Nothing was said all night. The next day, Wang Qiang slept until three o'clock in the morning, but the red girl didn't dare to close her eyes all night, looking a little haggard.

At the right time, when it was time to set off, Wang Qiang left the post house surrounded by a retinue and brocade guards and went straight to the dock.

Hundreds of grain trucks have been loaded on the dock yard, nearly 1,000 soldiers carrying grain are ready to go, Cui Ming and Yang Lichang led dozens of officials to stand in front of the team and wait to send off Lord Qincha. When Wang Qiang arrived, he found several wooden cage prisoner carts inserted in the middle of the grain carts, and Li Yan and several of his comrades were locked up in the prison carts. On the west side of the yard, there were three rows of prisoners kneeling in unison, each with a wooden sign inserted on their body, and several executioners standing behind the prisoners!

Wang Qiang's face sank, and he pointed to the group of prisoners and asked, "Master Zhang, what happened to these prisoners?" ”

"Lord Hui Qincha, these are the leaders of the mob who took the lead in the rebellion in tandem to resist taxes, and the remnants of the thieves, this government will make a big difference today, first, to make a strong move for the adults, and secondly, to deter the lawbreakers in the territory, so that they dare not dare to fight the idea of grain trucks, and ensure the safety of military rations." Yang Lichang said in general.

Wang Qiang knew that these prisoners were just hungry people who couldn't pay their taxes, and they couldn't get on the side of thieves at all. After all, he came from modern society, his conscience is not clear, seeing so many hungry people about to fall to the ground in a blink of an eye, he can't bear it in his heart, and he has the heart to stop it, but he thinks that Chongzhen has repeatedly told him not to interfere in local government affairs, but when the words come to his mouth, he swallows them back, and there is a faint hatred in his heart!

Wang Qiang kept his face calm and did not make a sound, nor did he get on the horse, which made Yang Lichang and other Shandong officials very embarrassed, and he didn't know where to offend this Qincha lord. At this moment, I saw a commotion among the soldiers guarding the periphery, and a lieutenant trotted all the way to everyone, knelt down on one knee and said: "Lord Qiqi, there are a lot of hungry people in front and in front, and they have blocked the road!" ”

"What?!" Yang Lichang's face changed suddenly, and everyone looked in the direction of the captain's finger, only to see a large number of hungry people emerging from the streets and alleys, gradually converging into a stream from all directions, and rushing towards the yard in a black and oppressive manner. A fast horse galloped in the distance, and when he got closer, he immediately rolled the saddle and dismounted, it turned out that the city gate of Yanzhou Mansion had arrived, and the man panted and said: "Your Excellency, tens of thousands of hungry people outside the city have besieged Yanzhou City, and there are few soldiers in the hands of the lowly officials, and the bullets can't be suppressed, and now the hungry people have entered the city." ”

"You! Rubbish! Yang Lichang stepped forward angrily and kicked the city gate.

Seeing this scene, Wang Qiang was also a little panicked, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

Tens of thousands of hungry people have surrounded the yard in a blink of an eye, a piece of black pressure, there are still a large number of hungry people in the back to join in, the hungry people in front of them slowed down their pace, but they are still approaching step by step with knives and guns, the soldiers guarding the periphery did not receive the order to fight, they had to gradually retreat towards the middle of the yard, the hungry people are less than 100 meters away from the grain truck, and the eyebrows of the people crowded in the front are clearly visible, the situation is extremely critical!

Wang Qiang stared at the hungry people not far in front of him, in the center of the front row was a young woman, her hair was scattered, her shoulders were bare, her broken clothes could no longer cover her thin body, the woman was holding a baby in her arms, the baby was only wrapped in a piece of cloth between her crotch, her eyebrows and eyes were closed, she had obviously been dead for a long time, the young woman was expressionless, a pair of empty eyes looked ahead stupidly, and slowly moved her steps forward!

The scene in front of him deeply shocked Wang Qiang and made him forget his situation.

Seeing that Wang Qiang looked indifferent, Yang Lichang grabbed Wang Qiang's arm angrily and shouted, "Lord Wang, when is it, give an order!" ”

Wang Qiang glanced at Yang Lichang in disgust and said, "What order?" Do you want me to give the order to kill these unarmed civilians? ”

"You!" Yang Lichang was dissatisfied and said to Wang Qiang: "You are a Qincha, so naturally you want to be the master!" ”

"Now that I think of me, what the hell did you do when the emperor asked you to open a warehouse for relief!" Wang Qiang yelled at Yang Lichang.

