Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 116 Shameless Thief

After a period of hard work, all drought prevention measures were prepared.

"System prompts, the host has completed the task - building a small agricultural water conservancy facility, and received 100 bonus points."

"Oh? I almost forgot about this mission. 100 points is also meat!"

Liu He was so happy that he took out two jars of wine that night and drank with everyone until late at night.

After that, Cui Jun sometimes followed Liu He and others to study and practice martial arts in the back mountain, and sometimes helped everyone with work. He did not have the slightest airs of a young master from a noble family, but got along very well with the villagers.

At the same time, Cui Jun also witnessed the conditions in various villages as well as the unity and strong discipline of the Anmin Army, which made him express his feelings many times. He claimed that people like Liu He were so talented that they should be given important positions. He also said that if he had the opportunity, he would definitely recommend them to his father Cui Lie when he went to Luoyang.

Liu He and others had no intention of doing this. It was not that they did not want to achieve great things, but they just did not trust the current court.

However, Cui Jun had good intentions, and they also knew that a great chaos was coming. Even if Cui Jun really recommended him to Cui Lie and Cui Lie took it seriously, they would probably still be assigned to a local area to deal with the Yellow Turban Army. There would be no essential difference in the result, so no one refused openly.

Half a month later, Cui Jun reluctantly bid farewell to everyone and continued to study in other places.

Up to this time, there was still no rain from heaven, and even though the Mid-Autumn Festival had passed, the weather was still hot. The water level in the river had reached an extremely low level. If it did not rain, I was afraid that several rivers would dry up.

Fortunately, most of the rivers have been dredged, and a lot of water has accumulated in the ponds between villages.

We found more than 20 large and small springs in the mountains and diverted them into the river, so there will not be a significant impact on crop production in the short term. Although everyone has worked much harder than in previous years, the growth of crops is still good, so all the hard work is worth it.

On this day, Liu He was returning from hunting in the mountains with Black King. After handing Black King to Zhao Chang, he returned home and before he had time to drink a sip of water, he saw Cheng Liang walking back angrily.

"Third brother, what's wrong with you? Who has offended you again?"

Cheng Liang was indignant and picked up the tea bowl and took several gulps.

"Brother, don't stop me this time! I must kill those damn officials in the county!"

Liu He looked puzzled. Why did his third brother suddenly bring up this matter again?

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Yonghe came back. They seemed to have heard some news outside, and their faces were full of anger.

"What happened to you guys? What did you see or hear outside?"

The three of them looked at each other, and then Zhang Yong stood up to explain to Liu He. It would have been better if he hadn't listened. After listening, Liu He was so angry that he was fuming.

It turned out that the drought was not limited to Langtiao County. Shangdang and Taiyuan counties in Bingzhou, as well as parts of Jizhou, were all experiencing severe drought. Since this drought coincided with the summer planting and autumn harvest, it had a huge impact. The imperial court allocated a sum of food for disaster relief, which was originally a good thing.

However, given the current administrative situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty, by the time this batch of grain was sent from the central court to Taiyuan County, after being exploited at various levels, only one tenth of it would remain.

However, even this small amount of food was deducted when it reached the hands of Yang, the county magistrate of Langtiao County.

When Zhang Yong and others were inspecting the townships, they heard the news that every household in other townships could get half a dou of disaster relief food, but only these seven townships could not get any food at all. Even the half dou in other townships was mixed with sand, fur and bran.

"How ridiculous! Aren't we from the Seven Townships Han people?"

"Not only that, several villagers from the neighboring township were dissatisfied with this and went to the county town to argue with that incompetent official. As a result, not only did they not get any disaster relief food, but they were beaten up and some were even beaten to death!"

As Cheng Liang said this, he could hear the sound of grinding his teeth.

"How dare you, you bastard!"

Liu He's eyes were blazing with fire, and the rage in his chest was about to burst out!

