The soup was a little cloudy, and there were a few grains of white rice floating in it.

Although it smells of wine, but when you drink it in your mouth, it only has a sour taste, and the whole soup tastes so light that it is almost the same as white water, and it can't be said to be wine.

Li Yi smacked his lips and said, "This soup is fresh." ”

"That is, the prohibition of alcohol was loosened some time ago, except that it was not allowed to be sold publicly, and it was okay to brew it for yourself in private and not be known by others."

Huang Langjun smiled and explained, "This restaurant is not a violation of the order. ”

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Even if you brew it yourself, you have to have food, this year's grain has just been planted, where is there so much food waste?" ”

"In this Shu, there are always some people who have grain in their hands, and the price of grain has risen sharply last year, if you want to say that no one hoards food, who believes it? Later, the price of grain fell sharply, and the grain smashed in the hand was really hoarded in the granary and moldy? ”

Huang Langjun said meaningfully.

Shuzhong is hot and humid, and it is located in the south, and many kinds of rice, wheat, and storable corn only account for three points at most. Naturally, the rate of mold in grain is much faster than in the north.

"Last year's summer grain was ripe, and the autumn wheat was not delayed, as long as there is no war, the grain can still be supported. Seeing that this year's spring ploughing did not encounter the spring cold, and the cultivation went smoothly, so those who hoarded grain were also panicked. ”

Although Huang Langjun didn't look very old, he was very good at it, which made Li Yi look at him with a little surprise.

Although he has been following his brother for the past few months, he is also a person who has done things for the prime minister, so he naturally knows the doorway.

The Han Dynasty is now fifteen taxes and one, maybe the days of the imperial court are a little tight, not counting the war in the south, the days of the head of the head can only be said to be more bitter than before, gritting his teeth, and still living.

But those who have acres of land at home have not been affected much.

Before the first emperor entered Shu, luxury became a trend in Shu, competing with each other, and people couldn't help it.

To put it bluntly, isn't it enough to be full?

From thirty taxes to fifteen taxes, how many years has it been collected?

Although the first emperor listened to Liu Ba's plan, minted a lot of money, and ruthlessly pitted the big families in Shuzhong, but he wanted to hollow out those people's families, how could it be?

Of course, speaking of which, my family originally had a lot of fields, but there was chaos in Nanzhong, and there was no difference between having it and not having it.

On the contrary, it was this Huang Langjun who dared to say this in front of him, which surprised him a little.

"I remember Huang Langjun's home, there seems to be a lot of fields, right?"

Li Yi picked up the dishes on the table and put them in his mouth, chewed them, and put down the chopsticks, the longer he followed his brother, the more unpalatable he felt about the food outside.

I saw Huang Langjun with a wry smile on his face, nodded, and generously admitted, "There are indeed a lot, although the Huang family does not deliberately hoard grain, but the grain harvested in their own fields in the past two years has not been sold, and they have been hoarding." ”

"So," Li Yi pointed to the private room and said, "This restaurant is also Huang Langjun's family?" ”

Dare to say this here, I am not afraid that outsiders will listen to it, and I think that Huang Langjun is also confident.

"I don't dare say that."

Huang Langjun waved his hand again and again, "The Huang family is a family of cultivation and study, and he dares to operate a cheap business?" I know the shopkeeper of this restaurant. ”

This is a disguised admission that this restaurant is related to the Huang family.

Li Yi smiled, the big family said that they didn't operate cheap business, but if you really want to dig deeper, which of those slightly bigger businesses is not inextricably linked with the big family? This is the usual method used by the family.

Li Yi knew this, and he didn't break it, and asked again: "Then Huang Langjun asked me to come, why did you ask me?" ”

"Nature is food."

Huang Langjun poked his head over and said, "The younger brother heard that before the elder brother arrived in Jincheng, someone released a rumor that the elder brother had a lot of fine cloth in his hand and wanted to use it to buy grain?" ”

"You're well-informed."

Li Yi nodded and said, "That's right. Indeed, it is the finest cloth. I don't know if you have heard that the little lady in Zhang Junhou's mansion has two sets of special clothes in her hands? ”

"Of course I've heard of it."

Huang Langjun nodded and said, "I heard that the clothes that the little lady wore in the winter of last year are very different from others, and she doesn't even need to wear a fur coat, which is really a good thing." ”

When Li Yi heard this, he felt a little emotional.

This Zhang Mansion is also one of the best families in Jincheng.

And this little lady is the queen's sister-in-law, and what she does naturally attracts attention.

After this whole winter, although this kind of cloth has not yet spread to Jincheng, but because of the little lady of the Zhang family, everyone in Jincheng who is a little well-informed about the upper class is unknown.

Originally, Li Yi still didn't understand why his brother would spoil that little lady so much, but now, he is even more confused, and I don't know if my brother is intentional or unintentional?

A thought flashed in his heart, but his face was silent, and Li Yi said slowly and methodically, "Having said that, I won't hide it from you." The cloth used for this clothing was specially sent to Hanzhong by Feng Langjun to make wool with a secret method. The cloth in my hand is exactly that. ”

"Seriously!"

Huang Langjun's eyes lit up, and his neck stretched longer, "But I don't know the price?" ”

Li Yi didn't seem to see Huang Langjun's anxious eyes, and continued to say indifferently, "This year, only I have this cloth in my hand." ”

Then he looked at Huang Langjun, "Huang Langjun thinks, how much is this price?" ”

"The younger brother is not good at this kind of farming, so this cloth, the elder brother is worth it, and the younger brother doesn't dare to put his beak."

Li Yi frowned slightly, and said in his heart, this person will talk about food and cloth, but now he doesn't look like he wants to buy cloth, could it be that he is playing tricks on me?

"I don't dare to hide it from my brother, the younger brother just heard that my brother used this good cloth for food, so I thought, is it useful for my brother to use this food?"

Seeing that Li Yi's expression was a little wrong, Huang Langjun's eyebrows and eyes were transparent, and he said it immediately.

"You want to know?"

Li Yi's eyes glanced at Huang Langjun lightly.

The fact that my brother wants to use a large amount of grain in Hanzhong will definitely not be able to hide it in the future, but not being able to hide it does not mean that it can be leaked out at will.

Most of the surplus grain in Shu is controlled by the big clans, and the big clans in Shu may not treat their brothers very well.

Not only is it not to be seen, but there are a lot of mustards.

Anyway, Li Yi felt that his brother's ability to offend the family and the big family was generally not something that others could learn.

Therefore, in this matter, it is best to take advantage of the fact that the Shuzhong clan is worried about last year's grain hoarding, and first collect a batch of grain, and how much can be collected.

If they realize that they have their brother behind them, it is estimated that the price of food will have to rise again.

"The little brother doesn't want to know. It's just that if the elder brother really wants food, the younger brother has a batch in his hand, and if it is not enough, the younger brother can also come forward and prepare some more for the elder brother. ”

Hearing this, Li Yi's heart moved.