On the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Guanghe, the weather was sunny, cloudless and windless, but it was extremely cold.

Early that morning, Gongsun Xun got up as it was dark again, then came out of Feng Zhi's room to wash up, and finally went out without even having breakfast.

Everyone in the mansion has long been accustomed to this, and has even prepared for it, because when it comes to the day of gymnastics and Cuju, Gongsun Xun always has to go to the school field in person to have dinner with the strong men from each team who gathered last night, without exception.

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As for today, it is said that it is the most strenuous part of the exercise, the so-called "armed attack training", that is, being fully armed, bringing enough food and grass, and imitating marching for dozens of miles. You may even have to set up camp in the place, and then complete the encirclement and suppression of a certain place.

Only the beasts on the top of the mountain can disband and return. As for Gui Cao, outsiders have always been prohibited from watching, unlike Cuju... The days when the Cuju League is held are always like a festival. Except for one high eunuch who doesn't like it, almost all the big and small families in the city don't like it.

Everyone should go and see it, it is really lively and interesting.

"Husband." After the two concubines finished binding their husband's armor, Zhao Yun stepped forward and took the broken knife in her hand. "I hope my husband will have a good harvest this winter hunting."

After arriving at the destination during previous training sessions, we usually had to hunt for prey on a certain mountain as a final exercise, so it was not a bad idea to hunt in winter.

"I hope so!" Gongsun Xun took the knife and said with a smile. "It's still early, my mother is probably still asleep, and it's normal to have to go to the school grounds every now and then in the past two months, so I won't go and look for it.

Say hello to mother, you don’t need to see me off, just wait for mother to get up later and take care of her for me."

Zhao Yun and Gongsun Xun looked at each other and bowed slightly in reply, without saying anything extra.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lang, we will definitely make mother happy." Feng Zhi, who was on the side, quickly responded when she saw this, and her face immediately turned red. "You have to come back early today."

"Take care, sir." Bian Yu also leaned forward and bowed.

Gongsun Xun didn't take it seriously and directly put the broken sword on the inside of his armor, then went out and let out a breath of white air before heading straight out.

"Let's clean up and then go have breakfast with Mother." After the other party left the yard, Zhao Yun turned back and glanced at the two concubines. "Ah Zhi went to my room to help me bring the cat."

Feng Zhi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and immediately did not dare to say any more.

At the same time, on the east side of Xiangping City, next to a water source, located between the governor's mansion and the east city gate, the Prime Minister of Xiangping County and his householder Cao Wangxiu were also chatting with someone.

"Today we have to work hard for Mr. Tian." Shen Ping greeted him kindly. "Today is a training, and it is a training for all members. It requires a lot of food and grass. I also ask Mr. Tian to open the barn door as soon as possible. Someone will enter the city later.

Transport food."

"Oh, it's my duty, what's the harm?" The person opposite was Tian Shao. After this guy resigned as county magistrate, Aunt Gongsun seemed to feel a little sorry for her son, so she took the initiative to find a person in charge of Chang Pingcang in the county for this guy.

Three hundred stone warehouse official position.

From the county to the county, the reputation is not bad. And since Changpingcang was invented by Li Kui, it has long become the main official warehouse in the Qin and Han Dynasties, not only for storing disaster prevention and war preparations, but also for storing troops for disaster prevention and war preparation.

It has the daily functions of stabilizing food prices and mediating the market, and even handles the distribution of salaries, so it is not a sinister job, but a prominent position.

"I wonder how much grain and fodder need to be transferred today?" Tian Shao led the other party into the yard in front of the warehouse, and then asked someone to take out the account books and inquire about the records carefully.

"The food will cost fifty thousand dan, and half of the fodder will be taken away." Wang Xiu stepped forward and held out the document and said seriously. "In addition, the sundries needed for this march, such as tents, oil, salt, vinegar, etc., will be doubled!"

Tian Shao took the two documents that were sealed by the prefect, which everyone in the county knew, and handed them back without opening them. Then he motioned to the assistant behind him to record them in the record... Unexpectedly, the assistant held a small

The pen and ink dripped on the paper, but my eyes were dumbfounded and I couldn't write a word, as if I was frozen by the weather.

"Is there any problem?" The judge held the knife and narrowed his eyes and asked the assistant.

"Yeah, what's the problem?" Tian Shao couldn't help but frowned. "Isn't it just fifty thousand dan, and then double the tent? It's not like the tent will not be returned, a little salt and vinegar, this is too much..."

