In the southeast of Jiankang City, most of the people living in it are ordinary people, and the Qinhuai River flows into the city from the Shangshui Gate here. It is the same river, but this side is not as prosperous and lively as the area of Wuyi Lane, and the women by the river come here just to wash rice and laundry.

Not far from the flat warehouse in the palace, this warehouse was built by the former governor Ma Guangzu himself. From the construction of the warehouse to the fundraising, the selection of warehouse officials, and the formulation of the management system, he was all hands-on, and the entire warehouse area covers a wide area, with hundreds of large and small granaries, and more than 200,000 stones of rice are stored all year round.

Surrounded by their entourage, Liu Yu and Hu Sanxing rode into the gate of the warehouse area. Due to Wang Lin's return, Hu San Province took the initiative to hand over his treasury keys and account books to him, and Liu Yu planned to let Hu San Province manage grain, grass, military and other affairs, which was also his original position in the army.

According to the warehouse official, the rice and grain in the warehouse were handed over during the autumn harvest last year, Liu Yu touched a handful in an open granary, and the rice with the husk and a smell of earth, which made him a little dazed when he was used to eating rice without washing.

"There are three or five thousand stones in the warehouses in several places near here, and the total number of twenty-one hundred and seventy-seven thousand four hundred and fifty-one stones contained in the entire Pinglian warehouse book is enough for the soldiers and civilians of the whole city for three months." The leading warehouse official explained carefully, and Hu Sansheng looked through the account books on the side, and kept asking somewhere.

Every system has its unspoken rules, and although Liu Yu doesn't know much about these, he also knows that it will definitely not be so simple. In all dynasties, it is not unreasonable for the warehouse official to be called "Shuo Rat", he just hopes that the discrepancy between the facts and the books is not too big.

It took most of the day for the two of them to turn around hundreds of granaries in the entire warehouse area one by one, and it was not until noon that they refused the storekeeper's request to eat. The two rode to a restaurant on Middle Street, and in the compartment on the second floor, Liu Yu waved away the idlers and others, and only the two of them were left in the entire compartment.

"Don't be annoyed if you're too guarded, I've already checked it carefully, although there are discrepancies, it shouldn't be too big." When Hu Sanxing saw Liu Yu's expression, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly gave him a reassurance.

"What is the truth, Hugh has to hide it from me, while it can be remedied now, it will be too late." Liu Yu is not worried about the problem of not having food, but he doesn't want to run around for food all day long, which is not only boring, but also very tiring.

"I first observed the look of the barn official, and there was no panic, so it means that the problem is not big. Hundreds of granaries, if you want to cheat, the means are nothing more than that, when Taishou talked to the barnman, a certain secretly used the sergeant's spear to probe a few places, and there was nothing abnormal. Therefore, although there is no guarantee that all granaries will be like this, it is estimated that there is no big problem. ”

"And what do you mean by the discrepancy earlier?" Hearing Hu Sanxing's words, Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there are no major problems, even if it is only half, it can last for a month and a half, but the war may not last that long.

"There are a few places where the size seems to be inconsistent with what is recorded in the account, and after Hu takes over, he will definitely find out, it is just a discrepancy of about a thousand stones, and it will not hinder the overall situation." Hu Sanxing has been in business for a long time, and such a huge amount of hands in the army can't be difficult for him, let alone this kind of thing.

1,000 stones, now in the war, rice is expensive and cheap, at most it is only 1,000 taels of silver. For such a large flat warehouse, how much is the various losses in a year alone, Liu Yu nodded and didn't ask any more, ordered wine and food and started eating and drinking with Hu Sanxing.

In addition to the flat barn used to stabilize grain prices and reserve disaster relief, there are also military rations in the city for the forbidden army, plus the rush back from Lugang, the total amount is more than 100,000 stones. Even if these are all used up, which of the big families in the city does not have their own small warehouses, not to mention that the Zuo family took out five thousand Hu at a time, without blinking an eye.

After eating wine and dinner, Hu Sansheng went to deal with his affairs, and Liu Yu said goodbye to him and took his entourage to other places in the city. Compared to food, this is also a very important resource in the defense of the city.

Quy Nhon Fang is located at the other end of the Qinhuai River, across the river from Pingliancang, and because most of its area belongs to the Arsenal Prison, the people in the vicinity usually call it "Arsenal Fang".

The Ordnance Supervisor is not just a yamen, it has a workshop of things and things, a corner field, and a material warehouse for the workshop. Each courtyard, field, and warehouse is equivalent to a large-scale handicraft workshop, and there are thousands or even thousands of craftsmen at every turn.

There is a more elaborate division of labor within the workshop, in addition to the eight divisions, there are also extensive siege works. The extensive siege work is divided into gunpowder work, green kiln work, fierce fire oil work, gold work, firearm work, large and small wood work, large and small furnace work, leather work, hemp work, kiln work, etc.

