Han official!

Chapter 25 Granary
A trace of heartache flashed in Zhang Qian's eyes. Madam Zhuo was as beautiful as a peach or plum, and her figure was even more graceful. She was one of the four ladies with blue eyebrows who were quite famous in the eight streets and nine alleys.

The longitude and latitude of Chang'an City are 32 li and 18 steps respectively, covering an area of 972 hectares, with a total of eight streets and nine lanes.

Madam Xi was one of the four most charming ladies. She was known for her indigo eyebrows, which were derived from the emerald eyebrows in the Qin Palace, also known as snail eyebrows. Her face, as fair as cream, was painted with long and thin indigo eyebrows. Her every frown and smile had captured the hearts of countless men.

Zhang Qian was a palace attendant and had once seen Queen Chen Ajiao. Although it was only a glimpse, he could clearly see Chen Ajiao's graceful demeanor. When he saw Madam Chen lying on the couch today, he was equally amazed.

If we bring a settlement to the border, we will definitely be able to lure in the Xiongnu's Danghu, Guduhou, and twenty-four leaders.

As long as you kill one of them, your name will be recorded in history books.

Zhang Qian did not dare to dream of leaving behind a separate biography of dozens or even hundreds of words. He was already satisfied with leaving behind the few words "Qian seduced the man with a beautiful woman and killed him."

Unfortunately, Mrs. Xi was nailed to death by Guo Jie with a single blow.

"Ugh."

Zhang Qian sighed lightly and followed Guo Jie towards the right courtyard of the mansion.

The right courtyard is larger than the left courtyard, and the houses with small double eaves are more exquisite. The main house even has a caisson ceiling. The backyard is a granary (qun) used to store millet.

The top is a dome covered with grass, the middle is a protruding peak, ropes are tied in the middle, and millet is encircled with bamboo mats and wooden pillars.

Above the granary is written in black ink: "One Jing of Millet".

The big bin is the capital.

Guo Jie roughly counted and found at least ten granaries of grain. He could hardly conceal his excitement. "We must charge forward from the granary to prevent a flood from burning our wealth. Remember, we must not allow a single member of the Yuan clan to set fire to the granary."

The current price of millet in the East Market of Chang'an is one hundred and fifty coins per stone.

One barrel is three thousand shi.

The granaries in the house alone were worth forty or fifty gold coins.

Beijing is a big granary, and the actual market price of the grain stored in the granary is even higher.

The millet in this granary alone was enough to satisfy Guo Jie's urgent desire to buy a title to atone for his sins.

No room for error!

Zhang Qian was also afraid of being poor. He had never seen so much food before and was dazzled. At the same time, he couldn't help but count the grain carefully to lure a few Huns to serve as his servants.

"No one should think of burning the food."

Zhang Qian secretly admired Guo Jie, saying in his heart that he was extremely cautious. He sighed, "Brother, you were born to do great things. You will definitely leave your name in history. If I had come alone, I would never have thought that you would start your attack from the granary."

Guo Jie had a resolute expression as he stared around the granary, on guard against someone suddenly rushing out and setting fire.

The granary stores a large amount of grain. Once it catches fire, not only will the money used to buy a title and atone for sins be lost, but the flames rising into the sky in the dark night will also attract the attention of officials and temples, who will dispatch a large number of soldiers to put out the fire.

The houses in Chang'an were all made of wood, and the fire spread rapidly, burning down at least an entire neighborhood.

Guo Jie and Zhang Qian advanced step by step along the corridor. Although they were extremely careful, they still alarmed a member of the Yuan clan, and an urgent cry was heard in the silent night.

"There's a thief!"

"puff!"

Guo Jie angrily killed the Yuan clan member and threw away the ring-handled sword in his hand. "The situation is not good. I will go directly to the main room where Yuan Ying is. You take the others to clean up the remaining Yuan clan members to prevent anyone from escaping."

Zhang Qian nodded heavily, wiped the blood dripping from his helmet on his face, threw away the red-painted double shield in his left hand, and walked towards the house where the lights were gradually lighting up.

He threw down his wooden shield and stopped defending, ready for a desperate fight. Guo Jie drew the spare ring-handled sword from his waist and ran wildly, heading straight for the main room where Yuan Ying was staying.

"not good!"

Yuan Ying was startled. He grabbed the two-foot-long sword that lay on Lan Qi's bed and instinctively wanted to go out and capture the thief. However, he abruptly stopped at the eaves, his mind swirling with suspicion. "Chen County is far away in Henei Commandery, quite a distance from Chang'an. Guo Jie couldn't possibly have gathered all the knights from Chen County in just a few days. Who could have so quietly invaded the Right Courtyard? Could it be that Yuan Tu had offended one of Wei Qihou's guests?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that other guests were taking advantage of the situation.

"You can't go through there."

Yuan Ying turned and walked away, gritting his teeth and saying, "Only by setting fire to the largest grain warehouse can we alert the officials and temples in Chang'an. Anyone who dares to kill someone in Chang'an will be punished by beheading and being thrown into the streets."

He didn't dare to walk towards the granary where millet was stored, so he turned and ran to a granary in the backyard where corn was stored.

The market price of millet was slightly lower than that of sorghum, at 120 coins per stone, so a larger millet granary was built in the house.

Once the water leaks out, the fire will be far more severe than the granary where the millet is stored.

"Where to go!"

Guo Jie walked along the corridor to the door of the main house and saw Yuan Tu's coffin placed inside. There was no one else there, so he looked around anxiously.

He saw a figure wearing a thin gauze jacket and a Liu's crown on his head at the corner of the courtyard wall. He shouted and immediately ran after him.

Only common people who have purchased a title of Gongcheng or above can wear the Liu crown, and that person must have been tattooed.

In the silence of the night, a loud shout rang out. Yuan Ying shuddered all over, stumbled, and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he grabbed the wall in time and did not fall to the ground, but his speed also slowed down.

"call out!"

A ring-handled knife cut through the air, whistling and flying towards Yuan Ying's body.

"Thorn-"

Yuan Ying was also a knight who was good at fighting and swordplay. He turned around and dodged the attack narrowly. His thin gauze jacket was torn, and before he could recover, he turned around and saw a shocking scene.

Half of the blade of the ring-handled sword penetrated the courtyard wall.

Yuan Ying couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling, and was shocked by the thief's strength. He changed his mind and suspected that the man chasing him was Guo Jie.

He thought of Guo Jie's bravery as a fierce tiger, and even though the other party had no weapon in his hand, he still hurried towards the granary.

Guo Jie frowned, "I threw away my sword on purpose. The enemy had the upper hand, but they didn't dare to come and kill me. What a coward!"

He put down the short sword, or dagger, hidden at his waist, ran over and drew out the ring-handled knife, and continued to chase in the direction of Yuan Ying.

The distance between the two gradually shortened, and finally stopped in front of a millet granary.

"Little brat!"

Yuan Ying gnashed his teeth and said, "Today I will burn all the food in my house, and then I will call the officials to arrest you and sentence you to death in Chang'an Prison. I will avenge my son Yuan Tu and teach you that the Yangdi Yuan clan should not be insulted lightly."

"not good."

Guo Jie was startled and realized the purpose of Yuan Ying's coming over. He became anxious and was determined not to let him burn down the granary and attract the officials.

Zhang Tang had said in advance that he would lead a group of Chang'an soldiers to guard outside tonight to prevent any unrest. At the same time, if there was a fire and alarmed the Chang'an officials, they would immediately go out and arrest people.

Tonight's night raid cannot be seen in public.

(End of this chapter)