"Takura Cheng," the clerk tremblingly handed over the account book and fine pen. "This matter is of great importance, how about you write it?"

"Why not?" Tian Shao immediately grabbed the account book impatiently, and then picked up the pen to write, but as soon as he wrote a word, he raised his head dumbfounded. "Five, fifty thousand dan? You two, tent.

, salt and vinegar are fine, and fodder is not bad, but fifty thousand shi of grain...Did the county magistrate Shen and Wang Hucao make a mistake?"

"That's right," the judge replied without hesitation, holding his sword. "It's exactly fifty thousand shi of grain. The civilians have gathered outside the east city gate at this time. They are just waiting for the Cangcheng to open the warehouse before entering the city to get it."

Tian Shao looked pale and hesitated to speak, but he didn't know what to do... Because, as he just said, everything else is easy to talk about, but these 50,000 shi of grain are too sensitive!

Stone is a very interesting unit of measurement. It is first of all a unit of capacity. One stone in the Han system is about 20,000 milliliters. However, since its main purpose is to measure grain for the national economy and people's livelihood, it was quickly extended to

The unit of weight is that one stone of grain, that is, 20,000 milliliters of corn, is about one hundred and twenty Hans to make a catty, so there is another saying that one stone is four jun, and one jun is thirty Hans to make a catty; finally, because grain is often used as official salaries,

Therefore, Shi was soon extended to an official rank...

But no matter what, whether looking at the unit of capacity or the unit of weight, one stone of grain should be about one hundred and twenty Han system kilograms, and if we consider that one kilogram under the Han system is about one-half of the later

Market catty, a quarter of a kilogram, so roughly treating one stone of corn as 30 kilograms of grain for future generations still won't make any difference.

Fifty thousand shi is equivalent to 1.5 million kilograms, or three million jins of grain. This figure, if we don't take into account transportation losses, can save 10,000 people on food for more than half a year.

And thinking about it this way, it's no wonder Tian Shao was stunned... He thought it was five hundred stones just now!

"Don't be kidding, Chief Judge Shen?" Tian Shao's hands were trembling and he could only grit his teeth to verify. "Fifty thousand dan... It's just a training day. Even if it is disbanded tomorrow, it will only feed three meals for four to five thousand people. How can we need 50,000 dan?"

"This training is to imitate the grain transportation." Shen Zhengnan said without shame. "Take out 50,000 shi of grain, escort it to Xuantu County, and then send it back. The people transporting grain at the door have their animals and carts ready.

Already."

"Why use real food?" Tian Shao was speechless. "Just make 50,000 stones of adobe to look like..."

"My county prince likes to use real food and real fodder... so what?"

"this……"

"Tian Cangcheng, don't say these words," Shen Pei was obviously a little impatient. He directly took a step forward with the knife and asked seriously. "I just ask you, Youzhou County in Liaodong has a vast territory and a large population, and there are support from the surrounding areas.

The four counties are responsible for border defense, so there won’t even be 50,000 shi of grain in this warehouse, right?”

"It's natural." Tian Shao explained hurriedly. "But the purpose of hoarding food is for border preparation and disaster prevention. Apart from sending troops and providing relief, how can we send out so much in one go..."

"I've said it all, don't say this," the judge asked again, holding the knife and taking a step forward, forcing the person in front of him to take a step back. "Let me ask Tian Cangcheng again, is our document fake? What's on the document?

Is the county government seal fake?"

"Of course..."

"In this case, what does this matter have to do with Tiancang Cheng?" Shen Pei continued to ask. "If something really goes wrong, do you think our Gongsun County Lord will shirk the blame and implicate you officials? Besides, it's only fifty thousand dan.

If it is really lost when you go out, can’t the Gongsun family afford to pay for it?”

At this time, Wang Xiu also hurriedly stepped forward and said seriously: "Tian Gong, there will be a great harvest outside the Great Wall this year. The fine rice in Liaodong City now costs four hundred yuan per stone. The corn in the warehouse is mixed with old rice from previous years.

It's only two hundred and twenty yuan per stone... Fifty thousand stone is only about ten million yuan. And if you look at the current price of gold on the market, it's only seven or eight hundred gold. Plus this year's great harvest outside the Great Wall, do you really think

Our county can’t afford the compensation?”

Tian Shao was silent for a moment... He naturally understood this truth. In fact, according to his estimation, even if the Amway did not specialize in purchasing grain, the grain stored in various warehouses outside the Great Wall at this time would probably be 50,000 dan.

