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Chapter 362 Route Problems
Seeing that third brother Lu Yunli suddenly changed his tone, Lu Wanlan said more seriously:
"Regarding the account books for grain collection and payment, I found nothing other than these inappropriate items. But this time, the route and timing of the grain grain escorted by the Cao army are really problematic."

After she finished speaking seriously, she wrote on the map of the canal, drawing from south to north:

"These two places are Huai'an and Linqing Wharf respectively. This is the entrance to the canal in the capital. The distance between the three places is almost the same. Each requires about 45 days of sailing. According to the usual practice, grain storage needs to be completed on September [-] every year. It will be escorted to Beijing before, and the tank boat will rest in Huai'an and Linqing for seven days each. Then it will take about [-] days to travel from Huai'an to the capital."

Lu Yunli didn't understand the way, but he still nodded with interest.

But he didn't know that what Lu Wanlan said next shocked him extremely.

"Based on this calculation, the Cao army must set off before the eighth day of August. And this part of the grain must arrive in Huai'an before the first day of August."

First day of August
It was the day before the big wedding between the younger sister Lu Wanlan and Yan Wang Xiao Yanzhi.

Looking back on those few days, apart from preparing for Lu Wanlan's wedding, there was indeed an incident related to the canal in the Lu family.

"Coincidentally, the military salt escorted by the Lu family's tank boat from the Jiangnan Salt Field was supposed to arrive at Huai'an Wharf on the first day of August."

As Lu Wanlan said, he circled the Jiangnan salt field located in Lianghuai on the map:
"But just two days before departure, the shopkeeper in charge of water transportation of the Lu family received a letter from the wharf, telling Lu family's water boats not to enter Huai'an wharf until the second day of August, but to stop at the river section south of Huai'an wharf. Said It was Cao Jun who temporarily changed the time and needed to leave Huai'an for Linqing on the second day of August. In this way, in order to avoid congestion in some rivers, the already arranged water transportation routes have to be rescheduled."

Lu Yunli looked at the ink marks on the map, and frowned slightly: "But on the last day of July, your fourth brother received a letter saying that several ships of military salt that were docked in the river section south of Huai'an sank into the canal."

"Although this matter cannot be entirely blamed on Cao Jun, it is also inseparable from them!"

Lu Wanlan also connected the location of the Lu family's army salt incident with the coastline of the Feng family's fortification in the south of the Yangtze River:
"Also! The Feng family's [-] infantry are clearly here, but they still allow the bandits to rob the Lu family's tank boats. And I peeked at the defense map that the Feng family set up in the south of the Yangtze River from the prince. The coastal area is an important area for soldiers. , there are almost no natural barriers, but they will put a small number of troops in the inner city."

Speaking of this, Lu Wanlan couldn't hide her emotions, and the question that had been lingering in her mind for many days blurted out:

"It's unbelievable that the Feng family's defenses are so weak, and Cao Jun is acting like this. Could it be that the two of them are colluding and killing people with knives, trying to bite off a piece of fat from the Lu family?"

"Little sister! Don't speak nonsense!" Lu Yunli severely stopped.

It was only then that Lu Wanlan realized that she had spoken indiscriminately, and hastily closed her lips, not saying a word again.

Seeing her like this, Lu Yunli didn't blame her anymore.He only gently took the brush from Lu Wanlan's hand, and silently put away the account book and map, and said calmly:
"I see you are tired too, let's come here first today."

"Third brother?" Lu Wanlan stood up tactfully, a little worried that Lu Yunli would be angry with him for this.

It has been more than a month since the Lu Jiajun salt incident, and the mastermind behind the scenes has not yet been found.

In the past, she and several other elder brothers believed that it was the Feng family's work, but there was no more evidence to prove it.

Finding out the answer from the Caoliang account book today is indeed an unexpected harvest, and she is inevitably excited when she is excited.

but
Why did the third brother frown more and more when he heard his own analysis?
Lu Wanlan was puzzled: "Third brother, am I wrong?"

Lu Yunli did not hesitate to praise: "You are right."

"Really?" Hearing this affirmation, Lu Wanlan's phoenix eyes lit up instantly, but seeing Lu Yunli's serious face, she still asked cautiously, "Then why is the third brother unhappy?"

"What are you happy about, brother?"

Lu Yunli raised his hand and nodded Lu Wanlan's forehead, and said angrily:

"Obviously it was for you to learn how to calculate the accounts and manage the shop. The result is good. You not only uncovered the cover of Cao Jun's profiteering, but also talked about important military affairs on the bright side. Now that the case of Lu Jiajun's salt has not been settled, the people have been arrested again. The exploitation has come to this point. A majestic minister of the Ministry of punishment not only neglects his duties, but also fails to help the people and strengthen the country, and now there is no evidence to convict him, how can you say I am happy?"

"Uh..." Lu Wanlan scratched her head, hearing San Ge's tone, could it be that she was praising herself?

At this time, Lu Yunli had turned around, put on a fox fur cloak and said with a smile, "I'll take you back to your bedroom, aren't you going to see your fourth brother tomorrow?"

"Ah."

Lu Wanlan nodded, let Xiaoxi put on a snow-white fox down jacket for her, and followed Lu Yunli out of the study.

The bleak cold wind blew past with a "huh".

The two little girls couldn't help tightening their collars, and said in unison: "It's so cold!~"

Then he jogged and jogged towards the bedroom.

Only Lu Yunli, who was dressed in plain white, walked slowly behind, looking at the full moon in the sky, he couldn't help being surprised:

Seeing that the ninth month of the lunar calendar is only halfway through, this day is actually colder than October last year.The disaster victims in the south of the city and everywhere are having a hard time!

A few people walked to the door of the bedroom quickly.

Li Ying, who had already laid out the bedding, saw Lu Wanlan talking to the third master outside the door for a long time before coming in, fearing that her daughter would be cold, she hurriedly came up to her with a copper stove:

"Girl, it's cold outside, is it freezing?"

While talking, he poured another cup of hot tea and brought it to Lu Wanlan.

"How's Chi Zheng?" Lu Wanlan was drinking hot tea while being served by two little girls to change her pajamas, "She never said anything every time she was injured. If she is not well served, she must not be willing to rest."

"Don't worry, girl." Seeing Lu Wanlan crawling into the brocade quilt, Li Ying lowered the curtains of the bed again, "We had dinner together, Chi Zheng said to go back to the room to get some medicine, and he probably fell asleep by now."

"Okay." Lu Wanlan nodded, "Third brother and the shadow guard are here, I think we can all have a good night's sleep, you two should go back to the house."

The two little girls immediately left the bedroom, and the room was quiet.

Thinking back to what the third brother Lu Yunli said to him just outside the door, Lu Wanlan tossed and turned.

"Go south."

And it was one month later, when Xiao Yanzhi was sent to Danba Qibu.In the name of patrolling the Twelve Cities of Linshui, I went along the canal to the Chief Secretary of Shandong, and took a warship from Dengzhou to Liaodong Capital to find my elder brother.

Counting the time, at that time, it happened to be the time when Xiao Yan's old injury broke out.

　The canal routes, piers, and timelines in this chapter are more difficult to connect.I have been coding for a long time and I am not satisfied. The update is a day late. I will add another chapter this afternoon.Thanks for watching.

　　
　
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