For Yun Chu, the flowing water sign in Qujiang is a source of information that monitors all parts of Datang.

It is not difficult for Yun Chu to infer the livelihood of the people in various places through the changes of materials in various places on the flowing water brand, he only needs to inspect the operation of the flowing water brand, and ask the account office for the changes in the price of materials in specific regions, as well as the volume of material transactions, combined with some specific news in the newspaper, he can understand the local people's livelihood operation more clearly than the local officials.

The main reason is that the news reflected on the flowing water sign has a certain forward-looking and secretive nature.

Before Yun Chu determined that he was going to participate in the emperor's ceremony of sealing Zen Mount Tai, the economic performance of the state capital that the emperor passed by was already very poor on the flowing water sign in Qujiang, and the price of grain and linen cloth was used as an anchor, looking at their performance on the flowing water card, it will be found that there was a huge fault in the supply of these two bulk goods.

The newspaper of the imperial palace did not say that there had been any disasters in these places, and as for the military disasters and bandits, it was even more unheard of.

Since there is no such thing, there is only man-made disaster left.

The people worked hard to produce grain, linen, nothing more than to buy a better price for the extra three or five buckets of grain, one or two horses of linen, although in the harvest year, the price of these materials will be lower, but because the Tang Dynasty opened up the Western Regions, the river, and even the big food, and even some farther countries of commerce, grain, linen as anchors, there will naturally be a rising tide and a rising boat.

That is to say, if any goods on the Chang'an flowing water card want to be traded, they must first be denominated in grain and linen, and then converted into copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins to trade.

Because of the exchange rate difference, the price of linen cloth on the flowing water brand of the main Western Regions is generally higher than the market price, and anyone who wants to sell grain and linen will generally choose to trade here.

The grain of Yanshi County, linen cloth is no exception, but since the summer grain harvest, the grain of Yanshi County, linen cloth has never appeared on the flowing water brand, the same is that there are many state capitals, after inspection, Yun Chu found that these state capitals are on the emperor's way to Mount Tai.

After the autumn grain harvest, the situation has not improved.

These things don't appear on the trading market, so, where do they go?

Early in the morning, when the team began to set off, Yun Chu received a secret letter from Yin Erhu, and at this time, he had already determined that Pei Xingzhen's murder master in Yanshi County was probably related to those missing things.

Because, there are displaced people blocking the road in Yanshi County.

It's ridiculous to say that Chang'an's wealth has blinded many people, thinking that everyone in the Tang Dynasty is living the same prosperous life.

What they don't know is that the habit of three meals a day only belongs to the living habits of Chang'an people, and the farther away from Chang'an, the fewer people eat three meals a day.

It seems that there will never be enough food to eat, and linen and silk will never seem to be enough, and no matter how much these things are produced, there will still be many hungry people and unclothed people.

Now, Yun Chu is eager to see how Li Zhi solves these problems.

Li Si and the others were hurriedly dismantling the stall that was running breakfast, and when Yun Chu passed by, he found that it was a mess, so he just chuckled lightly and continued to urge the army to hurry.

Because of the asymmetry of news, Li Si is still rejoicing that he sold tens of thousands of catties of grain this morning.

The carriage, which was as huge as Li Zhi's house, rolled forward under the drag of sixteen black horses.

It is said that it is a horse, and each of the sixteen horses is a divine horse compared to the war horses of others.

The Son of Heaven drove six, that is to say, the emperor was generally responsible for pulling the carriage by six horses, which was what Qin Shi Huang did, and the later emperors basically rode the carriage drawn by six horses.

When he arrived at Li Zhi, he was about to change his name to the emperor, and he used sixteen horses to drag the carriage, so that his carriage was powerful enough for his carriage to be comparable to that of a house to climb mountains and mountains.

This carriage is the work of the Chang'an carriage workshop full of sincerity.

In Chang'an City, there is already a little new technology, which has been fully used in this carriage, including, spring shock absorption, including cross disc steering, including wheel brake devices, steel bulletproof devices, and even a small device that can banish the horse in one second, as for the security, it has achieved the ultimate under the existing conditions.

