Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 420 Family Reunion, Inflation
It turned out that Wang Shiyu had been doing business with the Western Regions.

It's just that the distance between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty is too far, and each other feels that the time cost is very high.

So want to try shipping by sea to see how long it takes.

It was indeed a lot faster, but it was also a lot harder.

Hard work at sea is several times harder than hard work on the road.

And I didn't expect to experience such a thing.

"The problem that the ship is not strong enough."

"If you still want to continue, I will build you a ship, a big ship made of steel."

Fang Yuan had an idea, smiled.

In fact, this idea has existed before, to build ships for the elderly.

There is a long sea distance from Datang to New Hope, Fang Yuan is still worried about ordinary boats.

With the technology of the current research institute, the steel ship should be barely able to be built, but the water swallowing capacity is not known.

"A big ship made of steel?"

Wang Shiyu was a little dazed, she just felt that Fang Yuan was joking with her.

Smiling, chatting with Fang Yuan about other things, the sea scenery is so beautiful at this moment.

The ship returned to the wind and stopped at Weishui port a few days later.

After setting foot on the land of Great Tang again, Fang Yuan and the others felt like they were reunited after a long absence.

Because the waterway is very fast, people were not notified in advance, so no one knew that Fang Yuan and others came back today.

So Fang Yuan and others rented a few horses at the port and returned to Chang'an City.

Many changes have taken place in Chang'an City, where we reunite after a long absence, and it feels like a brand new one.

There are more bicycles on the side of the road, one concrete road is officially passed, and the overall appearance is much better than after Fang Yuan and others left.

After entering Chang'an City, Fang Yuan, Qin Huaiyu and Wang Shiyu separated and returned to their own homes.

"master?!"

Seeing Fang Yuan and the others coming back, the guard at the gate jumped up excitedly, thinking he was wrong.

"Work hard, work hard."

Fang Yuan nodded, and patted their shoulders.

Soon, everyone in Fang Mansion knew that Fang Yuan was back.

Ju Zi and others who were far away in the research institute also knew about it, and rushed back one after another.

"Husband!"

Du Miaoyan rushed over with her son in her arms.

Watching Fang Yuan come back, her eyes were instantly moistened, her voice choked up slightly.

I haven't seen Fang Yuan for almost half a year, and I'm thinking about this person in my dreams.

"Sorry, I came back late."

Fang Yuan walked towards Du Miaoyan quickly, wanting to take the son in her arms.

However, Fang Jinxiu is already one year old, and he recognizes her, so she doesn't want to hug Fang Yuan at all.

When Fang Yuan stretched out his hand towards Fang Jinxiu, Fang Jinxiu's body immediately moved back, and she pursed her mouth as if she wanted to cry.

"Silly son, this is your father."

Du Miaoyan came back to her senses and teased her son.

But for such a young son, even if Du Miaoyan told him, he didn't understand what a father was.

So he still resists being hugged by Fang Yuan.

"Hahaha, this guy is still very unfamiliar to me."

Fang Yuan smiled and said.

Seeing that he didn't want to be hugged by him, Fang Yuan didn't force it.

As a child, it is normal to be unfamiliar, and it will be fine after a while.

At this time, Su Ziqing also brought her son over.

"Husband, you are back."

Su Ziqing also had red eyes, choked up and said.

When Fang Yuan was not around, although she was not made things difficult, she always felt abandoned.

Because the relationship between her and Fang Yuan is quite complicated, not as deep as the relationship between Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

Seeing Fang Jinpan in Su Ziqing's arms, looking at him with big eyes, he thought of hugging him.

The difference between Fang Jinpan and Fang Jinxiu is more than five months, nearly six months.

The six-month-old baby is also born.

When Fang Yuan reached out to hug him, he was also rejected.

And Fang Jinpan's reaction was even bigger than Fang Jinxiu's, and he burst into tears.

"Shh, baby, don't cry, it's Daddy."

Su Ziqing suddenly showed embarrassment, very embarrassed.

"Hahaha"

"See, tell your child to run that far from birth."

Du Miaoyan let out a bark and laughed.

Fang Yuan scratched his head, really embarrassed.

Immediately explained Gao Xiangyu and Miaojiang Saintess to Du Miaoyan and the others.

"Didn't Xu Changjin come back?"

Du Miaoyan nodded, then asked curiously.

"I left her in Goguryeo."

Fang Yuan smiled and said.

After the old King Goguryeo started to deal with Fang Yuan, Fang Yuan let Xu Changjin leave.

But leaving is not really letting her go, but letting her do other things.

Then after the crisis was resolved, after Gao Tianzhi came to power, Fang Yuan left her in Goguryeo.

