This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 270 Volume Three Recreates a Prosperous Empire

The court will end, but the fire has not been extinguished.

With the technology of this era, it is really not easy to put out a fire of this magnitude.

What everyone did last night was not mainly to fight the fire, but to isolate the fire.

Speaking of it, I have to admire the wisdom of the ancients. At the beginning of the city's construction, they prevented the fire from spreading in case of fire.

That's why the fire can be brought under control, but when it comes to putting out the fire, there's nothing we can do. It's really limited.

Countless people can only watch the thick smoke rising from the burning of the fire, all with regret.

No matter whose family's food it is, it can't afford to waste it like this!

Fortunately, the imperial court immediately opened Changping warehouse to curb grain prices, otherwise the common people would suffer even more.

Wei Zheng walked out of the palace gate, seeing this situation, couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "If it was a few years ago, how many lives would these grains have survived?"

Everyone was silent, no matter whether they were extravagant or not, they still couldn't bear to face the destruction of so much food.

In the afternoon, the preliminary investigation results came out. The cause of the incident was that the shopkeeper of the grain store was counting the grain in the warehouse last night. Because he was too sleepy, he fell asleep in the warehouse. Finally, the candlestick fell to the ground and caused a fire.

Coupled with the fact that it is now autumn and there is a breeze to help, it will eventually get out of hand.

And the shopkeeper, after knowing that it had caused a catastrophe, regretted it endlessly, and finally died in the sea of ​​flames in order to extinguish the fire.

In this way, there is no proof of death, and the fire that shook the court will eventually come to nothing.

If you say a thousand words and ten thousand words, the people don't raise officials and don't investigate, even the emperor.

But then, the entire Tang Dynasty began to ban grain outflows, which gained the general support of the common people.

When Wang Dequan heard the news, he immediately sent someone to send the news back to Riyue Mountain.

Once the Tang Dynasty began to ban grain outflow, the greatest impact would be the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty mainly relied on imports from the Tang Dynasty for food.

And Datang's grain export is actually only the royal court of Ming Dynasty.

In this way, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the gentry's counterattack.

They are using this method to warn the Ming court not to touch their foundation.

Does Li Er know?
Li Er actually knew about it, how many people in the court didn't know about it?
But in the final analysis, they are the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and their thoughts and concerns must take precedence over the Tang Dynasty. This is the premise.

So even if they know it, they won't object. This is their position.

……

Daming Royal Court, everyone still doesn't know what happened in Chang'an.

The entire Daming royal court is still thriving, and everyone is very motivated.

Due to the large amount of manpower invested in the grassland, even though the project volume is huge, it has also achieved a steady development.

Among them, the most notable one is Deyang City.

One is because it developed earlier and its starting foundation is better than other places, and the other is because the geographical environment does occupy some advantages. Gradually, Deyang City became the third largest city in the entire Ming court.

Of course, it is said that it is the third largest city of the Ming court, but it is actually similar to Jingyang, it's just that there are few cities on the grasslands to have such an illusion.

On this day, Xiao Yue was patrolling under the rule. Since Li Chengqian appointed him as Deyang Order, he devoted almost all his time and energy to the construction of Deyang City.

Seeing the prosperity of Deyang City day by day, he still has a sense of accomplishment.

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why Deyang City has achieved this is inseparable from him.

In order to revitalize Deyang City, he also racked his brains.

Agriculture will not work, not to mention the missed farming time, even if it is not missed, the habits of the prairie people will definitely not allow you to farm the land honestly.

Animal husbandry is also not suitable. Years of snowstorms have already destroyed the animal husbandry on the grassland to the extreme. Unless there is a lot of investment, it will be difficult to return to the level of the past in three to five years.

Eventually, he set his sights on business.

What he valued was the caravans going back and forth between Datang and Riyue Mountain. Caravans passed by his Deyang City almost every day. In that case, why didn't he make money from these people?
Therefore, he built a large number of inns, restaurants and even shops in the city.

The prairie people have not developed the habit of living together in the city, so these houses in the city are not inhabited by anyone.This also made the houses in the city a bit empty, and after he converted them into inns, restaurants, and shops, the caravans traveling to and from Datang and Riyue Mountain gradually got used to having a foothold here.

The flow of people gradually began to increase.

And some shrewd businessmen also began to realize that this small town was actually profitable, so they went to the county government to inquire about the shops on the street.

In this way, slowly, Deyang City was able to achieve the prosperity it is today in a short period of time.

All kinds of shops have gradually appeared in the county town.

The surrounding herdsmen also gradually discovered that they can come to the city to buy some things they need in life, and their cattle and sheep can also be sold here.

In such a virtuous circle of development, Deyang became the third largest city of the Ming court.

Seeing the flow of people in the city, Xiao Yue was very relieved.

"The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. The ancients did not deceive me." At this moment, Xiao Yue heard someone from a soup and cake shop sigh with emotion. Hearing this tune, he knew it was a The scholar turned his head and saw that he was in his seventies and eighties, as if half of his body was buried in the loess pile.

"Old man's words are wrong." After Xiao Yue finished speaking, he walked into the soup cake shop and sat opposite the old man.

The tables and chairs of the Ming court were all made by Li Chengqian, which is convenient.

Hearing this, the old man smiled and said, "Does Mr. Xiao Lang have any good ideas?"

"There is nothing wrong with coming here for profit, and going away with profit." Xiao Yue said, "It's like a herdsman living after water and grass, or a farmer farming after farming time. Who is not for profit? No stealing or robbing, labor in exchange for rewards , where is the difference between high and low?"

What he advocates in Deyang City now is business, and what he collects is business tax, so naturally he can't let people belittle the merchants.

After this start, who would want to come to Deyang City to do business?
"Mr. Xiao Lang is eloquent." The old man laughed, "The herdsmen live by water and grass to produce cattle and sheep, the farmers follow the time to farm and plow to produce food, and the merchants come here for profit. What can they produce?"

Xiao Yue said with a smile: "You can produce taxes, old man, you should know that what the royal court of the Ming Dynasty implemented this year and next two years is no tax for farmers.

But as a royal court, necessary expenses are always needed, and the boy knows what the old man means.

It is inevitable that businessmen who do not engage in production and come here for profit will disperse because of lack of profit.

However, the royal court of the Ming Dynasty must proceed from its own situation. Whether it governs a place or a country, it must take into account the actual situation. Taking it for granted to govern a place, is it any different from talking about war on paper? "

The old man nodded, but he didn't say much. He didn't understand the governance of the local area, so he didn't express his opinion. He had some emotions before, but he just expressed his feelings because he saw that the street was full of businessmen.

Seeing that he didn't say much, Xiao Yue didn't mean to say much.

During this period of time, he has actually grown a lot and learned a lot, and these things are things that he couldn't learn in books in the past.

After eating a bowl of soup cakes, Xiao Yue burped in satisfaction, got up and left.

It's still the same taste, that's the same amount, it's good.

After Xiao Yue left, the old man ate the soup and cakes and paid the money, then inquired with the shopkeeper about the direction of Riyue Mountain, and started on the road again with a walking stick.

No one would have imagined that such an old man of 80 or [-] years old came from Datang alone.

Xiao Yue, who left the soup cake shop, continued to wander around the city.

In the city, he usually does not bring his followers. Firstly, it is not necessary. Second, with the followers, everyone will know who he is, and many things will be invisible.

Just as he was wandering around the city, he suddenly found that many grain shops were not open today, so he asked someone to find out that the shopkeepers of these grain shops all went to Riyue Mountain early in the morning.

Why?

In the whole city, only the Changming Grain Shop is still operating normally.

Something is wrong, open the door for business, how can there be any reason to thank guests behind closed doors?

After returning to the county office, Xiao Yue immediately asked people to inquire.

Not long after, the person who inquired about the news came back.

"Magistrate Xiao, something is wrong. Taoyuan forbids food from leaving the country. It is said that it is the intention of the Tang court."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yue immediately stood up, something was going to happen!

