Chapter 285: The Granary

After Pei Qian finished speaking, he immediately explained gently: "After all, Qian doesn't know much about the situation, so he wants to ask General Lu more, and he doesn't mean anything else. What's more, General Lu has been so loyally guarding the most important granary, it is too late to thank him, how can he blame him? ”

Several generals looked at Pei Qian's sincere expression, knowing that he was not lying, and then their hanging hearts slowly relaxed. Several of their generals have worked together with each other for so many years, and they can be regarded as brothers who treat each other with all sincerity, and their brotherhood is naturally not comparable to ordinary people.

At the beginning, when they heard His Royal Highness the Second Prince ask Lu Fei like this, they all thought that this Second Prince was going to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, and they were going to hold Lu Fei accountable. After all, Lu Fei is the guardian of the granary, so much grain is missing in the granary, and he does have to bear a large part of the responsibility. If the second prince really wants to punish Lu Fei, this is understandable.

It's just that in this way, he will chill the hearts of these courtiers, and if he wants them to do anything in the future, they are afraid that there will only be resistance and rejection in their hearts. Instead of having feelings of adoration and reverence, this is a very dangerous thing for a royal family.

And Pei Qian naturally understands this, not to mention, others are in the frontier, these generals are in the frontier on weekdays, what they say is not good, the emperor is far away, even if the father wants to do something, in fact, he may not be able to control them. Therefore, trying to oppress them with power may only be counterproductive.

As a person who protects his family and defends the country, the most important thing is that he cannot use imperial power to oppress them. Otherwise, once they have a rebellious heart, then the security of the country's surroundings will be a problem.

Pei Qian would not be so stupid to provoke these generals, even if he knew that this General Lu Fei did have a great responsibility, but at this moment, he should not blame him too much. After all, the grain has been lost, and what should be done at this time is not to find the root cause and accountability, but to find a way to save this loss, which is the most important.

To this end, Pei Qian asked some other questions, such as when Lu Fei would go to inspect the granary, the soldiers on guard would change shifts every few hours on weekdays, whether they were all credible people, and so on.

According to Lu Fei's description, Pei Qian also had some general understanding of the situation at the scene.

But Pei Qian still couldn't believe it, how could so much food disappear overnight?

What's more, there are obviously soldiers guarding outside, what method did the person who stole the food use to make those soldiers not find out his whereabouts, or even find out that he transported the food?

Pei Qian thought about it, and decided to go to the granary to have a look first. He had only arrived at the frontier yesterday, and the climate here was far worse than that of the Heavenly Departure Country.

Even Pei Qian was a little overwhelmed by this place where the wind and sand were blowing every day. The weather here is really dry, and there are very few plants that can be seen within a radius of 100 miles. As he arrived, he noticed that there were fewer and fewer plants along the way, and the weather was getting drier and hotter.

In Tianli Country, although it is close to September, the temperature in the country is still very pleasant, and at most on weekdays, I only wear a thin coat, and in this Xinjiang, if you don't wear thicker, the wind blows and your face and plates are a little painful.

Looking at those rough-skinned and thick-skinned men, Pei Qian's heart couldn't help but feel a little admiration and sigh. It is not easy for them to survive here, and now they have to fight for the whole country. Pei Qian's bones, after all, are still a real man, and when facing these men who sincerely serve the country, he can't help but feel admiration and a burst of pride in his heart.

Although Pei Qian had not officially led troops to fight, he had also learned these things after all, so he was still clear about the difficulties and hardships involved.

Several generals accompanied Pei Qian and led him all the way in the direction of the granary.

On the way, Pei Qian met many soldiers who were in training. Some of them were tall and some were short, most of them were wearing a stiff suit of armor, as if they were not tired at all, holding spears in their hands, and seriously following the leader in front of them to wield their weapons.

Even if Pei Qian appeared, it did not affect them in the slightest. Their eyes were straight ahead, and their eyes were full of tenacity, which made people can't help but stop after looking at them. Their spirit can easily infect people.

Pei Qian stopped and looked at it for a while, and then said to several generals with some emotion: "You can train the soldiers who have left the country to this level, Qian's heart is really sincerely admired. Tianli has a country like you, it's so lucky. ”

Hearing Pei Qian say this, although several generals were a little flattered, they still waved their hands modestly and said: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince has won the award, these are what his subordinates should do." ”

A few people chatted all the way, and soon arrived at the granary of the rear camp.

