The man jumped off his horse at the city gate and shouted, "The last group of grain carts will be here in a quarter of an hour."
"Drum and gong team, beat your music! Suona players, play your music!" the old man ordered excitedly.
"Have all the grain trucks from the counties arrived? Arrange for them to take them away today. Disaster relief is like fighting a fire, and everyone is anxious!"
"Look, those ox carts and horse carriages parked on the road are all grain delivery vehicles from our counties. Mr. Zhou, we prepared them three days in advance."
As they were talking, a sedan chair arrived.
The sedan door opened and a middle-aged man in his forties came down. Everyone saluted him. It turned out that this was Hua County Magistrate of Jingshan County.
Magistrate Hua: "Mr. Zhou, have all the grain teams arrived?"
Zhou Qi said excitedly: "Just wait another quarter of an hour and they will all be there."
Magistrate Hua immediately said to the people around him, "Fellow villagers, wait until Prince Xi's grain team arrives, and light up all the firecrackers."
Outside the city gate, amidst the billowing smoke and dust, a team of grain transport carts came out in a mighty procession.
The cart was full of rice bags. The horse's head was bouncing up and down, its four hooves were pounding the dirt road vigorously, and the saddle was pressing deep indentations on its back.
"Here they come, Prince Xi's grain carts have all arrived!"
"Quick, knock and blow!"
Woo-hoo-hoo! Woo-hoo-hoo!
Dongdongclang, Dongdongclang~
The crowd is excited!
Xie Xiangxiang straightened her back, and as she looked at the long convoy of grain transport vehicles, her heart finally settled down.
She whispered to Xisi, "Go, arrange for the counties to prepare for lighting lanterns."
Those Kongming lanterns were covered with slogans praising King Xi. The words were all given by Wang Zhen. The guards of the palace went to various counties in advance and had already made all the arrangements.
The grain truck is approaching!
When the grain truck entered the 3,000-meter radius, Xie Yanyan immediately scanned the rice bags on the truck. They were indeed all seeds.
Wow, these are all the grain carts of the Western Rong and Northern Di merchants, right?
Without hiding the fact, Governor He was certain that Prince Xi would succeed in his bid for the throne?
Come here~ She transferred all the food into the space in an instant.
What's in the bags on the grain truck?
Bran! If there is not enough chaff, use straw.
"Xiao Mei, exchange for 30,000 shi of rice bran."
[30,000 shi of bran, exchange successful]
The horse, which was originally exhausted and sweating, suddenly felt extremely relaxed and even ran very fast with a whirring sound.
As the carriage arrived at the city gate, the people waiting at the gate became more excited and shouted "Long live King Xi".
Xie Xiangxiang had a satisfied smile on her face behind the veil.
The guards of Prince Xi's mansion and Rong Youyan only regretted that their prince did not see the scene.
Amid the sound of gongs and drums, Magistrate Hua personally greeted the escort team, served them cold tea, and welcomed them to rest at the post station.
Xie Xiangxiang walked to the grain cart and once again promoted the love that King Xi had for the people. She said in a very dignified manner: "After everyone has distributed the grain, we will release blessing lanterns at night, praying that the people will get through the difficult times smoothly. King Xi's Palace will always be with you."
The people once again shouted "Long live King Xi".
An impatient voice came from the crowd: "Can we distribute the food now? We have been waiting for three days."
Zhou Qi said no more and shouted, "Fire the cannons and collect the food."
The sound of firecrackers exploding was so deafening that more and more people gathered on the street.
There is food and seeds.
After the firecrackers were set off, Magistrate Hua announced loudly: "Begin distributing grain!"
Outsiders are guests, so Zhou Qi and Magistrate Hua decided to split into two groups: one group to pick up goods for the neighboring county, and the other group to pick up goods for the local people.
This is not the grain allocated by the imperial court, but a gift from King Xi to the people out of love. So it will not be stored in the granary, but distributed on the street.
Zhou Qi has already sent 20 accountants, and the county government has recruited 200 temporary workers to help distribute grain.
only--
"Huh? Why is it so light?"
"No, it's too soft."
