In a year of natural disasters, the young woman had billions of resources to build a paradise.

Magistrate Ye's lips twitched; he wished he could slap him across the face.

"You father and son, disregarding the safety of the entire county, I'm here today to take your dog lives!"

Ignoring their little tricks, Jiang Mianmian conjured a long whip out of thin air.

He raised his hand and slapped Magistrate Ye several times.

"Ah! Spare me, fairy, spare me!"

With the appearance of an immortal in front and the ability to conjure objects out of thin air behind, what else could this be but a fairy?

Magistrate Ye was so frightened that he begged for mercy repeatedly, "I'll open the city gates right now, please spare my life, fairy!"

Seeing his true intentions, Jiang Mianmian stopped whipping the whip. "First, open the city gates and let the people pass through the city freely."

"Yes, yes, yes." Magistrate Ye nodded repeatedly.

"Second, we must ensure that all the people of Fengshui County are evacuated to the east."

"Yes...what?"

Magistrate Ye exclaimed in alarm, "The entire Fengshui County, 100,000 people, are to be evacuated eastward?"

"Several villages to the west have already been destroyed. If it weren't for the low-lying terrain of Tupo Village, the floodwaters would have reached the county seat long ago. The torrential rain is still pouring down. How long do you think the villages on the north and south sides can hold out?"

Jiang Mianmian looked at him coldly, "Are you going to wait until tens of thousands of people drown before you leave?

"But with so many people leaving, won't Fengshui County become a ghost town?"

Magistrate Ye was reluctant to give up his position as magistrate.

This cost him a lot of money!

"Snapped!"

Jiang Mianmian lashed out with her whip, "An empty city is better than a dead city! If you don't want to do it, there are plenty of others who are!"

"I'll do it! I'll do it!"

Ye Hansheng rushed over and shielded Magistrate Ye behind him, saying, "My father is old and doesn't have many years left. Fairy, please have mercy and don't really kill him. I will make up for the mistakes he made."

Jiang Mianmian sized him up a few times. Listening to what he had just said to Magistrate Ye, he seemed to understand things better than his father. "Ten thousand people, withdraw all of them to the east within two days, can you do it?"

"I can do it! I have a way!"

Ye Hansheng was about to explain further when Jiang Mianmian interrupted him, saying, "You do it yourself. If you fail, I'll come back and take both your lives."

"Row."

Ye Hansheng patted his chest and assured him.

Jiang Mianmian nodded slightly and continued, "Third, open the granaries and give each person who retreated eastward twenty catties of grain. How much grain is stored in the city's Ever-Normal Granary?"

Ye Hansheng was unaware of this, and he looked at his father.

"If we distribute 20,000 shi (a unit of dry measure) like this, I'm afraid there won't be much grain left."

Magistrate Ye is not only feeling the pain in his pocket, but also the pain in his heart!

"Distribute as I say, and store the rest separately. I have my own arrangements."

The Changping Granary in Fengshui County was mainly used to regulate grain prices, and she initially planned to distribute it all. One shi (石) is two hundred jin (斤), and ten thousand shi would be enough for one hundred thousand people, with a considerable amount left over, which could be stored in the warehouse first.

This is roughly in line with her previous estimates. If she can also secure the grain reserves in the northern part of the city, she will be much more secure.

Having set the terms, Jiang Mianmian said no more. "You two go and do it immediately. I need to see results in half an hour, or I will send you to the underworld."

She gave a cold laugh and slipped into the warehouse.

"It's gone! It's disappeared!"

Magistrate Ye collapsed to the ground, tears welling in his eyes. "What sins have I committed! Is it so hard to just be a peaceful official?"

"Father, hurry and apply the medicine. I'll quickly find someone to spread the word and distribute food!"

Ye Hansheng broke out in a cold sweat. How come this fairy is different from the one in the storybook?

She's incredibly beautiful, but she's always whipping him and threatening to kill him—it's terrifying! But she's truly a fairy; she arranged everything perfectly, and her scolding and beatings weren't wrong. His father just deserved a beating!

Now it's all good, saving him the trouble of persuading his father!

The two quickly got to work.

Jiang Mianmian quickly changed into a neat outfit in the space.

After coming out, I couldn't help but sigh, it really makes things so much easier to have someone run errands for you!

She began to focus on collecting.

Anyway, they can't take the large items with them. Fortunately, the warehouse is very smart. As long as new supplies enter, the old supplies will automatically expand and squeeze outwards, leaving a small path for vehicles to pass through.

The supplies here are plentiful, but the Jiang and Li families have nothing.

Before the refugees from Lijia Village even entered the city, Old Lady Li and her companions followed the Jiang family closely, hoping to find an opportunity to break open the four large boxes, or even carry two of them away.

The Jiang family was unwilling to give up, and the two families remained deadlocked.

Jiang Jiman, feigning concern, guessed, "Uncle has always been a gambler, could he have gone to a gambling den?"

"You sent him back to the gambling den? What a heartless family!"

Old Mrs. Li grabbed Li Shi, "Come on, you come with me to the gambling den to find your brother. Second son, you stay with the Jiang family!"

They took one 'hostage' and left one 'to monitor' the situation.

She refused to believe that the Jiang family could escape.

Jiang Chuan suppressed his anger, "Mother, we really didn't do anything to Li Mu, it must be that wretched girl Jiang Mianmian..."

"Alright, I won't believe a single word you say!"

Old Mrs. Li was worried about her son, so she dragged Li Shi towards the gambling den.

Old Man Li and Grandpa Li followed.

Upon arriving at the gambling den and inquiring, we found that the person was indeed there!

Old Mrs. Li couldn't be defiant at all when facing the detainees. She said a lot of nice things, and in the end, she gave them all the one or two taels of silver she had with her before she could even see them.

Li Mu was beaten until he was barely alive. When he saw Old Lady Li, he cried, "Mother, save me! They're going to sell me!"

She only said half of what she wanted to say before refusing to continue and just started sobbing.

"Son!"

Old Mrs. Li nearly fainted, and slapped Li Shi across the face. "It's all your fault, you good-for-nothing! Go, bring out all the money from your Jiang family, you must redeem your brother!"

She trembled as she cupped Li Mu's face in her hands, "My son, how much do you owe?"

"Twenty taels."

Li Mu gets angry just thinking about it, but what can he do when the gambling den raises prices on the spot?

He dared not hate Jiang Mianmian, so he glared fiercely at Li Shi, "You are my sister. If you don't take care of me, I will haunt you even when I become a ghost!"

Li sobbed, "Where would I get so much money! You...you might as well force me to my death!"

"No? You had a way twelve years ago, you'll definitely have a way this time too!"

Li Mu's eyes were filled with malice. "If it weren't for you, how would I have gotten involved in gambling?"

"It was clearly you who came to beg me!"

Mrs. Li was astonished. "How can you blame me?"

She couldn't believe that her younger brother, whom she had doted on for over ten years, would blame her so indiscriminately!

However, it wasn't just Li Mu who thought this way. Old Man Li also spoke up unhappily, "He had just started gambling back then. If you had told the family openly, and they had kept an eye on him, how could he have turned out like this? You had to keep it a secret for him! Otherwise, how could he have gambled more and more? This matter is settled. Go back and find Jiang Chuan. You must scrape together twenty taels no matter what."

Li's hands trembled beneath her sleeves as she responded in a low voice.

Then he asked, "Little brother, do you know where Ranran went? And what exactly happened between you two? Why was that brat Jiang Mianmian sent you back?"