The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 265 Dating
The time has come to March without knowing it. The season of spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and it is also a good time for outings.

On this day, more than a hundred large ships came to the wharf of the Weishui River, all of which carried the flag of water transportation.Everyone who lives nearby knows that this is a ship for the imperial court to transport grain to Guanzhong.

The arrival of these ships means that another batch of grain has arrived, and it also means that there is no food shortage in Chang'an.

But soon everyone discovered the difference. This batch of escorted food was not the usual wheat, corn or soybeans, but white rice.

Rice is a rare commodity in the north, and now more than a hundred ships have been sent, so everyone is naturally very curious.

What everyone didn't expect was that the rice was not sent to the granary for hoarding, but was directly sent to major grain shops, and the price was very low.

Now the people in Chang'an City are boiling.

Even if the northerners don't eat rice at this time, they still know that it is fine grain, and only the nobles can afford it.

Now it is sold at a par price, which naturally attracts people to rush to buy it.There are long queues in front of major grain shops just to buy some rice.

The common people are only curious about the rice itself, while the powerful and bureaucrats are more concerned about where the rice comes from. Have you never heard that the imperial court transported rice from the southern granary?

So they all showed their talents to inquire about the news.

Such a big event cannot be hidden from people, and soon everyone knew the source of the rice.

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Li Chengqian praised: "If Jing Ke hadn't told me, I still wouldn't know that those small barbarian countries in the south that we don't pay attention to are rich in rice."

Du He also praised: "Yes, it can provide nearly 20 shi of food for Datang every month, and there are countless Jingke living people."

Li Chengqian said: "This is just the beginning, and in the future it can reach an annual input of 500 million shi."

500 million shi, enough to feed three to four million people for a year, is definitely a huge number.

Du He asked curiously: "Could it be that Jing Ke has been there?"

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "No, I just heard about the situation there from the elders in the family. I told His Majesty later, and I don't know what happened next."

Li Chengqian said: "This is enough. Aye will definitely take action when he knows it, so he has this much food."

While talking, Cheng Huailiang and Qin Huaidao also came here with their respective wives.

First there was a salute, and then the woman went to the next door to be entertained by Wu Shu, while the man stayed in the yard.

After each sat down, Chen Jingke smiled and said, "You two are late."

Cheng Huailiang complained: "We really can't blame us. People lined up at the gates of every grain store, and the streets were blocked and impassable. We traveled a lot of wrong roads to get there."

Qin Huaidao followed up and said, "Yeah, I didn't expect rice to be so popular. Everyone is crazy to buy rice."

Du He said: "It's normal. Rice has a good taste and is easy to make. It's just that it was expensive and hard to buy in the past, so no one eats it."

"Now that rice is so cheap, people will naturally buy some and try it. Even if they don't eat it, it's more convenient to stock up."

The four chatted like this, and after about half an hour, another group of people came over.

It was none other than Xiao Si who ran over first.

She threw her head into Chen Jingke's arms and said, "Brother, you haven't visited me in the palace for a long time."

Chen Jingke rubbed her head, and said dotingly: "My brother was busy a few days ago, so I will take you out to play as soon as I have time."

Xiao Si was very happy and said, "Then I will forgive you."

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "Thank you, little si, alas, our little si has grown up, he is really understanding."

"Pfft...haha, little sis is shy." Princess Gaoyang, Princess Chengyang and their entourage all laughed.

Li Chengqian and others also smiled heartily.

The little si had reached a shy age, her little face was flushed, and she was buried in Chen Jingke's arms and dared not come out.

Chen Jingke naturally wanted to uphold justice for his little daughter-in-law, pointing to Du He and said to Princess Chengyang: "Second lady, this is your future husband-in-law, come and meet soon."

Who knew that Princess Chengyang was not shy, looked Du He up and down, nodded and said: "That's right, she looks quite handsome."

On the contrary, it was Du He who was blushing and at a loss for what to do.

"..." Everyone was speechless.

Chen Jingke was not surprised by her performance, this girl is stubborn, it would be hell if she knew how to be shy.

He said to Princess Gaoyang: "I also invited Mr. Fang Erlang, I don't know if he will come."

Princess Gao Yang guessed his plan, and said vehemently: "Yo, look, elder brother loves little Si, and wants to vent her anger for her."

"Oh, my little si is really blessed to have such a considerate husband. Unlike the one in our family, the whole lump of elm is so mad. When will my brother help me teach him?"

Chen Jingke thought to himself that he really deserves to be Princess Gaoyang, and he refused to take any losses, and said, "That's a good relationship. I'll go to Fang Xiang later, and say that you asked me to help discipline Fang Erlang."

Princess Gao Yang finally couldn't stand it any longer, she stomped her feet and said, "How could you be an elder brother and bully your younger sister."

Chen Jingke pretended to sigh and said, "I don't know good people."

Then he whispered to Xiaosi: "Look, all the older sisters also have husbands, so don't be embarrassed, Xiaosi."

"Yeah." Xiao Sizi finally recovered, but she was much quieter than before.

Today's gathering was originally to create space for Du He, so Gao Yang and the others did not go to the next door to find Wu Shu, but sat down in the yard and chatted together.

Gao Yang stands out as a pungent character, never willing to suffer when he speaks.Except for the scruples when talking with Li Chengqian, the others were merciless.

Chengyang stands out for his straightforwardness, never hiding what he said.Perhaps because of the influence of Xiao Sizi, she was very curious about Du He and always took the initiative to talk to him.

It's just that the little girl is ignorant, and what she said made Du He a little embarrassed.But it was obvious that he was having fun.

On the contrary, the little one was the quietest one, sitting beside Chen Jingke all the time, quietly listening to the chats of his brothers and sisters, and only occasionally saying a few words.

After more than half an hour, Fang Yiai ran over in a panic.

Seeing him really appear, Princess Gao Yang was very surprised, and somewhat pleasantly surprised.

Chen Jingke smiled and said: "How, I didn't lie to you, did I? If I said to ask him out, I would ask him out."

Then these two people performed for everyone what is called a woman singing a husband's suit. It really is what Gao Yang says, and Fang Yiai can only say "you are right".

But it was obvious that Gao Yang was gradually dissatisfied with Fang Yiai, who was somewhat dull, and there was a hint of impatience in his tone.

This is not what Chen Jingke wants to see, so he said: "In fact, the creation of heaven and earth is very magical, there are yin and yang, there are men and women."

"If a couple wants to have a consummate love, they must also conform to this law, that is, their personalities complement each other."

Li Chengqian and the others all have eighteen minds, so they could easily guess his intentions, and asked cooperatively, "Oh? I don't know how to complement each other?"

(End of this chapter)