Sang Jueqian looked at Wang Chen, but before he could say anything, Wang Chen changed his tone instantly.
"Boss, I was wrong. These are not the questions I should be asking."
Wang Chen said this and got up from the ground.
"Boss, since everything is ready, I'll go and handle the paperwork first! I'll try to finish it before tomorrow night.
If our store becomes a big hit tomorrow night, we'll probably have a lot of customers the day after tomorrow!"
The more Wang Chen spoke, the more excited he became, as if he had already seen the booming business.
Seeing him so excited and active, Sang Jueqian did not discourage him. He took him back to the grocery store and gave him all the materials he had prepared.
After Wang Chen took the things, he quickly left the grocery store and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Sang Jueqian smiled silently, feeling somewhat relieved.
She knew nothing about running an antique shop. Having a shopkeeper as professional and hardworking as Wang Chen, she could be at ease and be a hands-off shopkeeper.
Thinking this in his heart, Sang Jueqian turned his head and looked towards the scene in Xizhou.
Li Junyan was standing in front of the governor's mansion at this time, and Zhu Wuyou was standing beside Li Junyan.
In the open space outside the Governor's Mansion, countless people were standing there in a large crowd.
These people, regardless of gender, age or status, were all skinny.
Adults look like skeletons and children look like big-headed dolls.
These people looked numb and terrified. They were all panic-stricken, but dared not make any sound.
In the past, every time they were summoned to the governor's mansion, nothing good happened. They were either asked to pay money or grain.
But after three years of severe drought and repeated tax collection, they had nothing left!
Now calling them over again, are you really going to take their lives?
Everyone's eyes were filled with despair. When they looked at Zhu Wuyou, their eyes were filled with hatred and rage, and they wished they could tear Zhu Wuyou into pieces.
Zhu Wuyou was already used to being stared at by the people like this and was not afraid at all.
But when his gaze slowly rose and looked at the void in front of him, there was suddenly more fear and regret in his eyes.
Is the goddess also watching this scene?
Will you be disappointed in him?
When Zhu Wuyou thought of this possibility, he instantly became anxious.
Zhu Wuyou turned around and respectfully said to Li Junyan's luggage, "Your Highness, can we start now?"
Li Junyan's face showed no expression as he softly agreed, "Well, let's get started."
"yes!"
Zhu Wuyou stood up, took a few steps forward, and spoke loudly, "I called everyone here today just to tell you that starting today, the governor's office will open the granary to release grain and provide porridge for disaster relief.
Anyone in Xizhou City who couldn't afford to eat could go to the porridge stall to get porridge and pancakes for three meals a day.
In addition, spring plowing will officially begin tomorrow. All those who participate in the plowing will receive grain according to their labor. The more you work, the more you earn!
After he finished speaking, Zhu Wuyou felt refreshed and a smile appeared on his face. He was just waiting for these people to express their gratitude to him so that the goddess could see it.
But after waiting for a long time, not only did he not receive gratitude from the people, the whole scene became eerily quiet.
All the people looked at him with extremely defensive eyes, and even anger was brewing in their eyes.
Being stared at like this, Zhu Wuyou instantly became angry.
He had been the governor of Xizhou for four years, and he always kept his word and was feared by everyone. When had he ever been seen like this in public?
"What are you looking at? Don't you believe what I say?"
It would have been better if Zhu Wuyou didn't say anything. As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man spat at him fiercely.
"You bastard official! What tricks are you trying to pull? We've run out of food and money. If you want our lives, just take them directly. No need for all this nonsense!"
Another old man continued, "I've lived to such an old age, I've lived enough.
If you want to kill some people for your own pleasure, then kill me. I only ask that you spare my children and grandchildren."
"Dad, don't beg him! If we have to die, we'll die together! As long as he's in Xizhou, the rest of us will die sooner or later. Isn't dying early or late the same? What's the difference? I only regret that I haven't practiced martial arts, otherwise I would have killed this bastard official and buried him with him!"
Listening to what they said, Zhu Wuyou was dumbfounded and a little angry at the same time.
"What nonsense are you talking about! When did I ever want to kill you? How dare you slander me? I am innocent—"
"Bah!" An old woman rudely interrupted Zhu Wuyou. "You bastard official! You still dare to claim innocence? Ten days ago, you forced each of our families to pay ten kilograms of grain. If we didn't, you would take our children away and sell them! You gave you the last of our family's food rations. Isn't that forcing us to die?"
“Ten days ago they were forcing us to hand over grain, but now they are saying they want to provide porridge for disaster relief and start spring farming.
Giving us porridge is fake, the real purpose is to make us work ourselves to death in the fields, right?"
After hearing what these people said, Zhu Wuyou became completely panicked.
He was not afraid of what these people said, nor was he even afraid that Li Junyan would be angry. He was only afraid that the goddess would hate him from now on!
Zhu Wuyou fell to his knees with a thud, looking up at the sky. "Goddess, these were things I did when I was confused before. Now I have changed my ways!"
Looking at Zhu Wuyou's pious face, Sang Jueqian felt disgusted and wanted to slap him away.
Just by listening to the tearful accusations of those people, Sang Jueqian knew that there must be quite a few people who died because of Zhu Wuyou.
How can such a person have the qualifications to mend his ways?
Just as Sang Jueqian was about to speak, he heard Li Junyan say in an extremely cold voice, "Zhu Wuyou, if you dare to kneel again, I will never forgive you."
Qianqian would definitely be furious if she was knelt down by such a person.
Li Junyan thought to himself that he looked at Zhu Wuyou as if he was looking at a dead person.
Zhu Wuyou rolled and crawled to his feet, and immediately called for help, "What are you still standing there for? Where's the cooked porridge? Where's the pancakes? Hurry up and have someone bring them up!"
"You're so slow to do things. What does this governor want you to do? Hurry up and go!"
The servants of the governor's mansion nodded in agreement and hurried away.
Zhu Wuyou then turned to the people and said, "I have done many wrong things in the past, but please believe that I have completely changed my ways! I will never be the same again!
From now on, you will eat before me, and you will sleep before me.
Tomorrow's spring plowing, I will go to the fields with you, and everyone can supervise."
Zhu Wuyou then turned to Li Junyan and continued to address the crowd, "This is Prince Chen. You must have all heard of Prince Chen's name. He is impartial and selfless, and loves his people like his own children. With him supervising me, I dare not tell a single lie."
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