After the sky began to brighten, Meng Yi also finished counting the grain on the edge of the river valley. There are a total of 45 piles of grain "hills" here, and each hill has 20,000 stone of grain, that is, here alone, there are 900,000 stone of grain. In addition to this, there were 60,000 stone of coarse salt and 120,000 pieces of cotton cloth. In addition, there are mountains of jerky that are still being counted. This food is enough for an army of 100,000 to survive for several years.

After counting these materials, Meng Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time learned from the mouths of those hard laborers that the grain in this place was at least four or five times as much as this batch of grain. Let Meng Yi be ecstatic in his heart, but also a little more dignified in his heart. If you look for this batch of grain and grass, the rations of the 500,000 southern expeditionary army will be lost. But Meng Yi also knew that it would not be easy to find the rest of the grain and grass.

Zhang Liang fled. Although Chen Sheng led the guards to the river at the fastest speed last night, Zhang Liang, whose nose was more flexible than a fox, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately slipped away, slipping faster than a rabbit. Before slipping away, he ordered hundreds of ships to be burned. However, fortunately, due to Chen Sheng's timely arrival, some of the ships were extinguished in a fire, and most of the grain on them was preserved, preserving nearly 10,000 stones of grain and grass. Chen Sheng asked Meng Yi to send someone downstream to intercept people, but the time was too hurried, and Meng Yi didn't have time to make a layout, and Zhang Liang had already fled, which made Meng Yi sigh.

Not only did Zhang Liang escape, but Xiang Liang was also nowhere to be found. The captured guards, all the original Xiong Zhen internal guards, chose to bite their tongues and commit suicide, and the remaining ones who were indiscriminate didn't know what Meng Yi cared about.

However, the conversation between the fat man and Zhang Liang that Chen Sheng overheard near the granary made Meng Yi and Fusu's eyes light up. In the conversation between the two, it was completely affirmed that someone in the upper echelons of the empire was involved in this matter, and it was faintly involved in the head of the eldest son Fusu.

After listening to Chen Sheng's story, Fusu's forehead secreted a trace of sweating. He didn't know that such a big thing was partly aimed at him.

Fusu is young and intelligent, kind-hearted, and has a good reputation among the ministers of the empire, and has been supported by many ministers, among which the biggest supporters are the Montessori brothers, as well as the major generals of the military, such as Wang Jian and Wang Ben father and son, Feng Qujian and Feng Zheng father and son, are all supporters behind Fusu. The people were loyal to the Emperor, and their views actually represented the Emperor's position. If the emperor did not set up a crown prince when he died, then they would also resolutely support Fusu's ascendancy.

The generals are straightforward, love and hate. You don't have to worry too much about the princes you want to support, they have followed the emperor for decades, and their loyal emperor knows it, even if the emperor has something displeased, he will not express it easily. Fortunately, Fusu's performance was also decent, so that the emperor did not have too many concerns.

The civilian clique does not act as casually as the generals. They always hide their own thoughts, figuring out the emperor's thoughts while taking into account their own interests. There are enough capable people around Fusu, and most of the positions they occupy are high-position, so they may not be able to get the rights and interests they want in the future. Besides, the interests represented by some people are fundamentally opposite to Fusu's position, and there is no possibility of reconciliation between them, so it is impossible for these people to gather under Fusu's command. They prefer to support other princes.

Therefore, these people are eager to weaken the power around Fusu, creating a series of incidents, so that the power around Fusu is constantly weakened, and they know that it will directly hit Fusu's status in the emperor's mind.

Fusu knew that he was the target of the public in the court. But he didn't know who his enemies were. In fact, the forces above the government and the opposition are entangled, and everyone can be his enemy or his ally. So Fusu didn't know whether it was someone with a heart who deliberately stumbled on him, or if it was such a huge stumbling block.

"I seem to have some impression of the person you are talking about." Meng Yi groaned for a moment, but shook his head again. The matter involved high-ranking personnel of the empire, and although Meng Yi was a Xianyang commander, he did not dare to say it at will. Standing on the half-burnt deck, Meng Yi looked preoccupied.

Chen Sheng didn't ask either. He and Meng Yi Fusu have not known each other for a long time, and the other party will definitely not tell him about such an important matter. Even if he knew, with his current status, he wouldn't be able to help much.

"After the specific number of this batch of grain and grass is sorted out, report to the emperor as quickly as possible, and then organize people to quickly transport it to the front line, the military food in front is already tight, and the twelve warehouses in the empire have almost bottomed out, and they are unable to raise military rations, and if they don't replenish military rations, the 500,000 army will have to retreat!" Meng Yi said with emotion. ”

Fusu's face was solemn, he nodded solemnly, and then said: "It is imperative that we step up the pursuit of the rest of the grain and grass, otherwise Zhang Liang, a traitor, will continue to deliver grain and grass to the land of the Southern Barbarians, and the army of the Southern Expedition will be even more difficult." If we can find that batch of grain and grass, the army will be able to survive at least until July and August, and then the new grain will be replenished, and the army will be free of worries. ”

The conversation between the two did not shy away from Chen Sheng, but Chen Sheng knew that there was no room for him to interject here. Standing still, Chen Sheng looked at the vast river. The injury on the shoulder was not light, according to Chen Sheng's own judgment, at least the shoulder blade had cracked, but Meng Yi took out the secret ointment and put it on Chen Sheng, and the injury suddenly decreased.

Chen Sheng, who has superb medical skills, was very interested in this secret medicine, and when he asked about this medicine, he learned that it was an elixir given by the emperor, which was refined by collecting various precious herbs from all over the world, and was specially given to the generals in the army to use, and it was extremely effective in treating wounds. If it weren't for Chen Sheng's great achievements in this trip, Meng Yi would still be reluctant to use this secret medicine. You must know that this secret medicine, the royal family only has about 20 bottles a year, and Meng Yi can be given the medicine, or because of this trip, the emperor is afraid that he and Fusu will be in any danger, so he will give this great favor. Unexpectedly, in the end, it was cheaper than Chen Sheng. Chen Sheng carefully identified the smell in the ointment, and found that there were at least thirty or forty kinds of herbs that he didn't know the names of, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed, and he knew that a mountain was higher than a mountain, and in the vast and profound Chinese medicine, he still knew too little knowledge. However, Chen Sheng also had a secret thought in his heart, he must get this prescription in the future, this prescription is definitely a treasure!