Although County Magistrate Sun knew that the two officers were exaggerating, he still believed that Yun Chao had indeed wiped out the bandits in Woniu Mountain, otherwise the two officers would not dare to lie to him like this.
good.
Very good!
Although County Magistrate Sun had some objections to Yun Chao, he still had to say yes in his heart.
The bandits in Woniu Mountain were a big worry for him, and now they were eliminated by Yun Chao, which was equivalent to eliminating half of Magistrate Sun's worries.
In any case, the matter of Lieutenant Wu being assassinated by bandits can finally be explained to his superiors.
Next, just find a way to cover up the armory and grain depot.
The armory was okay. After all, nothing happened on the surface. Even if someone checked, they could find a way to cover it up.
The same cannot be said for the granary.
The entire granary was reduced to ashes, and the ambassador in charge of the granary was also missing. Even if he wanted to shirk responsibility, he didn't know who to blame.
A police officer reported to Magistrate Sun that a charred corpse was pulled out from the ruins of the granary and was suspected to be the missing supervisor.
But there is no proof and it is really difficult to explain to the superiors.
food?
Where can I get so much grain to fill the holes in the granary?
Magistrate Sun sent people to inquire at three grain stores in the city. The shopkeepers of several grain stores said that they did not have that much grain reserve at all. Together, they probably only had a thousand tons of grain.
According to the regulations of the imperial court, the granary in Qingyang County should have a grain reserve of five thousand shi.
These grains are firstly used to supply the needs of the military and political parties in Qingyang County, and secondly, they are used to prepare for emergencies.
Once there is a disaster year, these food reserves will be life-saving food for the entire Qingyang County.
The three grain stores together only had a thousand stones, and there was still a gap of four thousand stones. With these four thousand stones of grain, Magistrate Sun was so worried that his hair turned white.
If you buy it at the market price, it will only cost about four thousand taels of silver.
Even if Magistrate Sun is not from a wealthy family, he can still make it happen.
However, Magistrate Sun could come up with four thousand taels of silver, but he could not come up with four thousand shi of food in a short period of time.
There was a fire in the granary in Qingyang County. It was impossible for the superiors not to know about such a big thing.
If the superior officials knew about it, there was no way they wouldn't come down to investigate.
Magistrate Sun must make up for all the food before the superior officials arrive. This time is very tight.
Magistrate Sun has not forgotten that there is a group of local officials in Qingyang County who are watching him. Maybe the fire in the granary has been reported to Dongping Mansion by now.
Even if the superior officials are procrastinating, they should arrive in about ten days and half a month at the latest.
In other words, Magistrate Sun must replenish the grain in the granary within ten days.
In ten days, even if Magistrate Sun spent double the money, it would be difficult for him to collect several thousand dan of food.
The Dawu Dynasty was not a later generation. There was too much food to eat, and trains and cars could pull it at will.
Not to mention that it would be difficult for Magistrate Sun to organize enough transportation capacity. Even if he could, he would not know where to go to pull food.
It can be seen from the reserves of several grain stores in Qingyang County that the surrounding counties do not have much food.
Even if there were, those grain stores might not sell it to him.
Even if he is willing to sell it, Magistrate Sun may not be able to transport it back safely.
From Qingyang County to other cities, there were countless bandits and robbers.
Common people like food, but bandits like it even more.
With enough food, you can recruit people and expand your power.
Unfortunately, food is in short supply and it is really difficult to get it.
The common people are all poor. If you rob them of food, firstly, you won’t be able to get much, and secondly, they will probably fight you tooth and nail.
And those big households are basically related to the government. Stealing their food will not only easily lead to government encirclement and suppression, but also large groups of bandits usually collude with the officials. After all, they have many connections with those big households. It’s really hard to start with the weak connection.
It would be different if it was Magistrate Sun's food.
Who told him that he was not on the same line as the local officials?
Thousands of stones of food passed by, and those robbers and bandits must have gone crazy!
Even if one group of bandits cannot capture it, multiple groups of bandits will unite together.
If you can rob thousands of stones of food at a time, any group of bandits will risk their lives!
After much thought and worry, Magistrate Sun finally sighed, it seems that we have to find that bastard Yun Er!
So Magistrate Sun called over the two officers who went to Woniu Mountain to inquire about the news: "You two go to Woniu Mountain again and call Yun Er... ahem, call Inspector Yun and tell me that I If you have something urgent to do with him, be sure to ask him to come quickly!"
The two guards were almost crying.
Mr. Sun, you are the King of Hell, you are not too thin. You almost killed us last time, but you finally came back alive, and you let us go again.
Do you think we die too slowly?
Last time they only arrived at Woniu Town, they were already so scared that their calves were spinning. This time they were going to Woniu Mountain, and they had to kill themselves!
However, they did not dare to disobey the county magistrate's order, so they had to pinch their noses, bite the bullet, and leave the city again.
As soon as they left the city, the two officers stopped moving forward.
He stood on the roadside and started yelling.
"The person surnamed Sun is really nothing. Let us both die without even a reward!"
"Yeah, last time I paid for the Lion Tower platform, shopkeeper Zhang gave me two taels of silver. The man named Sun is really stingy. Our brothers went to Woniu Town and he didn't give me a penny. Why don't you be stingy? Kill him!"
"Let's go, let's find a place to have a drink. Whoever wants to go to Woniu Mountain can go. Anyway, I won't go!"
"Then...how should I explain to the person named Sun?"
"What are you afraid of? Let's wait until tomorrow when we go back and say that we haven't found anyone. I'm so busy doing inspections. How can I have time to stay in Woniu Mountain?"
"Yes, yes, that's it!"
"..."
The two guards were indeed right. Yun Chao was indeed no longer in Woniu Mountain.
Luo Zhiyuan was left with fifty boys to guard the food in the village. Yun Chao personally took the people and escorted dozens of carts back to Wolong Village.
The number of carts originally from Wolong Village, plus those collected by Zhang Sihai in the past few days, has increased to more than fifty.
More than fifty large trucks can transport more than two hundred stones of grain at a time.
The bandits in Woniu Mountain had stored tens of thousands of stones of grain, but they had to work hard and pull it out fifty or sixty times.
With loading and unloading, and transportation in between, it takes almost a day to go from Woniu Mountain to Wolong Village.
In other words, it will take fifty or sixty days to transport all the food in Woniu Mountain.
For nearly two months, just thinking about it makes Yun Chao feel dizzy!
Fortunately, Zhang Sihai was dispatched to Qingyang County in advance to lay out the plan. Zhang Sihai promised with confidence that he would haul dozens more trucks to maximize the transportation capacity.
Yun Chao didn't have that much time to wait in Woniu Mountain. Xiahe Village was robbed, and there were casualties during the suppression of bandits. There were many things that needed to be dealt with, and Yun Chao had to go back quickly.
As soon as he returned to Wolong Village, Yun Chao went straight to a villager's home without even returning home.
Still far away from this villager, Yun Chao saw the white cloth hanging in front of the door!
