Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 92 The Golden House in the Book
He Feng came to return the lunch box, and when he came to get drinks, he gave Huo Xi another tael of silver.

"My lord ate those two dishes made with crab powder and thought they were delicious. Here's your reward."

"Thank you, my lord. Brother He thank you for me." Huo Xi happily took the reward, and carefully stuffed it into his pocket in front of He Feng.

He Feng smiled when he saw her acting like this.

Nodding his head: "Be more vigilant at night, pay more attention to the grain, and don't make mistakes. When we arrive in Huai'an tomorrow, the supervisor will board the boat to take grain samples for inspection."

"Yes. Brother He, don't worry. We must take good care of it, so that Caoliang will not suffer any loss."

He Feng nodded and left by boat.

"Xi'er, what kind of grain samples are you taking, and why do you need to inspect the grain?" Yang Fu couldn't figure it out.

Didn’t the government agents open the bags of the tax and food that the farmers handed over to the Jiangning county government, and repackage them before letting the porters onto the boat?Why do we need to take grain samples and inspect grain again.

Qian Xiaoxia was lying on the Yujiang boat just now, seeing He Feng approaching, he didn't dare to move, now he left and hurriedly boarded the Huo family's boat.

"Yeah, I want to know too." Qian Xiaoxia said.

Seeing that Yu Jiang and Huo Erhuai were also listening, Huo Xi said to them, "Of course there is a grain inspection."

"We have been walking all the way for two days. Who knows what problems will happen along the way. The Jiangning county government has inspected the grain, but what if someone is brave enough to change the grain along the way? Is it shoddy? No more food inspections?"

Cao Liang, if something goes wrong, it will be a matter of losing one's head, who dares to take it lightly?
"We haven't landed all the way, how can we change?"

Huo Xi rolled his eyes at Qian Xiaoxia.

"Then there are many methods in the rivers and lakes. If you don't go ashore, others can't rely on you? Not during the day, and you can't touch them at night? In case you get dizzy, I will exchange all your rations, new rations for old rations, and good rations for old ones. Bran, who dares to take this responsibility?"

Qian Xiaoxia opened his mouth wide, and there is such a method?

They are all honest people, and they didn't think of these twists and turns.

Huo Xi gestured sideways on his head, and Qian Xiaoxia closed his mouth in fright.

If a shipment of grain is replaced by someone, it will be a big deal of losing one's head.After a while, he must tell his brother and his parents to take care of him.There is no need to compensate the whole family.

"Then why take rice samples?" Yu Jiang asked.

"Taking rice samples is to check the beige color, and store them in different warehouses according to the type of grain."

"Are there many warehouses?" Yang Fu was very curious.

"Of course. There were tens of millions of stones in grain for the previous year, and how much can one storehouse hold."

Seeing that Yang Fu opened his mouth wide, Huo Xi smiled: "In the previous dynasty, in addition to Huai'an, Xuzhou, Linqing, Dezhou, and Tianjin five major official warehouses, there were also Jingtong warehouses in Dadu, and small county and township warehouses in each prefecture. Duijun warehouses. Some warehouses can store tens of millions of stones of grain, and some small ones can only store tens of thousands of stones. Each warehouse is different."

Everyone opened their mouths wide open, my God, tens of millions, Shi?

How much food is that?
How many granaries have to be built?How about pest control?

Qian Xiaoxia and Yang Fu felt that their horizons had been opened again.

"Then look at the grain samples and decide which warehouse to store them in?" Yu Jiang asked again.

Huo Xi nodded: "Cao grain has many uses. There is white grain for the court, princes and nobles and officials, as well as civilian and military grain, and fodder for military horses. It depends on the grain sample, whether it is good or bad depends on the type. Store in different warehouses."

Everyone was amazed when they heard this, they just thought it was just a trip to transport grain, but they didn't expect that there were so many ways in it.

