Chapter 357: Something Happened in the Granary
"What are you scaring the little ones about, so many people are watching here, I can still lie, if you had made it clear, my lord, I wouldn't have shown you a long time ago."
After speaking, he turned around and didn't look at Zhuang Xian, but bowed down to Jia Lian.
"It's really unfortunate that my lord is not in charge of Chen Liang's affairs, that's our Lord Zhang's business, if you really want to see it today, I'm afraid you have to go to Lord Zhang."
"Huh."
couldn't help laughing, Jia Lian glanced at Zhuang Xian, who was so angry that he had already begun to shed tears.
De'er, it seems that he still doesn't have enough weight in the eyes of others, and this method is not the same as dealing with Zhuang Xian.
Glancing at the guards standing behind the little eunuch and several protective gods, Jia Lian was not stunned, but slowly took out the token from his arms.
"The royal gold medal, seeing the card is like seeing the emperor!"
When Zhuang Xian said earlier, Jia Lian guessed that even if he went by himself, it might not be too easy.
After all, money is strong, no matter what it is, as long as the profit is attractive enough, there will always be people who are willing to take risks.
I didn't expect this kind of trivial thing Jia Lian really invited the royal gold medal, this time the little eunuch was directly frightened stupid, and even the guards standing behind him knelt on the ground in a panic.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
The royal gold medal is given, such as the emperor in person.
This gold medal was last time Jia Lian was annoyed by Situ Shaohua, there are only ten people under him who can use it, no matter what he does, he always has to cooperate with other departments. But Jia Lian is also self-aware, young and high-status, and there are always people who are unhappy with him in their hearts, so no matter what he does, it probably won't go too well, so he deliberately asked for a face in front of the emperor.
It's just that this thing is too high-profile, and Jia Lian doesn't want to take it out, after all, there is a suspicion of oppressive power.
Jia Lian is now too popular in Kyoto, and there are two sides to everything, so he should naturally be restrained, so as not to provoke the anger of the public.
But at this time, even a small eunuch guarding the door already looked like this, if he was still bullied, it would be looked down upon.
Slowly pacing in front of the little eunuch, Jia Lian didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and spoke coldly.
"Now, immediately show me the old grain account for the first three years, and then take me to the granary."
There is no doubt that what Jia Lian said now is undoubtedly the Holy Decree, and if he dares to refute it, he can already be disrespectful to the Decree.
Two lines of sweat slowly fell from his forehead, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and the little eunuch trembled, and some couldn't stand up.
Jia Lian didn't urge, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he looked at him very patiently.
Before the later generations traveled, Jia Lian had seen [in the name of the people], and the appearance of this little eunuch was very similar to the little corrupt official at the beginning.
It seems that this is not a small thing.
Thinking of the granary that the little eunuch seemed to unintentionally want to enter the palace just now, Jia Lian's face became a little colder.
I'm afraid of this, and I think I really wanted to frame him just now.
The lights were dark, even if Jia Lian had done it before, he didn't expect these people to dare to hit the emperor's granary.
This is a private warehouse, the emperor's small treasury, and it is also full of courage to take money from the emperor's small treasury.
So I knew why I had to do it today, Jia Lian enjoyed the current state of the little eunuch very much.
Everyone is a smart person, the little eunuch's current performance is clear at a glance, Zhuang Xian wiped his tears, and a sense of happiness (harmony) rose in his heart.
The footsteps were vain, and Jia Lian watched the little eunuch move slowly step by step, and they followed him.
It took a long time to walk to an office-like room, and slowly took out a thick stack of account books from the drawer of the desk, and the little eunuch trembled back.
"My lord, it's all here."
couldn't control the panic in his heart, and the little eunuch's voice was shaking.
This little eunuch is called Xiao Yuanzi, and he is Zhang Liang's godson.
Zhang Liang and Dai Quan, the chief manager of the palace, are relatives, and this little round man is usually called Uncle Dai Quan when he sees him.
That's why he's so bold.
But no matter how bold he is, in front of the royal gold medal, he is self-aware.
"Well, is that all?"
As if unintentionally speaking, Jia Lian stared at Xiao Yuanzi from the corner of his eyes.
Being scared like this, it shows that what these people are planning is definitely not a trivial matter, Jia Lian didn't believe that he cooperated so much, and handed over the account books so easily.
Sure enough, when Xiao Yuanzi heard Jia Lian ask this, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly, if it wasn't for Jia Lian's constant observation, maybe he really missed this point.