Thinking about the situation of Zhang Liang in Bolang Shaxing back then, now, he can get rid of a little paint at most.

In such a safe carriage, Li Zhi's face was gloomy and could wring out water.

"Two years ago, I ordered the tax exemption of the prefectures and counties along the way, and ordered them to store a lot of food and materials for my eastern tour.

You see, just after leaving Luoyang, I encountered such a thing, when the former army of Yanshi County arrived, it suddenly caught fire.

Queen, I remember that you arranged the big man sent down to inspect it, right? ”

Wu Mei glanced at the angry emperor with a peaceful and resentful look and said, "The concubine sent Li Jingxuan, and it was Your Majesty who suddenly replaced it with Li Yifu." ”

"Why don't I know?"

Wu Mei snorted and said, "Zuo Chun specially came to inform the concubine." ”

Li Zhi said: "What a good rhetoric, Zuo Chun is dead." ”

Wu Mei got up and hugged Taiping, who was woken up by Li Zhi, and walked while shaking, finally waiting for Taiping to stop crying, and then said to Li Zhi: "If Your Majesty thinks so, the concubine can't do anything." ”

Li Zhi was even more angry: "Could it be that apart from Yun Chu, I can't find a courtier who can do things, right?" ”

Wu Mei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't forget, the courtiers' request for this Taishan Zen Ceremony is to be frugal, and Your Majesty has repeatedly overturned the total amount of consumption drawn up by the courtiers, and will spend more and more, but he is unwilling to use the royal treasury of the young eunuch."

In view of this, before leaving, the concubine reminded His Majesty to be careful of the lack of national use, but His Majesty thought that it had been tax exempt for four years for the ten provinces of the world, and the people were rich enough to bear the cost of this time. ”

Li Zhi said: "Then you can't just get out of Luoyang, right?" ”

Wu Mei laughed and said: "If Your Majesty returns to Chang'an this time, Yun Chu will definitely make Your Majesty feel what the real splendid country is."

Without him, it's just that Chang'an is rich enough, rich enough, and has enough interests to prompt them to spend money for His Majesty.

However, since His Majesty has sent Li Jingxuan to Yanshi in advance, I believe that he will definitely handle the problem well. ”

Li Zhi sneered and said: "My taxes are really exempted, but Pei Xingjian said that the local people are poor, so since the taxes that have been exempted by me have not fallen on the people, there will always be a place to go." ”

Wu Mei smiled: "So, there is a fire in the people's place, and your taxes are burned by a fire."

This is still a small matter, since there can be problems in places like Yanshi, it is inevitable that there will be accidents in the rest of the places on this more than 1,000 miles of land, Your Majesty has brought so many people, it is better to be frugal. ”

Li Zhi said: "The army cannot be frugal. ”

Wu Mei said: "Then I have to exempt the hundred officials and the supply of the families of the hundred officials, anyway, they can't look down on ......"

Yun Chu received the emperor's decree when he was camping in Yanshi, exempting the nobles and the families of hundreds of officials from supply.

After Li Si learned the news, this girl, who was originally in the cold, happily blew out a huge snot bubble, and then decisively reversed the verbal agreement to supply food to some people, and she didn't plan to take out a single grain of food in her hand.

At the same time, she can finally lie quietly in her carriage to recuperate, and Yun Jin and the three of them can also sleep peacefully, and they no longer have to drag their tired bodies to find ways to sell food.

When the market is good, that inconspicuous shipping cost is insignificant, and it can be added several times to the buyer's head anyway.

Yanshi County is not far from Luoyang, and the grain still can't be sold at Li Si's psychological price, so she plans to start selling food after leaving Luoyang for five hundred miles.

That's right, grain processed into food can be sold at a higher price.

Li Si had a little fever, his little face was burned red, after Yun Chu came to see the child, he fed her the Xiao Chai Hu tablets that Sun Simiao had researched, and asked Chun Yushi to boil ginger soup for Li Si to drink, and when he saw that the child began to sweat, he sat in the carriage with a book in his arms and guarded it.

When Li Si woke up, she felt as uncomfortable as if she was falling apart, and asked for water in a daze, and after she drank a cup of warm water, she found that it was Master Yunchu who fed her water.

