Don't move, this child bride is not easy to mess with.

As for transporting grain, you can entrust a delivery office or hire a gang.

That’s right, since the beginning of canal transportation, there have been canal gangs, large and small. It's just that they are loose organizations that gather together with fellow villagers for warmth, and are not recognized by the government.

This section of the river in Anlan County is a tributary of the upper reaches of the river. Taihu Lake is located in the middle and lower reaches of the river and can be transported by water.

The problems of grain sources and transportation are solved, and the rest is grain storage. That's the trouble.

There are generally two types of granaries, official granaries and private granaries. Although the food is produced by the common people, the managers are different.

The official warehouse is managed by people sent by the government and is larger in scale. The civilian warehouses were actually built by the government, but were left to each village to manage them.

Then there are the private warehouses built by ordinary farmers and landowners, usually with small reserves.

Anlan County has a lot of cultivated land and a large population. The county government has one large, two small and three official warehouses. The big warehouse can store 100,000 shi of grain, and the small warehouse can store 50,000 shi of grain.

There are also seventy-two communal warehouses, each of which can store thousands of kilograms of grain.

There are countless private granaries. The granary in an ordinary farmer's home can only store ten shi of grain.

Official granaries need to use plant ash, wooden boards, straw mats, etc. to prevent lakes and maintain constant temperature. Social warehouses and private warehouses are much cruder and cannot be stored for many years.

Su Mulan was worrying about the granary. She pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out the point, and suddenly remembered the system.

This guy is so boastful that he doesn't know if one hundred thousand shi of grain can be packed into it. This is not comparable to the goods in the three warehouses of the Qu family.

Fortunately, after questioning, the system was extremely impressive and said that the space was huge, even if it contained a million stones of grain, it would be no problem.

However, food is not like other things. If it is needed for disaster relief in the future, can Su Mulan take it out directly from the space with a wave of her hand?

Then there are only two consequences for her, either she will be regarded as a fairy girl, or she will be regarded as a witch. In short, it has to be sliced ​​up and studied.

Therefore, it is still necessary to rent a granary to hide from others.

The next day, Su Mulan sent someone to invite Lin Xu to escort Xiaobai to Taihu Lake to buy grain. Lin Xu agreed immediately.

Su Mulan knew that Lin Xu had to travel around for daily errands, so she mentioned the granary to him.

"Miss Su, if you want to talk about this granary, you have asked the right person. Don't worry about official granaries and social granaries. You can't rent them easily. However, Da'anliang Temple in the county has a granary that you can rent." Lin Xu said with a smile.

"Oh? The temple also has a granary. I need to store 100,000 stones of grain." Su Mulan said in surprise.

In her impression, don’t monks often need to go down the mountain to ask for alms? Why do they still have a granary? Even if there is one, it is only in the nature of a private warehouse, where dozens of stones of food can be stored to cover the sky.

"Miss Su, you underestimate those monks. Da'anliang Temple used to have 50,000 acres of temple land, and the granary can store 150,000 shi of grain." Lin Xu curled his lips and sighed.

"What? Fifty thousand acres! How is this possible? Isn't it more than those landlords' fields!" Su Mulan was directly shocked.

"You don't know something about this. However, the imperial court issued an edict two years ago that the temple was only allowed to produce 60 acres, so 40,000 acres were sold, so most of the granary was empty." Lin Xu said bitterly.

"There are still 10,000 acres left. Isn't it a big violation of the regulations?" Su Mulan couldn't help but nodded when she heard that the court restricted the number of fields owned by the temple.

Fifty thousand acres of land! At first, Su San's family was only allocated two and a half acres of land. Ordinary farmers basically only have ten acres of land. The temple land of this temple is equivalent to 5,000 farm households!

"The 10,000 acres will be distributed to rural tenant farmers around the temple. It is not against the rules. After all, these monks also need to pay land tax." Lin Xu shook his head and said.

"If you can't live anymore, you can shave off your hair and become a monk, and you will have something to eat." Su Mulan said with a helpless smile. I really didn’t expect these monks to live much better than the common people.

Even if there are only 10,000 acres of land left, he is still a big landowner. Even if they have to pay land tax, it is much easier than ordinary people.

"It's not that simple. To become a monk, you need the monks' association secretary to issue an ultimatum, which requires five stones of food." Lin Xu shook his head and smiled bitterly when he saw how innocent she said it.

"This-" Su Mulan was once again stunned by the court's operation.

They are all masters!

"How many monks are there in Da'anliang Temple?" Su Mulan asked curiously.

"There are 1,232 people registered in the county government books. In fact, there are dozens of permanent monks who live in the temple, as well as some lay disciples who also live in the temple." Lin Xu explained.

"I heard that Anlan's county magistrate and chief secretary have all escaped. Are they hiding in Da'anliang Temple?" Su Mulan rolled her eyes and said.

"What? Yes, it's very possible! Thank you, Miss Su, for your advice. I'll send someone to check it out right now!" Lin Xu was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and stood up immediately. He secretly hated himself for being so careless that he didn't even think of checking out this temple!

"Don't panic, don't panic. Since there is a granary lease in the temple, I have to go to the temple to negotiate. Isn't it convenient for you to pretend to be my follower and investigate secretly?" Su Mulan said with a smile.

"Miss Su is really resourceful, that's all. Then when are you going? Da'anliang Temple is in Gaoyang Mountain, not far from Gaoyang Academy." Seeing her say this, Lin Xu sat down again and said.

"Brother Lin looks so anxious, how about we go there before midnight tomorrow?" Su Mulan thought for a moment and then smiled.

"Why don't you go at Chenshi?" Lin Xu was stunned and asked subconsciously.

"We're gone in the morning. It's not easy to make secret visits in broad daylight. If we're gone in the afternoon, we can also take the opportunity to stay in the temple. Wouldn't it be good to investigate at night?" Su Mulan said with a smile.

"Miss Su is thoughtful. But you are a woman, how could you..." Lin Xu's face lit up with joy, but then he felt something was wrong.

"I'll go there dressed as a man tomorrow." Su Mulan said disapprovingly.

The next day, Lin Xuyi brought two trustworthy government servants to Su's house to wait. They often investigate cases and act like they are always there.

This time, Su Mulan was assisting Lin Xu in going to the temple to find fugitives. It was not an ordinary outing, so she naturally put on makeup more carefully.

She even put a band-aid on her Adam's apple to disguise her appearance. I also put makeup on top to try to look as similar as possible.

After hiring a carriage, Su Mulan thought about buying a carriage again, so she asked Wang Sanhai to do it. Unexpectedly, the coachman heard him and stepped forward to talk to him.

This coachman does not own a horse himself. The horses and carriages are from someone else's carriage company. He is just a "part-timer".

The coachman said that he could drive the coach. Since the Su family wanted to buy a carriage, they would definitely need a coachman and could consider hiring him.

Su Mulan said that she needed to buy five carriages, which was not enough for him alone.

The carriage driver immediately said with joy that he still had a few companions and did not want to continue working in the carriage shop and would rather join the Su family.

Su Mulan agreed with him that the monthly salary would be one tael of silver, and he would be the head groom, plus an additional five hundred coins.

"Brother Zhao, is that you?" The yamen servant brought by Lin Xu suddenly said.