Prefect Liu curled his lips and smiled, "If the food and drink are good, how could I bear to leave?"
He wanted to let the imperial envoy see that more than ten days ago, the people wanted to eat these but couldn't get them yet.
"That's right." Zhao Tongpan nodded. "The Imperial Envoy has already left. So should we still go to Qianhuang City to fetch water as usual?"
"Of course." Prefect Liu looked at the convoy going farther and farther away, with a slight smile on his face.
"Have the carpenters built all the custom barrels?"
"It's almost done. We should be able to finish it all tonight and trigger it early tomorrow morning."
Prefect Liu nodded, "That just happens to be the wrong direction for the Imperial Envoy's motorcade."
It was half a day and a night late. I guess the imperial envoy would not travel at night, so it was half a day late.
After half a day, it was still a little dangerous. Prefect Liu frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Zhao Tongpan and gave him a warning.
"You will set off tomorrow morning. Don't go too fast, or you won't be spotted by the imperial envoy's convoy."
"Okay." Zhao Tongpan responded, thinking of the few people still in prison.
"By the way, what should Master Lu and the others do?"
We can't keep Master Lu locked up forever.
He is now very curious about whether Master Lu was bribed by King Qianhuang or not.
What he was sure of was that Master Lu was hiding something from them.
It was obvious that these people were being pampered with good food and drink in Qianhuang City, and they didn't look like they were enduring any hardship at all.
Do you really think you can get away with it by just hurrying on the road and looking disheveled?
Master Lu really miscalculated.
Because he led thousands of people to run back and forth from Qianhuang City twice, and when they came back, they were even dirtier than Master Lu and his men.
After all, their people still had to work hard to carry so much water, and it was not as easy as Master Lu and his men.
Prefect Liu was slightly startled, then chuckled softly.
"Lock him up for a few days first, and then see what nonsense Master Lu can come out of his mouth."
He was very curious. Did King Qianhuang bribe Master Lu and let this guy stay by his side to monitor him?
As for what Master Lu said about reporting King Qianhuang, could it be that King Qianhuang was testing him?
But right now he didn't have time to test the waters with Master Lu. The important thing now was to get the salt out and distribute the grain to the people.
.......
"grown ups!"
The creaking and swaying carriage suddenly stopped. The officials looked at the magnificent city wall that suddenly appeared in shock, and hurriedly knocked on the carriage to report.
"What's the matter?!" Qu Yutang's hoarse voice came from the carriage.
It was a mistake. He rushed out of Bailong City and forgot to drink water. He was thirsty along the way.
When he thought about having no water to drink even after arriving at Fire Extinguishing City, he felt so upset that he wanted to turn back.
"Sir, the wall of Fire Extinguishing City appears ahead."
".....So fast!?" Qu Yutang's shocked voice came from the carriage.
Only then did he remember that the wall of Fire Extinguishing City had expanded thirty miles towards White Dragon City.
We walked thirty miles less and arrived at the Fire Extinguishing City much faster.
"No problem, keep going."
"But, sir, the city wall..."
"What's wrong with the city wall!?" Qu Yutang opened the carriage door in confusion and glanced forward.
When the officer saw Qu Yutang get out of the carriage, he said nothing and looked directly at the city wall in the distance.
They all wondered if they were hallucinating. How could the city wall be built so well?
From a distance, those blue bricks appear to be all the same size, stacked together in an orderly fashion, which is particularly pleasing to the eye.
At this time, Qu Yutang was completely dumbfounded.
What the hell is that brand new tall city wall not far away! ! ?
From the time Magistrate Liu sent the letter to the capital, to the time he came to inspect, it took only a little over a month, and the city wall was already built! ! ?
Could this be something a human would do?
The city wall in front of us looks taller than the city wall of the capital, and the city gate tower has five floors.
The city gate tower alone can accommodate thousands of soldiers.
Qu Yutang rubbed his eyes in disbelief, feeling that everything before him was so unreal.
They might have been dazzled by the scorching sun and were hallucinating.
However, no matter how many times he rubbed his eyes, the towering city wall before him still existed.
"Then...what's written on it!?!"
Qu Yutang looked at the three words on the city gate tower and his heart trembled suddenly.
The literate official replied timidly, "Your Excellency, it is ---- Qianhuang City."
Qu Yutang, "!!!!"
This is clearly supposed to be the Fire Extinguishing City.
Even if the city wall is expanded, it should be Fire Extinguishing City, not Qianhuang City.
What on earth does the Fire Extinguishing City's governor want to do?!?
How dare you do such a heinous thing? Are you trying to rebel?
General Zhong just allowed Prefect Deng to act like this!?
Or was this something the two of them did together?
No wonder Fire Extinguishing City has been unable to pay taxes for years. It turns out that Governor Deng has enriched himself and is planning to enclose land and become king, so he is finding excuses not to pay taxes.
If it weren't for so much money and grain support, how could Magistrate Deng dare to expand the city wall and change the city name without authorization during such a severe drought.
It must be that Magistrate Deng saved up enough money and grain, and took advantage of the drought that was raging throughout the Great Celestial Empire and the imperial court had no time to take care of it, and quietly occupied the mountains and became the king, or rather, the king of Champa.
The more Qu Yutang thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, and he became more and more panicked.
If Magistrate Deng really rebelled with General Zhong, then if he entered the Fire Extinguishing City, would he be able to get out alive?
As he thought about it, beads of sweat appeared on Qu Yutang's forehead.
In the hot summer, he actually felt cold all over.
The officials and Qu Yutang stared blankly at the city wall, and no one said a word for a long time.
The fact that the city wall was built so perfectly in such a short time shows how powerful Governor Deng is.
This was a long-planned rebellion.
Qu Yutang lowered his eyelids tremblingly and glanced at the officials who were standing around the carriage in a daze.
He only brought a hundred officials with him on this trip.
Originally, such a small group of people had nothing to fear from going to any city. After all, once the title of the imperial envoy was announced, local officials would come to pay homage and welcome him, and no one would openly oppose the imperial envoy.
So he didn't feel that he had brought too few people on this trip.
But at this moment, he just felt that the number of people he brought was too few, so few that he didn't even have the courage to step into the Fire Extinguishing City.
They always felt that the brand new city wall in front of them was a huge abyss. As long as they entered, they would be swallowed up instantly, without even a bone left.
The mountains here are high and the emperor is far away. By the time the reinforcements arrive, the grass on his grave will probably be two meters high.
Qu Yutang took a deep breath, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and licked his cracked lips nervously.
"Sir, the city gate seems to be open."
An officer with better eyesight stretched his neck, squinted his eyes and observed carefully, then reported to Qu Yutang.
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