The Prodigal Son’s Happy Life - Chapter 541

[Chapter 541 There is a problem]

At this time, there was a little more light in the dark granary.

Fang Xiu and Fang Ru looked at the bright light at the same time. Not surprisingly, it was Tian Yu.

He was holding an oil lamp in his hand. The light emitted by the oil lamp was very weak, and there was only a small hole for ventilation.

Tian Yu smiled, looked at Fang Ru, and said: “Miss Fang, this is the granary of my Linze Mansion. Whatever you want to see, just ask me to do it.”

Fang Ru heard this and glanced at Fang Xiu subconsciously. , seeing him nodding, he responded: “Okay.”

Then, he looked at Fang Xiu and said in a commanding tone: “Look around to see if there are any gaps.”

Fang Xiu raised his hand and responded: “Yes!”

Immediately afterwards, they took two steps forward and saw that except for the area where they were standing, there was no food, and the rest of the space was filled with rice.

Fang Xiu took a look at the rice. There was nothing unusual about it, and he couldn’t see many vacancies.

According to the calculation of the volume of the entire granary, if there is no difference between the other two granaries and this one, then there is not much difference with the statistics compiled by the Ministry of Revenue and submitted by the Linze Mansion Yamen.

However

, during this period, his experience in inspecting other state capitals in the North Central Plains Province told him that things could never be that simple.

He also didn’t believe that Linze Mansion was so clean.

As the old saying goes, what goes up works and works down.

Other state capitals are like that, how can this Linze Prefecture be any better?

Although there is no direct evidence, when they entered the city, the soldier who guarded the city had explained everything, and what Agent Tian had done at the inn before, all showed that the thief had a guilty conscience!

Fang Xiu thought of this, moved his eyes to Tian Yu, and asked: “Captain Tian, is there any other place where I can enter this granary?”

When Tian Yu heard this question, he frowned slightly, but he didn’t show it too obviously, just He shook his head, then returned to his original smiling look, and replied: “This is the only place you can come in among the three granaries.”

Fang Xiu said: “If I remember correctly, there is a document from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Granaries in various state capitals must have three entrances to prevent it from being difficult to rescue when water breaks out.”

Tian Yu frowned again after hearing this.

Although he was not impatient, it was obvious that his attitude had changed.

Through the faint light, he looked at Fang Xiu and explained: “This brother may not understand that our Central Plains Road is the most severely affected.

His Majesty’s decree is that all state capitals must open warehouses to release grain, and the remaining The food needs to be relocated, so we can only temporarily build three granaries.

The construction was a little hasty, and it is inevitable that there will be mistakes.”

At this point, he paused, looked at Fang Ru aside, and said with a smile: “Of course, I will summon the craftsmen as soon as possible. To build a new granary, a temporary granary like this must be demolished later. “

Okay, then”

Fang Ru nodded and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Fang Xiu: “If there is no door, can it be in the lower part of the granary.” , please ask the carpenter to cut a smaller entrance?”

Tian Yu’s expression changed when he heard this.

Of course, it only took a moment for him to return to his original appearance, and he said with a smile: “This brother’s idea is indeed good, but it shouldn’t be necessary in a short time.

After all, it only takes more than a month to build a new granary.” The construction can be completed. Although it is winter and the weather is dry, soldiers must be on guard all around, so there is no chance of any accidents.”

Before he could finish speaking, Fang Xiu interrupted him again: “What will happen in a month? None of us can be sure.

Moreover, just hiring a carpenter to do a little work may not consume too much energy and time.”

Tian Yu heard this and had nothing to argue with.

He just looked at Fang Ru and asked, “Does Miss Fang think so too?”

Fang Ru nodded lightly and said, “He is my brother’s guard. Since he said so, he should That’s what my brother meant.”

Tian Yu’s expression stiffened slightly when he heard the word “guards around him”, and then said: “In that case, I’ll hire a carpenter,

but it will take some time to start the work .

I’m afraid it will be difficult to complete. After all, there is so much food in the granary, and it cannot be completed by simply sawing out a smaller entrance.

I also asked Miss Fang to go back to the inn and rest for a while until this time tomorrow. How about I invite you again?”

When Fang Ru heard this, she was not in a hurry to give a reply, but looked at Fang Xiu and saw him shaking his head.

So, he replied: “No rush, I don’t have anything to do here anyway. Just go and hire a carpenter, and we’ll just stare here.

I just want to see how the carpenter works. I used to I’ve never seen it before.”

When she said this, she really showed an interested expression, which seemed to be genuine.

Tian Yu listened and opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

However, after a pause, he still didn’t say anything. He just said: “Then please let Miss Fang go outside to rest for a while. I’ll ask the carpenter for my humble job.”

“Okay.”

Fang Ru agreed.

The three people climbed out along the wooden ladder.

“I’ll go back after my humble duty.”

Tian Yu cupped his hands towards Fang Ru, turned around and left.

Before leaving, he could be seen saying a few words to the soldiers guarding the granary.

“What’s next? Just wait here?”

After Tian Yu left, Fang Ru looked at Fang Xiu with an impatient expression on her face and asked.

This look is completely different from before.

At such a young age, his acting skills have been honed to such an extent. If it were placed in future generations, he would still be a minor actor.

Fang Xiu glanced at Tian Yu’s leaving figure, shook his head and said, “Don’t worry, we can’t wait long.”

“Why?”

Fang Ru was a little curious.

Fang Xiu looked at her and said calmly: “Because it won’t be long before a fire breaks out here.”

“What?”

Fang Ru was slightly startled, obviously not understanding what he meant.

Fang Xiu didn’t answer him. He just leaned against the granary and closed his eyes to rest.

When Fang Ru saw this, a thoughtful look appeared on her face.

After a moment, he murmured: “But I don’t see anything wrong with this granary.

Besides, there are three granaries in total, and there are two more, and you haven’t even looked at them yet!”

Fang Xiu thought to himself: “You scrape out” After the word “thank you”, do you still have to scratch out all four words “thank you for your patronage”?

Of course, Fang Ru would definitely not understand what he said.

So, he said very straightforwardly: “There are compartments below this granary. The upper part contains grain, and the lower part is empty.”

“How do you know?”

Now, it was Fang Ru’s turn to say this. .

Fang Xiu opened his eyes, looked at her, with a faint smile on his face, and said, “You guessed it!”

(End of Chapter)