The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 72

With the opening of the granary door, a unique smell of grain came from the granary of Yongji warehouse.

The grain depot of Yongji warehouse is located in a mountain, and the master craftsmen hollowed out all the inside to use it as a granary, leaving only two warehouse doors, one front and one back.

The front door is responsible for grain and grass transportation by land, and the back door is directly connected to the Jinghe River, which is responsible for the entry and exit of grain by water.

There is no other way but to guard the granary one by one, even if there are tens of thousands of people, it is difficult to break through.

After the two teams of the Longwu Army searched their bodies to confirm that there were no threatening items on their bodies, Yang Qingyuan and the others entered the granary. Of course, Ye Jianhan's broken sword was not removed. After all, a broken sword can't do much. .

Stepping into the grain depot, silos over two feet high appeared in front of everyone.

The whole body of the silo is made of wood, and the outer layer is wrapped by an earth wall, which is very sealed. There is only one grain inlet at the top and one grain outlet at the bottom.

One silo can hold three thousand stones of grain.

There are a total of 150 such silos in the grain depots of Yongji Warehouse, which can hold [-] million shi of grain in total.

One stone is 120 catties, which is [-] tons when converted into grain.

At the front door of the grain depot, there are still many grain trucks and several large organs parked. Judging from the posture of the organs, they should be used to load grain, and it is estimated that they are handwritten by the Mohists.

The law of the world's organs, the Mohist accounts for six, and the public loses the fourth.

The Longwu army on the side is bringing in two long iron poles, about three feet long, with a small bucket at the head, which can be opened and closed by a mechanism at the end of the pole. This is a standard tool for the imperial court to inspect grain.

Every year when the imperial court inspects the grain, representatives from the cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Household Affairs each hold a grain inspection pole, and each randomly selects ten silos, and takes the grain from them to the officials of the Department of Agriculture to inspect the quality of the grain.

Master Kong, who was originally anxious, gradually calmed down after entering the grain depot.

On the third day of March, the day of the imperial court's grain inspection, the officials of the third department did not find any mistakes from the granary. Could it be that Yang Qingyuan could see it? Thinking of this, Kong Zhiwei even had a little expectation in his heart.

If you fail to find out the problem with the granary in the end, let me see how you end up? !
Thinking of this, Kong Zhiwei put on a friendly smile again, "My lord, the Yongji warehouse is full at the moment, and there are still some bags of grain piled up on the left side of the warehouse, totaling [-] shi."

As Kong Zhiwei said that, he took the grain inspection pole from the Longwu army on the side, walked to Yang Qingyuan's side, and handed the grain inspection pole.

"Your Majesty Yang, please choose a warehouse to inspect the grain?!"

Yang Qingyuan looked at Kong Zhiwei, who suddenly changed his face, with disdain in his heart. He probably understood this person's mentality, and he just felt that he could fool himself by fooling the court grain inspector before.

Yang Qingyuan ignored Kong Zhiwei, but walked straight to a silo in the center.

"Let's look at this silo first!" Yang Qingyuan stuck his left hand on the outer wall of the earth wall, moved his true energy, and then patted the middle part.

Kong Zhiwei at the side saw that Yang Qingyuan had chosen the silo, and immediately handed over the grain inspection pole in his hand.

Looking at Kong Zhiwei, who is as attentive as a clown in front of him, Yang Qingyuan has a smile on the corner of his mouth, and there is sarcasm hidden under the smile.

For some reason, Kong Zhiwei, who had already settled down, was horrified when he saw Yang Qingyuan's smile.

"I don't need this."

After Yang Qingyuan finished speaking, he took two steps back, holding his right hand behind him and pointing like a sword.

One move obliquely cut, and the sound of frost was heard.

It seemed that Yang Qingyuan's sword energy in the grain depot was a bit colder.

The sharp sword energy cut obliquely from the bottom left to the top right, and the upper left corner of the silo slowly slid down. The incision was smooth and smooth, which showed the sharpness of the sword energy.

A corner of the silo slowly fell off and landed on the ground. The earthy outer wall stirred up a burst of smoke and dust. It was because of Yang Qingyuan's nonsense that he didn't know what to do. The two Longwu troops were standing on the spot stupidly.

It was not because of the sharp sword energy from Yang Qingyuan's fingertips, but because the silo was empty.

The silos in the Yongji Warehouse were two feet seven feet high, but the silos that were supposed to be filled with grain were divided into three layers by wooden boards. The top layer was about four feet high and filled with snow-white rice.

Its bottom is about two feet, and it is also full of grain.

But in the middle is a hollow layer, two feet high, completely separated by the upper and lower wooden boards, and there is no grain of rice in the middle.

This silo only has a little over [-]% of the rice, and the remaining [-]% of the rice has disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Kong Zhiwei no longer showed any joy, his face turned pale, and he fell to the ground, fighting with each other.

"This is the full storage of grain in the Yongji warehouse? Is this the full storage method?!"

Yang Qingyuan looked at the officers and soldiers in the Yongji Warehouse with frosty complexion.

"Death penalty for a low position!"

The two teams of the Longwu Army were immediately kneeling on one knee.

"capital offense!"

The thirty soldiers who followed into the warehouse also knelt down and apologized.

Regardless of whether they participated in the theft of grain storage, regardless of their profits, the crime of dereliction of duty alone is enough to punish them with exile.

"Now is not the time for you to apologize, check all the silos for me immediately, and then count how many granaries there are!?"

It seems that the warehouse is full, but it has been eaten by moths!

Yang Qingyuan began to issue instructions in an orderly manner. He had already learned about the scene before him when he sneaked in last night, and he was not too surprised.

