Without much thought, Liu was already scared and immediately replied, "I threw it in the ditch near my house."
Lei Ming's expression darkened further.
One of the government orders states: littering is prohibited; garbage must be disposed of in designated locations according to its classification.
People who litter are also punished severely: littering once results in a month of hard labor, littering twice results in six months of hard labor.
Those who repeatedly fail to correct their behavior may end up doing manual labor for the rest of their lives.
This kind of hard labor is truly miserable. They do whatever is most tiring work, and they don't get paid or provided with meals. They have to cook their own food.
Although littering is not Lei Ming's responsibility, the problem originated from his oversight.
Shen Mu's expression was also not good. He had finally managed to get Shen Rongxuan's attention through hard work and was promoted to squad leader. This incident might lead to his dismissal or even punishment.
He glared at Liu, then at Lei Ming: "Aren't you going to go find her?"
Lei Ming rushed outside like a rocket to find it himself.
Liu's home wasn't far, but after waiting for quite a while, Lei Ming still hadn't returned.
Shen Mu grew anxious and ordered someone to find Lei Ming.
A little while later, Lei Ming and his men brought back a bag of things.
But his complexion was still terrible.
"Sir, I have failed in my duty."
Only half a bag of things remained from the two bags.
Enraged, Shen Mu kicked Lei Ming directly: "What's going on?"
Lei Ming stumbled, barely managing to stand up: "I heard they've all been picked up and eaten, and these are still rotten."
While waiting, Chenxi had a bad feeling; if everything had gone smoothly, it wouldn't have taken so long to bring it back.
Chenxi asked in a cool voice, "Are there any unusual signs among those who ate them?"
Lei Ming knelt down and replied, "Two are already dead, several are vomiting and having diarrhea, and a few are fine."
"Let Doctor Fang take a look."
One of the guards responded and went out to relay the message.
These people who picked up the trash were innocent; they were just collecting garbage that others had thrown away, but in the end, they also harmed themselves.
Chenxi gestured for someone to open the bag. The vast majority of the bags contained rotten potatoes, a small portion of which were mostly rotten, and a small portion of which were good.
Chenxi let out a soft breath. Since things had come to this, she could only start breeding the better parts first.
Then she said nothing, but instead had someone summon Shen Rongxuan and handed the matter over to him to handle.
Shen Rongxuan was furious when he heard about it.
Despite repeated orders and prohibitions, some people still make mistakes.
Following procedure, the person was handed over to Song Zhen.
Song Zhen showed no mercy, punishing Shen Mu with thirty strokes of the cane and sentencing him to six months of hard labor.
Lei Ming was given thirty strokes of the cane and sentenced to a year of hard labor.
Those porters were also given thirty strokes of the cane and punished with two years of hard labor.
Liu was given fifty strokes of the cane, but before the beating was finished, the man died.
She's gone, but her sins haven't been atoned for; her family has to do hard labor for a month.
In times of chaos, harsh measures are necessary!
Even Shen Rongxuan was punished with ten strokes of the cane and a year's salary deducted for poor management and mismanagement of personnel.
That's right, all of Chenxi's subordinates receive salaries.
Shen Rongxuan walked back with a bitter face and a limp. Ten strokes of the cane were no light punishment; they were real blows to his buttocks.
Many ordinary people witnessed the execution.
"The commander is ruthless. Lord Shen Rongxuan is her logistics minister, how come he also got beaten?"
Another person said, "Mistakes must be punished. Didn't the chief say that even a prince is subject to the same laws as a commoner?"
"Liu was beaten to death simply because she ate spoiled food."
"No matter what it is, even if it's bad, it belongs to the public. How to deal with it is up to the public to handle, not for individuals to decide!"
"I think from now on, who will dare to steal public property!"
"That's how it should be. If everyone takes it, what chance will ordinary people like us have?"
"That's right. The commander ordered that food be distributed according to labor, and the elderly, children, pregnant women, and mothers with infants received extra portions. What a blessing!"
"But some people don't appreciate it. It's said that two people died from eating this spoiled food."
"Hmph, serves him right for dying. It's not like we're starving. Why eat random things? The commander's brochure already said that garbage shouldn't be disposed of carelessly and bad food shouldn't be eaten."
"Yeah yeah."
The people were talking about it, and they dispersed after all the people who had been tortured were dragged away.
We can't stay here long; they still have work to do, and if they don't finish, they won't get as much food.
Chenxi instructed people to cut sprouted potatoes into pieces, each piece containing a sprout.
Then they found a good plot of land, thoroughly watered it with well water, and transplanted the potatoes into it.
He then gave the order: "No one is allowed to touch this land."
She ordered Song Zhen to send people to guard her.
These were her precious treasures. Although she was heartbroken that so many were gone, the remaining potatoes, cut into chunks, would only cost about a hundred yuan.
But this thing is incredibly prolific!
A single potato plant can produce about two pounds of potatoes, and a well-grown one can reach five pounds, while a top-quality one can grow to more than ten pounds.
This is also the potato planting season. Potatoes are planted in spring and autumn, and autumn is a good time to plant them.
Three months later, she had harvested several hundred kilograms of potatoes.
She didn't wait and immediately summoned Zang Huatian.
"Have you ever seen potatoes anywhere else?" Chen Xi pointed to a picture of potatoes.
Zang Huatian shook his head: "I asked that grain merchant, that red-haired foreigner, and he also saw it for the first time. Oh, he called this one 'Egg.' He was so upset about it that he sent someone to look for the red-haired man, but they never found him again. I guess he's gone."
Chen Xi was somewhat disappointed, but still a little unwilling to give up. Pointing to other crops in the picture, she asked, "Have you ever seen these before?"
Zang Huatian examined each one carefully, then shook his head: "I've never seen any of them before."
Chenxi remained noncommittal, saying it was normal that he hadn't seen it.
Then Chenxi called Song Zhen over: "Have someone make several copies and post them on the notice board. Anyone who has seen these will be rewarded!"
Song Zhen made arrangements immediately. He knew that since Shen Xi cherished this thing called potato so much, it must also be a kind of food.
As for why some people got poisoned after eating potatoes that weren't spoiled, it's probably because they ate them the wrong way. There were also a few people who didn't get poisoned!
Shen Xi summoned Qi Xiuwen: "Xiuwen, you've worked so hard these past few days!"
Qi Xiuwen had gotten quite tanned; as the chief of staff and concurrently the premier, he had been incredibly busy these days.
He was responsible for all personnel arrangements and coordinating the work of various departments.
The commander also gave him an extra task: to dig a ditch.
Shenxi said, "Now that the deep well has been dug, we can use the well water for irrigation."
Irrigation requires good ditches; relying on manual water carrying is simply not feasible.
A large canal should be built next to the deep well; it should be wide and deep.
Then the water is introduced into small ditches to irrigate the fields.
Only when the land is properly irrigated can it produce good crops.
We don't know when the drought will end!
The deep well in the county town has officially started providing drinking water; it's icy cold, refreshing, and even a little sweet.
The uncontaminated deep well water tastes really good.
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