"You!" Yang Lichang was also anxious, and pointed at Wang Qiang and said: "This batch of military rations has been lost, everyone present has to lose their heads, you don't want to be in charge, that official has to overstep his authority, come on!" ”

"You fart!" Wang Qiang roared, and his anger was aroused. He shouted at Zhang Yu, the commander of the brocade guards beside him, and asked, "Zhang Yu, are you willing to listen to my orders!" ”

Zhang Yu was already ordered to protect Wang Qiang, and he didn't think much about it, and said: "The subordinates are the only ones who are the heads of the horses!" As he spoke, he waved his hand and shouted, "Protect Lord Wang!" Hearing this, the hundred brocade guards brushed out their waist knives, holding knives in their right hands and crossbows in their left hands, ready to fight!

Wang Qiang asked loudly to Tian shrewdly: "Brother Tian, I am the Qincha who holds the grain, but I have the final say on this batch of military rations?!" ”

Tian Jingming was frightened, and hurriedly said, "Naturally, you have the final say." ”

"Good! Then I decided to release military rations to help the victims! Wang Qiang gritted his teeth and said sonorously.

As soon as Wang Qiang's words came out, everyone was shocked, and Yang Lichang stepped forward angrily and grabbed him and said, "Wang Qiang, you!" If you lose your military rations, you're going to lose your head, come on! ”

"Come on fuck you!" Wang Qiang only felt that an evil fire rushed straight to his head, stretched out his hand and pulled out the waist knife from Zhang Yu's waist, and scolded angrily: "I slashed you bastard!" The knife fell, only to hear a poof, and actually cut off Yang Lichang's head with a knife, blood spurted out of Yang Lichang's neck, and the fountain splashed like a high.

When the incident happened suddenly, Cui Ming, Tian Jingming, and the officials of Shandong Province were all stunned, and the soldiers guarding the grain and the hungry people in front were also there. Wang Qiang was aroused by the blood, and even forgot about being afraid, his eyes were blood-red and he shouted to the sky: "Fuck your uncle!" Anyway, Lao Tzu came to this world for nothing, and cutting off his head is no more than a scar the size of a bowl! He pointed at Cui Ming and other officials with the blood-dripping steel knife in his hand and shouted: "Lao Tzu wants to release grain for disaster relief, which of you dares to stop it!" ”

Cui Ming was the first to react, since you forced us to release food with a knife, then you have to bear the sin of losing military rations alone, and it has nothing to do with us. Thinking of this, Cui Ming hurriedly bowed down and said, "Everything is up to Lord Qincha!" ”

"It's up to the adults to decide!" A cadre of officials in Shandong said in unison.

"Good! Today, Ben Qin sent an order on behalf of heaven to help the victims, and the emperor has his own official to take care of it, and he will never involve others. Wang Qiang bent down to pick up Yang Lichang's head, jumped on a grain truck, held Yang Lichang's head high, and shouted in front of the hungry people: "Folks! Everyone listened to me, the emperor has an order, asking the local government to open warehouses to help the victims, but this Yang Lichang actually dared to resist the decree and disobey the order, privately swallow the treasury grain, and harm the people. ”

The crowd was silent!

Wang Qiang threw Yang Lichang's head to the ground, and shouted at the top of his voice: "This official is in accordance with the emperor's order, and this will release grain, and all prefectures and counties will open porridge sheds to help the victims, and they will also distribute seeds and grain from house to house." Everyone went back to their counties to wait for relief. ”

The crowd remained silent and motionless!

Wang Qiang pointed to the prisoners who were being held in the west and shouted: "Those people were framed by Yang Lichang and wrongfully imprisoned. ”

The crowd still hasn't loosened! Tens of thousands of pairs of eyes stared at Wang Qiang, forming a huge coercion!

"That's all for the good!" Wang Qiang muttered in his heart, it seems that the common people are afraid, no matter what you say, you don't believe it.

"That's it!" Wang Qiang drank like a play, and then shouted: "Ben Qin sent grain on the spot, come here, put grain!" ”

There was silence for a moment, and someone in the crowd let out a whimper, and then tens of thousands of hungry people fell to their knees, and the cries rang out one after another, gradually merging into one, like rolling thunder!

Wang Qiang jumped off the carriage and finally breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that he was sweating through his clothes, as if he had collapsed.

