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Chapter 171 Behind the Scenes
When all the food was replaced, Ji Sibo let out a long breath. This time, he was finally not afraid of losing his head.

"Auntie, I'll bring the food home first." Ji Sibo looked at Ji Fushou, and seeing Ji Fushou nodding slightly, he waved his hand, "Let's go."

Seeing Ji Sibo disappearing into the night with people, Ji Fushou glanced sideways at the food that Ji Sibo had replaced, and a stern look flashed across his eyes, "Go, let's leave here too."

Taking advantage of the night, he stopped at a wild place at dawn, and this road deliberately avoided Ji Sibo's traveling route.

Looking at the fully loaded cart, Ji Fushou ordered Nighthawk, "Cut open the grain bag and check the grain inside."

Su led the people to cut open bags of grain, one bag, two bags. When all the grain bags were cut open, the corners of Ji Fushou's lips curled up slightly, showing a sarcastic arc.

"It's true that there isn't a single bag of grain that can be eaten." She bent down, picked up a handful of rice with her palm, and looked at it by the sunlight.

"This rice is at least four or five years old, more than Chen Liang." Ji Fushou said with certainty.

The so-called stale grain, the newly harvested rice in that year is new grain, more than one year later it will be stale grain, but the stale grain will become moldy after being stored for a long time, or due to improper storage methods, and the moldy grain cannot be eaten.

"There is a full [-] shi of grain here, who on earth can have so much moldy old grain?" Ji Fushou frowned slightly.

She mused, "Third Prince Li Chong presided over the food collection. Those merchants would not and would not dare to fool the Third Prince with old grain, let alone moldy grain."

So in this way, the grain collected by the third prince must be new grain.

Of course, the third prince does not need to do it himself to verify the food, so the household department is responsible for the money and food for this disaster relief, and the household department also issues the imperial merchant qualifications to the merchants, so the food must be handed over to the household department in the end.

"If there is a problem with the grain, the source lies in the household department. Could it be that it was ordered by the household secretary?" Ji Fushou frowned, thinking.

What is the purpose of Hubu Shangshu to do this?

As far as she knew, Gan Qiwen, Minister of the Household Department, was neither involved with the four princes nor favored any one of them. The one who could sit in the position of Minister of the Household Department must be the confidant of Emperor Qi Cheng.

Gan Qiwen replaced the new grain with moldy rice. If the matter is revealed, his official title will definitely be lost.Moreover, why did he offend the third prince?
The thoughts in his mind spread to this point, and Ji Fushou suddenly had a flash of inspiration.wrong!The so-called moldy rice incident was brought to light, and it may not be possible to involve the Ministry of Household Affairs.

According to Sibo's itinerary, there are still about three days to go to the land of the three mansions. According to the news from Dong Ma's house, it is still raining in the land of the three mansions.Continuous heavy rain, what if the escort is not properly escorted and the rice is wet by the rain?
Ji Fushou narrowed his eyes slightly, if the rice got wet from the rain, it would be the fault of Sibo, the escort.Even if the rice wasn't soaked by the rain, what if Xu Wenbin insisted that it was Sibo's fault?
Moreover, the top and bottom of the household department will definitely not admit that the food they give is moldy rice, and no one will be stupid enough to admit that they have lost their official hats.

There are two official characters, black and white are up to people.

But there is a question, she didn't want to understand, how did the household department get these moldy grains?

Ji Fushou pondered for a long time, bent down and picked up a small wooden stick, drew a circle on the muddy floor, and wrote two words.

"This is the capital."

Another circle was drawn in the southeast of the capital, "This is a granary in the suburbs of Beijing, the Taiping warehouse."

"In the past, the Ministry of Households provided disaster relief, and the food allocated would never be allocated from the Taiping warehouse."

She tapped the granary with a wooden stick.

The capital is at the foot of the emperor, and there must be no chaos, and because there are many Huangzhuang and dignified villages in the suburbs of Beijing, there are very few fields that really belong to the common people, and the little grain grown by the common people cannot meet the needs of the capital. They will transport food to Beijing, and the Taiping warehouses in the suburbs of Beijing will be piled full, just in case there is not enough food in the capital, they can be used for first aid.

In her mind, she recalled the map near the boundary of the capital, and the small wooden stick drew another circle outside the Taiping warehouse in the suburbs of Beijing.

"This is the Guangtong warehouse, the nearest granary outside the Taiping warehouse in the capital. If you want to allocate disaster relief food as soon as possible, you can only allocate it from here."

The granaries in various places cannot be opened without the order of the imperial court.After harvesting new grain every year, the granaries in various places will report to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and with permission, they will sell the old grain at a low price to the common people.

Floods, droughts, or wars, the food in the granary is the foundation for maintaining the stability of the Qi Dynasty.

The small wooden stick in Ji Fushou's hand fell on the Guangtong warehouse, and he tapped it several times, "Guangtong warehouse moldy rice new grain moldy rice new grain"

Suddenly, Ji Fushou had a flash of light in his mind, stood up and told Su, "Go to the vicinity of Guangtong warehouse and check thoroughly to see if the warehouse has been opened without permission. Second, check the warehouse staff of Guangtong warehouse to see if they usually Behavior in the village, who you interact with, and the relationship you make, third, look at the grain store in Guangtong County, who is behind it, and how the grain in the store comes from."

After a pause, she said again, "Go and keep an eye on Gan Qiwen, Shangshu of the Household Department, to see if there is anything wrong with him these days."

Seeing that Ji Fushou didn't give any orders, Su bowed his hands, ordered six people, and rode with him to Guangtong County and the capital.

Ji Fushou threw away the small wooden stick in his hand, looked at the moldy rice, rubbed his forehead, and ordered: "Burn all the rice."

No clues can be left, nor can these rice be left here to be eaten by wild animals.

After the fire burned all the moldy rice, Ji Fushou led his people away, and fell far behind Ji Sibo's convoy.

When the moldy rice incident happened, she was not at ease with Sibo, even if Sibo delivered the food and money to the three houses, she still had to guard Xu Wenbin and others for disaster relief.

The capital, the palace.

Grandpa Wang looked at his father and said in a deep voice, "Father, according to the schedule, the disaster relief team will arrive at Yong'an Mansion in about two days."

Wang Yu nodded slightly, "Keep an eye on it, the imperial court will receive the reference books from the three prefectures after a few days."

Grandpa Wang responded, "Father, don't worry, I've been watching."

Wang Yu was very assured of his elder son's ability to handle affairs, and asked leisurely, "Have you got everything in order at Guangtong warehouse?"

Grandpa Wang smiled calmly, "It's all done, no one will find out."

Hearing this, Wang Yu looked even more relaxed, with a happy smile on the corner of his mouth.

A hint of doubt appeared on Mr. Wang's face, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Father, why did you frame Ji Sibo?"

(End of this chapter)