"There will be a big drought next year!"

A heavy hammer smashed into Fang Xuanling's heart, what does the word drought mean in this era?

Future generations may have forgotten what the consequences of a major drought are, because a highly developed transportation network can transport grain from other regions to the drought area, and even if the drought does, it will at best lead to a reduction or extinction of grain production and a decrease in economic income.

But in this era, the drought represents the harvest, the dead people, and the turmoil of the country, for a large-scale drought, the only thing the imperial court can do is to open a warehouse and release grain, but I am sorry, the current imperial court does not have the ability to open a warehouse and release grain.

The Tang Dynasty had a lot of national warehouses, which were inherited from the Sui Dynasty, but after years of war, the original well-stocked national warehouses had long been swept away by warlords from all walks of life, and after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the national grain has not been much, and it has been fighting for many years, and it has no ability to replenish the warehouse, so the current national warehouse is more of a formality.

In the event of a major drought, the consequences are unimaginable.

Fang Xuanling didn't dare to imagine what would happen if there was a real drought next year?

"How is this possible?" Fang Xuanling shook his head heavily, who can say for sure about this kind of thing? As long as there is a rain in the spring, everything can be solved, and the current drought does not mean anything.

"What should be said and what should be done, I have already done it, listen or not, that's your business!" Li Yuanji shook his head and said calmly, not calling himself the king, but putting himself in the same position as Fang Xuanling to talk.

The result? Li Yuanji didn't have the heart to care, and he was too lazy to care.

Five days later, all the scattered troops returned, but only Hou Junji did not hear from him.

Li Shimin made a decree to make Hou Junji the assassin of Jingzhou and control the military and civilian affairs in the whole territory of Jingzhou, so Hou Junji directly stayed in Jingzhou and took office.

The day of withdrawal finally came, and he went out for more than 20 days to quell Li Yi's rebellion, but there are still many follow-up issues to deal with about this rebellion, but that is no longer Li Yuanji's business.

Sitting in his carriage, the coal stove was boiling, the teapot was steaming, Fang Xuanling refused the invitation, and chose to ride a horse to share weal and sorrow with the soldiers, and the bored Li Yuanji could only pull Wei Chi Jingde to sit in the carriage and fight the landlord together.

The army returned triumphantly, and there was a grand welcome ceremony in Chang'an City, which was also a ceremony for sacrificing prisoners, and many people gathered around to witness this grand ceremony.

Li Shimin stood in front of the city gate with a smile, waiting for the return of the army without fear of the cold.

"Aren't you going to prepare?" The team was about to arrive in Chang'an, and the soldiers were ready to be reviewed, and Wei Chi Jingde also put on his armor with the help of Chunhua, and seeing that Li Yuanji had no intention of getting out of the car, he couldn't help but wonder.

"What is there to prepare?" Li Yuanji was lying on the carriage boringly, and the warmth made people faintly sleepy: "This king is tired, and he will enter the city directly from other city gates and return to his house later, so he won't join in the excitement." ”

"Without you, we wouldn't have been able to win this battle so quickly, and you should sacrifice the prisoners." Wei Chi Jingde noticed that Li Yuanji seemed to be a little unhappy, so he didn't think much about it, and said directly.

"This battle can still be won without this king, have you ever seen the sacrifice of prisoners not let the commander go up, let the prison army go up?" Li Yuanji said angrily, and immediately kicked Wei Chi Jingde's buttocks, and said, "Hurry up and get down, don't delay this king to go back to the house to sleep." ”

The lively ceremony of sacrificing prisoners was carried out at the gate of the city, and the thief leader Li Yi was put on the high platform with a depraved face, Li Shimin wanted to ask, where did I owe you? But in the end, he still didn't say anything, and after a simple ceremony of sacrificing prisoners, Li Shimin ordered Li Yi and his family to be escorted to the Dali Temple prison.

Li Shimin noticed that there seemed to be one person missing from the team, and no one noticed that the carriage, which looked ugly on the outside, quietly left the team and walked towards the city gate in the other direction.

The surrendered Turkic cavalry was escorted to the concentration camp to guard, and along the way, the government soldiers from all over the country also left the team and returned home, and finally returned to Chang'an, only a few thousand people.

Li Shimin took his heroes to a banquet and carnival all night in the East Palace, whether it was sincere or fake, at least on the surface, everyone was very happy.

……

"Father ......" saw Li Yuanji's carriage appear at the door of the house, and the fourth daughter Wen An, who had been waiting here, jumped up excitedly and ran quickly in the direction of the carriage, and the servants behind him hurriedly followed.

Hearing the familiar voice, the gloomy face finally had a smile, the smell of home, the familiar taste.

Stopping the carriage, Li Yuanji jumped down easily, and saw Wen An, whose little face was red from the cold, and was rushing towards him with his little feet, and a feeling of happiness arose.

As if he was worried that Wen An would fall, Li Yuanji couldn't help but speed up the pace of his feet, hugged Wen An tightly and turned around, pulled out his hand and gently pinched Wen An's immature little face, and a cold feeling spread to his whole body with his hand.

