Chapter 1724 Follow-up
The official document was sent to the town two days ago. If the rice seeds cannot be delivered on time, it may cause unrest.
Let’s send out this half first and find a way to deal with the rest later.
After receiving the news, Shao Yunduan asked Sun Qian and Liu Shuli to continue transporting the rice seeds, and he felt slightly relieved.
That's good. At least half of the rice seeds will be delivered to Liangshan Town first, so it won't cause panic.
Although he was shocked and angry, and somewhat surprised, he was not too surprised.
This is not any other county capital, but a bandit's den.
What can't the bandits in the bandit den do? Now in this lean season, the bandit den is out of food, and it is not surprising that the bandits would set their sights on rice seeds.
However, this is enough for such a thing to happen once, and it must never be allowed to happen again.
It is better to send more people to escort, and make arrangements both overtly and covertly, and it is better to deliver them to the towns a little slower than to have any more problems.
He specifically asked Le Zheng Xiaoduo to prepare about 60,000 kilograms of rice seeds to make up for those that were robbed, which was barely enough.
But if something like this happens again, it will be more troublesome.
Shao Yunduan may have called a meeting of all the people in the state government to discuss and rearrange the time for the delivery of rice seeds, emphasizing that they must be delivered under the premise of ensuring safety. The delivery time was re-arranged.
Everyone knew that this matter was of great importance, so they all nodded in agreement, yet they were all nervous, treading on thin ice, and trembling with fear, for fear that the job would fall into their hands.
Although Lord Shao said that Liu Shuli was not to blame, he did not punish him for it.
However, this is what he seems to be thinking on the surface. Who knows what he is thinking in his heart?
I don't believe that he doesn't have any grudges in his heart.
I don’t know when I will be in trouble in the future…
Jia Heming privately asked to meet Shao Yunduan and reminded him implicitly that in the past two or three years, the three major bandit forces of Minjiazhai, Liuhebao and Hutouzhai had basically incorporated all the vagrant soldiers and brave men, and their power had become much stronger. Even the three major families did not dare to provoke them easily.
Spring and summer are the time when there is a shortage of food, so there must be not enough food on the mountain. Every year at this time, they would go down the mountain to collect protection fees. This year, perhaps the protection fees were not enough, so Hutouzhai went down the mountain to rob food.
Maybe Minjiazhai and Liuhebao also have the same idea...
Jia Heming gave long-winded and obscure hints, trying to make Shao Yunduan understand that in the past, the three major families took the lead and paid enough protection fees, but this year Lord Shao had an unpleasantness with the three major families, and it is likely that the three major families will not pay the protection fees to the government - this may sound a bit too absurd, but it is indeed the truth!
That's why the bandits would steal the rice seeds.
Therefore, if we want to transport the remaining rice seeds to various towns safely, we must be careful, because it is hard to say whether other bandits will target them...
Jia Heming was really worried about Lord Shao. He even couldn't help but suggest that he should give some money to buy his way through, at least to ensure safety.
But it was just a thought. He also hated those bandits so much that he hoped Lord Shao could strike a severe blow to their arrogance!
The only prerequisite is that Lord Shao must protect himself.
Don't go to this step. If something goes wrong with the seed and you end up with nothing, that would be a huge loss...
(End of this chapter)
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