"Alas!" Liu Dao sighed heavily, making Hosokawa Mochiyuki's heart beat a few times.
He hurriedly asked: "Sir, have things changed?"
Lancet said neither yes nor no. He just looked up at him and said, "This is really troublesome for you. It wasn't until I went to inquire about it that I found out that the governor's palace kept grain in several granaries. And they didn't know about other grains at all. How much food is stored in the warehouse?"
Hosokawa Mochiyuki's eyes lit up when he heard this. It's not like he never thought about asking how much food the Governor's Mansion had, but he always found nothing. Now that I heard Liu Dao's words, I suddenly understood. It turns out that the Governor's Mansion concealed the amount of food in this way. It's no wonder that he couldn't find out the total amount of food.
By storing the grains in such a scattered way, as long as you don't inquire about the grain storage in all the grain depots, you will never know how much grain there is in the Governor's Mansion. But how easy is it to find out the grain contents of all grain depots? The more times you do something, the greater the risk of your purpose being exposed, and the easier it is to be noticed by the Governor's Mansion.
"Since Mr. Liu has already found out the news, this level obviously failed to stump you. I wonder if you can tell me what kind of clever trick you used to find out the news?" Hosokawa Mochi Zhi looked at Liu Dao with a smile and asked curiously.
Liu Dao laughed and said: "You are also lucky. The captains guarding these grain depots all have a close relationship with me. I made several excuses to invite them one by one. Then I got what you want. I have found out the information, and it is really difficult for you to handle this matter."
Hosokawa Mochiyuki immediately understood that only people like Yanatao could find out the information about the amount of grain in all grain stocks. If you don't have a very close relationship with someone, they won't tell you such news at all, let alone find out all the information.
Holding his fist towards Liu Dao, Hosokawa Mochiyuki said solemnly: "Please tell me, Master Liu. Don't worry, sir. As long as you are willing to tell the truth, I will definitely not disappoint you as I promised you."
After Liu Dao heard this, he didn't say anything and just looked at him with a smile on his face.
Hosokawa Mochiyuki suddenly laughed, turned around and took out a wooden box from behind that was exactly the same as last time, pushed it in front of Liu Dao, and said, "My lord, please take a look."
Liu Dao felt eager and opened the box to take a look. Yellow golden cakes were placed in the box, with the same number as last time, one hundred taels.
This old boy is really willing to spend money. Liu Dao glanced at the other party and immediately laughed and said: "It's easy to say, easy to say. In fact, you don't have to take it out so eagerly. I can't trust others, so why can't I trust you?"
Noriyuki Hosokawa kept a smile on his face, but he was cursing disdainfully in his heart: "If you believed me, why would you keep it in your mouth and not tell me? You had to tell me the news only if I took out the gold." What do you mean? And even now, you still can’t bear to leave gold.”
However, Hosokawa Mochiyuki was eager to know how much food there was in the Governor's Mansion, so he didn't bother to argue with Liu Dao. He smiled and said with a cupped hand, "Please tell me without hesitation."
Now that the money has been obtained, the willow knife is no longer hidden. He nodded and said: "You'd better prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone."
"Why is this?" Hosokawa Mochizuki was confused.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to remember it for a while, but I will only say it once. And even if someone says this is what I said in the future, I will not admit it." Liu Dao said with a stern face.
Hosokawa Mochiyuki lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Sir, please wait for a moment and come back as soon as you get down."
"Go." Liu Dao nodded in agreement.
Hosokawa Noriyuki immediately went out and ordered people to prepare pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Soon, he came to Liu Dao and put down his pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Said: "Sir, can you speak now?"
Liu Dao nodded, no longer hesitated, and said in a voice that only two people could clearly understand: "There are six grain depots in the Governor's Mansion, A, B, C, Ding and Wu Ji. Among them, the number A grain depot contains about 200,000 shi. "
Hosokawa Mokiyuki was listening to Yanagata's words attentively, but after listening to it, he suddenly paused and asked doubtfully: "Why is it an approximate number? Didn't your Excellency get an accurate number?"
Liu Dao was stunned when he heard this, because these numbers were told to him by the captain guarding the grain depot, and he didn't think about it carefully. Now being asked by Hosokawa Noriyuki, he didn't know how to answer.
A breath was caught in my throat, but I couldn't speak. Within a few breaths, Liu Dao's face turned red from holding back.
In the end, I could only say dryly, "That's what they said when they told me. Do you still want to know? If it's still too late to regret it, you can take this thing back."
With that said, Yanagata was about to push the wooden box to Hosokawa Mochiyuki.
Hosokawa Noriyuki immediately stretched out his hand to block it, and said with a smile: "Since it is an agreed upon matter, how can I regret it? Your Excellency, just tell me the news. As long as the information you tell me is not false, it belongs to you."
