Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

"I said, I asked your county governor to collect the amount of grain stored in the warehouse yesterday. Why hasn't there been any movement until now?"

Advisor Cheng suddenly thought of this and asked.

"Master Gu, our Lord Sheriff has a lot of things to do recently, probably we haven't had time to check the granary, how about this, my lord, I will tell Lord Sheriff right now, and I will definitely send it to you later."

"no need,"

Consultant Cheng sneered, he put the pen back on the pen holder, and then stood up:

"Take me there, I'll check with your county governor face to face."

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PS: I started to feel weak, headache and coughing yesterday.Although the antigen is not available for purchase now, it is estimated that I may have been hit.

Yesterday and today I was in a bad state, and it was the first time I realized what it was like to sit on the ground with my eyes darkened. . .

However, there are basically no symptoms now. The symptoms of weakness in the limbs have disappeared, and the head pain is basically gone. I occasionally cough, and I don’t have a fever. I just have some diarrhea during the day and no appetite. Now it seems that it has improved a lot.

I don't know if it's a cold or because I won the championship. I think it's a cold. The symptoms were quite severe yesterday and this morning. I think it's the new crown. . .Had symptoms yesterday and recovered almost today?

I don't understand, anyway, I still have to take a good rest.

Chapter 90 Survey

In fact, it is not very difficult to see the Sheriff.

With the identity of consultant Cheng, he can meet whenever he wants, but now, the meeting place chosen by consultant Cheng is the current office of the county sheriff, which is the granary.

Consultant Cheng chose to meet at the granary, firstly because the sheriff Lu was in charge of counting the grain accounts in the granary, and secondly, because he also planned to take a good look at the situation in the granary of the county government.

Obviously the official in front of him had a plan for this situation. He led the consultant Cheng out, and at the same time yelled at the servants in the mansion to prepare horses and sedan chairs, and arrange for accompanying guards.But the consultant Cheng saw his thoughts and waved his hands: "No, just prepare the horse for me, and I will take the people there by myself, so I don't need to trouble you."

"But, Mr. Gu, it's too cold..."

"It's just a meeting, what's so shabby, you have such a big car and a small car, and you make such a big noise, people think that I, a court official, ran over to inspect the people."

Advisor Cheng smiled and dealt with it, while taking the horse led by the guard next to him, and then got on the horse.

Go back a year or two and he can't ride a horse.However, the previous battles in the west prevented him from taking a carriage or sedan chair every time he traveled. Therefore, on the battlefield, he quickly learned the skill of riding a horse, and gradually became proficient in the subsequent transfers.Although it is not as good as those who gallop on the battlefield now, they can be regarded as riding in style.

"Tell the mansion, prepare dinner, and I will have dinner with Governor Lu in the evening. Just make two simple dishes."

"Two...two ways?"

"Otherwise?" Advisor Cheng Ming asked knowingly. In fact, he also knew that there was a meal between the central government officials and the local sheriff. The two dishes were very shabby, but he didn't rush to eat. What about two.

The soldiers turned their horses' heads silently, and followed the advisor Cheng into the distance.

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County granary.

This is the lifeline and root of Daxia, the granary, which means the stability of the people and the long-term stability of the court, and also represents the backbone of foreign wars.

Consultant Cheng has already been to Jiangning County before. Jiangning County is located in the southern part of Daxia, with abundant products and abundant grain and rice.This place used to be a wasteland, but at that time, Daxia was eyeing the abundant water network here, so he encouraged the people to move south several times, and asked the then prime minister Li Yi to take care of the southward migration.

In the end, countless farmlands were reclaimed on this land, cities were established, and relying on the complex and dense water network, it quickly became one of the most affluent counties in Daxia.

However, for consultant Cheng, the glory of the past is nonsense. Now that the canal is being built in the south, it is natural to transfer a large amount of food and manpower from Jiangning County, a nearby county.Jiangning County, which was originally stable, suddenly became turbid.

