Chapter 70: The Thief Who Misled the Country
After Qin Wu stopped shouting to go into battle to kill the enemy, Qinjia Village was finally a little more peaceful.
Qin Wu was in charge of the escort of the flower water every day, and he was a little more concerned about this work than before.
In the past, he only treated this job as a temporary thing, and what he wanted was to go into battle and kill the enemy.
But after listening to Qin Tian's words that day, he understood that many things had to be done step by step.
As long as he follows Qin Tian, he will get what he dreams of.
And when Qin Wu was busy doing these things every day, Qin Tian was making benches, tables and chairs in addition to making wine.
These things are what he has always wanted to do, but in order to make money some time ago, he has not put these on the agenda, and now that the money is available, he is not so busy, and he can finally do it.
Bedchamber.
Tang Rong sat in the house drinking tea, and after she took a few sips, she smashed her mouth unsatisfied.
"I really don't understand what Xianggong thinks, such a delicious tea, he has to say that it is unpleasant, and he never wants to drink it, Xiaoqing, do you say strange?"
Xiaoqing nodded, and then poured all the remaining tea in the teapot into her cup a little greedily, so that it was not until she finished drinking it that she finally spoke: "What Miss said is very good, this tea is really delicious, my uncle doesn't like it, it's really wrong." ”
Tea was a very precious thing in the Tang Dynasty, ordinary people couldn't drink it at all, Xiaoqing and Tang Rong really couldn't understand why Qin Tian felt that this thing was unpalatable.
However, Tang Rong only complained a word or two, and after finishing speaking, she asked, "What has Xianggong been doing lately?" ”
"Fluttershy told me that my uncle is going to make tables, chairs and benches."
"Tables, chairs, benches?" Tang Rong was very strange, she could understand the table, what were the chairs and benches?
"Yes, I haven't seen it either, but it's really bad for my uncle to do carpentry work, and Miss will have to talk about him later."
Shinong businessman, craftsman is just a little higher than the status of businessman, Xiaoqing thinks that his uncle is an official anyway, how can he do carpenter work with his own hands?
Tang Rong smiled lightly, disapproving, she knew her father-in-law, even if Qin Tian did carpenter's work, he wouldn't really go to be a carpenter.
Moreover, isn't Captain Xuanjie of Qin Tian just because he is a carpenter?
Isn't that an automatic waterwheel a carpenter's job?
She believed in her husband, so she wouldn't say it.
The master and servant had already drunk a pot of tea, and their legs and feet were a little numb, Tang Rong wanted to stand up and move, but just as she was about to stand up, she suddenly felt cramps on the soles of her feet and couldn't move.
"Oops...... Oops......"
"Miss, what's wrong with you?"
"I've been sitting for too long, my feet are numb, and I'm cramping, so you can pinch me."
Xiaoqing hurriedly ran over to pinch Tang Rong's feet, so that it was not until a long time later that she finally got better.
And at this time, Qin Tian asked people to carry a chair and walked in.
"Madame, look what I have done for you!"
Tang Rong glanced at the thing and found that she hadn't seen it, but she still guessed a little.
"This is the chair that Xianggong made in the past two days?"
Qin Tian nodded: "That's right, this is the chair, if you want to sit and rest in the future, just sit on it, it's much more comfortable than sitting at the table with your legs crossed, try it, madam." ”
Tang Rong sat up in disbelief, the chair was smooth, and there were armrests on both sides, and the back could be leaned on, after sitting down, I felt that the whole person was relaxed.
"Xianggong, this chair is really comfortable to sit on, your legs don't need to be circled, and your legs will never be numb in the future."
When she said this, Tang Rong admired Qin Tian more and more in her heart, this chair looked very simple, but no one had found out about it for hundreds of years, but it was really amazing that she had made it for her father-in-law.
Tang Rong sat on the chair and dangled her legs, and said, "Xianggong, Zhang Yuanwai from the neighboring village came to ask again today, do we still want those hundreds of acres of land, if not, he will find someone else." ”
As soon as he heard this, Qin Tian immediately patted his head: "Oh, in the past two days, I have only cared about making chairs, and I have forgotten about buying land, so I will go and take a look." ”
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Chang'an City, the third day after the crown prince Li Jiancheng led the troops away.
Early this morning, the eldest grandson Wuji hurried to the Qin Palace.
The eldest grandson Wuji is only a few years older than Li Shimin, but he seems to be quite stable, and Li Shimin is willing to tell him many things.
Even, what you can't say to Li Ji, you can tell the eldest grandson Wuji, who made him his eldest brother.
"Lord Wang, the situation of grain and grass has been counted, and I am afraid that the situation is not good."
The eldest grandson Wuji took out an account book to Li Shimin, and after Li Shimin read it, he immediately frowned, and said, "There is no grain and grass in the household?" ”
"In recent years, my Datang has pacified a lot of places, in order to stabilize the people in these places, the imperial court has reduced their taxes for three years, so I Datang's grain is not much, the grain collected this year was all taken away by His Royal Highness the Prince, and now the grain and grass are scarce, and the price of grain in the market is very expensive, not to mention that we can't afford it, even many people can't afford it."
Hearing the rise in grain prices in the capital, Li Shimin's brows tightened even more.
Food is related to the stability of a place, and the people cannot afford to buy food, but they are afraid that it will not be conducive to the stability of Chang'an.
"As far as I know, the imperial court does not collect much grain and grass, and there should still be a lot of grain on the market, why is there a shortage of grain and grass?"
The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly: "Lord Wang, how much grain can ordinary people have in their hands, they have paid taxes, and it is good to leave enough for them to eat for a year, there is not much surplus grain to sell, the grain is in the hands of those wealthy and powerful people, but they still want to wait for the price and sell, the more no one sells, the more the price of this grain rises." ”
Speaking of this, the eldest grandson Wuji shook his head again: "There is one more thing, when the grain was just harvested, that Qin Tian in Qinjia Village bought grain at all costs, I doubt that someone told him the news that the Tang Dynasty was going to war, and then this kid wanted to make war money?" ”
Hearing this, Li Shimin was immediately furious and said, "Is there anything else going on? ”
"But no, more than 10,000 stones of grain have been collected, and I heard that the warehouses in Qinjia Village are full, so much grain is enough for us to transport it."
After the eldest grandson Wuji finished speaking, Li Shimin suddenly scolded: "The thief who misled the country, the thief who misled the country, I thought this kid was a good person, but I didn't expect to come to the court with a calculation, call Lu Guogong, and go to Qinjia Village with this king." ”
Li Shimin led people to Qinjia Village, whether it was Li Shimin or Qin Tian, they didn't expect that the first meeting between the two would be under such circumstances.