Since the founding of the Great Yue Kingdom, local governments have required two official warehouses. One is the local prefecture and county official warehouses, which are used to stockpile fixed annual tax grains. Then, every autumn and winter, they are delivered to the Transport Department and then transported to the capital. The other is Changping Warehouse, where the grain saved from the official warehouses over the years is stored, and then exchanged as soon as possible, in order to have a reserve, just in case.

For example, when the local grain prices rise in the year of disaster, local officials can open the regular liquidation warehouse and rush the grain into the market to stabilize the price of grain. Or when encountering disasters, they can also use this batch of grain to help the victims.

It can be said that although this Changping Warehouse only enters and does not leave on weekdays, its function is not below the official warehouse. At least when Li Ling was an official in Yangzhou, he attached great importance to the management of Changping Warehouse, and almost conducted an inspection every month.

This time, the imperial court had to call local food to stockpile, which refers to the grain in the Changping Warehouse. After all, the grain in the official warehouse must be distributed to the officials of the yamen. Most of the grain in the Changping Warehouse cannot be used in most places. However, according to what Ma Bangwen said before, the Changping Warehouse in Yingzhou had already bottomed out, so it was impossible to transport grain to the north. Then Li Ling now proposed to go to the warehouse to check it out, which was reasonable.

Soon, the two sides left the government office. Although the sky was getting darker, it did not affect their actions. They soon arrived at a corner of the south of the city, where the Changping Cang Cang of Yingzhou Prefecture was located. The area occupied was quite large, the gate was closed, and several veterans were guarding it.

It was not until he learned that it was the prefect who brought people to him that the veterans quickly opened the door. At the same time, a minor official in charge of this place hurriedly came out and wanted to please him, but he was stopped by Ma Tai Wai: "Mr. Li, if you want to check the situation in the warehouse today, you can accompany him in and take a look and introduce some of the situation in our warehouse."

The little official named Wang Hui nodded repeatedly and greeted Li Ling and the others again, and then he warmly called them to enter. While leading the way, he complained: "Mr. Li, you don't know anything. Our Yingzhou Prefecture Changping Warehouse is really poor. We haven't seen food for almost two years. Now the five large warehouses are empty enough to run away, and we can't even see a mouse. Please be careful, the threshold is a bit high..."

While listening to him talking, Li Ling looked around casually. In addition to the outermost room of Changping Cangkeng, there were all warehouses behind him. Although there were only five rooms, each room occupied a huge area and was built with great care. Not only were there tiles on the top, there were water barriers below, but there were also thick portals. The brick walls of the outer room were also painted with insect-proof and moisture-proof lime... In this situation, it looked even more perfect than the government office.

Seeing Li Ling's eyes lingering in several warehouses, Wang Hui's eyes were a little flustered, but he explained: "The villain has no other work here, so he wanted to renovate these warehouses. He did it himself, and it didn't cost much money. In this way, when the food is really transported next year, it will be safely stored."

Li Ling nodded with a smile, not saying whether he believed it or not, but just came to a warehouse with the word "Ding" at will: "Open it and take a look."

"Yes." Wang Hui didn't dare to refuse to obey, and immediately stepped forward, pushed hard, and the door opened in a creaking sound, revealing the empty scene inside. It was as he said, and the warehouse was empty. Li Ling didn't say much, but just walked in the door casually, walked around the warehouse, looked here, then there, and then went out.

Then he went into three warehouses in a row, but there was no discovery. However, Li Ling's face was not disappointed, and he continued, pointing to the A-shaped warehouse that was considered the innermost and said, "Open the door and let me see it."

Wang Hui was a little helpless. It was too careful, but he still agreed to open the lock and push the door, but it was still empty. But this time, Li Ling did not enter again, but waved to several subordinates behind: "Let me check it carefully, both up and down, inside and out, especially on the ground."

As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers naturally agreed in a low voice and stepped forward decisively. Wang Hui's face suddenly changed. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it. He could only look back and look at Ma Bangwen as if he was asking for help.

The latter's face also changed a little, and his original confidence and confidence were completely gone. After hesitating for a while, he stepped forward and said, "Mr. Li, it's dark now. You have seen so many warehouses and have not found anything. Why not go back first..."

"No hurry, it's not too late to leave after checking this warehouse." Li Ling smiled, but this smile had a deep meaning that made people feel palpitations.

