Chapter 322 Chapter 321 Disaster Relief Supplies Tampered with

Before An Xin was about to leave, An Yi, who was hiding in the capital to collect information, reported, "Master, I will follow your orders and send someone to watch over the Hanjun Palace.

There is news that people with Beiming accents are coming in and out of there."

An Xin lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "You continue to observe in secret and be careful to conceal your whereabouts."

"yes."

Knowing that he had to go to Nanyang Prefecture where the epidemic was raging to provide disaster relief, An Xin made something similar to a modern mask with his own hands, and then handed it to An Yi.

"Notify all the cloth shops in our area to quickly make a batch of these masks and send them to me."

An Xin deliberately called the mask a mouth cover. Even if Xiao Wenrou suspected something after knowing it, as long as she didn't admit it, no one could do anything to her.

When An Yi saw that An Xin had nothing else to tell him, he performed the art of disappearing in front of his master.

An Xin watched the young man turn into a black shadow and disappear into the night, knowing that his martial arts had improved again.

After An Yi left, An Xin sat in the study and began to organize the supplies needed for this trip.

Medicinal herbs are used to relieve the epidemic, and are also collected by the court from all the drugstores in the capital. Because of the emperor's order, those drugstore owners want high prices, but they are afraid of being branded as unkind and unjust under the imperial city.

Therefore, after discussing with each other, all the heads of the drug stores found her and carefully asked if they could add a 10% profit to the original purchase price.

After all, they also need to spend money on shipping and labor when purchasing.

An Xin is not a saint, but she is not one of those heroines who always stands on the moral high ground and preaches some great principles to get others to donate.

If the Daqian court was poor, An Xin might have done so for the sake of the disaster victims, but there had been no major wars in Daqian for so many years, and the treasury was still relatively full.

It is completely within the court's ability to resolve a disaster in a prefecture. It is another matter if others voluntarily donate.

And now the pharmacy is not making money from you by cheating, so An Xin feels that she can completely understand why they made this request.

So, with her efforts, she was able to get the money for the medicinal herbs from the Minister of Revenue on behalf of the shopkeepers.

After receiving the money, the herbal medicine shop owners secretly told An Xin that either she came to ask for it in person, or the court agreed to give it to them.

Based on past experience, most of the time they were unable to get compensation for the things that were confiscated, and the matter was left unresolved over time.

After listening to this, An Xin keenly felt that something was wrong.

Since disasters in other places in the past also required the collection of necessary supplies from merchants, and since the court promised to pay a fair price for the purchase, it should not have refused to pay, unless someone intercepted and embezzled the money.

An Xin told this matter to Jiang Zhou and Jiang Chenxi. One of them worked in the Censorate and the other in the Ministry of Justice. Whoever found out the truth would be credited, which would be helpful for their promotion.

After Zhu Shijing came back, Emperor Sheng An didn't even bother pretending and directly arranged for him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

After the Minister of Revenue and several other officials failed to oppose him, they became displeased with this parachuted subordinate no matter how they looked at him.

Fortunately, Zhu Shijing was smart and quick-witted since he was a child. He was not fooled by his own head of the mountain into pursuing a career in politics, but instead aspired to become a successful businessman.

He is a man who knows when to advance and when to retreat, and can bend and stretch. He is also a guy who can be tolerant in front of others but ruthless behind their backs.

The Minister of Revenue had troubled him several times, but he resolved them all with neither soft nor hard tactics. He was even able to set a trap for the Minister Hu and make him fall into it voluntarily without showing off.

Then when something went wrong, he was taken away by Emperor Sheng An and severely criticized.

On the day of departure, An Xin looked at the supplies that the Ministry of Revenue had loaded into her car. At first she didn't care too much, but just as she raised her hand to signal the departure.

However, An Xin caught a glimpse of the official from the Ministry of Revenue who came to deliver supplies, and saw a sarcastic yet triumphant smile on his face, which made her put down her raised hand.

The official paused when he saw An Xin's expression and looked at her in surprise, "What's wrong, Supervisor? It's getting late. If we don't leave now, we will miss the next post station in the evening."

"No hurry." An Xin jumped off the horse swiftly and said calmly.

An Xin, who was full of doubts, took Liu Boxing, who was on a business trip with her again, to where the disaster relief silver was placed in the team. She opened the box and checked it again. She did not find any problems, and then ordered someone to seal it again.

"Mr. Inspector, what are you doing? Are you suspecting that we can still embezzle disaster relief funds?" The official said in a mocking tone when he saw that An Xin and the others did not find any problems.

An Xin glanced at him indifferently with a clear gaze. The official felt a chill on his back and the provocative words in his mouth were stuck in his throat. In the end, he pursed his lips but did not dare to say anything.

After all, this person now holds three official positions, the second-rank tutor of the Crown Prince, the third-rank chief academic officer of the Imperial College, and now he has also been appointed as an inspector.

Although this official rank was only the fourth grade, it was a position that truly held real power and was an official that officials in the entire court did not dare to offend easily.

In other words, if An Xin really wanted to pick a fight with him, he would be in big trouble.

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An Xin took a look at the herbs as she passed by, and found nothing wrong with them as she walked towards the transport truck filled with disaster relief food.

Sure enough, he caught a glimpse of a nervous look on the face of the Ministry of Revenue official. Just as An Xin casually walked to a grain cart and pulled out a bag of relief grain.

When Liu Boxing took it and was about to open the bag, the official from the Ministry of Revenue became anxious and stepped forward to stop him. "Master Supervisor, what does this mean?"

"It's meaningless." An Xin gave a look to the guards who followed Liu Boxing, raised the corners of his mouth, and said in a calm tone: "You either get out of the way yourself or let someone ask you to leave."

"Mr. Inspector, please don't go too far. This is the territory of our Ministry of Revenue. It is not your turn to act so recklessly here." The official in charge of the distribution of supplies by the Ministry of Revenue shouted angrily.

An Xin raised his hand to pick his ears leisurely, and said in a very ruffian tone: "I am so presumptuous even though I can't be so. What can you do to me?!"

The official from the Ministry of Revenue choked. He had never seen a high-ranking official act like a scoundrel.

However, his eyes darkened for a moment. If An Xin insisted on forcibly checking the relief grain, he looked at the team not far away who were waiting to transport supplies under the scorching sun.

Under the gaze of so many eyes, it seemed that he was really powerless to stop it at this moment.

The official from the Ministry of Revenue didn't know whether it was because of the heat or the urgency, but large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and he felt like crying.

He shouldn't have agreed to tamper with the relief grain for the sake of a promotion opportunity. Now he regrets it.

Seeing that he didn't move, Liu Boxing didn't tolerate this official from the Ministry of Revenue who prevented him from obeying his teacher's orders. He just threw him aside like a chicken.

Then he and two other guards untied the bag. After it was opened, the group of guards who followed him widened their eyes in surprise, and then looked at the Ministry of Revenue official angrily.

He personally supervised people to move the sorted materials onto the official's two-horse transport vehicle, and covered them tightly with oilcloth to prevent them from getting wet in the rain on the road.

This meant that those officials who did not want to see An Xin smoothly set out to provide disaster relief had no chance to interfere.

(End of this chapter)