With Feng An's 500,000 quintals of rice transported to Chang'an, Li Shimin suddenly had confidence.

Just above the main hall, the people affected by the disaster in Guanzhong can receive food from the government if they have no food for the winter, and they do not have to pay it back.

Datang was plagued by famine, and there was not much surplus food, and the government was crazy, but the notice was written like this, and people couldn't help but believe it, and Li Shimin's public opinion rose a lot.

As soon as he came out of Shaozhou City, Feng Ang no longer raised his eyebrows and drew his sword at each other, and when he looked at Xiao Zheng, it was like seeing his father. Although it was late autumn, the climate in Lingnan was still hot, the two of them sat cross-legged on the mat, Feng Ang took a few jars of chilled wine and put it on the table, Xiao Zheng also brought his cook, two roast chickens, a steamed goose, and some seasonal fruits on the table.

Picking up the jar and pouring some wine into the bowl, I saw that the yellow color of the wine was relatively close to that of modern rice wine.

After tasting it, it was no different from the rice wine of later generations, the taste was not bad, and I drank it all when I took it, and Feng Ang became interested when he looked at Xiao Zheng drinking.

"Lao Tzu looked away, I didn't expect you to be a veteran in drinking! How much can you drink? ”

"I don't drink much, how much can I drink as a civil official," Xiao Zheng said with a smile.

"Then get drunk and pull down!"

Feng An's arrogant appearance saw that the public loss on the side was ruoyi, and he grinned vigorously.

One person and two jars of wine went down, Feng An's tongue became bigger, and he pointed at Xiao Zheng and said, "Lao Tzu underestimated you, your fucking amount of alcohol is unfathomable."

"Lao Feng, let's get down to business, did you old boy want to submit to today's saints for a long time, you just wanted to scare Lao Tzu at that time."

Feng Ang stammered and said: "To be honest, Lao Tzu does have this idea, but he, Li Shimin, dares to kill his eldest brother and third brother, who is not afraid of such a person?" You kid also took the lead in introducing the two of them to the palace gate, and Lao Tzu just wanted to test your guts. It seems that you really have the courage to go to the Turkic camp alone, this time you are dying under my nose again, you are old and obedient, and a courtier like you deserves him Li Shimin to sit in the world."

"Come, drink! Lao Tzu still disobeys you."

As soon as he drank too much wine, Feng Ang danced with his hands, and his eyes glanced at the maid on the side, "I have tens of thousands of slaves in my family, you will live here with me tonight, and I will let the maid serve you comfortably" The old guy said with a smile.

"No, you see that the maid looks like you, Lao Tzu can't get off that tooth, hurry up and prepare 100,000 acres of double-cropping rice seeds for Lao Tzu, and prepare more sugarcane seeds for you."

"Don't worry, you're indispensable," Feng Ang finished speaking, lying on the mat with his back to the sky and falling asleep.

Back in Yangzhou, Pei Mingli found more than a dozen large merchants selling bricks and stones in Yangzhou, Hangzhou and even Chuzhou.

As soon as I learned that these people were suppliers of masonry and wood, I listened to these people introduce that the scale of their own family was still far from Xiao Zheng's expectations.

"Everyone, in Xia Xiao Zheng, I think everyone knows each other, I don't hide it, this official wants to build a road to connect Yangzhou, Chuzhou, and Hangzhou, which is expected to cost 600,000 yuan, and most of the materials used are bricks and stones" Xiao Zheng said as soon as he said it, everyone's appetite was lifted.

Dozens of merchants all came to the spirit, this decision was a big sale, and everyone quieted down to listen to Xiao Zheng's speech.

"But can you give me a discount on the price?"

I saw a gorgeously dressed middle-aged man stand up and say: "My lord, this business is to take what you need, you buy and I sell, the scarcity is expensive, the goods are in order to see the rise, and the villain is difficult to obey."

Xiao Zheng was stunned, looked at this person and said, "This brother is ......."

"The villain Gong Dajun is the largest brick merchant in these places," he said proudly.

"So Mr. Gong isn't ready to make a price reduction?" Xiao Zheng looked at him and asked.

"That's right! As you know, this is a fair deal, and the price is right. The adult is so big, with all due respect, this opportunity is rare, and the price may rise in the future, if the adult does not raise the price, there will be no bricks and stones to sell on the market," Gong Dajun said very well.

"Hehe, are you trying to blackmail me?" Xiao Zheng squinted at him and said.

"The villain doesn't dare, the villain does business according to the French tax, and there is no adultery, the villain's own things can be sold if they are wanted, and they will be left at home if they don't want to."

"Okay, since you want to raise the price, then the official has no opinion, the business can't be negotiated, you can leave, but you won't consider the opinions of the subordinates? I don't hide it, in the future, there will be more places to use masonry and stone, so you don't think about thinking about the long stream? If you really get out of this door, there will be no turning back," Xiao Zheng said with a smile.

"Thank you for reminding you, it's still the same sentence, if you don't get to the price that the villain wants, you won't make a move on the goods, and the villain will definitely increase the price, farewell!" Gong Dajun glanced at a few people in the crowd.

At this time, a few more people stood up in the crowd and followed Gong Dajun out.

When these people left, I saw an old man in his fifties arching his hand at Xiao Zheng and said: "My lord, the villain Zeng Zhaoyi is a brick and tile merchant in Chuzhou, and the person just now is the largest brick and tile merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, who lives in Hangzhou, and his family has been operating bricks and stones for generations. Even the bricks and tiles when Yang Guang repaired the palace were supplied by his family, and the few who left just now were also his partners. It is a good thing for adults to build roads for the benefit of the country and the people, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and the supply of bricks and stones in the hands of these few accounts for half of Jiangnan. Your masonry and stone materials for building your road consume a lot, and if you don't have a few of them to supply masonry, you don't know when your road will be repaired. I also know your reputation, and those who do business will have some backstage to a greater or lesser extent, and the villain still suggests that you bring him in and talk to him again."

The old man said very vaguely, but he also told Gong Dajun's situation.

"Thank you for reminding me, no matter how big the official is, there is no reason to bully people and force them to buy and sell, since people don't want me to force me to ask for it, I just ask if the people who stay can give a discount on the price?"

"I'm willing!".

Zeng Zhaoyi said to Xiao Zheng with some worry: "My lord, the villain just wants to remind you that even if we are willing, the bricks and stones supplied are less than forty percent of the way you build this road, and the rest will have to go to the Gong family to buy it."

"The rest don't bother the elderly, I just want to ask you, are there many people who can burn bricks at home?"

"Yes, there must be! The villain is specialized in this, and even the one who asks for food has to have a broken bowl, who does the brick business does not have a few kilns that burn bricks, and if you ask like this, it will be equivalent to slapping the villain in the face" Zeng Zhaoyi said with some unhappiness.

"Don't worry, old man, since you have a potter who burns bricks, then this thing is easy to do, and it is inevitable to use bricks and stones to build roads, but who said that you have to use bricks and stones to build roads? Lao Tzu is not even afraid of sores, and he is afraid that his little businessman will not sell my things? ”