One is to monitor Gao Tianzhi, and the other is to support Lu Tingmei in the palace.

"Husband, there won't be another woman of yours here, right?"

Du Miaoyan nodded, then pulled Fang Yuan aside and asked in a low voice.

Gao Xiangyu is a princess of a country, and she came back with Fang Yuan, which is unusual.

The Fang family wants to enter a princess from another country. This thought feels a little unreal, and I don't know whether to be happy or sad.

I am happy because Fang Yuan is looking for a princess, and the status of the Fang family has risen.

It's a pity that Fang Yuan found another woman, and after entering, the status must be at least equal wife.

"Hey, that Gao Xiangyu was given to me by my sister who trusted Gao Tianzhi, in order to win me over, and of course, also to monitor me."

Fang Yuan coughed dryly, being a little embarrassed by Du Miaoyan's eyes.

Including Princess Xiangcheng, Gao Xiangyu was his fourth woman.

In the past, I thought that Du Miaoyan was enough, but now it changed again and again.

Really unpredictable.

"It's not an example!"

Du Miaoyan sighed in her heart, and glared at Fang Yuan.

Then he walked towards Gao Xiangyu and took Gao Xiangyu's hand very friendly.

Although Gao Xiangyu is the princess of Goguryeo, this is the Fangfu of the Tang Dynasty, and Du Miaoyan is the mistress.

Similarly, Gao Xiangyu was also well aware of her situation, and did not despise Du Miaoyan because of her status, but put it very low.

"If my sister is fine, I'll ask someone to pick a good day to marry you?"

Du Miaoyan smiled and said.

"Thank you sister."

Gao Xiangyu was taken aback, then looked at Fang Yuan.

Seeing that Fang Yuan didn't speak, her face turned red.

She didn't dare to marry Fang Yuan extravagantly, but Du Miaoyan said it, so she would naturally go up.

"That's good."

Du Miaoyan sighed again, and said with a smile.

Soon, the news of Fang Yuan's return to Chang'an City spread, and all the dignitaries in the city knew that Fang Yuan was back.

Now Fang Yuan's identity and status are people's awe-inspiring existence, naturally more people pay attention.

Moreover, Fang Yuan stirred up the universe, overthrew the Goguryeo regime, and Dongying was surrounded by enemies, which shocked the powerful and powerful even more.

Fang Yuan sat at home for a while, and after drinking a few cups of tea, he asked someone to prepare a sedan chair and enter the palace.

As an important minister of the imperial court, it is actually wrong to go home first when you come back.

But it won't have any impact, very few ministers would impeach Fang Yuan with these things.

Soon, Fang Yuan entered the palace to meet Li Shimin.

"Chen Fang Yuan, pay homage to His Majesty."

Fang Yuan saluted Li Shimin.

"Good to be back!"

"You did a great job this time!"

Li Shimin got up and said a little excitedly.

Fang Yuan's trip not only saved Qin Huaiyu, but also accomplished several important things.

[-]. In order to get Fang Yuan's support, Gao Tianzhi not only agreed to Fang Yuan's conditions in private, but also wrote a letter to Li Shimin asking for recognition, and sent a lot of money.

Second, Silla and Baekje proposed many unfavorable conditions for Datang not to support Dongying, and at the same time expressed their surrender to Datang.

It can be said that Fang Yuan's trip has greatly improved Datang's face.

"It's good that His Majesty didn't blame me for coming back for so long."

Fang Yuan smiled, and sat drinking tea with Li Shimin.

When no one is around, Li Shimin is very easy-going.

"Did you find anything else on this trip?"

Li Shimin asked with a smile.

With Fang Yuan making such great achievements, how could he blame Fang Yuan for coming back late?

Even if some people in the DPRK were already dissatisfied with Fang Yuan's absence for so long, they did not dare to blatantly say that Fang Yuan was wrong.

Such achievements have greatly improved Datang's status, and he has been greatly rewarded instead of blamed.

"After getting to know the saintess of Miaojiang, I have to sigh how magical Gu worms are."

Fang Yuan said with a sigh.

He received the situation on the Quartet battlefield.

After King Dongying beat the drum, his soldiers changed a lot.

At first, when Fang Yuan received the news, he thought it was Dongpu's Bushido spirit.

But the saint of Miaojiang was also there at that time, she explained that it was not, but some evil Gu worms trained by Dongpu.

Once the plant is activated on a person, people will lose their sanity and become a walking corpse, and they will never be able to regain their sanity.

And the activated person loses consciousness from now on, unless he dies or loses the ability to move, he will become a machine that only knows killing.

"It's just a crooked way."

"Why, are you interested in them?"

