"Qing Shenyan! It's okay to drink too much wine and joke about something else, but you can't scare me with this," Li Shimin's face was

Some of them were pale, including Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, and they all felt that their lips were a little dry.

"It is very possible, please ask the saint and a few to move outside the hall" Xiao Zheng led the people to the woods outside the hall.

Everyone saw Xiao Zheng walking around the tree very curiously, as if he was looking for something. Wait for Xiao Zheng to arrive at one

He stopped in front of the tree and said, "Everyone, please come and have a look."

When he got closer, he pointed to a protrusion the size of a copper coin on the tree and said, "Everyone, please look, if it's winter."

When it's cold, the eggs freeze to death. This year, the weather is not cold, the cold has not penetrated the hive, and next spring will arrive

After that, these bugs will definitely make waves, and so will the locust eggs."

"How do you know it's an egg?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.

"Easy!" Xiao Zheng casually folded a branch, inserted the tip of the branch into the bottom of the bulge, and slowly put it

I pried it up, and when I turned it over, I said, "I think you must have seen what is here."

"Could it be that you Xiao Zheng have the ability to predict the future, how can you judge that there will definitely be a locust plague next year?"

Shimin still asked a little unwillingly.

"There are some things in the world that are still closely related, and it is not uncommon to judge another thing by one phenomenon

See, the sun is coronated with three more rains, the moon is haloed at noon, the wind at noon, the ants move and the swallows fly low to rain heavily, these can still see the weather

and climate change out. The minister is not sure that there will be a plague of locusts, but if this winter is so warm, there will be a drought in the spring

and locust plagues are likely to be inevitable again."

"It will rain heavily when ants move and swallows fly low, and you will do such amazing skills?!" Li Shimin was very surprised

looked at Xiao Zheng and said.

Before Xiao Zheng could answer, Wei Zheng on the side arched his hand and said to Li Shimin: "The minister suggested that the saint should not be only here

Spring ploughing fashion pretending to do a few farm work and get an acre of land is enough. If you have time, you can go to the fields more often, these agricultural proverbs are one

The old men in the field all understand, this is not exclusive to Xiao Shilang himself."

Wei Zheng smashed the bricks, and he didn't give any face, Li Shimin blushed and didn't speak for a while. Shaw

Zheng thought about it, too, this guy has been a nobleman since he was a child, and it would be strange if he had picked a hoe.

"It's normal for a saint not to know, no one is a generalist, this thing has been taught to the prince and the green sparrow, the saint

You can test them when you have free time," Xiao Zheng said quietly for Li Shimin.

After coughing dryly twice, Li Shimin said to Xiao Zheng: "Since it is very possible, Qing and the others have a way."

"The saint should not over-publicize this matter, and besides, it is still early for spring ploughing, so I can make some preparations in advance, such as

hoarding grain for a famine year".

Fang Xuanling pondered for a while and said: "The ancients were extremely dry and locusts, and the Book of Poetry said: Remove its moths and cockroaches

Thief, harmless to my childishness. Tian Zu has a god, and he is a fire." It takes great courage to exterminate locusts, and the minister remembers the great cause

Ten years of locust plague in Shandong and Hebei, after the locusts, the grass and trees in the fields were gone, and the people changed their children when the green and yellow were not available

And food. Now the minister still shuddered when he thought about it, and then the people of Li said that Yang Guang was unreasonable, and the people's grievances were boiling, and the locust plague was harmful.

Far more than the Turks, the saints must not be taken lightly".

Li Shimin was silent for a long time holding the worm egg, and when Xiao Zheng was waiting impatiently, Li Shimin suddenly said

Said: "Thank you Xuan Ling for reminding me, no matter what, if there is really a locust plague and there are all the secretaries, I will do my best to make the whole country."

If you want to resist it, I am not Yang Guang! ”。

A huge sense of self-confidence was revealed from Li Shimin's face.

"Wait for the death of the minister!" Fang Xuanling and the others bowed and said.

Out of the palace, Du Ruhui said to Xiao Zheng: "The saint has made up his mind, if your news is not accurate, it maybe."

Lost Sacred Heart".

"Lao Du, I understand your intentions, but for the sake of my Tang people, I would rather not have this official, and I will not

I hope this locust plague will appear," Xiao Zheng said solemnly.

Du Ruhui arched his hand to Xiao Zheng and said: "You are a fool on weekdays, but you really meet a big man for the country and the people."

Matter, how have you ever flinched and avoided it, and my old Du will obey you."

“，？ Lao Du, how this sentence describes me, I admire myself myself" Xiao

Zheng said triumphantly.

