Since the beginning of the rainstorm, it has been more than a full day now, and Li Shimin's eyes have not been closed. What he was most worried about, what he was most afraid of, finally appeared. Natural disasters are what Li Shimin is most worried about, and floods are even more terrible than droughts.

If you have an early disaster, you can also think of a way, as long as it is not very serious, through other methods, although it will also cause a lot of losses, but it can eventually recover some of it. However, floods are different, especially when it is time to receive goods, which can often cause no harvest in the affected areas.

He had just summoned the eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui, and Fang Xuanling, but there was no effective way. Discussions come and go, and they always come down to two things, money and food. But it just so happens that everything else is there, just these two things, no. Now is the time when the old taxes have been spent, and the new ones have not yet come up, and the treasury is empty.

In the Tang Dynasty, especially in the early Tang Dynasty, taxes were extremely low. Such a policy is good for hiding wealth from the people. However, it also makes the country's resistance to various emergencies extremely low. The country's financial source is taxes, and if taxes are low, the treasury will naturally have little money, and there is no need for money and food to do anything.

"Qian, not only have you stumped the heroes, but even I, the emperor, have often been stumped by you. However, fortunately, in the early days, I made a fortune selling alcohol, and it was just enough to be used. The fact that I, the emperor, made money by selling wine, is also a strange story through the ages. ”

"But how much of a role can this money make? As soon as the disaster occurred, the price of this grain rose more than tenfold overnight. These damn clans, hey, it's not time yet, we have to wait. ”

Although he hadn't closed his eyes for more than a day, and his body was extremely tired, Li Shimin still didn't feel sleepy, and he naturally couldn't fall asleep because he had too many troubles in his heart.

Thinking that in Chang'an City, the price of grain had skyrocketed tenfold overnight, and the resentment in Li Shimin's heart was simply extreme. Li Shimin is very clear about the background of these grain merchants. On the surface, they are just merchants, but in fact, the real masters behind them are those clans. And these clans, for the time being, he still can't move, or rather, he can't force it directly.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks to see you" Just when Li Shimin was feeling bored for a while, suddenly a chamberlain trotted in and whispered for instructions.

"Prince? Let him in. ”

Hearing that it was the prince who asked to see him, Li Shimin was stunned at first, and then said.

"Prince, aren't you at your fourth uncle's. What, what's the eyebrow on that thing? ”

Seeing Li Chengqian, who was much calmer than before, Li Shimin's mood was a little better. Then, he opened his mouth and asked Li Chengqian.

"Father, that matter has not moved. These days, the sons are all helping to harvest wheat at the fourth uncle's house. This time, the son came back, there are some things that need to be reported to his father. It was also agreed by the fourth uncle. ”

Of course, Li Chengqian knew what Li Shimin was referring to. He wanted Li Feng to help him get it as soon as possible, but people wanted to harvest wheat and didn't have time. I can only wait until I am done with the work, and then I can make plans.

"Harvesting wheat? Well, is it possible, it doesn't rain in the craftsman village? ”

For Li Chengqian to help with this kind of thing, Li Shimin is no longer surprised. On the contrary, he was more in favor. Therefore, when I heard Li Chengqian say that there was still no progress in the matter, I was not unhappy. First, this matter is not in a hurry at all, and second, Li Feng's temperament is like that. Moreover, he was more happy that Li Chengqian actually helped to work together. It's just that he is a little curious, could it be that there is no flood in the craftsman village.

"It's down, and it's big, and a few houses have collapsed, but luckily there are no casualties. When the fourth uncle went to save people, there was an accident, and the house suddenly collapsed, but the fourth uncle directly supported it with both hands and was safe and sound. Most of the wheat fields in Jianghu Village were also flooded, but before Erchen came back, the fourth uncle had already thought of a countermeasure. The fourth uncle asked his son to come back and told his father, saying that it might be of some use. ”

I don't know what Li Chengqian thinks, so he deliberately mentioned the part where Li Feng saved people. Later, I talked about the purpose of coming back this time.

"What is the countermeasure, Qian'er, tell me quickly."

As soon as he heard the words "countermeasures", Li Shimin suddenly became a little excited, especially this countermeasure, which Li Feng came up with.

When Li Chengqian came back, he mainly came back with this task. Before coming back, Li Feng also deliberately gave Li Chengqian some additional content. Listening to Li Shimin's question, Li Chengqian first gave a brief explanation of what to do, and then waited for Li Shimin's inquiry.

"Well, it's a good idea to fry it in a big pot. However, as your fourth uncle said, after such processing, the storage time is not often. What else did he say about that? ”

As soon as he heard that the wheat was fried dry in a cauldron, Li Shimin was immediately overjoyed. Although this is a problem for food storage, it can at least solve the problem of food rations for two months or even longer. With so much time, it's easy to do. However, Li Shimin was imprinted with excitement in his heart, and he wanted to hear it.

