"Hello Lord Lu-"

"Lord Lu!"

One by one, chubby figures stood up to say hello, and sat down again under Lu Sheng's recruitment.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time the official summoned you to come over to inquire about something. In more than a month, it is the autumn harvest in Chuzhou, and this autumn harvest is related to the winter grain of the people of Chuzhou. What is the grain output in Chuzhou this year?"

"Tuo Daren's Hongfu, this year's Chuzhou wind and rain are smooth, the villain went to the grain field a few days ago to see, this year's autumn wheat is very good, the grain is full It seems to be better than the summer harvest in May. ”

"What about the price of food? Have you ever set it?"

Lu Sheng asked this question, and immediately several grain merchants present bounced up from their seats in fright, "My lord...... My lord...... What do you mean by that? We ...... We didn't want to keep food prices down. ”

"Yes, my lord, we don't dare to transfer the price you set back then, and the price of grain for the autumn harvest is one percent lower than that for the summer harvest according to the convention......

Lu Sheng knows about this situation. Because the grain harvested in the summer is mainly used for the emperor's grain. Only after the imperial grain is paid, the rest is the food at the disposal of the people.

Therefore, the price of grain for the summer harvest is higher than that for the autumn harvest, and the people generally sell all the surplus grain to the grain merchants, and they eat the grain harvested in the autumn every day. And the autumn harvest is what the people are looking forward to the most. Except for what they eat, the rest is sold to grain merchants in exchange for a year's harvest. Therefore, it is customary for the autumn harvest grain price to be lower.

"The official didn't say anything, what are you doing so nervous? The official just asked casually. ”

"Your Excellency...... You're asking too suddenly, isn't it?"

"But the official has here a ledger, which is a record of the buying and selling of grain at the time of the summer harvest. Let me show you, can anyone explain whose account is it?"

Lu Sheng passed the account book, and everyone hurriedly took it and flipped through it, only after reading a few pages, everyone's faces were not empty expressions but full of doubts.

"My lord, this is not our Chuzhou account book, right?"

"It's not from Chuzhou, what do you mean by that?"

"The number on this ledger is too great. Let's not mention that we only add and not decrease the grain prices in Chuzhou, but this amount is not right.

When we went to the countryside to collect grain, we all paid it village by village, and the price was negotiated with the village chief, and then the village chief organized the villagers to collect it from door to door. Therefore, every income and expenditure is based on one household.

You see, the grain collected in the ledger can range from thousands of stones to tens of thousands of stones, which household can have so much production.

This kind of account can only be found in the hands of second-hand dealers. In the past, during the great harvest year in Chuzhou, we would sell the grain we collected to other states, and the amount would be large.

Chuzhou's own output is too much, and we are all selling, so how can we buy? That's why the villain will ask, the adults won't take the account books of other states, right?"

The ledger cannot be from another state, and Lu Sheng has now basically confirmed that this ledger is the ledger of food for the sky. Otherwise, it is unlikely that it will be put together by Haoyue and the belongings stolen from Eclipse for Heaven.

That day, when Xianyun snatched the package, Lu Sheng saw it. Moreover, the information from the mouths of the grain merchants also confirmed that there was a problem with this ledger.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Sheng asked again, "So...... How much do you know about food as bread?"

"Food for the sky?" Several major grain merchants were a little puzzled, and after a long time, one of the grain merchants stepped forward with their fists, "I have dealt with him a few times.

This grain store is not big in Chuzhou, so it is basically affiliated to the banner of our large grain stores. Originally, Shi Weitian was registered under the villain's flag, but he suddenly broke away in the middle of last year. ”

"That'...... If the food is purchased at a lower price, will I be able to receive the grain?"

"It shouldn't be possible, if you want to say that it's okay to sell at a low price, if you buy at a low price, the people are not stupid, the current grain prices are clearly marked, that person will be stupid to make more money and is not willing to sell at a low price. ”

"What do you do with the food you harvest?"

"In addition to sending them to various grain stores, nearly half of them are sold to other places. ”

After that, Lu Sheng asked some more information before letting the grain merchants leave, and after sending them away, Lu Sheng sat down again and looked at the account book in front of him.

"What's the secret? If you don't buy so much grain from the people, where did you get it?" Lu Sheng shook his head and felt unlikely.

If it is purchased from other places, and the place where it is sold is also from other places, is it necessary for Shi Weitian to stay in Chuzhou? But......

"Your Excellency!" just then, the spider knocked softly on the office door.

"Come in, what's the matter?"

"The overseer sent by the imperial court is leaving tomorrow, and the Taishou Mansion will hold a banquet today, and they will send someone to ask if the lord is free to go to the banquet?"

"Going to the banquet?" Lu Sheng smiled and shook his head, "Originally, I was free, but now that there is such a big case, I am going to the banquet, will the people think so? ”

"Yes!"

"Wait, what kind of Inspector is here, why haven't you heard of an Inspector coming?"

"It is the household supervision envoy, and every year around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the imperial court will send the supervision envoy to various states to investigate the collection of imperial grain to settle the surplus. This year's imperial grain and taxes are higher than in previous years, and Chuzhou will be rewarded by the imperial court again this time. The spider said with a smile, showing two small dimples on her face.

