"Someone is spying on us." Xiao Bei, who had just settled down, came over and reported to her.
"Oh." Xiao Bei didn't like the heavy rain, so she nodded.
"It means that they are hiding something." The person who reported concluded.
Xiao Bei suddenly understood. "Yes, yes, they wouldn't send people to spy on us if they weren't hiding something. No wonder Uncle Emperor asked me to come and catch the ghost."
"Then, Miss Xiao Bei, the next step …?" The person asked again.
"Next, you guys think about what to do next. Tell me when you've made up your mind." The unfamiliar environment made the smart Xiao Bei feel very embarrassed. She couldn't think of a plan, so she could only play to her advantage as a leader and let her subordinates think of a solution.
Of course, when the matter was settled, she would give credit to her subordinates. She would share all the credit and not take it for herself. The Zhang Family and the Wang Family disdained to steal the credit of their subordinates. As leaders, if their subordinates did a good job, it would be a reward for their leadership.
Those who could follow Xiao Bei and her nine children were naturally not easy to deal with. As soon as Xiao Bei finished speaking, the person who came said, "Miss Xiao Bei, there are four aspects. First, catch the five people on the platform and torture them to find out the truth. This plan will easily alert the enemy, which is disadvantageous for spying on Li Bai and Wang Wei.
Second, go directly to the Yamen of Hongnong County and question the local officials. Let the local officials explain themselves. No matter how they try to cover it, there will always be loopholes.
Third, disguise as the people of Hongnong County and understand the general situation. Then, follow Li Bai and Wang Wei, observe them and ask about the situation of the people.
Fourth, enter the disaster area of the county and see the extent of the disaster with your own eyes. Ask the people who haven't left their homes what happened recently. "
Xiao Bei blinked and thought. Just as she was about to make a decision, she stopped and said, "Wait a minute, find them and ask them."
The nine children quickly gathered together. Xiao Bei spoke and repeated the four plans. After that, he said, "Now, let's vote by a show of hands. Which of the four plans of the think tank shall we choose? The first one, please raise your hand. Alright, three, the second one, please raise your hand … The fourth one has passed with nine votes. I hereby announce that the fourth plan is to be carried out.
After a democratic vote, the nine children quietly left the platform and went to the 'countryside' of Hongnong County.
The five people who were keeping watch on the platform didn't know that they had been discovered. They were worried about the several carts of food that had been delivered.
"You can either destroy the railway and prevent the county magistrate from earning any more money if more grain is transported here. Or you can forbid them to unload the goods."
One of the five gave an idea in a hurry. The other four listened to him and looked at him like he was an idiot.
This was a train, not a carriage. There were no restrictions on the local authority, not to mention destroying the railway. The people who went back and forth to check could kill you at any time.
"Let's go and tell the county magistrate that we're in trouble." The other person ignored the heavy rain and hurried in the direction of the county yamen.
Xiao Bei and the others didn't know how much trouble the four carts of grain would bring to others, but they didn't know the situation in the county. They brought the four carts of grain here because their elder brother was worried that it would be inconvenient to transport the grain when there was a disaster. Otherwise, it wouldn't be just four carts of grain, it would be more than four hundred carts of grain.
*****
It was still raining.
Li Bai and Wang Wei were also worried. The situation in the county was not optimistic. The two of them found the problem. Someone had embezzled the money and supplies in the disaster-stricken area and then raised the price of daily necessities in the county.
As long as one was not a fool, one could guess what the embezzled goods were for. It was nothing more than taking advantage of the rising price to put little by little in the county to exploit the original operators of the ready-made goods.
"How dare they? Aren't they afraid of being investigated?" Li Bai was so angry that he slammed the table and shouted.
Wang Wei quickly covered Li Bai's mouth and smiled apologetically at the people around him. He said to Li Bai, "Keep your voice down. What are you shouting for? What's the use of shouting? Investigate? Who's going to investigate? How are we going to investigate? "
"I'll investigate. Start from the beginning." Li Bai was so angry that his eyes were about to pop out. He had stayed in Jian 'an County with Xiao Bei and the nine children, stayed in the capital, and stayed in Lu Zhou. All he saw was a scene of justice.
This was especially so for Xiaobei's nine children. Their abilities were not particularly outstanding, but they were very serious. They also followed the people to work in the fields. It was because they were filled with a strong desire to run Jian An County well that the people risked their lives to do things. Xiaobei could be said to be adorably stupid as a county magistrate, but she was willing to work hard and learn. She was willing to do things honestly.
The most important thing was that her elder brother and sister were not afraid that their younger brother and sister would harm the local people. Even if the county with a population of hundreds of people didn't harvest anything, as the elder brother and sister, they could directly subsidize it.
Li Bai felt the positive spirit of the county, so his heart was also full of a sense of justice. He believed that although the world was big, evil could not prevail over good.
Wang Wei came to the capital from the local area. Back then, he met Xu Si and was shocked by the care of the foreign affairs staff of the Zhang Family and the Wang Family. Through chatting, he also learned how to be an official.
Therefore, he had a deep understanding of things in the local area. There were a lot of sayings there.
Hearing Li Bai's awe-inspiring words, he sighed and said, "You can't find out. If I were the local official here, I would let you investigate as much as you want. I would help to take care of the property and money of the people outside the city. Unfortunately, the flood came fiercely and all of it was washed away. Do you know if it was really washed away? Where was it washed away to?
I also helped the people outside to enter the county. Even if I didn't contribute, I still worked hard. As for the price of daily necessities in the county, I also didn't want to. But the road is difficult to pass, and the goods from outside can't enter. What should I do? If you don't believe me, you can go and see. I emptied my family's warehouse just to help the people.
Why didn't Chang Pingcang open? It's not that I didn't want to open it, but Chang Pingcang was also washed away. I admit that I didn't repair it well, but I can't spend a lot of money to repair Chang Pingcang before the rain came, right? If it weren't for this unpredictable rain, how would I explain the money I spent? "
Wang Wei said in the tone of a local official. His excuses made Li Bai, who had never been an official in the local area, dumbfounded.
After a while, he said, "They can't be so shameless, right?"
"How can they be shameless? We have been working hard to do things for the people. Compared to the safety of the people's lives, we don't care about our face. If possible, we would rather exchange our lives for the safety of the people."
Wang Wei added another sentence.
Li Bai gritted his teeth and asked, "Then what should we do? Don't we care? "
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