It has been more than a day since the rainstorm began, and Li Shimin's eyes have never been closed.What he was most worried about, what he was most afraid of, finally happened.Natural disasters are what Li Shimin is most worried about. Compared with droughts, floods are even more terrifying.

In the case of an early disaster, you can still think of a way. As long as it is not very serious, through other methods, although the loss will be huge, you can eventually recover some of it.However, floods are different, especially when it is time to receive goods, they can often make the affected areas harvest grains.

He had just summoned Changsun Ji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and other important officials, but there was no effective way.Discussions come and go, always come down to two things, money and food.But it just so happens that everything else is there, but these two things are not.Now is the time when the old tax has been spent and the new tax has not come up, and the treasury is jingling empty.

In the Tang Dynasty, especially in the early Tang Dynasty, taxes were extremely low.Such a policy is good for hiding wealth from the people.However, it also makes the country's resistance to various emergencies extremely low.The source of the country's finances is taxation. If taxes are low, the treasury will naturally have little money, and you don't need money or food to do anything.

"Qian, you not only stump the hero, but even the emperor, I, is often stumped by you. But, fortunately, earlier, I made a fortune selling wine, which was just enough to be used. The emperor actually Making money by selling wine is an anecdote through the ages.”[

"However, how useful is this money? Once the disaster happened, the price of food increased by more than ten times overnight. These damned clans, hey, it's not the time yet, we have to wait."

Although he hadn't closed his eyes for more than a day, and his body was extremely tired, Li Shimin still didn't feel sleepy, and naturally he couldn't fall asleep because of too many worries in his heart.

Thinking of the fact that in Chang'an City, the price of food had soared ten times overnight, the resentment in Li Shimin's heart was almost to the extreme.Li Shimin knew the background of these grain merchants very well.On the surface, they are just businessmen, but in fact, the real masters behind them are those clans.As for these clans, he still can't move them for the time being, or in other words, he can't force them directly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seeks an audience" Just when Li Shimin felt bored for a while, suddenly a servant ran in and asked for instructions in a low voice.

"Prince? Let him in."

Hearing that it was the prince asking to see him, Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, and then said.

"Prince, aren't you at your fourth uncle's place? Why, there is something about that matter?"

Seeing Li Chengqian who was much calmer than before, Li Shimin felt a little better.Afterwards, he asked Li Chengqian.

"Reporting to my father, there has been no movement on that matter. These days, my son has been helping to harvest wheat at the fourth uncle's house. This time, when my son comes back, there are some things that need to be reported to the father, yes. It is also four Uncle agrees."

Of course Li Chengqian knew what Li Shimin was talking about.He really wanted Li Feng to help him get it as soon as possible, but he didn't have time to harvest the wheat.You can only wait until you are done with work before making plans.

"Harvesting wheat? Well, could it be possible that it didn't rain in Jianghu Village?"

Li Shimin was no stranger to Li Chengqian helping with work.On the contrary, he is more in favor of it.Therefore, when Li Chengqian said that things had not progressed, he was not unhappy.Firstly, this matter is not urgent at all, and secondly, Li Feng's temperament is just like that.Moreover, he was rather happy that Li Chengqian actually helped with the work.However, he was a little curious, maybe there was no flood in Jianghu Village.

"It fell down, and it was very big. Several houses collapsed, but fortunately there were no casualties. When the fourth uncle went to save people, there was an accident, and the house suddenly collapsed. However, the fourth uncle directly supported it with both hands. An Ran Misfortune. Most of the wheat fields in Jianghu Village were also flooded, but before my son came back, Fourth Uncle and the others had already thought of a countermeasure. Fourth Uncle asked Erchen to come back and told Father Emperor that it might be of some use."

I don't know what Li Chengqian was thinking, but I deliberately mentioned the part about Li Feng saving people.Then, he talked about the purpose of coming back this time.

"What is the countermeasure, please tell me quickly."

As soon as Li Shimin heard the four words of countermeasures, Li Shimin immediately became a little excited, especially the countermeasures were thought up by Li Feng.

When Li Chengqian came back, he mainly came back with this mission.Before coming back, Li Feng also specially explained some supplementary content to Li Chengqian.Hearing Li Shimin's question, Li Chengqian explained briefly what to do first, and then waited for Li Shimin's question.

"Well, it's a good way to dry it in a big pot. However, as your fourth uncle said, after this treatment, the storage time is not very long. What else did he say about this?"

Upon hearing that the wheat was fried dry in a large pot, Li Shimin was overjoyed.Although it is a problem to store food in this way, at least it can solve the food rations for the affected people for two months or even longer.With so much time, it's easy to handle.However, Li Shimin suppressed the excitement in his heart, he wanted to hear it. [

Listen to what Li Feng has to say.

"The fourth uncle also said that these grains must be disposed of as soon as possible. As much as can be consumed in the shortest period of time, this batch of grains should be consumed first. Then, other grains should be returned to the common people. In this way, losses can be minimized."

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For this, Li Feng did have an explanation, so Li Chengqian answered honestly.

"Since it is perishable, it's a good idea to consume it as soon as possible. By the way, Ganer, I don't know. Can you come up with a good way to consume this batch of food. I mean, your own ideas."

The more Li Shimin listened, the more he got the information. If he could really do this, it would not only minimize the loss of the people, but also the loss of the court would be almost none. It would just be helping the people and exchanging food for food.At this point, Li Shimin's heart became more calm, so he began to test Li Chengqian.

"My son thinks that there is only one way to solve this. It is not that wherever there is a need for food, this batch of food will be used to satisfy that first. The responsibility of the court is not to help the common people exchange food, and then It’s just distributing food everywhere. The biggest advantage of this approach is that it can immediately stabilize the current high food prices.”

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Li Chengqian was taken aback for a moment, but then he thought for a while and replied.He also asked Li Feng this question, and Li Feng just said a few words casually, and didn't say how to do it.Li Feng didn't know about these things either, and he didn't know much about Tang.

"Salt down the price of food, yes, well said, it seems that you have made great progress during this period of time. It seems that when the emperor sent you to your fourth uncle, it was indeed true, haha."

"However, there is another problem, that is, the area affected by the disaster is extremely wide, and the amount of grain soaked by the rain is extremely large. It is still extremely difficult to consume this batch of grain within two or three months. Yes So, I don't know what else your fourth uncle can do."

After hearing Li Chengqian say the four words to stabilize the price of grain, Li Shimin immediately burst into laughter.Just now, he was still very angry about this matter.As long as this batch of grain comes in, why worry about the price of grain being unstable.At that time, if those people can still let those people steal chickens without losing money, he, Li Shimin, can also express his anger first.

However, later, the problem came up again. The food affected by the disaster this time was not even a tiny bit.Even if he tried his best, it was impossible to consume all of this batch of grain in just two or three months.At that time, there is no way to save it.

"The remaining grain can be used to make wine."

This time, Li Chengqian didn't specifically say what the fourth uncle said, but directly mentioned the idea of ​​making wine.

"Wine?"

Sure enough, Li Shimin frowned slightly when he heard the word brewing.He just issued a prohibition order.Now Li Feng actually proposes to make wine.

Datang's food was not much in the first place.Coupled with this disaster, some food must be damaged.It wouldn't be too good if a part of it was wasted on wine making.Even if wine can be exchanged for money, but in many cases, it is difficult to buy food with money.

"Anyway, it's waste food. If it's not used, it's wasted. If there's not enough food, we'll exchange wine for food instead of money. If we don't have enough money in our country, we can exchange it in neighboring countries. Horses and half sheep eat meat, which is also food. The year can’t be changed, it can be changed for two years, the wine will only get better and better, if it can’t be broken, it’s just a grain of food, why not do it.”

"My son thinks that this method is feasible. Moreover, when the time comes, food shortages can be exchanged for food, but money can be exchanged for money. Well, it is a good deal that can make money without losing money."

Seeing Li Shimin frowning, Li Chengqian said immediately.

"Hehe, it makes you anxious. It seems that your fourth uncle treats you very well, so you are so eager to defend him. Don't worry, as I said just now, this is a good deal that guarantees profits but not losses. Why don't you do it? reason."

Li Shimin just didn't turn the corner for a while, and just got into the grain with his mind.After hearing Li Chengqian's words, he immediately understood.He has already done this kind of business once, and it also made him a lot of money.

However, what made him extremely curious was that the prince actually wanted to protect Li Feng in every way.You know, such a thing has never happened before. [

"My son just thinks that what fourth uncle said is extremely reasonable."

Seeing that Li Shimin saw through his little thoughts, Li Chengqian immediately said.

"Okay, your fourth uncle has helped me a lot this time. It's too late to reward him. How can you blame him? What a pity, what a pity. Ganer, you must be tired after rushing all the way back, so hurry back Rest. This time, I can also sleep soundly."

Indeed, Li Shimin's mood is quite good now.However, he said that sleeping was impossible.As soon as Li Chengqian left, he immediately ordered people to invite those ministers.If things are not done well, how can he sleep peacefully. (To be continued. Wonderful novels are all in [Net] Remember our website:

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