Yun Chu reached out and touched Li Si's forehead, and saw that the child's fever seemed to have subsided, so he said to Chun Yu, who had been kneeling in the corner of the carriage: "The fever has subsided, remember to add more water, wait a while and be hungry, give her some white porridge, pickles, white porridge should be thick, pickles should not be too salty." Don't bathe her, don't wipe her body, wait until it's dawn to make sure it's all right. ”

After saying that, he glanced at Li Si, who was looking at him, raised his hand but did not fall, and then got out of the carriage and left.

When Yun Chu left, Li Si looked at Chun Yu and said, "Does your father-in-law take care of your daughter-in-law a little eye-catching?" ”

Chun Yu shook his head and said: "The slave maid was married at the age of the princess, and the way my father-in-law looked at me was different from the way the prince looked at the princess." ”

Li Si smiled: "What's the difference? ”

Chun Yu said: "The princess's eyes were full of pity and annoyance, and he seemed to have a little self-blame.

My father-in-law is different, he only has regret in his eyes when he looks at me, and seems to think that I married the wrong person. ”

Li Si pulled the quilt to his nose, only revealing a pair of eyes and said: "Yes, the master even forgot that I am already a woman who needs to be avoided, in her eyes, I am still a sick child who needs to be taken care of." ”

Chun Yu thought for a moment and said, "Why isn't Mrs. Yun taking care of the princess?" ”

Li Sidao: "The master is a very clever doctor, he said that the wind and cold I suffer from will be sick to others, A-Niang has to take care of Phoenix, Jinxiu'er, can't be sick to her, naturally only the master came to take care of me." ”

Chun Yu said puzzledly: "Why does the princess have to ask the slave maid's opinion on this matter?" ”

Li Sidao: "If the Yun family child is sick, he will only be taken care of by the master or A-Niang, and never fake the hands of others.

The reason why I ask you these words is because I don't want anyone to use the rituals to defile the master, no one will succeed, and whoever does this, I will kill whoever I do, and I will not die. ”

Chun Yu nodded and said, "The slave maid confirmed her mind just now, and found that her heart was peaceful, and there was nothing else. ”

A smile appeared on Li Si's face, and he closed his eyes and said, "Where happiness exists, there can only be happiness, and nothing else can be tolerated." ”

Yun Chu got out of Li Si's carriage and went straight to the carriage where Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi lived.

There was a faint light in the carriage, and when Yun Chu opened the door, he saw three children entangled with each other wrapped in a thick quilt and sleeping in the dark.

In the corner of the carriage sat Cui Shi who was sleeping with his head tilted, and when Yun Chu entered the carriage, Cui Shi woke up and whispered to Yun Chu, who was checking the three children: "After drinking the medicine and ginger soup, it should be fine to sleep." ”

Yun Chu took his hand away from Di Guangsi's forehead, nodded and said, "Fortunately, he is strong. ”

As he spoke, he picked up Wen Huan's hand and looked at it.

Cui Shi hurriedly said: "I got frostbite, and the tips of Mitsuji's ears also got frostbite, and the slave maid rubbed marmot oil on them."

Alas, three good noblemen, but they have to suffer the hardships of the merchants......"

Yun Chu was impatient with Cui's nagging, confirmed that the three children were in good health, and left, standing in front of Yu Xiurong's carriage for a while, after all, he didn't go up to disturb their mother and son sleeping, and strode back to his military tent.

When Wen Rou got the news that the grain depot in Yanshi County was on fire and suffered heavy losses in the afternoon, he always felt that Yun Chu seemed to know such bad news in advance, but there was no evidence.

So, he came to Yun Chu's tent early to look for a definite answer, but when he heard that Yun Chu had gone to take care of the sick Li Si, he roasted the fire alone, drank wine, ate meat, read books, and waited for Yun Chu's return.

"Sisi is better?" Seeing that Yun Chu was back, he gently put down his wine glass and asked.

"Well, I'm sweating, I don't have a fever anymore, and the other three don't have anything to do, and they are sleeping soundly."