The temporary worker searched several pockets again, but nothing was right.
After turning over the grain bags on five or six carts in a row, the bailiff could no longer bear it, so he went to Magistrate Hua and whispered a few words in his ear.
Magistrate Hua's eyes widened. He took a few quick steps to the front of the carriage, reached out and picked up the bag, and was stunned.
Zhou Qi was extremely excited. Seeing the suddenly abnormal expressions of Magistrate Hua and the yamen runners, he immediately came over and asked, "Master Hua, is there a problem?"
"Mr. Zhou, please give me some advice."
Zhou Qi is already over 50 years old. Under normal circumstances, he cannot lift the bags of military rations.
However, he lifted the bag with ease.
Zhou Qi is one of the three elders in the county and the most prestigious old man in the county. He is highly respected and would not pretend at all.
Without saying a word, he untied the grain bag and reached into the bag to take out the things inside.
I grasped a handful and understood immediately.
He threw the open bag casually on the ground and went to pull the other bags.
The bag was opened, and the chaff immediately flowed all over the ground.
The bailiff from the next county came over and touched it, and was horrified. He shouted, "Oh, it's chaff, not wheat seeds. It's not any seeds, it's all chaff!"
Soon, all the bags were opened.
All of them are bran, grain bran, rice bran, wheat bran, millet bran...
Zhou Qi laughed out of anger: "Haha, it's really hard for King Xi to collect so much bran! My prince is so amazing that he actually sent 160,000 stones of bran to the people in the disaster-stricken areas in the northwest!!"
From now on, don’t call yourself King Xi, call yourself King Kang!!!
The county magistrates, county chancellors, county elders, township elders... and the common people present fell into a strange silence.
Xie Xiangxiang and Xisi's minds went blank.
They opened the bags one by one, and there was chaff, all of it!
Xie Xiangxiang said to Xisi: "Stop it quickly, don't open it again!"
"Madam Xiang, we have been deceived by Governor He. He is from Yushanhe. No, he must be the prince's man!"
Xie Xiangxiang suddenly thought of Zhou Qi, and immediately ran over and said anxiously: "Mr. Zhou, you are Mr. Wang's best friend, you have to help Mr. Wang..."
Zhou Qi was furious: "Shameless Xi Wangfu, how dare you tease the people? We suffered a natural disaster, and you didn't save us, but you teased us and want me to cover up for you? Don't even think about it!!"
"My fellow villagers, I'm sorry, I'm old and blind, and I misjudged you..."
"Kick out these frauds who are cheating the world and stealing reputations."
Zhou Qi's hands were shaking and he was so angry that he saw stars. People from more than a dozen counties stood at the city gate, looking at the stars and the moon, waiting for three whole days, only to see a mountain of bran.
Xie Xiangxiang argued loudly: "Mr. Zhou, listen to me, we really did go to buy wheat seeds. We spent all our money to exchange them for silver and grain from the Beidi caravan."
It would have been fine if she hadn't said this. Once she said this, Zhou Qi became even more angry: "Exchange with Beidi? Beidi has always been eyeing my Great Qin covetously, and you exchange food with them? My God, the wise king in folk legends, so this is the case..."
Someone burst into tears, and then there was a chorus of crying. Someone shouted, "Kill them!"
Everyone reacted in the same way. They were as excited and happy just now as they were now angry and desperate. Shouts of killing rose one after another, and surged towards Xie Xiangxiang and the palace guards like a tide.
"Kill them."
“Kill them”
Xi Si yelled "Not good", picked up Xie Xiangxiang and ran out of the city frantically, and the other guards of Prince Xi's mansion also tried their best to escape...
Zhou Shaoyu watched with great interest, pulled a half-grown child over from his side, stuffed an envelope into his hand, and said, "Little brother, hand this letter to Magistrate Hua, and don't tell him it's from me. I'll give you the 10 big coins as a reward."
Xie Yanyan added another steamed bun.
The kid grabbed 10 big coins and the white steamed buns, and immediately squeezed in front of Magistrate Hua and stuffed the letter into his hand: "Mr. Magistrate, someone asked me to give you this letter."
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