Under the warm sunlight, Pei Qian squinted his eyes slightly, carefully looking at the huge granary in front of him. The granary is paved with countless hardwoods above it, and there are layers of wood around it.

Pei Qian glanced at the soldiers standing around the granary, some of them were walking around, looking around vigilantly from time to time, some were standing near the granary, and a few soldiers were standing at the door like door gods.

When they saw several generals and Pei Qian coming, they saluted respectfully.

Lu Fei waved his hand slightly, and the two soldiers immediately retreated.

"Open the granary."

"Yes!"

The soldier opened the somewhat heavy door of the granary, and then stood sideways.

Lu Fei arched his hand at Pei Qian and said, "His Royal Highness the Second Prince, please-"

Pei Qian nodded, did not shirk, opened his legs, and stepped into the granary.

As soon as he entered the granary, he could feel a very shallow coolness, Pei Qian looked up at the wide granary, and found that on the outside of the hardwood, there was a layer of vaguely transparent partitions, which separated the grain from the hardwood, avoiding the hardwood fire and the crisis of the grain.

At the same time, Pei Qian was surprised to find that this layer not only has the effect of isolating danger, but also isolates the scorching temperature. No wonder he felt a little cool when he came in.

If the temperature in this granary is as hot and dry as the weather outside, it will surely catch fire soon. If the food catches fire, the consequences will be unimaginable, and it will basically not be saved.

Lu Fei walked in after Pei Qian, and when he saw Pei Qian looking at the transparent boards, he explained beside him: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince, this partition was specially transported from other places by subordinates and others, and this partition has been built by a special person, and it has a very strong effect, which can not only prevent wind and rain, but more importantly, it is fireproof, and the grain is placed under this partition, which is very safe." Even if the hardwood outside caught fire, it would not endanger the grain in between. ”

Lu Fei pointed to the partitions around the grain and explained carefully to Pei Qian.

Pei Qian nodded, observing the structure of the entire granary.

After all, the granary of Tianli Country has to feed tens of thousands of people, and these tens of thousands of people are capable warriors who have been stationed on the frontier all year round. Unless it is a special circumstance, Tianli will send a large number of troops to the frontier to support. Otherwise, the matters of guarding the frontier on weekdays are all operated by these people.

Tens of thousands of tough soldiers, it's enough.

Therefore, the setting of this granary is also very ingenious. In addition to the strong fire prevention, Pei Qian also noticed that there are also certain rules for the placement of grain in this granary, they will not all be piled up in one place, but a part of the grain will be placed at a certain distance. There are also corresponding partitions between these grains to isolate them.

If there is a real food fire, doing so will also minimize the damage.

Pei Qian said with some admiration: "Such a layout must not be something that ordinary people can come up with. ”

Several generals glanced at each other, and then it was still Lu Fei who spoke: "Yes, such a layout was conceived by the six princes. When a small barn accidentally caught fire in the past, the Six Princes made this suggestion. Moreover, this partition was also built by him, and his subordinates did not have such ability for the time being. ”

When it came to Pei Xiu, the sixth prince, the eyes of several generals became a little different, with Lu Fei being the most obvious. When he said this, his eyes were full of respect and admiration, as if with the six princes there, they didn't need to worry about anything at all.

Unexpectedly, this layout was actually thought up by Xiao Liu.

Seeing Lu Fei's expression, a trace of displeasure flashed in Pei Qian's heart. If it were someone else, it would be better to say that Pei Qian didn't think there was anything. But if this object was replaced by Pei Xiu, there would be some unhappiness in his heart.

This granary, if he remembers correctly, was set up here a long time ago.

At that time, Xiaoliu was only a teenager, and it should have been the period when he led his troops to fight.

If Lu Fei didn't mention it, Pei Qian would have forgotten that his sixth brother had such a glorious moment. It is no wonder that the people of Tianli Kingdom worship him so much.

At a young age, he has made so many contributions to the country of Tianli, can they not respect him?

It's a pity that the current sixth brother is already a wasted person. How can a person who can only be confined to a wheelchair can lead troops to war again? Just thinking about it, you know that all this is in the past.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian said with some regret: "It's a pity that the sixth brother is ...... now Once the sixth brother was so brilliant, Qian was very proud of him. I didn't expect that the sixth brother had already achieved such an achievement at such a young age, if time could come back, Qian still hoped that the sixth brother could stand up as before and make more contributions to the country. ”