In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

The county magistrate's voice fell.

The soldiers standing inside the city gate looked at each other.

All stood still.

What a joke!

Those who took the city gate were all heavily armored infantry!

Not to mention the difference in their equipment, even in terms of numbers, they don't have much advantage.

Two hundred to fifty, the advantage is not on their side, and the other side is the guards of the Prince's Mansion. If a conflict really occurs, no matter who gets injured, they will be the ones who suffer.

The county magistrate would not, and would not dare, offend the prince for them.

Unless he had a stroke, he would not help the county magistrate to expel the prince's guards.

County Magistrate Wang Donglai, who was standing outside the city, felt furious when he saw the indifferent county soldiers.

Cursed:

"Don't forget who pays you!"

"Now that we need you, why are you all hiding behind like turtles?"

"Be careful or I'll kick you all out of the county army and turn you into refugees!"

The county soldiers listened to the threats from the county magistrate Wang Donglai.

Everyone's face turned embarrassed.

Finally, someone couldn't help but stand up and yell:

"Who pays our salaries? The court! Not you!"

"Kick? Then just kick him out! Serving as a county soldier only pays two taels of silver a month. With the current price of grain, two taels of silver can't even support myself!"

"Our county is the largest grain transfer station in Pingyuan County, so why is aged corn still selling for 60 wen per pound? A dog could do a better job than you, County Magistrate!"

The resentment erupted from the county soldier immediately resonated with everyone!

It would be fine if the county soldiers agreed.

But those refugees actually joined in and were ready to beat him up.

The county magistrate was so frightened that he screamed repeatedly.

He tried several times to bend down and lower his head to pass under the heavily armored infantry.

But he found that no matter how he twisted his body, the swords of the heavily armored infantrymen could be accurately placed on his neck.

Later on, those heavily armored infantrymen simply stopped pretending!

The weapon was directly placed on the neck of County Magistrate Wang Donglai.

Feeling the chill brought by the sharp blade, Wang Donglai raised his hands slightly and stood still.

Don't dare to move.

I'm afraid that the other party will accidentally chop off my head.

"No, don't joke." Wang Dong said, swallowing nervously.

"I am an official appointed by the imperial court. Even the princess wouldn't dare to protect you if I killed an official appointed by the imperial court in public."

"There's no need to risk your life for me..."

As he spoke, he retreated cautiously.

After almost leaving the blade's coverage, he breathed a sigh of relief while still trying to persuade and persuade:

"You still have a bright future..."

Seeing that he had safely escaped from the blade, Wang Donglai reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The general's robe was soaked through.

Behind him, a group of angry refugees surrounded him.

Everyone's eyes were filled with the desire to skin him alive!

But when they thought of the words the prince left when he went in, they suppressed their restlessness.

I can’t let my whole family go without porridge just because of a corrupt official.

......

Inside the city.

After Shen Qian and the villagers of Wangjia Village found out the location, they went straight to the Supervisory Office!

Outside the Supervisory Department.

The young eunuchs looked at the carriage parked at the door and looked at each other in confusion.

"Who is this noble person, coming outside my Supervisory Department?"

"What kind of noble person could Ziyun County possibly have? The highest ranking person is no more than the County Magistrate, Wang Donglai... But then again, looking at the specifications of this carriage, how could it be of the rank of a county prince?"

"A prince came to our place? But don't those princes hate people like us? How did they find this place?"

"..."

Countless questions arose in their minds.

In the carriage, Shen Qian stretched out her hand, handed out a silver token from the window, and handed it to a scout.

The scout took the token and went directly into the Supervisory Office.

The eunuchs from the Supervisory Office were still sitting lazily there, with no intention of welcoming them.

But the moment they saw the silver token, they all jumped up from their seats.

Go straight to scout Shen Qian.

After a careful look, they all knelt on one knee:

"Welcome, Mr. Inspector!"

Listening to their shouts, Shen Qian in the carriage felt nothing in her heart.

She'd already been through it once.

The token that the father-in-law gave me is really useful.

"My master wants to meet the person in charge here in front of the carriage for a chat." The scout held the silver-white token in both hands, spoke to several eunuchs, and made a gesture of invitation.

Upon seeing this, the eunuch in charge of the place hurried to the front of the carriage and bowed to the person inside.

"I am Lin Shisan, the Chief of Staff of the Supervisory Department! I am honored to meet you, the Inspector General!"

"No need to be so polite." Shen Qian's elegant voice came from the carriage.

This shocked Lin Shisan.

woman!

He had never heard of a female inspector.

I guess it’s the newly appointed Inspector General Liang?

Thinking of this, he felt awe in his heart.

This new appointment shows that her grace is strong at this moment.

Any situation can be presented to General Manager Liang, and no one dares to be disrespectful.

"Where is the granary here?"

"Granary?" Lin Shisan was startled by the Inspector's question, but he quickly replied:

"In the south of the city, eighty large granaries were built there."

"Because of the special circumstances of Ziyun County, those granaries happen to be inspected by our Supervision Department."

"If the Inspector wishes to go to the granary..."

Having said that, he himself was frightened from the bottom of his heart.

No one knows better than him what is going on in the granary.

Eighty granaries...

"Take me there."

When Shen Qian's voice came out, Lin Shisan lowered his head and knelt down directly:

"My subordinate neglected his duty!"

"Please punish me, Lord Inspector!"

Shen Qian, who was in the carriage, listened to the apologies coming from outside and felt nothing.

There is no granary that is not empty.

I'm not a real inspector, so there's no need to dwell on the deficit.

Thinking about it, Shen Qian said:

"Get up."

"Just take me directly to the granary."

"If you pursue it, you will be dealt with leniently."

Shen Qian's words gave Lin Shisan a direct dose of sedative.

Stand up and walk in front of the team.

Lead the team.

Soon, a large group of more than a thousand people gathered outside the granary in the south of the city.

Shen Qian stuck her head out of the carriage and looked at the huge round granaries, each five meters high, standing neatly in a row.

He thought to himself: If all these granaries were filled with food, the 400,000 barbarian troops would have enough food to eat for a while!

I just don’t know how much the deficit is.

Just as he was thinking about it, a eunuch from the Supervisory Department saw Lin Shisan coming and showed a happy look on his face:

"Master Si Li!"

"Are you here with a new buyer?"

Faced with the young eunuch's question, Lin Shisan's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Although the inspector in the carriage said that I should be treated leniently, you can't really push me into the fire!

Thinking of this, he winked at the young eunuch repeatedly.

The young eunuch was shocked when he saw Lin Shisan's increasingly embarrassed expression.

Looking towards the carriage where Shen Qian was.

Knowing how to read people's expressions, he immediately stepped aside.

Lin Shisan explained to Shen Qian:

"I did sell some of the grain from the granary, but the bulk of it went to the county magistrate."

"It's okay!" Shen Qian's voice came from the carriage, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or angry.

Lin Shisan felt more and more uneasy.

"Take people to check the situation in the granary." Shen Qian ordered the scout beside her.

Seeing this, the scout rode his horse towards the granary.

When the eunuchs saw that the eunuch in charge of ceremonies was so respectful to the person in the carriage and called himself his subordinate, they dared not act rashly and let the person in honestly.

One granary after another was opened.

After the scouts checked, they all shook their heads. The place was so clean that even mice would cry.

We continued to patrol towards the back until we found the food in the last row of eight granaries!

Of the eighty granaries, seventy-two were completely empty!

Of the remaining eight granaries, only four are full!