Li Shimin looked down on Gu worms, and even hated them.

A year ago he was almost killed by Dongpu Gu, and now he still has lingering fears.

"It's very interesting."

"I want to set up a branch in the medical school dedicated to the study of Gu insects."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

Gu worms are amazing, especially heart Gu.

If it is studied, can it evolve into a specific energy?

"You can study it if you like, I will not interfere with the affairs of the research institute."

Li Shimin has no objection.

He promised the royal family to stay out of medical schools and research institutes.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

He has an idea to open a branch, but he is not sure if he can open it.

Because I haven't discussed it with the saintess of Miaojiang, and there are no Gu worms around me.

Moreover, Gu worms are mysterious and evil compared to the outside world, and many people will resist their existence.

"I heard that you brought back Princess Goguryeo?"

Li Shimin suddenly said with a half-smile.

"I was just about to speak to Your Majesty about this."

Fang Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he smiled embarrassingly.

It seemed that Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied.

When a princess of a country enters the city, she does not pay homage to the emperor.

"Tell me."

Li Shimin's expression remained the same, and he did not show any signs of anger.

"Gao Xiangyu was given to me by Gao Tianzhi in order to win over and monitor me."

"He doesn't seem to want Gao Xiangyu to follow me as a princess, so Gao Xiangyu is actually nameless now."

"I'm thinking, should I turn the initiative into a passive one, hold a wedding with Gao Xiangyu, marry her in, and it will be convenient when I want to intervene in Goguryeo in the future."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Maybe Gao Tianzhi also thought of this, so he didn't mention the plan to marry Gao Xiangyu to Fang Yuan.

But Gao Xiangyu is not a puppet, she doesn't really want to monitor Fang Yuan for the rest of her life, she doesn't want to be a puppet who sacrifices for the country.

So when faced with Du Miaoyan's proposal of getting married, he happily agreed, and Fang Yuan did not refute because of this, and nodded along Du Miaoyan's intention.

"It turns out that there is still such a deep meaning. Is there a kiss to Goguryeo?"

Li Shimin suddenly realized.

Indeed, Datang needs a good excuse to intervene in Goguryeo at any time.

Although Gao Tianzhi was pushed by Fang Yuan, that was not the reason to hold Gao Tianzhi hostage for a long time.

No king will always listen to someone.

"It's best for His Majesty to say goodbye."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

Another of his plans is to put himself and Lu Tingmei's son on the throne of Goguryeo.

But whether Lu Tingmei can give birth to a son is unknown, so there must be another means to control Goguryeo all the time.

As for the annexation of Goguryeo, now is not the time.

Goguryeo is too far away, and it may not be able to control it even if it is annexed.

And before the war between Japan and Silla and Baekje is over, don't think about controlling Goguryeo.

Because Goguryeo is located between these countries, once Datang really wants to annex a certain country, they will join forces to resist Datang.

"Okay, I'll let someone talk about kissing."

Li Shimin readily agreed.

He is very active in strengthening national capabilities.

Afterwards, the two chatted a lot about Fang Yuan's trip.

"By the way, I recently discovered a problem. It may be the inflation problem you mentioned before. Take a look."

Li Shimin suddenly thought of something, went back to the desk to find a memorial and handed it to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan was a little surprised, curiously opened the memorial to see what it was.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan immediately frowned.

This is a Jingzhou Memorial.

The memorial stated that prices in Jingzhou City have generally risen. In the past, one yuan could buy a catty of rice, but now it costs three yuan to buy a catty.

Most of the other prices are like this, and the people are very resentful.

After the investigation by the governor of Jingzhou, it was found that it was guessed that too many banknotes were printed.

"It's really rare and unexpected that a governor can discover these things."

"Your Majesty, please also investigate the price situation in other places."

Fang Yuan frowned, said in a deep voice.

If it is really caused by printing too much banknotes, it may really be an inflation problem.

In order to solve the problem of the seven-star banknotes and stabilize the market, the bank printed a lot of money.

If there is an inflation problem, the printing must be stopped in time, and other corresponding measures should be taken.

"I have asked someone to investigate, and I will inform you of news in a few days."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

He didn't understand Fang Yuan's problem of printing too many banknotes before, but now he really understands.

When inflation occurs and prices rise, people will have resentment and the country will become unstable.

Li Shimin attached great importance to this, just when Fang Yuan came back, he planned to let Fang Yuan handle this matter.

"Okay, I'll ask the local banks to count the number of banknotes printed!"

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

I originally planned to rest for two days before going to work, but now I don't have the mind to rest.

The problem of inflation must be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise the impact will be great.

There is also the governor of Jingzhou, I hope to meet and chat.

(End of this chapter)