Lu Qing glanced at the two sets of weighing tools on the ground, one large and one small, and sneered: "Take all these, leave two people to guard the government granary, and the rest of you bring those audacious government officers with us. We're going to check the accounts at Mr. Li's grain and flour store."
The imperial guards, normally strict and disciplined, had never seen such audacity, daring to secretly replace the grain from the government granary!
On their way from their station in Runzhou, they were already shocked by the desolate farmland in Taiping County under Congzhou jurisdiction. Now, looking at this government granary filled with straw and yellow sand, they had an understanding of the situation.
Hearing Lu Qing's arrangement, they immediately responded loudly, efficiently tying up the ashen-faced governmental officials, half-dragging and half-pulling them to follow Lu Qing and the others straight towards Li Wencai's privately operated grain store.
