Lao Zhu looked inexplicable, and asked Zhu Bai: "Rebel, what are you laughing at?" ”

Zhu Bai said: "Father, look. Ru Taisu said that the grains are abundant and colorful, isn't the millet yellow? It's also colorful, is this old man Ru old and confused? ”

Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment and sighed: "Alas...... O iniquity, you rebel, you don't even know what the grains look like. The five grains are rice, millet, sorghum, wheat, and soybeans. The sorghum is red, the rice is white, the millet is yellow, and the mung beans are mixed grains. ”

Zhu Bai asked, "Is sorghum red?" ”

Lao Zhu couldn't cry and laughed: "Isn't that red?" You call it a grain that is not divided. You still teach people to farm, but you don't understand anything, and you are all blindly commanding. ”

Zhu Biao said: "Speaking of which, the son and father have not been to inspect the official granary for a long time. In the past two years, droughts and floods have occurred from time to time, and the official granary is really important because it is related to the livelihood of our Ming army and people. Erchen wanted to take advantage of the good weather to go for a walk. By the way, take a look at the spring plowing in the field. ”

Zhu Bai shouted wildly in his heart: My eldest brother, I have been pretending to be stupid for so long, you have finally cut to the point.

Lao Zhu nodded: "Well, for the monarch, you have to go down often." Otherwise, we will not see the actual situation of the people. So, let's go and see it too. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just today. However, since we are going down to see, who should say it or not, quietly travel in micro-suits, otherwise we won't see anything. ”

You must know that they are going down, and the officials of Yingtian must have prepared in advance to whitewash the peace.

Zhu Bai was so excited that he couldn't do it: "Okay, good." The son took his father and eldest brother to my farm to eat firewood roast chicken. ”

Old Zhu Qi leaned at him: "You just want to go out to play." The official granary is in the north of the city, and your field is in the south of the city. ”

Zhu Biao saw that Zhu Bai's face collapsed instantly, couldn't help laughing, and comforted Zhu Bai: "Next time, next time." ”

Zhu Bai smiled and said in his heart: I know you won't go, but I don't mention it, for fear that you will find out my true purpose.

Zhang Yu and Erhu listened outside the door, and secretly exchanged glances: On weekdays, Zhu Bai is messing around alone, why are they even joining in with Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao today.

Lao Zhu, father and son, changed into a casual and comfortable round neck placket and went out.

Lao Zhu wore light gray, Zhu Biao still wore the dark brown he liked, and Zhu Bai was dressed in dark blue.

And they all wore hats, so that they would not be recognized.

They went out from the Xuanwu Gate and rode slowly along the street.

It's February day, and today the sun is shining and the spring is pleasant.

On the white wall of Yingtianfu, from time to time, there are lively peach blossom and plum blossom branches poking out.

The petals fall in the murmuring water, the crystal clear river, and go long away across the stone bridge.

Tsk, after reading the granary, I must come out and ride a horse to slowly walk around Yingtian City, otherwise I will live up to this spring.

Everyone was infected by this beautiful scenery, the corners of their mouths involuntarily rose, and their bodies felt much more relaxed and lighter.

After a stick of incense, he arrived at the official granary in the north of the city.

The site of the official granary is some distance away from the Purple Mountain, and the terrain is relatively high and flat.

And it can be seen that in order to prevent flooding, the ground is specially cushioned with stones and rammed earth to increase the height by about half a meter.

The area is well ventilated and surrounded by a large number of trees to ensure soil stability. Large ditches were also built outside the granary to divert the surrounding floodwaters.

As soon as I entered the wall of the granary, I saw more than a dozen large houses inside, and these large houses were the barns for grain.

Buried drainage ditches can be seen on the inner surface of the yard, which lead to the large ditches with relatively low ground outside and are quickly drained away.

If the flood is relatively large, the gate is closed, and the wall can also block the flood.

Zhu Bai pointed to a square bricked field and asked, "What is that for, is it used for practice?" ”

Lao Zhu scolded with a smile: "You rebel only thinks about playing wherever you go." This is a rice drying field, the foundation of the field is tamped with gravel and lime, and the ground is paved with bricks. When it rains, the rainwater can be drained away quickly and does not accumulate water. ”

Zhu Bai nodded slightly, and went to see that the barns were one and a half feet higher than the floor in the courtyard.

In order to prevent waterlogging, it took a lot of thought.

When the head of the granary in charge of managing the official granary heard that Lao Zhu was coming, his feet were weak, and he hurriedly ran out of the yamen next to him to salute.

Lao Zhu waved his hand: "Don't panic." We're also free to go around. ”

The warehouse chief hurriedly bent down and lowered his head to follow behind Lao Zhu.

Zhu Bai jumped off his horse and began to circle along a large house with his hands behind his back.

Lao Zhu silently waited for him to finish, and said to the warehouse manager: "You tell Lao Twelve about the structure of this granary." ”

The warehouse chief hurriedly bowed his hand to Lao Zhu, and then said to Zhu Bai: "His Royal Highness the King of Xiang, this granary is the largest granary in Yingtianfu. There are five houses in total, including Guangfu, Guangheng, Guangtai, Guangji, and Guangfu. According to the emperor's order, all the granaries and warehouses of our Ming Dynasty start with the word "Guang", take the meaning of "wide storage of grain", and the second word is also used to contain the words of harvest, auspiciousness and other beautiful meanings. ”

Zhu Bai caught a glimpse of the patched cuffs in his official uniform, and was secretly surprised.

Although the head of the granary is low, it is easy to rub oil if he wants to, and he actually has a lot of power.

It's like this Ying Tiancang, where all the grain of the Beijing officials has to come out.

Reported a little more loss, took out the grain and sold it, and did not know it.

So if it weren't for the deliberate pretence, this warehouse manager would be a rare clean official.

Zhu Bai took a good look at him.

The face is dark and thin, the eyes are clear and calm, neither humble nor arrogant.

If it is according to the recruitment standards of the official tooth bureau, this warehouse manager is already qualified in appearance.

The warehouse manager asked someone to open the "Guangfu" room.

Zhu Bai went in to take a look, and was immediately amazed by the food inside.

The head of the warehouse said: "All the storage in this house is rice. Generally speaking, the same kind of grain should be stored in a dormitory as much as possible. Different houses have different shelf life and slightly different management according to the different grains stored. Each building of this granary is six zhang wide and four zhang deep. It is divided into five rooms. The grain pile in the house is packed to a zhang high, and the highest part of the middle of the grain pile is about one and a half zhang high, and the grain storage capacity of each is about one million to one and a half thousand catties. After being filled, it can store at least 6 million catties of grain. ”

Zhu Bai took a closer look at the room.

The buildings are all civil structures, with thick and airtight walls, and only near the top, a small window is chiseled and supported by wooden sticks.

The roof truss is a "human" herringbone beam, which is made of girders, purlins, and rafters.

The walls are made of green bricks, and thick wooden planks are laid, and there are beams and pillars under the planks.

Wooden planks are laid on the ground, and there are ventilation holes under the wooden boards, and warehouse management personnel can enter the ventilation holes to clean and kill rats.

There is not a single iron nail in the whole building, it is all riveted.

From the foundation to the design of the beams, it is designed to be durable, ventilated and shock-resistant, moisture-proof, rodent-proof, pest-proof, mildew-proof, etc.