A clerk from the government office, who seemed to have had a quarrel with someone, walked over. Upon seeing Zhao Douan, he was startled and said respectfully, "Greetings, governor."
Zhao Douan was not familiar with this clerk but vaguely remembered that he was one of Governor Sun's men. He casually asked, "What's going on with that person?"
The clerk hesitated for a moment and sighed, "He's one of the grain supervision officers downstairs..."
With a few words, he explained the reason:
Since the war began, there has been a gradual shortage of resources and silver coin in Linfeng. Due to the need to defend the city, the soldiers under Xue Shence have consumed a lot, in accordance with the usual practice, the government office and military mansion jointly ordered the temporary appointment of several "grain supervision officers" to buy and collect military grain from the city's citizens to support the war efforts.
