"General Zhang, it isn't that this lowly official doesn't want to send these refugees to Fuzhou as quickly as possible. I truly Cannot Do Anything About it!"
"Look, this is all the yamen runners our County Office has. This lowly official has already transferred every runner from the County Office here—even the servants from my own household have been brought over!"
"And doctors too. Too many of these refugees are sick. We don't just lack medicinal materials, we lack doctors!"
"Sigh..."
County Magistrate Zhang He let out a deeply helpless sigh.
He was not shirking responsibility. He truly had the will but not the strength.
Though he was no good official, This Time the Governor's Office and the Provincial Administration Commissioner's office had issued orders at the same time, and their attitude was extremely firm. As a county magistrate, he did not dare slacken off in the slightest.
Especially the official notice issued by the Governor's Office—it stated outright that if anything went wrong, the chief official would be dismissed on the spot.
Now, throughout all of Chongshan Town, every Official Office was watching the work of receiving and resettling the refugees. What official would dare obey in public while defying in private, or act recklessly and do whatever he pleased?
To keep the black gauze hat on their heads, to avoid punishment, the chief officials everywhere were fighting with their lives to maintain order and ensure the task of receiving the refugees.
But even the cleverest housewife could not cook without rice.
Zhang Chengzhi took out the Thousand-Mile Mirror and looked along the official road. This long column stretched a full four or five li, and at the current speed, who knew when so many commoners could be properly arranged?
And this was only the beginning. Behind them, a