Those who can get into the position of grain management officer have good talents.

It is actually not difficult for him to use legal means to find the place back!

After all, those who weigh food are all trusted subordinates of the grain manager.

It is not difficult for these well-trained grain experts to make some moves during the process of measuring grain.

The three major families prepared their own battles, and after only a few dozen times, they were replaced by the small battles that had long been hidden in the food.

The food service sent by the army was not formal, but was a temporary household that was drawn from the baggage troops.

After entering the granary, they not only had easy work and worry-free life, but also received a lot of extra rewards in addition to military pay.

These rewards are not the money paid by the grain manager themselves, but the income obtained from deducting military rations.

Therefore, it is common for them to use small buckets to produce grain, which is related to their own personal economic interests and no one will show mercy.

In order to retaliate against the three major families, the grain management official specially replaced the usual nine-liter dot with eight-liter dots. Only when the grain was almost finished was enough, did they exchange their own dots.

The people sent by the three major families to receive food are also very capable and are all conscientious.

They kept watching the grain servants loading the grain out of the granary with buckets, and the quantity was naturally very accurate.

I worked hard for most of the day, and I pulled it back after a sufficient amount of grain was loaded onto the grain truck.

After receiving the food, the three major families immediately went to each family to return the food overnight in order to reduce unnecessary losses.

Their own standard buckets are used to measure grain, so there will naturally be no mistakes in counting, and the grain will be paid back soon.

But something that made them incredible happened. After all the food was paid, the difference was more than 4,000 stones.

The three major families borrowed 16,000 stones of grain, and they paid about 18,000 stones of grain from their own granary, and the food they returned should be more than 33,000 stones.

The grain they have to pay back is only more than 30,000 shi, and they should be able to retain more than 3,000 shi, which is a slight surplus.

After that, the amount of grain was reduced by thousands of stones out of thin air. Not only did he not leave any grain reserves for himself, he owed thousands of stones of grain to usury.

Although there are only one or two families who have not returned the grain, it is also an unsolvable problem for them who are already empty in the granary.

They clearly knew that this was the problem of the grain manager, but the problem was that there was no evidence. Even if it was caused by Liu Bei, they would not be able to get the grain back.

This is not like when I lent out the grain last time, I was still in the empty granary. I just weighed it once and the results could be produced.

They had returned the grain to their creditors and went to the granaries of each family.

There is no way to verify that they dare not mention it for the sake of face, and they suffered a loss.

If the grain debt of Ligulide has not been returned, it will only take several months to make the three major families, which are already in short supply, lose their money.

Therefore, the Chen, Zhan and Guo families could only sell their money and purchase grain at high prices everywhere.

Fortunately, the amount of food was not huge, and they finally received enough food to pay off their debts.

Although he is debt-free, the whole tribe cannot help but tighten his belt and live a tight life for a while.

Whether life will be better in the future depends on whether Liu Bei can defeat Sun Quan.

Although the grain borrowing incident ended, it had a very big impact.

There is only one empty shell left in the three major aristocratic families, which can be said to be very miserable, which sounded the alarm for other aristocratic families.

Since Liu Bei lost food and grass, the war between Sun and Liu on land has stopped. Everyone knows that the outcome of this war has reached a critical moment.

However, the battle on the river was Sun Quan's army with an absolute advantage.

The threat from the Jiangdong Army on the water directly affected the transportation of Liu Bei's military rations.

If Liu Bei's military rations were in a hurry, these aristocratic families would definitely not be able to escape.

Liu Bei wanted to use various names to make major families bleed, and there were others who would follow the footsteps of the three families.

At the beginning of Liu Bei's attack, because of Liu Bei's orthodox identity of the Han Dynasty and the invincible army, he received the full support of these families who were changing their power.

Half a year passed in a blink of an eye, and they could not see Liu Bei’s hope of regaining Jingzhou. Not only did their efforts not be rewarded, but they would have the risk of wealth shrinking.

These aristocratic families had the intention of waiting and watching. The advantages of Sun Quan's army on the water surface of the Yangtze River made these aristocratic families begin to tilt towards Sun Quan.

The tragic experiences of the Chen, Zhan and Guo families who firmly support Liu Bei became the fuse for these aristocratic families to turn against each other.

Lu Xun has been letting his position and tentatively test the attitude of major families. Many of the old fox leaders began to release their kindness to Lu Xun.

Seeing that the temperature was almost done, Lu Xun officially sent a special envoy to meet with major aristocratic families and took out enough chips. Many aristocratic families turned to Sun Quan.

The three major families of Chen, Zhan and Guo, who were greatly injured, also received a handwritten letter from Lu Xun, and they had the guarantee of bearing all the losses of the three families and the threat of extermination.

These aristocratic families whose profits are profit-oriented and whose family interests are higher than anything else have no moral integrity. After weighing the pros and cons, these three families also turned to Sun Quan.

After obtaining the guarantee of these aristocratic families, Lu Xun began to plan.

Life is so fast. In a blink of an eye, it is the day when Liu Bei’s grain transport fleet is about to arrive.

Lu Xun's navy was dispatched again, showing off his might on the river.

It is not easy for Wu Ban, Chen Shi and others to be able to defend their camps and cannot guarantee the safety of food.

Xichuan’s food is not that abundant, but it cannot withstand losses!

The military rations that were about to arrive at the station were once again postponed.

Seeing that the food in the army was about to come to an end, Liu Bei didn't know what to do.

He can also forcibly collect or borrow grain from these aristocratic families, which is an emergency solution.

But snatching food from the mouths of ordinary people is even worse than competing for profit with the people, and can quickly ruin Liu Bei's hard-won reputation for fighting for him for his whole life.

Liu Bei cherishes his reputation and the people very much, which is related to the people's support.

Without any last resort, Liu Bei did not want to use this method.

While Liu Bei was in a difficult plan, the local aristocratic families united to work together to donate food to Liu Bei.

Although each family only gives thousands of stones of food, the total amount is about 200,000 stones, which just solves Liu Bei's urgent need.

Liu Bei was in a good mood, and these aristocratic families were doing their best to the end and donated a lot of horse materials.

Because horse feed is mainly hay and is huge, several families have actively sent a large number of people to send these feed to Liu Bei’s horse farm.

Liu Bei was in Jingzhou for a long time and knew these aristocratic families well. When Liu Bei governed Jingzhou, he received a lot of help from them. Without doubt, he asked them to transport the forage directly to the canyon where they raise horses.

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Chapter completed!