Rebirth King of Pit Climbing

"You just go and drink, I'm not thirsty!" Yang Ling shook up his robe, his figure was upright, and he looked upright.

"We are not thirsty either. Aren't we afraid that the county magistrate will be thirsty?" Du Ziteng said with a smile, how can subordinates enjoy it before their superiors?

In the Yongfeng warehouse, a large dendrobium tree with the word "official" written on it in big black letters was placed next to the grain troughs. Beside each grain trough, there was a soldier standing with a brush and account book in his hand.

, Yang Ling had to sigh, Juhuaguan really helped her a lot this time, just

In addition to being soldiers, these 100 or so people also had a bit of literacy, and they could at least help with accounting. Those people used large wooden shovels to shovel the grain into the huli. After a while, the entire warehouse was full of people.

It becomes so dusty that it makes people unable to open their eyes.

"Your Majesty, it's so gray here, we'd better go out and wait!" Ma Xian Cheng said.

"There's a lot of ash in this grain!" Yang Ling fanned it with his hands, frowned, and said dissatisfiedly.

"There's nothing I can do about it, Chen Liang is like this. In fact, it'll get better once you get used to it." Du Ziteng said with an embarrassed smile.

"I hope." Yang Ling squinted his eyes, walked out of the warehouse, and asked: "Master Du, when will the food in this warehouse be used except for lending during the spring famine?"

"The other thing is to stabilize food prices and provide food for disaster relief." Du Ziteng replied, and after thinking for a while, he said: "But most of the people in Liyang County are relatively wealthy. Even if the food price rises slightly, there is no need to use Yongfeng warehouse.

To stabilize food prices, and more importantly, we have fertile fields everywhere and produce a lot, so we can be completely self-sufficient."

"I heard that you can get two crops a year here in Liyang, right?" Yang Ling continued to ask.

"Yes. You can plant one crop of winter wheat and another crop of summer rice. But although you can have two crops, people in the south of the Yangtze River are accustomed to eating rice, and few people actually grow wheat."

"With such good conditions, why not grow two crops of grain?" Yang Ling was very surprised. It is said that the level of agriculture in ancient times was low and the grain output was not high. It was better to grow more grain.

At this time, Ma Xian Cheng stepped forward and replied: "You don't know something. First of all, the fertility of the land will decline after a few years of planting, and it will take several years to cultivate it. Therefore, the people are not willing to over-plant, so that these lands can be rotated.

Take care of yourself."

"It's such a waste to leave these fields empty." Yang Ling sighed, but he made a mistake. There were no chemical fertilizers in ancient times, so it was necessary to cultivate the land to accumulate fertility.

"No, every household in the south of the Yangtze River still raises silkworms." Ma Xiancheng continued to explain: "You can grow some mulberry and hemp, and there won't be much waste."

That's it..." Yang Ling nodded, and at this moment, a humanoid object covered in dust ran out, coughing and cursing: "It's so wicked, just add sand to the rice, and also add lime! Sir!

Take a look. I don’t know how this food is preserved."

"That's to prevent moisture and insects." Du Ziteng explained hurriedly, then turned around and shouted: "Bring the vegetable oil quickly."

What Yang Ling didn't expect was that there would always be vegetable oil in the granary. An old Douji, that is, a servant in the warehouse, quickly brought a basin of vegetable oil over and waited for the man to wash his face. Hao Ran was the team leader of these people.

, with Yang Ling, that’s

We are old acquaintances. We have been to the Liao Kingdom together. He bared his teeth at Wang Xian and said: "Sir, can the food here be enough? But you should take a look at the food first." He held a big ladle in his hand.

Come to Yang Ling.

The grain in this storehouse is all Japonica rice without shells. It is said that even old rice should only have some light yellow color, but Yang Ling saw that there were too many miscellaneous ingredients in this gourd, so he couldn't help but put down his face and asked

Said: "Master Du, can you explain why there is lime in this grain?"

"This lime is used to prevent moisture. We have a lot of rain here, and it is also the yellow plum season. Moisture prevention is really important." Du Ziteng thought for a while and finally came up with this reason.

"Aren't you afraid of burning all this food?" Yang Ling said displeased. Do you really think I'm a fool? It's true that lime is moisture-proof, but at most it's just a layer on the ground, and then straw or something like that. Which one?

Will people combine lime and rice to prevent moisture?

"Sift it!" Yang Ling glanced at Du Ziteng expressionlessly and saw that the fat man's face turned pale. Someone immediately brought a sieve and carefully sifted a bucket of rice until there was only rice left in the dustpan.

By that time, the large coarse cloth on the ground was already covered with rice husks, dead grass, soil, and lime ash... When I measured the rice again, I found that less than seven liters of the original bucket of rice were left.

Yang Ling grabbed a handful of dark yellow rice from the dustpan and smelled a strong musty smell. He glanced at Du Ziteng coldly and said, "This rice is too old? Can it still be eaten?"

"Haha..." Du Ziteng trembled with his plump cheeks and kept wiping sweat: "It's edible, but it's a little stale. As you know, sir, with so many warehouses and nearly ten thousand stones of grain, it is inevitable that there will be omissions. But I

I can guarantee that these grains are definitely edible."

