Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 426 Opening a Position ([-])
When Simba saw their appearance, his heart that had been slightly raised was relieved. Sure enough, the token was as useful as his father said. He moved a few steps to the side, carefully glanced at his mother, and then whispered Said, "Mom, I'm sorry, um, this was given to the boy by the emperor before he left. At that time, the boy swore that he would not let anyone know unless it was absolutely necessary. The boy didn't intend to hide it from his mother."

Mu Ai patted his head, "Silly boy, you have to be trustworthy in life. Since you have sworn not to tell anyone, including your mother, of course. And my mother is very happy. With this brand, things are much easier to handle."

Hearing that his mother didn't mean to blame him, Simba immediately grinned and stuffed the sign into his mother's hand, "Mom, Father said that this sign has the power to put third-rank officials in prison and kill some small officials. I can’t use it, I didn’t write it down carefully.”

Mu Ai nodded, glanced at Miao Zhuang and others who were kneeling on the ground, smiled faintly, and said meaningfully, "If it's useful, just remember one sentence. Isn't it, Master Miao?"

Miao Zhuang trembled again, and quickly said, "Yes, yes, what Your Highness said is absolutely true."

"Then can we open the warehouse to release the grain now?" Mu Ai's tone was still indifferent, but when Miao Zhuang and the others heard it, they were so cold that they dropped ice shards.

"Yes, yes, I will send someone to open the warehouse immediately."

Simba smiled and took his mother's hand and said, "I heard that the Guancang Xiu is very big. Mom will take the boy for a walk, okay?"

Mu Ai knew that the youngest son was worried about what kind of tricks these officials would play, but she was very happy that the youngest son had a heart, so she nodded in agreement and said to Miao Zhuang, "Master Miao, don't you mind if I go to the official warehouse to have a look? "

"I don't mind, I don't mind, Your Highness, please come with me as an official." Miao Zhuang felt very lucky at this time, he only dared to sell half of the official food every year, and under the current situation, there was room for change.He agreed happily, but the officials behind him were completely ashamed.

Fu Yin earns tens of thousands of taels of silver every year in the matter of official food. How can they not be jealous when they look at it? You must know that Fu Yin eats meat, but they also have to mix it with soup. There is not half of the grain stored in the warehouse as Mr. Fu Yin knew in his heart.

They were terrified, but their official positions were humble, and they had no excuse to stop them, so they could only watch Mu Ai's carriage and Miaozhuang's official sedan chair go away, and then they were full of anxiety, praying that the carriage broke down, or suddenly It rained heavily and blocked the way of everyone, so they had a chance to ask the rice merchant for help.

It's a pity that the god obviously didn't hear what they said, and the official warehouse, which was only a stone's throw away from the government office, arrived soon.

The old soldier guarding the gatehouse was sleeping soundly, when he was woken up suddenly, his face turned pale with fright when he saw many officials, he turned his head and ran inside to call a group of warehouse guard soldiers to come out.

The soldiers and gates pushed open the two thick pine gates with force, and then stood by the gate with a look of apprehension.

Mu Ai got out of the car, led by Miao Zhuang and entered the gate together with Simba, and saw row after row of houses inside, which were slightly different from ordinary houses, all with high doors and large windows, which were convenient for ventilation , In the corner not far away, there are still many buckets and shovels hanging, which should be easy to take in case of water leakage.

Miao Zhuang glanced at the four rows of houses in the back, feeling a little guilty, but when he saw the four in front, his expression calmed down a lot. He thought that Mrs. Fairy and the fifth prince would only look at one or two houses at most, and the rest of the houses would be empty. Find a few rice merchants to borrow some and add it. As long as he keeps the seat of Rongcheng Governor, no rice shop will dare not give him this face.

Thinking of this, he pointed to the small belts of the soldiers guarding the warehouses, and said, "What are you doing in a daze, open this first warehouse quickly, and let His Royal Highness take a closer look, our rice grains in Rongcheng can be regarded as the best among hundreds of flowers." .”

The little officer knows everything about the warehouse very well, and when he heard Lord Fuyin say this, he felt even more frightened, trembling and refused to go forward, Kong Xi saw the strangeness, and dragged him to the place Beside the door, he scolded, "His Royal Highness is here, why don't you procrastinate, open the door quickly!"

The little pipe took a sneak peek at Yin Miao and the others, seeing that they didn't make any sign, he took the key chain around his waist under Kong Xi's gaze, and slowly tossed it back and forth, as if he couldn't remember which one could be opened. The one in front of me is locked.

At this time, Miao Zhuang also seemed to feel that something was wrong, and wanted to stop him, but was pulled by Mu Ai to ask about the customs of Rongcheng, and he had no time to pay attention to it for a while.

The poor little pipe belt dawdled until the end, finally took out the key, and with a mournful face, opened the big brass lock on the door.

Kong Xi pulled down the lock in twos and then stretched out his hand to push the door open. The creaking sound pierced everyone's eardrums. It was obvious that the door shaft hadn't been oiled for many days. , Kong Xi stretched out his hand and slapped it twice, and then looked inside, there was no pile of grain bags as imagined, it was actually empty.

He immediately turned around and said, "Your Highness, there is no rice in it."

