Li Shimin

"But Princess Xiangcheng, I have mentioned it to Your Majesty many times, Yudi!"

Xiao Yu had an indignant expression on his face.

"Shi Wen, according to the kinship, Xiao Rui's son is An Lan's cousin, how can the seniority be messed up!"

Li Yuan said helplessly, "And I remember, Erlang has never promised you, right?"

Xiao Yu's face became anxious, "Your Majesty did not agree to me, but His Majesty did not expressly object. And my family Xiao Rui is also a good-looking talent. The future Song Guogong has an extraordinary status. Why can't he compare to that whose parents both died. The kid kicked out by the Xue family?"

"Song Guogong doesn't know, but Xue Rengui is Xuan Ba's disciple!"

On the side, Li Shimin said out loud.

"His Majesty?"

At this time, Xiao Yu saw Li Shimin who was standing aside, his face was startled, and he wanted to struggle to get up and salute.

"Don't be like this, Cousin, you don't want to see outsiders like this when you are at home!"

Li Shimin said quickly.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is suffering!"

When Xiao Yu heard this, she didn't struggle anymore, but tears flashed in her eyes, and she said aggrievedly.

"Ugh!"

Seeing this, Li Shimin also looked helpless.

"At this time, Xiao Rui was indeed wronged a little bit! But fortunately, Xiao Rui is still smart and didn't block Xue Rengui at the gate of Lijiazhuang!"

"Why did His Majesty speak like that?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yu was taken aback.

"Could it be that Uncle Cousin has forgotten Xuan Ba's temper? If Xuan Ba ​​sees someone insulting his disciple like this, and Xuan Ba's temper erupts, then who can persuade him?"

Li Shimin said.

"This……"

Immediately, panic flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes, and he opened his mouth to mutter a few words.

Afterwards, he never talked about Princess Xiangcheng again.

"However, those bastards Cheng Chusi and Li Chongyi are too much! And the kid from the Lu family is also uneasy..."

Just when people in the entire Chang'an City were paying attention to Song Guogong's affairs.

Another piece of news came from Qingzhou.

The king of Hejian County, with the navy of the Tang Dynasty, came back from collecting taxes from the Wa Kingdom.

He also brought back a fleet of food, which was worth millions of stones!
Now, all the grain merchants in Chang'an City panicked!
"Why did you bring back 1 million shi of grain from Wa Kingdom?"

"That's right, how can such an unflowered land like Wa country produce so much food?"

"Gentlemen, I seem to have heard that the Japanese envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty said that the Japanese country seems to have more than 400 million people!"

"What, more than 400 million people?"

"The population of Wa country is so large?"

"So, then my Tang Dynasty only dispatched [-] troops, and can actually collect taxes in the territory of Wa Kingdom?"

In the main hall, all the grain merchants were surprised.

They have no doubts about the population of the Wa country.

"Cough cough~"

Above, an old man coughed hard twice, and when everyone in the main hall looked at him, he said, "Everyone, what we are discussing now is about food!"

"Old Lu is right. The most important thing for me now is food!"

After these, all the talents in the main hall came back to their senses, and all of them suddenly changed their expressions.

"200,000 shi! I went all the way to the east of the river and transported 200,000 shi of grain. Now that I have the 1 million shi of grain from Hejian County King, I will definitely suffer a big loss!"

"Hey, brother Li, you only shipped 200,000 shi, but my little brother prepared 400,000 shi of grain for Hedong Road, and they were charged at a high price. Plus the shipping fee, my little brother is at a loss!"

"My royal family has prepared 300,000 stones..."

"I have 200,000 stone grain..."

All the grain merchants looked at each other subconsciously when they suddenly discovered something.

After a long while, a grain said slowly: "So, the grain in my hands now adds up to 3 million stones?"

"It really is!"

A merchant also said with staring eyes.

"Then everyone, do you know where the Tang Dynasty is short of food?"

All the grain merchants also reacted and asked quickly.

"Except for the severe floods in Henan and Hedong, there is no shortage of food in any city!" A grain merchant said with a frustrated face.

"There is no city that lacks food, hahaha, there is no city that lacks food..."

"Li Jiaerlang is really capable. In just a few years, he has saved so much food for the Tang Dynasty. Even after such a big flood, the entire Tang Dynasty, thousands of people, did not have a family. Food shortage!"

"But that's the case, what should I do with so much food that I've received at a high price?"

With that said, all the grain merchants began to gnash their teeth.

With so much food, plus shipping costs, the management wasted, and if they couldn't sell it, they would pay for it.

But if the price is lowered, they will have to suffer!

"Everyone, I'm losing money anyway, or I'll hold all the food in my hands and sell it slowly! I don't believe it. Although those ordinary people have just harvested in autumn, they may not be short of food, but when next year, their families will still have food. There is so much food!"

"Exactly, with so much food stored in our hands, I don't believe how long the food in those people's homes can last. Rather than waiting in vain and losing money, it's better to wait for them to run out of food and come begging to let me Waiting for the food to be sold!"

Hearing this, all the grain merchants nodded subconsciously.

They put in so much effort, isn't it just to make a lot of money on top of the food.

But in the current situation, not only can't make any money by selling them, but they also have to lose a lot.

It's better to stock up, or even continue to recycle food.

They didn't believe that those people would never be short of food!

"There is some truth in this statement, but everyone, don't forget the salt incident a few years ago!"

"This……"

When the salt was mentioned, all the grains couldn't help but startled, and their faces changed slightly.

"So what, King Jin offered His Majesty the art of making salt for table salt. I don't believe it, but King Jin can also offer His Majesty the art of making food?"

"Hahaha, no matter what Brother Wang said, how can salt be compared with grain?"

"If food can be produced out of thin air, why are there still so many farmers working hard in the fields every day?"

"So, then shall I continue to buy grain?"

"receive!"

"I've never heard of it before. Grain merchants can still lose money!"

"Exactly, I don't believe it, so much food is in our hands, and I can still lose money?"

With that said, all the grain merchants began to cheer up again.

After another serious discussion, all the grain merchants dispersed confidently.

……

"These grain merchants are still buying grain on a large scale?"

In Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin was surprised.

"Your Majesty, their actions this time are much more cautious than before!"

On the side, Changsun Wuji reported with a chuckle.

"What are they trying to do?"

Li Shimin looked angry.

These few times, all the news about the lack of food in Henan and Hedong in Guanzhong and Guannei came from Li Shimin's handwriting.

He didn't expect that these news not only did not restrain the grain merchants, but they continued to buy grain!
"Your Majesty, according to the news, the grain stockpiled by these grain merchants is at least more than 300 million shi! If they start to sell aggressively now, not only will they not be able to sell, but they will even have to pay a huge sum of money!"

Changsun Wuji could understand why those grain merchants continued to buy grain.

"So, what they have done in the past few days is obviously to take back all the surplus food in the hands of the common people. They will sell it at a high price next year when the common people run out of food, so as to make huge profits!"

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