The oilcloth bag contained a dollop of rice mixed with something dark and brown. The whole rice looks bland and tasteless, with a faint musty smell.

These officials are used to living a life of fine clothes and fine food on weekdays, where can they stand this smell? Deng Shi frowned.

Li Hao picked up a lump of rice and took a bite, and the bitter and moldy taste filled his mouth.

These things were brought from the village, and the black-brown thing in the rice was bark and grass roots. These things have been soaked in water for so long, and they are sure to have a musty smell. If you don't put a little oil and salt in the whole ball of rice, how can it be delicious? But the people in the village can only eat such things every day, and it has been going on for almost half a month.

"You are watched by the light, eat!" Li Hao raised his head and looked at everyone.

Yu Fang, a few people, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know how to speak.

Li Hao's face turned pale, and he slapped the rice on the table: "Don't you give me face?" ”

"How dare you! Ladies and gentlemen, eat quickly. This is all the heart of the prince! ”

Yu Fang was startled, hurriedly put up a smiling face, and took the lead in taking a big bite of rice. When the other people saw that someone was taking the lead, they opened their mouths and gnawed.

As the old saying goes, pleasure is easy, but hardship is eaten. After becoming local officials, this group of people had not eaten such an unpalatable thing for many years.

A small group of rice, several people eat frowning, the taste is like chewing wax, and they can't swallow it.

There was even one person who retched straight out.

But Li Hao didn't speak, and several people didn't dare to stop, so they could only grit their teeth and eat up the rice in their hands.

A small lump of rice, it took several people a stick of incense to eat, and their faces were extremely ugly, obviously holding back the desire to vomit.

"How many adults do you like the taste?"

"The taste of Cuiweiju's food is really extraordinary, and it is worth it to eat such a delicious food!"

Yu Fang's face turned pale, and it took a lot of strength to hold back and not spit it out, and said a bunch of words against Li Hao.

Li Hao sneered, picked up a handkerchief and wiped his hands.

"Yu Fang, do you think this king is blind? The expressions on your faces don't mean anything delicious. To tell you the truth, I took these things from the villages around Hui County! ”

"What!" Yu Fang was taken aback.

He couldn't have imagined that Li Hao had just entered Hongzhou and went to the severely affected countryside in person. With such a heavy rain and such a serious disaster, as the prince of Zhen'an and the owner of the first village in the world, isn't he afraid of danger?

"Not only that, but before I came, I asked my people to go to nine places that were affected by the disaster to examine the damage. Let me recall, what you just said about the resettlement of the victims? ”

"Lord Wang, the officials are panicking!"

Yu Fang could no longer maintain his composure at the beginning, and knelt down with a pop, and several other officials also knelt down immediately, and several people trembled, waiting for Li Hao to fall.

"Panic? What a panic! Li Hao shot the case, and roared like thunder.

"Have the victims been properly resettled, and the people are well fed and clothed, and are not disturbed by the wind and rain? But why did the king see a different scene? There is no tile on the top of the people, and there is no dry bed to sleep underneath. There is nothing to eat and nothing to drink, and there is no clean water to drink. ”

"Quietly, what's on your desk? Big fish and big meat, hot rice wine. When you eat these things every day, do you ever think about what the people are eating? Tree bark, grass roots, muddy water! Do you not have any trouble in your hearts? ”

"The crime of the lower official deserves death, please forgive the prince."

"Do you know that your sins deserve death? Do you think this king doesn't know anything, but before I came, I met His Majesty, and he told me everything! The first batch of two million taels of silver has been distributed for disaster relief, so much money, so many materials, enough for you to resettle the victims, but now the people are still starving in the wind and rain, you can tell me, where did you spend this money! ”

Yu Fang and the others trembled and knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word. If the embezzlement of disaster relief funds is confirmed, ten heads will not be enough for them to cut off.

"You don't say yes, do you? It's okay, I can look it up myself. Come on, bring all the account books of these dog officials, and I want to verify them one by one. ”

"Yes, owner!" The black egg replied loudly, turned around and left.

"Lord Wang, the lower official is guilty, please spare my life, I am willing to hand over all the disaster relief funds to the prince."

Yu Fang was pale, and desperately kowtowed to Li Hao, for fear that he would continue to investigate.

Li Hao was angry and kicked him to the ground: "Lord Yu, since you know the identity of this king, do you think I will care about a million silver taels?" I am here today to ascertain your charges. ”

"Since you can't be sympathetic to the people, then the king will help you, and someone will drag them to the courtyard, and let them feel how the people in the disaster area live!"

"Yes!" The members of the Falcon Squad were in high spirits, and dragged Fang and the others into the heavy rain in the yard.

Li Hao set up the canopy, set up tables and chairs, and audited the accounts while drinking tea.

Yu Fang and the others knelt in the torrential rain, drenched in the rain, but after a cup of tea, their cold lips turned white and trembled.

Li Hao slowly finished the accounts of these days, and sure enough, he found countless loopholes, and he threw these loopholes one by one on the faces of Yu Fang and several people.

didn't say a word, and Yu Fang's faces became even paler.

An hour later, Li Hao slapped the ledger in his hand on the table.

"Two million taels of silver, all of them are disaster relief funds, you are so bold!"

Li Hao's voice was like a flood of bells, these officials had been drenched in the rain for an hour, and now they were startled again, and the eyes of the two officials turned white, and they fainted on the spot.

Yu Fang gritted his teeth and persisted.

"Lord forgive us, we don't dare anymore."

Li Hao sighed behind everyone's back: "You are deceiving your superiors and subordinates, embezzling disaster relief money, and disregarding human life, the crime is unforgivable, I should have put you in prison and beheaded." But now that the disaster is serious, it is the time to employ people, and this king is willing to give you a chance. ”

"Prince, beg the prince to give us a chance, we will do our best to help the prince to relieve the disaster, do our best, and die!"

"Get out of here, and immediately instruct the surrounding counties to immediately start rescuing the victims. Within three days, all the victims must be fed and clothed, and within five days they must have a place to live. For 10 days, there will be no more victims in the affected land. If you can't do it...... I'll take your heads myself! ”

"Yes, the next official will do it!" Yu Fang didn't dare to complain, and immediately ran out with the officials around him.

It was almost impossible to rescue all the affected people in 10 days. But Li Hao didn't give them a chance to argue at all.

It has been a month since the disaster occurred, and in this month they have been content with pleasure, ignoring the lives of the people, and they have wasted so much time in vain. Of course, they have to atone for their own sins. Let the people pay for their afflictions in a month in ten days.

"Young master, you've worked hard for so long, let's go rest first."

Looking at Li Hao's tired face, Wan'er felt distressed for a while. Since he was picked up by Li Hao, his career has been smooth, and he has never been so tired.