However, the more this happened, the more he was a little shocked, because the Lord of Gongsun County did not use his own food, but used the official warehouse, as if to facilitate the centralized transportation of the civilians outside the city, and considering that the other party had previously mobilized the entire county's elite soldiers to train troops

, what Cuju did was clearly premeditated and then intended to do something big beyond his imagination.

It's really beyond imagination... Training troops and using official rations to go out of the city can't be a rebellion, right? Tian Shao could only think this way at the beginning, but if there is a rebellion, why not launch it directly in Xiangping City? Why put it in Xiangping City?

Food shipped out?

When Shen Pei saw that the other party's expression was uncertain and he knew that the other party was a little shaken, he loosened the hand holding the knife, stepped forward and said frankly: "My county prince has a saying, I came to tell Mr. Tian that what happened today will be ruined."

He will not implicate anyone; when things are done, he will not forget everyone's help! As for what happened, you will all know in a few days."

Tian Shao sighed... Yes, even with the worst idea, that is, if the Gongsun family really wanted to rebel, he might be able to sweep across Liaodong in a short time. Even if he didn't want to be a thief, he had to deal with current affairs.

Bar?

Besides, it seems like they don’t want to rebel, right? So, let’s just avoid this!

"Fifty thousand shi is fifty thousand shi." Tian Shao gritted his teeth and lowered his head to record, but he couldn't help but ask. "But the matter is very important at this time. Can I report it to the Lord afterwards?"

"As soon as the food leaves the city later, I'm afraid the city will be alarmed." Shen Pei couldn't help but smile. "But if Mr. Gaofu ignores it, Mr. Tian and the other assistants in the warehouse department might as well wait for two or three days. By then, my family will

The county prince will definitely be very grateful."

When Tian Shao heard this, he relaxed even more... and allowed himself to tell the prefect that nine times out of ten there was not a rebellion, and as long as it was not a rebellion, who cares?!

"The account books have been entered," Tian Shao put away the account books and said with his hands. "I will have people move the threshold of the courtyard gate, check the grain and grass, and ask the county magistrate to have people come into the city to transport them immediately... while it is still dark,

There aren’t many people there yet, so transportation is faster at this time.”

"That's how it should be!" The judge took a few steps back, leaned down and saluted. "Thank you so much, Mr. Tian... I think Mr. Tian will be famous all over the world for this in the future."

Tian Shao couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The city gate had long been opened under the order of the county captain. Yesterday afternoon, the civilian husbands and young men who had been ordered to arrive at the school ground in the east of the city with their weapons, country cars, and animals had actually had breakfast in the school ground. At this time, they were in Han Dynasty.

They led the troops into the city to transport grain and grass... The news they received was that the county was about to send 50,000 shi of grain and a lot of fodder to Xuantu, so they were invited by Gongsun County Lord as part of the drill.

Although this feels a bit like conscripting labor, it doesn't matter if someone organizes it. Anyway, there is food to eat, and Xuantu is too close, so it is just a few days of hard practice... After all, two months of continuous exercises and Cuju

It actually made these people trust Gongsun Xun to a certain extent.

Fifty thousand shi of grain, plus half a warehouse of fodder, must be a lot, but in front of thousands of civilians who had been prepared, as well as a large number of livestock and vehicles, it was just easy. Not to mention Wang Xiu's command, blocking the road, entering the city from the right, and leaving the city.

From the right... In the end, everyone left the city when it was already dark.

Although the city was already bustling with people at this time, even Aunt Gongsun's confidant Cui Qiyi, who came out to buy in the morning, only heard from passers-by that the county government sent grain and grass to Xuantu, temporarily recruited armed civilians, and then temporarily closed the road.

That's all... He didn't think about it. In fact, Aunt Gongsun didn't see her son the next day, so she asked him casually, and after learning about it, she didn't think much about it.

After all, it is only more than a hundred miles from Xiangping City, the county seat of Liaodong County, to Goguryeo City, the county seat of Xuantu County (yes, that is the place where Goguryeo was located before the rebellion, which was the county seat of Xuantu County, and later the northeastern side of Shenyang). With enough vehicles and livestock,

Under such circumstances, it would only take two or three days to travel along the main road.

However, after walking for only two days, on the morning of the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Gongsun Xun suddenly changed his route, crossed the frozen Xiaoliao River to the west bank of the river, and skipped Goguryeo City to continue walking north. On the third day
To be continued...