Han Mo remained silent, just smiled and said, "Lord Situ, I was about to report this matter to you, do you think I will explain it to you here, or will I enter the city first and put the grain into storage?" ”

Before Situ Jing could speak, He Xuezhi had already smiled and said: "Lord County Shou, General Han must have killed people for a reason, otherwise no one would be so confused that he would kill people indiscriminately when he first came to Yichun County...... This matter will be discussed later, and I will first ask the Inspector Envoy, General Han, and the brothers who sent the food to go into the city to rest together. He spoke with a stick, but his fat face was full of smiles.

This Ling Lei was bumpy along the way, although he was sitting in the carriage, he was also tired, and at this time he hurriedly said: "General Han, let's go to the city first!" ”

Han Mo nodded and ordered the convoy to start moving forward, and Situ Jing and the other officials and gentry also turned over and got on their horses.

At the moment, the convoy followed the group and went straight to Xichun County.

Compared with Yanjing City, Xichun County is a pitiful corner, but now Xichun County has become the most lively place in the east of Yichun County, and the ordinary people affected by the disaster can naturally only live in the gathering places around the county, and those dignitaries, nobles, rich businessmen and gentry are all settled in the city.

He Xuezhi originally lived in Xinyi City, but Xinyi City was surrounded by floods, and He Xuezhi took his family to Xichun County to live temporarily.

In this Xichun county, although there is no luxury can be compared with the big manor in the county, but some small manors are still there, the three eastern counties are also full of the He family's industry, the "Spring Garden" of the Xichun county is one of the industries of the He family, and it is also the largest manor in the entire Xichun County, and now He Xuezhi and most of his family are temporarily living in the Spring Garden.

At this time, Yichun County is a very time, although the He family is the first family in the three eastern counties, but in this situation, for the sake of safety, there are heavy guards around the Spring Garden, in addition to the county government sent a part of the Yacha to guard, the He family's own martial arts guards are also a large group, and there are five or six hundred family guards temporarily organized, the copper wall of the Spring Garden is the same, within the high courtyard wall, there is an arrow tower every ten meters, an archer guards in the arrow tower, waiting for the battle, It's very strict.

After entering the city, Han Mo asked the convoy to go to the grain department's official warehouse in the northwest corner of the county, while the inspector Ling Lei was welcomed to Spring Garden with Xiao Lingzhi for a temporary stay.

Walking on the streets of the county seat, the streets are not spacious, but the commercial houses in the city are still very lively, and there are still endless crowds, which is very different from the lonely and miserable scene outside the city.

Most of the officials and gentry in the three eastern counties in this city fled from the disaster, and after the Dachang River burst its embankment, they dragged their families and even hid here with a large amount of family wealth, and the inns in the city had long since become the temporary residence of these officials and gentry.

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He Yin, the treasurer of the Food Administration, led three or four officials of the Food Administration to follow Han Mo on horseback and went to the official warehouse, he followed Han Mo with a cautious expression.

"He Siku, how much grain is there in this official warehouse now?" Han Mo glanced at He Yin and asked lightly.

He Yin sighed, looking very helpless, "Back to the general, there is not much food in this warehouse...... When the general arrives, he will know. ”

Han Mo frowned and said, "Not much? When I came, the household department told me that the relief food that was escorted over was ballast food, and it should not be used lightly unless it was a rainy day. First of all, the grain from the local government warehouse is the main ......! ”

He Yin looked bitter: "The general doesn't know, there is not much food stored in this official warehouse, since the victims came, it was hundreds of thousands of mouths, all of which had to be fed, this food was really unbearable, if the general hadn't arrived in time, the lower officials would have the idea of committing suicide......!" ”

"Feed?" Han Mo smiled faintly: "I was on the road, but I didn't see any well-fed victims. ”

He Yin smiled awkwardly and did not speak.

"Ben will know, although the Dachang River burst suddenly, but before that, in order to prevent the Dachang River from bursting, the three eastern counties of Yichun County have already mobilized the grain from various official warehouses here." Han Mo said calmly: "The land of the three counties, that is a treasury of tens of thousands of stone grains, this shouldn't be bad, right?" So much food, even if there are many people in the disaster, it is enough for you to support for a period of time, and after only a few days, you say that there is not much food in the warehouse, but this is really a bit puzzling? ”

He Yin hurriedly said, "Where did General Han hear this?" Where did the tens of thousands of stone grain come from, this ...... This is something that never happens! ”

Han Mo smiled coldly and said, "The household department just sent someone down to count the grain stored by the government a few months ago, and it was all recorded, could it be that they recorded it falsely?" ”

He Yin's face was a little ugly, and he just said, "Xia Guan has never seen tens of thousands of stone grains. ”

In the northwest corner of the county seat is a warehouse, covering an extremely wide area, the cone-shaped official warehouse is tall and large, and there are thousands of city defenders guarding it all around, and the armor is tight, but compared to the better equipped Imperial Forest Army, it is a little weaker.

It is forbidden for idlers to come here, it seems very quiet, and when the convoy enters from the gate, Han Mo sees countless cone-shaped warehouses standing in it.

