Section 055, Entering the Palace to Steal Food [2]
Before the prefect was ready, he had already walked out of the palace with Liu Shoucai. As soon as he left the palace, the prefect felt like he was dreaming. He never thought that he would have such a day to experience it.
"Master, you're about to wake up, it's time to come back to your senses."
"Oh! I'm so embarrassed that Master Liu laughed. Alas! I really didn't expect that I still have such great courage. But would you get angry if the emperor found that there was so much rice in his warehouse?"
"No, I guess he doesn't know how much food there is in his granary. An emperor who never cares about the affairs of the world would care about that kind of trivial matter. We already have food, go back! Now we will wait for the food distributed by the emperor in the later period, and we don't think too much anyway."
Xiaobai and Badou had already come out at this time. Seeing their relaxed joking, Liu Shoucai and he knew that they must have succeeded, and it seemed to be very rich.
"We've all sat down, let's go back now."
After getting on the carriage, Badou began to drive back. The emperor had already returned to his bedroom at this time. He lay comfortably on the bed and enjoyed the concubine's massage. Just as the emperor put his hand on the concubine's shoulder, suddenly a father-in-law asked for a meeting outside the door. Good things were disturbed, and the emperor's mood plummeted.
"Damn slave, it's better to report important things, otherwise I will definitely kill you."
As soon as my father-in-law came in, he saw the emperor staring at him with a fierce look on his face. He was so scared that he quickly kowtowed and admitted his mistake.
"Your Majesty, please spare me! I really have an urgent matter to report to the emperor when I am so anxious. The people below said that there is not a lot of grain in the warehouse, and there will be no much food left for the victims for seven days. So I came here to ask the emperor what to do?"
"Damn it, how could there be so little food left? Is the palace so poor? Let me tell the prime minister and the others that within seven days, eight million stones of food must be collected. If it cannot be collected, let them go home to recuperate!"
"Yes, the emperor, the slave will take his leave."
After his father-in-law went down, the emperor angrily threw off the teacup on the table. He knew that Liu Shoucai was not kind to him this time. Although he didn't know much about the grain in his granary, he knew that he would never be so poor. But he couldn't figure out how Liu Shoucai and the others stole the grain?
The emperor suddenly thought that Liu Shoucai and the others could do magic. Could it be that they used magic to transport the food in the palace? When they thought of this, the emperor's eyes were full of hostility, and the concubines on the side were so scared that they did not dare to approach the emperor. Liu Shoucai and the others didn't know at this time that the emperor had guessed the matter of their stealing of food.
After returning to the prefecture-county office, Liu Shoucai asked Badou to open the Qiankun bag and then filled the granary of the prefecture-county office. After the granary was filled, the food in the Qiankun bag was only one corner missing. When Liu Shoucai saw this situation, he realized that the food that Badou and the others stole was enough for the disaster victims to eat for a year.
"Ba Dou, you are so powerful! You actually stole so much food and came back. I'll be kind. Now the victims have surplus food for a year, but you stole so ruthlessly. Isn't the emperor really aware of it?"
"You should know! After all, the guards guarding the granary in the palace will count. Forget it, they have already stolen them anyway. It's useless to think about so much now. I'd better think about how to distribute food tomorrow!"
Badou was not worried about stealing so much food at all, but he looked indifferent. The prefect's heart was already numb. Anyway, he knew that Badou and the others would not steal very little food, and he was also selfish.
"Okay, since it's already like this, we can't return the food. Lord, please think carefully about how to distribute the food tomorrow! Let's go back first."
"Master Liu walked slowly, let's distribute food tomorrow! I will ask my yamen runners to build a shed in an empty place in the north, and then take people to distribute rice and grain."
"It's pretty good, then let's come and help together tomorrow morning."
After thinking about a solution, Liu Shoucai and the others went home. When they got home, Badou and Xiaobai immediately went back to their room to rest. They were tired for a day today and they had no strength. As soon as Liu Shoucai returned to the room, he started to calculate it directly. Unexpectedly, it would rain in half a month.
"It seems that God helps me too!" After the rainy season, Liu Shoucai felt relieved. As long as it rained, he didn't have to worry too much.
Early the next morning, Liu Shoucai asked Xiaobai to inform Lao Yi and the others to gather at the prefectural and county government office. This time, rice and grain were distributed, Liu Shoucai also asked Lao Yi and the others to join, in order to let them see the pain of the victims and to let them do more good things in the future, so that they can accumulate their own merits.
Half an hour later, everyone gathered at the prefecture and county government office. At this time, the prefect had already asked someone to pull out the rice and grain. Seeing that so much food was placed at the prefecture and county government office, many people watched curiously. At this time, the prefect also began to explain.
"All villagers, these grains are prepared by Master Liu and others, and they plan to distribute them to the victims. The place where the grain is released is in the open space in the north. There is a grain shed there. Everyone should line up with the things to hold the grain! Let's go there now, and everyone doesn't have to worry. Everyone has them. No one can only receive rations for seven days at a time. We will continue to distribute the food in seven days later."
