Several drinkers turned around and it turned out to be Feng Xiaodian, the owner of the wine shop. They quickly stood up and bowed, "Why did you alarm Master Feng Dong?"

Feng Xiaodian was about forty years old and from Qinghe County. He has been idle since childhood and caused trouble. Because his elder sister Feng is the wife of Liang Zhi, the prefect of Beihai County, Feng Xiaodian caused a lot of trouble, but was not punished.⊙.

As he grew older, his desire to cause trouble fades and his desire to make money increased greatly. Liang Zhi gave him some money to open a restaurant in Yidu County, which is now a Qingzhou restaurant. However, Feng Xiaodian was only the nominal owner, and the real owner was the prefect Liang Zhi.

Feng Xiaodian smiled, "Looking at the conversations of a few, I came here to join in the fun."

Several drinkers gave up a seat, and an old man smiled and said, "We are discussing whether to return to our hometown. Everyone expressed their opinions and had different opinions. I wonder what Feng Dongzhu thinks about this?"

Feng Xiaodian coughed gently and raised his eyebrows, "I have heard from the prefect about this."

This is his oral words. Everything involves the prefect's brother-in-law, which makes everyone attracted. Several tables of drinkers next to him also gathered up, "Master Feng Dong, what do you say about the prefect?"

Feng Xiaodian was proud of himself, and took a sip of wine to cheer everyone's appetite. Then he said leisurely: "The prefect said that the army living in Yidu City cannot control us, and we don't have to consider paying food to support the army, but once we return to our hometown, we have to support the army. The problem is that the army may not be able to protect everyone. If the bandits come and the army escapes, everyone will become fish on the chopping board."

Several drinkers frowned. The prefect would not say such words!

At this moment, a noise came from the downstairs, and everyone was stunned. The sound of running quickly came from the stairs. A bartender stumbled over, "Master, a group of soldiers downstairs made trouble."

Feng Xiaodian was furious. This was the restaurant opened by his brother-in-law, and how dare someone come to cause trouble?

He stood up and walked downstairs with great strides. He wanted to see who had eaten the courage of Xiongxin and leopards. He actually rushed to Qingzhou restaurant to cause trouble. The second-floor restaurant guests followed him and rushed downstairs. Everyone wanted to go and see the fun.

In the lobby on the first floor, more than a dozen soldiers were checking wine in front of each table. The leader was the cavalry captain Chen Xu. Naturally, he was ordered by Zhang Xuan and brought a group of men to the restaurant to find fault. At this time, Feng Xiaodian angrily squeezed into the crowd and shouted: "What are you doing?"

Chen Xu looked at him, "Who are you?"

The shopkeeper next to him hurriedly said, "This is my Master Feng Dong!"

It turned out that this person was Feng Xiaodian. Chen Xu sneered secretly. The person he was looking for. Chen Xu snorted: "We have received reports from soldiers that you openly disobey the court's ban and actually sell rice wine in the tavern. We will investigate!"

Chen Xu raised a pot of wine on the table, "This is rice wine. You won't refuse to admit it!"

Feng Xiaodian was angry and yelled with a hard neck: "What is the imperial decree? Which tavern in the world does not sell rice wine? Why do you have to stare at us?"

The shopkeeper next to him saw that the boss actually admitted it, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. These soldiers were obviously coming to find fault, so how could the boss admit it?

He quickly pulled Feng Xiaodian and wanted to remind him quietly, but Feng Xiaodian was extremely angry and broke free from his hand. He continued to glar at the other party and said, "So what if I sell rice wine?"

At this time, more than a dozen soldiers came out of the kitchen with a wine jar and reported: "Report to the lieutenant, we found a lot of rice wine in the wine cellar. Their signs also publicly sold rice wine."

Chen Xu nodded and sneered several times, "I dare to sell banned alcohol publicly, and I am not obsessed with the laws of the court. I will arrest you!"

Several soldiers rushed up and pressed the shopkeeper and Feng Xiaodian to the table together. Feng Xiaodian shouted anxiously: "My brother-in-law is the prefect Liang Zhi, and this tavern was opened by my brother-in-law. You are brave enough, let me go!"

The shopkeeper next to him whineed, and he actually implicated the prefect. The boss was so stupid. The other party was in the army, so no army was in charge of such a broken matter. It was obvious that he was just asking for trouble, but the boss couldn't tell.

Although the shopkeeper knew it in his heart, his mouth was blocked by the soldiers with rags, and he couldn't speak out. Several soldiers tied them up with ropes. Chen Xu shouted, "Take them away!"

Dozens of cavalry grabbed the two of them and brought them with them together with the evidence seized, urging the horse to gallop outside the city.