After Liu Dao heard this, he reluctantly took the wooden box back. Then he continued: "The size of the B-size grain depot is about 180,000 shi, and the size of the C-size...T-size..."
After finishing speaking in one breath, Yanado sat quietly on the chair, waiting for Hosokawa Mokiyuki to stare at the number on the paper.
After a while, Hosokawa Mochiyuki let out a long sigh and raised his eyes to look at Liu Dao.
Upon seeing this, Liu Dao immediately said: "I can swear by my ancestors that everything I said is true. Now, can I leave?"
Liu Dao hugged the wooden box tightly. Now that he had told the other party all the news, he was a little worried that the other party would regret it and deliberately said that his news was false and would not let him take away the gold.
Hosokawa Mokiyuki saw all of Yanato's actions. The more nervous Yanato became, the more he became certain that the news that Yanato gave him was true.
Suddenly he burst out laughing, breaking Liu Dao's nervous expression, and said openly: "Your Excellency, you can leave at any time. If you don't mind, I can send someone to take you back."
"No, no need." Liu Dao immediately refused. If he asked the other party to send him back, wouldn't there be a risk of revealing the relationship between him and the other party? And the other party must also know this, but he still wants to say this, and he doesn't know what he is doing.
"I'll just go back by myself. I'll say goodbye now."
"Your Majesty, please." Hosokawa Mokiyuki had no intention of keeping Yanado any longer. He didn't even have time to say the polite words to send him off, and just let Yanado leave on his own.
And Hosokawa Mokiyuki had more urgent things to do, which was to tell the master the news immediately.
Hosokawa Mochiyuki quickly picked up the paper recording the grain depot and the amount of grain, and left directly in the opposite direction to Liu Dao. Before Liu Dao even walked out of the back door, he had already boarded the carriage and headed towards the station.
When she saw Komatsu Reiko, she was meditating with her eyes closed. Hosokawa Mochiyuki didn't dare to disturb him, so he had to stand aside holding his breath.
After a while, Komatsu Reiko slowly opened her eyes, looked at Hosokawa Mochiyuki, and asked, "Do you know how much food there is in the Governor's Mansion?"
"Yes, please take a look, Master." Noriyuki Hosokawa nodded quickly and handed the paper over.
While handing it over, he explained: "It turns out that the Governor's Mansion stores grain in six grain depots. Each grain depot is separated from each other. No one knows how many other grain depots there are. Each grain depot How much food is in stock? It’s no wonder that before, my subordinates never got the slightest bit of news.”
Komatsu Reiko's beautiful eyes were bright and she looked at the written content on the paper. Then he raised his head and asked: "Since these six grain depots don't know the information about other grain depots, how can Liu Dao He De find out the information about all the grain depots and know the amount of grain stored in each grain depot?"
Hosokawa Mochiyuki immediately laughed reservedly and said: "Speaking of the master's luck, this Ryugo is actually a life-and-death friend of the six captains. He also took advantage of their trust to get this information."
"Oh? That's it." Komatsu Reiko showed a satisfied smile, and her icy-muscular fingers slid across the paper, and she quickly calculated the amount of food stored in the Governor's Mansion.
"A total of 930,000 stones..." Komatsu Reiko muttered to herself, and then fell silent.
Hosokawa Noriyuki always had a question in his heart. When he saw his master thinking about something, he tentatively said: "Master~"
"Huh?" Komatsu Lingzi came back to his senses. Not only was he not angry, he also said happily: "You have made a great contribution this time. If you want to ask anything, just ask."
"Thank you, Master." After hearing the meritorious service, Noriyuki Hosokawa immediately bowed to Reiko Komatsu.
Then he asked doubtfully: "There is one thing that I don't understand. The information provided by Liu Dao is all ambiguous. Why is the master sure that the food stored in the Governor's Mansion is 930,000 shi? To be honest, when I heard Liu Dao When he told this information, I even doubted whether he had not found out the information at all and was using these things to fool his subordinates."
Komatsu Reiko immediately smiled when he heard this and said, "These news are true."
Hearing his master's affirmation, Hosokawa Mochiyuki was even more confused and could only look at his master blankly.
Seeing his expression, Komatsu Reiko smiled slightly and said: "The grain stored in the grain warehouse is always coming in and out. As long as it is not the person who manages the grain warehouse, it is impossible for anyone to know exactly how much grain is stored in the grain warehouse. . If a captain guarding the grain depot can give an accurate number, then I have to doubt the authenticity of the news. Now such an ambiguous number can actually prove that the news he gave you is true. "
"But if the amount of grain stored is not accurate, is it still useful?" Hosokawa Mochiyuki couldn't help but ask.
Xiaosong picked up the piece of paper as if it were a treasure, and said with a smile: "Of course it is useful, how could it not be useful?"