Mu Ai's face immediately sank, no rice?What should the tens of thousands of disaster victims outside the city do? Do they continue to eat grass and leaves?
She took a few steps up the steps and looked inside. Sure enough, there was a big empty room with four walls, and on the floor there were brackets nailed from square logs, some of which had been eaten by moths, leaving a pile of sawdust. Long strings of ash hung from the beams, which told anyone who knew that the house had been vacant for a long time.

The fat on Miao Fu Yin's face suddenly trembled, his eyeballs wished for fire to come out, no wonder the faces of those subordinate officials were so bad just now, it turned out that they also moved the official positions!
Mu Ai pointed to the empty room, and asked in a cold voice, "Miaofu Yin, tell me, where did all the rice go? What about the tens of thousands of disaster victims outside the city?"

Miao Fuyin's lips trembled, he wiped off the sweat from his head, and reluctantly said, "Your Highness...His Highness, please calm down, Your Highness...Your Highness, I don't know where all the rice and grains have gone? Your Highness, please allow me a few more days." , The next official will investigate the matter clearly."

"How long is the grace period? Master Miao said it so easily. How will the victims outside the city live these few days? It's not enough to cook your compost!" When Mu Ai remembered, the eager eyes of those victims were now Mi Liang disappeared without a trace, how will she explain when she goes back?

Simba led Kong Xi along the road, walked down row by row, finally opened all the houses, and then ran back and said, "Mom, there is not a single grain of rice in the houses behind."

Mu Ai only felt dizzy for a while, and her thoughts changed all of a sudden. If those disaster victims knew that because of corrupt officials, there was no rice storage in the official warehouse, all their hopes would be shattered, would there be any troubles?The current plan is to buy rice grains in various rice shops in the city, transport them out of the city to continue distributing porridge, and then send people to Huadu to report.However, these corrupt officials did not punish one or two, and the people were really angry. Even she herself wished to kill them, but she was greedy even for the life-saving food of the people. She really had her conscience eaten by dogs.

Thinking of this, she gently pushed away Xiaoan and Simba who were holding her arms, stretched out her hand and held up the red gold token, and said, "Yin Miaozhuang of Rongcheng Mansion is not well supervised, so there is no grain in the official storehouse, and he cannot help the victims. His official position as governor, he was imprisoned, his family’s belongings were confiscated, and he bought rice and grain to secure the people. This king will immediately write a letter to His Majesty, so that His Majesty will clarify the order.”

Everyone in the courtyard fell to their knees and bowed their heads towards the gold medal. The counselors who arrived later saw the four open warehouses, and after hearing the sentence of "sent to prison", they immediately fell limp in fright. at the door.

Mu Ai looked at them and added a few more words, "If the rest of them can repent in time and make up for the rice stored in the warehouse, this king will definitely intercede with His Majesty on their behalf, and the guilt will be reduced by half."

It took a while for the counselors to realize that the words were addressed to them, and they immediately got up and ran out, not even having time to salute, and ran like crazy to the familiar rice merchants' homes, terrified. Those who failed to pay for the shortfall of rice grain were also imprisoned and ransacked their homes.

Miao Zhuang was tied to the ground with thick ropes by Kong Xi and the others, and he yelled like killing a pig. He knew that today was over. Mr. Wei is still connected with Prime Minister Wei, and they will try their best to save his life even in order not to be implicated. However, the matter of stealing family wealth has touched his Achilles heel. When he arrived, he had nine lives, but he was not enough to kill him.

"Your Highness, please be kind, this official is wronged, Your Highness, please be kind, this official is Wei..."

Hearing him shouting like this, Mu Ai didn't want him to say more, and gave Kong Xi a wink, Kong Xi immediately stepped forward and slashed Miao Zhuang on the back of the head with a knife, making him silent immediately.

Mu Ai glanced at the silent people in the courtyard, frowned slightly and thought for a moment, then waved to call Kong Xi, and ordered in a low voice, "Send someone back to find Master Ouyang, and ask him to send some stable and reliable people over here. The governor of the Miao Mansion must be guarded by our people in the prison, and no accidents can happen. In addition, when you go to seize the Miao Mansion, you personally supervise the soldiers of the Miao Mansion, and do not hurt the family members of the Miao Mansion. As long as the gold and silver are soft and rice, if It would be better if we can find evidence such as the account book. Afterwards, our people will be guarded at the front and rear gates. All the small things will be converted into silver coins, and when you buy food in the city, Xiao An will leave you as a deputy, and the accounts must be kept clean."

Kong Xi guessed that his mistress was worried that someone would cause trouble, so he replied, "Yes, ma'am, I understand." Then he arranged for Lu Yun to go back to the camp to report the news, and he personally took the gold medal and took Miao Zhuang to jail , Copy the house.

Mu Ai sighed softly, took Simba back into the car and left the official warehouse, walked around two side streets and arrived in front of the shop of Food for the Sky, Fengshou jumped off the horse, and galloped in to report. After a long time, Mu Shiqi and others ran out and knelt down, Mu Aixu helped them up, and smiled faintly, "My family, don't be too polite."

Mu Shiqi saw that his wife looked a little tired, so he quickly led her and the young master into the backyard.

　My classmate called me out for dinner, but in the end, I was too late to come back. I'm really sorry, haha, be careful next time.

　　Now there are firecrackers everywhere outside, it’s so lively, but unfortunately I don’t have any relatives by my side, I hope all my friends are reunited with relatives, how happy, thank you for your support, continue to work hard!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)