The winery was in chaos, and the drinkers were talking about it. I don’t know what happened. Feng Xiaodian’s confidant had already rushed to the county yard to report the message.

Liang Zhi, the prefect of Beihai, was from Qinghe County. He was born in poverty. However, he was extremely talented and had a talent that never forgets his studies. He was attracted by Cui from Qinghe and trained him for more than ten years. He finally passed the imperial examination and embarked on an official career.

He is about forty-five or six years old this year, not tall, slightly thin, and looks very smart and capable.

Liang Zhi has been an official in the Qingzhou area for nearly twenty years. He has served as the county magistrate of Qingping County, the magistrate of Licheng County, the magistrate of Qi County, and the prefect of Jibei County. He was transferred to the prefect of Beihai County five years ago.

He was also a little capable and was good at adapting. Despite the rampant bandits, he finally saved the two counties of Yidu and Linzi from being massacred and looted by the bandits.

This made him very prestigious among the people of Beihai County, and all the wealthy and gentry bought his account.

Liang Zhi was in a bad mood during this period. Originally, he and Zhang Xutuo did not interfere with the river water, and Zhang Xutuo usually just asked about Beihai County. He basically had the final say in Beihai County.

Ten days ago, Zhang Xutuo suddenly announced that he would divide his troops to station in various counties. On the surface, it seemed that the impact was not great, but Liang Zhi found that the problem was not that simple.

Once the troops are divided and stationed in each county, it is essential to increase the strength of the troops. Then whoever will bear the military rations will definitely be the people of each county.

In fact, there is no big problem with sharing military rations, and Liang Zhi doesn't care. After all, it is necessary for the local people to contribute some effort to the army protecting one side. Liang Zhi is worried about power, and whether the troops stationed in various counties will compete for the power of local governments.

For example, Zhang Xuan, who was stationed in Beihai County, actually wanted to take away the two thousand village heads recruited by the three major families.

Those two thousand troops were actually local troops he established in a flexible way. How could he let Zhang Xuan take it away? Zhang Xuan is not very old and has a great ambition.

Liang Zhi did not know Zhang Xuan's background, nor had he heard of this person. He always believed that Zhang Xuan was Zhang Xutuo's confidant, and everything he did was to carry out Zhang Xutuo's orders.

At this time, Liang Zhi was sitting in the official room to consider the problem of scattering the population in the city. Yidu City had a population of 500,000, and the county was really overwhelmed. Once an epidemic broke out, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He also planned to take advantage of Zhang Xutuo's opportunity to eliminate Zuo Xiaoyou and Meng Rang to divert the population, but instead of returning home, he lived scattered around Yidu County, forming a hundred new villages. When the situation is critical, the people can quickly withdraw into the city.

At this moment, a yamen runner reported at the door: "The envoy, Feng Dongzhu's hands have come down and said something happened in the Qingzhou restaurant."

Liang Zhi frowned and stopped writing and said, "Let him come in!"

After a moment, Feng Xiaodian's confidant hurried in, knelt down and cried, "Report to the prefect, Feng Dongzhu has been captured by the army."

"What!"

Liang Zhiteng stood up, "What did you say?"

"A group of soldiers came to the store just now, saying that the restaurant violated the imperial ban and sold rice wine, so he took Liang Dongzhu and Manager Li away."

Liang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and he immediately realized that it was Zhang Xuan who was provoking trouble.

He gritted his teeth and actually used the excuse of selling banned alcohol. It was great! He wanted to see what other excuses he could find.

Liang Zhi immediately ordered: "Prepare a carriage, I'm going to the military camp!"

Soon after, Liang Zhi boarded a carriage and rushed towards the north gate under the escort of several followers.

Of course, Liang Zhi also knew that the emperor issued an order a few months ago, strictly prohibiting the use of grain to make wine, but the emperor issued more imperial edicts over the years, so how many people will implement it in the local area?

For example, two years ago, the city walls of each county should not be higher than Luoyang City, but in fact, no county does not increase the city walls. In order to defend against bandits, who would care whether the city walls are higher than Luoyang City. Of course, the higher the better.

For example, the imperial court strictly prohibited the people from having long weapons, military crossbows and armor, but in fact, every household has spears, and every man wears a saber when he goes to the streets. He saves his life first in troubled times, so who cares about the imperial decree?

Even if these important decrees are ignored in the world, who would care about an insignificant prohibition?

Of course, Liang Zhi also disagreed with his brother's private brewing of rice wine. After all, the food is indeed insufficient, but Liang Zhi would never tolerate the fact that he took Feng Xiaodian away.

He wanted to ask Zhang Xuan to make things clear. He would never allow the army to arrest people in the city. That was not their power and he could not tolerate it once.
Chapter completed!