Gong Fujiao Daughter-in-law

Chapter 34 Food
Having said that, Zhang Dusi didn't ask someone to open the door immediately, but reported politely to Xie Zhijun.

"Young madam doesn't know that there are two doors inside and outside the granary, and there are three keys inside and outside, one of which is in the hands of the subordinates, one in the hands of General Liang Daorang, and one in the Duke's mansion."

Xie Zhiyun smiled and said, "I didn't know it before, but now I know it."

Butler You Er came forward and saluted Xie Zhiyun first: "Young Madam, the key has already been brought. The one stored at home is not the master key. If there is an urgent military matter, there is no need to wait for it."

Xie Zhiyun then understood that Wei's key was not urgently needed, it should be the last small lock. If there is an urgent need to open the granary, just cut it off with iron pliers.

But if the lock is damaged, the Duke's Mansion can also know about it.

Xie Zhiyun glanced at Butler You Er, who understood, and said to Zhang Dusi: "Zhang Dusi, can you please bring me two keys to open this granary."

Zhang Dusi smiled politely, and his words were even more flattering than just now.

"Young Madam, it's really inappropriate for Young Madam to wait here in this cold weather. Why don't you go and sit in the department for a while, and then open the granary and sweep the dust before entering?"

Inside the words, I still don't want Xie Zhijun to watch the opening of the granary on the spot.

The Department of Grain and Dao is also a department with plenty of oil and water, and most of the people who take care of the granary are Wei Cang's confidantes, so Xie Zhiyun doesn't think they have any other thoughts.

Judging from the faces of Butler You Er and Madam Zheng, it is estimated that the Secretary of Liang Dao has been relying on the old man to run away, relying on his early military achievements to ignore the servants of Su Guogong's mansion.

But it is not a servant who comes today.

They didn't understand that Xie Zhiyun was not a servant of Duke Su's mansion, she was the future master of Duke Su's mansion.

Xie Zhiyun glanced at Zhang Dusi lightly, but said, "I'm not afraid of the cold."

Zhang Dusi was choked by her, unable to speak for a while, and finally had to lower his head.

"Yes, this subordinate will let someone open the granary."

Xie Zhijun stood at the door of the granary, ignoring the cold wind. She even asked the butler You Er: "Where is the account book of the granary?"

Housekeeper You Er looked at Zhang Dusi, Zhang Dusi had no choice but to say with a bitter face: "Young Madam, the official documents of the granary account books cannot be read by others."

Xie Zhiyun laughed again.

"So, what I'm here to do is not official business?" Xie Zhiyun's voice was elegant, but every word was full of oppression, "The Duke and the Young Master personally ordered me to do this specially for the sake of the number of people in the suburbs of Yezhou. Thousands of refugees, the Grand Duke and the Young Grand Master are merciful, sympathetic to heaven and earth, and all their actions are acts of kindness."

"I work for Su Guogong's mansion, so naturally the procedures must be strict and fair," Xie Zhiyun glanced at Zhang Dusi, "Zhang Dusi, what do you think?"

Xie Zhiyun's words once again choked Zhang Dusi.

His ordinary face was distorted abruptly and flushed red.

"Young Madam," Zhang Dusi took a breath, and said in a low voice, "If you want to look at the account books, you can only look at the account books of this granary."

Xie Zhiyun laughed again.

"You gave me the next one, I still don't read it."

While waiting for the key, the ledger was delivered first.

Mrs. Zheng was very neat. She asked Xiao Zhong to take the account book, touched it carefully, and then brought it to Xie Zhiyun.

Xiao Zhong held the book in both hands, and Mrs. Zheng turned the pages herself.

"Young lady, Yongfeng warehouse only started to store grain last year, and it is all grain delivered after August [-]th. The granary here is located in the front, and it stores the taxed grain on August [-]th."

Xie Zhijun nodded, looking down at the account book.

According to the account book records, all the land taxes paid by the farmers in the villages near Yezhou were sent, and they were all the same long-grain rice. Because each village and county was paying the same to the county government, when they were sent to the granary, they were sent to the granary. bags of whole grain.

The granary is also piled up with grain like this.

A granary contains about 5000 catties of grain, and there are about [-] grain bags, which can be moved in one day.

Xie Zhiyun took a closer look. There are 280 or 720 grain loans in this granary, totaling [-] catties, all of which are long-grain rice, which is new rice from last year.

"It's very good. If one person distributes ten catties of rice, more than 5000 people can be distributed, so that the refugees can all have food to eat."

After Xie Zhijun finished speaking, a young soldier quickly ran forward and whispered a few words to Zhang Dusi.

Only then did Zhang Dusi say politely to Xie Zhiyun: "Young Madam, the key has arrived."

Xie Zhiyun waved his hand, and Xiao Zhong put away the account book and handed it to Butler You Er.

"Open the barn door."

Everyone quickly came to the granary door, only then did Xie Zhijun realize that the granary's gates were all iron doors, and the center of the iron door was firmly fastened with an inch-long big copper lock. Cut constantly.

The shape of the key in Zhang Dusi's hand is also very special, with rugged peaks, making it difficult to imitate.

Xie Zhijun smiled and said politely: "This lock is really good."

Zhang Dusi was not very proud, he stepped forward to unlock the first lock himself, and then let four soldiers step forward to pull the axle on the door.

Amidst the loud sound of wheel axles, the iron door just opened.

"It's full of life-saving food, and the iron gate and granary are old-made pre-Qin, only the copper lock is newly made, which saves a lot of money."

Zhang Dusi explained.

Xie Zhiyun nodded, and his eyes fell on the crack of the door.

Soon, the second door appeared in front of everyone.

The walls of the granary are not too thick, but there are two doors and three locks.

Inside is a solid fir door, on which is hung a large lock of the same shape as the outer door, under which there is a smaller copper lock.

The key to this lock is in the hands of the Wei family.

Zhang Dusi and Butler You Er stepped forward together, and quickly opened the two locks.

This door was pushed inward, and the door opened, and a cloud of dust rushed in.

Xie Zhijun quickly covered her mouth and nose, and when the dust dissipated, she followed everyone inside.

Generally speaking, there are no fires and candles in the granary. On the top of the granary, there are two two-foot-square window openings. The window openings are covered with special oiled paper, which can transmit light and prevent people from entering and exiting.

But the window hole was too small, and it was still dark inside, and nothing could be seen clearly.

Zhang Dusi strode into the granary, his voice full of pride: "You can't light candles inside, please forgive me, Young Madam, that's why the subordinate said, Young Madam doesn't need to bother to come in and check."

Xie Zhiyun ignored him, relying on the faint light and shadow, she slowly groped for the grain placed against the wall.

I started with rough sacks, each sack was bulging, and when I touched it lightly, I could hear the rustling sound.

Because the food piles were placed neatly, we could only poke out a small nest with all our strength, and we couldn't figure it out at all.

In the granary, Zhang Dusi's voice was very noisy: "The rice in this granary is exactly half of the land tax in Yongfeng County. It was delivered in one day, and it was packed neatly on the same day, and there was no delay at all."

Xie Zhiyun's footsteps stopped.

In the dark granary, her voice was cold and empty: "You said, the grain here is all sent from the same county?"

(End of this chapter)