"Brother, you don't know something. Our Lord Prefect is a rare and good man."
In a small tea stall, two businessmen were talking to the hundreds of Jinyiwei households about the good things Li Jin had done these days.
"Our Lord Magistrate has a strategy in his heart and a scale in his belly. Everything is under his control."
"A few days ago, there were floods in Hepu County and surrounding prefectures and counties. The victims were everywhere and people died of hunger everywhere."
"In addition, it is now the harvest season, but there is a sudden flood, resulting in a year's income suddenly disappearing."
"The grain merchants and big landowners in the city raised prices and raised all the grain prices to the sky."
"The people cannot afford to buy food, and they have to finish the food at home. However, the food in the fields has been destroyed by floods, and there is no harvest. They are not far away from starving to death."
"Thankfully we have a good prefect in Hepu County, otherwise our Hepu County would have turned into a ghost town by now."
When the two businessmen saw Jinyiwei Baihu, they were generous and bought a pot of high-quality Biluochun. Naturally, they didn't hide their secrets and just said whatever they knew.
But after hearing this, Jinyiwei Baihu became even more confused and asked:
"But how did I hear that Magistrate Li took the lead in raising the price of food? Wouldn't it make the people unable to afford food and starve to death?"
One of the businessmen slammed the table excitedly and said:
"At the beginning, all of us thought the same way. We felt that the prefect was not a good person. He was simply a corrupt official who colluded with government and businessmen and harmed the people."
"We didn't know how many times we scolded the prefect secretly, but it wasn't until later that we realized we had misunderstood him."
"Oh? What do you say?"
Jinyiwei Baihu poured a cup of tea for this person in time and kept asking.
"Master Li did not do this to harm the people, but to save the people."
The businessman took a sip of tea and then said:
"We brothers are businessmen. We naturally know the nature of businessmen, which is to take advantage of every opportunity and pursue profits."
"Master Li will increase the price of grain in Hepu County, which will attract grain merchants from around to come to Hepu County with a large amount of grain."
"Things are rare and expensive. When a large amount of grain appears in Hepu County, it is destined that the price of grain here will drop in a short time."
"Master Li took advantage of this mentality of businessmen to completely solve the food disaster in Hepu County."
"Now the food supply in Hepu County has returned to normal levels, and is even 10 to 20% lower than the previous food price. This is all due to Governor Li."
"Then Magistrate Li bought these grains in the name of the government to help the victims, which is a great merit."
The businessman told all the things Li Jin had done in Hepu County in one breath, which made hundreds of Jinyiwei families stunned.
On the way here, he had been thinking that a corrupt official like Li Jin should be imprisoned and tortured so that he would never dare to take corruption or bribery again in his next life.
But now after arriving in Hepu County, the Jinyiwei Hundred Households were a little dumbfounded. This was completely different from what they had imagined. It could even be said to be a world of difference.
Not only was Li Jin not a corrupt official, he was also a living Bodhisattva who rescued those in need, the Qingtian Master of Hepu County.
Based on what he saw and thought along the way, he felt that the two businessmen were telling the truth. After all, those disaster relief shacks on the road would not tell lies.
But this made Jinyiwei Baihu feel entangled. After all, when he came, he had an imperial decree to capture Li Jin and bring him back to the capital.
Now, Li Jin has no guilt at all. If he takes it back to the capital rashly, he may bring disaster to himself in the future.
After pondering for a long time, Jinyiwei Baihu finally came up with a bold idea.
