The crimson flames are like crazy, they have to run with the wind, nearly a thousand granaries are like a sea of fire, the smoke is mixed in the air, you have to cover your nose with your sleeves to breathe, the whole Alan County can see the ferocious fire in the granary, as soon as you arrive at the granary, you can see that Han Ju is organizing people to put out the fire, and outside the granary, there are still groups of residents watching the excitement on the side, and when Li Song and I run into the granary, you can feel the scorching height baking your cheeks

The faces of the people involved in the firefighting were all tied with a cloth tied around them to resist the smoke and ensure normal breathing, and there were people everywhere carrying buckets to fight the fire and running back and forth to get water, the scene was extremely chaotic, the scorching high temperature made it impossible to get close, and they could only splash water into the fire 20 steps away, and soon the water prepared before was used up, resulting in a situation where there was no water to fight the fire, Han Ju took the opportunity to immediately draw out some of the officials to mobilize the residents to send all their water to the granary

Due to the suddenness of the incident, Li Yang, who usually had the most ideas, was at a loss for a while, until two disgraced people ran in front of him, puffed up, knelt on the ground, and cried loudly: Young master, we brothers are sorry for you, our brothers did not do a good job of the things you explained

Li Yang curled his eyes and looked at them for a while before he saw that these two people were Li Long and Li Hu, his clothes were burned with several holes, his hair was also burned, and there were a few places where his skin and flesh were burned and foamed, Li Yang angrily roared at the two of them: Didn't I tell you that you should pay attention to the fire, these are all military rations to be delivered to the government, if you miss the border defense, our whole clan will be questioned

Li Song stretched out his hand and tugged at my sleeve and whispered: The boss has already happened, it's useless for you to get angry, why don't you let them go to fight the fire first and see if they can rescue some food, if we can rescue a load of food, we will lose a load of food

Li Song's words reminded Li Yang that now is not the time to hold him accountable, but to put out the fire as soon as possible to prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding houses: Okay, Li Long-Li Hu, you two get up, hurry up and take someone to put out the fire

Li Long and Li Hu stood up from the ground, then turned around and rushed into the fire to lead the villagers to continue to fight the fire, and then Li Yang turned around and explained to Li Song: Second brother, you bring some people to be responsible for rescuing food, and also count out the rescued food and losses, just like you said, what we can do now is to minimize the loss

Li Song pulled up some villagers nearby and began to rescue food, Li Yang raised his sleeves to cover his face, and saw Han Juzheng leading people to fight the fire in the fire, so he hurriedly ran over and pulled Han Juzheng aside: Juzheng, this is handed over to Li Long and Li Hu, you quickly take the officials to disperse the people who are watching the excitement outside, and let the officials form a second line of defense on the periphery to prevent the fire from spreading to the houses

Han Juzheng glanced at the crowd of onlookers: Oh, how did I forget this matter when I patronized the firefighting, then Brother Juzheng took the officials to organize the residents to set up a second line of defense outside the granary to prevent the fire from spreading

The fire was extinguished until dawn by the fog and the air was humid, and people went out of the house early in the morning to clean up the dust on their walls and tiles, although the fire was extinguished, but the granary still emitted bursts of white smoke, although the granary fire was seriously damaged, but fortunately, the fire was effectively controlled in time, and it did not spread to the houses, and it was a blessing in misfortune.

Li Yang asked Li Pingping to take a battalion of Xiangyong to guard around the granary, and did not allow idle people to come in and out, and took out some manpower to treat the wounded and replace the Xiangyong who had worked all night

Li Song sighed lightly: This time the granary caught fire, and we lost 70,000 quintals of military rations, which is equivalent to 35,000 taels of silver, thanks to the brothers who risked their lives to rush into the granary and rescue 30,000 quintals of military rations

Li Yang: It's a blessing to be able to save so much food, can the second child still eat the food he rescued?

