Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

"Yes, sir, you can use the boat at will, but we won’t send our men, you go down yourselves."

The boatmen said. Upon hearing this, the River Patrol Soldiers immediately became angry, brandishing their knives and threatening, "You bunch of troublemakers dare to defy orders? Believe it or not, I’ll chop you down right now!"

Hearing this, the boatmen were also provoked. One boatman grabbed a stool and stood up, while others took up clubs and fish knives, all of them standing up in anger. They then said to the River Patrol Soldiers, "Damn it, you want us to go down to the river? You’re trying to kill us! If I’m going to die, I’ll make sure you dog government officers go down with me. Come on, let’s fight!"

Seeing the boatmen so bold, the government soldiers didn’t dare to strike for a moment. After all, they were around forty years old on average, while these boatmen were in their twenties and thirties, in the prime age for fighting.

At this point, the government officer, with no other choice, a fifty-year-old elder stepped forward and said, "Everyone, calm down, we were wrong earlier. But we are just following orders from above. If we don’t go down into the river, we can’t measure the water levels. Without that, the villages downstream might be in trouble. Aren’t we doing all of this for the greater good?"

Hearing this, the boatmen relaxed a little and said, "Uncle, you’re right, but with the weather and the water like this, no one dares to go down. Anyone who goes now is asking for death, unless they’re crazy!"

Hearing this, the government officers also looked disheartened and dared not enter the water.

Who doesn’t know that going into the water now is courting death! In previous great floods, many sailors have perished, so now no one is willing to take the risk.

Although some of them came from families of Water Officials for generations and were told that sailors should not fear death in such situations, what a damn court this is! Not fear death for a measly two maces of Silver a month? Why should I risk my life?

While they were thinking this, suddenly there was a commotion outside.