanted to explode on the spot, but in the end, he suppressed it.
"I got drunk and didn't know what I was talking about.”Liu Hao said.
"My lord, you just said that Gongsun Kang, the son of the Gongsun family's head, killed Old Man Zhang.”Xi Zhong stood up and reminded him.
"Gongsun Family Head, I wonder if you can take out 10,000 dan of grain to help the Prefecture get through this crisis?”Liu Hao looked at Gongsun Du.
"Alright, my Gongsun family is willing to offer 10,000 dans of grain.”Gongsun Du gritted his teeth.
"My Li Clan is also willing to fork out 5000 dans.”
"My Wang Clan is also willing."
"My Du family…"
"Then I'll thank the few family heads here. The people of Liaodong will definitely remember the few family heads.”Liu Hao said with a smile after seeing the clan heads agree. He was not drunk at all.
"Humph!"
Gongsun Du coldly snorted and left. The other three clan heads followed closely behind.
"My lord, do you think that old fox Gongsun Du will hand over ten thousand dan of grain?”Xi Zhong's eyes narrowed slightly, and a bright light burst out.
"Yes." Liu Hao said confidently.
"But he won't give up. He will definitely make a move next, so we have to be careful these days.”
Xi Zhong understood. The purpose of this time was to force the four great families into desperation. If the four great families did not take any action, then they could force them again.
On the other side.
The Li family, Wang family, and Du family did not go back directly. Instead, they went to the Gongsun family together.
"Damn it, damn it, how dare Liu Hao bully me like this?”
Gongsun Du slammed the table hard to vent his anger.
"Big brother, what happened?" Gongsun Bai also came over at this time, and he was a little confused about the situation.
The three clan heads explained the situation to Gongsun Bai. After Gongsun Bai understood the situation, he was also very angry."Big brother, we won't really hand over 10,000 dans of grain to that little brat Liu Hao, right?”
The Gongsun family could still afford ten thousand dan of grain, but it would also be a huge blow to their strength.
After venting his anger, Gongsun Du calmed down and thought about what he should do next. The other three family heads had always followed the Gongsun family's lead. They would do whatever the Gongsun family did.
The new book set sail. I hope everyone will support me, this book will bring everyone into a different Three Kingdoms.
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