"Mother, should we capture those people? Such bad people, not one of them should be let go," he asked.
"Alright, in a few days, let’s capture all those people, leaving none behind." An Jiuyue held the little baby in her arms, looked up, and gazed at Qian Jiyun.
"Jiyun, what are you planning?" she asked.
"I plan to first talk to the Prefect and see what he has to say about the situation in the city," Qian Jiyun replied.
Since the Prefect of Guangye can turn a blind eye to those collecting grain, he must know who is behind them. He will know by asking.
"Alright, let’s not delay any longer, let’s head to the Governnt Office." An Jiuyue stood up holding the little baby.
The group got back on the Horse Carriage and headed to the Governnt Office. To deal with those people, we must first understand what leverage they have to make a whole city’s prefect yield to them.
...
Guangye Governnt Office, inside the Prefectural office.
The Prefect Sheng Qingyu was only just over thirty, considered to be part of the younger generation. At this mont, he was worried about what Guangye City should do next.
Guarding the wellhead has been the inherited thod, but continuing like this isn’t a real solution.
What if the well runs dry? What if no water cos from the well anymore?
These factors cannot be ignored. If there is no incoming water, what will happen to the citizens of Guangye City?
"Are those people still exchanging water for grain?" he looked up and asked the advisor beside him.
"Returning to you, sir, the latest information received is that, for so unknown reason, the wooden barrels those people use to carry water were smashed, and today their water was all lost, none left,"
The advisor replied with a hint of excitent on his face.
"Hmm?"
Sheng Qingyu raised his eyebrow.
A barrel being smashed might be coincidence, but he knows that those people have set up collection points in all four districts of the city. All were smashed and lost water; how could this be possible?
"Is this intentional? Who could have done such a thing?" he put down the pen in his hand and asked.
"No idea."
The advisor shook his head.
How could he possibly know who did such a gratifying thing? If known, he would treat that person to a good al.
Though at present, there isn’t much to serve guests in Guangye City.
"According to the news, even those people don’t know who did it, but Steward Hao was very upset, continuously chastised people in the yard until a subordinate ca to report."
Sheng Qingyu: "..."
If it were him, he wouldn’t dare to scold so much because that would make him thirsty.
Nowadays, even the water in the Prefectural office is rationed, distributed according to the number of people, with so reserved for extra use.
"Oh, if only Guangye City had more people like that, it would be wonderful."
Those people act against their conscience doing such things, and as Prefect, not only can he not stop them, he must allow them to continue. It’s truly... weighing on his conscience.
Yet if he doesn’t turn a blind eye, what can he do?
The drought can’t be changed, and on top of that, his position might be stripped, leaving him unable to protect the citizens.
"Advisor, what if I imitate the person disrupting their grain collection and send people out..."
"Sir, you mustn’t do such a thing,"
Before he could finish, the advisor interrupted him with a face of fear.
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