The Empress' Livestream - Chapter 560
Chapter 560: Come, I’ll Show You an Invaluable Treasure (II)
It turned out that it was for his good…
Gu Xin felt warm on the inside. He looked soft.
“You’re thoughtful. If that’s the case, I won’t buy any more horses this time. I’ll try to buy sheepskin and wool.”
Jiang Pengji kept her expression neutral, but she felt somewhat awkward on the inside. What she said sounded nice, but it was actually not the case. She was just afraid that the source of the horse influenza would spread to Dongqing.
However, she could not tell Gu Xin about the horse influenza, so she could only deceive him with other reasons.
Jiang Pengji teased with a smile. “The 3000 or so horses are enough for now. If another batch of horses is bought, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to feed them with this little business of mine.”
Battle steeds were different from ordinary horses. They had to be fed with better food and taken care of more meticulously. The cost was also more terrifying.
Gu Xin exposed her while laughing. “I believe it when others plead poverty. Aren’t you fooling people by saying that you’re poor?”
In six months’ time, Jiang Pengji had defrauded many fools in the North borderline. It had totaled up to more than five million.
Gu Xin took all the glass with him and left Xiangyang District quietly. After that, no glass was baked and the boring days of daily brick-baking were resumed.
The summer that year was particularly long. The drought had lasted until the middle third of the ninth month. Not a single raindrop had fallen. The autumn harvest would arrive in about half a month’s time, but the weather stayed the same. Even Jiang Pengji was somewhat worried. People who knew her generally would not irritate her at this point in time because Jiang Pengji could be very fiery.
However, some people were insensible.
After signing documents for the whole night, Jiang Pengji sprawled across the pile of bamboo slips and took a nap for a while. A series of familiar footsteps was heard.
“Lord, we’re in trouble!”
The voice was thunderous. Not only did it wake Jiang Pengji up, but even the viewers in the streaming room were startled. Jiang Pengji opened her eyes and pulled a support not far away with her foot. Then she sat up and leaned against it.
She looked at Dian Yin who was in front of her with her tired eyes. “What’s wrong?”
Dian Yin was the new recruit who previously had an outstanding performance in the war. Jiang Pengji promoted him to become the centurion of the new recruit battalion. Then she transferred him to Chengan District to protect Wei Ci, with the reason being Wei Ci’s appearance was too unsafe, so she could be at ease if Wei Ci was under Dian Yin’s protection.
Wei Ci dismissed Dian Yin who had just gone to Chengan District. The best resources should be used in the most important areas. He was very safe in Chengan District. Why should she waste a valiant soldier just to protect him? Therefore, Dian Yin had now become Jiang Pengji’s chief guard who attended upon her.
Dian Yin took a breather. “There are hundreds of people outside the city. One of them claims to be the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect of Fengyi County who supervises the district township on behalf of the county magistrate and declares government decrees.”
Jiang Pengji was puzzled. “What?”
She was so tired that she was still in a daze, but the viewers in the streaming room were wide awake. They did not understand what the Inspection Deputy of Prefect was, but they understood what a governor was. Was it the Inspection Deputy of Prefect whom Zhang Fei had beaten up?
Mengmengdade Xiaobaitu: “Holy crap. Is the streamer going to stream herself beating up the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect live?”
Yiye Chengzhou: “Speaking of the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect, I can’t help but think of the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect who’s beaten to death by Zhang Fei in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It was super exhilarating to see him whip the Inspection Deputy of Prefect in fury! Streamer, do you think the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect is the same as the one in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms?”
Canglan Feixue: “Wait, didn’t someone say that Liu Bei is the one who beat up the Inspection Deputy of Prefect in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Zhang Fei was the scapegoat.”
Chisude Shuzi: “Zhang Fei is a fair-complexioned scholar who’s extremely skilled in Chinese calligraphy, but he’s described as a dark-complexioned, hotheaded man in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.”
