Chapter 30: The upset Li Shimin
After most of these cooks went out, Li Chengqian grabbed a few skewers of roasted locusts in his hand and ate them while walking, the taste made Li Chengqian find the feeling of skewers in his previous life, if there was a bottle of cold beer, it would be perfect, but he could only think about it if he didn't know how to brew beer.
When Li Chengqian returned to the lobby of the East Palace with Xiao Anzi with a resentful face, the two little girls who had already smelled the smell ran over to meet Li Chengqian.
"Brother, have you done anything delicious, hurry up and take it out, Lizhi wants to eat" Li Lizhi is the first foodie in the royal family, especially in his brother's place, which is completely different from being outside.
"You, you're so crazy day by day, I don't know if that unlucky guy will marry you in the future, Xiao Anzi took out the food and gave it to the two princesses to taste" Looking at the little girl who was only in front of him, Li Chengqian touched her head very dotingly, of course, Li Chengqian did not favor one over the other, Li Yi He is also very fond of him.
And Xiao Anzi, who was following behind Li Chengqian, glanced at Li Chengqian, who was teasing his two younger sisters, with very resentful eyes at this time, "Am I just, I said a few words that shouldn't have been said before!" Your Highness, it's necessary not to even eat a single one for others," Of course, Xiao Anzi didn't dare to say this.
But when Xiao Anzi took out the fried golden locusts, the little girl Li Lizhi and Xia Ju, who was waiting on the side, were startled.
"Brother, this is a locust, how dare you eat it, if this is known by my father and those ministers, you will be miserable" Li Lizhi was startled when she saw the locusts on the plate, and then said to her brother Li Chengqian very worriedly.
And just when Li Lizhen was worried that her brother would be scolded by her father, Xiao Yi'er, who didn't know much about anything, had already caught a locust and put it in her mouth, and ate it happily.
"Sister, come and eat, this worm, it's delicious, fragrant, crispy, if you don't come, Xiao Yi'er will finish eating" After eating a locust, Xiao Yi'er thought it was delicious and hurriedly called her sister to eat it too, and at the same time, her little hand didn't forget to grab a few and put them in her mouth.
Li Chengqian and Li Lizhi heard Xiao Yi'er's voice, looked over, and saw the little girl, one in one hand, kept sending it to her mouth, that cute little appearance, provoked Li Chengqian wanted to pick her up and kiss her on the little cheek.
"Xiao Yi'er, this is really delicious" Li Lizhi looked at her sister with a questioning look and asked, but as a snack, she also wanted to try it.
"It's delicious! No, it's not delicious, this insect is not delicious, my sister don't eat it, let Xiao Yi'er help you eat something that is not delicious" Xiao Yi'er just finished saying that it was delicious, her big eyes turned as if she had thought of something, and she immediately changed her words, and at the same time looked at her sister with vigilant eyes, and kept grabbing the fried locusts and sending them to her mouth, making her small mouth round.
"Villain Xiao Yi'er, you dare to lie to me, aren't you bad, then why do you still eat, you leave some for me" Seeing Xiao Yi'er like this, Li Lizhi didn't hesitate, because she really didn't wait for a while, she hurriedly ran over and grabbed it with her sister.
And Li Chengqian, who saw this scene, sighed in his heart about Xiao Yier's ghostly spirit, and at the same time showed an expression of looking at his cute daughter.
"Xiao Yi'er, you eat slowly, it's not enough, but if you eat too much, your favorite sweet potato porridge will be gone for a while" Seeing that Xiao Yi'er ate too many fried locusts, Li Chengqian, wanted to stop her from continuing to eat, but she refused, so she had to use her favorite sweet potato porridge to divert her attention.
Sure enough, when she heard that there was sweet potato porridge to eat, Xiao Yi'er hurriedly put down the locusts that had been caught, and looked at him with big eyes, as if to say, brother, if you lie to me, I will cry to you.
"You little girl, we'll really eat sweet potato porridge in a while, but we can't tell our father and mother, do you remember?" Li Chengqian held the little girl in his arms, took the handkerchief handed over by Xia Ju, and said to Xiao Yi'er while wiping off the oil stains on her face and hands.
Xiao Yi'er remembered that the queen mother asked several times, but Xiao Yi'er didn't say it, but her sister almost said it once" Xiao Yi'er, who was wiped clean by Li Chengqian, sat on Li Chengqian's lap, dancing like Li Chengqian, saying how smart she was and how stupid her sister was.
Hearing that Xiao Yi'er had sold herself, Li Lizhi glanced at Xiao Yi'er very dissatisfied, but when she saw Li Chengqian's inquiring eyes, she turned her head weakly and continued to eat her fried locusts.
And just when the three Li Chengqian brothers and sisters were talking and laughing and eating fried locusts, and wanted to take advantage of the fact that their father and mother were not coming to add food to themselves.
In the Taiji Palace, his father was convening his ministers to discuss how to resettle the refugees who had flocked to Chang'an due to the locust plague and how to carry out disaster relief.
"Xuan Ling, auxiliary machine, you all talk about it, what to do with this locust plague right now" Li Shimin looked at his uncle Sun Wuji and his prime minister Fang Xuanling who were sitting below.
As for several others such as Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng was also thinking about countermeasures.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now we should hurry up and let the counties and counties spread clothes and porridge, first let the displaced people settle down in the local area, and not let them come to Beijing, and then let the local officials stop the displaced people from grabbing the grain, although most of the grain has been destroyed by the locust plague now, but some places such as the area around the capital have not been affected in a large area, although a lot of grain is not yet ripe now, but can grab a little is a little, otherwise many places will not be able to wait for the next winter wheat to ripen" Fang Xuanling stood up and said his advice to Li Shimin, who was the leader.
"Your Majesty, grab the grain, cloth and porridge, Weichen agrees, but let the court provide disaster relief, I'm afraid the household department doesn't have so much money and food, and since the outbreak of the locust plague, the price of this grain has risen day by day, and the grain in many places has risen to 5 yuan a liter" Although the eldest grandson Wuji agreed with Fang Xuanling's suggestion, the household department he was in charge really couldn't come up with so much money.
Hearing the eldest grandson Wuji say that the price of food had risen to a chilling point, his face changed instantly.
In this way, Li Shimin and his courtiers had been discussing in the Taiji Palace until 8.9 o'clock, but they still did not discuss a feasible way, so they could only let them go back first.
And he himself sat there sullenly and lost his temper, even the food sent by Wang De was thrown away by him, and in the end, it was the eldest grandson Wujian who personally served the porridge, and he barely drank a little.
"Second brother, don't be upset, it's really not good, the amount in our palace is reduced, there should be seven or eight hundred thousand yuan, you take it to disaster relief first" After Li Shimin drank some porridge, she stood behind him and rubbed his shoulders and said to him.
"Guanyin, how can there be so much money in this palace" Hearing that he could still squeeze out seven or eight hundred thousand yuan in his inner treasury, Li Shimin looked back at his eldest grandson Wujian in surprise.
"Didn't the concubine rob the clever ice water business! Don't you say it, this is only half a month, I made nearly 10W money, if it weren't for this business, the concubine would not have been able to take out so much money, at most 30W money, it would be good" After the eldest grandson Wujian finished speaking, Li Shimin let out a long sigh, and as his pillow person, how could she not know her husband's troubles, because the Turks went south two years ago, leaving the treasury empty, which is a little better, this locust plague came again, how could this not make him sigh, after all, he still wanted to sweep away the Turks, and the shame of Yixue by the Weishui back then.