I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 816 - Chapter 816 Large Scale

Chapter 816: Large Scale Chapter 816: Large Scale Editor: Atlas Studios Mu Yangling and Qi Haoran looked at each other, and their hearts sank.

They asked, “How could no one notice such a big move?” Li Er wiped his tears and said, “Zou Da lives alone.

Because the weather is still a little cold, we go up the mountain to gather firewood to sell every day.

When we come back, we’ll transport the grain seeds back and leave them at his house.

Prior to this, we’ve already asked about the amount reported by the tenant farmers and weighed the grain seeds.

Then, we asked the estate manager for the job of distributing grain seeds to those tenant farmers.

When we passed by Zou Da’s house, we simply switched the Dry Rice No.

1 seeds with the grain seeds that we’d prepared beforehand.

As it’s still very early, no one noticed.” As the estate manager was largely illiterate, he merely wrote some numbers and simple markings on the bags.

After gaining experience from the first two years, it wasn’t difficult to find out what he had written on the bags.

Therefore, it was very easy to imitate.

Moreover, no one in the farm would recognize the handwriting, so naturally, no one would suspect anything.

“Who was the one who paid your debts?” “He asked us to call him Second Master Qin, but we don’t know where he’s from or his exact name.” Li Er looked at Mu Yangling carefully as he knelt on the ground uneasily.

Mu Yangling looked at them coldly and asked, “Do you have any extra seeds he gave you?” “Yes, yes.

There’s still some left.

It’s still in Master Zou’s house.” Mu Yangling looked at a guard, and that person immediately bowed and retreated to retrieve the seeds.

Li Er and Zou Da couldn’t help but shiver when they saw Mu Yangling looking at them indifferently.

They almost prostrated themselves on the ground and begged Mu Yangling for mercy.

“Other than these, what else is there?” Mu Yangling said, “You’ve made an unforgivable mistake.

What you can do now is think of ways to redeem yourselves.” Cold sweat rolled down the forehead of Zou Da who was not as eloquent as Li Er.

Considering it had been Li Er who was talking all this while, he worried he might not have a chance to redeem himself.

He quickly swallowed twice and Second Master Qin’s face kept flashing in his mind.

In the end, a light shone in his mind.

He pounced forward and shouted, “Your Highness, I know, I know.

Second Master Qin not only instructed us to buy seeds, but also instructed others.

The seeds in many regions have been switched.” Mu Yangling’s expression turned icy.

The table under her palm instantly collapsed and fell apart.

With support, the teacup fell to the ground.

Zou Da and Li Er looked at Mu Yangling’s hand in fear.

Mu Yangling retracted her hand calmly and took out a handkerchief to wipe it.

She asked, “How did you know?” Zou Da’s forehead was covered in cold sweat as he said, “I-I’ve seen him talking to others.

Later on, I secretly paid attention and realized that there were a lot of seeds piled up when we went to get them.

However, each day, the number of seeds decreased by a lot.

Since we weren’t the ones who took those seeds away, naturally, it was others who took them away.” Qi Haoran’s expression was as cold as water as he asked, “Do you remember who those people who interacted with him were?” Zou Da shook his head.

Qi Haoran looked at Li Er, who also shook his head repeatedly.

They had conspired to steal from the Prince’s estate.

Why would they look for Second Master Qin when he was interacting with others when they were terrified that others would see them?

Even if they spotted him from afar, they would pretend they didn’t know him.

Qi Haoran waved his hand and asked someone to bring them down.

Then, he looked at Mu Yangling.

“This matter isn’t simple.

The Prince’s estate can’t be the only one to step forward.

I’ll tell Liu Qing and ask him to bring the bailiffs over to help.” “This matter involves a lot of people.

It’s time to open a case.” The guard who went to conduct the arrest according to the address provided by Li Er and the others returned empty-handed.

He said, “Your Highnesses, when we went there, the place was already empty.

According to nearby residents, those who rented the place had already left five days ago.” This was as expected.

Having done such a huge thing, why would that person sit around and wait for someone to come and catch him?

Mu Yangling and Qi Haoran ate breakfast without tasting anything.

When Fan Zijin heard the news, he immediately rushed over.

With his head lowered, he thought for a moment before saying, “Get Zhu Liang to bring people to my farmstead to see if someone has swapped the seeds, too.” Qi Haoran raised his eyebrows and suddenly asked, “Is this only targeting the two of us, or the entire Lingnan?

Or the entire Great Qi?” Mu Yangling and Fan Zijin’s eyes were solemn.

Qi Haoran snorted and said, “I’ll write a letter to Big Brother now and ask him to get the magistrates to investigate.

Also, in the early spring, the various county magistrates each bought a batch of seeds from the Harvest Grain Store to distribute to the refugees and poor.

I wonder if the seeds they received are real.” Mu Yangling stood up and said, “I’ll give the order to get the grain stores in various regions to prepare.

I’ll have them gather the remaining seeds of Dry Rice No.

1 in the warehouse and think of a way to gather corn seeds and other grain seeds.

If there’s a problem, I’ll have them replace the problematic seeds immediately.” Fan Zijin said, “I’ll tell the merchants from various regions to pay attention and see if anyone has been wantonly buying up grain seeds since last year.

If he caused such a big commotion, it’s impossible for him to not leave any traces.” Qi Haoran’s eyes were as dark as water.

“I’ll get the army to cordon off the roads and be prepared.” The three of them split up and did their work separately.

The news from various regions was consolidated into their hands one after another.

First, Shopkeeper Chen found the name list according to the account book.

Then, Liu Qing investigated the names on that list one by one.

About 10% of them had their grain seeds switched, and most of these farmers were gathered in the same region.

For example, as long as one person was affected, upon investigation it would be found that 70 to 80% of the farmers in that village who had never planted Dry Rice No.

1 had had their seeds swapped.

This was just like the farms belonging to the Prince’s estate.

Fortunately, there was no problem with the grain seeds distributed through the government office, so the problematic ones were all seeds bought from the Harvest Grain Store.

Moreover, without exception, they were all seeds that the farmers entrusted others to buy on their behalf.

Sweating profusely, Liu Qing came to Mu Yangling with the name list and said, “Look, most of the seeds that have been replaced are villages that are at least a three-day journey away from Ju Prefecture.

These villagers can’t personally go to buy the seeds, and there’s a limit to the number of seeds they can collect from the government office.

Some families aren’t even included in the quota.

Therefore, they will recommend a highly respected individual in the village to buy the grain seeds on their behalf.

The grain seeds were switched during the transportation.” “Can you find out who did it?” Liu Qing said regretfully, “I only found out that it’s a person called Second Master Qin, but everyone gave a different description of his physique and appearance.

Clearly, they’re not the same person.

In some villages, there wasn’t even anyone who got to see this Second Master Qin and their grain seeds were swapped unknowingly.” “The further away it is from Ju Prefecture, the more chaotic it will be.

At the start, the culprit meticulously ensured that the fake grain seeds only landed in the hands of farmers who had never planted Dry Rice No.

1 before.

However, later on, the culprit directly replaced the grain seeds.

Even though those who planted Dry Rice No.

1 had doubts, they suppressed them because they are too far from Ju Prefecture.

If we hadn’t gotten the county magistrates to investigate strictly, we probably wouldn’t have been able to find out.” “Is the situation that serious?

How’s the overall disaster situation?”

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