Keqing, it’s just cultivating immortality, is it that difficult?

It turns out that the princess is different from those people who pretend to be nice.

Grabbing a handful of grain and examining it carefully, Keqing determined that this was last year's new grain and not old grain, which meant that this batch of grain was not shipped from Hengshan County.

The stored grain in each county is basically opened every three years, and all of it is old grain. Unless otherwise specified, it is generally old grain. The last time the county secretary Wen was in office, the last grain replacement was exactly three years ago. This year, the land tax has not been collected yet, and a severe drought has occurred, so that batch of grain should be old grain.

"wrong……"

"What's wrong, benefactor..."

The girl had been paying attention to this side, and when she saw Keqing talking, she quickly asked.

Keqing put down the food in her hand.

"Well, there should be a batch of old grain..."

"My princess, are you saying that there is still food?"

The girl was a little surprised. There was so much food here that it was enough for the entire county to eat. If there was more, then... that dog official really deserved to die...

"Well, the reason I came here is to track down a batch of grain that was lost outside, and that batch of grain should also be in Hengshan County. It is a batch of old grain that is no less than the amount in front of us."

Keqing didn't elaborate, but the girl learned from her words that there were other places to hide food. After thinking for a while, she suddenly said:

"Princess, maybe I know where the food is?"

"you know?"

Keqing looked at her in surprise, wondering how she knew that.

"Well... my brother used to be a clerk in a grain store, specializing in transporting goods for the store owner, so... he knew where the grain came from, so I guess those places might be where the grain is."

The girl's expression was somewhat gloomy...it seemed as if she had something to hide.

Since my brother followed the grain store owner, they must have a connection. He could transport grain himself, so he might be a confidant. But when I saved the girl, he was treated as a living thing and offered to Li Qiang...

Keqing seemed to understand, but did not reveal the other person's scars.

What is a grain shop? It can only be opened by people with connections and grain. The owner of the grain shop is Cao Zhi's brother-in-law, so it goes without saying where the grain comes from.

These grains are new grains, probably for the private soldiers to eat, and the old grains were probably transported here as insurance.

It’s just that I don’t know whether Cao Zhi was bold or what, but he still allowed his brother-in-law to openly sell grain at a high price. Of course, what he sold was not new grain but old grain, so it was self-evident where the grain came from.

In fact, if Keqing searches the whole city carefully, she will be able to find the food. After all, there will always be traces of so much food.

But since the girl said so, she ordered people to follow her to find the food.

Sure enough, they soon found many very large cellars filled with grain under several remote mansions.

Those houses were deserted on the outside and looked completely uninhabited, and the furniture inside was also in tatters. This environment actually became a good protective color.

Now that the food has been found, the next thing to consider is the return of another group of private soldiers in a few days.

"I guess those private soldiers don't know the situation in Qu County yet. Maybe we can set up an ambush for them."

Then we can leave a few alive to look for iron ore...

No, it would be a pity to kill so many people. If the iron ore is found, it will be ours, and people will be needed to mine it. If we can capture them without any risk, wouldn't these private soldiers be great manpower?

Well, but this can easily cause trouble, so perhaps some restrictions need to be imposed, and supervision of poisoning and the like also needs to be in place.

And there is food... It is impossible to leave so much food in Qu County. I will leave enough food for the people here, and the rest will naturally need to be taken back. After all, having food is good, but you also need the ability to protect the food.

Thinking of this, Keqing already had a clear idea of ​​what to do next.

She first asked the girl to inform others to pile the bodies of the county magistrate and others in front of the granary as a deterrent.

Then he asked the girl and others to find their families, revealed their identities, why the magistrate of Qucheng died, and expressed his desire to share the grain.

Of course, the order was maintained by the people she had sent out. Of course, Keqing didn't really count on them, but with more people, there was more power, and this could also avoid a lot of trouble. After all, human hearts could not stand the test.

With so much food in front of us, who knows if anyone will have other ideas and secretly encourage us.

Soon the news spread.

"Is there really food to be distributed? Don't lie to me."