"Alas, can you be a little positive, how can a good sentence get into your mouth like a cow chewing a peony

Jing" Du Ruhui shook his head helplessly and said.

"Let's get down to business first, it's up to you to buy food, you have a lot of ideas, you believe it, but you have to beware of those

Other thieves do things that lose their conscience."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this," Xiao Zheng patted his chest and said.

"But if there is no locust plague, how will you deal with this grain," Du Ruhui was a little worried.

"That's the best, and then I can make a lot of money from the old grain."

Before entering Layue, more than a dozen large grain merchants in Chang'an City were invited by Xiao Zheng to Yingzhou Pavilion and heard of this

The way the lord makes money, many people only see this young and high-ranking Lord Xiao for the first time.

After three glasses of wine, Xiao Zheng was not polite, and pointed to Pei Mingli, who came over next to him, and said, "Everyone, here."

Xiao Zheng, the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, must have someone I don't know, but Mr. Pei on my side must know everyone, and I'm talking nonsense

Not to mention, the court has an order to let the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Hanjiacang, Luokoucang, including Chang'an and Luoyang's granaries in other provinces

Zhongchong grain, this time purchased by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, a total of 700,000 quintals."

As soon as the words came out, the grain merchants present all began to talk one after another, and after a while, a middle-aged man was discussed

stood up and said: "My lord, the villain's surname is Guo, his name is Guo Li, his ancestor has always sold grain, and he has also had business with Master Pei

This is a big business, and the key is the price and the ...... of the grain."

smiled and said to Guo Li: "Mr. Guo can be described as a fast talker, rest assured, as soon as the grain is in the warehouse, it will be produced by Pei immediately."

Mingli's Tang Imperial Silver is very expensive, and it is guaranteed to be a new-style coin."

"As long as the price is right, we will do our best to supply," several grain merchants also raised their glasses and echoed.

"The price of grain is not set by my government, but by you."

Looking at these grains and being a little puzzled, Xiao Zheng smiled and took out a stack of paper and handed one to everyone.

Tell these grain merchants that the quality standards of the grain purchased by the court are written on the top, and the empty space below

Write down the price per quintal of food. Fill in the price and seal this piece of paper in an envelope, and the price can be based on you

Fill in the case. At that time, please go to the site to supervise the opening of the quotation on the spot, remove the highest and lowest quotations, and leave the rest

After the average number of companies is averaged, the nearest five companies under the average number are shortlisted.

"It's about your business, don't make a mistake!" Xiao Zheng said again loudly.

"Yuguo Gong, what if there are other families with the same price shortlisted," a merchant asked.

"Simple, lucky draw".

"Yu Guogong's method is clever, fair and reasonable, we will win the glory, lose the glory, and admire it."

Guo Li bowed to Xiao Zheng.

"After you go back, let's think about it, and go to the Taifu Temple of the Ministry of Civil Affairs the morning after tomorrow to pay the quotation after the expiration date! But you have to be small

Heart, we didn't look for any of the grain merchants who took advantage of the fire last year, and we won't look for them in the future! Master Pei turned out to be too

A businessman Jia Buyi, but business and righteousness, is now given seven official products by the saint and is the president of the Tang Royal Bank, how to do

I think you know better than I do in your hearts, if anyone dares to sell shoddy food, don't forget that the sword of the saint is still on your head

on it".

It was only then that these grain merchants found out that none of their peers who wanted to make a fortune last year really didn't come, and they were also in their hearts

I was secretly glad that if I had crooked thoughts at that time, I would have lost a lot now.

After sending these grain merchants away, Pei Mingli looked at Xiao Zheng, the expression on his face was full of admiration, and he picked up the wine again

After the cup was saluted, he said: "My lord, your means of buying food are ...... officials."

He couldn't even think of anything to say.

"I haven't seen it before, I'll teach you to be obedient, this method is called bidding, and it is the most suitable for national procurement" Xiao Zheng patted Pei Ming

Said Li's shoulder.

"Let me ask you again, it's been two or three months since this road was built, how much has the tax money been collected?" Xiao Zheng asked Pei Mingli.

"Your Excellency, this is a terrible method! Two months, I used to have to walk for a month and a half to transport goods to Luoyang, now

From Chang'an to Luoyang, the carriage does not need more than a dozen, and now the goods between the two places on this road are said to be rivers

It's not endless. The lower official dared to deceive you, so he accepted it..."Pei Mingli said in Xiao Zheng's ear.

"Holy shit! So much money?! No wonder some people are trying their best to build highways," Xiao Zheng suddenly burst out with a sentence.

"My lord, what is a highway" .......

Wonderful!