Mu Shuangshuang asked, but the constables still remained silent!
"Why aren’t you speaking?"
"You’re supposed to be n, act like one! If you have sothing to say, then say it! Don’t hide it like a woman!"
Mu Shuangshuang never intended to win over these constables, so her words were particularly bold.
A few constables who couldn’t take it anymore spoke up: "You said it yourself, so don’t say we bullied you when the ti cos!"
Mu Shuangshuang impatiently nodded.
Only then did the constables start to speak up: "We are constables of this Yulin County. Other than Lord Sima, we don’t take orders from anyone!"
"Exactly, who are you to order us around?"
"We don’t accept this!"
Mu Shuangshuang found their words amusing.
"Whether you accept it or not doesn’t matter! Because it’s your Prefectural Governor who ordered you to follow . Not listening to ans not listening to the Governor!
If it weren’t necessary, I actually wouldn’t want people like you who can’t even follow simple orders!"
In her previous life, Mu Shuangshuang was a mber of the security team. In school and at work, the first thing she learned was to follow orders.
To Mu Shuangshuang, these constables were just like her back then.
She felt familiar with them, and similarly, hoped they could do better!
After Mu Shuangshuang finished speaking, the crowd still felt dissatisfied.
But they dared not show it blatantly.
Just like Mu Shuangshuang said, not giving her face was equivalent to not giving the Governor face.
No matter how formidable they were, they still worked under the Governor. If they truly offended the person in front of them, who knows how often they’d suffer!
There were people beating drums and gongs, people shouting!
Even Mu Shuangshuang herself changed into a governnt officer’s uniform and blended into the constables.
From the start, the crowd made quite the lively scene.
Soon, they entered the city. At the city gate, Sima Chong had already given his orders, so the crowd entered the city without obstruction!
"The court’s relief materials have arrived, everyone can get free dicine and grain—"
"People of Yulin County, your good days are coming—"
"..."
The man shouted at the top of his voice as the vehicles transporting materials flowed into the city one after another.
The streets on both sides of the city gate, rchants who were still in business, all ca out to watch the commotion.
Unlike the cheering citizens, they looked ashen-faced, like mourning their parents...
Because they were hoping to use the materials they had hoarded to fleece a flock of fat sheep!
"It’s over, it’s over, the court’s resources have co, what about the dicine and grain piling up in my house?"
"All my assets!"
"Heavens, I’m... finished!"
rchants spread the word, many big rchants doubted at first, but the layout in the city was no longer the sa.
And the vehicles and materials already inside the city.
This made them have to believe that the court’s aid had truly arrived.
So smart ones had already started discounting prices for dicine and rice.
But the city folk heard the court was giving out free grain and dicine, none of them were willing to spend money on the rchants’ goods anymore.
Before, there were many people around the dicine shop, now there wasn’t a single person at the door.
Everyone headed to the Governor Mansion, which had recruited many temporary "volunteers."
They told the scantily clad refugees that the Prefectural Governor had already found people to help them set up temporary residences.
There, the dicines and grain were ample!
Everyone headed to the temporary resettlent point set up by the Governor Mansion, where tents were already erected and several large pots were set up outside, cooking white rice porridge for everyone.
Nothing was added to the white rice porridge, it’s better than what many people eat at ho on normal days.
This made the rchants more convinced that the court was determined to help these refugees live good lives!
And then, soone ca out with the news that rchants’ goods could be sold to the court, sold to the Governor Mansion.
But the price had to align with what it was before the big event.
And not everyone’s goods could be sold to the court.
Once the news got out, rchants seeking Lord Sima Chong increased.
Sima Chong didn’t have money at hand.
However, aided by Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen’s suggestion, he put on the act of the Governor and temporarily signed promissory notes with those rchants.
Paynt will be settled after the matter is concluded.
If this had been done at the start, rchants in the city would certainly have doubted. But given the situation now, breaking even was already a blessing.
They dared not hope for anything else.
So several big rchants let go of their worries.
The issue of grain and dicine in the city was resolved—
The remaining matters were basically carried out as Mu Shuangshuang had suggested.
In the city, bury those who already died quickly, if possible, cremation would be better.
As for dead animals, don’t hesitate, bury them all.
The ground should be disinfected with li, it must be disinfected with li.
On the streets, don’t crowd too many people.
Things proceeded in an orderly fashion, Prefectural Governor Sima Chong for a ti beca a beloved official!
He himself was flattered, and before the matter was resolved, he wrote a morial to the court.
Explaining the situation honestly!
Mu Shuangshuang t with Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen at night.
Everyone had been busy all day, faces dirty.
Lu Yuanfeng looked at Mu Shuangshuang with a face full of concern.
His face reddened with urgency, his eyes unwilling to leave Mu Shuangshuang for even a mont.
Mu Shuangshuang smiled, asking: "Did you see Beichen’s father’s forr subordinates?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.
Xing Beichen shook his head: "No, today, most of the people who ca were citizens whose hos weren’t affected, and also the relatives and friends of the arrest officers in the governnt office!"
Xing Beichen was quite disappointed, theoretically, his father’s forr subordinates shouldn’t have been so heartless.
"Do the citizens know your na?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.
"I had the Governor tell them mine and Fengzi’s nas, saying we’re here to help Yulin County through tough tis, but all day, no one ca to inquire about the situation. The citizens, though, were courteous to and Fengzi!"
"Don’t be discouraged, after all, it’s been ten years. When they followed your father, they were young!
Now they should be entering middle age, perhaps married with children, asking them to volunteer isn’t easy!" Mu Shuangshuang comforted.
Xing Beichen wanted his father’s forr subordinates, simply believing those people had things he didn’t know about.
Since that’s the case, he should be even more patient!
Xing Beichen took a breath, saying to Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng: "Shuangshuang, Fengzi, thank you. If it weren’t for you two, I... I really wouldn’t know what to do!"
(Didn’t dare write the disaster too horrifically, after all, the goal this ti isn’t about writing the disaster! Plus, there’s one more update.)
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