At once, the five grain merchants were coaxed to come up with 440,000 yuan of disaster relief donations, and he was in a very happy mood, and he didn't feel ashamed at all about secretly hacking Wei Chigong. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Who let that guy be dragged like 2580,000?

But just when Chen Fang's excitement rose to the highest point, a figure suddenly rushed into outside the yamen. The figure rushed in and shouted urgently: "Oh no, it's water, it's water!" ”

When Chen Fang heard this, his heart chuckled, and he suddenly jumped down from Tang Yun's side, jumped to the person, and grabbed the person violently, only to find that it was an official who came in wearing a uniform with the word "service", and couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Where did you say the water is gone?" ”

"The granary, the granary is gone, and all the grain, all the grain is burned." The official shouted.

A wave of uneasiness suddenly rose in Chen Fang's heart, but he still held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked, "Which granary?" Is it a granary in the name of a few outsiders? ”

However, what made his fur explode was the official's answer-

"It's the official warehouse, and the official warehouse has been burned down!"

The official warehouse was burned, which means that it was the granary of the government that was burned down.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to avoid local disasters and the imperial court could not provide timely rescue, the imperial court specially changed the grain tax regulations, and most of the time, the grain tax was collected and distributed according to the six-retention and four-base system.

The so-called six-retention four-base system refers to the fact that when each farmland is harvested, the local county government collects taxes in accordance with the farmland tax law at that time, which is commonly known as public purchase of grain, and the government buys grain from farmers free of charge. Four cents of the grain received was paid to the imperial court, and the remaining six cents were stored in the hands of the local government in the form of grain reserves.

Don't think how much grain can be this six cents, according to the Tang Dynasty farmland tax rate of one percent, the yield per mu is 300 catties, and the grain tax that can be collected per mu of farmland is only 30 catties. Four or six points, the grain that can be left in the place is only eighteen catties.

But don't underestimate these eighteen catties, once there is a disaster in the place, these eighteen catties will become life-saving food. In particular, townships and counties like Guangliang, which have not encountered a disaster in a hundred years, have accumulated over time, and the amount of grain accumulated over the years is extremely considerable.

But what if it was burned by a fire?

Chen Fang shuddered violently, didn't even say hello to a few people, pulled the official errand, and went straight out, Tang Yun, who also thought of a big trouble, also chased out with the yacha, and there were only a few members left in the huge yamen You look at me, but they are all dumbfounded.

"Ahem, it's really my Guangliang who is really unfavorable for the passing years, forget it, I can't sleep anyway, so the old man will follow and take a look." Qin Hanchao got up and coughed twice, talking as he walked, but the few people who were facing away from him didn't notice the smugness on the corners of his mouth.

The rest of the staff saw Qin Hanchao walk out, thought about it, and also walked out, only Cao Guohua stood still like a pillar, his violent eyes were very calm at the moment, staring directly at the slowly disappearing figure of Qin Hanchao, no one knew what he was thinking.

Because of the restrictions of the system, the official warehouse is not in the county government, but is separated from the county government. When Chen Fang and others rushed to the fire scene one after another, the fire was burning at its peak, and the two officials in charge of guarding were shouting "the water is gone" while carrying wooden barrels to fetch water to put out the fire.

With the luck of how much he could save, Chen hurriedly took off his robe and joined the firefighting, and the officials who came after him also consciously joined the firefighting.

Helplessly, the well was far away from the official warehouse, and no one was able to return to the sky, and the granary was burned to the ruins bit by bit.

The east is getting white, Chen Fang stands in the ruins of the granary where the temperature is still high, smelling the smell of the grain being burned, looking at everything that has been burned, and he lost his mind for a long time before he spoke, and said, "Count the losses." ”

At this time, Wang Shiren, who was in charge of county affairs, hurried over with a full step, if it weren't for the sweat on his forehead, Chen Fang almost couldn't help but kick his ass.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've tried my best to get the notice." Wang Shiren wiped the sweat on his forehead and said sorry words, but looking at his neat official uniform, Chen Fang couldn't see where he was "trying to catch up".

"Let's go count the damage." Chen Fang tried his best to suppress the fire qi in his heart.

But he was not angry, Wang Shiren was angry, crossed his fat waist, and said arrogantly: "Stinky boy, what kind of thing are you, you dare to order this official?" ”

Chen Fang frowned, but before he could say anything, Tang Yun, who was standing not far away, spoke first: "What about me?" Is it that what I said, Lord Wang will not listen to it? ”

Tang Yun's tone at this time was almost close to freezing, Wang Shiren couldn't help but shudder when he heard it, rarely without too many words, pursed his lips, and went directly into the fire.

It was like watching flowers, but it took less than half an hour for Wang Shiren to walk out of the fire, without looking at Chen Fang out of the corner of his eyes, and walked directly in front of Chen Fang, until Tang Yun's face, he didn't see any polite moves, raised his hand high, didn't look at Tang Yun, and said in a strange voice: "Lord Tang, there are 30,000 quintals of grain in the granary, all of which have been burned, and there are no particles left." ”

All of them are burned, and there are no particles left?

Chen Fang and Tang Yun were stunned, but Tang Yun, who had been blown up by the news, had no way for a while, and couldn't help but set his eyes on Chen Fang: "Brother Chen, we ......"

A sentence of "how are we good?" Like a fish bone in her throat, Tang Yun couldn't spit it out, it was extremely uncomfortable, and Wang Shiren on the side couldn't help but show a look of contempt when he saw her showing such a little daughter posture.

Seeing this, Chen Fang glanced at Wang Shiren coldly, but at this time, he didn't wait to greet him, walked to Tang Yun's side, patted her on the shoulder, squeezed out a reluctant smile at her, and after signaling that everything had its own, he walked directly to the two officials who were in charge of guarding the granary.

"The two of you are in charge of the vigil tonight?"

The two officials, who were stained by the ashes, looked at each other, bowed their heads and waved their hands, and replied, "It's the two of us." ”

"So what were you all doing when the fire started? Why did the fire start? Chen Fang asked.

"Master, that's actually the case." The two officials seemed to have something difficult to say, but seeing that Chen Fang had been looking at them, a younger official took the initiative to stand up, "Tonight is a night for me and Brother Niu, in the middle of the night, we suddenly heard movement outside the granary, because I was a little scared, so Brother Niu went out to check alone, I didn't want to see him come back for a long time, and later, I got up the courage to go out, but before I could see anything, my head was beaten, and then I was unconscious. I wasn't awakened until the fire started. ”

Hearing this, Chen Fang set his eyes on the older official and asked, "He didn't see anything, what about you?" ”

The older official replied with a fist: "Back to Master, when I came out, I saw a man in tattered old clothes, but I don't know if it had anything to do with him, because after seeing him, I was also knocked unconscious." ”

"Hmph, that person must be a rogue, this matter must be inseparable from them, these people are really white-eyed wolves, in vain we took out our own rations to save their lives, it is simply ignorant." Wang Shiren whispered in his ears at the right time.

Roving bandits? Rogue again?

Chen Fang suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

(To be continued.) )