"I must go and find County Magistrate Yang to discuss this matter! If he is really such a wicked official, I will kill him!" Liu He had never been so angry since he could remember. He immediately took the Cangming Sword, went out, mounted his horse and headed straight for the county town.

Guan Yu was afraid that something might happen to his elder brother, so he asked Cheng Liang and Zhu Ye to stay behind, and he and Zhang Yong quickly followed.

Inside the inner chamber of the county government, Magistrate Yang, along with his wife and good friend Yan Chi, were counting the boxes of coins in front of them with excitement on their faces.

"That's a full eight hundred thousand dollars! Haha, that's great! Add to that what I saved before, and I can donate to buy a governor's position next year! This drought came at the perfect time, it's great, it's great!"

From inside the house came the extremely triumphant laughter of County Magistrate Yang. At this moment, Liu He and the other two had just walked outside the house. When they heard the laughter, they were really furious.

"Liu Dudao, you cannot enter this inner palace!"

Two yamen runners came out to stop them, but were picked up by Guan Yu and Zhang Yong one each and thrown aside.

"Bang!" Liu He kicked the door open, scaring the three people inside. After seeing who it was, they breathed a sigh of relief, but then anger appeared on their face.

"Liu Dudao, how dare you trespass into the county government office without being summoned?" County Magistrate Yang stood up and accused.

Liu He ignored him and looked at the boxes of coins behind him.

County Magistrate Yang felt a little guilty for a moment, but soon he became confident again, after all, he was the county magistrate.

"County Magistrate Yang is really good at business!" Liu He took a step forward and said with gritted teeth. There was murderous intent in his body, and County Magistrate Yang actually had cold sweat on his forehead.

"Liu Dudao, what do you want to do?" Yan Chi saw that the situation was not good and hurried forward to question.

"Huh?" Liu He glared at him fiercely, and Yan Chi was so scared that he took a step back.

"You shameless people, you actually asked me what I wanted to do? There is a severe drought in various places now, and the people are in dire straits. How dare you withhold the relief food from the imperial court and embezzle it in exchange for so much money? How can you feel at ease?"

Liu He was a martial artist with a lot of energy. Now that he was in a righteous position, he spoke naturally in a loud and firm voice.

Although County Magistrate Yang felt guilty, he had been the county magistrate for many years after all, and he soon put on airs again.

"How dare you, Liu He! You trespassed into the county government office and slandered the imperial officials. What crime should you be punished for?"

Unexpectedly, Liu He suddenly drew his sword and split a box at Magistrate Yang's feet with one sword. Countless coins inside immediately rolled out and covered the ground.

"You... Liu He... How dare you..."

"Shut up!" Liu He shouted at County Magistrate Yang, "You shameless old thief! You are presumptuous to be a county magistrate. Bandits are rampant in your jurisdiction, but you turn a blind eye. We brothers have been running around to subdue the bandits, and you have taken credit for it. But now there is a severe drought, and you dare to embezzle the food for disaster relief. I want to ask you, do you have a heart of a wolf or a lung of a dog?"

Seeing that Liu He was furious and the sword in his hand was so sharp, County Magistrate Yang began to feel a little scared, fearing that Liu He would really kill him if they disagreed with him.

Seeing that his friend was getting scared, Yan Chi quickly stepped forward to support him.

"Liu Dudao, please don't blame a good person. Our county magistrate did not withhold the relief grain. This is the only amount of grain distributed from above. We saw that the seven villages were under the jurisdiction of Liu Dudao, and everyone lived a prosperous life with no worries about food, so we distributed the grain originally distributed to you to other villagers."

While Yan Chi was speaking, he pinched County Magistrate Yang hard from behind.

County Magistrate Yang finally understood and quickly followed suit, saying, "Yes, yes, Liu Dudao has made great contributions in alleviating drought. This county will submit a petition to the governor to commend you for your contribution. If Liu Dudao wants the grain, this county will immediately retrieve it from other villages and redistribute it, redistribute it!"

The second of three events caused by the drought is about to begin

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