Chen Guan led people into a long alley, and first went in alone to check the ticket card with the ambassador of the warehouse.

Changping preserves the "life-saving food" of the entire Leizhou Mansion, where not only is there a checkpoint, and non-ticket holders cannot enter at all, but also there are warehouse soldiers who are closely guarded here.

The warehouse ambassador of Leizhou Mansion is called Zheng Dachong, although he is a petty official who is not in the stream, just doing the trivial work of taking care of the warehouse, but it is a position that everyone covets.

Chen Guan walked into the duty room, and in the face of this fat-headed and big-eared ambassador of the warehouse, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and only said that he had come to count the remaining old grain. His excuse is very reasonable, because every year after the autumn harvest, old grain is sold and new rice is sent.

Zheng Dachong drank some wine, still held a fat crab in his hand, and greeted warmly: "Chen Lingyi, I haven't congratulated you on your ascension yet!" It's a coincidence that you're here today, let's put aside business and have a drink with my brother! ”

"Lord Zheng, the villain has official business, please make it convenient!" Chen Guan was unmoved, but said respectfully.

"You! The people who just came up are all of your temper, but after a long time, you will know that if you are in too much of a hurry, you will be prone to trouble! Zheng Dachong waved the fat crab and complained, but he also stood up to take the key, and suddenly asked suspiciously: "Why didn't Secretary Qian come?" ”

"Didn't Qian Yuanwai call the board with Lord Fuzun? The priest seems to be afraid of being angered by the lord of the mansion, and he has been thinking of ways to remedy it for the past few days, how can he still have kung fu to deal with such a bad thing! Chen Guan said half-truthfully.

Zheng Dachong didn't doubt that he had him, and walked in front with the key and said mockingly: "Qian Shan is just a dumbfounder, his ass is not clean, and he even dares to argue with Lord Fuzun, isn't this looking for death?" ”

When Chen Guan heard this, he smiled and didn't speak. His eyes fell on Zheng Dachong in front of him, and he felt that this fat man seemed to be smart, but he was no better than Qian Shan.

After passing through several waterproof and fireproof courtyard walls, the group came to several warehouses sorted by heavenly stems.

Zheng Dachong pointed to the "land" word warehouse in front of him, and said with a big grin: "These are the remaining old grains that have not been processed, you find someone to count them, there are only 1,000 stones left!" ”

Rice grain has a storage period, so every year a batch of old grain will be disposed of at a low price, which has always been the responsibility of the household. When the new rice was sent in this year, a batch of old grain was processed, and this was the last batch of old grain.

Chen Guan nodded noncommittally and led the people to follow behind Zheng Dachong.

Zheng Dachong opened the door of the warehouse with the word "earth", and saw that the grain grains made of green bricks inside, with a cooking mouth underneath and rice stacked on it. However, the rice has obviously lost its luster, and even some of the rice has become moldy, and the smell of the air is not good.

Chen Guan smelled the smell of the air, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

Zheng Dachong grabbed a handful of rice, handed it to him and said proudly: "Chen Lingyi, this is the autumn rice of the previous year, this official can maintain this quality, I'm afraid that few people in the entire Ming Dynasty can do it!" ”

"Really? I'm afraid it can be folded into two percent this autumn, right? Chen Guan said quietly.

Zheng Dachong was a little proud, raised his chin and said: "Two into five, this is the price of the cooperative grain merchants over the years, and the previous batch was traded at this price!" ”

Chen Guan then handed over the old rice, the condition of this rice is really good, this old rice can be traded at two or a half of the market price of rice, which is also a good price. Of course, this is only possible if these words are true.

"This is all standard grain grains, fifty stone per mess, a total of twenty grains, you ask someone to count it, I have ordered someone to buy wine and food in front of me!" Chen Lingyi, give this little face to my brother, right? Zheng Dachong carried these grain troughs with a big grin, and looked at Chen Guan with a smile.

Chen Guan didn't intend to be so perfunctory, so he glanced at a confidant.

Zheng Dachong saw a person holding a hollowed-out bamboo tube and inserting it into the rice pile, and immediately raised his voice in his heart, and hurriedly scolded: "Stop!" You...... What are you doing! ”

At this point, his alcohol strength also completely woke up, and at the same time he looked at Chen Guan angrily.

