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In the opinion of Governor Guo Zihan, Long Xiao's move is redundant, farming and raising grain is a matter for the common people, and repairing water conservancy is even more redundant, and now there is no disaster year, the wind and rain are smooth, what kind of water conservancy is built, and it costs so much silver taels, and Guo Zihan is even more angry that the county spent 100 million taels of silver, and he didn't get a tael, which is simply unbearable for uncles and aunts. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info However, Long Xiao is the master of the dynasty and the emperor of the county, and Guo Zihan does not have the courage to impeach Long Xiao. Besides, Long Xiao is for the people, and Guo Zihan has no reason to impeach, just angry.

A few months later, Wang Kexin's prefect came, and when he saw Governor Guo's face, he shouted good things: "Lord Guo, I have good news for you, Shenwu County is going to apply for the construction of a granary." When Guo Zihan heard it, it was really a good thing, the construction of the granary required approval, and the grain road and the military preparation road were kept, and it was impossible to do it without the nod of the governor himself, Guo Zihan thought that the opportunity for his wealth had come.

"Lord Wang, how big is the size of the granary applied for by Shenwu County? How much is the budget? What kind of granary to build? ”。 Wang Kexin: "According to Longzhi County, I reported that it is necessary to build a granary that can accommodate 1oo0 million catties, which is relatively large in the country, and this cannot be built without 100 million taels of silver, Lord Guo, you see, how to deal with it?" ”。

Guo Zihan pondered for a while: "Great, is Longzhi County going to be built in Shenwu County?" "Yes, just south of the county seat of the gods, close to the river, that place is backed by mountains on three sides, one side by the river, transportation is extremely convenient, if the grain city is built, it is also very easy to guard, it seems that Longzhi County also consulted the masters, and the choice of this place is really good", Guo Zihan: "Okay, I know, if Long Xiao comes up for approval, you will hand over the documents to me."

After a few days, Long Xiao really came, took the document to approve the establishment of the grain depot, and asked the governor Guo Zihan for approval, Guo Zihan: "Hehe, Lord Long, you are really courageous, not long after taking office, you have engaged in the county's water conservancy facilities, invested 100 million taels of silver, and now there is a large grain depot, yes, the official absolutely supports, but well, this matter of building a grain depot requires the approval of the Ministry of Households, and the permission of the Ministry of War, which takes some time, and it cannot be approved in a year or even two years. How do you say? ”。

As soon as Long Xiao heard this, he figured out that it was true that the construction of a grain depot in the local area was to ask for permission from the Ministry of Household and Military Affairs, but as long as the governor agreed, it would be fine, because it was not the state to spend money on investment, as long as it was recorded, Governor Guo said this, it was nothing more than wanting silver. Long Xiao took out 1oo taels of silver tickets and handed them to Guo Zihan: "Lord Guo, the lower officials know that the approval is very troublesome, so I ask Lord Guo to worry about it, this 1oo taels of silver is Lord Guo's worry fee, please laugh."

Guo Zihan was also happy to see Long Xiao so sensible, took the silver ticket with one hand, and said; "Lord Long, you are so polite, you are also for the country, is this building a granary, is it a good thing for the country and the people, I still support it as a governor, but is this building a granary, is it a technical work, the technology of the relevant aspects, are you ready? When the time comes, but it will be accepted by the province and county, that is, the household and military departments will also have to come, not to mention anything else, such a large grain depot, at least there must be an army to guard, there are no 10,000 people who can't get down, this is an expense, but it is all to pay for the county, you have to think about it."

Long Xiao: "There is Lord Lao to think about it, these are ready, the budget for the construction of the grain depot is 100 million taels, even the barracks are also budgeted in, there is no problem, the technical personnel in this area are also hired, as long as the approval of the province and county can start construction", Guo Zihan: "That's good, I'm a big deal, I'll grab the approval document for you, I will send urgent documents to the capital, and there will be a month back and forth, by the way, about some of the supervisors who built the grain depot, the province and county still have to send it, and the salaries of these people will be paid by the county of Laoshenwu, There shouldn't be any problem with this, right? ”。 When Long Xiao heard this, he saw that the governor still had to install personnel, this matter was a trivial matter, if he didn't agree, the governor's face would not look good, so Long Xiao happily agreed.

