novelaction Chapter 185: Mobs loot, government falls, and a blizzard is coming!
Chapter 185: Mobs loot, government falls, and a blizzard is coming!
Three days later, Lu Zixuan returned to Modao Sect.
He was so anxious that he went to find the sect leader.
"The Sect Master is out traveling, please don't bother me!"
The guard said impatiently.
This Lu Zixuan comes to bother the sect leader for no reason, and none of the guards like this guy.
"Hmph! You look down on me! I'm not bragging, but I'm the brother of a peerless genius... From now on, you'll all have to bow down to me!"
Lu Zixuan said this and went back to his own mountain to find his master.
"Master has gone to announce the death, please stop bothering me!"
The eldest brother said impatiently.
"Ah? Could it be that my master's wife is dead?" Lu Zixuan was shocked.
"Bullshit! Even if you die, my master's wife will not die!" The eldest brother spat.
"Master beat the elder of Broken Love Valley to death and went to Broken Love Valley to announce the death."
"Master is a ruthless man!"
Got it!
The sect leader and the master were not here, so he had no news to share about his discovery of a peerless genius in Qingshan County.
Lu Zixuan plunged into his cave and practiced frantically.
"Next time I see Brother Changfan, I must be a level ahead of him!"
Lu Zixuan swore secretly.
As for the previous encounter with the snow monster in Qingshan, he had completely forgotten it.
……
The wind is getting colder day by day.
It's almost the end of the month.
Xiaofengshan is working in full swing and carrying out various construction projects in full swing.
Everyone is very motivated, and there seems to be an attitude of "it's the end of the year and everyone should push for performance."
But the famine in Qingshan County has spread.
First, refugees attacked the county government office, and then a government warehouse caught fire.
When the yamen runners arrived at the scene, they could only rescue a few bags of moldy millet, which caused a lot of public discussion.
The people all believed that someone had emptied the granary in advance and the fire was just a means to cover up the truth.
As a result, the excited people surrounded the Shang Mansion, and Cheng Weimin didn't dare to go out at all.
Cheng Weimin just shouted across the wall, angrily asking everyone to go to Shang Mansion to steal food.
The county magistrate's words completely broke down the precarious psychological defenses of the already hungry people.
Shang Zhengren has dominated Qingshan County for many years, and no one dared to provoke him.
But in the face of hunger, the people picked up iron hoes and dung forks and attacked the Shang Mansion in one fell swoop, only to find that only some old, weak, women and children were left in the Shang Mansion, and Shang Zhengren was nowhere to be seen.
The mob plundered the land and took everything that was edible, sellable, or used as firewood.
"That unscrupulous businessman has been running his business for many years, so he must have hidden a lot of property deeds in his home. We'll dig deep to find them!"
The mob leader finally revealed his true face.
But they turned the Shang Mansion upside down and didn't find a single contract.
Little did they know that those contracts had already been sold and fell into Chen Changfan's pocket.
In a fit of rage, the mob rushed to the rice shops, butcher shops, and clothing stores in the city...
If besieging a merchant's house was robbing the rich to help the poor, then looting shops was a complete riot.
It only takes a moment to go from a good citizen to a mob.
Because when people are hungry, they will do anything.
At this time, everyone is like a swarm of crazy locusts, doing everything they can to destroy everything they can see.
"The rice shops are all empty!"
"There's no meat in the butcher shop!"
"Why is everything gone? Let's go kill that son of a bitch County Magistrate!"
Qingshan County, which was once peaceful and harmonious, was now filled with grief and fire.
The mob came with great force and the yamen runners had already fled. Cheng Weimin, with a bruised face and nose, was carried by the crowd and pushed onto the pile of firewood.
Amidst the smoke and flames, amidst gazes of hatred and greed, Cheng Weimin, drenched in feces and urine, cried out his final cry:
"Let me go! I've spent my entire life serving the people, and I have a clear conscience. I beg you..."
……
On the hillside in the distance.
Chen Changfan, sitting on horseback, wearing silver-scaled black armor and a white cloak, held a telescope and watched the scene silently.
Chen Changfan had long expected the mob to loot and the government to fall.
The horse bandits were quickly defeated and the mountain bandits also stopped their activities, which gave Qingshan County a chance to breathe again.
But in the end, I swallowed my anger.
Qingshan County seems to still exist, but in fact it is dead in name only.
Even if the government warehouses were opened and food distributed to the people, it would be of no avail.
Just like the Dawu Dynasty, conflicts are now raging in various states, and the imperial court is no longer able to suppress them. It is only a matter of time before it is overthrown.
The mobs in the city were looting crazily, and there were countless refugees outside the city. The disaster would continue to spread outward.
"Sir, are we just going to watch Qingshan County continue to be in such chaos?" Fang Chang, who was standing aside, showed an expression of reluctance.
"Pull a cart of food over there and give it to them, and see if you can quell the riot."
Chen Changfan said indifferently.
Fang Chang took it seriously and was about to dismount when he was suddenly startled. "Boss, a cart of food should weigh at least several hundred or even a thousand kilograms. Are you just going to give it to them like this? Besides, there are so many disaster victims, there won't be enough to go around!"
"So, how much food do you think is enough? How should it be distributed without sparking public outrage?"
Fang Wu originally thought that this question was not difficult, but after thinking about it for a while, his brows became more and more furrowed.
"This... I feel like no matter how much food we have, it's not enough. These disaster victims are going crazy... And there's also the issue of distribution. I feel like no matter how we divide it, it's not right..."
"You still have some brains," Chen Changfan rolled his eyes at Fang Chang. "Given the current situation, there's no solution unless the imperial court intervenes or something magical happens."
Fang Chang sighed, "Oh, it would be great if pie could fall from the sky."
Chen Changfan smiled but said nothing.
This damn God will never give away free lunches.
As the team returned to the mountain, sporadic snowflakes were already falling, and Chen Changfan's mood was as gloomy as the weather.
It is snowing today, which is exactly in line with Turtle Shell's forecast. I believe that it won't be long before the snow gradually gets heavier.
Fortunately, he did not take any chances and spent this period of time preparing for winter. The entire village has been completely renewed.
When the group returned to the gate of the villa, the wind and snow had picked up. Some horses' teeth were chattering from the cold. Zhuifeng immediately cast a disdainful look at the latter.
It's not even the twelfth lunar month yet, but the mountain wind is already cold enough to freeze people to death.
"Boss, you're back!"
The door opened. Shen Wanwu and others had been waiting for a long time. They all bowed to Chen Changfan.
"Boss, the tenth furnace has just been completed, and the workers would like you to preside over the lighting ceremony!"
"My benefactor, the roof of the third greenhouse has been completed. We are just waiting for you to shovel the first shovel of soil."
"Sir, the dog training team can report to you on their training results at any time!"
"My boss..."
According to previous plans, today is the day to accept the results of all parties.
Seeing the expectant expressions on everyone's faces, Chen Changfan knew that this wave should be stable.
"it is good!"
When he arrived in front of the tenth furnace, Chen Changfan took the torch that had been prepared long ago and threw it directly into the furnace mouth.
boom!
The torch ignited the wood shavings, the wood shavings ignited the pine branches, the pine oil sizzled, and flames rose in an instant.
Under the chimney effect, the flames spiraled upward, rapidly heating the air and turning everyone's faces red.
"The tenth furnace! Open it!"