"Are the officers and soldiers stupid? There are so many disaster victims gathered there, don't they know how to take precautions?"
"Ha, you think too highly of them."
Ji Yanwen gave a mocking smile.
"Don't worry, leave the instigation of the disaster victims to me. You just need to persuade the clan chief and the others to take advantage of the chaos to seize grain."
Ji Yanwen was full of confidence.
Jiang Bai nodded and said no more.
In this situation, the grain that was seized did not go through the official channels and did not need to be handed over to the clan granary, but since everyone in the clan was involved, they knew where the grain came from, so naturally they were not envious.
They could even take this opportunity to mix in the hoarded grain, and if anyone became suspicious, they could blame it on the stolen grain.
That's quite a clever scheme.
The grain collectors dared not be too obvious about their actions regarding Jiangjia Village.
The other villages also heard that Jiangjia Village had a bumper harvest this year, so they paid more grain tax than them. Some even gloated when they heard that Jiangjia Village hadn't received as much grain, yet still had to pay more grain tax.
Once the grain delivery was completed, the grain collection official went to report to the county magistrate.
As evening fell, the county magistrate went to the Chen residence again and had a private conversation with Master Chen for a while.
After seeing the magistrate off, Chen Yuanwai's face was gloomy as he got up and walked towards the front yard.
Langya Academy.
Two stern-faced guards stood at the gate. The sounds of string and wind instruments filled the courtyard, occasionally punctuated by the soft laughter of a woman. But soon, the laughter turned into screams of agony, and two servants carried a corpse out of the courtyard.
Master Chen was used to it; this was the third one this month.
"Young master, please tell Master Chen to come in!"
A guard listened intently and then stepped aside to let Master Chen in.
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