Chapter 34: Food

Having said that, Zhang Dusi did not immediately let people open the door, but politely reported to Xie Zhiyun.

"The young lady doesn't know, there are two doors inside and outside the granary, three keys inside and outside, one in the hands of subordinates, one in the hands of the general, and one in the Guogong Mansion."

Xie Zhiyun smiled: "I didn't know, but now I know." ”

The second housekeeper You came forward and saluted Xie Zhiyun first: "Young lady, the key has been brought, and this one stored at home is not the main key, so if there is an urgent military business, there is no need to wait to get it." ”

Xie Zhiyun understood that Wei's key was not urgently needed, it should be the last small lock, if it was urgent to open the granary, it should be cut directly with iron tongs.

But if the lock is broken, the government will also know about it.

Xie Zhiyun glanced at the second housekeeper You, and the second housekeeper You understood and said to Zhang Dusi: "Zhang Dusi, can you please bring two keys to open this granary." ”

Zhang Dusi smiled politely, and his words were more flattering than Fang Cai.

"Young lady, it's really inappropriate to let the young lady wait here all the time on this cold day, why don't you go to the department and sit for a while, wait for the granary to be opened, and sweep the floating dust before entering?"

Outside of the words, he still didn't want Xie Zhiyun to watch the granary open on the spot.

The Grain Road Division is also a department with abundant oil and water, and most of the people who take care of the granary are Wei Cang's henchmen, so Xie Zhiyun doesn't think they have any other thoughts.

Looking at the faces of the second housekeeper You and Mrs. Zheng, it is estimated that the Grain Dao Division has always relied on the old man to run away, relying on his military exploits in the early years and not taking the servants of the Suguo Mansion in his eyes.

But it is not a domestic servant who comes today.

They don't understand that Xie Zhiyun is not a subordinate of the Suguo Mansion, she is the future master of the Suguo Mansion.

Xie Zhiyun glanced at Zhang Dusi lightly, but said, "I'm not afraid of the cold." ”

Zhang Dusi was choked by her, and he couldn't speak for a while, and finally had to bow his head.

"Yes, the subordinates will let people open the granary."

Xie Zhiyun stood at the door of the granary, ignoring the cold wind, and she even asked You Er's housekeeper: "Where is the granary account book?" ”

The second housekeeper You looked at Zhang Dusi, and Zhang Dusi had to say with a bitter face: "Young lady, the granary account books and official documents can't be shown to people at will." ”

Xie Zhijun smiled again.

"So, I'm not here for business?" Xie Zhiyun's voice was elegant, but every word was full of oppression, "Grandpa Guo and Little Grandpa personally ordered me to do this, just for the sake of thousands of displaced people in the suburbs of Yezhou. ”

"I'm running an errand for the Suguo Mansion, so naturally I have to be strict and fair," Xie Zhiyun glanced at Zhang Dusi, "Zhang Dusi, what do you think?" ”

Xie Zhiyun's words choked Zhang Dusi again.

His ordinary face twisted abruptly and flushed.

"Young lady," Zhang Dusi took a breath before he whispered: "If you want to see the account books, you can only look at the account books of this granary." ”

Xie Zhijun smiled again.

"You gave it to me, I haven't seen it yet."

When I waited for the key, the account books were delivered first.

Zheng Niangzi was very neat, she asked Xiao Zhong to step forward and take over the account book, and then carefully touched it before she came to Xie Zhiyun.

Xiao Zhong held the book in both hands, and Mrs. Zheng turned the page herself.

"Young lady, Yongfeng Warehouse only started to store grain last year, and it was all grain sent after August 15, and the granary here is located in the front, and it contains the tax grain on August 20."

Xie Zhiyun nodded and lowered his eyes to look at the account book.

According to the account books, all the fields paid by the farmers in the villages near Yezhou were the same long-grain rice, because they were being handed over to the county government in all villages and counties, so when they were sent to the granary, they were all two buckets and one bag of grain.

The granaries are also stacked like this.

A granary has about 5,000 catties of grain, and there are about 300 grain bags, which can be moved in one day.

Xie Zhiyun took a closer look, and there were a total of 286 grain loans in this granary, totaling 5,720 catties, all of which were long-grain rice, all of which were new rice from last year.

"It's very good, if one person gives ten catties of rice, it can send more than 5,000 people, so that the displaced people can have food."

Xie Zhiyun's voice fell, and a young soldier quickly ran forward and whispered a few words to Zhang Dusi.

Zhang Dusi said politely to Xie Zhiyun at this time: "Young lady, the key has arrived." ”

Xie Zhiyun waved his hand, and Xiao Zhong put away the account book and handed it to You Er's housekeeper.

"Let's open the door."

Everyone walked quickly to the warehouse door, and at this time Xie Zhiyun found that the doors of the granary were all iron doors, and the center of the iron door was firmly tied with a large copper lock with a length of inches, and the lock was the thickness of a man's thumb, and he was constantly cut with a knife.

The shape of the key in Zhang Dusi's hand is also very special, with rugged tooth peaks, which is difficult to imitate.

Xie Zhiyun smiled and said politely: "This lock is really good." ”

Zhang Dusi was not very proud, he personally stepped forward to open the first lock, and then he could get four soldiers to come forward and pull the axles on the door.

With the sound of a huge axle, the iron door opened.

"It's all life-saving food, and the iron door and granary are all old systems of the pre-Qin Dynasty, only the copper lock is new, which saves a lot of money."

Zhang Dusi explained.

Xie Zhiyun nodded, his gaze falling into the crack in the door.

Soon, a second door appeared in front of everyone.

The walls of the granary are not too thick, but there are two doors and three locks.

Inside was a hard cedar door, on which hung a large lock of the same shape as the outer door, and under the big lock, there was a smaller copper lock.

The key to this lock is in the hands of the Wei family.

Zhang Dusi and You Er stepped forward together and quickly opened the two locks.

The door was pushed inward, and the door opened open, and a puff of dust came in.

Xie Zhiyun quickly covered her mouth and nose, and when the dust dissipated, she followed everyone inside.

Generally speaking, there are no candles burning in the granary, and at the top of the granary, there are two two-foot square window holes, which are covered with special oiled paper, which can not only transmit light, but also prevent people from entering and exiting.

But the window hole was too small, and it was still so dark that I couldn't see anything clearly.

Zhang Dusi strode into the granary, and his voice was proud: "You can't light candles inside, and please forgive the young lady, so the subordinates said that the young lady doesn't have to bother to come in and check at all." ”

Xie Zhiyun ignored him, and with the faint light and shadow, she slowly groped for the food placed against the wall.

The hand is a rough sack, each bag is bulging, and when you touch it gently, you can hear the rustling sound.

Because the grain base is neatly placed, it can only poke out a small nest, and it is impossible to find out the approximate situation at all.

In the granary, Zhang Dusi's voice was very noisy: "The rice in this granary is just half of the field tax in Yongfeng County. ”

Xie Zhiyun's footsteps stopped.

In the dark granary, her voice was cold and empty: "You say, the grain here is all sent from the same county?" ”

(End of chapter)