Bang dang.

The last lock of the salt silo is opened, and the bin door is opened.

What caught Sima's eye was an endless number of piled up burlap bags.

That's a lot of salt, and how much it's worth when converted into it.

Is this mine?

Sima Liang looked at these rough burlap bags and had a lot of thoughts.

As one of the four major salt warehouses, the allocation of salt is relatively small. Except for clearing the inventory, it is basically used as a strategic reserve and is rarely moved.

Sima Liang slowly walked to a sack and touched it with his hand

Through the bag, Sima Liang felt the coarse salt inside like gravel.

Sima Liang looked at it again, and then called the soldiers.

"I'll check a few bags."

"It's the prince."

Sima Liang pointed to a few places, then walked to the nearest bag and waited. The soldiers opened the bag one by one, revealing the slightly yellowed salt in it.

This kind of salt, which has not been re-refined, has many impurities and is not easy to eat directly. So Sima Liang just tore off a little, and then put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it.

Recalling the smell he once smelled in Shijia's salt farm, Sima Liang confirmed that it was official salt.

As concocted, Sima Liang checked it several times. After confirming that it was correct, he smiled at the soldier beside him.

"For the time being, it's fine, I hope you can keep it."

"Yes, my lord." Seeing that there were no accidents, the captain of the sergeants breathed a sigh of relief.

Sima Liang walked up to the officials waiting at the door.

"Which of you used to be in charge of the official salt here."

The officials looked at each other, and it seemed that none of them had done this.

"Lord Wang, the one who did it before was removed from his post and investigated because of the last official salt incident." The county keeper replied.

"In this case, is the official salt entry and exit manual left before still there?" Sima Liang's gaze changed, but he quickly recovered.

The county guard looked at the county guard, "I remember that after the adults in the middle capital checked it, they came back." ”

Jun Cheng blinked intently, as if he didn't remember this.

"Let's go back and check it out. There should be. ”

Hearing this answer, Sima Liang's face sank. He glared at Jun Cheng.

"Look for it in the evening, I hope you can find it before I leave."

"I'm sorry Lord Wang, I'll definitely find it below." The county salutes and makes amends.

Seeing this, Sima Liang didn't say more. He continued his way to the salt warehouse.

After a twist and turn, Sima Liang walked to the innermost part of the salt warehouse. He knocked on the heavy walls.

"Is there any other entrance or exit to this salt warehouse?"

"Below, checked, but didn't find it."

Sima Liang wanted to know how the previous official salt was stolen under this kind of garrison. Although he did not follow up on the entire official salt incident, he also learned part of the situation

Most of the official salt lost in Pingnancang is the official salt of the old times. It is also because of this that the previous inspectors only calculated the warehousing, and the outbound warehouse was allocated according to the needs of the court, and would not be re-inspected at all.

If it is determined that it is right to enter the official salt, the less salt can only go out of the salt warehouse. It is basically impossible to buy the entire salt warehouse without being discovered. After all, there will be a lot of emperors' forbidden troops mixed in.

Was it that this salt was tampered with when it came in? Do you want to go back and ask Shi Hu?

Sima Liang remembered his forgotten master. As a family that runs through the entire production and transportation of official salt, the Shi family is obviously the culprit who dominates all this. For the means, it is certainly the clearest.

Sima Liang thought about it for a while, but after still having no clue, he gave up.

Let's go back and talk, it just so happens that I haven't settled accounts with him yet.

Sima Liang turned his head and returned to the door of the salt warehouse. Looking at the waiting crowd, he smiled slightly.

"Let's go, the salt warehouse is fine. Let's take a look at the newly renovated barracks. In two days, Yongxin is going to bring troops. Let's see how the renovation is going. ”

"It's the prince."

Bang.

The outer door of the salt warehouse was slammed shut.

Sima Liang and Yang Yu got into the carriage.

"Brother-in-law, have you seen the salt warehouse in Zhongdu. What do you think of closing the south position? Still need to be improved? Sima Liang asked.

Yang Yu thought about it for a while, "Actually, it's similar to Zhongducang, and you don't need to change anything." Subsequently, when entering and exiting salt, just pay attention. ”

"That's right. That's fine. Sima Liang was thoughtful.

Sigh.

After a few words, the carriage stopped again.

The barracks were not newly renovated, they were renovated from the old ones. So it's not very far from the salt silo and it's there quickly.

After getting out of the carriage, Sima Liang saw the exterior wall similar to that of the salt warehouse. However, the specs are slightly inferior. I guess the façade has not been reinforced.

Some of the places have not yet been renovated. The gates of the barracks were wide open.

Sima Liang and a group of officials swaggered into it.

Looking at the repaired house in front of him, Sima Liang nodded. As the garrison of his own soldiers in the future, Sima Liang is still very willing to spend money. All the equipment needed for training and the house he lived in were renewed.

Of course, this is only a partial investment. Sima Liang focused on the equipment and life of the follow-up soldiers.

After a brief look, Sima Liang was quite satisfied. "It's a bit messy, but it should be nice to clean it up."

Bypassing the façade area of the barracks, Sima Liang came to a warehouse.

As a military camp in the former Li State. There are also a number of obsolete weapons and firearms in the area. These unusable objects were cleaned out and thrown in the courtyard.

Seeing these murderous and siege objects, Sima Liang became interested. He picked up a rusty knife and swung it.

"It's so heavy, is this artillery?"

Sima Liang dropped the knife in his hand and walked to the corner of the courtyard.

A huge cannon, obscured by debris.

After cleaning up for a moment, Sima Liang saw clearly the cannon with a damaged muzzle.

"Is it broken? It seems to be quite serious, no wonder it is thrown here. If this had been fought in wartime, what would have been the scene? Sima Liang touched the crack in the muzzle of the artillery, and remembered the appearance of this artillery in wartime.

Bang, bang, bang.

"Three, two, one, fire." The loud voice of King Dingnan resounded in the cabin.

The Li Guochuan encountered earlier unexpectedly launched an attack on them. And it was an attack by three ships in three directions.

Although the fleet sent by Sima Liang has a total of seven ships, the configuration is not low. But the recruited crew is not so good.

Due to the rush of time, and the fact that he has to go to Jili Country so far, even if he pays a lot of money and promises first, he can't recruit a few people with experience in naval warfare.

So in this case, Sima Liang's side, which has an advantage in the number of equipped, is actually a disadvantage.

After all, to maintain the fleet and carry so much cargo, it is easy to become a target. If the formation is not maintained, some of the new sailors on the ship are likely to panic. If you fall behind, it's even more troublesome.