Stone stood timidly beside the steward, and asked in a low voice.
They had lost all their water today, and hadn’t received a single grain, which was quite a significant loss.
If the steward put this responsibility on him, he wouldn’t escape a beating.
"What else can we do? Let’s go back."
The steward, also frustrated, turned back and glared at Stone, saying.
Now the citizens have all drunk their fill, who would be willing to trade grain for water? Luckily, it was only the Southern City that had been sabotaged, the other places hadn’t been affected yet.
"You can’t even handle such simple tasks, what’s the point of keeping you? Can’t you learn from San and the others, why haven’t they faced..."
"Steward, it’s not good, it’s terrible."
The steward was about to explain why the other places hadn’t had any issues, when he heard hurried voices coming from afar.
His heart sank, he secretly murmured to himself, not good.
Could the other places have had issues too? If so, he’d have to contact the upper ranks, have them pressure the prefect of Guangye City.
If this happened once or twice, he could manage, but if it happened more frequently, he wouldn’t know how to explain it to the superiors.
"What happened?"
Though knowing well what it might be, the steward still asked the person who ran up to him gasping.
Hopefully it isn’t what he feared, perhaps it was sothing else, maybe just fewer people selling grain? He shouldn’t be so nervous, just in case...
"Steward, our water over there got smashed, Brother Zhang sent to urgently ask for you...huh, has it been smashed here too?"
The newcor spoke halfway, noticed the ss all around, was taken aback, and then asked.
He had just gone to the courtyard to find out where the steward was, unaware of what occurred here; it seed they too faced the sa situation.
Luckily, now everyone was facing punishnt, not just them. Maybe seeing everyone made mistakes, the steward might spare them this punishnt.
Hearing his words, the steward’s vision turned black, he nearly fainted.
Just as he feared, indeed soone went to disrupt their other grain collection teams, smashing the water as well.
"It must be the authorities, definitely the authorities!"
He couldn’t help but mutter aloud, who else could it be, others wouldn’t dare to challenge them like this.
"Sheng Qingyu has such nerve, daring to find trouble with !"
He took several deep breaths before calming down, closed his eyes and then cursed.
Before collecting the grain, he had inford Sheng Qingyu, though unwilling, he leveraged the upper ranks’ intention, pressured Sheng Qingyu, leaving him no choice but to comply.
In the end, he could only turn a blind eye, no longer overseeing their grain collection toil.
Now, Sheng Qingyu had grown bolder, daring to send people to disrupt!
"Let’s go, return first, I surely want to see how bold Sheng Qingyu really is. Tonight I’ll et Sheng Qingyu, see if his head is tougher, or my superior’s blade sharper!"
He wouldn’t fear Sheng Qingyu, a re official. The master appointed him here to handle matters; it was his fortune, he was determined to do the task well.
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