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Chapter 507: Chapter 503: The Foolish Backup Plan

After a while, Tang Luo called for Gong Zheng who was in the middle of the mountain. Gong Zheng first noticed the massive crowd kneeling on the ground. He then saw the young man whose cheeks were already considerably swollen, still punishing himself by harshly slapping his face, and Tang Luo sitting atop a magnificent cloud-beast, his face expressionless.

Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Gong Zheng approached, bowed deeply to Tang Luo, and paid respect: “My lord, Gong Zheng has arrived!”

Looking at the submissive leader of the Righteous Gang, Tang Luo, who had just suppressed his fury, felt a surge of dishonor. Not only because of the actions of these followers, but also because of the foolish actions he had taken after leaving Red Cloud Mountain.

“I will ask you,” Tang Luo looked at Gong Zheng and asked coldly, “Before I left, what instructions did I give you?”

Before the potential for war had even arisen in Xiling, he had instructed Gong Zheng to procure grain from the cities around Xiling. At that time, the price of grain was quite stable, and Tang Luo hadn’t transferred the funds of the Righteous Business Group. Thus, in terms of stockpiled grain, the reserves of the Righteous Gang purchased were no less than those of ordinary households. This was his last safeguard left for Red Cloud Mountain, hoping that if there were any mistakes in grain distribution, Gong Zheng could make up for them.

The camel peak where the Righteous Gang resides did not experience any chaotic events related to distribution. However, the central peak and the camel peak of Red Cloud Mountain were both in total chaos, but Gong Zheng did not come forward to manage affairs, which, to Tang Luo, was an utter disappointment.

Gong Zheng’s heart skipped a beat. He quickly explained, “Master, please understand. It’s not that I didn’t show up. Three days ago, I went to Master Sun to inquire about the situation with the grain distribution. But Master Sun said that if we reduced some, it would be enough to last till you return. I thought that wasn’t right. After all, these people have already become your followers. A half pound of grain is already not much, if reduced to only two ounces it becomes insufficient. Therefore, I took out some stored grain to make up for the other three ounces.”

benevolence!” Looking at Gong Zheng’s foolish appearance, clearly not understanding where he went wrong, Tang Luo frowned and reprimanded, “Before I left, I instructed you to follow Master Sun’s lead in distributing the grain. If the relief grain runs out, it is up to you to supplement it. Who allowed you to

harm with his good intentions, he’d have to be very foolish. He honestly couldn’t understand what’s wrong with replenishing the relief grain, but he knew the simple truth –

courtier who was selected from academics or the cultivation field, he would definitely have handled things differently. Even if Hua Ji had been in charge, he would never have acted like this. Ultimately, the problem was that Gong Zheng only thought at the level of a small hill, there was no concept of a large collective in his mind. He failed to realize that every decision

for distribution grain the simplest logic is – fear not scarcity, but uneven distribution. You can only increase, but not

two ounces per day, then ten days later it increased to three ounces, the common people would be grateful to the nobles. Because, before thirteen days, they were refugees, teetering on the edge of starvation. They would have regarded the nobleman who distributed relief grain

grain was insufficient. They thought

acceptable within a family. In a blood-related family, under the system of common honor and disgrace,

nephews as their own after their brothers die in battle. So, the leaders of small families never consider decisions of jointly sharing hardships as something that requires preparation or agreement. Because to them,

members can give this understanding, the common people can’t. The common people can only see the little relief grain in their hands and the land in front of them because they don’t have kinship with the

in Xiling who they respect the most, about half of them will tell you, “Of course, it is Master Sun, who is renowned in Xiling as

a decision regarding relief grain, many people had forgotten how highly regarded Sun Jinfang had been in Xiling and how he was respected as a parent. And all this happened because Sun Jinfang lacked skills in administration while possessing

always believed that political skills could be cultivated, but a person’s virtues could

unrest, the primary responsibility did not lie with Sun Jinfang and the other noblemen of

the crowd, inciting trouble, and the clueless Gong Zheng standing next

Tang Luo’s own business and that Gong Zheng, the head of the Righteous Gang, is his subordinate. They had to respect him even when they were