Jiang Pengji skimmed through the bullet screens. She felt dizzy upon reading the words ‘Inspection Deputy of the Prefect’.
She rubbed her eyebrows and said, “Is he the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect who’s dispatched by the county magistrate of Fengyi County to come over and patrol?”
Dian Yin replied awkwardly, “Yes. That’s what he says.”
According to the official position, Jiang Pengji was just a tiny district magistrate who was at most in charge of Xiangyang District. The county magistrate was above her. Theoretically speaking, she did not have the right to meddle in the affairs of the other three districts.
However, at that moment… The entire Fengyi County was hers. Everywhere in the county was guarded by her troops. She was not the county magistrate, but she was better than the county magistrate.
What kind of thing was the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect?
Jiang Pengji frowned. She was in a rather bad mood but she said, “Get someone to greet them to probe their intentions in coming.”
Be it Xiangyang District, Chengan District, Maolin District or Jiaoping District, she did not see any of the local troops in Fengyi County when those districts fell into the hands of the Tsing Yi Army, nor did she see an effective defense. The Tsing Yi Army conquered the city forcefully with their substantial numbers. It was a disaster.
Now she was about to finish tidying up Fengyi County. In about half a month’s time, crops could be harvested in the wastelands which were opened up for farming in Xiangyang District…
The Inspection Deputy of the Prefect who was dispatched by the county magistrate suddenly showed up now? Did they think that she could be easily fooled like a three-year-old kid?
Dian Yin answered, “Yes, Lord!”
The so-called Inspection Deputy of the Prefect was actually a supervisor who was an important official in every county. They supervised the district township on behalf of the county magistrate and declared government decrees and laws. Although their position seemed insignificant, they were quite powerful. They conveyed decrees, supervised officials, inspected prisons and checked for illegal activities. They were in charge of everything.
Even if Dian Yin did not sound them out, Jiang Pengji could also guess the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect’s intentions for coming.
The viewers in the streaming room were not fools. A minor official who came to make an inspection on behalf of his higher-up appeared at this moment. What could he have come for?
Zhongfei Zuoye Xingchen: “F***. They’re here to take what’s already available.”
Muyou Youzhi: “The streamer is appointed by the emperor as the district magistrate of Xiangyang District. The Inspection Deputy of the Prefect can’t do anything to her. He’ll at most be very fastidious and deliberately make things difficult for her. However, I’m afraid that the streamer will have to surrender her Maolin District, Jiaoping District and Chengan District…”
Anchanghuan: “F***. No way. Where were these people when the Tsing Yi Army tortured the people? Now that the streamer uses the troops whom she has trained herself to capture the three districts, the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect is dispatched by the county magistrate and has appeared out of nowhere. Do they have no shame?”
Laosiji Lianmeng: “Do you guys still not understand the streamer’s character? No one else can dream of coveting the meat that she’s about to savor. If the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect is here for formality, he should be able to leave Xiangyang District in one piece. If he harbors evil intentions, his body will definitely be severed into sections.”
In The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, at least no one died when Zhang Fei furiously beat up the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect while drunk. If the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect died, Liu Bei would not be able to bear the responsibility.
However, Jiang Pengji had 20,000 troops at hand. Most of the troops were veterans who had killed enemies on the battlefields. The new recruits had also been harshly trained throughout the summer. How could regular troops of lowly origins compare to them in terms of combat quality?
If the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect was insensible and really made things difficult for Jiang Pengji and made her surrender the other three districts…
Hahaha…
Someone would definitely die when she was in a bad mood.
Haibufa Gaofei: “I’m getting a stool to sit in the front row to watch the show. I bet a chili that the Inspection Deputy of the Prefect will be done for soon.”
Qiongde Chibuqi Pingguo: “I hope that he’s sensible and not stupid. I feel that the streamer is in a particularly bad mood these days.”
Reality did not accord with hopes. The Inspection Deputy of the Prefect indeed had bad intentions.