"Why don't you wait for your father in the house?" With a kind smile and a painful reproach, looking at Wen An who was shivering from the cold, Li Yuanji felt that he was instantly wrapped in a warm feeling.

"My daughter can be the first to see her father come back here!" Wen An smiled stupidly, hugged Li Yuanji's neck tightly with both hands, and said happily.

"Silly boy, where can you not wait for the same?" Holding back the urge to cry, he accelerated the pace of his feet with Wen An in his arms, as if he was worried that Wen An would suffer more outside, and quickly ran to the courtyard.

"Father must be very brave on the battlefield, right? As soon as the horse lance is bright, thousands of enemy troops will fall, begging for mercy again and again......"

"Father didn't go to charge this time, he has been staying in the Chinese army, and he has no chance to go to the battlefield at all."

"The father must have given an order, and the army threw away the rebels and abandoned their armor......"

“……”

Every child has a heroic character in his heart, and this character must be her father, who abandoned the estrangement of blood, from this moment on, Li Yuanji really regarded Wen An as his own daughter.

A father and daughter, the father hugged his daughter, lifted the clothes on his body, and shielded his daughter's young body from the cold, the two of them were full of smiles on their faces, chatting about the topics they were interested in, very nonsensical, very childish topics, Li Yuanji was also very happy to listen, and there was a feeling that he couldn't hear enough.

"Fourth sister?" As soon as she entered the main hall, the fourth sister, Princess Gaomi, was sitting in the hall chatting with his wife Yang, Li Yuanji was slightly surprised, the fourth sister rarely came to the door.

"You, how old are you, and you still don't have a proper line!" Princess Gaomi took Wen An from Li Yuanji's arms with a smile, pointed to her untidy clothes and scolded with a smile.

"As a parent, you can't just watch your daughter's frozen snot and don't care......" Li Yuanji smiled, reasoning to himself, and tidied up his clothes at the same time.

The appearance he had just now was indeed a little inconsistent with the image of the prince, but so what? As long as the daughter is not suffering, as long as the daughter is happy, she wants the stars in the sky, and she will find a way to pick them off.

"You......" Princess Gaomi pointed at Li Yuanji and smiled helplessly, it was so reasonable, but she didn't want to talk about such a gentle topic, so as not to cause the pain in the fourth brother's heart, so she changed the topic and said: "Your tea is very good, is there any more?" Take some home for the fourth sister to drink. ”

"Is anyone else coming, but Fourth Sister, you are here, how many do you want!" Li Yuanji laughed and said.

During the chat, Li Yuanji learned that since the second day of the expedition, the fourth sister has to come to his house every day, come at dawn, go after dark, day after day, all kinds of food in the house have also tasted again, originally just worried that the fourth brother is not at home, and the pregnant Yang will feel bored, so he came to accompany her to relieve her boredom.

But when I got to the back, I found that I didn't seem to be able to leave here, three meals a day, the meals were not the same, and the weak tea that I was not used to at first, and after drinking it for a few days, I found that this tea was quite delicious.

No need to boil, no need to put any onions, ginger and garlic and the like, you can drink it directly by boiling water for a while, the tea is in the stomach, and the mouth has a lingering fragrance, which makes people unable to stop at all.

The fourth sister wanted to take some back, but was politely rejected by the Yang family, on the grounds that Li Yuanji regarded those tea leaves as more expensive than his life, and there was not much left in the family.

Dinner is still hot pot, Li Yuanji has eaten a little disgusting these days, for more than 20 days in a row, he has eaten hot pot for every meal, and people who love to eat will also feel sick to their stomachs.

Li Yuanji's appetite at the table was not good, plus he ate a lot of meat, and he also had some indigestion, so Li Yuanji just kept drinking tea and chatting.

Talking about tea, Li Yuanji suddenly had an idea in his mind.

Tea is also a way to make money, compared to the current tea, roasted tea is more convenient, and the effect is better, why can't you use tea to make a fortune?

"Fourth sister, why don't you hold a hot pot banquet in the mansion and invite the ladies of all families in Chang'an to go, and when the time comes, it will definitely be popular with our tea." Li Yuanji's brain was opened.

Hot pot with tea, it is still very suitable, after eating the hot pot with a strong taste, and then take a sip of tea with a faint aftertaste, as long as you conquer these Chang'an ladies, the fried tea will not worry about sales.

There is no shortage of money in my hands, but it is still not enough, and I have to find a way to make more money, and it has to be fast.

"Will this work?" Princess Gaomi hesitated, she had never held such a banquet, and the women rarely ate in other homes, most of them just sat together and chatted, drank tea and then dispersed, and the banquet was only played by men.

"Why not? In addition to hot pot and tea, we can also teach them to play landlords, and also let them drink tea, as long as they drink habitually, the money will naturally come. By the way, I'll send someone to my sister's house to renovate a few rooms, and when the heating is turned on, they won't even want to leave. Li Yuanji tried his best to think of all the ways, if it wasn't for the conditions, he would want to build a theater.