"Mother, should we arrest those people? No one can let go of such a bad person," he asked.
"Okay, wait a few days and arrest all those people. No one will be spared." An Jiuyue held the baby in her arms, raised her head and looked at Qian Jiyun.
"Jiyun, what are your plans?" she asked.
"I'm going to talk to the prefect first to see what he has to say about this scene in the city," Qian Jiyun said.
Since the prefect of Guangye can turn a blind eye to these people collecting grain, he must know who is behind the people collecting grain. He will find out if he asks.
"Okay, without further ado, let's go to the government office." An Jiuyue stood up holding the baby.
The group of people got on the carriage again and rushed towards the government office. To deal with those people, they first needed to know what kind of confidence those people had, so that they could actually make the prefect of a city give in to them.
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Guangye Mansion, among the government offices.
The prefect Sheng Qingyu is only over 30 years old and can be considered a younger generation. At this moment, he is worried about what Guangye City should do next.
Guarding the mouth of the well is a method that has been passed down from generation to generation, but it is not the real method if it continues like this.
What if all the water in the well is drained? What if there is no more water in the well?
These factors must be considered. If there is no water supply, what will the people of Guangye City do next?
"Are those people still trading water for food?" He raised his head, looked at the master beside him, and asked.
"Back to my lord, the news I just received is that for some reason, the wooden barrels used by those people to hold water were broken. Today, all their water was lost, and there was no trace left."
The Master replied with some excitement on his brows.
"Um?"
Sheng Qingyu raised an eyebrow.
It might be a coincidence that a barrel was broken, but he knew that those people had set up food collection points in the east, west, north and south, and they were all broken and the water was lost. How could this be possible?
"Is this man-made? Who did this?" He put down the pen in his hand and asked.
"I don't know."
The master shook his head.
How could he know who did such a satisfying thing? If he knew, he would have to treat that person to a good meal.
Although there is nothing good to entertain guests in Guangye City now.
"According to the news, even those people don't know who did this, but Manager Hao's face was very ugly, and there was a lot of cursing in the yard, and it didn't stop until the people below came to report.
scold."
Sheng Qingyu: "..."
If it were him, he wouldn't dare to curse so much because he would be thirsty.
Nowadays, even the water in the prefecture's yamen is rationed, and the amount of water is distributed according to the number of people, and some must be left over for other uses.
"Hey, it would be great if we had more people like this in Guangye City."
Those people did such things out of conscience. As the prefect, not only could he not control them, but he had to let them do it. It was really...his conscience was uneasy.
But if he doesn't turn a blind eye, what can he do?
The severe drought cannot be changed, but his official position will be removed, and he will not be able to protect the people in the city.
"Master, tell me, if I follow the example of those who ruined the grain harvesters' good deeds and send some people out..."
"Sir, this must never be done."
Before he could finish his words, the master interrupted him with a look of horror.