He is the heir apparent to the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Even without the crown and robes of a crown prince, his bearing is still impressive.
The prefect only raised his eyes once and didn't dare to look up again.
Xie Qing didn't ask them to get up. His voice was calm, and one couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry. "After entering the city, I checked everywhere. During such a natural disaster, there are still people who are occupying the water source and forcing the people to pay for drinking water. How do you explain it?"
The prefect was just thankful he had the yamen runners in their regular uniforms. Upon hearing this, he immediately said with frustration and anger, "There's nothing we can do about it. These hooligans are unreasonable. We're short-staffed at the yamen, and after seizing the well, we couldn't assign anyone to guard it. Just one oversight, and the well was taken back again."
"What's more, someone might poison the city. The city's water supply is in short supply, and I dare not take the risk. So I can only let those ruffians seize the water source. As long as the people have water to drink, that's fine."
Xie Qing lowered his eyes and looked at him, his eyes gradually becoming colder: "If you don't obey, just kill you. If one doesn't work, kill two. If two doesn't work, kill three. If you kill more, the people behind you will know what to do."
The prefect exclaimed, "How can you kill innocent people like this? They are my people! Besides, how can you truly win the support of the people with such brutality?"
"What's more, we don't have anyone guarding the well!" The prefect spread his hands, feeling helpless and heartbroken. "Your Highness, they are your people too. How can you be so careless about their lives?"
Xie Qing ignored him and looked at the governor: "The government office is short of manpower, so are the troops short of manpower too?"
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