"Your Excellency, I've been here for the last three years."
Encouraging himself to cheer himself up, Xiao Yuanzi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, only hoping that his father-in-law would come back sooner, if it was too late, he would really not be able to withstand the pressure, and he would do everything.
In fact, Xiao Yuanzi is a fake eunuch, he was only four or five years old when he entered the palace, Zhang Liang is a eunuch, and there will be no descendants in the future, so in order to continue the incense of the Zhang family, he deliberately recognized Xiao Yuanzi as a righteous son.
This is also why there were so many people in the palace at the beginning, and it was clear that he and Dai Quan had the last relationship, but they took the initiative to ask Ying and wanted to go to a place far away from the palace.
The original intention was to keep the root of Xiaoyuanzi's life.
After all, Xiao Yuanzi is a person on the roster, and he can't say anything to others about this kind of thing, even if it is Dai Quan, although the two are closer, where is there any relationship worthy of 100% trust in this palace, so even Dai Quan doesn't know that the root of Xiao Yuanzi's life is actually still there.
is supposed to be a eunuch, but now there is one more thing, which is the crime of bullying the king and killing the head.
And Zhang Liang took Xiaoyuanzi as his own son, so with Zhang Liang, although Xiaoyuanzi was a slave, he had never suffered anything.
has not suffered much, Zhang Liang is a big old man, Xiao Yuanzi is his hidden son, so he has no chance to read any books, he doesn't understand right and wrong, and he can't talk about loyalty, righteousness and integrity.
Therefore, if Jia Lian is a little tougher, it is best to lynch him with electricity, and Xiaoyuanzi will explain it 100% of his brains.
It's a pity that Jia Lian is not that kind of person.
Knowing that there was a problem with the account book in his hand, Jia Lian didn't decide to startle the snake, Cao (Harmony) flipped through it a few times, and after a few glances, Jia Lian had a number in his heart, let Zhuang Xian hold the account book, and then spoke to Xiao Yuanzi.
"Where's the granary? Where are the granaries of the old grain in the first three years, you can take us to see. ”
Originally, seeing Jia Lian flipping through the account books, Xiao Yuanzi was relieved, thinking that Jia Lian was going to spend time here to read the account books, but he never thought that people would just flip through the account books twice, and what should be done is still to be done.
The heart that had been half let go was brought up again, and the hypocritical smile on Xiao Yuanzi's face could no longer be maintained, and he couldn't even hook the corners of his mouth, and his lips kept trembling.
With a slower pace than before, Xiao Yuanzi's lower body was obviously trembling, and he took Jia Lian and the others to the granary.
Not as luxurious as the first granary seen before, but big enough to win in this granary.
Sixty or seventy square meters of room, densely packed with stone containers, cylindrical building, there are three in the room, each with stairs.
"My lord, please come in, this is the old grain from three years ago."
The throat kept stirring, and as soon as the door opened, Xiao Yuanzi stretched out his trembling hand and motioned for Jia Lian and the others to go in.
The head of the jaw signaled that he knew, Jia Lian greeted Zhuang Xian and the others, and went in together, in case there was anything, and there was a response.
It's just that the idea is so wonderful, and before I even have time to enter the door, I just lifted my feet and was about to go in, when a pungent smell of dampness came to my face.
"Balls! You're so bold, are you trying to murder the imperial court! ”
couldn't stand the smell, Jia Lian directly put his hand on Xiao Yuanzi's nose and opened his mouth viciously.
He really can't stand it, this place is too disgusting.
He was able to survive in such a bad air environment in the later generations, but he never thought that he would encounter such a thing here.
"My lord, this is three years of old grain, and the reason why it smells like this is because the house is too damp and has been left for too long, so it has become like this."
This explanation is okay, Jia Lian hesitated for a while, and finally decided to go in.
Even if you have the Imperial Gold Medal in hand, not everything can be done with this brand. So he had to find the mistakes of these people and then deliver a fatal blow to the enemy. lest they be called bullying others, and give them additional authority.
Zhuang Xian and the others couldn't stand the smell originally, but seeing that Jia Lian had entered, they couldn't stand outside anymore, so they had to follow closely.
It was Xiaoyuanzi who led the way, followed by Jia Lian, followed by Zhuang Xian and others.
This is to prevent these people from jumping over the wall in a hurry, although it has only been long since they came, Jia Lian observed that this little circle is still the leader of these people, so there is such a person to open the way, and he is not afraid of what they will do.