While talking, the few people inside were busy. Some were slapping on the wall, and some were stomping on the ground with their feet. They were fumbled and tentative inch by inch, as if they were sure that there was something wrong with this.

The expressions of the Yingzhou Prefecture Office became more and more nervous, but they could not help. Finally, as one person slapped hard on the wall in the east corner, the sound that came out turned from dullness to crispness, and everyone's spirit changed: "It's here!"

This sentence made Li Ling smile on his face, then he turned his head to look at Ma Bangwen and Wang Hui: "I didn't expect that there was something else in this warehouse."

"Yes, yes...hehe, I don't know." Wang Hui said as he wiped his forehead with his hand. He was so nervous that he was sweating all over in such a cold winter.

Ma Bangwen's expression finally became a little panicked, and his lowered hands were even trembling slightly, and he followed the sentence inside: "There is a mechanism here!" He took a step back.

Sure enough, with this cheer, a creaking sound came out again. The wall that looked tightly slid towards the side, revealing a space of black slimming behind it. Without anyone's instructions, someone from the outside immediately took out a torch and lit it, sent it here, and shone it in.

Li Ling also stepped in at this time, stood in the secret door and looked inside, and saw that there was also a huge warehouse inside. Unlike the warehouse outside, there were hundreds of sacks stacked here, bulging.

"Master Ma, don't you explain this?" Li Ling greeted and signaled his subordinates to come forward to check. Immediately, two people came forward with torches, and a knife in their hands slashed the sack, and then the golden millet inside flowed out like water. Obviously, the food piled up in the warehouse here, maybe the number is not large, but there are still thousands of kilograms.

"Master Ma, why are you still standing there? Come up and take a look and explain to me, what's going on with this food?" Li Ling said again, and then a soldier behind Ma Bangwen pushed him suddenly, making him finally come back to his senses after staggering, and his face turned pale: "Master... Sir, listen to me, listen to the explanation of the next officer..." Just like a drowning person, he was still making the final struggle.

Then I heard another scream from the inner room: "There is still a door here!"

This was heard, and Ma Bangwen felt like he was struck by lightning. He opened his mouth wide, but couldn't say a word.

Although Li Ling did not look back at the other party's reaction, he also guessed that this was the key point and immediately ordered: "Open the door."

"No, this door was latched from the outside..." As the firelight shone, I finally saw the form of the door clearly, and someone shouted unexpectedly.

"Break it!" Li Ling had guessed what was going on, but hesitated to order.

Although there was no hammer, how could a wooden door stump them here? Five or six men shouted and rushed forward. After a few bangs, the door was shaking. After a few more times, the two thick warehouse doors fell down, exposing the situation outside to Li Ling and the others.

There was an open space outside the door. At this time, three or four torches were illuminating. More than a dozen men were rushing over in panic and were just looking at each other with the soldiers. After a while, they realized, screamed in surprise, turned their heads and were about to scatter and flee.

But how could these elite soldiers in the imperial guards let them escape? While shouting a few times, the five men formed a wedge-shaped formation and rushed up suddenly. The sword on their waists had been picked in their hands, but they did not sheath them. They swung them up and slashed them.

Everyone outside was just a few crops, and they were guilty and panic, so they couldn't even resist. They were knocked down one by one after another, and there was not even a single one to escape.

It was not until then that Li Ling walked out slowly under the entourage of the other soldiers. His eyes turned and he landed on the warehouses that also occupied a lot of land in front of him. Without any need for him to speak, a soldier decisively stepped forward and pushed open the closed warehouse door, and then saw a full warehouse of stored grain stacking there.

Seeing this, both the strong man who fell to the ground and the soldiers were shocked. However, Li Ling still looked calm and composed, because he had known that such a result would be-

"...He once said that after the warehouse is closed, there is a world of world, no one knows that the grain comes out, and there is a cave after the Jia, and the grain goes out like water and becomes empty early..."

Although it was just a few mysterious words on the paper, Li Ling could easily guess the true meaning. Now it seems that the clue left by Zhao Guang is indeed correct. Someone had already done something to Changping Cang. Through this secret passage, he actually secretly transported the food that should belong to the government and entered the private granary!

Li Ling's face was already gloomy, and his body suddenly turned, and he shouted, "Master Ma, are you still here to tell me what's going on?"
Chapter completed!