The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 480 Trembling

Ma Qiang knew that Wei Zhongxian was surrounded by ruthless characters, and if Sun Yunhe was ever unhappy, killing him would be a piece of cake.

So Ma Qiang is now filled with regret, but he can't be blamed for it. After all, Sun Yunhe and Qin Zhongting came without their official robes.

"I wonder what exactly you two gentlemen want from me? I am just a local official, and my power here is too small to be of any help to you."

Ma Qiang spoke again, his voice trembling slightly. Sun Yunhe patted the back of Ma Qiang's head forcefully, seemingly unconcerned.

"Ma Qiang, if you were given a chance, a chance to rise to prominence, a chance to leave this poor, remote place and face the Emperor, what would you choose?"

When Sun Yunhe said this, his expression was quite serious, which startled Ma Qiang, who dreamed of leaving this impoverished mountain area.

Because he was an official in charge of the local area, he didn't get any benefits. Every year, Ma Qiang hoped for a major flood so that the court could extract a lot of money.

Ma Qiang could embezzle some money then, but he didn't expect that Chen Er and Zhang Shaoqing would come this time.

Moreover, Chen Er had just given instructions to divide the accounts according to population, and to record every account and transaction so that Chen Er could check it at any time, so Ma Qiang knew this.

This time, if he wanted to embezzle, he would have no chance at all. So Ma Qiang was furious and wished he could beat Chen Er to death.

This was because he didn't want to continue living, and Ma Qiang immediately knelt down without thinking.

"Lord Sun Yunhe, please show me the way. Even a dog or a rabbit will bite when cornered. So as long as I can rise to prominence, I'm willing to risk my life for any illegal thing you ask me to do."

Ma Qiang revealed his true feelings. He was originally a scoundrel with no knowledge, so he used some money to buy his way into a local official position.

But who could have imagined that the so-called "local official" would actually come to the Jiangnan region to suffer hardship and toil? No local official in the Jiangnan region would want to stay here for long.

In the Jiangnan region, several local officials change every year, and Sun Yunhe was very satisfied with Yu'er Ma Qiang's performance.

"Alright then, let's find a quiet tavern to eat and talk. This plan is very ambitious. As long as you listen to everything I say, I guarantee you will live a life of wealth and luxury in the future."

"I'll make your ancestors' graves smolder for the rest of your life," Sun Yunhe said domineeringly.

Ma Qiang was so excited he almost kowtowed to Sun Yunhe, but Sun Yunhe really liked this kind of lackey because he had already seen through Ma Qiang.

To put it bluntly, he's just a parent who can be bribed with money. If Sun Yunhe had offered more money, Ma Qiang probably wouldn't have hesitated at all to assassinate Chen Er.

Isn't this exactly the kind of person they need? The group found a quiet tavern and started eating and chatting. Who would have thought?

Chen Er and Zhang Shaoqing had reached the dam. At that moment, Chen Er, disregarding the rain soaking his body, pulled a little boy out of the water.

"You all come and help quickly. The rest of you, come with me and rescue the people inside first. Then we'll do everything we can to build this dam."

"It's been repaired again, that's all." All the people were a little moved.

No one expected that Chen Er, who came from the imperial court, would be so crazy about the people, sparing no expense.

Despite his own safety, Chen Er tirelessly searched for surviving civilians in the floodwaters.

"Let's all go together. Don't let Lord Chen Er do all the work by himself. I believe that with Lord Chen Er's leadership, we will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty."

A man with red eyes and biting his lip spoke, and his words immediately resonated with the people.

All of these people rushed over and began to help Chen Er, rescuing all the surviving civilians from the flood.

No one expected that Chen Er and Zhang Shaoqing were risking their lives to help these impoverished people.

Everyone was racing against time to pull the injured out of the floodwaters, but at that moment, inside the tavern, there were the local county magistrate, Sun Yunhe, and Qin Zhongting.

They were drinking with great relish. Ma Qiang's face was flushed from drinking, and he grabbed Sun Yunhe's body, shaking him back and forth.

"Enough with the chit-chat, let's drink to this. I'm going to give you a good lesson later." After Sun Yunhe finished speaking, the three of them clinked glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

At this moment, Sun Yunhe tapped his fingers on the table repeatedly before speaking softly.

"To be honest, I have a great idea for you, a chance to rise to prominence. But you have to promise me first that no one will force you."

"We can't tell anyone about this. I'm only telling you this method because we need to ensure the safety of our own people."

Sun Yunhe had already made up his mind. This method was really brilliant. The key was to find a trustworthy person to carry it out. At this moment, Ma Qiang had some doubts.

However, thinking about how he could rise to prominence, Ma Qiang was willing to do anything, even murder and arson, so he simply clenched his fists.

"I hope you will be discerning and tell me the solution as soon as possible. I will definitely handle things perfectly so that you won't have to worry about me."

Ma Qiang started praising him, and Sun Yunhe smiled with great satisfaction.

"It's very simple. Once Chen Er has finished building one of the dikes, I want you to take trustworthy people and destroy all the dikes in this area."

“Especially take good care of the dikes built by Chen Er, do you understand what I mean?” Sun Yunhe’s voice grew colder and colder.

Sun Yunhe's words made Ma Qiang involuntarily shrink his neck. Ma Qiang was almost scared to death. You know, if all these dikes are not destroyed...

Then the personal safety of ordinary people cannot be guaranteed, even though Ma Qiang used to be a hoodlum.

However, Ma Qiang was very unhappy because he couldn't embezzle this time. But he still couldn't get over the fact that he had killed so many civilians at once.

"Lord Sun Yunhe, you must be joking with me. Do you know that there are civilians stationed around all these dikes? If we destroy so many dikes..."