Ancient Wen Heng was already mentally prepared. Aside from the guards assigned to his personal protection, he had sent everyone else to the nearby prefectures and counties to procure as many winter supplies as possible.
After all, the rations for the twenty-some people here had to be secured.
After getting the lay of the land over the past few days, he had learned that although Lu City was considered a prefectural capital, it was genuinely destitute.
Furthermore, the several counties under its jurisdiction were often harassed and plundered by bandits, making survival a major problem, let alone paying taxes.
As soon as he took over, he not only found the government office's treasury completely empty, but even the rats in the granary were starved to skin and bones.
