It is not easy to be a monk in the Tang Dynasty

"Open the warehouse and release the grain!"

Li Chengqian's loud shout lifted the curtain of drought relief in Suzhou City, although there is no reason for the grain reserves in the official warehouse!

Fortunately, a lot of silver taels were confiscated in Ma Rong's mansion, and Li Chengqian immediately decided to embezzle the stolen money to buy grain in a nearby area, hoping to support it until the day the court supplies arrived.

Multiple porridge stations were set up outside the city, and they were operated on multiple lines at the same time. Li Chengqian even went to investigate in person to understand the situation of disaster relief.

The current food reserves are very small, so the only way to gather the victims and supply them in a unified way is to save food to the greatest extent and delay the time when the food runs out, instead of distributing food per head and letting them handle it themselves.

Even so, it can only be maintained with gruel. However, such a problem has arisen. Now the south of the Yangtze River is suffering from severe drought, and water resources are seriously lacking. Many ponds and lakes have dried up, and even rivers have stopped flowing. To solve the problem, so many disaster victims gathered together, which gave Li Chengqian a headache.

Finding water sources is a major problem, so Li Chengqian invited the judge in charge of water conservancy projects in Zhoucheng to inquire about solutions.

After some discussion, everyone decided to dig a well to find water. Fortunately, although the Jiangnan area is currently short of water, the time is still very short. The water under the surface is still relatively abundant, but it usually takes a lot of digging to get water out. Even so, To a large extent, the problem of drinking water has been basically solved, but it can only be done reluctantly. It is very difficult to take a luxurious bath.

"His Royal Highness, the news just came that the imperial supplies will arrive within ten days!"

Li Chengqian raised his head abruptly. This was the best news he had heard in the past few days. The problems he encountered these days were all very headaches, and he felt a bit mentally broken. Now, he is still holding the documents to check carefully. Many things that appear here require him to make decisions, which is really tiring!

There are too many disaster victims, and they cannot be allowed to enter the city without restriction. If that is the case, Li Chengqian believes that there will be a big situation in the city, and looting and smashing incidents will occur, which will pose a great threat to the life and property of the people in the city. But now most of the soldiers in the state city were sent out to give porridge outside the city by myself. The troops in the city were empty and could not effectively maintain order. Asking for trouble, pure idiot!

There is not much grain left in the official warehouse, but sending people to the surrounding areas to buy grain has yielded little. The reason is that the continuous severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River has spread, and now all places are hoarding grain to deal with possible emergencies. Drought and famine, now Li Chengqian can only pin his hopes on the imperial court, and hope that Li Shimin can understand his suffering. This is the first time he solves this kind of incident alone, and he needs to submit a good answer sheet!

Now, upon hearing the news of the arrival of the imperial court supplies, one can imagine the excitement in Li Chengqian's heart. This is really timely rain, sending charcoal in the snow!

"Wu University, how long can our surplus food last?"

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, there are more and more disaster victims gathered in Suzhou City, and many people are coming here. Therefore, the daily food expenditure is much more than our budget, and now we can support eight people at most. sky!"

Li Chengqian's face became serious again, could he no longer hold on?This situation is even worse than I imagined, and I thought it could be maintained.

"Wu University, from now on, starting from this prince, everyone in the mansion will reduce their food and clothing expenses by half. Cheng Qian wants to tide over the difficulties with the victims!"

"Prince!"

Wu Da was stunned. He never knew that His Highness the Crown Prince could do this. The previous Crown Prince was gone, and now standing in front of him was a Crown Prince who cared about the common people, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty who shared weal and woe with the common people!Wuhan University felt a sore nose, and was very excited. Datang has such a successor, and it is already worry-free!

However, he had no choice but to stop it. When he came here, Li Chengqian had repeatedly cut the fee. Now if it is halved again, they don't care, but even the prince may not be able to fill his stomach!

However, Li Chengqian did not listen to his advice, now is an extraordinary period, why is he still acting like a prince?

However, how much food can be saved from his mouth, he just set an example to let people know that the imperial court is determined to support him!Let them stop worrying, since the princes of my own country are just like them, so what else is there to worry about?

At the same time, this also reminds some people, "If the order is passed down, the families in the city who have surplus grain, especially the grain merchants, will hand over their surplus grain for disaster relief, and they will credit their contributions more. The crown prince personally writes a memorial for them, please reward them! For those who maliciously store food for profit, all money and food will be seized and confiscated!"

Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes, don't blame the prince for plotting against you, blame you for being too greedy!

The price of rice on the market is now getting higher and higher, and the price is ridiculously high. In the past, a bucket of rice was worth less than seventy yuan now, let alone seventy yuan. Just like this, they are still not satisfied. Asking price, delusional attempt to make a fortune!Hmph, idiots are talking about dreams!

In response to this situation, Li Chengqian directly ordered that unreasonable price increases be strictly prohibited, and the price will be controlled at [-] yuan per bucket. However, there are countermeasures under the so-called policy. In response to this ban, they are not selling it anymore. They are sure. The situation, knowing that there is insufficient food in the city, sooner or later they will ask for it!

However, they forgot, they forgot that they were not only the interim governor, but also the prince of the Tang Dynasty!Have the right to cut first and play later!

Aren't you piling up grain and not selling it outside?It doesn't matter, the crown prince will go and pick it up in person!

"His Royal Highness, isn't it inappropriate to do this! It's easy to be caught, why don't you ask the emperor for instructions first?"

Wu Da carefully suggested that Li Chengqian's position in his heart has changed a lot now, and he sees Li Chengqian's hard work, so he doesn't want the prince to be attacked by others because of these things now!

Regarding what Wuhan University said, Li Chengqian was not displeased but very pleased. He is the person his father arranged for him. Being able to say these words to himself shows that he has regarded himself as a real master, not a prince!

Of course he knew that it was wrong to do so. How many people were staring at him, waiting for him to make mistakes, but he couldn't wait, and the victims couldn't wait.

Since there is a shortage of food, we must find a way to solve it. Now Li Chengqian can't care about others saying that he abused his power to seize people's wealth. Now he only has those disaster victims in his heart!As for how they will arrange themselves, he can't care anymore!

Now, the lives of the victims are the most important. Without food, they will starve to death, riot, and paint the entire court with a layer of never-fading black!