Listen to what Li Feng has to say.

The fourth uncle also said that these grains must be disposed of as soon as possible. In the shortest possible time, as much as can be consumed, this batch of grain will be consumed first. Then, take other grains and give them back to the people. In this way, losses can be minimized. ”

For this, Li Feng did have an explanation, so Li Chengqian answered honestly.

"Since it's easy to break, consume it as soon as possible, good idea. By the way, Qian'er, I don't know, you can come up with any good way to consume this batch of food. I mean, your own thoughts. ”

The more Li Shimin listens to this, the more information he comes, if he can really do this, not only will the losses of the people be minimized, but the losses of the imperial court will be almost none, it is nothing more than helping the people and exchanging grain for grain. At this point, Li Shimin's heart was more calm, so he began to test Li Chengqian.

Erchen thought that there was only one way to solve this problem, which was nothing more than that where food was needed, he would use this batch of food to satisfy him first. The responsibility of the imperial court is nothing more than to help the people exchange food, and then distribute food in all directions. The biggest advantage of this approach is that it will immediately calm down the current high food prices. ”

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Shimin's question, but then he thought for a while and replied. He also asked Li Feng this question, and Li Feng only said a few words casually, and did not say how to do it. Li Feng doesn't know these things, he doesn't know about this Datang.

"Settle the price of grain, good, well said, it seems that you have really made great progress in this period of time. It seems that when my father sent you to your fourth uncle, it was right, haha. ”

"However, there is another problem, which is that the area affected by the disaster is extremely large, and the amount of food soaked by the rain is extremely large. It is still extremely difficult to consume this batch of grain within two or three months. In this regard, I don't know what else your fourth uncle can do. ”

After hearing Li Chengqian say the words "pacifying grain prices", Li Shimin immediately burst out laughing. Just now, he was still angry about this. As long as this batch of grain enters, why worry about the uneven price of this grain. When the time comes, those people can still steal chickens and rice, and he, Li Shimin, can also take a bad breath first.

However, then, this problem came again, and the food affected this time was not a little bit. Even if he tried his best, it would be impossible to consume all this batch of food in just two or three months. When the time comes, it won't be able to be saved.

"You can take the surplus grain and make wine."

This time, Li Chengqian didn't say anything that the fourth uncle said, but directly said the idea of brewing wine.

"Winemaking?"

Li Shimin really frowned slightly when he heard the word winemaking. He just issued a ban on alcohol. Now Li Feng's side actually proposed to make wine.

Datang's grain is not much. In addition, this disaster will definitely damage part of the food. It wouldn't be nice to waste some of it on sake brewing. Even if wine can be exchanged for money, many times, it is difficult to buy food even if you have money.

"Anyway, it's discarded food, and if you don't use it, it's wasted. If there is not enough food, we will exchange wine for food, not money. If you can't change it in China, you can go to neighboring countries to change it, and the horse and half sheep eat meat, which is also grain. Moreover, if you can't change it in one year, you can change it for two years, and the wine will only get more and more fragrant, and if it can't be broken, it should be just a sum of food, so why not do it. ”

Erchen felt that this method was feasible. Moreover, when the time comes, food can be exchanged for food, but money can be exchanged for money. Well, it's a good deal to make money without losing money. ”

Seeing Li Shimin frowning, Li Chengqian immediately hurriedly said.

"Hehe, look at you in a hurry, it seems that your fourth uncle is good to you, so anxious to defend him. Don't worry, as Fang just said, this is a good deal that makes money and doesn't lose money, so there is no reason not to do it. ”

Li Shimin didn't turn a corner for a while, and he got into the grain with one heart. After hearing Li Chengqian's words, he immediately understood. He has already done this kind of business once, and he has made a lot of money.

It's just that what makes him extremely curious is that this prince actually has a sense of defending Li Feng everywhere. You know, there's never been such a thing.

"Erchen just thinks that what the fourth uncle said is extremely reasonable."

Seeing that Li Shimin saw through his careful thoughts, Li Chengqian immediately said.

"Okay, your fourth uncle has helped me a lot this time, but it's too late to reward him, how can he blame it, it's a pity, it's a pity. Qian'er, you must be tired all the way back, hurry back and rest. This time, I can sleep soundly. ”

Indeed, Li Shimin's mood now is quite good. However, he said that it was impossible to sleep. As soon as Li Chengqian left, he immediately ordered someone to invite those ministers. If things are not done, how can he sleep peacefully. (To be continued.) Wonderful Novel [Net] Remember our website: