The tongues of fire on the torches swayed in the wind, and everyone's face was flickering and darkened by the light of the fire.

Inside and outside the entire granary, everyone subconsciously held their breath, only the rustling footsteps of walking back and forth and the sound of tongues of fire licking the sky echoed.

The soldiers who were originally guarding the granary were all slashed at this time, bowing down and standing aside, after all, they were all Da Chen's own soldiers and horses, so Xiao Shilian didn't embarrass them too much.

A general held a torch while looking at the scene in the granary, and for a while he spoke a little unfavorably: "Major General, this ······"

Xiao Shilian also looked at the scene in front of him, and didn't know whether he should be emotional or angry for a while.

In their eyes before, no matter how much food there was, it was just a collection of granaries outside that were not large, but when they really opened the door of the granary, everyone understood that they had really underestimated Jingzhou's savings over the years.

The whole granary looks small, but it is actually a semi-crypt building, the buildings on the ground are mainly for drainage and ventilation, the real place where the grain is stored is underground, layers of artificial steps spiral down the walls, and every few steps there is a cave, in which the grain is mainly stored.

And now Xiao Shilian is just standing at the door of the granary and looking around, the amount of grain stored in the granary is enough to shock him, not to mention supporting these 3,000 people to fight, and even supporting the entire army led by Xiao Maha to fight, I am afraid it can also support a month or two.

"This Fan Yi really has a lot of good things hidden." Xiao Shilian gently tapped the palm of his hand with a horsewhip, it seems that they still have a little peep at this Jingzhou thorn history after all. These grains and grasses are not too much, but they have extraordinary significance.

Because this is food that has already been prepared, it is food that does not need to be collected.

As the saying goes, the army has not moved, grain and grass go first, throughout the ages, grain and grass are the key to whether an army has sustained combat effectiveness, and hungry elite soldiers and fierce generals can not exert ten percent of their strength. Therefore, the collection of grain and grass before the army is drawn is always very important.

In the turbulent times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the two sides went back and forth along the Lianghuai, Dajiang and other battle lines, and if they wanted to hoard grain close to the battle line, they had to risk that the grain would be plundered by the enemy.

Therefore, when the army goes out, it is generally to collect grain and grass from the people of the surrounding state capitals on the spot, or concentrate on transporting it from several granaries in the rear, no matter which one it is, it will naturally take a lot of effort.

"Boqing, I heard that you ······" Pei Zilie and Li Xinchen walked in quickly, and before Pei Zilie's words were finished, they subconsciously stopped.

And Li Xinchen raised his eyebrows, he had never seen this kind of semi-crypt-like granary in front of him in the rest of Nanchen before, including the capital Jiankang Mansion and the important town of Zhongli in Huainan, but this did not mean that Li Xinchen did not know such a granary.

In another time and space that has not been influenced and changed by him, several famous large-scale, or even giant granaries built by Emperor Yang of Sui, such as Luokou Warehouse, Huiluocang, etc., are all constructed in this way. However, obviously considering the humid situation in the Jinghu area, the ventilation and drainage of this granary are obviously more thoughtful, and of course, in terms of size, it cannot be compared with the giant granary built by the whole country.

If Li Xinchen really describes the granary in front of him, I am afraid it is the most appropriate sentence in the original history books - the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients.

"Jingzhou Thorn History is really well prepared." Pei Zilie couldn't help but sigh at this time, and Fan Chang, who was escorted in by Chen Zhishen at the time of the two of them, fell to the ground again with a "plop".

Li Xinchen turned his head and smiled and said, "General Zhonglang, didn't you keep saying that there is not enough food in the city, what do you say in front of you?" ”

Fan Chang kowtowed, and said in a sad voice: "This little one really doesn't know, I really don't know, the little one is just ordered to stay in this public security city, and the specific amount of grain and grass in the public security city is not clear." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, hoarding military rations without permission is not a capital crime, but it is also a big crime, but I don't know how Jingzhou Thorn Shi was so careless and committed such a crime." Li Xinchen smiled and said, "Why don't Zhonglang want to think about it, will Jingzhou Assassin Shi take the initiative to stand up and confess his guilt when the time comes?" ”

"This ······" Fan Chang was stunned for a moment.

Although Fan Yi is not the kind of person who is unwilling to take responsibility, he also has to consider it from the perspective of the entire Fan family. Now His Majesty is obviously jealous of the Fan family, if Fan Yi falls again, maybe His Majesty will take this opportunity to completely sweep the Fan family into the dust of history, or even if His Majesty lets the Fan family go, the rest of the family will not give the Fan family a chance to breathe.

Therefore, Fan Yi's best choice is to choose a suitable scapegoat.

And Fan Chang, whose official position is not big or small, and his position bears the brunt, is naturally the best choice, after all, this incident exposed that Fan Chang also has a lot of responsibility.

Fan Chang gritted his teeth, looked up at Li Xinchen, and only after a long time did he say tentatively: "Then what do you mean?" ”

Li Xinchen said in a deep voice: "If you want to come to this matter, no one wants to stab Your Majesty, whether it is General Zuo Wei or Jingzhou Thorn History, when everyone joins forces to fight against the Xiliang people, I don't want to make waves on the ground,"

Fan Chang was stunned for a moment, as if he listened to Li Xinchen's meaning, and didn't want to fall into the ground. And Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and pointed to the granary and said: "There is a lot of grain here, you know this, but our army is on an expedition, but there is not much grain carried, you also know this, so we might as well come and make a deal, if the matter here is reported to General Zuowei, I am afraid that it will take a few days to go back and forth, so why don't you give us the grain and grass, we guarantee that this matter will not be revealed, but?" ”

"You mean ······" Fan Chang immediately understood what Li Xinchen meant, Li Xinchen did this, of course, in order to have these grains directly and reasonably, otherwise even if they really reported the news of the discovery of a large amount of grain here to Xiao Maha, who didn't know where, it would take a long time to go back and forth, and it would inevitably be a little more than worth the loss.

Almost without the slightest hesitation, Fan Chang nodded solemnly, but he also knew that he would agree to it, but this deal still had to be told to Jingzhou Thorn History, and the sooner the better.