Rebirth: Dominating the Country

After traveling for several days, Mu Bai arrived safely in Yuncheng with grain, grass and disaster money under the protection of the Beiya imperial guards.

First, he stationed outside the gate of Yuncheng for an afternoon to recuperate. In the dead of night, the Beiya imperial army quickly surrounded the entire official mansion. Zhu Yongyun, the leader of the imperial army, slipped out of the mansion the prefect of Yuncheng who was sleeping soundly. The strong man was picked up and shaken by Zhu Yongyun like a chicken, and he immediately yelled loudly: "It is a serious crime to hold an official from the imperial court. Do you know who I am? I am the official parent of the imperial court. Hurry up and release me!" I'm coming down!"

Naturally, Zhu Yongyun couldn't listen to him, so he walked outside with the man in his hand. The officers and soldiers who had been guarding the prefect's residence woke up from their dozing state, and immediately surrounded them with knives and guns. Persuading him temptingly: "This strong man should put down the magistrate first, and we won't embarrass you. If the strong man can confess the villain who wants to frame the magistrate, the magistrate will definitely reward you with a lot of money."

That magistrate is not a fool, at first he just lost his sense of propriety because he was offended, but he quickly agreed that his collar was a little tight, and he coughed a few times in discomfort, and hung in mid-air repeatedly begging for forgiveness : "There is no need for a strong man to embarrass a strong man, ahem, as long as you let me go, no, as long as you let me go, I will give you three times the reward! I will never regret embarrassing a strong man!"

The door of the mansion was already opened by the imperial guards, and Mu Bai and Emperor Qiwen's newly appointed magistrate stood watching from a hidden place.

After hearing what Li Xing and Li Zhifu said, Zhu Yongyun's footsteps paused. Just when the former thought he was overjoyed by being persuaded, the scimitar that appeared in the latter's hand did not know when it was placed on Li Zhifu's white and tender neck Above: "Keep them away from me."

Commander Zhu had a scar on his face from the corner of his eye to the corner of his mouth, and he was not dressed as an imperial guard. His voice was very hoarse and deep, and he looked like a green forest hero who robbed his house.He exerted a little force on his hand, and a bloodstain immediately appeared on Li Zhifu's neck, and the force was still increasing. Many people refused to let go, so they directly shouted at Li Xing: "You don't want to get out of the way quickly, because you want to get out of the way!" Am I dead?"

A group of surrounding officers and soldiers and guards all backed away immediately, watching helplessly as the strong man who appeared suddenly tied up his magistrate with a thick rope, and threw him directly into the corner of the door.Then the Beiya imperial guards wearing black armor and armed with weapons quickly poured into the inner courtyard, and threw Mu Bai, the new magistrate, Zhu Yongyun and Li Xing who was tied up and casually thrown on the ground.

"Following the fate of the heavens, the emperor ordered that Li Xing, the magistrate, forged false political achievements and failed to report the disaster. The third crime is collusion with businessmen, causing food prices to skyrocket, and the disaster victims riot..." After listing Li Xing's crimes, he read out again In order to replace the magistrate's will.

"It must be fake, this group of people must be fake imperial envoys, uh uh..." Li Xing's dying words were blocked by the cloth stuffed into his mouth.

The officers, soldiers and guards on the periphery took a step forward, and seeing this posture, they took back their steps.

"Resisting the decree is a serious crime against the nine clans. Considering that you were deceived by Li Xing, the crime is still pardonable. If you assist this official in handling the case and providing disaster relief, your merits and demerits will be equal, and you will not be severely punished." Wen Liangyu, the new prefect, stood up and spoke. , He was holding official seals and documents in his hand, and the master who was around Li Xing also turned against him.

The head of the nursing home was originally Li Xing's brother-in-law. Seeing that his legs were a little weak during the battle, he was about to sneak out to report the news, but he was stopped by someone who was eager to make a contribution. He nailed his clothes with a knife and killed him. Put people on the ground.

The instigator, Li Zhifu, was imprisoned, and the granary was opened for grain.The officers and soldiers and the Beiya imperial guards tried their best to maintain the order of the porridge distribution, and Wen Liangyu dealt with the backlog of official documents in the government.In the name of the royal family, Mubai distributed food and porridge to appease the people.The disaster has gradually eased, and the mood of the victims has gradually stabilized.

Of course, what has to be done is not enough. The few grain merchants who maliciously raised the price before naturally "paid" a large amount of silver for disaster relief, and the price of grain was also lowered. Seeing that the situation is improving, the government's side But there was a big problem.

Although there are supplies from several grain merchants, and the government has also opened warehouses to release grain, it is still very difficult to support the next spring with only these grains.

Because of the severe drought in Yuncheng, grain merchants from other places naturally wanted to transport grain to make a fortune. Unfortunately, the higher authorities did not allow price increases. Not to mention that they could not make money at the price that the victims could afford, and they might post a large amount of it. Pen.

Merchants value profits, and the well-informed grain merchants directly turned around on the river to transfer the grain that was going to be transported to Yuncheng to other places. Those who were not informed were small businessmen, and the grain that could be transported was very limited.

In the past few days, the rice distribution in Yuncheng has also been changed to porridge, and they are waiting for other places to transport food to alleviate the shortage of food in the city.Li Xing has a backer behind him, and he is also a local official who governs Yuncheng and the surrounding areas.

Even though the prince Mu Bai is suppressing him, it still can't change the other party's determination to add fuel to the fire.What's more, it is impossible for Mu Bai to stay here all the time. In the eyes of this group of people, as long as there is no disturbance and the superficial balance is maintained, the world of Yuncheng will not belong to them after he leaves.

