Chapter 68 It turns out that we were all calculated by Su Cheng!
The heavy rain poured down like sweet rain watering the earth.
The earth, which had not rained for several months, was drenched by the heavy rain in a short period of time.
The water level in the pond began to surge, and the water in the reservoir that had bottomed out also rose at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Even the Liuhe River, which had been cut off, started flowing again at this moment.
The whole earth came to life again under this rain.
However, Su Cheng is busier than before.
On the one hand, we need to resettle the victims, and on the other hand, we need to divide the fields.
Fortunately, the heavy rain will continue for a few more days, so these things can be dealt with in time.
It's just that the other county magistrates were stunned by the heavy rain at this moment.
Liu Guoan, who has returned to Xincheng County, is currently in the county office thinking about how to distribute the grain received from Liuhe County.
One thousand loads of grain is enough to support many people for a period of time.
But at this moment, a crashing sound suddenly came from outside the house.
If it were in the past, Liu Guoan's first reaction would be rain.
But it hadn't rained for several months now, and he didn't believe it would rain at all.
"What happened? Why was there a sound?" Liu Guoan asked outside without raising his head.
"Big... big... people, it's... raining!" came the voice of the yamen servant.
Liu Guoan was stunned at first.
Then he laughed loudly: "Fart, it hasn't rained in a long time, don't lie to me."
"No, sir, it's really raining. Come out and see for yourself. It's raining heavily, and it's getting heavier and heavier!"
At this time, Liu Guoan couldn't sit still and quickly raised his head and looked outside.
Through the hall door, Liu Guoan saw heavy rain pouring from the sky in a foggy weather.
"No...impossible!"
"This is impossible. How can it rain at this moment? This is impossible!"
Liu Guoan's eyes widened and he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
He even reached out and wiped his eyes vigorously, thinking that he was dazzled.
However, when he saw it was raining so hard that there was a constant dripping sound from the eaves outside the hall, he had to admit that it was indeed raining.
With a quick step, Liu Guoan rushed out of the hall and went outside, letting the heavy rain pour down to get him wet.
The cold rain washed away the heat during this period and made Liu Guoan's heart feel cold to the bottom of the valley.
Raining, this picture that had never appeared in his mind, now really appeared before his eyes.
If it had been before yesterday, Liu Guoan would have been overjoyed.
The rain means the drought is over, and it also means they can get back to work on planting rice in the second half of the year.
But now, many fields in Xincheng County are leased to Liuhe County.
Without the fields, what will happen if it rains?
Does it have anything to do with Xincheng County?
"Su! OK!"
"You...how dare you plot against this county!"
Liu Guoan suddenly roared angrily, clenching his hands together fiercely, his eyes red, like a crazy beast.
At this moment, Liu Guoan finally understood why Su Cheng was willing to use grain to rent fields.
Su Cheng must have known it would rain a long time ago, so he rented their field in advance!
Well, now that there are so many less fields, Xincheng County’s grain supply in the second half of the year will simply not meet the standards handed over.
By then, if the blame comes from above, the crime will be huge.
"No, this county will not lose, how can this county lose!"
"Although the fields have been rented out, Su Cheng has not yet sent anyone to plant them. The county can return the grain and this transaction will not count!"
The more Liu Guoan talked, the more excited he became, and he seemed to have found a solution to the matter.
As long as the grain is returned, this transaction will not count.
He can take back the land.
As long as there are fields, food will be available for the second half of the year.
Yes, just do it!
However, Su Cheng is not someone to be trifled with, and he will definitely not agree.
Humph, what can I do if I don't agree? This time the county will join forces with several other county magistrates to go to Liuhe County.
Such heavy rain must have hit the entire Jiangzhou, and other county magistrates will certainly not be convinced.
Thinking of this, Liu Guoan immediately returned to the hall.
"When someone comes, I will serve you with pen and ink!"
"Sir, you are very wet, why don't you change your clothes first?"
"Yes, change clothes first, hahahaha!"
With the plan in mind, Liu Guoan was very excited, and a smile finally appeared on his face.
Soon, Liu Guoan changed his clothes and returned to the hall, and immediately wrote a letter.
After writing nine letters in one breath, Liu Guoan handed the letters to the Yamen: "Send people quickly to deliver these letters to other adults!"
"This matter is very important. I must personally deliver it to the hands of a few adults and get their replies before coming back!"
"Yes!" The officer responded and immediately went down to deal with it.
After a while, the nine fast horses went in nine different directions.
Although it was raining heavily, it was still difficult to resist Liu Guoan's restless heart.
With such heavy rain, the rice harvest in the second half of the year has declined.
But before that, he must get back the fields belonging to Xincheng County.
Looking at the leaving figure of the messenger, Liu Guoan sneered: "Su Cheng, do you really think you can trick this county!"
"Humph, even if there are documents, as long as all our county magistrates go there together, I believe you will not dare not to hand over the fields."
"Even if this matter goes to the prefect, this county will not hesitate!"
If so much land is not recovered, it will affect the amount of grain turned over at the end of the year.
For such a big matter, if all the other county magistrates were united, he believed that Su Cheng would not dare to hold on to so much land.
One county has 1,000 acres, and ten counties have 10,000 acres.
How dare you, Su Cheng, eat so much land in one go?
At worst, we'll go to the prefect!
If the prefect knew about this, he would definitely support them.
After all, if they didn't hand over the amount of food, the prefect wouldn't be able to explain it to the court.
This is his confidence.
No matter how crazy you are, Su Cheng, how can you not listen to the prefect?
Or, can you, Su Cheng, really ignore their ten county magistrates?
No, Liu Guoan believed that Su Cheng would not dare.
Even if Su Cheng had the title of Marquis, he would not dare to offend ten of their county magistrates at the same time, right?
Su Cheng, Su Cheng, this county will not let you succeed in your plan.
Just wait, in a few days you will see how powerful this county is.
Liu Guoan's eyes flashed coldly, and he had already made up his mind to give Su Cheng a blow.
Since we want to take back the fields, we naturally need to be more aggressive.
As for whether the other nine county magistrates will agree?
No need to think about it, of course the other party will agree.
This is related to the grain production in the second half of the year. Anyone who is not a fool will find a way to take back the fields.
Once they are unable to hand over enough food, it will affect their career.
Because there was a drought in the first half of the year, it is understandable that we did not turn in enough grain.
But if it rains in the second half of the year and still cannot hand over enough food, then the problem will be big.
Sure enough, things went as Liu Guoan expected. In the next few days, he received replies one after another, and all nine county magistrates agreed to put pressure on Su Cheng.