"Lord Governor, it's not good! It's not good~!"
In the back office of the governor's office, Feng Baotou hurriedly walked in and shouted to Wang Liaoyuan who was taking a nap on the table with one hand on his cheek.
Last night, Turkic spies attacked the post house at night, resulting in Li Tai being kidnapped. As the governor of Bingzhou, Wang Liaoyuan was busy until about Yinshi before going to bed. After only sleeping for more than an hour, he got up again and went to the post house to discuss with Li Junxian to rescue Li Tai's strategy.
After returning from the post house, Wang Liaoyuan heard the news about the lack of food in Taiyuan City, so he was busy posting notices and dispatching 10,000 shi of food from the official warehouse. It was another busy morning.
After a hasty meal at noon, Wang Liaoyuan was so sleepy that he fell asleep sitting down.
Feng Baotou's shout caused Wang Liaoyuan to wake up from his dream instantly. He stood up from his seat with a start and said nervously: "What's wrong? What happened? Is there any news from His Highness? Already?"
The current news about Li Tai is what Wang Liaoyuan is most afraid of receiving and what he hopes to receive the most. The reason why he is afraid is because he is afraid of receiving news about Li Tai's accident, and the reason why he is hopeful is because he hopes to receive it. News of Li Tai's rescue.
"No... no! It's a grain truck!"
Feng Baotou came running all the way, with sweat all over his face. After saying a few words, he was out of breath. Wang Liaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the news was not from Li Tai. , was also a little disappointed. He looked at Feng Baotou, frowned and said: "What's wrong with the grain truck? Take a breath first and speak slowly~!"
Feng Baotou took two deep breaths and then said: "Back to your lord, today the servants of various government offices in the city went to the official warehouses in the city to dispatch grain according to your instructions. However, there were three batches of grain trucks just now. People were besieged near Renfang and Gujiangfang, and those people took advantage of the chaos and stole all the food on the grain truck, which was almost more than 800 shi in total!"
Wang Liaoyuan was shocked when he heard this. His expression changed and he asked sharply: "What? People are robbing food? How could such a thing happen? What do those government officials who escort the food do for food~?"
With the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Taiyuan has actually been at peace for a long time, and the government has established quite a good prestige in the city. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for ordinary people to dare to openly go against the government, let alone in broad daylight. I'm openly robbing the government of food!
Feng Captou said with a bitter look on his face: "It was the common people who first surrounded the grain transport team. There were thousands of them, and some of them instigated it. Seeing the anger of the people, the government officials who escorted the grain did not dare to take action without authorization, otherwise the situation would be terrible. It will be even harder to clean up!”
"Trash~!"
When Wang Liaoyuan heard this, he was so angry that he couldn't help but cursed angrily. Then he felt something was wrong, so he frowned and said: "I have clearly issued a notice to the people in the city this morning. The government will mobilize 10,000 stones from the official warehouse." Grain is distributed to major grain stores for sale. If the people are short of food, they can go to the grain stores to buy it. Why do they gather together to snatch official grain from the government officials?"
Feng Baotou thought for a while, then clasped his fists and replied: "Sir, I heard that the first few grain stores in the city to receive the official grain had sold out all the grain in less than half an hour. , all the common people who came to grab the official food had not bought any food!
Moreover, my subordinates also heard rumors from the common people that Taiyuan City will be closed for at least a month, so these common people are so crazy about grabbing official rations! "
"Taiyuan City will be closed down for at least a month? Ridiculous and deceptive!"
Wang Liaoyuan heard this and angrily said: "Although His Highness has been kidnapped by Turkic spies, there are tens of thousands of troops in Taiyuan City. Why does it take a month to rescue His Highness? Where did these rumors come from?"
"Sir, Wu thinks that now is not the time to investigate where the rumors originated. The top priority should be to stabilize people's hearts as soon as possible!"
At this moment, a middle-aged scribe came in from the door, it was Mr. Wu, the aide of the Governor's Mansion. He walked in quickly and raised his hand to Wang Liaoyuan.
Apparently, he also received news about the robbery of the grain truck.
When Wang Liaoyuan saw Mr. Wu come in, he looked happy and asked quickly: "Mr. Wu, how is the situation with General Li?"
An hour ago, he sent Mr. Wu to the south of the city to inquire about Li Junxian and others' rescue of Li Tai. After all, Li Tai was his biggest "heart problem" now. If Li Tai was not rescued, he would never be able to feel at ease!
"Back to my lord, over at Tongfu Inn, the Turkic spies are heavily guarded. The inn is surrounded by their outposts and hidden sentries. It is extremely difficult to rescue during the day. General Li plans to stay put and wait for the opportunity!"
Mr. Wu cupped his hands and briefly introduced the situation in the south of the city to Wang Liaoyuan. Then he said seriously:
"Sir, on the way back to the government office, Mr. Wu happened to see a batch of grain trucks being robbed by thousands of people. Such a thing happened in the city. Once the news is fermented, the remaining people in the city who have not bought or failed to grab the grain will be determined. If people are moved, maybe they will follow suit. By then, Taiyuan City will be in chaos! After all, most people in the world are not worried about scarcity but inequality. Those common people saw that someone had grabbed food, but they couldn't buy it with money. , how can they balance their psychology~?"
Hearing this, Feng Captou nodded sharply and said: "Sir, Mr. Wu is right! Now when the brothers escort the grain trucks, they are all panic-stricken, because there are always people hanging around behind the grain trucks, and something will happen sooner or later if this continues! "
Wang Liaoyuan frowned deeply and pondered for a moment. He sighed and said: "Of course I know that we should stabilize the people's hearts as soon as possible, but such a vicious incident happened in the city today. I always feel that someone is secretly adding fuel to the flames. If I don't bring this person Seize it, we will always be passive!"
Mr. Wu cupped his hands and said: "Your Excellency, if no one is secretly manipulating this matter, Wu will never believe it! But Wu believes that stabilizing people's hearts is as important as finding out the mastermind behind the scenes. We can do it at the same time~!"
Wang Liaoyuan's eyes lit up and he said quickly: "Oh? Mr. Wu, what's your opinion? Tell me quickly!"
"Sir! Baiqi Lin Jiang wants to see you~!"
Just as Mr. Wu was about to speak, a government servant walked in quickly from outside and said to Wang Liaoyuan, cupping his fist.
"Hundred Cavalry? Hurry! Invite him in quickly~!"
When Wang Liaoyuan heard this, he suddenly became energetic. Baiqi's visit meant that Li Junxian had something very important to ask him. It probably meant that there had been significant progress in rescuing Li Tai. This was good news! Because as long as Li Tai is rescued, Taiyuan City will stop sealing the city, and then the problem of people in the city gathering to rob food will be solved! After all, once the city gate is opened, no people will worry about the lack of food in the city anymore!
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