On this day, Ye Lingyue and the rest of the Huangquan team counted the grain in the entire granary.

I don't know if I don't take inventory, this inventory, Ye Lingyue quickly discovered the problem, there is less grain in Beicang.

And it's not less in the general sense, the grain in the entire North Warehouse is fifty quintals less.

Fifty quintals is not a small amount, but when converted, it is equivalent to 5,000 catties of grain.

And what's weird is that these fifty quintals were just missing not long ago.

Ye Lingyue immediately called the old man who came to the warehouse to come and question.

But Ye Lingyue asked a few times, and the old man pretended to be deaf and dumb, and he couldn't hear clearly.

"Uncle, you don't have to pretend anymore, I have long observed that you move freely and have no problem hearing. There are healers in our team, and it's useless for you to pretend. You say, "Where is the grain?" and if you can't answer it, I'll immediately report it to the county magistrate. ”

Ye Lingyue frowned, and suddenly shouted angrily.

Under this drink, the old man was so frightened that his knees weakened, and he knelt down with an ordinary sound.

"Adults, adults spare their lives, and small ones don't mean it. The small ones are really hard, and those grains are not stolen by small black hearts. It's all life-saving food. ”

After that, the old man kowtowed like pounding garlic and begged for mercy, until his forehead was bloodstained, and he still refused to stop.

When everyone in the team saw it, they looked at each other, but Senior Sister Bangyun really went, went up and forcibly pulled up the old man, and the old man calmed down after being appeased.

"Adult, it's useless to talk too much about the small one, please go to a place with the little one, you will understand with your own eyes. ”

The old man sighed, and then left Beicang with Ye Lingyue and the others.

The old man took Ye Lingyue out of a village about four or five miles away in Fang'a County.

The village is next to the mountain, and there are about thousands of villagers in the mountain, which is one of many villages under Fang'a County.

As soon as she entered the village, Ye Lingyue felt that something was wrong.

She noticed that the vegetation throughout the village, including the nearby mountain terraces, had dried up.

The cattle in the barn also staggered, hungry and thirsty.

The people in the village are all yellow and thin.

Several children were carrying a broken bowl in their hands, staring at Ye Lingyue and the others with dark eyes.

"Sister, give me something to eat, I haven't eaten enough for a few days. ”

A little girl with pigtails walked up to Ye Lingyue's side and pulled the corner of her clothes.

Everyone's hearts "groan"

Bang.

"Old man, what's the matter, you have stolen so much food, why are these children still starving, you won't be filling your pockets!"

Qin Xiaochuan grabbed the old man and questioned sharply.

"Xiaoyu, what are you doing here, go quickly. ”

A woman heard the movement and hurriedly ran out of a dilapidated house, Ye Lingyue and the others were so frightened that they picked up the child and hurriedly ran away.

"What are we for, we're not monsters that eat people. ”

Photon said dissatisfied.

He is the pillar of the moonlight opera troupe that everyone loves to see flowers and flowers, and when he goes there, he is not a crowd of supporters, why do the people in the village see them, and the tigers are very afraid.

"My lord, don't be angry first, you let go of the small one first, the small one is almost out of breath. ”

The old man had a sad face and begged Qin Xiaochuan.

Ye Lingyue gave a look, and Qin Xiaochuan let go of the person.

"These villagers have come to collect taxes and taxes, and the food in the village has not been filled with their own pockets, so they are placed in the village chief's house. ”

The old man shook his head and took Ye Lingyue to the village chief's house.

In the backyard of the village chief's house, a large amount of grain was neatly stacked, and the amount was a lot.

"Village chief, what the hell is going on. Why is the food in the village not distributed to the villagers?"

Ye Lingyue's face showed a look of anger.

"Your Excellency, you don't know. This grain cannot be moved, these are all grain for tax purposes, and if one load is missing, the whole village will suffer. ”

The village chief had a sad face, and then told Ye Lingyue the whole story.

Originally, this village was called Pan Village, and the village has been growing sorghum rice for generations.

Because the soil and water in this area are very suitable for the growth of sorghum rice, it can be planted in two crops a year.

Fang'a County collects a certain amount of grain and rice tax from the village every year.

Originally, there was always surplus grain in the village, and after paying taxes, the villagers were able to make ends meet.

But just three or four months ago, the wells and rivers in the village dried up for some unknown reason.

In addition, in the past few months, the weather in Fang'a County has been dry and rainless, and there is not enough water for people and livestock in the village, let alone irrigating the grain fields.

In a few months, the village had to pay grain tax again, and the village chief really couldn't get the grain, and he was afraid that the county order and others would investigate it, so the villagers' lives would be worse, so they had to contact the old Liu Tou who was eating in Fang'a County and asked him to secretly smuggle some rice and grain out of Beicang.

"I don't plan to swallow these rice grains privately, these are county grains, and one less will cost my head. I'm just going to get through this time, and when the drought in the village passes, I'll pay some food in private. ”

The village chief sighed.

guarding the food, but can only make the villagers starving, as the village head, he is also sad at this scene.

In order to make a living, some young and middle-aged people in the village have left Pancun, and there are only some lonely old people, children and women left in the village, so that the farmland is even more unattended/br> the villagers have to eat once a day, and in terms of water, they are even more scarcity.

"Grandpa, I'm thirsty. ”

The little grandson of the village chief's family snuggled pitifully beside the village chief, his lips had cracked one after another because of thirst.

The village chief's eyes were sour, and a few cloudy old tears rolled out of his eyes.

"If the drought is so serious, why didn't you tell the county about the tax reduction earlier?"

Ye Lingyue listened, and while asking, she took out a few water bags from the storage bag, and when she saw the water, the little guy's eyes lit up, but she didn't dare to take it.

It wasn't until the old village chief nodded that the little guy hurriedly took the water bladder and ran out, thinking that he was going to give it to his family.

"My lord, you are from a foreign country, and you don't know anything. The county magistrate is a bastard at all, he used to rely on a bit of power, forcing every village to pay taxes on time, and if he didn't pay attention, he would punch and kick. A while ago, I heard that a team of demon hunters came to the county, and they suppressed the county order. But the county order has become their minions ever since. When they came, they increased their taxes, saying that they wanted to accumulate some merits. As a result, the life of the nearby villages is even more difficult, and if any village fails to pay, it will be imprisoned at least and lose its head at worst. ”

As soon as the village chief talked about the demon hunters, his heart palpitated.

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