It's not that the transfer of food and manpower will make the people of Jiangning County feel miserable. What is being transferred is the food stored in the county government, and the manpower taken away will also have remuneration and shelter and food.However, in this way, the treasury of Jiangning County has become a mess.

And in such a mess of muddled accounts, his advisor, Cheng, didn't believe that Sheriff Lu would honestly keep his hand, and asked what basis...

Laughing, even Xia Yuxiao, who is in the central government, has a clear eye on the account of the canal digging and food and grass, knowing that they have tampered with it and made trouble in the account. You said that he is the Jiangning county that provides the most money, food and manpower If Shou didn't find out, that would be too outrageous.

Either there is something wrong with his surname Lu, or he is so stupid that he doesn't even understand how to get in and out of the account, so he foolishly let others be greedy.Neither of these two is a good thing, either is enough to push him to the end.

Xia Yuxiao didn't care about it, she just beat because she had to consider the stability of the government and the public for the time being, and if she took it away, she would take it away. Anyway, she held the handle in her hand, and she could use it to hold them down in the future.

But consultant Cheng would not do that.Rather, he knew that Xia Yuxiao asked him to come down to do something that she didn't want to do in person.

As for the fact that she and the Taiwei are using him, the consultant Cheng has always been indifferent, anyway, he only wants to do his own thing well, he can do a little more, if he is really going to be dismissed, he will go back to his hometown to work , to be even worse, if he was killed in the end, it would not be too bad for him.

From a distance, everyone saw the huge granary. Daxia's granary was designed to be very strong, especially the granary in the county, because it was the lifeblood of the whole county, and it was strictly guarded against.

If foreign enemies want to attack in, just the large and small potholes in the entire site of the granary, and the traps are enough to hold it for a period of time.

However, foreign enemies are sometimes more difficult to guard against than internal traitors.

Standing at the gate of the granary, there are many warehouses, and there is a whole team of government soldiers standing at the gate.The county guard has the right to form a certain size of soldiers to strengthen the defense of key areas in the county. However, most of the soldiers recruited from the local area are not well trained and the number is limited.

Consultant Cheng got off his horse and held his own sign in his hand: "Where are you Governor Lu? I have something to talk to him about."

That government soldier was probably recruited just now, and he had obviously never seen anyone from the imperial court, so he was stunned for a long time looking at his sign.

"Tell me, where are you County Sheriff Lu!?"

At this time, a soldier beside him growled.

This low growl shocked the government soldiers in front of them, and then quickly pointed to a house with a simple decoration in the middle: "My lord, Lu... County Sheriff Lu is checking the accounts inside."

Audit?

Consultant Cheng almost laughed out loud.

The account has been paid for so many days, why wait for the audit?There are no people in the county who know how to make plans, right?

"Let me in."

Consultant Cheng said.

Hearing his order, the government soldiers shuddered all of a sudden, as if they remembered something: "My lord, please wait a moment, let me tell Lord Lu... this is an important granary. Only the sheriff can..."

Consultant Cheng took out the will written by Xia Yuxiao from his arms, and the other party fell silent in an instant.

His prefectural officer is still the imperial edict of the emperor, and the soldiers of the government can still tell the difference. What's more, this high official is followed by soldiers with weapons on their faces. Even if he is not wearing armor, he knows I can't do it myself.

What's the point of getting some food and salary for a month? There are still a bunch of people in the family waiting to make ends meet.

So the consultant Cheng went straight to the middle room.

Here is the place where the account books of the granary are stored, that is, the accounting room. At this time, Governor Lu came out from inside with a smile on his face:

"Oh, look, brother Gu, if you want to see me, just tell me, I'll just go to your house, why bother to come to see me all the way, isn't it because I, the host, don't treat guests well!"

"I heard that brother Lu is busy sorting out the books today, and I happen to have nothing in my hands, so I came here to help you sort it out, and it can be regarded as doing my part."

The politeness, after the politeness is over, we have to start making troubles.

Chapter 91 Checking positions

The two chatted enthusiastically, and at the same time, they didn't give up on the work they were doing.

