How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

I don’t know which idiot spread rumors in various counties, saying that Jiangdu County had a large amount of grain reserves. At one time, refugees from nearly a dozen counties all rushed to Jiangdu County!

No matter how hard we tried, we still couldn't prevent it!

But this time, the rumor only mentioned that Jiangdu County had stored grain but did not mention that the Second Prince was here. Thinking that Xie Chengze had been hiding in the government office and refused to reveal his identity, Shen Yuan was so angry that he kicked open Xie Chengze's door and called him by his name, "Xie! Cheng! Ze! Did you do this?"

He deliberately concealed his identity as a prince for his own safety, and lured tens of thousands of refugees here in the name of storing food in order to create huge trouble for Shen Yuan, so that the emperor would dismiss him from his post or even kill him!

He has now learned to kill people by borrowing a knife!

Xie Chengze was sipping porridge in the room. When Shen Yuan rushed in, he was so scared that the bowl in his hand suddenly shook and almost spilled it.

He couldn't help but roll his eyes and said sarcastically, "Oh~ Lord Shen, you have discovered this~ You are so amazing~"

"Are you crazy?" Seeing him admit it, Shen Yuan's eyes turned bloodshot and he grabbed his shoulders tightly with both hands, almost crushing them.

It doesn't matter if Xie Chengze is unwilling to give money, he can find a way himself. He has lowered his requirements for Xie Chengze again and again, to the point where as long as he continues to stay in the government office honestly and not cause trouble for him, he will be satisfied.

But he forgot that he was the one who killed him with his own hands. How could Xie Chengze not bear a grudge against him and not make things difficult for him?

But he didn't expect that Xie Chengze would use the lives of tens of thousands of people to retaliate against him!

He is simply crazy!

Shen Yuan was so disappointed that he didn't even know where this disappointment came from. He only blamed himself for being blinded by Xie Chengze's disguise and letting down his guard, leading to the current disaster.

"Your Highness, the Second Prince." His eyes were bloodshot, and the anger and disappointment in them were rolling, as if swallowing him up completely. "I lost. I shouldn't have believed that you had any regrets."

After he was driven out of the government office by Wuhen that day, he was shocked to find that after this flood, no casualties were found among the people of Jiangdu. Not only that, the enthusiasm of the people in the city to rebuild their homes was also very high. The gloomy scene that was once shrouded by famine was swept away, which was unbelievable to him.

After further questioning, we learned that it was Liang Wanda who had predicted the coming of heavy rain, and took the people from the nearby county to the mountain for refuge before the flash flood broke out. The Yuji Mountain was stable enough to withstand the flood, saving these people's cattle, sheep and lives.

But how could Liang Wanda do such a good thing? According to the other party's character, if he could really predict the future, he would have fled the city to seek refuge long ago!

Xie Chengze must have been involved in this.

He regretted that he had said those slanderous words in front of Xie Chengze, thinking that Xie Chengze really had the intention to repent and wanted to become a second prince who loved the people again.

But now he found that he was wrong.

You are totally wrong. Xie Chengze has not regretted his actions. He has just become smarter and knows how to really kill someone.

He won.

Seeing Shen Yuan's distraught look, Xie Chengze put down the bowl of porridge in his hand, stood up and slowly pried open the trembling hands on his shoulders.

He took a step forward and approached the other party, his eyes staring straight into Shen Yuan's eyes, with a cold and sarcastic smile, "Repentance? Why should I feel remorse? I have never owed Lord Shen anything, and Lord Shen has never had a grudge against me."

He said softly, with a hint of indifference and disappointment in his voice, "On the contrary, I am truly extremely disappointed with Lord Shen."

"Lord Shen, why do you think that those rumors were instigated by me? And why do you think that I, Xie Chengze, would risk tens of thousands of lives to be angry with you?"

Xie Chengze stretched out his index finger and poked him hard in the heart, saying in a cold voice, "You, Shen Yuan, are you worthy?"

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The two parted unhappily.

Xie Chengze sat on a mahogany chair, waving a golden fan. Even though he was a handsome man, he could not hide the coldness and hostility in his phoenix eyes.

These refugees fled to Jiangdu County, which was neither part of Xie Chengze's plan nor his plan.

In other words, they arrived much earlier than Xie Chengze had planned.

Compared to Xie Chengze's calmness, Liang Wanda on the side was about to cry. He slapped his thigh and wailed, "Second Prince, what can we do? Nearly 30,000 refugees... If they rush in all at once, I'm afraid they can tear down the city walls!"

Liang Wanda and Xie Chengze are now like grasshoppers tied to the same rope. It is impossible for him to escape from the city for refuge, so he can only count on Xie Chengze to come up with advice again.

"Prefect Liang, don't be anxious." Xie Chengze was annoyed by his noise and decided to shut him up first. "I have a plan. Send people to gather the yamen runners from all the nearby counties to Jiangdu County and have them bring weapons. The more the better."

"Your Highness, are you planning to block our way by force?" Liang Wanda wiped away her tears and asked tentatively.

Xie Chengze smiled mysteriously, "Just go and do it."

Liang Wanda hurriedly accepted the order, and after he left, Xie Chengze suddenly stood up and wandered around the room anxiously.

"It's at this time, it's at this time!"

On the way to Yizhou, when he exchanged the stolen money into silver bills, he secretly spread the news that there was a flood in Yizhou and there was a food shortage. If the grain could be transported to Yizhou and the price could be raised, he would be able to make a lot of money.

Merchants have good information flow and are sharp-minded. As long as one person buys grain in large quantities, they will notice something is wrong and rush to Yizhou to sell grain.

Later, he asked Wu Ji to spread the news to various states near Yizhou, saying that Prefect Liang was willing to buy grain at a high price. With the receipt from the government office that Wu Ji had "pulled" from him, there would always be brave merchants willing to transport grain and sell it to Yizhou without paying a deposit.

Even the relief grain that was embezzled would take the opportunity to sneak in and enter Yizhou disguised as commercial grain.

In Xie Chengze's plan, as long as the second flood in Yizhou subsides, merchants from all over the country will arrive in Yizhou with large-scale grain carts. By then, Yizhou will have an excess of grain, the market will be in oversupply, and the inflated grain prices will be forced down. As long as grain prices return to normal, the famine problem can be fully solved.

Then, the well-fed manpower can be devoted to the complex and grand reconstruction of the river embankment.

He was playing the game of chess well, but at this moment his opponent took desperate measures and shamelessly threw all the black pieces in the chess pot onto his chessboard, disrupting his layout and completely ruining his game!

If these grain carts happened to encounter hungry refugees outside the city, Xie Chengze couldn't even imagine what would happen!

"What to do? What to do?"

Xie Chengze put away his folding fan, tapped his forehead constantly, and paced back and forth on the ground. What he just said about having a plan in mind was just a lie to appease Prefect Liang. He actually had no idea what to do.

Thirty thousand refugees...

Jiangdu County...can it accommodate it?

Thinking of something, Xie Chengze suddenly stopped and his face turned strange.

How about... this?