The flames on the torch swayed in the wind, and everyone's face was illuminated by the flames.
Everyone inside and outside the granary subconsciously held their breath, and only the rustling footsteps and the sound of tongues of fire licking the sky echoed.
The soldiers who were originally guarding the granary were all disarmed and stood aside with bows. After all, they were Da Chen's own soldiers, so Xiao Shilian did not embarrass them too much.
A general held a torch while looking at the scene in the granary. He felt a little embarrassed when he spoke: "Major General, this..."
Xiao Shilian also looked at the scene in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should be sighing or angry.
In their opinion before, no matter how much food there was, it would just fill up the small granary outside. However, when they actually opened the door of the granary, everyone realized that they had really underestimated these things.
Years of savings in Jingzhou.
The entire granary doesn't look big, but it's actually a semi-crypt-style building. The buildings on the ground are mainly for drainage and ventilation. The actual place where the grain is stored is underground, with layers of artificial steps spiraling down the wall.
There is a cave every few steps, and food is mainly stored in these caves.
But now Xiao Shilian is just standing at the door of the granary and looking around. The amount of grain stored in the granary is enough to shock him. Not to mention supporting these three thousand people to fight, or even supporting the entire army led by Xiao Maha.
It lasts for a month or two.
"This Fan Yi really has hidden a lot of good things." Xiao Shilian tapped the palm of his hand with his riding crop. It seemed that they had finally gotten a glimpse of this Jingzhou governor. The food and grass were not too much in fact, but
But it has extraordinary significance.
Because this is food that has been prepared and does not need to be collected.
As the saying goes, before the army moves, food and grass must go first. Throughout the ages, food and grass have been the key to an army's long-term combat effectiveness. Even hungry elite soldiers and generals cannot exert 10% of their efforts. Therefore, before the army sets off,
The collection of grain and grass is always of great importance.
During the troubled times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the two sides fought back and forth along the Huaihe River, Dajiang and other fronts. If you wanted to hoard food close to the battle line, you would risk the food being plundered by the enemy. In addition, the Northern and Southern Dynasties continued to attack each other, and the war continued for three hundred years.
Basically, there has been no calm down, let alone calm down to stock up on food and grass on the front line.
Therefore, when the army goes out for an expedition, it usually collects grain and grass from the people in the surrounding prefectures on the spot, or transfers it from several grain warehouses in the rear. No matter which method is used, it naturally takes a lot of effort. At this time, it appears in this important frontline town.
Such a large granary is even equivalent to providing timely help for the main force of Nanchen, who are already worried about the food problem and can only pursue a quick solution.
"Boqing, I heard that you..." Pei Zilie and Li Xingchen walked in quickly. Pei Zilie subconsciously stopped before he finished speaking.
Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows. He had never seen this kind of semi-underground granary in other places in Nanchen before - including the capital Jiankang Mansion and the important town Zhongli in Huainan - but this did not mean that Li Xingchen didn't know
Such a granary.
In another time and space that was not affected or changed by him, several famous large or even giant granaries built by Emperor Sui Yang, such as Luokou Cang, Huiluo Cang, etc., all used this method.
Construction method. However, the humid conditions in the Jinghu area were obviously taken into consideration, so the ventilation and drainage of this granary were obviously more thoughtful. In terms of size, it was certainly not comparable to the giant granary built with a nationwide effort.
If Li Xingchen could really describe the granary in front of him, I am afraid that the most common sentence in history books would be the most suitable - the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients.
"The governor of Jingzhou is really well prepared." Pei Zilie couldn't help but sigh at this time, and just after the two of them, Fan Chang, who was being held tightly by Chen Zhishen and walked in, fell to his knees on the ground with a "plop"
.
Li Xingchen turned around and said with a smile: "General Zhonglang, didn't you keep saying that there was not enough food in the city? How can you say this now?"
Fan Chang kowtowed and said sadly: "I really don't know, I really don't know. I am just ordered to guard the Public Security City. I don't know exactly how much food and grass there is in the Public Security City."
"If I remember correctly, although privately hoarding military rations is not a capital crime, it is still a big crime. I just don't know how the Jingzhou governor could be so careless and commit such a crime." Li Xingchen said with a smile, "Zhong
General Lang, why don't you think about whether the governor of Jingzhou will take the initiative to stand up and confess his guilt?"
"This..." Fan Chang was stunned for a moment.
Although Fan Yi is not the kind of person who refuses to take responsibility, he must also consider it from the perspective of the entire Fan family. Now His Majesty is obviously wary of the Fan family. If Fan Yi falls again, maybe Your Majesty will take advantage of this
The opportunity will completely sweep the Fan family into the dust of history, or even if His Majesty lets the Fan family go, other aristocratic families will not give the Fan family a chance to breathe.
Therefore, Fan Yi's best choice is to choose a suitable scapegoat.
As for Fan Chang, who has an official position of neither big nor small and is the first to bear the brunt, he is naturally the best choice. After all, this incident revealed that Fan Chang also has a lot of responsibility.
Fan Chang gritted his teeth and looked up at Li Xingchen. After a long time, he tentatively said, "What do you mean?"
Li Xingchen said in a deep voice: "No one wants to bring trouble to His Majesty in this matter. I don't think General Zuowei or the governor of Jingzhou want to cause trouble when we join forces to fight against the Xiliang people."
Fan Chang was startled for a moment, as if he heard what Li Xinchen meant and didn't want to add insult to injury. Li Xinchen pointed at the granary and said: "There is a lot of food here, and you know that. However, our army did not carry much food during the expedition, and you don't know that."
I know, so we might as well make a deal. If we report the things here to General Zuowei, it will probably take a few days on the road, so why don't you just give us the food and grass, and we guarantee that this matter will not be revealed, okay?"
"You mean..." Fan Chang immediately understood what Li Xingchen meant. Of course, Li Xingchen did this in order to directly own the grain in a reasonable and reasonable manner. Otherwise, even if they really reported the news of a large amount of grain found here to the unknown
Where Xiao Mohe is, it takes a long time to come and go, so the gain is not worth the loss.
With almost no hesitation, Fan Chang nodded solemnly, but he also knew that if he agreed, he would still agree, but he still had to tell the Jingzhou Governor about this deal, and the sooner the better.