Li Song: This may not be known until it is inspected, for example, the grain that has been smoked and discolored must not be eaten, and the rice that has been soaked in water has to be dried to distinguish whether it can be eaten or not, although 30,000 quintals of grain have been rescued and so on, and it will be much less after selection

Gao Yuan sighed on the side: Hey, I'm blind to these rice

Li Yang frowned and looked at Li Long viciously: When I handed over the granary to you, I specially instructed you to take precautions against fire, how could such a thing happen, did you two take what I said as wind in your ears

Li Long knelt on the ground with a "poof": Young master, Li Hu and I will patrol the side every other hour, in order to prevent fires, I also specially asked my brothers to clean up the hay on the road, and I also asked people to put a water tank filled with water in front of each granary to prevent fires, and I didn't even let them use torches when my brothers patrolled the night

Li Yang: You stand up for me, and if you kneel down at every turn, then the kneeling matter will be solved

Yuan Kui leaned on the chair with one hand and leaned towards me: According to what Brother Li Long said, there should not be a fire, even if their brother is negligent, the fire can't be so big

Li Yang: Li Long, do you know how this fire was caused?

Li Long stood up and hesitated: I took a nap after the young master's inspection, and when I was woken up, the fire was already on fire

Li Yang: After a long time, you don't know how to get this fire, how did you two brothers do this work?

Li Hu: Master, my brother and I know that we have made a mistake, and if the government holds us accountable, the two brothers are willing to accept the crime and be punished, and there will be no complaints, but this fire is strange, and the more we save it, the bigger it gets, the more we can put it out

Li Long: Erhu, when you say that, I suddenly remembered one thing, as soon as I came out of the camp that night, I saw dozens of granaries in the north on fire, and you and I hurriedly took my brothers to fight the fire, but the fire in the north was not extinguished, and the granary in the west also caught fire, and Erhu, you took some of your brothers to the west to put out the fire, and it didn't take long for the granary in the east to catch fire

Gao Yuan: To say that the granary fire was man-made

Yuan Kui: If this is the case, it means that our brothers have something to eat inside and out, and it is more important than a fire in the granary to find out the things that are eaten inside and out, I think this matter will be investigated by Li Long and Li Hu, just to give him two a chance to make up for it

Li Hu's words reminded me that the caravan that suddenly appeared recently collected grain at a high price was surrounded by grain when it caught fire in the granary, and I lost grain at a high price and the fire in the granary, so I can only think of one thing related to food, that is, to raise military rations for business, which is really not afraid of thieves stealing but afraid of thieves

After having a series of clear ideas, Li Yang also had an idea in his heart, and looked at the two brothers Li Long and Li Hu with an unwilling look: "Li Long-Li Hu's granary fire, you two will check it out for me, if there is really someone who eats inside and outside, he must be found out."

Li Long got up excitedly and hugged his fists and saluted everyone: Thanks to the love of all brothers, this time our brothers will definitely make up for their mistakes

Li Hu: I'm just going to take people here to arrest all the people who were on duty last night, and I don't believe in the trial one by one

Li Yang: Well, that's it

Han Juzheng: Brother Li Juzheng felt that Brother Li Hu's method was a little inappropriate

Li Yang: Ju Zheng, tell me about it

Then the Korean drama asked Li Long: How many guards were there on the night of the fire in the granary of the Li Long brothers

Li Long: That night there were 200 guards and 20 servants in the granary

Han Juzheng: Then I would like to ask how the two brothers plan to try these people after they are arrested

Li Hu simply: I don't believe that he can't be found with heavy punishment

Han Juzheng: Brother Li's heavy punishment will inevitably cause people to lose their hearts, I think this matter should not be too public, if we mess up ourselves, those who have ill intentions will enjoy it, Brother Li's current priority is to gather 10 loads of grain to hand over to the state government yamen

Li Song: Boss, I think so too

Han Juzheng is worthy of being a master in the officialdom, and the way he does things and the order of looking at problems are completely different from Li Long, my brothers are too strong and like to go straight to everything, and they think about problems and ways of doing things all by momentary mood, and Han Juzheng looks at problems smoothly and has a sense of the overall situation, and his words also gave Li Yang a new direction