"Xi'er, what is Bailiang? Is it only for the court, princes and nobles and officials?" Huo Erhuai also asked.

"Father, the white rice is the japonica rice and glutinous rice collected by the five prefectures of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou."

"God, it's only for the five houses. No wonder it's so expensive."

Huo Xi nodded: "It's expensive. But it's convenient for us. If you want to eat, you can still buy it. You can't buy it in other state capitals."

"Then I will have a field in the future, so I will grow japonica rice and glutinous rice." Qian Xiaoxia said with his neck stuck, he can always eat it if he grows it himself.

Huo Xi gestured at him with a thumbs up.She thought so too.

When she makes money, she will buy fields and grow grain.Buy more and more kinds.

"Huo Xi, how do you know so much?" Qian Xiaoxia gestured at her small stature, but it was not enough for him to squeak.Know so much?
Huo Xi rolled his eyes at him: "You can know this by reading more books."

Qian Xiaoxia made a face at her, and then said to Huo Erhuai: "Uncle Huo, why are you willing to pay someone to teach him how to read? Yang Fu can't even read a single word."

Huo's family was worse than his Qian's before, so they were willing to send Huo Xi to study?
Huo Erhuai paused, then glanced at Huo Xi.

Said softly: "When he was young, he was weak and fell ill every day, so he had to be fostered elsewhere. His mother and I were worried about his future livelihood. He couldn't make a living on the water, so we planned to let him study more. In the future, even if you are an accountant, you can make a living."

Huo Xi glanced at Huo Erhuai, then raised her head and smiled at him.

Huo Erhuai stretched out his hand to caress her head.

Yu Jiang watched calmly, and then sized Huo Xi up again.

This child is young and has extraordinary knowledge, maybe he can really lead the fishermen of Taoyedu to live a good life.

He, Yu Jiang, must also bring his wife and daughter to his side, watch him nearby, and let the family live a happy life.

At this time, everyone had dinner.Idle and bored.

While waiting to pass the gate today, everyone more or less caught some fish.I thought I would get it at night, so that I could watch the night while drinking and eating grilled fish.

But when they heard that there would be no mistakes in the grain, and that they had to inspect the grain and get on the boat to take rice samples, everyone was too frightened to light the fire.No charcoal dared to burn.

Huo Xi was not afraid, she didn't light firewood, but she dared to light charcoal.Besides, the water in a river can't put out the fire?If this fish is raised again, it will become a dead fish.

The boatmen didn't dare to grill fish, so Huo Xi told everyone that three fresh fish would be exchanged for one grilled fish.Everyone was very happy, and soon Huo's boat received a lot of fish.

Huo Xi ordered Yang Fu and Qian Xiaoxia to peel the belly, remove the scales, and cut the fish in half. Huo Erhuai and Yu Jiang also helped.

Huo Xi lit charcoal in his clay oven, set up a grill pan, put the fish on it, and brushed it with oil.

The oil dripped into the charcoal, making a sizzling sound, and soon the fragrance spread out.

It attracted many boatmen who were very greedy, and they came to buy wine one after another.

The corners of Huo Erhuai's mouth were raised high, making drinks for everyone happily.Yang Fu also handed out the fish one by one.

Tonight, everyone dared not get together to drink. They heard that there was going to be a grain inspection tomorrow, so they dared not be negligent. They sipped lightly while holding the wine barrels, and the fish were very happy to eat.

Huo Xi and Yang Fu Qian Xiaoxia had grilled fish so badly that their hands would break. When Huo Xi smelled it, his clothes and hair smelled of fish, so he quit immediately.

"No more grilling, no more grilling, trade fish for wine!"

"Xi'er, why do we collect so many fish?" The wine was gone.

"Make fish balls and go ashore to sell fish balls tomorrow."

"what?"

"At night, you stay with dad to watch the night and beat out the fish balls."

"Oh."

　see you in the afternoon
　　
　
(End of this chapter)