Originally, the plan of the person in charge of this area was to wait for Mu Bai to leave before doing anything, but after listening to someone's persuasion, he suddenly changed his tone and said that he was giving the fledgling second prince a little bit of trouble. The prince is not in the right position, and he is doing this to help the prince, so that when the imperial power is handed over in the future, this place can still be his world.

It is said that there are three fires when a new official takes office, and Wen Liangyu's fire has just started, and some people want to put it out.This Wen Liangyu is a good official who cares about the people's livelihood, so he doesn't worry about himself at this time, whether or not his official position can be kept is the second priority, and the problem of refugees is the most important thing.

Mu Bai was not in a hurry, although he did not participate in this matter in Yuncheng in his last life, he learned a lot of inside information because of Mu Yan.This time around, I did my homework even more. I thought about all possible problems that I might encounter while on the road, and wrote all the solutions to these problems into the plan.

The previous plan to arrest Li Xing, the former magistrate, was also planned from the moment he left the city gate, confusing the people who informed Li Xing and the people behind him, and then successfully captured him by surprise.

After all, the Beiya imperial guards are the emperor's personal soldiers, and only a small part of them followed Mu Bai.If it hadn't been for surprise, even Zhu Yongyun's martial arts might not be able to arrest Li Xing so easily.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if Mu Bai is the prince, in order to survive, Li Xing is very likely to fight to the death, which is not good for anyone, and it will waste the time to rescue the victims.

Wen Liangyu, who has money here but can't buy food, was so anxious that his mouth was full of smoldering, and he was about to find Mu Bai with the things sorted out by the people below, when someone ran in outside to announce the good news.

"My lord, a grain merchant came outside, saying that it was the owner of Xilelai, and he was willing to transfer the batch of grain that was going to be shipped to Qizhou to Yuncheng, but the price still needs to be discussed with your lord, and the quoted price is within our current range. within the acceptable range."

"This is a good thing. Ben Wang and Master Wen should go and have a look together. The document to borrow food from Suizhou has also been sent out, and a reply will come in a few days." Mu Bai, who was standing at the door, naturally also heard the good news from the servant .

Wen Liangyu finally showed a little joy on his face: "What Wang An said is, Xiaguan, go over and talk to Xile at the owner's house now, if the money can't be so much, let the wealthy households in the city think about it first, and it will always work." Stay until the food borrowed from Suizhou comes." Wen Liangyu was talking, but she had already taken steps under her feet.

When Mu Bai arrived at the lobby, the latter had almost talked with the owner who came from Xile.Sitting next to Wen Liangyu was a very young man in Tsing Yi, when he saw Mu Bai approaching, he just turned his face and smiled slightly, revealing a mouthful of extremely white teeth.

The man's appearance is only ordinary, but his eyes are extremely sharp. He only wears a very simple green dress, and his hair is tied with a simple wooden hairpin. With capital, Wen Liangyu almost thought that this was a liar who was taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, so it was no wonder that the boy hesitated when he announced the good news.

Of course, this can't be a liar, because he is none other than Feng Jing who wants to discuss important matters with Mu Bai face to face.

As a distinguished guest, Feng Jing was arranged to live in the best house in the Yuncheng government, which is next door to Mu Bai.In the dead of night, Feng Jing, who had changed his clothes, pushed open the door of Wang An's room, twisted up the white piece, and blocked the back path of the black piece held by Mu Bai with one move.

"It's been so long, and the lord's chess skills are still not as good as mine." He directly pulled the chair in front of the table and sat down, and killed Mu Bai's blacks until not a single one was left, and then he opened his mouth to talk about the seriousness of his return.

"The food this time is enough to support the people of Yuncheng for half a month. Xilelai is also planning to open a food store here. When it stabilizes, I have to earn back the money I lost this time. If you weren't here, I would have taken Take this great opportunity to make a fortune from hardship."

Seeing Mu Bai looking up at him, Feng Jing touched his nose subconsciously, and explained with a smile: "Of course I was just joking, I haven't lost my conscience to make such a fortune. When the food price here stabilizes, I will be blocked by others." The grain merchants outside Yuncheng can come in, and the drought will be over."

Speaking of this, he became serious: "In addition to what you asked for before, I have two more news to bring you, one good news and one bad news. I don't know which one the prince wants to hear first."

"What's the bad one?" Mu Bai put the chess pieces back on the chessboard one by one, raised his head and saw the opponent's expression that he knew.

"The bad news is that your future nephew is gone. I just got the news yesterday. Concubine Wang went crazy for some reason, and suddenly ran towards the precious master. Although the person didn't die, the child didn't." Yes, it is said that the pool of blood under the body is extremely filthy."

Mu Bai picked up his wife's hand and paused in the air: "Then what is the good news?"

"The good news is that the current Holy Majesty's illness has recovered. For the time being, you don't have to worry about being exorcised by an ugly woman in the house. After all, a fire in the back house is not a good thing."

"Jinxiu, let me know, get the horses ready, the king will leave for the capital tonight." Mu Bai stood up suddenly, tied up his cloak and walked outside the door.

"Why are you leaving in such a hurry? The drought in Yuncheng hasn't been resolved yet. Anyway, you should wait until tomorrow to leave. The child is long gone, and it's useless to go now." Feng Jing also hurriedly followed out. We were very dissatisfied with the situation of parting after we met.

"Then I'll go with you too."

"No need, I will take away half of the imperial guards, and leave the rest to Wen Liangyu and you. I have almost explained what I want to explain. As for the people's hearts, don't forget, Xilelai's boss Although it is you, it is still under my name after all."

"Then there's no need to be so eager. Your Majesty won't take the matter on you." Feng Jing was annoyed and puzzled.

Mu Bai only left him a few words and then quickly walked out of the mansion: "I am worried that it is not the father but the prince. You don't know that once my brother goes crazy, he will bite people indiscriminately."