Walking forward with his nose covered, he entered the house, except for the three huge stone pillars at a glance, Jia Lian was also surprised by the scene inside.
The three stone pillars were covered with moss, and the ground was also dark and unrecognizable in color, and the wooden lid covering the column was already highly rotten, and even the dense small holes in the wood and the insects that kept shuttling were clear.
Such a scene simply stunned Jia Lian, three steps and two steps up the stairs, not even caring about the slippery moss on the steps, Jia Lian stepped forward.
Looking through the cracks in the rotting wooden covers, several swarthy rat corpses lay across the granary, and the inside of the granary was slimy and black, and I don't know what it was, emitting a musty smell.
In later generations, Jia Lian was a countryman, and countrymen also had their own granaries.
In the warehouse at home, find a flat land, lay a foundation of about ten centimeters, and then build a column with cement, and the family's annual rations are in it.
In order to avoid mold and rot insects, these grains basically need to be turned over several times a quarter, so that they can eat the first round of new grains cleanly.
With the popularization of hybrid rice, the basic family can't eat all the food, and the granary is added every year.
Rural people are thrifty, simple, new grain to sell, there are old grain and new grain mixed at home to eat, modern people are no longer larger than before, so the bottom four or five years of old grain are sometimes available.
Although the taste of old grain may be several grades worse than that of new grain, to tell the truth, it is generally well preserved.
Four or five years may be an exaggeration, but three years is definitely not what it looks like in front of it.
The wind quickly evacuated the scene of biological and chemical weapons, and as soon as Jia Lian came out, he unceremoniously pointed at Xiaoyuanzi.
"You're telling me again, what's that stinky and spicy in there?"
Three years of grain can rot to that extent, Jia Lian is really drunk.
If Jia Lian guessed correctly, those greasy and black things were probably because the rice sprouted, and finally rotted inside, so it became like that.
But to cause this situation, Jia Lian felt polite to talk about these people in terms of dereliction of duty.
His face was full of innocence, and Xiao Yuanzi's body trembled when he heard this, and he agreed aggrievedly.
"Lord Hui, those are three-year-old rice, you also watched, those old grains can't be preserved for long at all, so generally as long as the grain is more than three years old, we will deal with it, otherwise it will always occupy space, and it is not a matter."
With an iodine face and a laugh twice, Xiaoyuanzi explained cautiously.
At the beginning, Jia Lian was teased like Xiaoyuanzi, but he was actually not angry, but now when he sees this scene, he can't help but be angry.
He was a farmer's child, so he knew that food was not easy to come by.
In later generations, it was just the afternoon of hoeing day, and the sweat dripped into the soil. Who knows that Chinese food is hard work.
But until now, it is just a grain of millet planted in spring and ten thousand seeds in autumn. There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving to death.
Many places outside have been plagued by disasters year after year, and the imperial court has been providing disaster relief every year.
The victims of the disaster have no food, the people are displaced, and the people are struggling to make a living.
Jia Lian is not a saint, so he may try to help others within his ability, but he will not have the heart of the people in the heart of the Holy Mother.
But after looking at three or four granaries in a row, Jia Lian was really angry and exploded.
The situation is the same in all granaries, even if they are better, those grains are crawling with worms, and they are empty shells.
When the imperial court used the grain from the private treasury for disaster relief, the old grain always went first.
In this way, what will be delivered to the victims at that time is basically what Jia Lian sees now.
These have rotted to the point of decay, and all that remains is Kang, and the rice has been eaten by insects.
Don't talk about those distant things, the injury is not on herself, Jia Lian will sympathize, but it is not very painful.
But now that the food is like this, no matter what Jia Lian wants to do, it is all difficult.
Obviously, Jia Lian is going to die here today, and when he comes, he has to inspect all the granaries.
Because Jia Lian still felt that something was wrong in his heart.
If it was just because of this, the emperor might blame, but he was not afraid of being like that.
After all, dereliction of duty is at most just a few boards, but his life is still there.
But now the fact is that if Jia Lian hadn't let the two guards carry Xiaoyuanzi here, he would have sat on the ground.
So Jia Lian understands that he is probably moving step by step towards the truth that he doesn't know, and this truth is something that can cause fatal damage to this little circle.
Inch by inch and aggressive, Jia Lian has a wave of anger in his heart, he must figure things out!
So I picked up the little balls that had softened into a mess and even helped them up, checked them one by one, and each time I took the memory manual that Xiaoyuanzi gave me before.