Chapter 72 Things Have Changed

"Waste! Waste!"

The magistrate of Akacang County, who was hurriedly brought to the granary, looked at the mess on the ground and cursed the governor guarding the granary angrily.

No matter kneeling on the ground, he begged for mercy.

"I can spare you, but this granary has been robbed. When the higher-ups come to hold me accountable, who will come to intercede on my behalf?!"

And that’s it.

Originally, the magistrate of Akicang County was claiming that the capital was suffering from floods this year and would definitely not be able to pay the taxes for this year.

If he paid the taxes in full, it would be a great achievement, and he might be able to move up the list.

Now that he had made a lot of money from the flood, he started to think about getting promoted.

Just for now.

Most of the grain used to pay this year's taxes was robbed, and his plan came to nothing.

The magistrate of Akacang County was so angry that he wanted to remove all of them from office.

only.

What the magistrate of Chicang County did not expect was that the rebellious general Lin Chenjia, whom he had met today, would come.

Did the other party come to see his joke?

The magistrate of Akacang County, who had a somewhat ugly expression, was unwilling to deal with polite courtesy and wanted to give Lin Chen a cold look.

But don’t want to!

Lin Chen's deep gaze fell on him and he said two words calmly.

"Take it!"

Yang Qilang has been waiting for this time for a long time.

A kite dismounted, grabbed the collar of the Akakang County magistrate, slapped off the magistrate's black gauze hat, and forced him to kneel on the ground.

"Lin Chenjia?!"

The magistrate of Akacang County did not expect to come to such a place, so he struggled to raise his head and asked Lin Chen why he dared to do this.

"I am an official of the imperial court. How dare you act so recklessly and ignore the laws of the imperial court? I, I will definitely take part in this!"

"Ah."

Lin Chen looked at these bewildered Akacang County officers and didn't know what to do.

You must know that these personal guards brought by Lin Chen are all wearing armor and staring at them eagerly.

If there is a slight movement, someone's head might fall to the ground.

"Song Jie, do you still maintain your official status at this time?"

Lin Chen rode up to the other party and said in an indifferent tone, "You don't know that this general has the responsibility of supervising the counties in Gyeonggi Province under His Majesty's orders. How dare you, a corrupt official like you who bends the law and disregards the life and death of the people, dare to do it in front of this general?" Howling?"

"Now that the granary has been stolen, even if I kill you on the spot, no one in the court or in the government would dare to say anything."

Song Jie panicked when he heard the murderous intent in Lin Chen's tone.

The previous arrogance on his face disappeared completely, and he was afraid of confessing.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, General Lin, I beg you for mercy!"

"I will be imprisoned and escorted to Dali Temple for trial at a selected date!"

"yes!"

Yang Qilang cut off a corner of Song Jie's official robe with a knife, and then stuffed it into his mouth.

"Woo~~~!"

How could Song Jie, who still wanted to argue in front of Lin Chen, be able to resist Yang Qilang's strength?

Song Jie was carried away like a little chicken, his whimpering was extremely miserable.

Only then did Lin Chen look at the shivering guard present.

These guys were already scared to death by Lin Chen's methods.

If a county magistrate is told to take it down, he will take it down. Let alone those petty officials like him.

"Tomorrow, I, the general, will see the soup kitchen shack set up in the northwest of the city. You don't have to worry about it in the south of the city."

"have you understood?"

"yes!"

The police officers kowtowed their heads one by one as if they were smashing garlic.

Seeing this, Lin Chen raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

He was able to take down Song Jie in one fell swoop by taking advantage of the fact that the Budai Beggar gang was robbing the disciples of food.

the next day.

Most ordinary people in Akacang County are still unaware of the changes.

Only those hungry people who were on the verge of death from starvation learned that the government began to provide porridge.

nature.

The Budai Beggar Gang disciples who had robbed the food were also cautiously building soup kitchen tents privately, for fear of being discovered by the government.

But don't want to.

A Beggar Clan disciple hurriedly came to report to the owner of Three Bags.

"Master Bag! Song Jie, the dog official, was captured by the rebel general Lin Chenjia! Now there are soup kitchens all over the city!"

"Lin Chenjia?"

Hearing this name, he couldn't help but think of the general figure last night.

No wonder the other party ignored him and others and wanted to use this to bring down Song Jie.

But this is definitely a good thing for the hungry people in the city.

From the fact that the general started to provide disaster relief immediately, it can be seen that the other party is not an insect like Song Jie.

In this case...

"Let's open the soup kitchen too!"

The three-bag owner has not forgotten the threat from the young man last night.

"this......"

This disciple obviously didn't understand the reason.

"Don't worry about it, just do as the owner of this bag says."

The owner of Three Bags became excited after he figured out the key.

really.

The people who robbed food last night became a group of thieves who fled to Chicang County and were surrounded and killed by General Lin's soldiers.

The heads are still hanging on the city walls for public display!

"Brother Stone."

The owner of Three Bags looked at Shi Xiu, who was wearing official and military uniforms, with complicated eyes.

"Master Bag, I'm sorry."

"No, come to think of it, even without us, General Lin would still plan to take action against Song Jie, a dog official."

The owner of these three bags is an individual.

"Master Bag, I have a question for General Lin. Do you know where Nan Murong is?"

County government office.

Zhao Min looked at Lin Chen in amazement as he sat in the position of the county magistrate and handled the affairs of Akacang County.

She also learned about what happened last night early in the morning.

Zhao Min admired the man's decisiveness.

After waking up from a sleep.

The sky of Chicang County has changed.

"General Lin, there are many gentry in Chicang County who want to see you outside the county government." Zhao Min said with a smile, with a hint of ridicule in her tone.

Lin Chen was unmoved.

Most of those who come to the county government to inquire about the news now have something to hide.

These gentry and landlords followed Song Jie and sold countless fields, turning the originally disaster-stricken people into starving people.

Do they think that if they come to make friends with Lin Chen, this matter will be over?

What a joke.

Lin Chen did not take action, but just waited.

"Go!"

After Yang Zhi received Lin Chen's handwritten order, he brought a thousand infantrymen to Chicang County that day.

The White Lotus Sect in Xianping City was like a turtle hiding its head.

The soldiers under Lin Chen's command were training all day long, which was very boring.

Now that he finally had a chance to stretch his muscles, Yang Zhi had spent a lot of effort to grab this job.

Yang Zhi walked into the county government office in armor and knelt on one knee to salute Lin Chen respectfully.

"Sir!"

Lin Chen nodded and grinned.

Their people finally arrived.

The gentry and landlords in Chicang County usually raise farmhands and take in strong men to serve as guards.

However, these people are only used to intimidate ordinary people. Facing the soldiers under Lin Chen's command, they can't make any waves at all.

It would be better if they surrendered.

These strong men want to resist, and they will be killed without mercy!

For a while.

The gentry and landlords in Chicang County were in an inexplicable panic.

The largest gentry in Chicang County is the Li family.

The old man of the Li family passed the imperial examination and was sent out to serve as a fifth-rank prefecture.

Therefore, it can barely be regarded as an official family.

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