"No one has to worry. I have another good thing to tell you. I have calculated last night. In half a month, there will be a heavy rain, so the drought is about to pass. Everyone should bear it."
Liu Shoucai's words made the people scream happily. Seeing them wiping their tears, Liu Shoucai felt warm in his heart. He didn't expect that his mood would be so surging. Seeing that his people were so excited, the panic in his heart also disappeared. He felt that he had done nothing wrong.
Liu Shoucai and the prefect helped to push the rice and grain to the north, and the people were also helping. Liu Shoucai was very satisfied with the people managed by the prefect. If it were the people from other regions, they would have probably started to grab the grain. It seems that the prefect really has two tricks.
Because of a good start, the rice and grain distribution were very fast, and everyone was lined up, and no one was shooting randomly. Liu Shoucai watched everyone take the rice and grain away, so he discussed with the prefect to find water sources. Although it would rain heavily in half a month, many rivers have now dried up.
If you don’t look for water sources, you may die of water shortage even if you have food. Liu Shoucai suddenly remembered a magic he had learned, which was to spread clouds and rain. And if it was combined with the talisman, it would be even more powerful. Thinking of this, Liu Shoucai was not afraid of drought any more.
"Master, I plan to open the cauldron tonight to prepare rain, so that everyone can come over with a basin at night! But I can only rain a little every time, and the rain is only enough for everyone to use for a day, so I plan to rain once every night so that everyone can hold on until it really rains."
"This method is good, then thank you Master Liu. I'll ask someone to continue to ask the people to come to pick up the rain together at night. Master Liu, you really saved these victims this time!"
"If it's not the case, I'm just trying to accumulate merit for myself. Then the prefect will continue to give me instructions! Badou and I will go back and prepare the props needed to use for rain."
After saying goodbye to everyone in the prefect, Liu Shoucai took Badou and Xiaobai back to prepare props, and he also needed to draw some talismans, because he would not have used these things before, so he was not prepared.
"Ba Dou Xiaobai, you two need to prepare the props you need to use for rain. I will draw the talismans and try to make all of them in the afternoon so that we will have some rest time."
"Yeah, let's go! Let's act separately."
Badou and Xiaobai hurried out to find what they needed, and Liu Shoucai also comfortably drew talismans at home. Lao Yi and the others did not come to disturb Liu Shoucai because they were ordered to have another task.
Everyone worked hard for a long time and finally got all the things Shi Yu needed to get together. Liu Shoucai also drew a lot of talismans at this time, counting, which was enough for half a month, so he stopped.
"Okay, everything is complete, we can also take a break, it's all for the evening."
"I don't understand why we have to wait until night? We spread the clouds and rains day and night!"
"Idiots, it's a little mysterious. How could those people worship us?"
Xiaobai glared at Badou in anger. Badou understood at this time, but he felt speechless, and Liu Shoucai didn't care. In fact, he was too lazy to go out to set up a formation to rain because it was too hot during the day.
"Okay, let's take a break! After the busy period, we went on a trip together. We have been in ancient times for so long and we haven't traveled. I'm so sorry for such a wonderful resource!"
"Yes, okay, it's all gone!"
Xiaobai walked back to the room with Bazi. After Liu Shoucai and Badou packed up their things, they also went back to the room to take a nap. In the afternoon, Liu Shoucai called Badou and Xiaobai out for dinner. After dinner, they set up a formation in the place where the food was distributed in the north.
The curious people all watched over at this time, and Liu Shoucai didn't care. He only started to rain at night, so they couldn't see anything now. Lao Yi and Liu Shoucai had learned some Taoism, so they could set up a formation. With their help, the rain formation was quickly arranged, and now they are waiting for the opportunity.
"Master, when will we start?"
As soon as the old man walked up to Liu Shoucai and asked, the onlookers next to him had their ears stretched out and listened to Liu Shoucai's answer. Liu Shoucai smiled when he saw this.
"It starts as soon as it dark. The sun has not set yet. You go and ask the prefect to prepare some torches around it, so that no one can see it at night. Also, it must be placed in a place to shelter from the rain, so as not to be destroyed when the torches are rained."
"Yes, master, disciple will do it right away."
After seeing Lao Yi and the others leave, Liu Shoucai and the others also walked under the shed where the food was released and rested. The people around them also scattered and discussed. They did not dare to come to Liu Shoucai and the others, for fear that Liu Shoucai would not help them as soon as he was angry. Of course, they respected Liu Shoucai very much.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker, the prefect asked someone to light the torch. The people watched with basins and buckets. Liu Shoucai stood in the center of the formation, and Badou stood on the tower to pray for rain.
Liu Shoucai recited a few spells, and suddenly a cloud appeared in the sky, followed by a strong wind. In order to prevent the wind from blowing out the torch, Liu Shoucai deliberately built a small formation around the torch. In this way, the torch would not be blown out by the wind.