Ye Yinghe, the commander of the army, is in the bow and crossbow courtyard at the moment, as the son of the former prime minister Ye Mengding, he is different from his other brothers, he is not very interested in poetry, books and scriptures, but he is keen on this kind of technical research. Therefore, although he is only a small official, he has done it with relish.

Liu Yu didn't inform Ye Yingji before coming here, it wasn't that he wanted to make a surprise attack, but a temporary intention. The two could only be regarded as acquaintances before this, and they didn't get along much time, Liu Yu waited for a while in Ye Yingji's public house, and saw him rubbing his hands and coming in.

"I don't know if I'm too guarded, confess, please wait for a while, and let Ye clean up." Ye Yinghe arched his hand and ordered someone to serve tea, Liu Yu didn't care, strictly speaking, the two of them have no affiliation, and the ordnance supervisor is directly under the control of the cardinal.

When Ye Yingji washed his face and changed his clothes before coming out, Liu Yu secretly looked at him, he was thin and handsome, but he was a little unkempt. The two met again, and after sitting down separately, Ye Yingji asked him what he meant.

"Young Eunuch Ye, Liu did come to inquire about something, I don't know how many arrows are still in the warehouse and how much can the workshop produce in a day?" Rice and arrows are what he cares about today.

"Well, half a month ago, a certain person asked Wang Zhao for a report, and at that time there were still more than 400,000 arrows of all kinds in stock. The last rebellion in the city, the rebels robbed a warehouse, the loss was about 20,000, after a few days of production, the current warehouse is almost the same as then, about 400,000 branches, if the Taishou wants to count, but also allow a certain to check on it. ”

"At present, there are more than 300 craftsmen in the prison to make arrowheads, and more than 400 people can make more than 8,000 arrows every day, mainly because the supply of raw materials is insufficient, and there is not much left of fine iron." Ye Yingji sighed, he also knew why Liu Yu came, there were nearly 40,000 guards in the city, and this inventory was distributed to ten talents per person, how long could this last?

Liu Yu heard Ye Yingji's words, and fell silent for a while, among the batch of materials in Lugang, there were not many ordinary arrows that were most needed to defend the city, all of them were swords, guns, armor and the like. Now it seems that we still have to go back to the future generations to find a way, at least the arrows need a large number, and the final assembly can be put in the city to organize assembly-line production.

Accompanied by Ye Yingji, Liu Yu visited the various workshops belonging to the Ordnance Supervisor, and it really opened his eyes at a glance, but he did not expect that the Song people had reached a very high level of production and management of ordnance.

For example, he saw two iron pipes sticking out of a box-like object in the oil workshop, and only after asking did he know that it was actually a flamethrower, and seeing the long flames spewed out of the lower pipe operated by the craftsman, Liu Yu had a deeper understanding of the wisdom of the ancients.

The firearms workshop also amazed him, with a wide variety of firearms, such as rockets, fireballs, and thistles. There is even a "assault rifle" made of bamboo barrel, which is close to the modern flintlock rifle in terms of principle and appearance.

Looking at the past in admiration all the way, an item called "Earthquake Thunder" attracted him again, this iron-shelled ball is very similar to the kind of land mine made by the militia in the movie "Mine Warfare", with a fuse attached to the protrusion on it, which is filled with gunpowder, and after exploding, a large number of iron pieces are produced to kill and injure the enemy.

"After this thing is ignited and thrown, it can be used for catapults, and it can also be thrown by the wrestler, and within ten steps, the middle person will be crushed to pieces, and there will be no luck." Ye Yingji saw that Liu Yu was very interested, and explained to him on the side.

"Young Eunuch Ye, if possible, please produce more of this thing, he will be of great use in guarding the city every day, in a certain opinion, the rest are not as good as it." Liu Yu took a fancy to this thing at a glance, and with his own catapult plus it, Liu Yu couldn't help but be immersed in yy.

Ye Yingji nodded, this thing is not difficult to produce, if there is no iron shell, the pottery shell is also possible, although the damage is a little smaller, it is also very considerable. After this visit, Liu Yu was a little impressed by Ye Yingji's ability, this person knows almost everything, and he is not a general, this is a technocrat ah.

In the broadcasting room of the Yamen of Liu Yu's prefect, Jiang Ning was accompanying the golden pheasant slave to listen to Ping Qisheng's storytelling, because the walkie-talkie ran out of batteries, so he was sent back to the city by his father to report the latest war report. Grandpa Yue's story has been heard by almost everyone in the military, but it is the first time for Jiang Ning to say it so wonderfully, but his attention is not entirely on the story, and the girl with strange manners and bold behavior around him seems to attract him more.