"Hurry up, send someone to pass the news back to Riyue Mountain."

After speaking, he was also a little hard to understand.

Datang, why is this?

Forbidding grain to leave the country is to block the throat of the Ming court.

"Send someone to keep an eye on those grain merchants. Not a single grain of grain is allowed to be shipped away. At the same time, no information is allowed to be leaked to the outside world." After the messenger left, Xiao Yue ordered.

After finishing speaking, he went to Changming Store to check the grain reserves without stopping.

The most important reason why the Ming court is still stable today is that as long as everyone is willing to work hard, they will definitely not go hungry.

But if there is a food shortage, this stability may come to an end.

In Riyue Mountain, Li Qinjian was also curious. It stands to reason that in the past every day at this time, grain would enter the city, but today there are indeed many caravans, but there is not a grain of grain in sight.

This surprised him a little. Just as he was about to send someone to ask, the messenger from Deyang arrived.

"What's the point of galloping on the street!" Li Qinjian scolded immediately.

The man naturally knew Li Qinjian, so he got off his horse and whispered in Li Qinjian's ear.

After he finished speaking, Li Qinjian looked astonished, and immediately asked, "Are you sure?"

"It's confirmed," said the messenger.

Li Qinjian's face darkened in an instant, he was really afraid of something: "You rest for a while, I will go report to His Highness."

After speaking, Li Qinjian turned around and returned to Riyue Mountain.

Li Chengqian was currently studying wool with Zhang Erniu and others in the workshop, and it was already autumn, which meant that winter was coming soon.

No one knows what the market will be this winter, and it is important to prepare in advance for a rainy day.

In addition to wool, as early as when iron ore was discovered, Li Chengqian asked Fang Blacksmith and the others to start building the return air stove, all in preparation for the winter.

When Li Qinjian came to find him, he saw Li Chengqian and Zhang Erniu were studying there, hurried over and said, "Your Highness, something happened."

Hearing this, Li Chengqian glanced at Li Qinjian, but seeing his anxious appearance, he knew something serious had happened, otherwise this guy wouldn't be like this.

"You continue to study, and I will deal with some things." After speaking, Li Chengqian came out of the workshop with Li Qinjian.

Nowadays, in the workshop, there are really many people.

"What happened?" Li Chengqian asked as soon as he left the workshop.

Li Qinjian hurriedly said: "The Tang Dynasty has banned food from leaving the country!"

Hearing that this is the case, Li Chengqian was relieved immediately, you scared me to death...

This matter was within his expectation, since he started exporting paper to Datang, he has been waiting for this day to come.

Of course, he also had a look of surprise on his face, and said in disbelief, "Why is this happening?"

"I don't know. Today I feel rather strange. Normally, at this time, all the food from the Tang Dynasty should go to the city. But today, there is no grain of food. Just now, there was news from Xiao Yue in Deyang City. , It has been verified that Datang has banned grain from leaving the country." Li Qinjian looked worried.

The main reason is that the current grain of the Ming court is imported from the Tang Dynasty. Without the grain from the Tang Dynasty, they will be in trouble next time.

Hundreds of thousands of mouths can eat people!
"Notify all the officials in Riyue Mountain to come to the king's tent to discuss matters." Li Chengqian said.

Li Qinjian could only nod his head and obey.

But after Li Qinjian left, Li Chengqian smiled.

For him, this is a good thing.

Not long after, all the officials in Riyue Mountain were in place in the king's tent, and even Xiao Yue rushed back from Deyang City.

"Today, my king called everyone to discuss the matter. I think everyone knows the reason? If you don't know, I will briefly say here. One thing, the Tang Dynasty has banned grain from leaving the country." Li Chengqian said bluntly.

When everyone heard the words, whether they knew it or not, they all immediately panicked.

Food is the foundation of human life.

"Your Highness, do you want to send envoys to Datang for further discussion?" Wang Xuance asked after hearing the words.

