I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 365 Extra food
Entering the granary, a mountain of grain appeared in front of Hai Rui. It looked quite spectacular. Seeing this, Hai Rui nodded indiscernibly.

Seeing this, the official in charge of managing the granary immediately stepped forward with a flattering look on his face.

"My lord, this is the largest granary in Henan!"

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui immediately turned around and asked the official.

"By the way, the officer hasn't asked your name yet?"

Seeing the imperial envoy Hai Rui speak, the official in charge of managing the granary looked flattered and immediately responded respectfully.

"Respond to the words of the imperial envoy, my subordinate Wang Tinghai!"

In this regard, Hai Rui just nodded slightly, and immediately came to the hill made up of sacks filled with grain, and poked a small hole in the sack filled with grain with his index finger.

In an instant, white rice flowed out of the small hole.

Hai Rui leaned down, picked up a few grains of rice, carefully examined them in his palm, and then put them into his mouth to chew carefully.

After that, Hai Rui poked a few sacks full of grain with his fingers, and repeated the same steps as before.

Afterwards, Hai Rui patted the dust on his palms, turned his gaze to Wang Tinghai and Yang Yinglin, and asked.

"Before I became an official, I also made a living by farming and studying. Therefore, I have a little knowledge of this aspect."

"Can you tell me why there are so many Chen Mi in this official warehouse?"

Seeing this situation, Yang Yinglin glanced at Wang Tinghai indiscriminately, and cursed inwardly.

"This trash can't even do such a small thing well!"

Afterwards, Yang Yinglin suppressed the panic in his heart and hurried forward to smooth things over.

"My lord imperial envoy is like this. In recent days, those grain merchants don't know what rumors they got, and they suddenly started to raise the price of grain. As a result, the backlog of old grain in the official warehouse cannot be sold. That's why the backlog is here."

"However, the lower officials have already taken corresponding measures, and the price of grain will soon stabilize. At that time, the old rice accumulated in the official warehouse will soon be replaced with new rice!"

Seeing this, Wang Tinghai at the side followed closely.

"Yes, Mr. Imperial Envoy, this is all the fault of those grain merchants."

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui nodded, as if he believed Yang Yinglin's excuse, and then urged him.

"It must be done as soon as possible, this matter cannot be sloppy!"

Hearing this, Yang Yinglin breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately assured Hai Rui.

"Master Imperial Envoy, don't worry, the next official must implement this matter as soon as possible!"

At this moment, a subordinate official with an account book in his hand came forward and reported to Hai Rui.

"Master Imperial Envoy, here is the grain stored in the official warehouse of Kaifeng Mansion, totaling 85 shi!"

"And the granary here stores [-] shi of grain!"

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui did not take over the account books from the subordinate staff.

Instead, he took the rope from the guards on the side, threw it vigorously under the puzzled eyes of Yang Yinglin and Wang Tinghai, and measured it meticulously. .

Hai Rui calculated the number of bags of grain according to the scale on the ruler. After Hai Rui finished measuring the size, he immediately began to calculate in his mind.

After a while, Hai Rui got the result, nodded, and returned the rope to the previous guard.

"There are two more bags of rice, one sack of white rice and one stone, totaling three hundred catties of grain!"

"I can understand that the grain in the warehouse is depleted, but how can I explain the extra three hundred catties of grain for no reason?"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Wang Tinghai and asked in a leisurely manner.

Hearing this, Wang Tinghai's brain shut down instantly, and he just froze in place, hesitating, unable to speak for a long time.

Seeing this situation, Yang Yinglin at the side thought something was wrong in his heart, with a look of urgency on his face, he urged him.

"The imperial envoy asked you something, didn't you hear?"

Gradually, Wang Tinghai came to his senses, with large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.

Just when he was at the end of his reasoning and couldn't find a suitable reason, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the mouse hole in the corner, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if he had caught some life-saving straw, and said excitedly.

"A mouse, yes, a mouse!"

"Master Imperial Envoy, to tell you the truth, since I took up this official position, I have vigorously promoted the policy of eradicating rats."

"The extra three hundred catties of grain must have been obtained from rats."

Hai Rui couldn't help being interested when he heard the words, and immediately asked.

"Since that's the case, then tell me, how did you get rid of the rats?"

Afterwards, Wang Tinghai was quick to wit, picked up the basket on the ground, put it on his head, and reported to Hai Ruihui.

"My lord imperial envoy, in the official warehouse, the method of exterminating rats is to use a branch, tie a rope at the end of the branch, use the branch to support the basket, and then put the rats' favorite food in the basket. Things, when the mouse enters the basket, the people waiting on the side will pull the rope violently!"

"In this way, the mouse is trapped in the basket and can never escape."

Hearing this, Hai Rui didn't show much emotion on his face. He nodded and spoke encouragingly.

"Well, yes, it seems that this rodent control measure should be extended to the whole province."

"Based on this measure alone, a warehouse can produce [-] catties of grain out of thin air. If this method is implemented in the entire Henan granary, the extra grain will be immeasurable, and the common people will no longer be hungry!"

"Master Wang, you did a good job!"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he patted Wang Tinghai's shoulder as a sign of encouragement.

"Thank you, Mr. Imperial Envoy, thank you, Mr. Imperial Envoy!"

Seeing this situation, Wang Tinghai, as before, had a flattered expression on his face, and warned himself in his heart.

"Judging from the attitude of the imperial envoy towards me, I, Wang Tinghai, should be on the way to prosperity soon!"

"Wang Tinghai, you have to work harder and strive to win the imperial envoy's favor as soon as possible!"

At this moment, Yang Yinglin stepped forward in due course and asked Hai Rui.

"My lord, there are still a few places we need to go next, you see..."

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui turned around, shifted his gaze to Yang Yinglin, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Forget it, let's do this for today, I'm a bit tired after a long journey!"

Seeing this situation, Yang Yinglin's face flashed an imperceptible mirth, and he immediately said respectfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy!"

Afterwards, a hesitant look appeared on Yang Yinglin's face at the right time, and he continued.

"My lord, the governor has prepared a banquet for you, look..."

Upon hearing this, Hai Rui shook his head and declined.

"I rushed from the capital to Henan by boat. I have been exhausted all the way, and I haven't had a good rest. Let's talk about it tomorrow!"

"Yes, Mr. Imperial Envoy, this officer will relay your words to Mr. Governor, word for word!"

Seeing that Hai Rui did not directly refuse, Yang Yinglin breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately patted his chest, assuring Hai Rui.

"Okay, I'm a little tired, so let's leave it at that for today. If you have anything to do, you can come to the station to find me!"

After Hai Rui finished speaking, he left the granary directly under the guard of his guards.

Seeing this, Yang Yinglin hastily followed Hai Rui's pace in three steps at a time, and flattered him.

"Master Imperial Envoy, I will see you off..."

(End of this chapter)