"Really? But I want to see if this is an oversight or intentional!" He turned to the people around him and ordered: "Let the brothers be a little more tired. Even if you stay up all night tonight, help me get all the food."

After everything is cleared out, I want to see how much food is in this warehouse."

The expressions of the three deputies who were already quite gloomy became even worse, and even Du Ziteng finally developed a stomachache.

"Okay, I've been busy until now, so everyone must be hungry. I'm new here today, so I'll treat you all to a meal." Yang Ling said expressionlessly.

"How dare you, how dare you," everyone hurriedly laughed and said, "We should be the ones inviting the county magistrate to dinner."

"Huh!" Yang Ling snorted coldly, bent down and mixed the sieved impurities into the grain again, then clapped his hands and said, "Come here, go find me a big pot and give me all this rice."

I've cooked it and I'll treat you all to dinner."

After a while, a pot of rice was cooked. "This is life-saving food prepared for the people of Liyang!" Yang Ling personally filled four bowls of rice and handed it to everyone. These people all lowered their heads and did not dare to go.

Looking at Yang Ling's expression, but just listening to his voice, we could tell that Yang Ling was extremely uneasy, "Everyone, please have a meal."

"This..." Everyone looked at the pungent-smelling bowl of rice in front of them, mixed with rice husks and sand... let's call it rice. Just smelling it made them feel sick, let alone putting it in their mouths.

"Eat them all!" Yang Ling suddenly roared: "If anyone dares to leave a bite for me, I will skin him! You all know my background, so don't push me!"

Can you eat this? It will kill you if you eat it, but under Yang Ling's cold gaze, everyone had no choice but to pick up the bowl, pick up a chopstick and put it into their mouths. They immediately bared their teeth and cracked their mouths, as if they had eaten a dead mouse. The other three people

The pleading eyes suddenly fell on Ma Xian Cheng, hoping that he could help them say something. After all, the county magistrate has the power to advise the county magistrate.

"This..." Prime Minister Ma County dared to provoke Yang Ling again, but he couldn't ignore them. He didn't take advantage of the benefits at all, so he could only smile along with him in a small way: "Your Majesty, if you have something to say, please tell me...

"

Yang Ling looked at Ma Xian Cheng with a chill: "Ma Xian Cheng, during the period when I didn't take office, you acted as an agent for various affairs, and you should set an example. You set a good example for them, and they all ate it."

!”

Ma Xian Cheng's eyes widened, and after a long while he said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, if you eat this, you will die..."

"Impossible!" Yang Ling said flatly: "This is the disaster relief food you prepared for the people of Liyang. How can it be possible to eat dead people?"

"This..." Ma Xian Cheng was suddenly speechless.

"Okay, you don't have to eat now." Seeing that everyone was grimacing and refusing to use their chopsticks, Yang Ling glanced at the crowd coldly and said, "Tomorrow, we will eat in front of the eight-character wall on Yaqian Street in front of all the elders in the county.

!”

"Don't..." Everyone was frightened out of their wits. They knew that with Yang Ling's temper today, Yang Ling could really do these things. If the people knew the truth, wouldn't they be torn apart? This was not a rebellion by killing officials, maybe it would

It may bring disaster to the family.

Everyone had no choice but to pick up the bowl and shovel the rice into their mouths. They swallowed the rice with snot and tears. Before they could swallow the first bite, they leaned over and vomited loudly.

Crying: "Oh my god! It tastes really bad, even worse than decapitation!"

"Your Majesty, I really can't eat anymore, it will kill me!" Everyone looked at Yang Ling helplessly and begged.

Seeing that Yang Ling was determined, everyone also knew that carrying on like this was not an option. They could only ask Master Yang Ling for a large amount and be willing to give Yang Ling all the benefits of swallowing it.

Under Yang Ling's pressure, they finally revealed the truth. It turned out that 70% of the grain in Yongfeng Warehouse was never used in Liyang. It was just left to rot year after year that those guys came up with such a way to generate income -

- So the grain depot and the grain merchants colluded. When the old grain was to be sold every year, the grain merchants would bid for it, but they would not transport the old grain away, because the old grain would be sold at the same time.

To replenish the warehouse, the grain depot will buy back the old grain from the grain merchant. In fact, during the buying and selling process, the old grain does not leave the grain depot, but two book transactions occur between the grain depot and the grain merchant. The grain merchant purchases the old grain.

The cost was minimal, but the government paid the price of new grain. The difference in price was huge, and the spoils were divided among the worms.

Yang Ling never expected that the world would be full of upright officials and would not be greedy for a penny. That was unrealistic. Gray income could be obtained, such as asking for some benefits or receiving filial piety, but Yang Ling would turn a blind eye.

Eye-catching, but these can

It was life-saving supplies. How could Yang Ling allow these people to attack them? After listening to what these people said, Yang Ling left Yongfengcang with red eyes, leaving only these people there, feeling as if he had fallen into an endless abyss.

.(To be continued..)