Cao Liang is a black line, he just arrived in Chang'an, his eyes were dark, Xiahou Xuan threw this hot potato directly, although the relationship is good, but it is also a bit of a pit.

However, Cao Liang, as Xiahou Xuan's chief of staff, shared the worries and solved problems for the main general, which was a matter of duty, so even if it was difficult, Cao Liang also agreed with his duty.

Xiahou Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, Cao Liang had surprised him countless times before, and Xiahou Xuan believed that Cao Liang would definitely not let him down this time.

When the mood is good, the appetite is good, Xiahou Xuan, who was like a stalk in his throat before, is in a happy mood at the moment, so he naturally drinks happily and gets drunk.

Originally, it was to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the guests, but the host was drunk and unconscious, which was rude, but everyone was already familiar with each other, and there were no outsiders, so naturally they couldn't say anything, so they laughed and paid it.

Xiahou Xuan shook his hand as the shopkeeper, his body was relaxed, but Cao Liang was like a thousand pounds on his shoulders, he dared to pour himself drunk, just drank a few glasses perfunctorily, and after returning to his residence, he tossed and turned all night and did not sleep all night.

Xiahou Xuan can't handle the title of the leader of Yongliang Erzhou, the general of the expedition to the west, can he really do it?

The land of Yongliang is Sima Yi's base camp, if you want to do something in this place, it is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger, Cao Liang knows that this matter is difficult, but he has always known that there are tigers in the mountains, and he prefers to go to the tiger mountain, not to mention that this matter has not yet reached the sky, it is really a try to climb to the sky, then he will never be willing to admit defeat, do not fight, and the surname Cao Ye is in vain.

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Liang got up very early, and did not suffer from malaise due to the fatigue of the journey and the sleepless night, on the contrary, he was still in good spirits and full of energy.

is young and capital, and now Cao Liang's body, only twenty-three years old, is in the prime of life, and the blood is strong, and there is always inexhaustible strength in the body.

Even at the same latitude, the weather in Chang'an is even colder than Luoyang, which is probably the relationship between the terrain, the early morning in Chang'an, cold to the bone, exhale, can instantly condense into hoarfrost.

Cao Liang instructed his soldiers to call Yanghu and Du Pre, and the two got up early, and when they heard Cao Liang's greeting, they all rushed over.

"Brother-in-law, what's the matter?" Yanghu trotted all the way, exhaling white air in his mouth.

Cao Liang said: "It's nothing, when I first arrived in Chang'an, let's go out together and take a look at the customs here." ”

"Okay." Yang Hu agreed with a mouthful of promises.

Cao Liang looked at him for a moment and said, "Just wear this?" ”

Only then did Yang Hu notice that Cao Liang was wearing an ordinary leather robe, like a scholar's outfit, and he realized that Cao Liang was going to pay a private visit, so he hurriedly went back to the house with Du Yu to change into an ordinary scholar's clothes.

The three of them stopped there, and they looked like three scholars who were studying, although they were dressed in cloth clothes, they were also young and handsome, and their appearance was responsible.

Only Fang Bu didn't change his clothes, he himself was dressed in cloth clothes, with a bit of a ranger's taste.

The four of them left the Governor's Mansion and came to the market in Chang'an.

In the early morning of winter, there are not too many pedestrians on the streets, but the vendors in the market have already been busy, and the small traders and vendors selling vegetables, meat, rice, and fish are all shouting vigorously, and the sound is one after another, and the excitement is extraordinary.

The four of them walked through the bazaar, along the way, Cao Liang looked east, looked west, and asked the price from time to time, but obviously he didn't mean to buy anything, and after visiting two markets in a row, he was still empty-handed.

Yanghu was a little puzzled, since Cao Liang didn't buy anything, he kept asking what the price meant.

Cao Liang smiled and explained: "The price of a place can naturally reflect the local economic level, if Chang'an's food is in short supply, then the price of rice, including the price of vegetables and meat, will definitely skyrocket, now in general, the price of rice in Chang'an and Luoyang and other places are only slightly higher, basically not too much difference, then it can basically prove that the food supply in Chang'an City is not tight." ”

Yanghu suddenly realized: "My brother-in-law personally came to the market to inquire about the price, it turned out that he knew the market of rice, and now it seems that the food supply in Chang'an is more than enough, but General Xiahou can't collect the grain and grass he needs, but why?" ”

Du Yu, who had been silent, said at this time: "Someone should have hidden this part of the grain, otherwise, there would not be an empty grain depot and the market is full." ”

Cao Liang nodded with a smile and said: "Yuan Kai is reasonable, the price of rice is an important basis for measuring whether there is a shortage of grain in a place, if the grain harvest in Chang'an area is due to natural and man-made disasters, then the price of rice will inevitably skyrocket, on the contrary, the price of rice will plummet in the grain harvest, and this is the reason why the grain is cheap and hurts the farmers." At present, the price of rice in Chang'an has risen steadily and slightly, which proves that the grain and grass output in Yongzhou this year is not too bad, and even less has been maintained at a slightly lower level of the perennial average, and there have been no big ups and downs. ”

Yang Hu said: "If the grain output is normal, then the tax collection should also be relatively smooth, how can there be an empty warehouse, where does the collected grain go?" Brother-in-law, do you want to check the accounts and see who is behind it? ”

Cao Liang shook his head and said: "Since someone dares to do it, they are not afraid of you to check, those accounts, someone will inevitably come to falsify, even seamlessly, if you really want to find something in the accounts, it is completely impossible." ”

Cao Liang knows that since someone dares to do anything on the accounts, then it will inevitably be fabricated seamlessly.

Now the entire Yongzhou officialdom has long been colluded, snakes and rats are in a nest, since they want to hide something, they will definitely not leave a handle, so it is not easy to find out the truth.

Of course, Cao Liang will not purge any Yongzhou officialdom, even if the Yongzhou officialdom is corrupt, it has nothing to do with himself, and now the only thing he has to do is to find out the whereabouts of the grain in the granary and recover the grain to ensure that the grain and grass needed by the Shu army are sufficient.

Now the time is quite urgent, it is less than two months before Cao Shuang's original date of cutting down Shu, if in this more than a month, not enough grain and grass can be raised, it is likely to lead to the army not being able to go out, so Cao Liang must come up with a way as soon as possible.

Cao Liang saw that there was a stall in front of him to buy breakfast, which was steaming, so he felt that he was a little hungry after running for a morning, so he beckoned Yanghu and Du Yu to come forward to buy some breakfast to eat.