"What are you happy about, the officials of the Taishou Mansion and the state capitals who are also being rewarded have anything to do with us?"

"My lord, can we not pretend? What year will you not have a share of the awards? Even if you are not rare, should you take into account the feelings of the brothers? The brothers are just waiting for the reward bonus to eat meat. ”

"Go, isn't the welfare I give to my brothers? What are you so poor, I dare to say that the salary of any Xuantian Wei in Xuantian Mansion is higher than the salary of the master of the Xuantian Mansion. Lu Sheng smiled and shook his head.

Suddenly, the smile on his face suddenly retracted, and he stared straight at the spider.

Being stared at by Lu Sheng's eyes, the spider suddenly felt uncomfortable, "My lord, you ...... What's wrong? I have ...... Is there anything wrong?"

"What did you just say? That inspector came to see the imperial grain collection?"

"Ahh......h

"That's not the point, Imperial Grain...... Imperial Grain ...... Granary...... Unlikely, right?" Lu Sheng muttered to himself, staring at the accounts in front of him with a pale face.

Lower than the market price, and the shipment volume is large...... And it was not bought from the people...... How can these conditions be ...... What about the granary that is so in line with Chuzhou?

Chuzhou granary is not a fixed place, there are Chuzhou granaries in the 36 prefectures of Chuzhou, including the town army, and the independent city. The granary of Chuzhou is also the lifeblood of Chuzhou. Chuzhou is the granary of the world, which not only means that Chuzhou produces a lot of grain, but also that Chuzhou stores a lot of grain.

Don't look at the fact that Chuzhou's commerce is booming now, and don't look at the two prefectures of Anqing Mansion and Donglinfu that have basically completed urban transformation, and the area of cultivated land is getting smaller and smaller.

But this is also because Donglinfu is surrounded by mountains, and the arable area of Donglinfu itself is not particularly large, and half of the people's income comes from the mountains. But even so, the people were so poor three years ago, and it is conceivable that the land in Donglin Mansion is not of much use at all.

Anqing Mansion is almost like this, located in the center of Chuzhou, as the big brother, a lot of high-quality land has been divided into other prefectures, so there is nothing wrong with Anqing Mansion being completely industrial.

But if you want to change the mansion with a large area of high-quality land, or the great plain to the west of Chuzhou, don't say whether Lu Sheng and He Xingzhi dare to change the grain field into an industrial park there. Even if they dare to change it, the holy decree of the imperial court will teach them to be human beings every minute.

The continuous grain fields of nearly 10 million mu are absolutely untouchable, and even in order to ensure that there is enough cultivated area, the houses of the common people are built with good measurements.

Chuzhou's primary industry is grain, which cannot be changed, as long as Chuzhou has enough grain, the imperial court will have the confidence to face any problems. No matter where or where there is a famine, almost all of them rely on the food of Wuzhou and Chuzhou to survive safely.

Those who dared to move the granary, Lu Sheng didn't dare to say no, but the fate of those people was absolutely miserable.

Lu Sheng looked at the ledger, and the more he looked at it, the more suspicious he became. Lu Sheng turned the pages one by one, and there were only a dozen accounts every year, but the number was comparable to the number of large grain merchants, and it was pushed forward from the beginning of this year to the last ten years ago.

However, as he turned to the last page, Lu Sheng's heart became colder and colder.

Because he remembered that when he asked the grain merchant before, he had asked that the food for the day grain store had been separated from the large grain store since the middle of last year. If grain has been purchased in large quantities in this way since 10 years ago, where does it need to be attached to the banner of a large grain bank.

If Shiweitian started his own business last year, then these accounts will not be the accounts of ten years, but within one year.

The number of purchases made in the same year is already staggering, if the number of ten years combined is less than one year...... Lu Sheng trembled.

If this is really the case, nearly 30 percent of the 36 granaries in Chuzhou are empty......? Who dares to be so crazy...... Aren't you afraid of death?

Lu Sheng found a reason for himself, sat down slowly, raised his head, and looked at the spider with a surprised face and did not leave.

"Spider, gather a few people, and we'll go to the granary. ”

"Yes!"

Soon, Lu Sheng set off with more than a dozen people, the granary of Anqing Mansion, located in the east of Anqing Mansion, arrived at the granary, and looked at the granary like a yurt from a distance, just like the stars.

The granary is circular in shape, about three meters high and about four meters in diameter. When the grain was stored, it was basket after basket standing on the top of the granary and falling down like this. Once filled, seal the mouth again.

When Lu Sheng and the others arrived, the guards hurriedly stepped forward to greet them. The official uniform of Xuantian Mansion is a gold-lettered signboard wherever he walks now. For these officials, that is an unenviable identity.

The minimum requirement for anyone to recruit Xuantian Mansion is that they need to have practiced martial arts. The catchers from all over the world may be able to try it, but the officials who don't know martial arts at all have no chance at all.

"A few officials of Xuantian Mansion, what can I serve?" the squad leader greeted him with a smile on his face.

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