The Governor walked towards the guest room, thinking about what Lin Xuan Qi wanted from him.
He was intrigued by the proposal made by Lin Xuan Qi earlier and so, he had high expectations of him.
The pace of his walk beca faster, and his mood lightened up.
It felt better to be away from all the docunts he was dealing with.
anwhile, Lin Xuan Qi, who was sitting inside the guest room with Lee He Song and the other guards, noticed that the guest room was sparsely decorated.
Everything was kept clean and tidy.
There were no extravagant furniture or items that were on display.
It was sothing he didn’t expect from the Governor.
He had thought that the Governor would be soone to be more like Magistrate Ho. Being corrupted and greedy.
Lin Xuan Qi took note of what he saw and had a sip of the tea that the Governor’s servant girl had served him.
"Master Lin, what brings you here today?" The doors of the guest room opened, and the Governor greeted him while he entered.
Servant girls following the Governor quickly ca in from behind and prepared the seat and tea for the Governor.
"Sorry for the sudden intrusion, Governor." Lin Xuan Qi stood up and bowed to the Governor.
The Governor gave him a nod, took a seat in the guest room, and gestured for him to take a seat.
After Lin Xuan Qi did so, he took out a stack of docunts and said, "Here are the contracts for the workers I’ve employed today.
"The dispensing of the charity porridge went well, and they were employed on the spot after they had co for the porridge.
"As for the new factories, the docunts are with Master Sima Ye from the Sima Family."
The Governor had requested that the money from the tax rebate would be spent on Hong Feng City, and he was here to provide so of the evidence.
And more importantly, et the Governor face-to-face.
He had sothing to say to the Governor.
"Bring them to ." The Governor glanced at his servant girl by the side and said.
The servant girl bowed to the Governor and went up to Lin Xuan Qi and took the stack of contracts.
"Ah?!" She startled and took a step back when she saw the bloodied hand of Lin Xuan Qi.
The Governor frowned and said, "What happened? Don’t be so clumsy in front of guests."
"I’m sorry Governor..." The servant girl turned around, pointed at Lin Xuan Qi’s bloodied hand and said, "...I got startled by the blood."
The Governor frowned when he saw the bloodied hand.
"Oh, it’s nothing. There were so troubles that happened when we were dispensing the charity porridge." Lin Xuan Qi waved his hands with a smile at the Governor, pretending to downplay what had happened.
"Outrageous! Tell exactly what had happened." The Governor took the stack of contracts from his servant girl and glanced at them.
So, that’s why you are here. The Governor thought while he flipped through the contracts.
He was pleased with what was offered.
An allowance of sixty copper coins might not be the highest rate but with the free lodging and free food, it was a good deal.
And most importantly, it would keep these n and won off the streets and out of trouble.
Lin Xuan Qi saw that he was going through the contracts, so he continued to elaborate on what had happened, "There were so thugs who had tried to stop us from dispensing the charity porridge.
"Apparently their masters wanted us to stop it so that ’it would be better for everyone’.
"It sounds odd to , so I ignored them.
"There is so much suffering now and getting a stable supply of rice out there for everyone is the only way that would be better.
"I tried to reason with them but that’s when we got attacked by these thugs."
The Governor nodded his head and listened silently.
He had figured out what Lin Xuan Qi wanted, and he decided to play along with him.
After he gave the stack of contracts back to his servant girl, he looked up at Lin Xuan Qi and asked, "Who do you think are behind those thugs? I would punish them accordingly."
"That... That I wouldn’t know." Lin Xuan Qi slapped the back of his head and said with a sheepish smile, pretending to be ignorant.
The Governor shook his head, glanced at his servant girls and said, "Leave this room."
His servant girls bowed to him and left after bringing the stack of contracts back to Lin Xuan Qi.
When the doors of the guest room closed, the Governor glanced at Lin Xuan Qi and said, "Then, tell , how do I go about getting the rice supplies out to everyone?"
"I’m only a young master and my ideas might not work." Lin Xuan Qi said modestly.
The Governor wasn’t buying any of it and said impatiently, "Stop the pretense, just tell what you want to do."
Lin Xuan Qi went straight to his point and said, "I believe you’ve given the rice rchants an ultimatum for them to release their supplies, but they wouldn’t budge."
It was indeed so, and the Governor could only nod at him.
The Magistrate whom he had tasked wasn’t doing anything useful.
Even when he tried to be forceful, he realized that the constables and soldiers were part of them.
"I would suggest that you put out a notice, saying that there would be an influx of rice supplies soon.
"And tell them that within these few days, they will be able to see a preview of what’s to co.
"I would be dispensing more charity porridge and spreading the news around the city.
"And for Magistrate Ho, I suggest it’s ti to find soone new since he can’t get the price to be in control."
The Governor frowned and asked, "Are you sure about the increased supply of rice?"
He was frustrated enough with Magistrate Ho and it was indeed ti to get rid of him so he had no qualms with what Lin Xuan Qi had suggested.
But getting the price of the rice controlled was much more important to him.
Lin Xuan Qi nodded his head and said, "Yes, I will be able to supply at least one ton of rice every day after tomorrow.
"Coupled with the news of more rice that’s coming and the dispensing of the charity porridge, it should be able to get so of them anxious.
"It would just take one of them to release their stock of rice to start the avalanche."
The Governor sipped his tea while he thought about what he had said.
It didn’t take a long while for the Governor to decide.
The Governor saw how confident Lin Xuan Qi was, and he decided to take the gamble, "I shall do what you had suggested."
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