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On this day, Ye Lingyue and other members of the Huangquan team took stock of the entire granary.

Do not know the inventory, this inventory, Ye Lingyue quickly found the problem,

There is less food in Beicang.

And not in the general sense, the entire Beicang grain is reduced by 50.

Fifty-five is not a small amount, and it is equivalent to five thousand pounds of food.

And it is very weird that these fifty responsibilities were just lost recently.

Ye Lingyue immediately called the old man who came to see the North Cang to come to ask questions.

However, Ye Lingyue asked several times, and the old man was pretending to be dumb, and he could not understand clearly.

"Old Zhang, you don't have to pretend, I have already observed that you are free to move, and there is no problem with hearing. In our team, there are doctors, and it is useless to reload. You said, where did the food go? If you can't answer it, I will immediately report the county magistrate."

Ye Lingyue brows and screams.

Under this drink, the old man was so scared that his knees were soft, and he slammed down.

"Adults, adults are forgiving, and small is not intentional. Small is really hard-working, and those foods are not stolen by small black hearts. Those are all life-saving foods."

After all, the old man was like a garlic, and he pleaded for mercy. He went to his forehead and became bloody. He still refused to stop.

The representatives of the team met, and they looked at each other. They still couldn't stand it. They went up and forced the old man to rise. After the good life, the old man calmed down.

"Adult, it's useless to say a little, and ask the grown-up to go to a place with the little one. If you see it with your own eyes, you will understand."

The old man sighed and said that he left Ye Cang with Ye Lingyue and others.

The old man took Ye Lingyue out of a village about four or five miles away from Fanga County.

The village is next to the mountain. There are probably thousands of villagers in the mountain. It is one of the many villages under the Fanga County.

As soon as he entered the village, Ye Lingyue felt that he was not right.

She noticed that the vegetation in the entire village, including the vegetation in the nearby mountain terraces, was dry.

The animals in the barn are also lingering, and they are hungry and thirsty.

The people in the village are all yellow and thin.

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

"Sister, give it something to eat, I haven't had enough to eat for a few days."

A little girl with a small braid walked to Ye Lingyue's side and pulled her horn.

Everyone's heart was squeaky.

"Old man, what's going on, you stole so much food, why are these children still hungry, you won't be full of pockets!"

Qin Xiaochuan grabbed the old man who looked at the warehouse and asked him harshly.

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

A woman heard the movement and hurriedly ran out of a run-down house. She saw Ye Lingyue and others scared to pick up the child and quickly fled.

"What is this, we are not the monsters that will eat people."

Photon is not satisfied.

He is the pillar of the moonlight troupe who loves to see the flowers, and there is not a group of supporters, how many people in the village have seen them, and the tigers are very scared.

"Adult, don't be angry, you should let go of the small, small and fast." The old man frowned and begged Qin Xiaochuan.

Ye Lingyue had a look, Qin Xiaochuan only released people.

"These villagers used you as a tax collector. The food in the village was not filled with private pockets. It was placed at the head of the village."

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

In the backyard of the village chief's house, a lot of food was piled up neatly.

"The village head, what is this all about. Why is the food in the village not distributed to the villagers?"

On the face of Ye Lingyue, the color of anger was raised.

"Adults, you don't know. These foods can't move. These are the foods used to pay taxes. If there is a burden, the whole village will suffer."

The head of the village frowns, and this tells Ye Lingyue about the whole process of the matter.

It turned out that this village is called Pancun, and the villages have been relying on planting high-glutinous rice for generations.

Because this soil and water is very suitable for the growth of high-glutinous rice, it can be planted for two seasons a year.

Fanga County collects certain grain and rice taxes from the village every year.

In the original village, there was always a surplus of food, and after paying taxes, the villagers were still able to make ends meet.

Three or four months ago, the wells and rivers in the village did not know why, and they all dried up.

In addition, in the past few months, the weather in Fanga County has been dry and rainy, and the water used by people and animals in the village is not enough, let alone watering the grain fields.

Seeing that in a few months, the village has to pay the grain tax. The village chief can't see the food in the village, and he is afraid that the county magistrate and others will pursue it. The villagers' days are worse, they have to contact the old food guards in Fanga County. Liu head, let him sneak out some rice from Beicang.

"I didn't intend to smother these rice grains. These are the county foods. One of them is going to be lost. I just intend to get rid of this time. After the drought in the village has passed, I will pay some food in private.

The village chief sighed.

Keeping the food, but only let the villagers go hungry, as a village chief, he saw such a scene, but also sad.

In order to make a living, some young and middle-aged people in the village have already left Pancun. There are only a few elderly people, children and women left in the village. As a result, the farmland is even more unattended.

The villagers had to eat a meal a day, and they were even more struggling in terms of water use.

"Grandpa, I am thirsty."

The little grandson of the village chief's family was pitifully leaning against the head of the village. His lips had cracked a small hole because of thirst.

The head of the village was sour, and a few drops of turbid old tears came out of his eyes.

"Why is the drought so serious, why don't you tell the county to reduce taxes earlier?"

Ye Lingyue listened, while asking, while taking a few water bags from the storage bag, I saw the water, the little guy's eyes lit up, but did not dare to take it.

Until the old village chief nodded, the little guy took the water bladder and ran out. He wanted to come and give it to his family.

"Adults, you are from a foreign country, you don't know. The county magistrate is simply a confession. He used to have a bit of power, forcing every village to pay taxes on time, and he did not pay attention to it. He punched and kicked. I heard that there was a team of hunters in the county, but they lived in the county magistrate. But the county magistrate has become their minions since then. After they came, they added taxes, saying yes What kind of merits should be accumulated. As a result, the days in the nearby villages are even more difficult. If any villages can't pay, they will be detained, but they will lose their heads.

When the village head talked about the hunter, he was very upset.