Xie Ming

Chapter 528 Xiao Ding's Follow-up
Yan Yingyuan spoke passionately and from the bottom of his heart, and the content of his speech was nothing more than two things.

Firstly, it tells the whole story of the floods, sufferings, epidemics and riots in Changzhou, and the root causes of the problems include the exploitation and corruption of the provincial government and the incompetent and lazy governance of river management!
What you said was exactly the answer to Xiao Langkan's question.

As for the second point, there is some personal feelings involved, and I want to use the pros and cons of speaking out to present the current crisis situation.

I think I should use the ten days I promised as the limit to see if Xiao Lang can take any action to raise food and money for Changzhou so that the people can get through this difficult time!

Hearing this, Xiao Lang stood there in shock, nodding his head repeatedly and then paused.

"Well, after listening to Brother Ying Yuan's words, my mind is suddenly enlightened!"

"It seems that the current situation is indeed tricky!"

"understood!"

"If we add the neighboring county of Danyang to Changzhou alone, the number of people who will cause chaos and disasters will exceed 10,000 if we do not try our best to pacify them."

"Force the people to change, and then send in the army to massacre them when the situation is over."

"Humph!"

"Who knows how many tricks there are hidden here!"

"We must not allow the situation to continue in this chaotic state!"

"Brother Ying Yuan, I understand your intentions!"

"Uh, let me ask you one more question."

"Right now, if we need food, where do you think we can get this amount of food in such a short time?!"

"You have been in Zhenjiang for a long time, so I think you may have some news that we don't know!"

Xiao Jingchuan agreed with what was said, and confirmed that Yan Yingyuan was conspiring. He also followed the situation and asked further questions.

Upon hearing this, Ying Yuan was quite straightforward, as if he had been waiting for Xiao Lang to ask this question!
"Zhenjiang City!" He decided the answer.

And because of his decisive response, Xiao, Ma and others were quite stunned for a moment.

It seems that Yan Yingyuan will come back soon to explain the situation.

"Oh! Hehe."

"Your Excellency, there is no need to be so surprised. The reason why I am so confident in returning is actually because last night, an old friend from Jiangyin came here to borrow grain, and we happened to chat and heard the news."

"In Zhenjiang City, in the north of the city, there is a granary."

"Five days ago, a batch of tax grain collected from Jingjiang, Jiangyin and other places was stored here!"

"Although I have not seen this news with my own eyes, since it was told by a current official in Jiangyin, it is probably more than 80% credible!"

"Uh, just."

"Ah!"

"I'm afraid it won't be of much use whether you know it or not!"

"The prefect is unwilling to let go, or to use the funds for other purposes. How can I, a county magistrate, stop him?"

"If the prefect Mei Gongheng had cared about the people of Changzhou, he would not have delayed distributing the relief grain funds until now!"

"If I were going to give it, I would have given it a long time ago!"

After he finished speaking, Yan Yingyuan turned his gaze back at Xiao Lang, using a trick to steal food by borrowing a knife, and a method of retreating to advance, which was worthy of display in front of others.

There is an intention to guide Xiao Lang to help. Regardless of the right and wrong, it is not wrong to say that this expedient strategy is done out of necessity. Of course, there is also a bit of flexibility and cleverness in it!
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lang was silent for a moment, then turned his head to look at her.

Come for a moment
"Haha, you are such a good brother Ying Yuan, you are using me as a gun!"

Xiao Lang smiled knowingly and deliberately broke the window paper.

"Uh, haha!" It sounded like Ying Yuan was scratching his head in embarrassment.

"Hey! General Xiao, Duke."

"I had no choice but to do this. I am ashamed, really ashamed!"

"I can do other things. I have been exchanging money these days. I have tried all the useful and good methods."

"From Jiangyin, almost all the people who can be seconded are here."

"There's no food left!"

"Every family has its own problems, what can we do?!"

"If you want to save Changzhou, go to Zhenjiang!"

“The stored grain in Zhenjiang City may become the last line of life-saving food!” “That’s why I did this,” Yan Yingyuan explained awkwardly.

"Okay, okay!" Xiao Zuo interrupted.

"I understand your intention!"

"For the country and the people, we have an obligation to do our part."

"Okay!"

"It seems that Zhenjiang may need to make a trip in advance."

"Mei Gongheng, the prefect of Zhenjiang, also served as the chief manager of the prefecture's rivers."

"If we don't go after him, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to resolve!"

"I heard before I came here that this prefect was also the chief steward, and Changzhou was in such a miserable state, but he never came to see it!"

"Haha, fine. If he doesn't come, then we'll just have to go there ourselves!"

"Once the grain problem is solved, I will report this river administration office!"

After saying that, Xiao Lang calmed himself down, slapped his thigh, exhaled a breath of foul air, leaned over to take the tea bowl that had just cooled down a little, and drank the tea in the bowl in one gulp.

Unexpectedly, Ma Weimin, who had been listening for a while, finally had something to say.

"Uh, hehe."

"This is all for the court! Huh?!"

"The Duke is a man of great temperament, and he does things in a bold and open manner. We are all used to this!"

"Brother Ying Yuan, you are the local official, and you are concerned about the people's concerns. We all understand this."

"but."

"The river management office has always been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry."

"We came to Changzhou to investigate the corruption of military supplies. Seeing this situation, we can't stand it. Since we have to go to Zhenjiang, we will mainly go to ask for food!"

"Well, as for the Ministry of Industry, there is no need to rush to get involved right now! Huh?! Hehe."

Ma Weimin's words were vague, and he tried his best to undo Xiao Lang's previous words.

To be honest, he had good intentions. He was afraid that Xiao Jingchuan would just brag casually and say too much, which would be difficult to turn around later.

But obviously, Xiao Zhi didn't realize this at the moment, or maybe he intentionally expressed his stance in front of Ying Yuan in order to win his heart and use it for his own benefit in the future.

So, when Xiao heard that Lao Ma was joking, he went forward to pull his hind legs, but Xiao fought back again.

"kindness?!"

"What kind of words are these!"

"In front of Brother Ying Yuan, I won't do those nonsense!"

"Still asking for food?!"

"Mei Gongheng, isn't he relying on his relationship with the cabinet chief Qiu Weizhen as his nephew's son-in-law?"

"I'm a military attaché who just came down from the front line. I'm a rough man and I can't care about so many things!"

"Old Ma, listen carefully. This time, we are going to transfer grain, not to beg for grain!"

"As for the fact that the river administration office neglected its duties and did not do its job."

"If you need to participate, then participate!"

"Ma Shiying wouldn't dare to do anything to me!"

Xiao Jingchuan's tough attitude was unquestionable.

Seeing this, Ma Weimin could only sigh in his heart, thinking that it would be better to try to persuade the person later when no one was around, so he did not say any more.

He grunted, raised his hand to grab his bowl of tea on the small table, and gulped it down.

"it is good!"

"Now that we have discussed everything, we won't delay any longer."

"Let's set off now and head to Zhenjiang to ask for money and food. It's urgent to help you, Yan Yingyuan, stabilize the situation in Changzhou!"

When Ma Weimin was about to finish drinking the tea, Xiao Lang beside him suddenly got excited and stood up abruptly, intending to say goodbye and set off on his own way.
(End of this chapter)