The frail official was pushed by the old lady and stumbled to the side twice, almost falling down.
"Bold and unruly people!!"
After the officer steadied himself with the help of his companions, he shouted angrily at the old lady's back.
They are flattered wherever they go wearing these clothes. When have they ever encountered such daring and unruly people?
In the past, they would have just drawn their swords and chopped off her head.
Those who commit rebellion and speak rudely should be punished by death.
Another officer stretched his neck and glanced in the direction where the old lady was running.
"Look, many people are heading outside the old city gate. They must be going to tidy up the expanded area."
Thinking of the food that the people distributed after finishing their work, he swallowed unconsciously.
"Let's go and take a look. Who doesn't know how to pull weeds?"
The leading officer gritted his teeth in anger and said, "If all else fails, reveal your identity and force me to surrender."
They had revealed their identities at the city gate when they came, and they didn't believe that Magistrate Deng didn't know.
It was obvious that Magistrate Deng was pretending not to know they were coming.
But Lord Qu refused to go directly to the prefectural yamen and insisted on going on an incognito visit, which was really troublesome.
A dozen officers followed the people and rushed towards the expanded area.
When they arrived, the people who had already been divided into groups had already started working.
A row of stoves were temporarily built around where the people were working.
Something was cooking in the pot on the stove, and smoke was rising.
When you get closer and smell it, the air is filled with the tempting aroma of rice.
The officers looked around and walked over to the woman who was suspected to be the head cook.
"Auntie, what's cooking in this pot!?"
The cook holding a large iron spoon turned around and glanced at the officials, "Rice porridge."
Yesterday, the yamen runner suddenly asked her to call out what she was eating when she started eating, saying that it was for the imperial envoy who was secretly investigating on the road to hear.
Judging from the way these people were dressed, they should be the group of secret imperial envoys who passed by yesterday.
That's really funny.
As the people's lives improved, these officials from the capital came to conduct secret investigations.
Why didn’t these officials come to investigate secretly when they had no food to eat before?
It's really like eating the radish and worrying about it.
Now the people of Qianhuang City hate every official from outside equally.
They don't want anyone to destroy their happy life.
Following Emperor Tianwu, they had to eat coarse food every day and had no idea where to start.
Ever since following King Qianhuang, I have had a full meal and meat to eat every day. My life is so good.
The cook's rude attitude almost broke the officers' back teeth.
Damn it.
The people of Qianhuang City are all so arrogant.
It really pissed them off.
The officers pulled the corners of their lips together, their smiles very forced.
"Can I see what kind of rice porridge it is?"
A strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake, they endure it!!!
The cook glanced at a few people indifferently, picked up the big iron spoon in her hand and hooked it onto the lid of the pot.
The moment the lid of the pot was opened, a fragrant smell of rice rushed to the faces of the officials, and it was so delicious that they almost drooled.
The officer looked at the thick rice porridge made from fine rice in the pot and his eyes almost popped out of his head in shock.
When they passed by yesterday, they saw that the people were eating this kind of white rice porridge.
They just thought it was a show for them.
But today these people didn't know they would come.
The officers licked their lips, glanced at the row of steaming pots in shock, and asked in disbelief,
"Are all these pots filled with this kind of rice porridge?!"
"Of course." The cook looked at the officers proudly.
The officers widened their eyes in shock and looked at each other, their eyes full of disbelief.
This is fucking huge.
Where did Magistrate Deng get so much fine rice to feed these people?
Since the capital city suffered a divine punishment, only families with deep-rooted wealth can still eat refined rice, while other families have no refined rice to eat.
Ordinary people in the capital who had refined rice also sold it as soon as possible.
One pound of refined rice can be exchanged for 50 pounds of coarse grains. The price is ridiculously high. Who can resist selling it?
It had been a long time since these officials had eaten such fine, snow-white rice.
The officers took a deep breath and suppressed their shock.
At this moment, their stomachs started to growl one after another.
"Gurgle~Gurgle~~"
The officers pulled their lips awkwardly and looked at the cook with a smile.
"Give us a bowl of this rice porridge and let us try it."
The cook was startled, raised her eyelids and glanced at a few people.
"That won't do. These are for the working people to eat."
If you don't work, why should you eat for free?
The old lady said that these meals must be distributed to the people who work, and no one is allowed to embezzle them or give more to acquaintances privately.
If you find it, you don’t have to cook anymore.
She absolutely cannot lose such a good job.
If she lost this job, she would be too ashamed to face anyone in the village.
Ever since she got this job, her husband's family has been very nice to her. Whenever she comes home, someone brings her footbath water, and her husband even massages her shoulders.
This job made her stand taller in her husband's family. She spoke louder and her parents-in-law would discuss everything with her. She was the head of the family.
The officers said, “….”
How can this old woman be so tactless?
Didn’t you see the official uniforms they were wearing?
Even if they are not officials from Qianhuang City, they are still officials.
The officials of Bailong City are so unpopular.
The cook looked at the increasingly gloomy faces of the few people, quickly turned her back, and stared at the big iron pot with pursed lips.
Out of sight, out of mind.
No matter where you are from, as long as you are not an official of Qianhuang City, you can't control her.
Besides, all these cooks are under the old lady's management.
Who is the old lady? She is the biological mother of King Qianhuang. No one in Qianhuang City is more important than the old lady.
Thinking of this, the cook's originally uneasy heart instantly became extremely calm.
The officers looked at the cook with her back to them and were so angry that they wanted to draw their swords and kill her.
However, they only dared to think about it in their minds.
Didn’t you see that a whole row of cooks were staring at them warily?
They seemed to be ready to hit them with the big iron spoons in their hands if they dared to make a move.
It would be so embarrassing if word got out that he was chased and beaten by the cooks just for a bite of food.
The chief officer took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said to the cook in a gentle voice,
"Brothers, we are here to experience the local people's work. We will do the same as them."
"This is all from Magistrate Liu. He wants us to feel the hardship of the people of Qianhuang City."
The cook listened to the official's words and turned to look at them in confusion.
"Are you here to work?!"
What do these officials want to do?
Look at that pale little face, it doesn’t look like it can work.
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