The next thing was much simpler, Wang Qiang ordered the garrison soldiers of Yanzhou Mansion to immediately open porridge and shed porridge on the edge of the yard, while instructing the county officials of Yanzhou Prefecture to check the number of villagers on the spot, and then distribute relief grain and seed grain according to the number, and also ordered people to release Zhang Hao and other county orders who were in prison, and participate in the grain release together. Tian Jingming took several household officials to deliver grain to Yanzhou government officials and register them; Some of the victims flocked to the porridge shed and lined up in a long line to give up the porridge, while some sat quietly waiting to receive relief food. Officials in each county of Yanzhou Prefecture were busy checking the number of people in each village with the village leaders and village representatives, and distributing food according to the number of people.

After a short period of chaos, the yard gradually restored order, seeing that everything was settled, Wang Qiang instructed Zhang Yu to stay in the yard to maintain order, and then dragged his lead-filled legs back to his residence, and then fell asleep on the bed.

Wang Qiang slept until the next day, when the light was bright and he woke up, this night he had nightmares, the dream was extremely dangerous, bloody, although he woke up, he was still a little ignorant, and he forgot where he was!

"You're finally awake." A soft greeting sounded in his ears, Wang Qiang turned his head sideways, and saw the red girl sitting on the edge of the bed, with a pair of beautiful eyes showing a concerned expression.

Seeing the red girl, Wang Qiang had already woken up and asked, "Red girl, why are you still here?" ”

"Can I leave like this?" The red girl asked rhetorically.

"Oh! By the way, you can't go, you have to save your Li Gongzi! Wang Qiang slapped his head and teased, "Don't worry, what I promised will definitely be done, just for a day or two, if you don't bite if you don't bite if there are more lice, you will die anyway." Wang Qiang said nonchalantly.

"I'm just afraid that you will think so so I stayed, if you release military rations privately, the emperor will not spare you, you should think about your own future." The red girl said worriedly.

Wang Qiang turned over and got up and jumped under the bed, and replied with a wry smile: "The way back? Hehe, I'm a little eunuch who isn't bullshit, how can I have any way back! Besides, it's too late to run, and those brocade guards won't let me go. Hey, forget it, I've exchanged a cheap life for countless lives, it's worth it. ”

Wang Qiang stretched his body and paced to the outside, seeing that Tian Jingming was waiting outside. Tian Jingming saw Wang Qiang coming out, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Oh, I said brother, you finally woke up." In this situation, you have to hurry up and get a charter. ”

Wang Qiang sat down calmly, took the gaiwan tea handed over by his entourage, lifted the lid of the bowl and gently plucked the tea foam on the surface, drank two sips, and slowly put down the tea bowl. ”

"It's nothing hard, it's just that the Yanzhou government distributed more than 20,000 loads of grain overnight. Not to mention, now officials from Dengzhou, Yingzhou, and Laizhou provinces have also arrived, clamoring for relief food, and I have also heard that the victims of the disaster in several surrounding state capitals have already received the news and are forming a team to rush to Yanzhou. We still have 60,000 loads of grain left in our hands, if we can safely transport these grains to the capital, the emperor will be kind, maybe he can forgive us, if we continue to send it, you and I will only have a dead end! Tian Jingming said with a sad face.

Wang Qiang came to this world in a daze, thinking that if he was killed by Chongzhen, he would travel back to modern society again, he was calm in his heart, and he saw things more thoroughly than Tian Jing, and said with a smile: "Brother Tian doesn't have to be in a hurry to get on fire, it is my idea to release grain, I can't blame your brother, I killed Yang Lichang, it is already a capital crime, and it is not a big deal to memorize a few more, but it will affect your brother and you will eat melons, which makes me unbearable." If you want to talk about the charter, I have one here. After Wang Qiang finished speaking, he turned back into the room, took out a box from it and put it on the table, Wang Qiang opened the box, there were several thick stacks of silver tickets inside, Wang Qiang pushed the box to Tian Jingming and said: "This is the bribe I received along the way, all here, about 200,000 taels, I still have some things stored in Zhang Xiaodong, you take the silver and rush back to Suzhou now, find Zhang Xiaodong, and ask him to help raise grain, I know that there is still some food in the warehouse of his city, and if it is not enough, buy some from the people, as long as you can raise food, Your brother is safe, and maybe my life will be saved. ”

Tian Jingming was silent for a long time, thinking that this was the only way for him to get rid of his crimes, and said fiercely: "My brother is so righteous, Tian is ashamed, I will rush back to Suzhou, even if I risk my life to raise food back, if we can escape this catastrophe, my Lao Tian is willing to drink blood wine with you and become brothers in life and death." ”

"That's it!" Wang Qiang got up and said angrily: "If you live, you Tian Jingming will be my brother in life and death!" ”

Tian Jingming's eyes were full of tears, and he picked up the wooden box and said, "Brother, take care!" Then he walked out briskly.