When Shi Zhipei's carriage walked outside the city gate, Yan Wenfu, the governor of Nanzhou County, had been waiting here for a long time. After all, Shi Zhipei came to provide disaster relief as a censor, and he also held a false festival given by the empress. Whether in terms of official positions or power, he should go out of the city to welcome him.

Yan Wenfu and a group of officials from the county exchanged greetings with Shi Zhipei outside the city gate for a while, then brought Shi Zhipei and Liu Hong to the government office, and then set up a sumptuous... banquet?

Looking at the rich dishes, Shi Zhipei was confused and the refugees outside couldn't even eat food. But the government office set up such a sumptuous banquet to welcome him?

There were three people sitting at the table to entertain Shi Zhipei and Liu Hong. In addition to Yan Wenfu, there was also a big belly county magistrate and a thin county magistrate.

Yan Wenfu, who was sitting at the dinner table, did not see Shi Zhipei's displeasure. After he was entertaining everyone, he said to Shi Zhipei with a slight show of showing off: "Master Shi, please try this Qinghe carp. You don't know that Qinghe carp is a great choice in our Nanzhou. It not only has delicate meat, delicious taste, but also has few thorns. There are not many opportunities to eat this kind of good thing on weekdays."

"If it weren't for the severe drought in Nanjun this time, the water level of Qinghe dropped, and I would have to wait for this Qinghe carp."

"Yeah?"

Shi Zhipei's face looked a little bad, but he didn't have an attack, just said lightly: "Is this a coincidence for me to say that?"

"It's not a coincidence. As long as the water level in Qinghe does not rise, the subordinates can guarantee that Lord Shi can eat the Qinghe carp every day in Nanjun."

Yan Wenfu's face was slightly proud, and then he reached out to pour wine for Shi Zhipei, but Shi Zhipei directly covered the cup with his hands.

"Sir Shi, you are..."

Shi Zhipei's unpretentious behavior made Yan Wenfu stunned. The wine pot in his hand gathered in the air, and it was neither right to put it or not, and he was immediately embarrassed.

Liu Hong has been following Shi Zhipei for some time to provide disaster relief, so he could see at a glance that Shi Zhipei is on the verge of an outbreak, but the situation is not clear at this time, and it is a bit inappropriate to have a breakup with the Nanjun County Magistrate because of a meal. So he spoke to smooth things over and said, "Master Shi came here mainly for official business. You can eat, but you don't have to drink."

After saying that, he said meaningfully: "And as long as you can do things, what you eat is not the main thing."

Hearing Liu Hong's last words, Shi Zhipei knew that his words were reminding him, so he barely showed an ugly smile and said, "It's not convenient to drink when you are in business. When you invite me, I will drink with Lord Yan again."

Although I knew that this meal was just a trivial matter, when I thought of the victims outside the city and looked at the food in front of me, when Shi Zhipei said this, he felt disgusting no matter how he thought about it.

"Oh, so that's how it is. The lower official was negligent, negligent."

Yan Wenfu looked at Shi Zhipei thoughtfully, then quickly put down the wine pot to apologize to Shi Zhipei, "Mr. Shi can't drink wine, and you can't stop eating."

"Thank you, Mr. Yan, for the hospitality."

Shi Zhipei suppressed his thoughts and picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks. It was indeed as Yan Wenfu said. The meat was delicious and had a unique taste. But when eating this meat, Shi Zhipei's mind would always flash from time to time the people outside the city peeled off the bark from the trees to eat. Therefore, the foods did not taste like this.

"Sir Shi, you have also seen the disaster in our Nanjun. It is too serious and almost no one has a way out."

When he was about to eat, Yan Wenfu asked, "I wonder how much disaster relief silver has been allocated in total?"

"Your Majesty is still thinking about the disaster relief bank, and it is not yet certain."

When Shi Zhipei heard Yan Wenfu ask about the disaster relief silver, he felt a move. Although the imperial court had already allocated him, he did not mention it, but said: "But the grain has been confirmed. In the early stage, 500,000 stones of grain will be transferred from the capital to temporarily resolve the crisis in Nanjun. In the future, we will consider allocating grain according to the situation in Nanjun."

"Has the disaster relief bank not yet settled?"

Hearing that the disaster relief bank had not yet been settled, Yan Wenfu couldn't help but look disappointed in his eyes, but after hearing that there were 500,000 stones of grain, he quickly became excited again, "Sir Shi, when will this 500,000 stone of grain be arrived?"

Seeing the disappointment in Yan Wenfu's eyes, Shi Zhipei's heart sank slightly. As the head of a county, he actually cared about silver first in such a disaster year. This mentality is a bit abnormal.

Shi Zhipei showed no signs. After confirming that Yan Wenfu had a problem, his mentality became much calmer, and even a false smile could be disguised on his face. "Don't worry, Lord Yan, it will be here in just a few days."

"However, before this batch of grain arrives, I want Nanzhou County to find a way to raise some grain and first provide relief to the victims outside the city to avoid starving to death in the past few days. That would be bad. I wonder what Lord Yan wants to do?"

"Oh, it's hard."

Yan Wenfu shook his head repeatedly, "Mr. Shi doesn't know that it's not the first year that Nanjun has been affected by the disaster. I have thought about all the ways I can think of. Under the order of Your Majesty, the Guan Cang and Chang Ping Cang have already been empty for disaster relief."

"Even the big households in the city have been forced to raise grain by the officials several times. Now there is no food in the entire Nanjun County city."

Shi Zhipei's eyes were slightly cold. It was obvious that Yan Wenfu's words were not intended to cooperate or do his best, so he was not so polite to speak next. He said with a slight threatening saying: "Mr. Yan, Your Majesty sent me to provide relief to the disaster to eliminate the disaster and to rescue the victims."

"If I come and the victims are still starving to death, then I will certainly not be able to explain to me, but Lord Yan may not be able to have a good time, right?"

"this……"

Yan Wenfu hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly and said, "Mr. Shi is right. Since that's the case, then the official will think of a way again, and no one can starve to death."

"This will trouble Lord Yan."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Shi Zhipei showed a faint smile at Yan Wenfu, then bowed and said goodbye: "Sorry, Lord Yan, I have been on the carriage that I have been in for too long. Now I'm a little tired, so I'll leave first."

After saying that, Shi Zhipei stopped staying for more and took Liu Hong out of the government office.

After Shi Zhipei completely disappeared from Yan Wenfu's sight, Yan Wenfu's expression suddenly sank, "Don't drink or eat vegetables, I will ask about the disaster as soon as I come. Shi Zhipei is not good at coming."

The county magistrate on the side said with a little emotion: "I have heard that Lord Shi is an honest official, but now it seems that the rumors are indeed true."

"What a shitty official is just to cherish his feathers."

Yan Wenfu snorted coldly with some disdain, "I don't believe there are people in this world who don't love money."

"But Shi Zhipei's attitude is indeed a bit troublesome."

The big belly lieutenant frowned and said, "Especially the people who are following the East Factory around him. Even if he loves money, we cannot bribe them at the same time."

"It's okay."

Yan Wenfu said indifferently: "This is Nanjun, not the capital."
Chapter completed!