Gently tapped the table with his knuckles and said: "When you came to Yanshi, you didn't care about the things here, did you already know it in your chest, or did you not want to make extraneous branches?" ”

Yun Chu poured himself a cup of tea and held it in his palm, found a small soft couch and sat down with a smile: "What happened to Yanshi?" ”

Said gently: "Little thing, when Pei Xingjian's army just came to Yanshi, the treasury of Yanshi County was on fire, and the treasury contained supplies for Pei Xingjian, the most ridiculous thing is that after the warehouse was on fire, Yanshi County sent a master bookkeeper to explain to Pei Xingjian that because the warehouse was on fire, only half of the supplies could be provided to the army, Pei Xingjian would accept this explanation, and hacked the main book of the family to death with a knife, and ordered the county order that before he left Yanshi, he must make up enough military rations, otherwise he would kill the whole family of the county commander.

Then, the county magistrate took the officials and began to search for grain from house to house in Yanshi County.

Before dawn, Pei Xingjian got enough grain and continued to walk forward, and Li Jingxuan came to Yanshi again to verify the fire in the grain depot.

As a result, I saw a county order that committed suicide by hanging a beam, the county lieutenant who cut his neck and died, the officials at all levels who knelt in the county office with their hands tied and waited for arrest, and the people of Yanshi County who had been stolen from their homes and had become homeless. ”

Regarding the tragic situation in Yanshi County, Yun Chu did not show too much sympathy, and asked lightly after taking a sip of tea: "What about the grain in Yanshi County?" ”

Gently looked at Yun Chu and said: "You don't have a long heart, at this time you are still asking about the grain, wasn't the grain burned by the fire?"

Li Jingxuan searched the homes of the county magistrate, the county lieutenant, the chief bookkeeper and the officials at all levels, and found no corruption, and the grain could only be burned by a fire, and there was no other reason. ”

Yun Chu frowned, and said to Wen Wen: "Tell Di Renjie immediately, don't get involved in this matter, even if you admit defeat to that guy in Luoyang Dali Temple, don't be reckless." ”

Seeing the seriousness of Yun Chu's words, Gentle lowered her voice and said, "Can't we afford to mess with us?" ”

Yun Chu sighed and said, "The target of the people is the emperor. ”

The gentle eyes rolled a few times and said: "Emperor Yang of Sui is extravagant about the old things in Yangzhou? ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Yun Chu's mouth, and he said to Gentle: "You should ask Li Ji that old guy, when Emperor Yang of Sui went down to Yangzhou, he followed a group of strong beams in Wagangzhai to rebel at that time.

This kind of thing, he should be familiar with. ”

Wen Wen also smiled: "Wagangzhai is only five hundred miles away from Yanshi, and with the legend left by the thieves in Wagangzhai back then, five hundred miles away is not enough for them to run overnight."

However, I won't ask, if I do, your daughter-in-law will ask. ”

Yun Chu thought for a moment and said: "That's true, only if Li Si asks, Li Lao Thief won't turn his face." ”

The gentleness who had already figured things out and smiled slowly became gloomy after laughing.

"The grain does exist, the dynasty did not take it, the officials did not take it, and it was not in the hands of the people, so where did the food go?"

Yun Chu waved his hand; "The amount of grain is very large, not a little bit of a star, there will always be traces, with Li Jingxuan's ability, after dawn, there will be an answer that can be said in the past."

Gently gasped and said: "This thing is even more fierce than the robbery of the emperor in Wagangzhai back then."

Knowing that this is the emperor's ration on the road, he dares to do this, I have to say that there is really no shortage of outlaws in this world. ”

After sighing, Wen Wen leaned over to Yun Chu's side and said, "Sisi has a bunch of food in his hands, it really wasn't arranged by you in advance." ”

Yun Chu raised his head and glanced at Gentleness and said, "I just gave these children a chance to make money."

The rest of the things are all done by Li Si and have nothing to do with us. ”

Wen Wen said with some concern: "Will it affect the prince?" ”

Yun Chu thought for a moment and said: "It depends on how Li Si chooses, no matter what she does with this pile of grain or who she sells it to, it is her choice." ”

Gently said: "Are you sure this child can survive this wave of wind and waves?" ”

Yun Chu smiled: "The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish!" ”

(End of chapter)