The county magistrate is a smooth man, so how could he not know the deeper meaning of Li Mengxi's words?

After thinking for a moment, the county magistrate turned his eyes and quickly put aside the relationship, "Yes! It's not that he wanted to send the food back to the big family, he was forcing him to do it! My father knows it well, when did I deceive all the villagers after I was an official for seven years?

"

Hearing this, Li Mengxi turned around and said loudly to the people, "The county magistrate is sharing the people's worries, isn't it for us people? Everyone, now the powerful are unwilling to provide food, go back on their promises, and force the county magistrate. You say, we will wait for you."

Should I support it?"

The people shouted again, "If you dare to bully the county magistrate again, we won't agree!"

"Yes, I won't agree!"

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It was easy to get over this moment, but the county magistrate suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The people below, when the tide turned, all supported the county magistrate.

They all said that since the Yellow Turbans were asking for food, why didn't the big households come out? So what if the county magistrate just kept the food? If they dare to rob again, then we should face them.

Li Mengxi lowered his head and smiled secretly.

He bowed his hands upward again.

He said, "Today's powerful force clearly fails to rob food. If it happens again tomorrow, how can we resist it?"

I think this food needs to be guarded by the elders in the city and five hundred warriors from the countryside, so that it will be safe!"

"Come on, let's go into the warehouse and get grain!"

Li Mengxi wanted to inspire the people.

When the county magistrate heard this, he was shocked and said, "No!"

Li Mengxi didn't want to talk nonsense with him. He gave an order and the village warriors who had been prepared came from behind carrying tree stumps. In the panic eyes of the county magistrate, a group of village warriors came out holding the tree stumps and started to bump into each other.

Door.

With a clang, the tree stump collided with the city gate.

The county government is just a small fort structure. The strength of the city gate is not comparable to that of a real city gate. It cannot withstand a few hits.

The county magistrate is worried. If he doesn't pay back the food of the powerful today, it will be fine. He can pay it back quietly in the future, or he can change it into money and then pay it back.

But how could Liu Xuande take away the people's grain collected in the granary?

The county magistrate looked grim and trembled with anger. He pointed at Liu Xuande and others below. "You...Liu Xuande, you are going to rebel!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he lowered his head and said nothing.

Li Mengxi snorted coldly, raised his head and said, "Sir, please don't pretend to be confused. You know the truth and I know it!"

If I rescue you now, the food and grass will be given to me!

Otherwise, when the city gate is broken down, there will be no room for further discussion!"

Li Mengxi stared at the Chengtou County Magistrate coldly.

Seeing the county magistrate pressing his hands on the battlements and staring at him, Li Mengxi was not afraid at all.

"Food is handed over to our army and the common people. Shouldn't you do this?"

The county magistrate's face was gloomy and uncertain.

The village warriors holding the tree stumps banged against the door, one after another.

The county magistrate's face became increasingly ugly.

Even when the city gate burst open, the county magistrate still did not give the order to open it.

There was an unpleasant crunching sound of wood breaking, and the damaged city gate, with its shaft broken, fell to the ground with a snap.

The city gate was opened, and in the county government office, a mere twenty or so servants with weapons were huddled together in the city gate, looking out with fearful faces.

"General Guan, go into the warehouse and move the grain!"

Liu Bei sighed and waved his hand, "Yun Chang!"

Guan Yu accepted the order and led Xiang Yong into the county government office.

Guan Yu raised his sword and walked straight away. The servants blocking the way in the city gate were knocked away by Guan Yu with his arms raised, and the servants did not dare to stop them.

The village warriors filed in, and Li Mengxi held his hands to the quiet people behind him and said to everyone, "Fathers and brothers, can you please go into the warehouse to move grain? The grain you handed over is all in the warehouse. How much is it?"

"

The people were indifferent.

The village heroes broke through the city gate and entered. The people were a little afraid when they saw that something was serious.

Li Mengxi invited the people to move grain into the warehouse again, but the people were still indifferent.

In the crowd, someone said aloud, "If we help, will there be any benefits?"

Li Mengxi smiled, "Carry a bag and give me a pound of grain!"

"really?"

"really!"

Then he saw three to five people running in under the watchful eyes of everyone.

After a while, the village heroes came out one by one carrying grain bags, stacked them outside, and then went back to carry them again.

Li Mengxi waited for the few people who came in and brought out food.

"Come here!" Li Mengxi called.

Several common people came forward and said, "One pound per person!"

With that said, he asked Zhang Fei to share the food.

Zhang Fei then walked directly to the convoy of wealthy people who were crowded to one side, pushed away a driver who wanted to block the road, grabbed a sack of grain with both arms, threw it to his shoulder, and carried it over.

Then, after untying the hemp rope that tied the bag, Zhang Fei looked at the people waiting for food. These birdmen all had familiar faces and were all brave men from the countryside.

Zhang Fei and his subordinate Xiang Yong stared at each other for a long time.

Li Mengxi quietly pulled Zhang Fei's sleeve.

"I didn't weigh it, so what's the score?"

Zhang Fei waved his hand, "How about I give you two handfuls?"

"Got it!"

A hundred people gathered up their clothes to receive the food.

Zhang Fei inserted his big hand bag into the food bag and took out a big handful of grain, and then another big handful.

The common people are very familiar with Jinliang, and they can tell at a glance that these two large amounts are more than one Jin.

The people who got the food packed their clothes with the food and ran home.

When the other people saw that the food was being distributed, many of them became interested.

At this time, some of the people rushed out and ran towards the county government office, fearing that the food would be moved out and they would not be able to get their share.

Seeing the benefit, the people moved, and then more than a dozen people, and then dozens more people, all entered with a great uproar.

Why not take the food if you have it? As for the future, the county magistrate will investigate, and the big man Liu Xuande will be responsible.

The people went in to move the grain. In the granary, Guan Yu asked the village warriors to help him climb up the grain pile and throw down the grain bags.

So in the back, only the common people came in and out to carry food, but there was no local bravery.

After carrying the grain, people came in an endless stream to collect the pound of wages. Zhang Fei's hands were tired from sharing the grain, "Which of you has a ladle, give me one!"

Zhang Fei asked someone to borrow a ladle.

For those who lived nearby, people would go and get the gourds. With the gourds, it would be much easier to distribute the grain.

The hand holds two handfuls, the gourd scoop also has two scoops, the grain distributed to the people is more, definitely not more than one catty, maybe even close to two Hanjin.

There are also cunning guys who come to collect food very frequently.

Li Mengxi observed for a long time and felt that this guy ran to the city gate first, and then ran over to collect the grain without carrying it. Others collected it once, but he could collect it three times and ran home to put it back.

Li Mengxi just pretended not to see it.

If you want to use the power of the people, why should you waste food?

Driven by profit, the people carried the grain with great energy. After a long time, all the grain in the warehouse was carried out by the people.

Not only the grains handed in by the people were carried out, but also some of the grain stored in the warehouse, which was not much in the first place, was also carried out.

Until, the granary was empty.

The people gathered around the county government office and still refused to leave.

Li Mengxi bowed his hands to the many people and said, "Elders, come here again tomorrow morning. You will be blessed with great benefits! Remember!"

Li Mengxi didn't even say why he valued profits, and the people were extremely confused.

Looking up, on the city wall, the county magistrate is still standing there, pressing his hands on the battlements, his posture has not changed since the first time he broke the city gate to now.

The grain is still in this person's hands, so I have to come over.

Li Mengxi thought of this, walked to Liu Bei's side, pulled Liu Bei's sleeve, "Xuan Degong, please go and talk." Li Mengxi pointed at the county magistrate.

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