Time Travel: Remarrying a Little Wolf Dog

After thinking about it, the two decided to take action.

Since it has come to the point where you have to bleed, why not give the county magistrate and the chief clerk some face.

Zhang Xin spoke first, "The county magistrate loves the people like his own children and cannot bear to see them suffer from the unrest. As a native of this county, I cannot watch my hometown being trampled upon."

"I am willing to give one hundred stones to support you, sir."

Zhou Quan then said, "The two adults called us here today with great care, and we all understand."

"If the county town cannot be defended, all the eggs will be destroyed. Although we have no achievements, we still understand this principle."

"I am willing to stand with the adults and I will also offer a hundred stones."

The others saw that both of them had made their moves, and then looked at each other, and could only make a move of "thirty stones", "fifty stones", or "forty stones".

The clerk at the side wrote down the donation amounts of each wealthy businessman quickly with great speed.

Finally, after everyone had donated, the county magistrate and the chief clerk made a final summary, said some words of encouragement and expectation, and then personally saw them off.

This unique donation, because there was no suppression by the government, quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys.

On the one hand, people were shocked by the generosity of the county's wealthy businessmen, and on the other hand, they were happy that so much relief grain was collected.

Such a large amount of food is enough to hold those people back until reinforcements from the imperial court arrive.

This made people feel much more at ease.

There were even some brave ones who carefully opened the shop door one morning.

Then I found that everything was normal, nothing had changed, but there were fewer customers.

Other shop owners who were watching closely saw this and immediately opened their doors.

One day's delay means one day's loss. If you open earlier, even if there are fewer customers, at least there will be some income.

The people in the county saw that the shops were all open with their doors blatantly open, just like usual.

They also tried to go out, of course it was the men in the family who went out.

After going out, I found that nothing happened, so I called my friends out.

Suddenly, the county town came alive.

Su Yan heard all of this from the maids who were doing the purchasing.

If Su Yan knew it, He An would know it too.

So the next day, He An returned to the store, called Wu Dalang, and packed up the things in the store.

Then take out the radishes and cabbages and other vegetables that are easy to store from the cellar and sell them.

As for the rest, we cannot buy any more goods and cannot sell them for the time being because the county town gates have been closed.

However, even with just these few vegetables, business is unexpectedly booming.

Even because He An implemented a daily limit on sales, many people couldn't buy it.

Some of the tribesmen also used their connections to allow them to keep some.

Everything is going in the right direction.

A month passed and still no news came from the court.

However, the prefect of the city repeatedly sent his confidants to convey messages, asking the county magistrate to drive away the victims.

But he did not send a single soldier to help.

The county magistrate did not agree, and wrote several more letters, but in the end, they all fell into oblivion.

At this time, the county's disaster relief grain was beginning to run out, and perhaps before long, the county government would have to try hard to get the wealthy households to donate another batch.

But this is a bad idea.

There is no news from the capital, and the provincial capital is completely unreliable.

The disaster victims outside the city showed no signs of dispersing.

All these things came together, and there was not a single piece of good news. The county magistrate was so anxious that two blisters appeared on his mouth.

But he did not dare to announce it to outsiders. He could only endure it alone, and despite the pressure from several parties, he sent three letters to the court a day.

In the end, I even used my father-in-law's connections, but all the results were the same. All fell on deaf ears and not a single piece of information came back.

Because of this, the county magistrate closed the open city gate again.

But this was not a solution. After much deliberation, the county magistrate finally decided to let his personal soldiers bring one or two victims to Beijing to testify.

With the help of my father-in-law, these disaster victims will definitely be properly resettled.

These are all his achievements. With this, it is not excessive for him to be promoted three levels.

With such hope in mind, the county magistrate personally sent his personal soldiers away and then waited for good news at home.

But unexpectedly, instead of good news, we got unbelievable bad news.

The bandits are coming.

To be precise, the bandits ran into the victims and started killing them.

The county magistrate was stunned and kept asking, "Are you sure it's bandits? Are there bandits here?"

The attendant nodded vigorously, "It's true. Our garrison came back to report. I guess the county lieutenant will come to see you soon."

Speak of the devil, here he comes. Hardly had the attendant finished his words when the county lieutenant opened the door and came in in a hurry, forgetting even to knock.

But no one paid attention to these details now, their attention was focused on the county lieutenant's words.

"Sir! What's going on? Why did a bunch of bandits suddenly show up and kill the victims?"

"What?" The county magistrate sat up suddenly, "A massacre?"

The county lieutenant nodded, "He was like a madman, chopping anyone he saw, as if he was trying to intimidate them."

County Magistrate: "Deterrence doesn't mean we should kill all the victims, right?"

County Lieutenant: "And from what I've seen, they seem to be driving the victims in one direction."

"...where?"

The county lieutenant shook his head and said, "I didn't follow them. I came back quickly to warn you."

No matter how thick-skinned the county magistrate was, he felt something was wrong.

Besides, he is not a fool.

He submitted at least eight memorials to the court.

In addition, there was not a single reply to the letters he sent to his father-in-law.

If no one interferes, it would be impossible.

But the county magistrate thought about it and couldn't figure out who was trying to trip him up, especially in such a big matter.

What a fool.

That's why he spread the news that he sent his personal soldiers to take the two victims to the capital in order to lure out the people in the dark.

He originally thought that even if the people in the dark wanted to take revenge, they would only take revenge on him.

But I didn't expect that they would directly reach out to the victims, and in that form.

The county magistrate was so anxious that he was jumping up and down. These days, he received news from the victims from time to time.

Knowing that the victims were in a very stable mood, some diligent ones even started using local materials to make small items such as bamboo baskets, combs, etc., waiting to sell them later.

In the past two days, the victims have been tightening their belts and eating porridge because they realized that there was a shortage of relief food.

Try to drink less and maintain a half-dead state.

All of this was reported to him in detail by his subordinates. At that moment, he didn't know what to feel.

I just felt very sour and swollen, as if I saw a group of simple and honest people trying hard to overcome the difficulties in their own way.

But now, this group of simple people are being killed by bandits who suddenly appear.