The rain in Chang'an finally stopped in the middle of the night.

After the rain stopped, Chang'an was hot again.

It was noon at the end of the morning the next morning, and the weather was surprisingly hot, as if yesterday's rain had not brought much coolness.

Li Shimin reviewed the folds in the imperial study.

"Holy Lord, it's time to eat."

The eunuch reminded him beside him, but Li Shimin raised his head and hesitated, and then shook his head: "I have no appetite and don't want to eat." ”

It may be that not long after he became the emperor, Li Shimin's pressure is a little great, and the weather is hot, Li Shimin has no appetite these days.

I don't think it tastes good when I eat anything.

Even if it was a delicacy that the imperial chef in the palace had worked hard to make, Li Shimin only ate one or two bites and stopped eating it.

If it weren't for the fear that his body would collapse, he wouldn't even want to eat those bites or two.

Hearing that Li Shimin didn't want to eat again, the little eunuch was a little anxious, and said: "How much does the saint eat, I heard that yesterday the Qinhou Mansion sent someone to send a jar of sauce beans, and today the imperial kitchen is already frying, do you want to taste it?" ”

"Someone sent by Qin Tian?"

The eunuch hurriedly responded: "Yes, it is said to be called sauce beans, let's try it." ”

Although Li Shimin had no appetite, he was a little curious, nodded and said, "Send some to try." ”

Seeing that Li Shimin was willing to eat, the little eunuch breathed a sigh of relief, so he didn't stop, and hurriedly ran to the imperial dining room.

The cooks in the imperial dining room were busy, and after the little eunuch came in, he asked, "Is the sauce beans made by Marquis Qin good yesterday?" ”

"Okay, I just don't know what else the Holy One needs?"

"Just soy beans, and get two steamed buns for Shengshang."

A small plate of soy beans, plus two steaming steamed buns, was quickly sent to the imperial study by the eunuch, Li Shimin glanced at the soy beans, and after seeing it, he couldn't help but lick his lips.

The color of the beans is really appetizing.

Thinking in his heart, Li Shimin couldn't help but pick up a steamed bun and eat it with soy beans, this bite down, the taste between his mouths kept stimulating his tongue, making him suddenly feel very comfortable up and down.

I couldn't help but take another bite.

One bite after another.

Maybe Li Shimin ate less during this time, he was really hungry, and the two steamed buns were eaten clean by him after not long ago, and the little eunuch watched from the side, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Holy Lord, have you eaten well?" The little eunuch asked, but Li Shimin didn't have any sense of fullness, and he especially wanted to eat, thought about it, and said, "Bring me a few more steamed buns." ”

The little eunuch was stunned, he didn't expect that such a plate of soy beans could make Li Shimin like it so much, even if it was just eating steamed buns, he would eat it so happily.

Without hesitation, the little eunuch hurriedly went to get a few steamed buns.

When the steamed buns were brought, Li Shimin quickly ate a few more, and he finally stopped until he couldn't eat anymore.

"Hiccup......

Li Shimin hiccuped, and at this time, another eunuch hurriedly ran over: "Holy Lord, Lord Tang Jiantang, the head of the household department, asks to see him." ”

Li Shimin rubbed his well-fed stomach, and suddenly thought that the soldiers at the border pass would soon be hungry, so he hurriedly ordered: "Let him in." ”

After a short time, Tang Jian entered the imperial study.

"Tang Aiqing, how is the grain and grass prepared?"

Tang Jian's face was not very good-looking, and said: "Shengshang, the money of the household department was enough, but who would have thought that the price of grain would rise so fast, and one stone of grain would rise by three or four hundred Wen. ”

When Li Shimin heard that the grain had risen by three or four hundred yuan, his expression suddenly condensed, and he said, "Why is it so high?" ”

"I'm afraid that someone learned that Lingzhou was short of grain, so they deliberately raised the price of grain, otherwise not long after the grain was harvested, how could the price of grain rise so fast."

There is such a thing as making war money and making disaster money, but the lack of grain that I just mentioned yesterday has risen like this today, which still makes Li Shimin a little difficult to accept.

It's nothing short of a robbery.

"Investigate and see whose grain stores are raising prices, and report them to me."

Li Shimin was a little angry, he knew that the big grain shops in Chang'an City were all done by some families and magnates, and they were the only ones who could be so well-informed.

When Tang Jian saw Li Shimin's appearance, his heart trembled faintly, and then he didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly responded.

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Qinhou Mansion.

"Xianggong, since yesterday, the price of grain in Chang'an has risen a lot."

Qin Tian was reading in the study, Lu Huaniang came to say, when Qin Tian first heard it, he didn't pay much attention to it, and asked, "How much has it risen?" ”

"One stone of grain has risen by three or four hundred wen, and today's grain price is about five hundred wen per stone of grain."

Hearing that one stone of grain has always been five hundred words, Qin Tian couldn't help but be shocked, it had risen too much, and it was a little unbelievable.

"Xianggong, our family is making wine and opening an inn, and the demand for this food is very large every day, although the crops grown by our family have harvested food, but now I am afraid that there is also a bit of a shortage."

Lu Huaniang is faintly worried, doing business, the most afraid of not enough goods, not enough goods, this business will not be able to continue, go to Sihaiju to eat, people can't only eat meat and vegetables, not eat pasta, right?

As for winemaking, there is a greater demand for food.

Of course, they also raised a lot of slaves in the Qin Marquis Mansion, and these people also had to eat, and the food they needed was not a small amount.

Qin Tian frowned slightly and asked, "Do you know why the price of grain has risen?" ”

"The opening of the Yellow River valley has destroyed the homes of many people, and the imperial court needs to send relief grain there."

Qin Tian shook his head: "This was all half a month ago, it only rose by more than a hundred dollars at that time, and now it suddenly rises again, obviously not because of this." ”

Qin Tian didn't go to the early dynasty, and the news was not very well-informed, so after thinking about it, he sent Qin Wu out to inquire about what was going on.

Nowadays, if the food problem is not solved, it will affect them to make a lot of money.

Many people in the early dynasty knew about the lack of food in Lingzhou, so it was not difficult for Qin Wu to inquire, and soon, there was news from Qin Wu's side.

"Brother Tian, Lingzhou is short of grain, the imperial court is preparing grain and grass for Lingzhou, and it seems that this battle will take a long time, and there is a lot of food needed, so many grain shops take the opportunity to raise prices, and now, not only the imperial court is embarrassed, but many people who need to buy food are also a little overwhelmed by such high grain prices."

After listening to Qin Wu's words, Qin Tian felt that the matter was a bit serious, even Li Shimin, I was afraid that it would be difficult.

(End of chapter)