Seeing his reaction, Chen felt more confident, so he said lightly: "This Chen rice is in such good condition, naturally I want to come to get lunch and make porridge for everyone to drink." ”

"No matter how good this is, it's also old rice, how can you let everyone eat this kind of rice!" Zheng Dachong's eyes rolled, and then he pulled and said flatteringly: "I have already discussed this matter of Chen Mi with Secretary Qian, and the matter of verification will be here!" ”

Chen Guan did not move, and arched his hand in the direction of the mansion: "Lord Zheng, I'm afraid you don't know yet!" This inspection of the granary is not the meaning of Secretary Chen, but the order of Lord Fuzun! ”

At this moment, how could he not have known that there was a serious problem with this granary. It's not clear who is involved, but Zheng Dachong and Qian Si will definitely not be able to escape.

The order of the Lord!

After hearing this, Zheng Dachong finally knew that something was wrong, and he was directly taken by the generals, so he pulled Chen Guan and said: "Chen Ling, take a step to speak!" ”

Chen Guan asked his henchmen not to be in a hurry to make a move, so he followed Zheng Dachong inside.

Zheng Dachong looked at no one on the left and right, so he gritted his teeth and gestured his finger and said, "Chen Lingyi, one thousand taels!" As long as you help deal with today's affairs, I will immediately order someone to send the silver taels outside the alley, and you can take them directly!" ”

Chen Guan was really frightened, when he made the post book, it was less than ten taels of silver a year, but now it was a thousand taels, how could he not let his heart thump.

At this time, he also understood why these Shangguan could be so black-hearted, it was really money and people's hearts!

"A thousand taels of snowflake silver! With this money, you can buy a house and fertile land, and you can also raise a few beautiful concubines! Zheng Dachong looked at him and continued to tempt.

Chen Guan swallowed the word "good" stiffly, although this money is tempting, but he can't ask for it. His conscience has not been bad enough to this extent, once this lid is covered, it will be 200,000 people in Leizhou Mansion who will suffer.

In addition, this matter is staring at the Fuzun. If he really greeds this money out of conscience, not to mention that Lord Fuzun can't spare him, his uncle will beat him to death with a stick, after all, he now represents the Chen family.

"I'll add ten more gold bars, and this gold bar will be stored in my duty room, and I'll get it for you right away!" Zheng Dachong looked at Chen Guan's eyes flickering, and then continued to play the chips.

Seeing that Chen Guan was still silent, he continued: "You should understand that I alone will never be able to do this!" If you're still not satisfied, you can make a number, and I'll find them to sum it up! ”

In order to drag Chen Guan into the water, Zheng Dachong almost didn't care about the cost.

Chen Guan resisted this kind of temptation, his eyes forced him and said: "This granary is related to the life and death of 200,000 people in my Leizhou Mansion, how can I be in the same stream as you!" ”

"Don't toast or drink!" Zheng Dachong's face also changed, and he warned him: "You should know how deep the water is here, if you really want to investigate, Lord Fuzun will suffer!" ”

"Jia Bao and Qian Shan are cows! What happened to the results? Isn't it the end of the autumn yet? Chen Guan was-for-tat, and then said confidently: "The water here is indeed deep, but it can't reach the bare feet of Lord Fuzun!" ”

mentioned Lord Fuzun, but it gave Chen Guan infinite confidence, no longer saved face for this person, and ordered to the waiting subordinates: "What are you still doing in a daze, check it for me!" ”

Syllable!

An errand officer inserted the hollowed-out bamboo pole into the rice grains, and after it was solid, he pulled the bamboo pole out. But I saw that the rice at the bottom was actually black, and a foul smell permeated it.

Wow......

When several of the officers smelled the stench, they immediately ran to the side and choked and vomited.

This kind of rice is enough to choke people to death, even if it is smelled by people. I don't know how many years of old rice this is, and the top layer is just a cover.

"Check all the warehouses for me! How much rice grain is missing in this granary, and what year of old grain is stored here, let me find out! ”

Chen Guan smelled the stench, gritted his teeth, and his eyes also revealed a chill and ordered. Although he knew that there must be something wrong with this silos, just opening the corner of the granary already made him feel a sense of panic, and the problem was much more serious than he thought.

Zheng Dachong saw that Chen Guan was going to check the entire granary, and his heart was immediately cool. I only felt that the world was spinning, and the whole person fell to the ground, and I fainted with fright.