"Oh, brother, you know I'm busy. To tell you the truth, the account is now in a mess because of the canal digging. I have mentioned it to the accountant here repeatedly before. It must be carefully sorted out by category. Guess what? It turned into a chicken coop!"

"Really, then the officials here really should be punished." Consultant Cheng said as he sat down, "No wonder why you haven't brought me the accounts for so long, brother. Since you're here today, Then of course I can't let you work in vain, brother, how about this, how about I help you deal with it?"

"what?"

Faced with the consultant Cheng, he recommended himself like this, and the official couldn't help it all at once: "My brother, this account is very messy."

"Brother, there are so many people who settle accounts under his hands, and it's been a few days, so there must be no progress at all?" Consultant Cheng asked with a smile.

"How is that possible? The accounts have been basically settled long ago, and the rest is to roughly gather them together."

"That's fine, it's not much work anyway."

After the consultant Cheng finished speaking, he began to take over the ledger.

The accounts of the granary are actually more complicated than calculating money. On the one hand, because grain is different from money, grain will cause a certain amount of loss due to various reasons-such as encountering rats and insects; On the other hand, there is not only one type of food, so it cannot be generalized.

The two people just kept checking the accounts, and there was also a special accounting room next to them to help the two people, explain and correct some numbers.

In the end, he finally got the amount of grain stored in the current warehouse.

"It seems that our Jiangning County's granary is indeed rich," the consultant Cheng nodded with satisfaction, "All of this must be managed well by you, Mr. Lu."

"Where are you, brother, you are being polite. This is just to be honored by His Majesty. It is because of Your Majesty's righteousness that we can live well. It is just to fulfill our duties as officials."

After saying this, the consultant Cheng stood up: "Okay, since the accounts of the granary have been accounted for, the process still needs to be followed. Next, I am going to check the actual amount of grain stored in the granary. Brother, please lead the way." .”

"Hey, good."

Everyone walked out happily, and then began to inspect granary by granary.

Every time a granary is inspected, someone will report the amount of stored grain.Most of the grain inspecting officials have the skills in this area. From the size of the granary and the fullness of the grain, they can roughly infer how much grain is in it, so they can know at a glance whether there is any problem with the amount of grain stored.

However, when the fourth granary was found, a soldier suddenly came in outside.

Sheriff Lu looked at the soldier suspiciously, but Advisor Cheng just smiled at him and put his ear close to him.

The soldier whispered a few words in his ear, and he nodded: "Okay, I understand, you all go back, just do as I said."

"Brother Gu, what is this?"

"Oh, I asked my servants to prepare some folk appetizers. I want to have a drink with you at night, but I don't like wasting money from the court, so I paid them to get something outside. Our county mansion The chef in the restaurant can make a few random dishes, which is enough."

"Hahahaha, my brother really lives up to his name, I like it!"

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The process of inspecting the granary was very smooth.

Consultant Cheng didn't expect to find out anything from the granary. Since these guys dared to let him investigate, there must be a way to prevent him from finding out.Moreover, the granary really cannot be opened casually and turned upside down, after all, it involves a lot of food preservation issues.

However, the consultant Cheng still mentioned:

"By the way, brother, before I came here, I heard from the people in Jiangning County who went north that there have been many rich merchants with a lot of grain in Jiangning County recently. What's going on? Brother, you should know that Daxia is Merchants are not allowed to hoard large quantities of grain at will."

"Well, brother, you don't know. In fact, we originally cracked down on this phenomenon. However, Jiangning County has produced a lot of grain over the years, and the people can't finish it at home. If they stock up, they need a lot of space. So later We simply let it go a little bit, allowing some merchants to buy the grain in the hands of the common people, or to exchange the commodities that the common people need for grain.”

"In this way, the people got what they wanted, and cleared out the grain that they didn't know where to put. The merchants can sell the grain to other places. This is a good thing."

In this regard, Lu County Sheriff answered fluently.

"It turned out to be like this, and that is indeed a good thing."

As the consultant Cheng spoke, he casually poked the granary beside him with a wooden ruler.

Suddenly, he frowned.

"Wait a minute."