"Let's go ahead and inform the captain of the Yongji Battalion that the entire army, except the guards at the gate of the Yongji warehouse, must gather in front of the grain depot!"

"Impressive order!"

The two teams did not dare to disobey Yang Qingyuan's words at this moment, and immediately followed orders.

Yang Qingyuan, Li Xunhuan, and Ye Jianhan did not stay in the warehouse, but walked towards the back door of the grain warehouse.

"Brother Yang, do you know that this door needs three keys to open?"

Li Xun Huan asked through voice transmission as he walked.

"I did find three keyholes when I came last night, but how do I know where the keys are?!"

"Then how did you get into this grain storage?" Li Xun Huan was a little curious.

"I went up to the mountain just above the grain depot yesterday, and found a small cave leading directly to the mountainside. I shrunk my body and entered it with my bone shrinking skills, and pierced through the last stone wall with my sword energy before I came to this grain cave. in the library."

Yang Qingyuan spoke in a flat voice.

But there was an inexplicable smile on Li Xunhuan's face, this is his brother Yang, who is handsome and grand in the court, but sometimes has some petty tricks.

The three of them came to the back door and said to the five elite soldiers of the Longwu Army who followed behind them, "Open this door."

"Boom! Creak...creak!" After one sound, the tooth-piercing sound of mechanism gears sounded again, and the back door of the grain depot was slowly opened.

The glare of the sun shone in, making it hard to keep your eyes open.

"I said!? There is no grain transport fleet today! What kind of back door are you opening... who is it?!"

The centurion guarding the back door was walking over and was in a strange room when they saw the three strangers, Yang Qingyuan, and immediately sounded a warning.

The officers and soldiers of the Longwu Army who were in charge of guarding the back door also reacted immediately. The shieldmen immediately surrounded the opened back door, and the crossbowmen immediately set up their arrows and aimed at the three of Yang Qingyuan at the back door.

"I am walking in the Wenhua Palace. Yang Qingyuan, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, this is Li Xunhuan, the censor of the capital city! You have been ordered to come here, and you haven't put away your weapons and retreated!?"

As he spoke, Yang Qingyuan threw his token to the leader of the team with his token.

Li Xun Huan also took out his official credentials and threw them away.

After looking at the official certificates of the two men, the team raised their hands, and the soldiers of the Longwu Army who were standing guard all put away their weapons.

"Zhang Yi of the Yongji Battalion of the Low-ranking Longwu Army is meeting with the two adults!!"

Yang Qingyuan nodded, as expected of the main battle force of the Great Zhou. Although it was only a second-line garrison battalion, it was quick in action and strict in discipline. It was indeed a strong army.

After Yang Qingyuan signaled Zhang Yi to excuse himself, he walked out of the warehouse door and looked around.

The back door of the grain depot is located on the back of the mountain, all of which are steep cliffs, which are far more steep than the front mountain, and there is only one path leading to the mountain.

"Captain Zhang!" Yang Qingyuan beckoned to Zhang Yi.

"What are your orders, my lord!?"

Yang Qingyuan pointed to the slightly rugged path on the mountain and asked, "You all came here through this road, right?"

"Exactly! This is the only mountain road from Yongji Cangzhong, and we use this road every day when we switch defenses!"

"Oh?! How long will it take you from this road to the camp?"

Zhang Yi replied without thinking, "I guess it will take half an hour!"

Yang Qingyuan looked at this rugged path, it was difficult for vehicles to pass through, the stored grain could not be transported from here, it could only be by water.

"How often do you switch defenses?"

"My lord, we change our defense every two days! Every time we come, we will bring two days' worth of food, grass and firewood."

Yang Qingyuan nodded, then turned his gaze to the camp.

The camp is small, but has everything and is neat.

Afterwards, Yang Qingyuan and Li Xunhuan walked through the camp and came to the Jingshui River. Among the mountains, there happened to be such a place where boats could dock.

The designer of this granary has a great talent and takes advantage of the location.

Yang Qingyuan took a look at this ferry, and the stolen grain should have been transported away from here.

Yang Qingyuan inspected carefully for a while, but after finding nothing, he and Li Xunhuan walked back to the grain depot.

"Brother Yang, did you find anything!?"

"I didn't find anything, but I have a simple guess?!" Yang Qingyuan and Li Xunhuan continued to transmit voices, and Ye Jianhan continued to serve as the background board, very conscious of a thug, and almost did not participate in activities involving intelligence.

"Brother Yang, please speak!"

"The An family should have bribed the chief bookkeeper Kong Zhiwei, the captain of the Yongji camp, and one of the ten centurions in the Yongji camp! Then choose the time when the centurion will be on duty at the back, and use the key to open the warehouse. door, take away the food."

In Yang Qingyuan's view, there was nothing strange about this granary theft case, and this was the simplest and most efficient way.

Yongji warehouse granaries are generally uninspected, and under normal circumstances, the number of openings in a year can be counted on the fingers.

It is nothing more than the inspection of grain by the imperial court on March [-], the storage of new grain for the autumn harvest, and the supply of grain and grass to the three armies of Longwu, Yulin, and Changlin. As long as these timings are grasped, the theft of the granary will not be discovered in a short time.

"So Brother Yang thinks that most people here don't know about it!?"

"Stealing the national grain is a felony! Of course, the fewer people who know about it, the better. If you really want to bribe the entire Yongji Warehouse, how can thousands of people keep it secret?!?"

While the two were chatting, the sound of soldiers and horses lining up came from outside the door.

The three of Yang Qingyuan walked out of the granary through the front door, and saw hundreds of soldiers waiting in formation, and a row of shining crossbow arrows were facing the three of them.

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