After a month, Long Xiao was waiting for the approval of the province and county, and he didn't come down, and Long Xiao was a little anxious, because the personnel who built the grain depot had almost been assembled, and the site selection of the grain depot had been cleaned up, so he was waiting to start construction. Long Xiao sent someone to the province and county to ask, and it turned out that the documents of the province and county had been sent to the prefect. Long Xiao sent someone to the prefect to get the approval, but it was a closed door, and the prefect did not give it at all. Long Xiao understood as soon as he heard it, it was all the silver that was to blame, and it seemed that the prefect of the king also wanted silver.

Long Xiao sent his master to take 1o million silver tickets to the prefect, and when the silver was sent, the prefect Wang happily gave the approval, but there was also a condition, that is, to let his brother-in-law serve as the supervisor of the construction of the granary, and there were 2oo supervisors, Long Xiao had no choice but to agree.

The granary project started as scheduled, and it was also smooth. Because Long Xiao had very high requirements for the granary, and there were a lot of migrant workers recruited, there were 2o people, and the silver was spent like flowing water. The initial budget was 100 million taels of silver, the construction area was 5ooo acres of land, and hundreds of grain depots of different sizes were to be built. In addition, the quality required by Longxiao is very high, and it was explained in advance that the silver can be spent more, as long as the quality is guaranteed, so that these supervisors are under the banner of high quality, and the requirements for the craftsmen are extremely harsh, so that the quality is guaranteed, but the project budget is high and high, and soon it broke through 100 million taels, and when the project was completed, it cost 200 million taels of silver.

Originally, Long Xiao's plan was very good, this year in advance to propose 100 million taels of silver, this was discussed with Hu Xueyan, even if the Hu family money village suffered a loss, put the silver out in advance, next year to raise another 100 million taels, the purchase of grain will cost 100 million taels of silver, and there is still 100 million taels of silver on the public account of Shenwu County, there will be no shortage of money. However, according to the current budget, the grain depot has spent 200 million taels, and the 100 million taels of grain purchased cannot be moved, and the 10,000 officers and soldiers who have to take care of the granary are also the masters of silver, and it is impossible to do it without 1 million in a year.

Fortunately, the granary was finally repaired, and the provincial and county soldiers also sent 10,000 officers and soldiers to move in, which can be regarded as the personnel guarding the granary, but all the expenses need to be paid by the Shenwu County, which Long Xiao also agreed. It doesn't matter, anyway, Shenwu County has tens of millions of income every year, and just the regular silver is enough. However, Long Xiao calculated that the cost of the granary was less than 200 million taels of silver, so he asked the master to check the flow account of the construction of the granary, and there was a huge problem.

First of all, it is said that the supervisors of the provinces and counties, there are 8oo people, and the fire consumption extracted from the books is 2ooo thousand taels, there is no doubt that most of this silver will fall into the hands of Governor Guo Zihan, of course, there are still one or two people who handle it. Besides, the 2oo overseers sent by the prefect also had 5oo taels of silver extracted, and Long Xiao guessed that most of the silver also went into Wang Kexin's pocket, because these people were all sent by the prefect, and they were all Wang Kexin's cronies, if Wang Kexin couldn't get it, it would be strange.

Long Xiao saw that this could not be done, and the silver he had worked so hard to accumulate was eaten by the superior yamen like this, and he was also distressed, so he thought of a way. The management of the granary must be in the hands of Shenwu County, so he let his master Zhou Zhong recommend a master, that is, Zhou Zhong's younger brother Zhou Tao, who is a meticulous master with a little sense of justice. Long Xiao asked Zhou Tao to set up the management personnel of the granary, and Zhou Tao recruited 2ooo people from the society, which were screened layer by layer, and it can't be said that the three generations were checked, at least they were also the children of their own families, and the monthly silver was 2 taels of silver, and they also managed to eat and live, although these people had a little more expenses, they were much stronger than those officers and soldiers, at least they would not be greedy for the silver of the grain depot.

Shenwu County granary has been opened, it has attracted a large number of farmers to sell grain, now the official price is a copper plate a catty, Long Xiao in order to speed up the construction of the granary, let the granary premium purchase, 2 copper plate a catty, but more than the market price doubled, the granary was open to purchase, and soon stored 2o billion catties of grain reserves, even the people of several nearby counties have come to sell grain, Shenwu County granary has become the largest granary in the country.