The yellow dust was billowing and the howling sea breeze blew through the fields, rolling up the wheat stalks in the fields and whirling away. In the middle of summer, the most terrifying weather on the beach appeared, gusts of wind blew the mangrove forests on the seaside, and the strong wind uprooted these trees that were deeply rooted in the ground. A typhoon is coming, and the weather, worse than the storm, has swept across the endless waterfront. In the middle of the summer of the sixth year of the Tang Dynasty, this once-in-a-lifetime storm hit, Cangzhou is located in the north, away from the most vulnerable to typhoons in South China, the south of the Yangtze River, but in this year, it happened to encounter this abnormal climate, on the seaside, close to the shipyard of the town, it became the most severely affected area, when this typhoon came, most of the houses here collapsed, and the remaining walls were also ruins, and the previous prosperous scene could not be found.

Countless people were affected, the people in Cangzhou were as high as 10,000 people, this is a vast and sparsely populated area, and there are not necessarily 2,000 people living within a radius of 100 miles in some places, so many people were affected by the disaster, Li Kuan ordered disaster relief at the first time, and all the soldiers defending the city in Cangzhou City were sent out by him to provide disaster relief, and even his Thorn History Mansion was not guarded. Sitting in the lobby of the Thorn Mansion, Li Kuan's face was gloomy, he really couldn't figure out why there was a typhoon here, under the protection of this Bohai Bay, Cangzhou can be said to be blessed with a natural haven. In the face of countless snowflakes flying in for help, he can only attribute it to the will of God.

In any case, if he survives this hurdle first, he can mobilize very little force now, because this is not a military center or a transportation hub. Therefore, the garrison here is only two or three thousand people, such a small number of men. How can we save these affected people? This is not a small area, but a large area where the typhoon passes through has to be taken care of. It's really a feeling of powerlessness. But Li Kuan never gave up, because he chose here, then this is his responsibility, and the people here are his people, whether he is the prince of the Tang Dynasty or the history of Cangzhou, these things are unshirkable. Therefore, Li Kuan ordered to pull out all the slaves of the Japanese slave country in the shipyard in his hand for disaster relief, as long as they were good in the disaster relief, then they could no longer be coolies in the shipyard. Exceptionally promoted to Overseer.

So under the lead clouds, in the midst of lightning and thunder, countless Japanese slaves were driven, in the pouring rain to control the boats, sailing on this land, the heavy rain poured, the next non-stop, the whole ground was full of deep water, countless electric snakes swam in the clouds. Lines of lightning slashed down, like a match between heaven and earth. Countless grains were brought out of the granaries of the government, and the crops in the fields had just been harvested. But now they are all thrown into the deep water, and they are basically inedible because they are blistered. In such weather, it will only take three days for these grains to take root and sprout. It was no longer edible, and it was pouring rain. The stagnant water is flowing in a hurry, and the food is also washed and scattered everywhere, and I am afraid that it will not be recovered.

Therefore, it has become an imperative measure to release grain from the official warehouse, otherwise the people will not have enough to eat, and it will be very easy to cause mutiny, and even eventually form a rebellion. This matter was not careless at all, so Li Kuan ordered the official warehouse to open a warehouse to release grain and relieve the victims.

But what Li Kuan didn't expect was that his resolution was actually strongly opposed, and all the officials in Cangzhou City actually united to oppose it, because they felt that the official warehouse could never be moved, because all the taxes paid this year were loaded there, and they had not yet been handed over to the imperial court, so they couldn't move, otherwise they couldn't afford to blame them. So they all cautiously beat the drums on the side, and told Li Kuan how these things are important, and they are absolutely not allowed to move, what military salary, what state money, in short, there are many reasons that make Li Kuan dizzy.

"Enough...... You guys, do you know who you are? How did you get such an idea? Why can't we use the collection? None of what you say is a reason! Li Kuan scolded loudly, these sub-officials, when he first came here, he thought that these people were actually not bad, but he didn't expect that in their hearts, they were all such villains who only cared about their own interests, such people were actually on the political side, and such people could still say that their selfishness was so high-sounding. It seems that politicians are so hypocritical at all times. Whatever they say is out of the blue, it's like a fart - it stinks.

"Why, how high-sounding are you people? Do you really think that this king doesn't know what your calculations are? Where is Chen Xuanzhang? Li Kuan began to name names, the first one was Cangzhou Don't Drive, this is the person with the highest official position in Cangzhou besides him.

