Li Shimin

Chapter 289 Relief for Work
Soon, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and others walked in with a big iron bucket.

In the iron barrel, there is still a large half barrel of clear water.

Behind him, Li Chongyi was holding an iron tray and a smaller iron basin in both hands.

The iron basin is also filled with more than half of the basin of clear water.

In addition, there is a small bucket of saltpeter.

Under the curious eyes of Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others, Cheng Chusi and the others first put the tray in their hands into the iron bucket, and then put the water basin in.

The water in the barrel has almost submerged the basin, and then the saltpeter is put in.

Immediately, the bucket of water began to sizzle, and soon the entire bucket of water began to freeze.

Then, the basin of water in the middle also began to freeze.

Seeing this, Li Shimin, Cheng Chusi and others couldn't help being stunned.

Several people couldn't help it, stood up and walked over.

I poked the still-breathing ice cube with my hand, it was hard and cold, it was indeed cold ice, and I couldn't help but be amazed!

"Is this freezing?"

"In such hot weather, the clear water freezes, it's really a fairy trick..."

Li Xuan was speechless, and said quietly: "Your Majesty, Su Guogong, Gao Ming and Cheng Chusi are the ones who make cold ice!"

"Too!"

Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie couldn't help but stared blankly at the basin of ice, and murmured: "These evil beasts are really promising, and they have really learned some real skills!"

Li Xuan sighed softly, and waved at Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and the others.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and the others hurriedly put the ice cubes everywhere and put them in the middle of the room.

"Xuan Ba, this is?"

Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and the others couldn't help being taken aback.

"It's extremely hot inside the house. Put some cold ice in the middle of the room to make the room cooler!"

Li Xuan replied indifferently.

Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie were astonished, but soon came back to their senses.

There are also ice mirrors in the palace.

It's just that they didn't realize it for a while, just put a bucket of ice cubes in the house to enjoy the coolness, it's still such a small house.

"This ice-making method, if you want to eat cold ice, you can use it at home!"

Li Xuan said to Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie.

"Thank you Xuan Ba!"

"Thank you, Your Highness King Jin!"

Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others bowed their hands to Li Xuan with joyful faces.

"Your Majesty is polite!"

Li Xuan returned the gift.

Immediately, he asked again: "I don't know if your majesty is coming to Lijiazhuang, but what's the matter?"

After hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were stunned for a moment, then their expressions changed slightly, and they said hastily.

"Xuanba, I came here this time to inquire about something!"

"Your Majesty please speak!"

Li Xuan said.

"Xuanba, since spring, the prefectures in the Guanzhou have been suffering from severe drought for several months. The weather is still extremely hot, and there is no sign of rain. This year, all the farmlands in the prefectures in the Guanzhou will definitely lose their harvest. Come to you with Xuanling and others, I wonder if you have a good strategy?"

Li Shimin looked depressed.

After finally having a good harvest year, unexpectedly, this year God started to make trouble again.

Plagues of locusts and droughts come in a hurry.

"Drought is really unsolvable!"

Speaking of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but look helpless.

Seeing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help but subconsciously looked at each other, their eyes filled with disappointment.

"In this case, we can only hope that the cement road from Chang'an to Luoyang can be paved before the autumn harvest!" Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty said that as long as the cement road is completed, the grain from the south of the Yangtze River can be transported to Chang'an City, and even to the states in the pass!" Fang Xuanling echoed.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, when we get there, I, Old Cheng, will take You Wuwei to patrol around. If anyone dares to make trouble, we will level them up!"

Cheng Zhijie said indifferently.

"Trouble?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but wondered.

"Exactly!"

Li Shimin couldn't help sighing, and explained: "Whenever there is a catastrophe, the people's fields have no harvest, even if the imperial court exempts them from taxes, and then mobilizes food to relieve the victims.

However, there are always some people who want to secretly incite the victims to do evil, and even use various banners to rebel! "

"So whenever there is a catastrophe, the imperial court will send troops to the disaster area to 'relieve' the victims?"

Li Xuan looked at Li Shimin and the others with a strange expression.

Facing Li Xuan's attitude, Li Shimin was also a little dazed.

"Xuanba, this move is also to deter some people with ulterior motives. After all, the disaster victims are very easy to incite. Once someone incites the disaster victims, it is unknown how many people will die tragically!"

Hearing this, Li Xuan was silent.

Then, it occurred to me that every dynasty seems to take advantage of a catastrophe to gather a group of victims who could not survive to overthrow the dynasty at that time, and then beat the local tyrants and share the fruits.

"Your Majesty, since those disaster victims have no harvest, why don't you find something for them to do and let them earn some money, so that they have money in their hands and can use it to buy food and food. Seeing the hope of surviving, they will not At the risk of losing my head, I will listen to some people's bewitching and rebel!"

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others couldn't help but straighten their expressions, and looked at Li Xuan seriously.

"Xuan Ba's words, are you using work as relief?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

"However, how can there be so many construction sites for those victims to work?"

Li Shimin asked subconsciously.

Hearing this, Li Xuan was stunned, this is a bit too much, pay attention to yourself, and let yourself find a specific method of execution.

"Your Majesty, you can dig ditches to connect the nearby rivers. Even if you can't catch up this year, if next year or the year after another drought occurs, you can still irrigate some water to the fields so that the harvest will not be too low!
In addition, concrete roads can also be paved and cities built. All of these can allow these victims to enter as labor servitors, take care of food every day, and pay some wages, which is similar to their days of farming! "

"Especially cement roads, this is the most important thing, as long as there are concrete roads paved between all the states and counties in Datang. With Chang'an City as the center, extend to these states and counties.

The goods in the hands of merchants can be transported from this prefecture to counties thousands of miles away very quickly, and the troubles in various prefectures and counties can also be quickly transmitted to Chang'an City.

In this way, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, as long as these cement roads are still there, they will be firmly controlled by the imperial court! "

After listening, the eyes of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others became brighter and brighter.

"This method is wonderful!"

Then, thinking of something, a trace of worry flashed in Fang Xuanling's eyes.

"I'm afraid that those grain merchants will secretly raise prices during this period of time and take the opportunity to make a fortune!"

"They dare!"

Li Xuan said directly and coldly.

"Ok?"

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others were startled, and then looked at Li Xuan with joy.

"Xuanba, do you have a plan for this matter?"

"I do not have!"

Li Xuan shook his head slowly.

Seeing this, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help but be disappointed.

"However, I have tricks to cure them!"

Li Xuan said again.

Li Shimin: "..."

Fang Xuanling: "..."

However, no matter how annoyed he was, he had to hold his breath and continue to ask.

"Xuanba, what trick do you have?"

"Your Majesty, people from these aristocratic families have taken a fancy to the business of Jin Tea Shop!"

Li Xuan said slowly.

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(End of this chapter)