"Why would I lie to you? Look, I'm back safe and sound. Don't you know that the official is dead? The one who saved us was the princess!"

Seeing his wife and children first surprised that he came back, but then suspicious, the man hurriedly explained.

In a dilapidated alley, a woman was lying on the bed, dying. Beside her, a little girl was holding her hand and crying bitterly.

"Mom, please don't die, Mom... I'll go outside and see if I can find some food. You can't abandon me..."

"If my mother dies, I will die too..."

The woman lay on the bed in a daze, her fingers moving slightly, but she had no strength left and could only lie in bed waiting to die. She couldn't even hear what her daughter said.

But at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside.

"The grain has been distributed, the light has been distributed, if there are still people alive, come to the gate of the county government, the dog official is dead, the princess of the court has come to save us!"

food!

When he heard the gray voice, his eyes lit up and he opened the door quickly without caring whether it was true or not.

This scene also appeared in many families. Is it true that food is being distributed? Is the county magistrate dead? What is going on?

The place was quiet for a while, then suddenly became lively with a lot of noise.

Crowds of people gathered and walked towards the county government office with suspicion and tentativeness.

After all, they couldn't hold on any longer. Whatever they could sell at home was sold to the owner of the grain shop. They didn't have much food left, and were no different from the refugees outside.

I'm almost starving to death. How can I know if I don't try it? What if, what if it's true?

However, this is indeed true. When people saw the pile of corpses in front of the county government office, they exclaimed in surprise because they saw a familiar figure.

"Hiss! Isn't that the county magistrate?"

"That person in the group, isn't that Shopkeeper Liang? He is really dead..."

Everyone was in disbelief and making a lot of noise. At this time, the grain that Keqing had ordered people to move was also moved out of the county government office little by little. The grain fell to the ground with a bang, and the sacks broke. A large amount of grain rolled to the ground, appearing naked in front of everyone.

"It's food! Real food!"

Seeing everyone's eyes glowing, they pounced forward like hungry wolves. Bang, bang, bang, more than a dozen corpses flew over and knocked them down. They fell heavily to the ground and their noses bled.

"Do you want to be like these corpses?"

Seeing the headless corpse pressing down on them and blood gushing out continuously, those people screamed in fear!

"what!!"

The others were so frightened that they dared not move and stayed where they were.

Seeing that the group of people were no longer moving, Keqing signaled to the girl, and the girl reacted and gave instructions to the others.

"Everyone line up, line up. Everyone will be given enough food. No one will be short of food!"

"Do you know who this is? This is the princess! The entire city belongs to the princess. If you disrespect her, you will lose your head and won't be given any food!"

More than a hundred people followed the girl's instructions and quickly stood in a row. They looked aggressive and had big swords in their hands. Even though they looked thinner than themselves, they were intimidated by their large numbers and had to line up obediently.

Only after seeing the people in front of him in line actually received a sack of food did he behave himself.

They really are distributing food, it's not a lie...

On the other hand, the situation in the county town also spread to the wealthy families.

"What? You mean the magistrate was killed by a mob? The mob also robbed..."

"Yes, sir, what can we do..."

"Where's that gentleman? Where's the one from the escort agency?"

"He's dead. I heard his body was thrown in front of the county government office!"

"How could it be!"

Screams were heard and the rich families were terrified when they heard the noise outside.

"Quick, find the servants and guards to hold the gate! Damn it! How come there are mobs in Qu County?"

"It's over! It can't be that Goddess Cult! This is over, my life is in danger."

Chapter 583 Worry, Assistance (5000)

Every household was busy trying to gather information. They had guards guarding the door to guard against conflicts outside and to prevent the mob from looting, smashing, and burning. At the same time, they were packing up and hiding their possessions, preparing to escape.

Those who are still wealthy at home are not easy to deal with. They have prepared everything more or less, so they are ready to resist and escape at the first opportunity.

With trepidation in their hearts, they sent people to gather information and were ready to leave if anything went wrong. Several families had even started discussing where to flee to if they wanted to escape together.

