Royal Gold Magistrate

Fang Zhengyi finally arrived at Jianjiang City after more than ten days of rushing.

When it was time to enter the city, Fang Zhengyi deliberately walked separately from the others.

I drove into the city alone, and the rest of the people split up.

With Xie Xian's previous address in hand, they should be able to find someone there.

The reason for this arrangement is because Fang Zhengyi was cautious.

Jianjiang is no better than the capital city, a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, and Emperor Jing in the capital city is a clear thigh.

As long as you hug it, you basically can't die.

But this is a new place, and if he is not familiar with the place, it is best to keep more hole cards, this is his way of survival.

After driving to Jianjiang City, Fang Zhengyi's mood gradually sank.

At this time, the sun was in the sky, but outside the city, there were many victims of disasters.

Many officers and soldiers beat and kicked out with sticks in an attempt to drive the victims away and maintain some order.

There are more than a dozen porridge sheds set up outside the city, and officers and soldiers are giving porridge.

Looking around, many victims who had finished receiving porridge and water were lying crookedly on the ground.

Because of the hot weather, many people were expressionless, showing their chests and belly.

Under the dark skin is skinny, and the occasional ups and downs are proof that the person is still alive.

The air was filled with a strong rancid smell, and flies were buzzing and flying around.

Thousands of people don't take a bath for months, and in the hot summer, the smell can be imagined.

Fangzheng jumped out of the carriage, unhooked the reins and rode on his horse. He walked not far from the porridge shed. He stretched his head to look. Where there was porridge in the porridge pot, it was clearly white water.

Judging from the consistency, it has nothing to do with the word porridge.

Fangzheng frowned, he didn't expect that Jianjiang's situation was far more serious than he thought.

Drinking this kind of porridge can only add some water, and it can only be said to be tasteless in terms of nutrition.

How could the victims survive with such things.

Fangzheng frowned and glanced around twice, got a general impression of the current situation, and rushed into the city.

At the gate of the city, when the guard blocked the way, Fang Zheng took out the guide, but did not take out the official transfer order.

Fortunately, the guards saw that he was dressed luxuriously, so they didn't stop him, and extorted a penny from him before letting him into the city.

He didn't take these little things to heart. He arrived a few days early, and it was necessary to investigate and investigate among the people. If he took office rashly, he might be deceived about many problems.

Although Jianjiangtong has a small position as a magistrate, he has the right to directly report to the emperor.

Moreover, he is in charge of food affairs and water conservancy. If he is not careful, he may be blamed.

Fang Zhengyi felt a little heavy, and kept observing while riding a horse on the street.

The situation in the city was not very good either. There were not many people on the street, and even if there were people, most of them were disheveled, obviously seriously malnourished.

After walking around the city twice, countless pairs of eyes have already fixed on him.

Fangzheng didn't dare to wander around anymore, and hurried over according to the address left by Xie Xian.

Fortunately, Xie Xian was very careful and gave the news very clearly. Fang Zhengyi quickly found the house that Xie Xian and the others bought.

When I got to the door, I knocked on the door, and it opened after a while.

Seeing that it was Fang Zhengyi, the man suddenly shouted in surprise: "Master! Why are you here!"

Fang Zheng put on a serious face without saying a word, and stepped directly into the room.

Bai Rui followed behind tremblingly.

It's over, I didn't expect my group of people to make such a big noise!Now the master was alarmed to come in person!

It seems that going back must eat good fruit!

As soon as Fangzheng entered the main hall, he sat down on the main seat, and said in a deep voice, "Where are the others?"

Bai Rui swallowed: "Others...uh...we bought a painting boat, most of the people are painting the boat on weekdays, I stay here to watch the house, sleep during the day and act at night."

"Well, call me Qi! Especially Shen Zhaoxuan! You must come here! Go!"

Bai Rui began to feel anxious, it's over, the master is really angry!

In the past, he was not merciless when he wanted to punish people!

"Why don't you leave?"

"Ah! Let's go now, let's go right away!" After speaking, Bai Ruifei ran out of the house as if.

After waiting for an hour, the expatriates from Taoyuan County began to rush back from outside.

Fang Zhengyi walked around the yard twice and found no one else. It seems that this group of people is quite cautious and quite satisfactory.

After everyone arrived, they began to sit around the big table, looking anxiously at Fang Zhengyi who was sitting in the main seat.

After being silent for a while, Fang Zhengyi said slowly, "You guys..."

"Oops!! I'm sorry, master, I'm late!!" A yelling voice suddenly came from the gate of the courtyard.

Zhou Tie staggered in yelling.

Then he stood still and watched Fangzheng shyly rubbing his hands on his chest.

Fangzheng said indifferently: "Why did you come? You are late when everyone is here? Look down on me?"

Zhou Tie swallowed and did not dare to speak.

Xie Xian quickly smoothed things over: "Master, he has injuries!"

Zhou Tie hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I have injuries on my body, the master didn't mean I was late, I got lost! I'm sorry!"

"Lost? How did you get here?" Fangzheng squinted at him.

Zhou Quan whispered: "Come here."

Fangzheng sneered and said, "Come here? We all go out in sedan chairs and carriages. You deserve to get lost if you come here! You shouldn't have come to this meeting because you came here."

Zhou Tie immediately yelled: "I am wronged, master! They threw me on the boat alone, and I have no money! I can only walk over."

Fangzheng said impatiently: "Ah, that's fine, that's fine! Find a place to sit by yourself, and how did you get hurt? Did someone beat you?"

Zhou Tie looked embarrassed: "Uh... it fell into the water, it's not in the way, it's not in the way..."

Fang Zhengyi shook his head helplessly.

"That's all! Xie Xian, tell me what's going on with you now and what have you done?"

Hearing this, Xie Xian took out a notebook from his pocket, looked at the content on the notebook and said, "Master, you came in time, we haven't done anything yet."

"Shen Zhaoxuan founded Zizijiao, and now there are 500 followers."

"Wei Cai and others dug a few tunnels to connect them to the granaries of several well-known big households in Jianjiang, but luckily they haven't acted yet."

"We have already inquired about the few companies we dug through. Most of them have a good reputation, but they are secretly running dogs."

"Taking advantage of the food disaster to drive down the reserve price crazily, merged a lot of land, and forced many people to death, Bai Rui went out to check them one by one."

"The most important news is that there is a big problem with the grain in the official warehouse. Most of the stored grain is moldy grain and old grain."

"We suspect that someone in the government colluded with big local households to arbitrage in the market by exchanging new ones for old ones."

Fangzheng glanced at the crowd and smiled: "Not bad! You did a good job! I thought you guys were going to cause a big disaster, but I didn't expect that you gave me a big gift just after we came here!"

As he said that, Fang Zhengyi's eyes suddenly became sharp: "However, if it wasn't for you bastards, I wouldn't have been demoted, sir!"

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