(Apologies: I suddenly found out that the previous chapter had written Qinghe Cui's as Xingyang Zheng's.) Hey, it used to be okay to write the wrong name for someone, but now even the surname has been changed for others, which really shouldn't be! That night, Lao Cui went to Coke's dream theory, and he didn't dare to work on Master Cui tonight, so he quickly changed back to first. ）

The fact that Xiao Li swallowed locusts has already spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, and Yangzhou, as the Tongzhou Dayi, naturally got the news.

However, like those ordinary people, all they see is Xiao Lizi's side of the Ming Jun who would rather punish himself and pray to God to save his people from loss!

But they don't know that there is a messy relationship behind this matter.

First of all, Chang'an is not very short of food!

At least it is not the same as when the locust plague first broke out, the outside world preached, the tragic situation of thousands of miles of red land, starvation all over the land, and the change of children and food.

This is due to the continuous conquest of the land of Guanzhong, and the originally abundant population has already been sharply reduced to a shocking point!

A drastic reduction in population means a decrease in the amount of food needed! In this case, even if there is no grain harvest in Guanzhong, with the Chang'an official warehouse, as well as the grain transferred from Luoyang back to Luocang and Tonghanzhong, it is enough for the people of Guanzhong to survive for a year!

Among them, what really gave Li Shimin a headache was:

This natural disaster was actually used by some people with ulterior motives to make a fuss!

When the locust plague first broke out, these people preached everywhere that it was because he was in the wrong position and killed his brother and imprisoned his father, which caused the wrath of heaven to rain down a miracle! At the height of the locust plague, a group of people were even organized to go to the palace to petition, so that Xiao Lizi could return to the emperor in order to eliminate the disaster!

Return the government to Li Yuan? Not to mention that Xiao Lizi can't agree, and his courtiers can't either!

Where do these people come from their current status and rights? Didn't you get it by overthrowing Li Yuan? If Li Yuan returns to power, then they will say less about losing their official positions and resigning, and more about not protecting their heads!

So, the two sides secretly didn't know how many times they clashed, and in the end, Xiao Lizi came up with a way to put on a show in front of the people and officials, and the timely delivery of relief food, which barely calmed down the source of the disaster.

Xiao Han already knew that it was those Shandong families who were stirring up the wind and rain behind his back this time!

Although he was also born in Shandong in his previous life, Xiao Han was also extremely disappointed with those families this time!

It doesn't matter if they are doing the so-called justice this time, or if they are for their own ulterior interests!

Just looking at the catastrophe, they did not stand in the same boat with the country and the dynasty, sought survival with the people, and dragged their feet behind and tried to make trouble, this is their biggest mistake!

Since this is the case, it is really no wonder that Li Shimin has been focusing on suppressing those big families in the future, pressing them into decline little by little, and then continuing until an empress named Wu Zetian appears, and these families have been completely wiped out.

However, these are all later words, not what Xiao Han should consider now, he is still thinking about how to complete the task assigned by Xiao Lizi.

Xiao Han can probably think now that after this incident, Xiao Li Zitai needs a hearty victory, so that his majesty can be established in this land of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods!

"Yes, fortunately, Your Majesty is virtuous, and the locust plague has been suppressed in time."

A few days ago, Xiao Han bowed his hand to the direction of Chang'an, trying to pretend to be admired and grateful, and when Cui Jingzhi also gave up his hand with him, he sighed and said: "However, although the catastrophe has passed, it will soon come to a time when the green and yellow will not be available, and this period of time is undoubtedly the most difficult for the people affected by the disaster."

A few days ago, I discussed with a few friends in Chang'an through letters, and I felt that I could buy grain from other places and transport it to Chang'an to sell it at a low price, not to make money, but to let the people of Guanzhong get through this difficult period and make a little contribution to the country! ”

"Huh? Hou Ye Gaoyi! ”

When Cui Jingyi heard what Xiao Han said, he was immediately in awe, and couldn't help but admire his hand again.

However, his action was not angry in Xiao Han's eyes: "Gao Yi, you uncle, who wants to listen to your lip service?" Lao Tzu said this, shouldn't you quickly take out the key and give me 10,000 loads of food? ”

"Ahem, but ......" After waiting for a while, he didn't see this master climbing up the pole, Xiao Han was helpless, so he had to follow the temptation again: "The land in the affected pass this time is so vast, and the amount of food needed is too much, I don't know where to buy so much!" ”

When Cui Jingzhi heard this, he also shook his head: "Yes, this is about to start spring, and it is really difficult to buy food......

"Uh......" The corners of Xiao Han's mouth twitched.

He wondered, did this person really not understand, or did he pretend not to understand? Lao Tzu didn't let you send it, and you didn't answer when he said he wanted to buy it? Could it be that Lao Tzu fed a dog a poem just now?

Thinking of this, the indignant Xiao Han stopped going around in circles, stared at Cui Jingzhi, and said straight to the point: "Cui Tingshi, but I don't know how much surplus grain you have in Yangzhou?" ”

"Huh? Master Hou, what do you mean Yangzhou? ”

At this moment, Cui Jingzhi was also stunned, as if he had just woken up, and looked at Xiao Han in surprise and said, "Xiao Hou, do you want to buy grain from Yangzhou?" ”

"Isn't that nonsense! Do you think I'm so idle that I have nothing to do with you? ”

Xiao Han now felt that his anger was rushing to the top of his head, scolded a few words in his heart, forcibly suppressed the urge to lift the table, and smiled reluctantly at Cui Jingzhi: "I think Yangzhou has always been rich, so there must be a lot of grain stocks, right?" ”

"Hey......" Cui Jingzhi watched Xiao Han's expression change, suddenly smiled bitterly, patted his thigh, shook his head and said, "Master Hou, if you want to buy grain from Yangzhou, then you really want to be bad!" Although Yangzhou is rich, it is not because of grain, but because of the prosperity of its mulberry weaving, ceramics, smelting and other industries.

The grain produced here every year has always been insufficient to supply itself, and it has to be mobilized from the south or Shandong, where is the surplus grain to sell? ”

"Huh? You mean, there's no food here? ”

Xiao Hanhu looked at Cui Jingzhi suspiciously, a little bit didn't believe what he said, could it be that such a rich landlord's family had no food left?

"Well, not really!" Cui Jingzhi knew that Xiao Han could be suspicious, but he couldn't help but explain: "Maybe Master Hou asks for a few thousand stones, or one or two thousand stones, and I can still mobilize big households to make it up!" However, if Hou Ye wants to help Guanzhong, this bit of food should be far from enough, right? ”

"What's the use of tens of thousands of stones, I want at least 500,000 stones!"

Xiao Han was suddenly a little deflated, judging from Cui Jingzhi's expression, he didn't seem to lie to himself, his original wishful thinking was indeed simple?

"You want 500,000 stones?"

When Cui Jingzhi heard this number, he also gasped, and then said as if subconsciously: "So much grain is equivalent to the marching grain and grass of 200,000 troops!" ”