Volume 1 Chapter 025 Imperative
Back in the carriage, Xiao Changle pouted and said, "Big brother is deceiving." ”
She is sensible, just now when Li Chengqian was dealing with business, she was watching from the side, not noisy or noisy, but when she returned to the carriage at this time, she was immediately unhappy.
Li Chengqian said that she didn't see any of the strange things before.
After a day of carriage riding today, the bone frame was upside down, but as long as she didn't sleep, she looked out the window from time to time, and there were no fun things like the eldest brother said.
"You're a silly girl, it's still early." Li Chengqian said with a smile, "Take a rest today, and tomorrow the eldest brother will get you something fun." ”
After sending the little kid away, Li Chengqian opened the curtain and asked Zhao Yan who was following the carriage, "Is it not going well here in Jingyang?" ”
Since the scholars have done the trick of stopping people halfway, there must be no shortage of small actions in the city.
Zhao Yan rode on the horse, clasped his fists and said: "It's incompetent." ”
"Okay, it's none of your business." Li Chengqian can understand what is going on, "What is the specific situation?" ”
"I've found a place to stay, it's a private house." Zhao Yan said, "But we inquired, and the grain merchants in the city were unwilling to sell a large amount of grain, and all the finished wagons were also bought. ”
Nodding, Li Chengqian lowered the curtain.
Li Chengqian really didn't expect such a thing, but it was not unacceptable.
Scholars, how can a little favor make them bow down to you?
If it was so simple, Li Shimin would have taken down the Shi clan a long time ago.
As for saying that the gentry reacted faster than them, this is normal.
Fast horses are definitely not comparable to carriages, and even Zhao Yan and them came to Jingyang as fast horses, firstly, their top priority is to find a place to stay tonight, and secondly, they are not professionally engaged in this work.
In the final analysis, there are not many people around Li Chengqian who can be summoned now.
Seeing that Li Chengqian was thinking about things, Changle didn't bother him, just sat in the carriage and thought about some messy things.
The carriage is not important, the key is food.
There were nearly 30 people in their group, and they ate what horses chewed, and they got 100 catties of grain a day.
I don't know if Li Er did it on purpose or was negligent.
The copper money and silk cloth were not less, but not much food was arranged, which made Li Chengqian have a headache now.
"Grain, grain." Li Chengqian shook his head and said nothing.
Sometimes, too many people can be troublesome.
If he were alone, he wouldn't have these worries at this time, and he would be able to drive a carriage with a hundred and ten catties of grain, which would be enough for him to eat for a long time!
Of course, life is certainly not as comfortable as it is now.
Just when Li Chengqian was pondering how to solve the grain problem, the carriage entered the city, and after turning east and west, it also turned to the place where they were staying.
"Your Highness, it's time to get there." Liu San shouted outside the carriage.
Since leaving Chang'an, the work of driving the carriage for Li Chengqian has been grabbed by Liu San.
"Hmm." In response, Li Chengqian led Changle out of the carriage.
At this time, the unitary time has ended, and the sky is dark.
As early as when he met Cui Hao before, Zhao Yan arranged for the carriage that several palace maids sat in to enter the city first.
At this time, although the sky is dark, the whole house is bright.
At the door, there are two more pro-soldiers lined up on the left and right.
This makes people who come and go always wonder what big people are coming to Jingyang.
"There is no one at the door." Li Chengqian saw this scene and said.
Zhao Yan, who was following him, immediately said, "Your Highness......"
"Don't call Your Highness in the future, just call Gongzi." Li Chengqian waved his hand and directly interrupted Zhao Yan's words.
Since he has degraded himself to a commoner in the Taiji Palace, no matter what attitude Li Shimin has, he must maintain this posture.
"Yes, Childe." Zhao Yan bowed and said, "But there is no one outside the door, if there is a thief who commits murder, we will not be able to escape the blame." ”
"You said you weren't elm headed." Li Chengqian said speechlessly, "Arrange people outside the door, who doesn't know that I'm here?" Isn't that a live target? But can't you arrange people outside the door, and can't you arrange people inside the door?
You have to learn to be flexible, you know? ”
Li Chengqian was speechless, he actually didn't like such guards, but there were many things that he couldn't change, so he let them go.
Of course, if this is in the future life, Li Chengqian will definitely like it.
What are you kidding, go out with more than 20 bodyguards, and four good-looking maids to serve, what a spectrum!
But in this era, to be honest, no matter how big the score is, he doesn't know who to show it......
Ignoring the work arrangements of these pro-soldiers, Li Chengqian directly led Changle to the hall.
Several palace maids had already arranged a meal and were waiting for the two of them.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the emphasis was still on the meal sharing system, but as for Li Chengqian's brothers and sisters, he didn't care about this, and said: "Just put it on a low table (the Tang Dynasty did not have a table, but there was indeed a table...... On the ground, I'll have dinner with Changle. ”
"Childe, this is not etiquette." A palace maid said that a few of them were at the door just now.
Li Chengqian said coldly: "Then why don't I let people send them back and let my mother change me for a few people who don't have so many rules?" ”
"Slaves don't dare." Several palace maids were so frightened that they knelt on the ground at the moment.
"Alright, hurry." Li Chengqian didn't have the heart to make fun of them.
After tossing for a day, Changle was also hungry, and it was the right thing to fill his stomach quickly.
Li Chengqian didn't like the food of the Tang Dynasty at all, and the reason why he was willing to eat it was just because of his stomach.
Changle ate happily, it was the first time she ate with others on the same table, and the food was very fresh.
"Go and call Zhao Yan." After eating, Li Chengqian gave another order.
The maid of the first palace immediately bowed out.
"Childe." A moment later, Zhao Yan came in.
Li Chengqian asked: "Can you buy grain from ordinary people?" ”
"Difficult." Zhao Yan shook his head and said, "Although this year's situation is not bad, but in the early years, Guannei Dao suffered disasters almost every year, and now, even if the family has surplus grain this year, they dare not sell it." ”
Li Chengqian nodded, he understood and understood this truth.
In fact, it is normal, after all, who has just come from the era of starvation, who doesn't want to leave some life-saving food for themselves.
frowned slightly, this thing is not easy to do.
Those grain merchants, don't think about it, are all from the scholar clan, which is actually easy to understand.
Ordinary people, who have so much food, that is, the scholars have this ability.
If you want to say that in Chang'an, there are many big landlords, and when the dynasty is civil and military, who doesn't have hundreds of acres of land.
It's just that out of Chang'an City, it's troublesome.