Han Mo said calmly and just smiled and said, "Mr. Situ, I am about to report this to you. Do you think you will explain it to you here, or should you go to the city and put the grain into the warehouse first?"

Before Situ Jing could speak, He Xuezhi smiled and said, "Mr. County Magistrate, General Han must have a reason for killing people. Otherwise, no one would be so confused that he killed people randomly when he first came to Yichun County... Let's discuss this matter again. First, ask the supervisor, General Han, and the brothers who sent food to go to the city to rest..." He spoke with a stick, but his fat face was full of smiles.

Linglei was bumpy all the way, and although he was sitting in the carriage, he was exhausted. At this time, he hurriedly said: "General Han, let's go to the city first!"

Han Mo nodded and ordered the convoy to start moving forward. Situ Jing and other officials and gentry also turned over.

There was not much stop at the moment, and the convoy followed the group to Xichun County.

Compared with Yanjing City, Xichun County is a pitiful corner, but now Xichun County has become the most lively place in the eastern part of Yichun County. The ordinary people who were affected can naturally live in the gathering places around the county town, while those dignitaries, nobles, wealthy businessmen and gentry all settled in the city.

He Xuezhi originally lived in Xinyi City, but Xinyi City was surrounded by floods. He Xuezhi brought his family to Xichun County for a temporary residence.

Although there is no luxury in Xichun County that can be compared with the county town, there are still some small manors. The three eastern counties also have the He family's industries everywhere. The "Chun Garden" in Xichun County is one of the He family's industries and the largest manor in the entire Xichun County. Now He Xuezhi and most of his family live in the Chunyuan temporarily.

At this time, Yichun County was an extraordinary time. Although the He family was the first first family in the three eastern counties, in this situation, for safety reasons, heavy troops were arranged around Chunyuan. In addition to the county dynasty sending some yamen to guard the guard, the He family's own martial arts guards were also a large group of servants, and there was also a temporary family guard of five or six hundred people. The guards of Chunyuan guarding were like iron walls. There was an arrow tower every ten meters within the high courtyard wall. An archer was guarding the arrow tower, waiting for the battle, and it was very strict.

After entering the city, Han Mo naturally asked the convoy to go to the Grain Bureau Office Office in the northwest corner of the county town, while the supervisor Ling Lei was welcomed to Chunyuan with Xiao Lingzhi.

Walking on the streets of the county town, the streets are not spacious, but the various commercial shops in the city are still very lively, with endless crowds, which is very different from the lonely and tragic scene outside the city.

Most of the city are officials and gentry in the three eastern counties who have escaped from disaster. After the Dachang River broke its dam, it hid here with its family and even brought a lot of wealth. The inns in the city, which were not many, had long become the temporary residences of these officials and gentry.

...

He Yin, the chief secretary of the Grain Department of the Grain Department, led three or four Grain Department officials to follow Han Mo on horseback and headed towards the official warehouse. He followed Han Mo with his expression as if he was cautious.

"Treasurer He, how much food is left in this official warehouse now?" Han Mo glanced at He Yin and asked lightly.

He Yin sighed, looking helpless, "Reply to the general, there is not much food in this warehouse... You can know when the general arrives."

Han Mo frowned and said, "Not much? When I came, the Ministry of Revenue told me that the disaster relief grain escorted here is the grain of the warehouse. It must not be used easily if it is the case. First, the grain from the local official warehouse is the main...!"

He Yin looked bitter: "The general doesn't know that there is not much food in this official warehouse. Since the disaster victims came, they would have to be fed hundreds of thousands of times. The food was really unbearable. If the general had not arrived in time, the officials would have thought of committing suicide...!"

"Feed?" Han Mo smiled faintly: "I was on the road, but I didn't see any full victims."

He Yin smiled awkwardly and said nothing.

"I knew that although the Dachang River broke through the dike suddenly, before that, in order to prevent the Dachang River from breaking the dike, the three counties in the eastern part of your Yichun County had already mobilized the grain from the official warehouses here." Han Mo said calmly: "The three counties are a warehouse of tens of thousands of stones of grain. This should not be bad, right? So much food, even if there are many disaster victims, is it enough for you to support for a period of time. After only a few days, you said that there is not much grain in the warehouse, which is really puzzling?"

He Yin hurriedly said, "Where did General Han hear this? Where did he get tens of thousands of stones of grain? This... this is something that is absolutely impossible!"

Han Mo smiled coldly and said, "The Ministry of Revenue just sent someone to count the official warehouse grain a few months ago. They are all recorded. Could it be that what they have recorded is fake?"

He Yin's face looked a little ugly, and he just said, "You have never seen tens of thousands of stones of grain."

The northwest corner of the county is a warehouse, covering a very wide area, the conical official warehouse is tall and large, and there are thousands of defenders guarding the city, with strict armor, but it is a little weaker than the more well-equipped imperial guards.

