"Please go back home, elders and sisters. I will give you some time to clean up the bureaucracy."
"This is my promise to you!"
Liu Xun's impassioned speech made many simple people shed tears, and they stood there for a long time, unwilling to leave.
Fang Zheng was already a little impatient when he saw it.
I originally wanted to ask Liu Xun more questions on the way.
I didn't expect that this bastard would disgust me halfway through.
Thinking of going to inspect the warehouse early, Fang Zheng walked up to Liu Xun and said, "Everyone, go away. Sir Liu still has official business to attend to."
When everyone heard the other voices, they couldn't help but look sideways.
When they saw that it was a young man with gold rings on his hands and dressed in fancy clothes, they couldn't help but look at him with contempt.
What kind of corrupt official is this? Look at Mr. Liu, he is covered in patches!
“.............”
Fang Zheng realized what was happening as soon as he looked at everyone's gaze.
Damn it, he actually made such a low-level mistake!
Liu Xun glanced at Fang Zhengyi with a smile. After all, the young man was too young to jump out and serve as a scapegoat for an old man.
Looking at the people who were still reluctant to leave, Liu Xun frowned and said, "Go away, everyone. I still have official business to attend to."
With just this one order, the people around began to disperse.
"Lord Liu truly loves his people like his own children. This makes this humble official ashamed." Fang Zheng said sarcastically.
Liu Xun was not ashamed of it. He stroked his beard and smiled, "Haha, it's nothing. It's just the way of being an official."
"Come on, let's go to the granary."
In the second half of the journey, the two rode in silence all the way to the granary.
The granary manager was still counting the newly arrived grain in the yard at this moment. When he saw Liu Xun coming, he immediately knelt down.
"Greetings, Lord Liu! I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person. Why didn't you inform me that you were coming?"
Liu Xun said: "This time, I am here with the newly appointed Tongpan Fang Zheng."
"It's just right, you're meeting him for the first time too."
"Meet Master Fang."
Fang Zheng nodded, walked to a pile of rice bags, and asked, "When was this rice delivered?"
The grain chief replied hurriedly: "This is the grain that was delivered from the capital a few days ago."
"Beijing? It's been a few days, and you're still taking inventory?"
The grain officer looked at Fang Zhengyi and then at Liu Xun. Seeing Liu Xun winking at him, he replied, "Your Excellency... We are short-handed, so the inventory is a little slow."
Fang Zhengyi didn't say anything and started walking around.
The granary in Jianjiang City is located on the ground. The overall structure looks like a huge courtyard, with grain packed in sacks and stacked neatly together.
After walking around, Fang Zheng saw a rice spy. He quickly walked forward, picked it up, walked back to the grain manager, and inserted it into the rice bag.
This rice probe is similar to a Luoyang shovel, but it is slightly longer than a screwdriver and has a groove from beginning to end.
Just plug and pull to take the rice out of the rice bag.
Fang Zhengyi took a closer look at the rice.
Good condition, no issues.
Liu Xun came forward and asked, "How do you see it?"
"That's right, but you didn't look at it carefully enough." Fang Zheng said as he walked towards the grain pile in the granary that had already been counted.
Then I inserted a few more rice bags, and there were no problems.
Liu Xun leaned over from behind him and couldn't help but smile.
But before he could laugh for long, he saw Fang Zhengyi climb up to the top of the rice pile and walk inside with a hunched back.
Liu Xun frowned: "Master Fang, it's dangerous in there, be careful!"
"It's okay!" Fang Zhengyi's voice came from inside.
When we reached the deepest part, the rice spy could be inserted without any problem.
Fang Zheng frowned, it seemed that this old man still didn't trust him.
Before he came, Bai Rui could find a lot of moldy rice and stale rice with just a casual investigation. Now they are hidden so deeply.
But no matter how deep they are hidden, it is useless because those fake and inferior goods must still be in the warehouse.
Otherwise, someone with a keen eye could easily find out the missing numbers by checking from outside.
Fang Zheng started by moving the rice bags on the top layer, then moved down one bag at a time.
After only moving three bags, the rice that the rice spy brought out changed color!
The dark brown rice has a strange smell, found it!
Fang Zheng grinned, grabbed a handful, turned around and slowly walked out.
Liu Xun listened to the voice coming from inside and stood waiting below with a gloomy face. The grain officer beside him was swallowing his saliva.
Although he was on the same side as Fang Zheng, he was still worried and did not dare to reveal everything.
This kid is so greedy. If he finds out there is something wrong with the granary, won’t he extort money from me?
I used to think he was just a playboy who had never done any housework, but I didn't expect he could get so deep into it!
Fang Zhengyi had already stuck his head out at this time, but he was not in a hurry to go down. Instead, he sat directly on the pile of rice.
Watching Liu Xun stretch out his right hand and slowly open his five fingers.
The moldy rice slid down my palm and fell to the ground...
Liu Xun didn't panic, but the grain chief panicked first and quietly pulled Liu Xun's sleeves twice.
Liu Xun waved his hand and said, "Go, tell everyone to leave. I have something to say to Lord Fang."
The grain chief breathed a sigh of relief and ran away.
Fang Zhengyi sat on it and sighed, "Master Liu, you don't consider me as a friend."
"I don't need to ask about the private collection of extra grain from the people, after all, it is not recorded in the register."
"But... since this concerns the government warehouse, I cannot turn a blind eye to it."
"If the hungry people outside the city start to make trouble and break into the granary and discover the situation here, I won't be able to save my head even if I have ten heads."
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