Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 455

Summer weather is fading away.

It's raining again in Chang'an.

This morning, Zhang Liang, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and handed in a memorial.

"My lord, over there in Lingzhou, Generalissimo Li Jing sent someone to send a memorial."

Hearing that it was a border memorial, Li Shimin quickly picked it up to read it. After reading it, his face immediately became gloomy.

"My lord, but what happened at the border?"

"Lingzhou is short of food and grass, I'm afraid it won't last long, but the Turks are not willing to retreat and often invade Lingzhou. Li Jing hopes that the court can allocate some food and grass for them."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, everyone nodded slightly. The battle in Lingzhou has been going on for half a year. Except for Li Jing's victory when he first left, so far, the whole battle has not made much progress.

Now, food and grass are short again.

"Tang Aiqing, how much food and grass do you have in the household department?"

Tang Jian stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Household Department does have some food and grass, but there are not many that can be dispatched, and it is difficult to meet General Li Jing's needs."

Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned slightly: "Isn't it because the grain harvest has just been bumper, and my Tang's grain tax has also been recovered. Why is there not enough dispatch?"

Tang Jian said: "My lord, this year's rain is frequent. On the other side of the Yellow River Basin, a place broke its embankment, the river flooded, and the surrounding crops were destroyed. Even many people have no food. The Ministry of Households has approved some disaster relief for them. Food, now, the relief food is already on the way, so there is not much left for General Li Jing."

Hearing Tang Jian say this, Li Shimin suddenly remembered that half a month ago, there was indeed a flood in a place in Datang, and the people were displaced. He also approved a batch of food to go there.

It's just that the border soldiers can't go hungry now.

"As much grain and grass as there is in the household department, we will send it to Lingzhou first. For the rest, the household department must find a way to get the grain and grass together as soon as possible."

After Li Shimin gave this order, he didn't say this again. When Tang Jian heard this, he looked embarrassed. Isn't this embarrassing him?
But the Ministry of Household Affairs is supposed to do this, so even if it's difficult, there's nothing you can do about it, you can only deal with it.

When he retired from the court, the rain was still falling, so Tang Jian went directly to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"Send all the food left over from the household department to Lingzhou."

"Also, start buying grain and grass immediately, and buy as much as you can."

There is no food and grass in the household department, but there is still some money. Although Datang's expenses are very high, in Tang Jian's view, he can almost raise enough for Li Jing's needs.

The household department suddenly became busy. In order to buy grain and grass, even people like Tang Jian had to go to some grain shops or something, or buy from the people.

And when the household department was so busy, the soy beans made by Qin Tian were finally ready at Qinhou's mansion.

This year, he made a total of ten jars of soy beans, and each jar weighed about thirty catties.

Three hundred catties of soy beans are only eaten by their family, obviously they can't finish it, but when he was making it, Qin Tian knew that this thing couldn't be kept.

Once the soy beans are ready, it does not mean that they can be eaten immediately.

Qin Tian ordered someone to dig out a pot, and then went to the kitchen to stir-fry in the pot with some seasonings and so on. Before stir-frying, a lot of oil had to be added.

In this way, when the stir-fry is finished and served, the color of the soy beans will look very attractive.

Xiaodie and the others had been waiting to taste the soy beans for a long time, so after the frying was finished, they were not very polite, and everyone held a steamed bun in their hands, waiting to eat.

Break open the steamed bun, dig a spoonful of soy beans and spread it evenly on it. It looks yellow and bright. After closing it, bite it down. I feel very comfortable.

After Xiaodie took a bite, she liked it very much.

"It's delicious, it's so delicious, it's even better than meat."

The taste of soy beans is very rich, and it is particularly stimulating to the taste. Xiaodie ate while talking. It didn't take long for her to eat up a big steamed bun.

But because she didn't eat vegetables, and the taste of soy beans was very good, she didn't feel full, so she couldn't help but took another steamed bun to eat.

As for the guys like Qin Wu, they are already eating the third steamed bun.

They usually eat fast, and if there are vegetables, they will be relatively slow, but soy beans are really too much to eat.

"Brother Tian, ​​I can eat five today. The soy beans you stir-fry are not enough."

Qin Wu took a bite of the steamed bun, saw that Hu Shiba was already eating the tenth one, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Old Hu, slow down, save some for the brothers."

Hu Shiba has always had a big appetite, but at this time he could still take care of people like Qin Wu, curled his lips, and then opened his mouth and bit off half a steamed bun. With him, it only took two or three mouthfuls to eat a whole steamed bun.

After Qin Wu saw this scene, he wanted to cry but had nothing to love.

Qin Tian said with a smile: "Okay, there are still a lot in the house, enough for you to eat, use a small jar to separate those soy beans, and you go and send some to your adoptive father and those uncles, by the way, to the Holy One Send some."

Qin Tian ordered, but Qin Wu pretended not to hear, and was still eating steamed buns. He wasn't full yet, and now he's gone, but there are no more. Seeing him like this, Qin Tian kicked him over: What are you standing there for?"

Qin Wu was a little wronged: "Let's eat the last one."

Qin Tian had nothing to do with him.

"The last one, hurry up."

Qin Wu took a steamed bun and went there unhappy, but Hu Shiba was still eating, but at this time, the pot of soy beans had bottomed out, Hu Shiba glanced around, and then directly wrapped the steamed bun around After wiping the basin around, he ate the last steamed bun in one gulp.

Xiaodie's stomach has grown round from eating, and now she is sitting on a chair and doesn't want to move. Qin Tian glanced at him, and then stuffed him with a small jar of soy beans.

"what?"

"Go and send it to Princess Nine."

Xiaodie was full and didn't want to move at all.

"Why don't you send it?"

Seeing Xiaodie being so lazy, Qin Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "If you don't go, there will be good things in the future, so I won't eat them for you, big brother."

Hearing this, Xiaodie jumped up from the chair all of a sudden: "Go, I can't go, since there will be delicious food in the future, brother must think of me, Xiaodie."

After taking the jar of soy beans, Xiaodie went to the Ninth Princess Mansion with her arms in her arms.

The rain in Chang'an is still falling, and I don't know when it will fall. Qin Tian looked at the Ninth Princess Mansion in the mist and rain, and suddenly got a little lost.

Not far away, after Tang Rong saw this scene, her heart suddenly moved. For some reason, she actually felt a strong sense of uneasiness.

The anxiety was getting stronger and stronger, making her feel indescribably depressed and lost.

(End of this chapter)