Three days later, Cheng Chiheng, the magistrate of Baishi County, will be taken to the capital for questioning for "embezzling relief grain." But out of the 300,000 kilograms of grain that had been put into the warehouse, only 68,000 kilograms were left in the warehouse. There were more than 10,000 people in the county, and the official rations in the warehouse were only enough for six days.
After waking up with modern memories, he does not have an infinite granary, nor can he create a cross-era artifact. The only "Book of Ten Thousand People" that came with him could only tell him: how many people, how much food, and how much time are left.
To prove himself and to allow people outside the city to survive, he publicly inventoried warehouses, investigated grain cases, repaired canals and resumed farming, resettled refugees, and revived a dying county bit by bit.
But the more people he rescued, the more food, soldiers and popularity he had in his hands. The triple ledger, the relief book, the name book of local heroes—every life-saving document eventually became evidence of rebellion in the imperial case.
The emperor asked: "The people in the north only recognize you, how dare you say that you have no objections?"
Cheng Chiheng replied: "I never thought about rebellion. I just want them to have enough to eat."