After all, Li Chengqian is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, so there should be room for maneuver in this matter.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "Since Datang made such a decision, and made such a decision without notifying us, it means that they must have sufficient reasons."

Negotiate?

Discuss shit!

That's what he wanted, okay?

"But once there is no food, what should we do if there are tens of thousands of people under control?" Wang Xuance finished speaking, feeling a little helpless.

The hope I just saw seemed to be shattered at this moment.

But Li Chengqian said displeasedly: "In the past, the difficulties we encountered were more difficult than today. Why, this little difficulty has stumped you all?"

This is what he is most afraid of seeing. Everyone regards Datang as a way out, which is actually very unfavorable for the Ming court.

Whether it is a country, a family, or even a person, once he has the idea of ​​retreating, his aggressiveness will definitely not be as strong as before.

This is why Xiang Yu insisted on breaking the boat and fighting with his back. What he wanted was to cut his way out and move forward without hesitation.

Everyone didn't speak. They were all monks halfway. It was the first time they encountered such a thing, and they didn't know what to do at the moment.

Li Chengqian sighed, and said: "No matter what the status of this king is, remember one thing, the Great Tang is the Great Tang, and the Ming court is the Daming court.

There is no family relationship between countries, only interests!
Even though this king is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he will be the prince of the Tang Dynasty after returning to the Tang Dynasty, but here, this king is only the king of the Ming court.

In the past, Murong Shun wanted to join hands with the king and go north to the side of the Qing emperor, why didn't the king agree?
This king is very clear that as long as this king nods, then Tuyuhun will definitely be suppressed by the Tang Dynasty, but the Ming court is very likely to be seriously injured, and even completely annihilated after the First World War.

The soldiers of the Ming royal court will eventually become the pawns and death squads of the Tang Dynasty to destroy Tuyuhun.

Of course, as the crown prince of the Great Tang, this king will take the lead in this battle of destroying the country, and return to the Great Tang despite the long-awaited calls, and continue to be the crown prince of the Great Tang.

But at that time, my king had only one position, and that was the imperial court of Ming Dynasty, so I refused, and Datang also lost the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, do you understand? "

Everyone nodded, they had all heard of this.

From the standpoint of Pusiruo and others, Li Chengqian did a good job.

"Even if one day, this king will bring you back to the Tang Dynasty, before that day comes, the Daming Royal Court is just the Daming Royal Court. The Daming Royal Court can establish diplomatic relations with anyone, and it is possible to start a war with anyone. People also include Datang.

You have also seen that when the Tang Dynasty banned grain from leaving the country, it banned grain from leaving the country. Let’s not ask the reason, just ask, would you like to have an invisible big hand stuck at your throat forever? "

Everyone shook their heads, who would like this?Li Chengqian continued, "Since we don't want to, why do we still need to send envoys to negotiate? If they can block us once, they can block us the second time, and the third time. Do we have to bow down and send people to negotiate every time?
Remember, we are a completely autonomous country, how can we let others control our throats?Could it be that, apart from Datang, there is no other place in the world that has food?
As for retreat?We have never retreated. Instead of thinking about returning to the Tang Dynasty with the king, we should think about how to build an empire comparable to the Tang Dynasty with the king!

Datang is strong, but so what?

No matter how powerful Datang is, it was also brought down by people. Others can do it, why can't we?
Inheriting an empire is worse than rebuilding an empire with your own hands!
If the food is cut off, tell me if it can be solved! "

"Yes!" Everyone heard the words and replied in unison.

Those who followed Li Chengqian the first time even felt like they had returned to the beginning.

It was like this at the beginning, Riyue Mountain didn't matter what they wanted, but it was Li Chengqian who constantly stimulated their self-confidence, and finally there was the Daming Royal Court today.

Seeing everyone like this, Li Chengqian smiled.

No food, it doesn't matter, what he wants is for these people to rekindle their fighting spirit.

It's that kind of fighting spirit!
Since their identities were exposed, everyone's minds have changed, and now, they seem to have changed back.

Out of food?

Hehe, Li Chengqian really wanted to say something, well done!
(End of this chapter)