Empire

As the daughter of the wealthy businessman Shen Bin, Shen Xiuxiu has been influenced by his family since she was young and is familiar with all kinds of accounts.

The accountants who came with Shen Xiuxiu are also professionals, so Chen Ziang naturally doesn't need to worry about it. There are mountains of grain in more than 20 warehouses, and it takes a lot of time to check them one by one.

Therefore, Shen Xiuxiu adopted a spot check method, randomly selected a warehouse, and checked according to the accounts.

After half a day of intensive checking, Shen Xiuxiu's eyebrows couldn't help but frowned, because he found that the shortage was large.

"General, the 20th warehouse should have 19,000 dan of grain in its account, but in fact it only has 11,000 dan."

The warehouse Shen Xiuxiu selected was the one closest to the inside, and she quickly fed back the result to Chen Ziang.

Chen Ziang was just doing a routine handover check, but who knew that he actually found a problem, and he couldn't help but frowned.

"Are you sure that 8,000 dan are missing?"

Shen Xiuxiu nodded:"I am in charge of the inspection personally, I can't be wrong."

"Call the warehouse manager in charge." Chen Ziang nodded and instructed Li Changqing.

Soon, a warehouse manager who was feeling uneasy was brought to Chen Ziang.

Chen Ziang stared at the warehouse manager who was in a panic and said coldly:"The 20th warehouse is short of 8,000 dan of grain. Give me a reasonable explanation."

""Mr. Deputy General Manager, they must have counted wrongly. There is enough food in the 20th warehouse." The warehouse manager argued.

"you sure?"

"Sure......"

Chen Ziang sneered:"I think you are not going to accept my toast and want to drink the forfeit wine."

After hearing Chen Ziang's words, the warehouse manager shuddered and felt something was wrong.

"Li Changqing, let him see our methods!"

""Yes!"

Li Changqing grinned, staring at the warehouse manager with his sharp white teeth, grabbed the warehouse manager's collar and pulled him aside.

Li Changqing pulled out a sharp knife from his combat boots, squatted down and looked at the warehouse manager with a playful look of fear.

"Tell me, where is the food?"

Li Changqing asked with a smile, playing with the knife in his hand.

"Sir, the food is in the warehouse.......Ah!"

Before the warehouse manager could finish his words, he let out a shrill scream, because the sharp knife in Li Changqing's hand had stabbed into his thigh.

"Where is the food?" Li Changqing pulled out the bloody knife and continued to ask with a smile.

"Food, food in the warehouse......"

"Ah!"

A bloody hole also appeared on the storekeeper's other thigh.

"Where did the food go?"

Li Changqing saw the warehouse manager with a painful face, but he was still smiling.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you."

The warehouse manager's face was distorted with pain. Facing the smiling Li Changqing, he felt that this was simply a devil.

Soon, the warehouse manager told all he knew like pouring out beans.

"Sir, I have confessed everything. The military rations in the warehouse were sold privately by them."

Li Changqing quickly reported the interrogation to Chen Ziang.

After hearing this, Chen Ziang's face suddenly darkened. He did not expect these people to be so bold.

"How much was resold and who was involved?" Chen Ziang suppressed his anger and asked.

"They have already resold more than 100,000 dan. In addition to General Wang Qian and others, there is also Deputy General Manager Wu."Li Changqing said

"I didn't expect it to be a conspiracy."

These grains are related to the victory or defeat of their Qinghe Army. Now these people in charge of military supplies have joined forces to resell military grains.

If he hadn't come to take office, I'm afraid that the granary in the west of the city would be emptied by them in a short time.

"" Sir, what should we do now? Should we report to Deputy Marshal Xu?" Li Changqing also looked solemn.

After all, this matter involved too many things. More than 100,000 dan of military rations were resold, and a deputy general manager was also involved.

Chen Ziang shook his head:"Let Zhang Bao take people to seal this place for me, and I will go to see the Marshal."

Deputy Marshal Xu Fu targeted Chen Ziang everywhere. Now that he has caught Deputy Marshal Xu Fu's handle, how could he easily let it go?

Deputy Marshal Xu Fu tried to put him to death again and again. Although Chen Ziang was magnanimous, he was not a good man.

Since he had hit the edge of his knife, he also wanted to make a show of force and tell Xu Fu that he, Chen Ziang, was not so easy to bully.

Chen Ziang soon rushed to the Marshal's Mansion in person and asked to see Marshal Zhang Dayuan.

Although Zhang Dayuan's favorability towards Chen Ziang continued to decline, Chen Ziang had important matters to report, so he couldn't turn him away.

"What?! Someone is reselling military rations!"

Zhang Dayuan summoned Chen Ziang just for show, but when he heard Chen Ziang's statement, he was so angry that he slammed the table.

"This matter involves Deputy Commander Xu and a deputy chief of military supplies. I dare not act rashly. Please give me instructions."

Military rations are the lifeblood of the Qinghe Army. If they don't have them, they will have nothing to eat.

Now someone has set his sights on military rations. How can the commander-in-chief Zhang Dayuan not be furious?

"Investigate this thoroughly. Anyone involved will be severely punished without mercy!"

Soon, Zhang Dayuan personally issued a military order and sent a trusted general from the Marshal's Mansion to lead a thorough investigation of the reselling of military rations.

Although Deputy Marshal Xu Fu did not participate in the reselling of military rations, this piece of land was his.

Moreover, whether it was the garrison troops of the granary or other warehouse managers at all levels, they were all his confidants. If these people committed a crime, he would also be implicated and would inevitably be reprimanded.

Now that so many people had resold so much military rations without telling him, he was surprised and furious.

Although he was angry, he still hoped to suppress this matter, so after getting the news, he quickly rushed to the granary in the west of the city, trying not to escalate the matter.

But who knew that when he rushed to the granary in the west of the city, he found that the soldiers of the 9th Battalion of Chen Ziang had imposed martial law here, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Xu Fu tried to order the 9th Battalion to evacuate in his capacity as deputy marshal and let his men take over here

""Deputy Commander Xu, I am here to perform military duties. Without the order of the Marshal, I cannot leave without authorization. Please forgive me."

Although Zhang Bao was only a deputy battalion commander, he was not afraid of the deputy commander Xu Fu.

Facing Zhang Bao, who was neither humble nor arrogant, Xu Fu was very angry, but he was following the order of the Marshal, so he was helpless and could only leave.

Soon, a general from the Marshal's Mansion was ordered to arrive at the granary in the west of the city and began to investigate.

Because all the witnesses and evidence were there, and there were indeed more than 100,000 dan of grain missing from the granary, so the investigation was just a formality.

Soon, those who participated in the reselling of military A deputy chief steward of grain, the thousand-man general and ten hundred-man generals guarding the granary in the west of the city, and the warehouse managers were all arrested, as were several merchants who bought grain at low prices.

Marshal Zhang Dayuan was also very angry, and directly ordered that all the participants be beheaded as a warning to others.

The deputy chief steward who participated in the reselling of military grain was the nephew of Deputy Marshal Xu Fu, and he was also beheaded. Deputy Marshal Xu Fu knew that this time the matter had become a big deal, and he was not strict with his subordinates, so he was too embarrassed to stand up and plead for mercy.

"Sir, we have made a feud with Deputy Commander Xu this time."

Zhang Bao was also worried when he saw the deputy chief steward surnamed Xu's head fall to the ground.

"I won't offend anyone unless they offend me. Deputy Commander Xu has been targeting me everywhere, so this is a warning to him." Chen Ziang said without fear.