"Is this the result of your efforts to prevent the plague?"
In the hall, Li Ang slammed a thick stack of papers on the table, looking at the sweat-drenched Taiyuan Governor before him, and scoffed, "One million strings of coins were allocated to control the plague. The Taiyuan Government spent six thousand strings to import fifty Jianzhou Cats of superior breed, known to be exceptionally good at catching rats. They claimed this would improve the local cat breed for more efficient rat catching. Within three days, these cats succumbed to the local conditions, contracted the plague, and all died. Did they die, or did they never arrive in Taiyuan Prefecture in the first place?"
"This..."
The usually high and mighty Taiyuan Governor was now trembling with fear, not daring to breathe, stammering, "It's the people below... they were audacious..."
"And what about this?"
