Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 457 Anorexia
The rain in Chang'an finally stopped in the middle of the night.

After the rain stopped, Chang'an was hot again.

The next morning ended at noon, and the weather was surprisingly hot, as if yesterday's rain did not bring much cooling.

Li Shimin reviewed the memorial in the imperial study.

"My lord, it's time to eat."

The eunuch reminded him, but Li Shimin raised his head and hesitated, then shook his head: "I have no appetite, I don't want to eat."

It may be that Li Shimin was under a lot of pressure not long after he became emperor, and the weather was so hot that Li Shimin had no appetite these days.

It doesn't taste good to eat anything.

Even if the royal chef in the palace put in a lot of effort to prepare delicious food, Li Shimin would stop after just one or two bites.

If he wasn't worried about his body breaking down, he wouldn't even want to eat one or two bites.

Hearing that Li Shimin didn't want to eat again, the little eunuch became a little anxious, and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you eat a little? I heard that the Marquis of Qin's Mansion sent a jar of soy beans yesterday, and the imperial chef is frying them today. Would you like to try it? "

"Qin Tian sent someone to send it?"

The eunuch quickly responded: "Yes, it is said that it is called soy bean, please try it, Your Majesty."

Although Li Shimin had no appetite, he was somewhat curious, nodded and said, "Bring some to try."

Seeing that Li Shimin was willing to eat, the little eunuch breathed a sigh of relief, so he didn't stop, and hurried to the imperial dining room. When he ran, he secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that Qin Tian's soy beans would definitely make the emperor appetize.

The cooks in the imperial dining room were all busy. After the little eunuch came in, he asked, "Is the soy bean that Lord Qinhou made yesterday ready?"

"Okay, I just don't know what else the Holy Majesty needs?"

"Only soy beans are fine, and I will bring two steamed buns to the Holy One."

A small dish of soy beans and two steaming steamed buns were quickly sent to the imperial study by the eunuch. Li Shimin took a look at the soy beans, and couldn't help but licked his lips when he saw it.

The color of soy beans is really full of appetite.

Thinking in his heart, Li Shimin couldn't help but picked up a steamed bun and ate a mouthful of soy beans. After biting down, the taste between his teeth stimulated his tongue continuously, making him feel extremely comfortable all over his body. .

Involuntarily, I couldn't help but took another bite.

One mouthful after another.

Maybe Li Shimin didn't eat much during this time, he was really hungry, he ate up the two steamed buns within a short while, the little eunuch watched from the side, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, are you ready to eat?" the little eunuch asked, but Li Shimin didn't feel full, and he really wanted to eat it. After thinking about it, he said, "Bring me some steamed buns."

The little eunuch was taken aback, he didn't expect that such a plate of soy beans could make Li Shimin like it so much, even if he just ate steamed buns, he would be so happy to eat it.

Without any hesitation, the little eunuch hurried to bring some more steamed buns.

When the steamed buns were brought, Li Shimin quickly ate a few more, and finally stopped when he couldn't eat anymore.

"belch……"

Li Shimin burped, and at this moment, another eunuch hurried over: "My lord, Tang Jian, Minister of the Household Department, please see me."

Li Shimin rubbed his full stomach, and suddenly thought that the soldiers at the border would soon be hungry, so he quickly ordered: "Let him in."

Not long after, Tang Jian entered the imperial study.

"Tang Aiqing, how is the food preparation going?"

Tang Jian's expression was not very good, and he said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Accounting originally had enough money, but who would have thought that the price of grain would rise so fast, and a stone of grain would go up by three or four hundred cash. The Ministry of Accounting can't afford it now. I have no other choice, so I came here to ask His Majesty what he meant."

Li Shimin's expression froze when he heard that the grain had increased by three or four hundred wen, and said, "Why is it so high?"

"I'm afraid someone knew that there was a shortage of grain in Lingzhou, so they deliberately raised the price of grain. Otherwise, how could the price of grain rise so fast not long after the grain harvest was finished."

Making money from wars and disasters can happen all the time, but the price of food has risen like this, which was just mentioned yesterday, which is still a little hard for Li Shimin to accept.

This is nothing short of robbery.

"Investigate and see whose grain shop is raising prices, and report them all to me."

Li Shimin was a little angry. He knew that those big grain stores in Chang'an City were run by aristocratic families and dignitaries, and they were the only ones who could be so well informed.

Seeing Li Shimin like this, Tang Jian felt a little trembling in his heart, and immediately agreed without hesitation.
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Qinhou Mansion.

"Sir, since yesterday, the price of grain in Chang'an has risen a lot."

Qin Tian was reading in the study, when Lu Huaniang came and said, when Qin Tianchu heard it, she didn't pay much attention and asked, "How much has it increased?"

"One stone of grain has increased by three or four hundred yuan, and the current price of grain is about five hundred yuan per stone."

Qin Tian couldn't help being shocked when he heard that a stone of grain was always five hundred wen, the increase was so much that it was unbelievable.

"My husband, our family is also a wine maker and an inn. The daily demand for food is huge. Although our family grows and harvests food, it may be a little short now."

Lu Huaniang was a little worried. Those who do business are most afraid of not having enough goods. If the goods are not enough, the business will not be able to continue. When they go to Sihaiju for dinner, it is impossible for people to eat only meat and vegetables and not eat pasta, right?

As for brewing, the demand for food is even greater.

Of course, there are also many slaves raised by their Qinhou Mansion. These people also have to eat, and the food they need is not a small amount.

Qin Tian frowned slightly, and asked, "Do you know why the price of food has increased?"

"The relevant opening in the Yellow River Basin was opened, destroying the homes of many people. The imperial court needs to send relief food there."

Qin Tian shook his head: "This happened half a month ago. At that time, it was only increased by more than 100 yuan. Now it has suddenly increased again. Obviously it is not because of this."

Qin Tian didn't go to the early court, so the news was not very well-informed. After thinking about it, he sent Qin Wu out to find out what was going on.

Today, if the food problem is not resolved, it will affect their ability to make a lot of money.

Many people in the early court knew about the lack of food in Lingzhou, so it was not difficult for Qin Wu to inquire about it. Soon, Qin Wu had news from his side.

"Brother Tian, ​​there is a shortage of grain in Lingzhou. The imperial court is preparing grain and grass for Lingzhou. It seems that this battle will take a long time, and the food demand is also high, so many grain shops have taken the opportunity to raise prices. Now, not only is the imperial court in trouble, Even many people who need to buy food are a little bit out of breath due to the pressure of such high food prices."

Food is the most important thing for the people, and food is the most important thing. After listening to Qin Wu's words, Qin Tian felt that the matter might be a bit serious. Even Li Shimin might be in trouble.

(End of this chapter)