The rich are not stupid. Anyone who has survived to this day knows how chaotic the current situation is. If they don't have strength and brains, they will either be robbed, smashed, beaten and killed by the mob, or be robbed and seized by the powerful people above them if they are not careful.

Who among those still alive has not been severely exploited by the magistrate of Qu County, and has been almost skinned alive by allegation of protection fees and security expenses. Cao Zhi even requires fifty taels of silver to allow refugees to enter the city, so how could he let the rich families in the city go easily?

The streets of the county town were crowded with people pouring into the county government office, and the servants who were sent out to inquire also found out the news from the rumors that were circulating.

"Those people really robbed the granary..."

"Are all those people in the escort agency idiots? They were all killed..."

"What? A princess? How can there be a princess in this damn place? Could it be that they are all liars who like to lie and deceive people just like the Goddess Cult?"

The more news I heard from outside, the more frightened I became.

All the yamen runners of the county government were gone. What was even more terrifying was that the hundreds of people in the escort agency were also gone.

Others don't know, and the civilians don't understand, but they know that the people in the escort agency are not as simple as they imagine. Their weapons, equipment, and strength are all first-class. One of them is comparable to several of their servants.

A few hundred people are equivalent to more than a thousand people, far more than that, and such a strong force was actually wiped out. Not a single survivor was left, and the corpses were piled up into a small hill. My God, where did these people get the strength from?

Could it be that the Goddess Cult had infiltrated and had planned everything in advance, so that even the guy from the escort agency was caught off guard and capsized?

"How to do how to do……"

"It's too late to go out now..."

The city gates were all closed, and the outside was in chaos. They hadn't expected this to happen when they heard about catching thieves outside. How come the county government office was gone in the blink of an eye?

"This Cao Zhi is really incompetent! With so many people, he can't even defeat the Goddess Cult."

Others don't know, how could they not know? The people from the escort agency are private soldiers.

Although I don’t know who the county magistrate is loyal to, he is still a private soldier after all, so he can’t be so incompetent!

How could it just disappear like this? This is too much of a joke...

Who is the person who fought with Li Qiang?

Even as the wealthy were terrified and worried, Keqing had no intention of settling accounts with them.

The situation in Qu County is controlled by Cao Zhi, and has little to do with those wealthy families. She is not a member of the Goddess Cult, and she will not allow the people to rob, smash, loot and burn. What is the difference between that and Cao Zhi and the Goddess Cult.

The purpose of distributing food now is to quell possible riots and ensure that everyone can live in peace and security.

So even after the rich family was on guard for a long time, no one rushed in from outside.

I thought there would be all kinds of shouting and killing, fires and chaos in Qu County, and they would not be spared, because isn't that what all the mobs are like?

Once they gain the momentum, they will want to kill everything they see, but what is the situation now? Why is there no movement?

After some hesitation, they sent people to inquire about the news, and were shocked when they learned the content of the news.

Just distributing food? There was no looting or burning?

That group of people was controlled by that princess, and they didn't do anything out of line except killing the county magistrate.

From the information they had inquired about, they also heard what Keqing said to the common people, and they felt complicated and surprised.

What you said... Could it be that the leader is really the princess...

But, how is it possible? How could the princess come to this small place? And I remember that there is only one princess in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and she is only in her teens! ?

If I remember correctly, the princess was still a little baby.

But according to the information I heard, the princess killed all those private soldiers, and even the powerful Li Qiang couldn't beat them. This... Li Qiang claimed to be a first-class martial artist, and even such a person died. Could she be fooling people? Such a person could be killed by the princess.

Wang Gang is one of the wealthy families.

His family has been businessmen for generations. Although his business skills are average, he has at least managed to preserve the wealth of his ancestors. Faced with the current situation, he is confused and puzzled.

If it was the Goddess Cult, there would be chaos outside. If it was really that princess, the news that came in would be too unbelievable.

Besides, aren’t princesses all like those princesses, with a gorgeous appearance, hundreds of guards around them, wearing gold and silver, and so on?