"The lower official is here!" Chen Xuanzhang flashed out of the ranks, holding Bai Yugui in his hand, this is actually a notebook, whether the official is in the court or when discussing with people, he will take it with him, and when he encounters something important, he is afraid of forgetting the words written on this Yugui.

"You also oppose opening a warehouse to release grain?" Li Kuan asked coldly, first get this biggest, shoot people first shoot horses, capture thieves first capture kings. This Cangzhou don't drive here has been rooted here for more than ten years, during this time, the history of the thorn has changed a lot, but don't drive this position has always been what he does, it can be said that he is not afraid of his hometown in Guanzhong, but now he is half of Cangzhou, his family, wife and children have taken root here. So his interests are also in Cangzhou, for his own interests, he can also sacrifice the interests of the country, in order for his family to grow, he can take a group of people and this young assassin to a non-violent non-cooperation movement.

"My lord, opening a warehouse and releasing grain is not a trivial matter, it needs to be confirmed by His Majesty Xià himself, otherwise, it is a crime to release official grain privately, according to the "Zhenguan Law", such a crime is comparable to bullying the king, we people can be described as light-hearted, so we dare not do this. Unless......" Chen Xuanzhang hesitated and said, this guy's Tai Chi is also at the level of a grandmaster, these words are not leaky, they don't have such power, if they really do this, then it is a bully, it is a private use of state funds, such a big hat is buttoned down, not only will their own relationship be clean, but also let Li Kuan have a step.

"What if the king insists on releasing grain?" Li Kuan stared at the large black Cangzhou officials below.

"Lord Thorn Shi, don't do it! You must not do such a thing, although you are the prince of the dynasty, but the more you are like this, the more sensitive you are, your every move, Your Majesty will speculate a lot in your heart, and if you do this, you will definitely not like it. The officials below hurriedly explained.

It is indeed the case, as the emperor's son, no matter what he does, the emperor Lao Tzu will think more about the deep meaning, if Li Kuan really opened the official warehouse at this time and released the official grain privately, then Li Er will give him a dangerous signal in his heart, because if he can open the official warehouse today to release the grain, then he will be able to mobilize the official army to rebel tomorrow. So this is absolutely undesirable, at least for the prince, if you still have this coveting heart for the throne, it is best not to touch these bottom lines.

"So, are you really unwilling to do what the king says? Chen Xuanzhang, come here! Li Kuan took a deep breath and said.

"The lower official is here!" Chen Xuanzhang stepped out of the ranks, and then walked towards Li Kuan, his stature was not high, but he looked thick and had good bones. A face that looks very rough because of the sea breeze all year round, slightly dark skin, and a long beard.

'Bump ......' At the moment when Chen Xuanzhang approached, Li Kuan kicked him out and directly kicked him to the ground: "You really dare to come over!" Yes...... Are you really fools to be the king? Do you think that by uniting together, you can prevent this king from opening a warehouse and releasing grain, waiting for the batch of grain in your hands to be sold? Do you really think that this king does not know what you are doing? Buy low, sell high...... That's great! This king is full of shrewd businessmen, Chen Xuanzhang, the grain store at the entrance of the vegetable market on East Street sells no less than 100 stones of white noodles every day! Li Kuan pointed at Chen Xuanzhang's nose and asked loudly, "Where did you get all that grain?" Do you remember? ”

"That's what you bought from those people when you harvested this year, right? What was the price at the time? Three articles and one bucket, hehe...... After your hands, you just grind these wheat into flour and sell them for a bucket, which is really easy to make! Why is the price rising recently, and now that there is a shortage of food, how much money are you going to sell? Ten texts, twenty texts? and Liang Xiakuan...... Your rice shop is doing a good business...... Liu Zaishi ...... "Li Kuan named them one by one and scolded them one by one.

"Do you remember what you studied hard for? Do you remember what you were thinking when you first entered the ranks? That's what those sages teach you? What do you remember? One by one, for their own interests, do everything? Those are not the money in your eyes, that is a life, that is not your chance to get rich, that is the cornerstone of my Datang Empire, you are shaking the foundation of my Datang and shaking the foundation of my Datang! Li Kuan was furious...... These officials who have made a fortune in the country, their corpses are vegetarian, and they really want to break their necks directly! (To be continued......)