After the strong wind, Liu Shoucai threw the talisman in his hand into the sky, and lightning suddenly thundered, followed by heavy rain. The victims quickly put down buckets and basins to collect the rain. The prefect also asked the yamen runners to help collect the water together.
Although the rain only dropped for more than an hour, everyone had enough water for the day. After Liu Shoucai walked out of the formation, he looked tired. He did not expect that Shi Yu would lose energy so much. However, as long as he rested for one night, his energy would be replenished the next day, so Liu Shoucai was not worried about the rainfall tomorrow.
"Master, please let everyone take the water back! I'm going back to rest, too, it's so tiring."
"Thank you for your hard work, Master Liu, Master, go back and rest quickly."
Seeing that Liu Shoucai looked tired, the prefect knew that Liu Shoucai had no strength anymore, so he sent a carriage to take Liu Shoucai and Badou and others back. After the victims thanked Liu Shoucai and the others repeatedly, they then took the bucket home.
"Sir, Master Liu is really good. He dares to offend the emperor for the sake of the people, and he also consumes his spiritual power for the sake of rain. It's really my pride!"
"Yes! He is respected. Go and give instructions. After the drought is over, we will build a temple for Master Liu. From now on, Master Liu will be our true god."
"Yes, sir, let me continue to give you this."
The prefect smiled all over his face. He no longer regretted going to the palace to steal food. He admired Liu Shoucai's actions for the people. He also deeply regarded Liu Shoucai as an example. If it were him, he would not dare to do this at all. Perhaps Liu Shoucai was really the true god in everyone's mind!
As soon as they got home, Liu Shoucai hurriedly lay on the bed and fell asleep. Although Badou and Xiaobai were also very tired, they were much better than Liu Shoucai. After all, most of the things were done by Liu Shoucai, and they were just kneeling on the tower and praying.
After sleeping for one night, Liu Shoucai also regained his energy. Because everyone received seven days of food yesterday, he didn't have to distribute food today. As long as the rain came to the evening, it would be done. Lao Yi and the others had already come to class at this time.
"Today, you Teacher Bai and Teacher Badou will teach you. The master is not energetic. After this drought, the master will teach you what to learn."
"Master, have a good rest. Yesterday when you rained, we also knew that the master had consumed a lot of energy, and the master now consumes energy every night, so there is no need to waste energy on the disciples. The disciples all understand the master."
"Master, you must take care of yourself!"
"Don't worry! The master will take good care of his health. Badou Xiaobai, they will leave it to you two. I'll go out and take a look."
After the explanation, Liu Shoucai went out. Although the water source and food problems were solved, he also saw that many people were sick yesterday. Now he also wanted to go out to see what could be helped.
Perhaps because the victims here have water and food, many victims from the disaster areas have also flocked to the towns. In the end, because the towns really couldn't get in so many victims, the officers and soldiers closed the city gates. Liu Shoucai felt very uncomfortable when he saw the streets full of victims.
The emperor agreed to distribute the food, but he has not seen where the food distributed by the emperor so far. At this time, Liu Shoucai was really angry. Does the emperor want to break his promise? But it shouldn't be! Could it be that the food distributed by the emperor was deducted by the people above?
Liu Shoucai has been in the 21st century and has seen many similar things, so he is not unfamiliar with such incidents. When he thought of this, Liu Shoucai immediately rushed to the prefectural and county government office.
"Master, has the food distributed by the emperor not arrived yet?"
"It's not arrived yet, I said it was here at noon today, but I was worried that someone from above would deduct food."
"I thought of this question just now, so let's wait patiently. If there is really little food, I will go to the palace with you. I want to see which one is not very eye-catching and dares to deduct our food."
Liu Shoucai's eyes emitted a cold light. What he hated the most was the deduction of food from the victims. Those victims were already pitiful. If the imperial court deducted food again, how could the victims survive?
The prefect was also sad. The court where he was in had reached this point. He really didn't know where tomorrow would be. Isn't there really no good emperor? The prefect and Liu Shoucai were thinking about their own thoughts, but did not see a pair of soldiers coming from afar.
"Mr., we are ordered to come and distribute food."
Just as Liu Shoucai and the prefect were about to look up, they suddenly called the prefect and said, "It turned out that the food was distributed by the emperor, but when they saw so little food, the prefect and Liu Shoucai also turned cold.
"The emperor said that he would distribute food for the victims for seven days, why is it just that little? Even a day's food is not enough. Lord Yao, don't know where the food is left?"
"Stop kidding. We have been escorting food here. There are only so many things in total. If you want it, we will take it away."
"I dared to deduct disaster relief food privately. The prefect asked someone to send the food back to the palace immediately. I want to see what the emperor would say when he saw this food. How much food he distributed? We also believe that the emperor is clear about it, and I don't know whether Lord Yao is clear."
Chapter completed!