Tang Dynasty good father-in-law

Chapter 97 Joke, Don't Believe
Imperial study room

When Shu An came here, Changsun Wuji and the other three had already stood aside, but their expressions were full of preoccupations.

Obviously because of the drought this time, even the three of them were taken aback after receiving the secret report.

"Give the seat to Yafu."

Seeing Shu An's eyes brighten up, Li Shimin said, this time he also accepted the favor of this Asian father.

After all, if this Yafu hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have known that there was a severe drought in the pass.

There is a big difference between early discovery and late discovery. At least he can mobilize food from other places earlier, so that too many people will not die.

You must know that it will take half a month to wait for the drought to be reported, and then to provide disaster relief. Even if it is in the customs area, it will take half a month.

"I have seen Your Majesty!"

"Meet the teacher!"

After saluting each other, Li Shimin's murderous voice sounded first.

"Let the officials of the official department go down to check."

"If there is a violation or concealment and non-reporting, it can be directly taken down."

"In addition, we will start to allocate food from various places for disaster relief!"

Shu An was listening, his face could not help feeling a little emotional, it seems that Li Shimin's anger was not caused by the disaster.

It was the people under his command who actually concealed it and did not report it, but Shu An shook his head, after all, report the good news but not the bad news.

As long as nothing really happens in the end, it is basically impossible to report it, but it will be too late by then.

It's just that after Li Shimin's words fell, Changsun Wuji and others showed a gloomy look on their faces.

"Your Majesty, last year's amnesty report in Chang'an did not have much food in stock."

Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile on his face, especially since His Majesty amnesty the world, he didn't collect much tax at all.

After the words fell, Li Shimin's face was stunned, but he seemed to remember that his ascension to the throne was indeed an amnesty for the world, exempting a lot of taxes.

"Then we can only mobilize food from Luoyang?"

Li Shimin's complexion fell on several important officials and he spoke slowly, with a trace of helplessness in his words.

You must know that the road from Luoyang to Chang'an is not continuous, and if there is a large amount of food to be transported, it will not be able to be transported in a short time.

"Your Majesty, can I buy a batch of emergency food from the rice merchant?"

A gleam flashed in Du Ruhui's eyes and he said, after all, this is a drought, if there is no food, it will definitely not work.

It's better to buy a batch of food for emergency first, and when the food arrives later, it can be connected, and there will be no shortage of food.

After the voice fell, the expressions of all the people present except Shu An, even Li Shimin were the same.

"Jun Xian, what is the price of rice in Chang'an now?"

Li Shimin couldn't help looking at Li Junxian and said, he didn't know the rice price in Chang'an.

After all, as an emperor, energy is not unlimited, and there are some things that cannot be remembered too much.

"Your Majesty, the price of rice in Chang'an is now ten Wen for a bucket!"

Li Junxian said with a wry smile, these aristocratic families have quite a few shops in Guanzhong, so they knew about the drought immediately.

So the price of rice in Chang'an was raised early on. After all, if there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, if there is no harvest, then the grain in the surrounding areas will naturally rise.

"boom!"

"No reason!"

After the words fell, Li Shimin was the first to get angry, and these aristocratic families took the opportunity to make a fortune.

If he remembered correctly, the normal price of rice in Chang'an was five cents a bucket, but now it has doubled.

Changsun Wuji looked as usual, because behind all these rice merchants were Shandong gentry, and had nothing to do with Longxi nobles.

Du Ruhui was naturally similar, originally he cared about the affairs of the aristocratic family, and this matter had nothing to do with him, but Fang Xuanling's complexion was a little ugly, obviously he did not expect these aristocratic families to make disasters and profit only for profit.

"Your Majesty, do you still want to buy grain from the rice merchant?"

After Li Shimin's temper dissipated, Changsun Wuji couldn't help but speak, with a trace of temptation in his words.

Because even he doesn't know whether these majesties will compromise like these rice merchants on this matter.

"purchase!"

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, there was a kind of resentment in his words.

"Maybe, you can buy food from me."

At this moment, Shu An's faint voice sounded, even he did not expect that there would be such a shortage of food near Chang'an.

However, Chang'an was originally a place where people gathered, and the food consumed every day can be said to be not small.

Maybe he doesn't care about it in normal times, but when the drought is involved, he realizes that Chang'an's food reserves are running low.

No wonder Changsun Wuji and others resolutely opposed sending troops to the Turks before, and the food is probably not a small problem.

After Shu An's words fell, it was as if a thunderbolt fell in the ears of several people, and it seemed like a joke.

"Father Ya, I have never had a rice shop in the Shu Mansion."

Li Shimin's voice sounded, and his words were less gentle, obviously thinking that Shu An was joking.

Of course, there is also some small anger in my heart. I knew that I would not invite this cheap father-in-law over, so I actually joked about this kind of thing.

Shu An also didn't care about the change in Li Shimin's attitude. If it weren't for his identity, if it were someone else, he might have been dragged out.

"Although I didn't open a rice shop, I plan to open a rice shop, so I bought a lot of grain before."

There was no fluctuation in Shu An's eyes, and the voice continued to ring. Originally, he wanted to save food and wait for the refugees to flood into Chang'an, but it seemed that he could earn some money first.

Instead of letting those aristocratic families or wealthy businessmen earn the money, it is better to let him earn the money.

It's just that Shu An's voice didn't change the attitude of Li Shimin and others. After all, although Shu An bought grain, it was probably only a few hundred shi at most.

On the contrary, Du Ruhui had some doubts in his eyes, because he believed that his teacher would not do this for no reason.

"I don't know how much food the teacher has?"

Du Ruhui's voice sounded, obviously he attached great importance to this issue. It would be nice if he had thousands of stones, at least it would make the national treasury spend less.

After all, the meaning of the teacher is very obvious, that is, to sell it to the imperial court at a low price.

"Twenty thousand stones!"

Shu An's eyes flickered and he said softly, finally a sensible person came out, as for Li Shimin, an emperor, he took it for granted.

After the words fell, the faces of the people present were stunned, and the first reaction was how is this possible, even if it is only a few thousand stones in the hands of all the rice merchants in Chang'an.

As for Shu'an's [-] shi of grain, even Chang'an's treasury might not have so much grain.

With this sound, the atmosphere in the imperial study room fell into a strange silence. Obviously, everyone has not recovered from the shock.

"Twenty thousand stones, how is this possible?"

Li Shimin whispered softly with a hint of disbelief in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)