Chapter 31: The Merchant Prince

In the next few days, with the outbreak of locust plagues one after another, the court also quarreled many times for disaster relief.

And just when the locust plague was still going on, the restaurants and furniture stores invested by Li Chengqian also opened one after another, and Li Chengqian was afraid that others would not know that he opened it, so the name was directly changed to the Royal Restaurant and the Royal Furniture Store.

Tell those people directly that this is the prince of Ben, come and attack me.

Since the opening of the two stores, Li Chengqian has been waiting for the summons and anger of his emperor's father, but he can't wait for the left or the right, which makes Li Chengqian depressed.

Originally, it was to let his emperor's father abolish his position as the crown prince, so he hurriedly opened two stores at the moment of the outbreak of the locust plague.

This did not wait for the anger of his emperor father, but only a few days after opening, the restaurant is full every day because of the new style of stir-frying, and the daily turnover can reach tens of thousands (who orders your price high)

And the furniture store is because of the propaganda of his emperor's father, all the furniture in it was snapped up as soon as it opened, and even the accepted reservations were lined up to 100 kilometers, if it weren't for Li Chengqian's fear that those craftsmen would not be able to do it, then I don't know how many reservations there were.

Even heard Zhang Gao come back and say that there are many people who don't need to increase the price to get the reserved places, and some people even fought directly on the street for this reason.

This had to make Li Chengqian ask Zhang Gao to recruit more carpenters with good skills, and at the same time, let Sun Lou and other masters with good skills accept more apprentices.

On this day, Li Shimin just returned to Taiji Palace after the next dynasty and smashed his favorite glass bowl.

It turned out that as soon as he came to the court today, there was a book in the imperial history that "the prince encountered the people competing for profits, and connived at the people of the East Palace, and wantonly captured locusts, so that the locust god became angry" asked Li Shimin to severely punish the prince, so as to appease the anger of the locust god, and said that someone had already given Li Chengqian the title of a merchant prince.

And the words of this imperial historian were quickly supported by many ministers, and even an official of a family said that if the prince was not severely punished, let him disclose the recipe for stir-frying vegetables and furniture, and go to the temple to ask the locust god for guilt, he would resign and return to his hometown.

This made Li Shimin angry and directly dismissed the official, but Li Shimin did this, not only failed to make those officials give up, but followed suit.

In the end, Li Shimin could only directly announce his retirement from the dynasty, and called his trusted ministers, eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others to Taiji Palace to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty is angry" Seeing that Li Shimin was still angry, the eldest grandson Wuji and others who came with him hurriedly knelt down.

"You let me calm my anger, you tell me how to calm my anger, the merchant prince, Gao Ming is also very clever, usually quite clever, why is it like this, he can't wait, I'm really angry" Li Shimin roared and asked the eldest grandson Wuji.

And the eldest grandson Wuji heard Li Shimin's words, and they were all muttering in their hearts, together with you always know why the prince did this, then you can say it, we really want to hear it.

And Li Shimin looked at the courtiers who followed him all the way, he wanted to tell the matter, but because the stakes were important, he couldn't say it, and thinking of his eldest son, he actually made it out by him, so let him settle himself, thinking of this, Li Shimin directly let the eldest grandson Wuji and them leave.

"Brother Fuji, you are the elder brother of the queen mother, have you heard anything from the mother, tell us about it" Out of the Taiji Palace, these Tang Dynasty pillars of the great people gathered together, and wanted the eldest grandson Wuji to inquire what was going on.

"This may disappoint you, I am also completely confused, I don't know why the prince did this, let's go back and think about how to solve this matter! The younger brother retired first, "After speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji left first.

Seeing this, the others also left.

After Li Shimin made a fire in Taiji Palace, he went to the East Palace, he wanted to go and see, he had only been going to the East Palace for a few days, why did his son have such a headache.

On the other side, the eldest grandson Wujian, who got the news, also hurriedly hugged his youngest son and rushed to the East Palace.

In the end, the couple met at the gate of the East Palace.

"Guanyin, why are you here" Seeing that he had a wife, Li Shimin asked the eunuch to stop the sedan chair and stepped forward to ask.

"Second brother, the concubine hasn't seen Gao Ming for many days, and this kid is not going to ask for peace, why don't you come and take a look" The eldest grandson Wujian naturally didn't say that he was worried that you would beat his son, so he came over to watch first.

"This son of a son didn't even go to his parents to say goodbye, if he didn't clean him up today, it would be okay" After speaking, Li Shimin walked in.

However, as soon as he entered the East Palace, a fragrant fragrance instantly attracted him.

"Guanyin, what kind of food is this, I haven't smelled it, is it Gao Ming, this kid has made something delicious, have you eaten it" After smelling it, Li Shimin asked the eldest grandson Wujian with an intoxicated face.

"This concubine has never eaten it, and Gao Ming didn't send it to the concubine, let's go in and ask him directly" The eldest grandson Wujian sniffed it and said he didn't know.

And just when Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wujian went in with people, a palace maid from the East Palace passed by with a few strings of roasted locusts, and when she saw Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wujian, she knelt there in fright.

"The slave maid doesn't know Your Majesty, the maid arrived, collided with His Majesty's maid, and asked the slave to spare the slave maid" The palace maid knelt there and didn't dare to raise her head to beg Li Shimin for forgiveness.

"What are you holding in your hand, bring it to me to see" After speaking, Wang De took the roasted locust from the palace maid's hand and brought it to Li Shimin.

Seeing the roasted locusts in front of them, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wujian were startled at first, but they were soon attracted by its unique fragrance.

And Li Shimin also thought of what the imperial history said, the prince connived at the people of the East Palace to catch locusts on a large scale.

"Let me ask you, can you eat locusts, are the people in the East Palace eating this locust" Although Li Shimin already had the answer in his heart, he also asked the palace maid in front of him.

"Back to Your Majesty, this locust can be eaten, and it is very delicious, especially the fried in the kitchen ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is even more fragrant, but the slave maid has not tasted it, as for the people of the East Palace, they have indeed been using this locust in large quantities in the past few days, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also said that this locust can be used as a kind of meat, and it is good for the body to eat it" The palace maid knelt on the ground and carefully answered Li Shimin's question.

"Okay, okay, I didn't expect this locust that everyone is afraid of, it is still a delicacy in my son's place, and it can also meet the people's demand for meat, it is this son of a scumbag, he didn't take it out earlier, and let the people of the Tang Dynasty suffer in vain, see if I don't teach him a good lesson today" Saying that, Li Shimin handed the roasted locust in his hand to Wang De, signaling that he had no problem eating one, and then took it and bit one and put it in his mouth to eat, and did not forget to give one to the eldest grandson.

And the palace maid saw that her roasted locusts were gone, and knelt there sadly, looking directly at the departing Li Shimin with her eyes.