Acting for the gods

Chapter 152 Human blood buns
Qinglong left, and Jiang Fan continued on. Besides many refugees, he could also see some caravans.

Bai Hu explained from the side: "My lord, this was originally the junction of Daming and Houjin, and had the largest market, but because of the war, the mutual market was cancelled."

"Now that the Hou Jin has been destroyed, the Ming Dynasty has taken over its territory and opened up commercial roads, so the number of caravans has increased."

Jiang Fan nodded: "That's fine, business development can drive the economy, but the supervision still needs to be supervised, especially in terms of food, it can't be higher than [-]% of the market. The price of food will make the country suffer a lot, and if one is found, one will be killed, and there will be no tolerance."

"My subordinate understands."

Baihu nodded.

He has seen many such things.

There will be many disasters tomorrow, food is expensive, many people can't eat, and those big families have surplus food, so it's fine if they don't help others.

Instead, they will buy food in large quantities, then hoard it, raise prices on the ground, and eat human blood steamed buns.

Bai Hu hated him for such behavior.

Jiang Fan sighed: "In war, the people suffer the most!"

As soon as he said this, Jiang Fan saw a group of people in front of him, making a lot of noise.When I got closer, I saw that people were buying rice.

The victims who had no money were holding broken bowls and begging for alms from well-wishers.

"Have pity on me, I haven't eaten for three days!"

"Go away, what kind of rice do you want if you don't have money?"

"Don't squeeze!"

"Hey, the court is deceiving people!"

Baihu took a look at the price of the rice, and found that the rice was actually sold for a tael of silver a catty, and he was furious: "These profiteers!"

Jiang Fan shot at the rice shop and said, "Did you see, there are articles on this bag."

Baihu looked around and found that on the sack containing rice were written the words "Relief Food from the Ministry of Households".

"Relief food is another collusion between government and businessmen!"

Not long ago, a large number of officials were sacked. I didn't expect that there are still people who dare to commit crimes against the wind.

And so blatantly, it is simply audacious, reckless.

At this moment, Qinglong came over with a fat middle-aged magistrate and a group of yamen servants.

"Ning Ankang, the prefect of Zhongqian, pays homage to Commander Jiang. Master Jiang sent his troops to pacify Liaodong and wiped out the great troubles of Ming Dynasty. He has made great contributions. He is really a role model for me. I have long admired your reputation and hope that you will move. Go to the lower official's mansion and let the lower official take care of you."

"As for the opening of the warehouse to release the grain, let's talk while walking, what do you think?"

Jiang Fan looked at Ning Ankang, saw that he had a big belly and a shiny face, and his first impression was that this old boy must have shaved a lot of fat and cream.

But you can't judge a person by their appearance, maybe the other party has a physique that makes him fat after drinking water?

Just because someone else is fat, you can't assume that the other party is corrupt.

Jiang Fan whispered to Baihu: "Take my token and go find out where the relief food came from."

Then nodded to Ning Ankang: "Then I would like to thank Master Ning for his hospitality."

Hearing this, Ning Ankang breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "My lord, please."

When I came to Ning Ankang's mansion, I sat down in the lobby, shark's fin soup, steamed bear's paw, roasted pig, and various delicacies were served on the table, exuding a tempting aroma.

Looking at the various dishes on the table, Jiang Fan thought of the refugees who were hungry on the street, and said plainly: "Isn't Zhongqian City short of food?"

On the way here, Ning Ankang kept crying about being poor, but looking at the food, he ate no worse than the one in the palace.

Ning Ankang laughed dryly: "Isn't this an invitation to Mr. Jiang, of course it should be more grand."

"Master Jiang, please take your seat."

Jiang Fan remained calm and took the main seat.

Ning Ankang smiled and said, "Oh, it's a great honor to be able to meet Mr. Jiang today. Your Excellency bravely killed the enemy, defended the family and the country, and expanded the territory for our Ming Dynasty. I am very admired by the officials!"

"Master Ning has a heart."

Jiang Fan and Ning Ankang had a drink together.

After drinking for three rounds, Ning Ankang felt that the time was almost up, and began to sell miserably, sighing: "My lord, you don't know something, this official warehouse can't be released!"

"Why?"

Jiang Fan asked.

"Received the imperial court's call, many victims of the disaster moved outside the pass, but the imperial court's disaster relief food is a drop in the bucket, and it is difficult to solve the urgent need."

"The grain in the official warehouse needs to be reserved for military supplies. Even if the subordinate officials do not eat or drink, the soldiers under them cannot go hungry. Otherwise, the soldiers will not be able to eat and they will easily mutiny. Please think again!"

Hearing the words, Jiang Fan had guessed something in his heart, and said with a smile, "Really?"

"Master Ning, you can't help explaining what happened to the relief food sold in the rice shop?"

"This one……"

Ning Ankang's complexion changed slightly, thinking about how to deal with it.

At this moment, Baihu broke into Ning Mansion with a group of soldiers.

"grown ups."

Bai Hu nodded to Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan understood: "Catch them."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ning Ankang immediately seemed to run away.

But Ning Ankang, who was full of fat, could outrun the soldiers, and soon everyone in the Ning Mansion was taken down.

"Master Jiang, what are you doing? Why are you arresting me? I am innocent!"

Ning Ankang panicked a lot, with cold sweat on his head, but his strong desire to survive still made him calm down, and he told lies against his conscience.

"Are you innocent or not? What you say doesn't count."

Bai Hu said coldly, and then whispered a few times in Jiang Fan's ear.

Jiang Fan nodded and looked at Ning Ankang: "Government and businessmen colluded, reselling the imperial court's disaster relief food, falsely reporting the strength of the troops to eat empty pay, and forcibly robbing women as concubines. Mr. Ning, Ning Ankang, under your rule, the people really don't care at all. Not healthy."

"My lord, the lower officials are dedicated to serving the people. It's all...Fan Yongdou and the others forced them to step down. I don't want to. My lord, please forgive me."

When Ning Ankang heard Jiang Fan tell what he had done these days, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he confessed immediately, and then confessed his accomplices, hoping to get a lighter sentence.

"Pull it out, parade it in public, make its crimes known to the public, and then tie it to a stone pillar in the open space, and let the people dispose of it at will."

There is a saying that blocking is worse than sparse. Jiang Fan knew that the victims of Zhongqian Suo City needed to vent their emotions, so he didn't kill Ning Ankang directly.

But waiting for Ning Ankang is definitely more painful than killing him with a knife.

After searching the Ning Mansion, Jiang Fan brought people to the official warehouse and ordered them to open the warehouse for inspection.

As expected, the grain in the official warehouse had long been stolen and replaced with stones and sand.

Ning Ankang secretly colluded with Fan Yongdou to resell the grain long ago to make huge profits.

"Qinglong, you immediately lead people to arrest all the officials and merchants involved in the case, and seize their property."

"Baihu, you count the money and food, and the number of victims, and distribute them equally."

"Follow orders!!"

Qinglong and Baihu lead people away.

Soon, the entire Zhongqian city was boiling.

(End of this chapter)