Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, Only Seek Death

Wang Ping finally chose to sit on the sidelines and did not go to the accounting room with Ma Di.

But it's normal. Li Yan is also the second-ranking figure in the Shu Han Dynasty and is the leader of the Dongzhou faction. Even if Ma Su is outstanding these days, he is nothing more than General Fenwei.

In such a contest, there is a high probability that Ma Su will give in, and even if Li Yan suffers, it will not be too big. Wang Ping also wanted to garrison Yongzhou because it would not be wise to antagonize Li Yan over this matter.

Ma Su didn't care about this. He always dealt with matters rather than people.

No matter who you are, if you do something wrong, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Ma Su didn't care about his injuries at all, changed his clothes and went to the military camp to gather his troops.

Shu Ji's three thousand Qiang and Di cavalry, Meng Guo's two thousand Wudang flying army, these can be regarded as Ma Su's headquarters. Li Yan arranged for them to be stationed west of Chencang, very far from the front line.

Probably because he was afraid that Ma Su would steal his military exploits and limelight, he deliberately arranged Ma Su's story later.

But this actually made Ma Su feel a lot more relaxed, because the logistics camp was right next to his unit.

Ma Di led his men to the station and immediately gathered all the soldiers on standby, leaving Meng Guo behind. And he came straight to the logistics camp with more than a hundred personal guards and Shu Ji.

More than 20,000 Shu troops were stationed in Chencang at this time and needed a large amount of grain as support. Basically all the food and fodder for the Shu army were transported from Tianshui and transported along the narrow road of Chencang and stored here.

When Ma Su rushed to the logistics camp, he saw mountains of grain and grain, with a large number of soldiers and minor officials supervising the transportation. The entire camp is in good order, and all measures, including stacking and fire prevention, are in place.

I have to say that Li Yan does have something, and Li Yan is still very handy in large-scale battles.

Ma Su has no comment on this. If he came, he would really not do as well as Li Yan.

"General Ma, what brings you here?"

At this time, Li Yan's warehouse officer came out and stopped in front of Ma Di.

This warehouse official's name is Wu Lue, who is from Nanyang. Li Yan's confidant and fellow villager is also a member of the Dongzhou faction.

Seeing Ma Su rushing in with more than a hundred people without saying hello, he, the warehouse official, must have come out to take a look. What's more, the opponent is Ma Di, who has recently been powerful among the Qiang and Hu from Longyou.

"I found that some grain account books were inconsistent with those of the army, so I came here to check them." Ma Su withdrew his gaze, looked at the warehouse official in front of him, and said unceremoniously.

Warehouse officer is a high-risk profession, and it is easy for your boss to take advantage of you. For example, Boss Cao's famous saying "I will support your wife" was said to his warehouse officer.

I just don’t know if this warehouse official will be pulled out by Li Yan in the future to quell public anger.

"General Ma, you need Li Shijun's warrant to check the account books, otherwise no one can check them at will." Wu Lue frowned and rejected Ma Di's request without saying a word.

Li Yan is personally responsible for all logistics matters, and no one in the army can interfere. Especially the account books, even he, a warehouse official, had to check them carefully for fear of finding something fishy.

Now you, a member of the Jingzhou faction, suddenly want to check the account books, how could Wu Lue agree?

"Then I'm sorry." Before he finished speaking, Ma Di's sword was already placed on Wu Lue's neck.

Perhaps because he has been targeted by Heaven and has never been able to go back, Ma Su has a very bad temper now. Ma Su will never talk to you about things that can be solved directly.

Wu Lue froze immediately, feeling the cold touch of Ma Su's sword, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered that the man in front of him dared to kill Jiang Chen. As soon as I followed the envoy to Longyou, I heard about Ma Di's killing spree in Longxi County.

Basically all the local noble families were wiped out, leaving only some newly supported poor families.

As for the Qiang and Di people, they were all killed by Ma Su, and the whole Longyou called them the mighty generals.

When this man said take action, he was really unambiguous at all.

"Tell me, where is the accounting room?" Ma Su said lightly, while the guards behind him quickly blocked the door. No one is allowed to go out, and no one is allowed to tip off before Ma Su completes his investigation.

Seeing the killing intent in Ma Di's eyes, Wu Lue answered without hesitation,

"On the left, General Ma, don't do anything. I'll take you there right now."

Even if he doesn't agree to lead the way, there are still others who know the location, not to mention that there is a consensus that there is something fishy in the ledger.

Someone led the way, and Ma Su quickly arrived at the accounting room where the incoming and outgoing grain was recorded.

The mountains of bamboo slips piled up in the accounting room were obviously not something Ma Di could read through by himself. Therefore, Ma Su could only check it randomly, starting from the grain and fodder dispatched by various counties and counties.

Although Ma Su and Li Mu are far behind in terms of accounting, they are not easy to fool. From the account books, Ma Su found that the amount of grain received from various counties did not match the expenditure, and a large portion of the grain was unknown where it went.

At this time, I have to say that the accounting methods in this era are too cumbersome.

It's often "How many kilo are needed to transport grain from a certain county, how many kilo are needed to transport grain from another county, how much is the expenditure..."

Just for this tedious accounting, Ma Su had to scratch on the ground for a long time before he could figure it out.

"Good guy, did Li Yan leave the wild geese behind after plucking their feathers?" Ma Di made a rough calculation and found that thousands of stones of grain were missing and were not transported to Chencang at all.

This does not include the grain from Tianshui County and Guangwei County. It is estimated to be more. Basically, a large sum of money spent on food and fodder has all disappeared.

This is also due to the fact that Longyou has just harvested in autumn, and the treasury of various counties and counties are temporarily full. If Li Yan dared to impose such levies in spring and summer, Longyou might really suffer from famine.

"Wu Cangguan, as Li Yan's confidant, can you explain to me where such a large sum of grain went?"

"My subordinates don't understand what the general is saying. The food and fodder are basically used to their full potential." Wu Lue stood beside him with a low eyebrow and replied calmly.

"Why are there mismatches in the account books? The difference between the grain and fodder transported from the five counties of Longyou and the grain and fodder transported to Chencang is thousands of dan, maybe even more! Are you telling me that the grain and fodder have been used to their best advantage?" Ma Su was furious. He threw the account book and his calculated results on Wu Lue's face and said angrily.

Wu Lue lowered his head and glanced, his pupils trembling slightly.

Damn it, why did Ma Su figure it out so quickly? Had he been prepared?

Checking the accounts all the time is a troublesome thing, the main one being that you have to calculate the amounts to see where there are any problems.

Was it borrowed by the Yin soldiers when the food was being transported, or was it mysteriously evaporated while being stored? If you don't check the accounts bit by bit, you won't be able to find them at all.

Even a formal accounting office requires several people and takes a long time. Wu Lue was also aware of this, and only dared to bring Ma Su here when he saw that he could only come alone.

He bets that Ma Su can't find out the problem before Li Yan comes.

However, it was obvious that he lost the bet, and now that Li Yanren hadn't even seen him, Ma Su had already thrown the result in his face.