It is forbidden to come here, and it looks very quiet. When the convoy enters through the gate, Han Mo sees countless conical Okuras standing among them.

There is also a row of small houses here, which are warehouse management offices belonging to the Grain Department, which are used to handle the final procedures for entering and leaving the warehouse.

"How many warehouses have grain?" Han Mo looked at the dense granaries and asked He Yin.

He Yin pointed to the three large warehouses in front, "There are still grain in these three warehouses, and only more than 30,000 kilograms of left..."

Han Mo was stunned at first, and his heart was immediately calmed down, "Thirty thousand kilograms? He Treasurer, are you kidding?" Such a large warehouse had only 30,000 kilograms of grain, which was equivalent to having no grain in the warehouse.

"It's true." Although He Yin seemed very anxious, his eyes were very calm: "If the general doesn't believe it, he can open a warehouse to check the grain... The general is a grain protection officer. In addition to protecting the batch of disaster relief grains transported, the official warehouse grain can also be checked under the general's protection."

"Tutor He, I'll ask you, the Ministry of Revenue said that other counties will transfer grain to store it here. Is it wrong?" Han Mo asked at He Yin.

He Yin immediately shook his head and said, "What the Ministry of Revenue said is that the lower officials really don't know. After taking this position, they have never seen a grain transported from other counties... The general is clearly aware!"

Han Mo sneered: "So how much food has been released from here since the disaster occurred?"

He Yin was calm and said slowly: "Reply to the general's words, there were nearly 200,000 victims coming from the two affected counties in the east, divided into more than 30 places to gather, and cook porridge everywhere to provide disaster relief. In the past ten days, 250,000 kilograms of grain have been distributed."

"What do you mean is that before the disaster occurred, your warehouse had less than 300,000 kilograms of food?"

"That's right." He Yin said: "After the lower official served as the custodian of the Grain Department, the accounts were clear, so I could hand them over to the general to check!"

Han Mo was shocked. Before leaving, Han Xuandao told him that the grain in the local government warehouses in the three eastern counties should reach 2 million kilograms, which is enough to support for a period of time. However, at this time, He Yin said that it was less than 300,000 kilograms, and the difference was like the world.

...

Looking at He Yin's calm eyes, Han Mo knew that even if he had to investigate it in a while, he would not find any problem. These people must have made extremely careful preparations.

He didn't say much, and asked He Yin to start counting the food and prepare documents. He even stamped the seal and moved the food into the warehouse. He Yin even asked He Yin to quickly release the food to provide disaster relief.

"The county magistrate needs to be given instructions from the county magistrate to release grain." He Yin said with a smile: "The subordinate officials must first ask the county magistrate to be successful, otherwise there will be a piece of food. If the county magistrate asks, the subordinate officials' head will not be able to be kept."

"Then you go and ask the county magistrate!" Han Mo said lightly, turning back to instruct his subordinates: "From today, Xue Shao and Xue Guardian will lead a thousand imperial guards to station in the warehouse, and the city guards can evacuate quickly... I will consult with the city guard commander in this matter... Miao Gan Ling and Xiao Mu Xiao Guardian led the remaining thousand imperial guards to listen to my order at any time to maintain the order in Yichun County...!"

"Abide by the order!"

Han Mo said to He Yin again: "Treasurer He, the emperor appointed me as the grain protection officer. In addition to this batch of grain, we should still protect the entire Xichun County official warehouse. In the future, the grain transferred from various places will be transferred into the warehouse. When the grain is transferred from here, my imperial guards will count and count the grains transferred from here. I also need to know where the grain is. Do you hear it clearly?"

"It should be like this, it should be like this!" He Yin said with a smile: "The official will ask the county magistrate to open the warehouse and release grain... The victims have no food to eat, and I feel uncomfortable...!" He looked sad and hugged his fists before leaving quickly.

Miao Wu clenched his fists, his eyes split, and whispered beside Han Mo: "Sir, you... have you seen it? They are making trouble. How could they not even have 300,000 kilograms of grain storage in the place? Where did the other grain go?"

Xue Shao also looked angry and said angrily: "This guy is not a good guy at first glance. He answers well, I'm afraid that before we set off from Beijing, he will be ready to respond."

Han Mo frowned, pondered slightly, and said, "A small treasurer cannot control such a thing. I'm afraid there is another mystery behind this."

At this moment, I suddenly heard a noise outside. Han Mo left the warehouse gate, but saw He Yin being blocked in front of the door. More than a dozen officials were blocking him, all riding horses, and they were all shouting. Fortunately, the city guard soldiers guarding in front of the door stopped him, otherwise these officials would have been afraid of rushing into the warehouse.

"Is General Han here?" Someone among the officials shouted: "We are looking for General Han, He Yin, go and invite General Han out..."

"General Han, save the victims...!"

There were noises one after another. Although there were only more than a dozen officials, their momentum was very strong.

Han Mo frowned, wondering where these officials came from and why he ran over after entering the warehouse.
Chapter completed!