Li Yang: A while ago, a businessman went to ten villages to collect grain and raised the price to 600 quintals per quintal, so let's raise the price of grain collection to 620 quintals per quintal, and I handed over the 50,000 taels of silver that I just collected to you to make up 100,000 quintals of grain in three days

Li Song: Then I will send people to the 10 villages to set up grain collection stores in a moment, first publish the price of the grain to be collected, and start collecting grain early tomorrow morning

Han Juzheng: There are still 80,000 loads of grain here in Brother Li's county that can be taken out for emergency purposes first

Li Yang: If the second child doesn't have enough food, you can go to Juzheng, and how much grain you get from the county government will be returned to the county after you set up a good note, brothers, this granary fire is an accident to the outside world, most of our losses are forage, as for the grain, we are all stored in the caves in the suburbs

Gao Yuan: What are your plans?

Li Yang: I plan to cover up the battle head-on with the right time to respond to all changes, and after this battle is fought, our brothers will enjoy endless glory and wealth, in case of mistakes

Without waiting for Li Yang to finish speaking, Yuan Kui took the words: It's a big deal, let's plow the fields and farm as before, this time we lost 50,000 taels of silver and suffered a dumb loss, we must get this evil breath back

As the so-called wealth and wealth insurance seeks risk, the higher the return, everyone also understands in their hearts that military business is a piece of fat and is the kind that has annual returns, how can the fat that is about to reach the mouth be handed over to others, and this time the loss of 50,000 taels of silver has not suffered such a big loss after the brothers gathered

Seeing that everyone had the same opinion, Li Yang: Then let's treat it as if nothing happened, and perform our duties as before, as for the granary fire, Li Long-Li Hu, you two will investigate secretly, and report to me as soon as there is progress

"It's the young master"

At this time, a hurried knock on the door interrupted the discussion, and then Jiang Yu's voice came from outside the door: Governor Sun has gone to the county government to ask you to come to the government office

In order to prevent the news from leaking, Jiang Yu would lie on the eaves and stand guard every time everyone discussed, even if there was a mouse passing by within a hundred steps, he could hear it clearly, Sun Yuanwu's arrival made Li Yang feel a little anxious, because today is the day to hand over grain to the government, but the granary was on fire, and there was not much grain left to be delivered, and there was no other way but to beg Lord Sun for a few days so that I could raise all the grain

After arriving at the county office, Sun Yuanwu was waiting for us in the county hall, out of courtesy, Han Juzheng stood in front as the largest official position of the county commander of Alan County, followed by the two battalion commanders of Gao Yuan and Yuankui, and those of us who had no official positions followed behind, and after a salute, Lord Sun let us each take our seats

Han Juzheng: I don't know if you are visiting today, I hope you will forgive me

Sun Yuanwu: No outsiders don't have to be confined to false courtesy, this government wants to come out for a walk in leisure today, it just so happens that today is also the day of grain delivery in Alan County, this government will come uninvited, you take me to the granary to see the grain quality this year

After speaking, he got up to leave, and Han Juzheng hurriedly stepped forward when he saw it: My lord, the taxes in Alan County this year have been collected, and the lower official will hand over the details to the adults for your reference

Sun Yuanwu: Juzheng, you are doing a good job, the government believes in you, you should take the government to the granary to have a look

Han Juzheng: My lord, Alan County is another bumper harvest year this year, so the lower officials will take you to the following villages to have a look, and by the way, Alan County has supported the establishment of breeding farms - quarries and lumber farms this year

Sun Yuanwu: Okay another day - today I want to go to the granary

When Han Juzheng wanted to speak, he was stopped by Lord Sun raising his hand and leaking a trace of displeasure: You are not leading the way in front

Li Yang saw that he couldn't delay, so he knelt on the ground with a "poof" in his heart: Lord Qiqi's granary caught fire last night, and all the grain that was going to be delivered to the official family today was destroyed

After speaking, he looked at Master Sun with his spare eyes, he was not surprised by the food fire, but said coldly: Why are you so careful, your loss of food is a small delay, the border defense is big, once the country is to blame, not only you, but also the government will be implicated, you can make a mistake in such an important matter, how can you let the government trust you in the future

