90: C90 A Good Man a Good Official

C90 A Good Man a Good Official

Night.

Tianshui City. Xiong Family.

The brightly lit mansion, the endless flow of servants, everything seemed to be somewhat panicking.

"Eldest Miss, there's news from Lieutenant Huang's side, another team disappeared."

"Eldest Miss, the Patriarch has sent word that there are no troop redeployments in the capital, and there are no records of troop redeployments in the neighboring prefectures as well."

At this moment, Xiong Huan was extremely serious. She had already forgotten how many sleepless nights she had been in.

"It's already been five days."

"As expected of His Majesty the Duke of Qin, personally conferred by His Majesty." Xiong Huan looked at Xiong Ya and Xiong Dewang, who were already asleep on the chair beside her, and couldn't help but to shake her head.

"What's the price of the grains now?"

A manager standing beside him said, "It's 25 taels of silver a bag now."

"Shopkeeper Chen asked me to come ask. He wants to ask Eldest Miss if you still accept?"

"Collect, collect as much as you can."

Xiong Huan's words were resolute and decisive.

The current situation appeared to be disadvantageous to them, but only they themselves were clear that the situation had yet to collapse. In fact, it was still far from collapse.

Both sides are currently engaged in a tug-of-war. Today, you will raise the price of the food to fifty. Tomorrow, more people will come to my side, and we can push the price of the food down to thirty or even twenty.

For some small gatekeepers, earning money may be a major factor, so there is a high chance of a comeback. But to a clan like them, who had Xiong Family, money and money were just floating clouds. What they truly cared about was the land.

If ordinary people could not eat, they would die.

In order to prevent themselves from dying, they would sell everything they had. They would buy their houses, sell their land. The Feudal Lords would either buy their land back at a sky-high price, or give it to them as food. The cycle continued. In the end, they would only earn money. There was no way they would lose money.

Of course, some people who had no property, or were unattached, would flee the Tianshui County. But all the surrounding counties had already set up cards, allowing their people to enter, but they would not accept people from Tianshui County.

But soon, Xiong Huan realized that she was still tricked.

He thought that money was like a floating cloud, but after they swallowed a large amount of food and were sure that the other party did not have any food, who would have thought that there would be many people selling food in the neighboring prefectures?

It was so low that even families with a bit of skill would be able to afford it.

He wanted to stop, but he couldn't. He spent too much money early on to swallow Qin Fann's grains. Now that he stopped, he really lost.

"He must still have food. As soon as we stop, he will push the food down. " Xiong Huan had to admit that she had underestimated this young prince.

"You forced me." A vicious look flashed across Xiong Huan's eyes.

"Ah Fu, go and ask Fourth Master to come."

County Governor Manor.

Qin Fann was practicing calligraphy in his room. The heavy snow outside his window made him unable to calm down.

"To think that there would be a day when I would request for my life for the common people." Qin Fann mocked himself.

"Young Master is a first-class good person in the world."

Han Sanniang came up to him with a cup of tea in her hand. As early as the evening of the third day, Han Sanniang had already rushed to the Tianshui City.

"Ha!"

"Since Young Master is so worried, why don't you go out and take a look yourself?" Han Sanniang suggested.

He took a sip of his tea and said, "No need, I'm afraid I won't be able to be ruthless."

Right now, all of the black-hearted person from the Tianshui County had surfaced, but an even more serious problem had occurred.

Food.

He did not find food, or rather not all of it.

The severity of the disaster far exceeded his imagination.

He had already used more than half of the millions of grains that he had brought, and all of it was used on those first-rate hungry people.

Because of the addition of Black Wind Stronghold and Qin Yu who was far away in the capital, he had secretly dispatched people to help them. That was why he was putting his all into the quest of saving those who were on the verge of death.

The system was constantly calculating in his mind.

A huge percentage was constantly increasing.

Seven percent. Seven has a decimal point, followed by an eight-digit decimal point.

Although he no longer cared about the mission, his heart was only thinking of saving more people. But now, without any food, just relying on an external merchant family was not enough to support the entire Tianshui County disaster.

The only thing he could do now was to find all the hidden provisions of the Tianshui County, and only then would he be able to start a massacre.

"How many are left?"

"Young Master Li's previous note states that there are still 14 families remaining. The total amount that these fourteen families have can take up to forty percent of the entire Tianshui County. " Han Sanniang answered.

"This is bad, young master. This is bad." A petite figure shouted as she ran.

It was the child that Qin Fann saved from the battling platform that day. From then on, she followed Qin Fann and did the work of pouring water and serving tea. When he came back to wash up, he discovered that it was a little girl, about twelve or thirteen years old. Because she had been starving for a long time, she was petite.

"What is it?"

"Zhang... Master Zhang is dead! "

"What!"

"Go!" "Let's go take a look." At this moment, Qin Fann was burning with anger. He knew better than anyone else what Zhang Zhixian's death meant.

They had already completely shed all pretense of cordiality and were ready to start a war.

Moreover, he was not stingy in solving the problem by force.

In County Governor Manor's study, Zhang Zhixian's cold corpse was lying on the ground. At this moment, a white cloth was covering it. As he came in through the side door, he did not disturb the crowd outside.

It was obvious that Zhang Zhixian was still holding a meeting for those merchants and the Feudal Lords before he died.

"I think we should forget about it! Even Master Zhang was killed. I don't want to die without knowing why. "

"That's right. To put it bluntly, even if we don't rely on the other party for this matter, we should at least be able to protect ourselves! We can think of those merchants outside who sell their grain at a low price! "

"Bastard, you are saying you are selling this shameful thing. This is your home, Great Master Zhang has died for us. How can you all still be so casual about it?"

"I have to think of a way now!" "Great Elder always said that we were working for His Highness, but from beginning to end, we haven't even seen a shadow of His Highness. Who knows if this is a solo performance by Zhang Zhixian alone."2

Creak …

The door opened and Qin Fann walked out of the study with a dark expression.

"Kneel before His Highness Duke of Qin."

Everyone had seen Qin Fann's portrait and immediately knelt on the ground.

"I am Qin Fann, the King of Qin you all speak of."

"Originally, I did not plan to see you because there was no need for that. But now, as you have seen, Master Zhang is dead. Wang Minister of State is still running outside the city. "

"Everyone is busy, busy saving lives. Perhaps, even you do not know that among the people that we are preparing to save, there are many friends and relatives that you have not contacted for a long time. "

"I am not saying these things for me, but I want you to live for me! Not in name, not in profit, but purely because we are human, not animals. "

"In the face of danger, Great Master Zhang has been ordered to organize you to fight against the great power of the Feudal Lords. He is a true warrior. As a human, he had no regrets. As an official, he had no qualms to the people. He's a good man and a good officer. "

"All of you are not cowards if you can persist to this point. I believe that Master Zhang will not have died in vain. At the very least, he has brought you all together. Two more days and it would all be over. I promise you. "

It had been a full twenty-four days since the locust plague broke out. In other words, before he came here, the people here had already endured for more than ten days.

"We can't wait any longer."

Qin Fann felt assured.

Although he was afraid that if he alerted them, they would throw everything on the line and burn down his provisions, he did not want to think about that anymore.

When Qin Fann walked out of County Governor Manor, the snow had already begun to lessen.

"Make your move!"

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