There is also a row of small houses, which belong to the warehouse management premises of the Department of Food Administration, and are used to carry out the final procedures for the entry and exit of grain into and out of the warehouse.

"How many warehouses are there for grain?" Han Mo looked at the dense granary and asked He Yin.

He Yin pointed to the three large warehouses in front of him, "There is still grain in these three warehouses, and there are only more than 30,000 catties of ...... left!" ”

Han Mo was stunned for a moment, and then his heart sank immediately, "Thirty thousand catties? Treasurer He, are you kidding? "With such a large warehouse, there are only 30,000 catties of grain, which is equivalent to having no grain in the warehouse.

"That's true." Although He Yin looked very anxious, his eyes were very calm: "If the general doesn't believe it, he can open a warehouse to inspect the grain...... The general is the grain protection officer, in addition to protecting the batch of disaster relief grain transported, the official warehouse grain is also under the protection of the general, which can be inspected. ”

"He Siku, let me ask you, the household department said that other counties transferred grain to store it here, isn't it right?" Han Mo looked at He Yin and asked.

He Yin immediately shook his head and said: "What the household department said, the lower officials really don't know, after the lower officials took this position, they have never seen a single grain transported from other counties...... The general is clear! ”

Han Mo sneered: "So since the disaster appeared, how much food has been released from here?" ”

He Yin was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "Back to the general's words, the two counties affected by the disaster in the east have a total of nearly 200,000 victims, divided into more than 30 places, and cooked porridge in various places for disaster relief, and in the past ten days, 250,000 catties of grain have been produced. ”

"Do you mean to say that your storehouse had less than 300,000 catties of grain before the disaster?"

"Exactly." He Yin said: "After Xia Guan served as the treasurer of the Food Administration, the accounts are clear, and I can hand them over to the general for viewing!" ”

Han Mo was shocked in his heart, before leaving, Han Xuandao had told him that the grain in the local official warehouses of the three eastern counties should reach two million catties, which was enough to support a period of time, but at this time, He Yin actually said that it was less than 300,000 catties, and the difference between the difference was like heaven and earth.

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Looking at He Yin's calm eyes, Han Mo knew that even if he wanted to investigate deeply, he would not be able to find the slightest problem, and these people must have made extremely careful preparations.

He didn't say much, let He Yin start counting the grain, do a good job of paperwork, and even stamped the seal, moved the grain into the warehouse, and asked He Yin to release the grain quickly to go out for disaster relief.

"The release of grain is for the approval of the county keeper." He Yin said with a smile: "The lower official must first ask the county guard to become successful, otherwise there is one less grain, and the county guard will ask him, and the lower official's head will not be saved." ”

"Then you go and ask the county guard!" Han Mo said lightly, turned around and instructed his subordinates: "From today on, Captain Xue Shao and Xue Guard will lead a thousand Imperial Forest Army to garrison the warehouse, and the city defenders can evacuate quickly...... I will consult with the commander of the city garrison in this matter...... Miao Shen Ling and Xiao Mu Xiao Hu led the remaining 1,000 Imperial Forest Army, ready to listen to my dispatch at any time to maintain order in Yichun County......! ”

"Obey!"

Han Mo said to He Yin again: "He Treasurer, the Holy Lord appointed me as the grain protection officer, in addition to this batch of grain, it is still necessary to protect the entire Xichun County official warehouse, and the grain transferred from all over the country in the future, when it is put into storage, my Imperial Forest Army will count and count, and the grain transferred from here will also know where the grain goes, can you hear clearly?" ”

"It should be so, it should be so!" He Yin said with a smile: "Xiaguan will go and ask the county guard to open a warehouse and release grain...... The victims have no food to eat, and I feel uncomfortable in my heart......! With a sad face, he hugged his fists and left quickly.

Miao Wu clenched his fists, his eyes were split, and he whispered beside Han Mo: "My lord, you ...... Did you see that? They are making trouble, how can there be no 300,000 catties of grain stored here? Where did the rest of the food go? ”

Xue Shao was also angry, and said angrily: "This guy is not a good thing at first glance, seeing that he is like a fluent answer, I am afraid that before we leave the capital, he is ready to deal with it." ”

Han Mo frowned, groaned slightly, and said, "A small treasurer can't control such a thing, and this is the ...... I'm afraid there is another mystery. ”

At this moment, he suddenly heard a noise outside, Han Mo walked out of the warehouse gate, but saw He Yin blocked in front of the door, but it was more than a dozen officials who blocked him, all of them came on horseback, and they all shouted and shouted, fortunately, there were soldiers of the city defenders guarding the door to stop them, otherwise these officials were afraid of rushing into the warehouse.

"Is General Han here?" One of the officials shouted, "We're looking for General Han, He Yin, go and ask General Han to come out and ......!" ”

"General Han, save the victims......!"

There was a lot of noise, and although there were only more than a dozen officials, their momentum was very strong.

Han Mo frowned, he didn't know where these officials came from, why he entered the warehouse with his front foot, and ran over with his back foot.

It seems that he will definitely not go smoothly in Yichun.