Li Yang put his hands on the ground and kowtowed: Please give the students a three-day leniency, and after three days, the students will definitely deliver 100,000 quintals of grain to the yamen of the state capital

Sun Yuanwu sighed, thinking that the matter had come to this point, it was useless to blame him, and it was imperative to prepare the grain and transport it to the border as soon as possible, thinking of this, he began to complain a little in his heart that Lei Qi let Li Yang be a military merchant is your consciousness, but now it is good that you have pushed me to the front in the back layout: Then the good mansion is believing you once, this time you must not let the mansion down

Li Yang: Please rest assured, my lord, students will not make the same mistake twice

Sun Yuanwu: Let's go to the granary

The officials set up a first checkpoint on the perimeter of the granary to prevent anyone from getting in, and several exits from the granary were guarded by a battalion of village warriors in shifts, and although the fire was extinguished, white smoke still rose, and the muddy road was littered with forage and piles of rice

When Sun Yuanwu saw that the barns of damp rice in front of him were still mixed with coke, he inadvertently bent down and picked up a handful of rice: 10 loads of grain are ruined and blind, these scattered rice on the ground you let people pick well, there should still be some to eat

Li Yang: Adults and students have already asked people to start this matter, picking out the rice that can be eaten and not eating it, and washing and drying the rice repeatedly and feeding it to livestock

Sun Yuanwu nodded with satisfaction: As long as it can be used, it is better than wasting it in vain, did the granary fire cause casualties this time

Li Yang: The fire in the granary of the adult is a blessing in misfortune that no one died because of it

Sun Yuanwu: You know how the granary caught fire

Li Yang: The cause of the fire is under investigation

Sun Yuanwu: You were too careless

Li Yang: Something is wrong with the adults and students, can you discuss with the general how much time you can give the students?

Sun Yuanwu: Tell me what trouble you've encountered

Li Yang: Recently, a businessman has raised the price of grain from 500 to 600

Sun Yuanwu: That's a good thing for the people

Li Yang: Adults think that this is a good thing as you think in advance, the villagers can have more income, but this will completely disrupt the original plan of the students to use grain to offset taxes, Alan County harvested only half of the expected grain, the students originally wanted to suffer a little loss and let the villagers get more benefits, but last night the granary accidentally caught fire, and the students lost another 100,000 tons of grain

Sun Yuanwu raised his hand to interrupt his words: First the merchant raised the price of grain, then the granary caught fire, but it was a fire when you were about to hand over the grain, so the fire was a little strange

Li Yang: The adults have clearly concluded that the students have blocked the news of the granary fire and asked people to investigate the cause of the fire in secret

Sun Yuanwu put his hands behind his back and his eyes were slightly slightly small: You should go and tell the general about this matter yourself, and after three days, when you get the food, you will directly bring people to send the military grain to the Chuzhou camp, and some details are more detailed for you yourself

A discerning person knew at a glance that Sun Yuanwu was deliberately postponing this matter, not wanting to wade into this troubled water, and he should indeed go to Chuzhou, after all, becoming a military merchant was the general's deliberate support, and now that there are some situations, he should give the general a reasonable explanation to see if he can ask him for some time without delaying the border defense

Li Yang bowed: Student Xie mentioned something

Sun Yuanwu: Hongting: This is just the beginning, but the battles behind are all tough battles, you have to be prepared, be careful in everything, think twice, and don't let down the high expectations of the general

Li Yang: The students wrote it down as adults

After the grain price was mentioned at 620 yuan, there was an endless stream of people who went to the grain collection points in the villages to sell grain, and in only two days, Li Song collected 60,000 quintals of grain, but on the third day, the grain collection points in each village began to stop collecting grain, and Li Song borrowed 40,000 quintals of grain from Han Juzheng, so that the 100,000 military rations were gathered, and finally 100,000 quintals of military rations were gathered, but how to transport this batch of military grain to the prefecture became a problem, a carriage can transport 1,000 catties of goods, and 100,000 quintals of grain are needed. The accompanying coachman and escort were 14,500 yuan, and the food, drink, and Lazar on the way alone was a huge expense