Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Jiang Zhiming's carriage was stopped countless times by officials from various prefectures along the way.

Some people panicked and asked him for countermeasures, some were afraid that he would run away and came to stop him, and some... came to test his attitude and wanted to run away with him.

He talked a lot with the officials of various prefectures, and finally summed it up in one sentence - "Follow the instructions, do your respective tasks well and appease the people. The rest of the matters will be discussed after I meet with the governor."

The officials in various prefectures were extremely nervous, but now they had no choice but to obey orders.

Many officials in the prefecture had heard of Governor Lu's cruelty, but what they didn't know was that this epidemic was most likely caused by Governor Lu's subordinates.

They didn't even know about the grudge between Governor Lu and Yu Jiusi. They only knew that the governor was in Xingning Prefecture, so the situation in Xingning Prefecture was not the worst.

But they thought wrong.

Jiang Zhiming had a hard time expressing his suffering. He usually didn't get carriage sick, but today he did. He vomited all over as soon as he arrived at the gate of the government office.

He didn't care about the dirt on the corner of his mouth, nor did he care about his appearance, which he usually paid great attention to. He just raised his sleeves and entered the government office.

The main hall of the government office was like a dormant beast, with a low atmosphere and its bloody mouth wide open, staring at him.

For the first time, Jiang Zhiming felt afraid of the chief minister. He lifted his robe several times but could not take a step.

"Snapped--"

His beloved teacup shattered before his eyes, with fragments flying everywhere and almost scratching his cheek.

Lu Sichu's voice was like a piece of ceramic scraping against a brick: "Do you want me to invite you in?"

"Of course not!" As soon as Jiang Zhiming saw Lu Sichu, he lost the toughness he had just shown in the Jiang Mansion.

His legs were trembling as he stepped forward and whispered flatteringly, "Sir, please look for me."

Lu Sichu played with the teacup in his hand, sneered, and asked him: "There is an epidemic in the mansion, Lord Jiang, do you want to escape?"

Jiang Zhiming's eyes suddenly widened. He clearly had no intention of running away, but when Lu Sichu asked him this, he suddenly felt a sense of panic as if he had been caught red-handed.

No!

Although he really would not run away, his wife and concubines had not yet been arranged properly, and he could not let Lu Sichu have any suspicion!

"Sir, I am innocent!" He hurried forward and flattered Lu Sichu by pouring him a cup of hot tea. "How could I possibly run away? With you in the government office, no evil spirits can get close to me. How could I possibly run away?"

Today's Lu Sichu cannot be dismissed with just a few words of flattery, but he also has his own considerations.

He looked at Jiang Zhiming with a half-smile, and his words contained a threat: "Master Jiang, you can run away, but... I believe Master Jiang also knows that history books have always been written by those who survived."

Jiang Zhiming smiled bitterly when he heard this. It was indeed so.

Lu Sichu was indeed a man of extreme evil, but it was precisely because of this that others were able to guess his thoughts - he could do whatever evil he wanted and harm others in whatever way he wanted.

If Jiang Zhiming really dared to run away, regardless of whether he could escape or not, Lu Sichu had already put the blame on him.

"You are joking, sir." Jiang Zhiming raised his head and forced a smile, "All land under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are his subjects. Under the emperor's feet, where can I run? I can't... go to the border to graze. I can't bear that hardship."

Lu Sichu looked at him steadily, smiling: "It's all as Lord Jiang said."

Jiang Zhiming expressed his loyalty again, and Lu Sichu finally couldn't hold back and began to talk about the epidemic.

"It looks like smallpox..." He narrowed his eyes slightly, a glimmer of fear and trepidation flashed across his eyes, "I am still in Xingning Prefecture, and Lord Jiang dared to know about it but didn't report it. Do you want to take the blame alone?"

Lu Sichu is also a human being, with flesh and blood. How could he not be afraid of the smallpox epidemic?

But he couldn't show any weakness, not even a little bit.

"Human lives are at stake. How dare I not report this!" Jiang Zhiming pretended to be calm and pointed outside the main hall: "I only received the news at 9:00 p.m. today. On the way here, I also informed the officials of various prefectures and asked them to arrange for the people to prepare for epidemic prevention. As for the rest of the response matters... I will discuss them with them after I meet you, Your Excellency."

Lies must be mixed with truth to become truth.

"Oh?" Lu Sichu really didn't expect that Jiang Zhiming, a spineless man, would take action in advance. "Then what did you do? Do you know that if this epidemic is really smallpox, then there is only one way to prevent and treat it?"

That is to kill all the sick people.

"Your humble servant..." Jiang Zhiming had already expected Lu Sichu to do this.

He couldn't say he knew, nor did he dare to say he didn't know, so he just said, "Sir, the situation is not that bad. Right now in the city, only Huanxi Lane and Laomul Lane have people showing symptoms, and the rest of the streets are safe for now."

He secretly observed Lu Sichu's expression and continued, "I have already ordered the palace soldiers to guard these two streets and alleys to prevent the people from going out and to minimize the risk of people in other streets and alleys contracting the disease. In addition, I have also ordered the palace doctors to go there..."

"Okay, it's the same old methods over and over again, no need to say more." Lu Sichu was quite annoyed and raised his hand to interrupt him.

Only Lu Sichu himself knew that his heart was far from being as calm as he appeared.

Before Jiang Zhiming came, he was also very uneasy and had been thinking about how to deal with the situation - his "way of dealing with the situation" was completely different from the way of dealing with the situation mentioned by Jiang Zhiming.

Jiang Zhiming was considering the people in the city and wanted to reduce casualties as much as possible, but he just wanted to remove himself from the matter.

The "Happy Lane" that Jiang Zhiming mentioned just now was not some other place, but the former residence of his trusted subordinates. Combined with the previous events, even Lu Sichu was thinking...

——Did this epidemic really come from his subordinates?

But this is too unreasonable - how come it was just pestilence in Changnan Prefecture, but when it came to Xingning Prefecture, it became the dreaded smallpox epidemic?

How could he trace the source of the epidemic to Changnan Prefecture and Yu Jiusi?

No one could have expected that in just a few days, all his previous plans would go to waste.

Since it was impossible to make Yu Jiusi take the blame, he had to take action in advance to avoid getting himself into trouble.

"Sir Jiang, I have informed you before that this kind of epidemic is difficult to prevent and control. Do not be soft-hearted when necessary."

It's time to come.

Jiang Zhiming gritted his teeth and whispered, "I know. But sir... the doctor also said that this epidemic is just similar to smallpox, and the details are still unknown. Is it too early to take action now?"

In fact, he knew in his heart that the people in Huanxi Lane and Laomu Lane might not be able to escape death, but he still wanted to fight for them as much as possible.

Being disobeyed by him, Lu Sichu could no longer suppress his anger and said sternly: "Do you think those doctors are stupid? Smallpox is such a serious epidemic. If there is no 90% similarity, how dare they say it?!"