Chapter 74: Opening the City Gates and Releasing Grain
Leader Qin's eyes blazed, one hand behind his back, the other on the hilt of his sword. He spoke with a stern voice, "Fellow villagers, the Xichuan County Magistrate has privately closed the city gates and refused to release grain to the granaries, treating the lives of the people as worthless. I have been ordered by a noble from the capital to bring the Xichuan County Magistrate here to give you an explanation. Later, we will open the city gates and the granaries. Please refrain from rioting. Anyone who stirs up trouble will be killed without mercy."
The refugees below only heard the words "open the granaries and release the grain" and immediately some cheered, some cried...
The city gates are finally going to be opened, and the granaries are finally going to be opened to release grain.
The refugees woke up from despair, feeling mixed emotions of sadness and joy, which moved the people on the city wall.
What is most touching is Murong Li's trip. In this bright and clear world, there are actually corrupt officials like the fat county magistrate who ignore the lives of the people.
"Kill that bastard official! It would be unjust if we didn't. For months, he watched us starve to death, and he did nothing..."
Someone among the refugees suddenly shouted loudly, his voice full of sorrow and helplessness...
After that cry, the refugees shouted together: "Kill that bastard official and avenge our dead relatives!"
"Kill that bastard official..."
"Kill that bastard official..."
The shouts of tens of thousands of people shook the sky.
Leader Qin turned around and glanced at Murong Li quietly, and Murong Li nodded at him almost imperceptibly.
Qin led the charge, carrying the fat magistrate, and walked forward a little so the refugees below could see him more clearly. He bowed and said, "The Xichuan magistrate has disregarded the lives of ordinary people and harbored evil intentions. He deserves death. Today, he will be executed on the spot to give everyone an explanation."
They have special identities, so it is not appropriate to say anything else. As long as the people can vent their anger and kill the culprit, it will be a good start.
In the eyes of the common people, the county magistrate is their parent official, and other county governors and the emperor are too far away from them in this remote place.
However, their superior officials abandoned them in the face of the disaster. How could they not be angry, disappointed and desperate?
All Murong Li had to do was kill the culprit, open the granaries to release grain, and resettle the refugees, and he would have won the hearts of the people of Xichuan.
Don't underestimate the power of these tens of thousands of refugees. What happened here was spread by word of mouth among them, and in less than a month, everyone in the entire Northwest County knew about it.
That will attract more people to join us.
This will inevitably attract the master behind the fat county magistrate.
Of course, that trouble is even bigger, but they will have trouble living in peace unless this big trouble in Northwest County is solved.
Murong Li's actions were like killing two birds with one stone. The person behind the scenes would surely get restless and would take action immediately. He was just waiting for that person to take action to see who was in control of the Northwest County, but he didn't know.
After saying this, Leader Qin drew out his back knife, raised his hand and chopped off the fat county magistrate's head with one blow.
"Great! The corrupt official is dead. We ordinary people are saved..."
"Well done! You are our benefactor, benefactor. We ordinary people thank you..."
When the common people saw that the fat county magistrate was really killed, both the common people on the city wall and the refugees below were grateful to Murong Li and his party, and they all knelt down and kowtowed.
"Your Excellency from the capital, you are a good official. You provide us with food and clothing... We ordinary people will always remember you..."
There were cries of grief and voices of gratitude.
Seeing this scene, Murong Li felt mixed emotions. This was the man who ruled the Xifeng Kingdom. They only focused their energy on that chair, staring at those who wanted to take it, and completely ignored the people's livelihood.
This is the sorrow of Xifeng Kingdom and the sorrow of Murong royal family. The kingdom that Murong Taizu conquered after going through countless hardships was riddled with holes by his descendants.
Even though it was a natural disaster, was it not man-made?
Murong Li's eyes flashed, and he waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Open the city gates and release the grain!"
He had great internal strength, and his shout could be heard by people inside and outside the city.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished shouting, there was another round of shouting inside and outside the city.
Upon hearing this, the centurion guarding the city immediately waved his hand to order the soldiers and yamen runners to prepare to maintain order, stand on both sides of the city gate, and leave the middle road clear so that the grain carts can leave the city.
When everything was ready, the soldiers guarding the city slowly opened the city gate.
“Ga ga ga…”
The heavy city gate slowly opened.
When the refugees outside the city saw the city gate slowly opening, they cheered and rushed in.
When the city gates were opened, carts of food were transported outside the city, and soldiers with swords followed them to prevent refugees from rioting and looting.
When the refugees saw the knife shining with a cold light, they quickly and spontaneously cleared out their space and looked anxiously at the food on the cart.
Murong Li waved his hand, signaling the people behind him to take away the body of the fat county magistrate. He and General Yun, Leader Qin, and Leader Zhang used their lightness skills to fly down from the city wall and landed gently on the grain cart.
"Everyone, don't worry. There is enough food here. Don't rush. Line up and come one household at a time. Those who have household registration should bring their household registration."
Looking at the refugees who started to riot, leader Qin waved his hands and shouted with his internal strength.
The refugees started to make noise again. Some took pots, some took bowls, some took cloth bags... and lined up under the supervision of the soldiers.
When the first refugee left with the white rice in his hands, everyone believed that this was real and that they really had food. Everyone cried with joy and hurried back to light a fire and cook.
This is life-saving food. With this food, family members who are starving to death have a chance to be saved.
At this time, many people in the city had left the city. Those who had family members here took their families away, and those who had no family members stayed to help, helping the soldiers maintain order and prevent robbery among the refugees.
This whole scene was within Su Yue's mental range. She saw it all, and it made her sigh.
She is now using her mental power to search for wells inside and outside the city. Even if the refugees have food to eat, they need water to drink.
You can't just eat it like that.
In a village not far from the city gate, she actually found a well, but it was dry. Su Yue first put some medicinal powder in it to kill the virus, and fished out the dead branches and leaves at the bottom of the well. After washing them with her mental power, she poured water from the space pond into it. Only after the well was full did she withdraw her mental power.
After all this, Su Yue was mentally exhausted, but she went to rest after telling Su Qiwen the news.
Su Qiwen and others were also busy helping to deliver food.
There are tens of thousands of refugees, and at least several thousand kilograms of rice must be sent out. Just using this cart, one cart at a time, has to carry them several times.
Su Qiwen got the news and immediately told Murong Li when he arrived at the city gate, and Murong Li spread the news.
When the refugees learned that there was water, they immediately told each other and rushed to fetch water.
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