Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 242 Statistics of Food and Grass
"The king of Zhongshan came just in time. The quantity of grain and grass has been counted, and we can start to transfer to Taicang!" Shi Sun Rui stroked his long beard confidently.

But before he finished his sentence, he heard Li Ru sneer, "Is Da Sinong so sure that your statistics are correct?"

Shi Sunrui snorted dissatisfiedly, and replied: "The people brought by the old man are all proficient in statistics and computing, and they are better than those soldiers you brought. According to their preliminary statistics, the people in the underground palace There are about 50 bags of grain!"

He came here to supervise on behalf of the royalist faction, so he naturally didn't get along well with Li Ru, the Xiliang faction.

Li Ru sneered again after hearing the words, and said, "Preliminary statistics? About? Haha, is this also called clear statistics?"

Li Ru asked several questions in succession, but Sun Rui blushed and was at a loss for words.

Ma Teng also echoed in disbelief: "My subordinates and I have counted the sacks in the underground palace three times, but...the numbers are not consistent each time. How can you be sure, Master Shisun?" The statistics of your subordinates must be correct!"

Shi Sunrui was a little anxious by the two people's words, turned around and pointed to the sacks behind him and said, "Your people say there are about 47 bags, and Master Li's men say that there are 53 bags, so who should you choose?" Come?"

Hearing this, Liu Yu figured it out. It turned out that these people were arguing endlessly about counting the amount of food just now.

"Okay, my lords, stop arguing. Isn't it just counting the quantity? As for..." Liu Yu wanted to act as a peacemaker, but when he turned his head, he saw that the grain bags that had been neatly stacked had been moved back and forth by several groups of people. The inventory was a mess.

"How can it be possible to count the number like this! These subordinates of the three adults are too messy!"

As soon as Liu Yu spoke, all three looked at him.

"According to King Zhongshan, do you have a better way of counting?" Shi Sun Rui asked.

"How difficult is this!" Liu Yu spread his hands easily.

Li Ru rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said, "If that's the case, let King Zhongshan do the statistics!"

Li Ru came here to find evidence of Liu Yu's "encroachment on private pockets". If Liu Yu's statistical methods and numbers are very different from the actual ones, wouldn't it prove that he has selfish intentions.

As for the actual number, Li Ru felt that it should be between 47 and 53.

"King Zhongshan, do you really have a solution?" Shi Sun Rui shook his head in disbelief again, thinking that the three groups of them hadn't been able to check clearly, where did Liu Yu get his confidence, he must be bragging!
"There is no hair on the mouth, so you can't do things well!" Shi Sunrui muttered in a low voice.

Ma Teng was on Liu Yu's side, so he suggested: "Otherwise, it's better to use the most stupid method. Every time a bag is lifted out to be loaded into the car, record the quantity of a bag, so there will be no mistakes!"

After hearing this, Li Ru waved his hands quickly, "No! Master Taishi needs to know an accurate number today, and then hand it over to Taicang. Fortunately, there is a comparison when receiving grain and grass. If there are bags of truck loading records, Wouldn't it take several days to know the final quantity!"

If the figures of the three of them were close, there would be about 50 bags of grain in the underground palace, and it would not be so easy to transport them back to Luoyang City.

As for Li Ru, who temporarily acted as the superintendent of the military battalion and the captain of the city gate, he was extremely busy. How could he have been personally supervising in the underground palace all the time.

Therefore, in order to prevent someone from tampering with each transportation, he must know an accurate data before the grain leaves the warehouse, and then hand over the data to the men guarding Taicang.

As long as the total number of grain bags received by Taicang matches, it proves that Liu Yu did not store grain privately, but if the quantity entering Taicang is different from the statistics, then the commander-in-chief in charge of this transshipment has committed a serious negligence!

But Li Ru's careful thinking couldn't be hidden from Liu Yu's eyes.

Liu Yu thought to himself: "It turns out that's Li Ru's plan. As long as Taicang knows the total amount in advance, they won't dare to hide the food privately during the transportation process! But... I didn't plan to use such a clumsy method to intercept the underground palace in the first place." The food in the house!"

Thinking of this, Liu Yu has a bottom line in his heart. Since Li Ru only looks at the total, he doesn't need to play tricks on the statistics.

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Liu Yu did what he said, but he didn't let people continue to count the grain bags one by one in such a chaotic manner, but ordered five thousand soldiers to rearrange all the grain bags neatly.

"One hundred bags in each row, one hundred bags are enough to be placed on one side, and then continue to be placed on the second side, the third side...until they are all neatly arranged!"

Liu Yu taught Zhou Fang, Cui Di and Ma Chao how to put it, and asked them to be in charge of command and supervision.

The [-] soldiers were all the elite of Ma Teng's army, and it was no problem to carry a hundred bags of grain each. However, the number of grain bags was too many, and it would be impossible to complete them in a short while.

Liu Yu yawned, and said: "I guess it will take a long time to arrange them neatly. I got up too fast in the morning. I'll catch up on my sleep first. Would you like to sleep together?"

Scholars Sun Rui and Li Ru both came with missions, and they had to monitor whether there were any loopholes in Liu Yu's method, so how could they go to rest.

Ma Teng glanced at Liu Yu and saw hints in his eyes, so he said angrily: "The last general came to the underground palace at Maoshi, and I'm really tired at the moment. Since King Zhongshan's method takes an hour, it's just right Find a place to rest for a while."

After speaking, Ma Teng pointed to a large open space in the distance, "There are a few grain bags stacked there, and it will be very comfortable to lie on and rest on."

Liu Yu glanced at it and felt that it was a good place, so he invited the two of them again, "Are you two adults really not coming to sleep?"

Shi Sun Rui shook his head with a smile, while Li Ru turned his back directly and began to arrange his own people to supervise Ma Chao, Cui Di and Zhou Fang.

Liu Yu thought to himself that it was a good time that the two of them didn't come, but it would be convenient for him to discuss with Ma Teng how to "block the flow" and transfer the grain and grass.

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As soon as he lay down, Ma Teng said first, "So much food has to be transported into Taicang. It's really... a pity!"

"Hehe, it turns out that Brother Shoucheng is thinking about these grains!" Liu Yu closed his eyes and fell asleep, but the smile on his face seemed to have seen Ma Teng's thoughts long ago.

"Did King Zhongshan not have this idea?"

"Hehe, of course I want to post this too, otherwise why would I come here to sleep with you so early in the morning!"

Hearing that Liu Yu was also thinking about these grains, Ma Teng became energetic at that time.

Looking at the soldiers in the distance who were busy arranging the grain bags, Ma Teng asked curiously: "Could it be that... Zhongshan King has already figured out how to manipulate the statistics?"

Ma Teng felt that the best way to cut off the grain and grass was to count less grain from the beginning, but Liu Yu shook his head and denied it.

"No! Originally, I planned to do something with the quantity, but since Li Ru wants to know the total amount of food in advance, I can use this as a cover to implement the second, more secure plan!"

When Ma Teng heard that Liu Yu had prepared two sets of plans, he felt at the time that a resourceful person is capable, and even "filling his own pocket" would be more resourceful than ordinary people.

(End of this chapter)