Chapter 31 merchant prince
After these cooks go out most of the time, Li Chengqian grabbed a few bunches of roasted locusts in his hand and ate them while walking, the taste made Li Chengqian find the feeling of jerking a string in his previous life, if there is a bottle of cold beer that would be perfect, but he will not be brewing beer he can only think about it.
When Li Chengqian with a face of grudging little Anzi back to the East Palace lobby before the time, has smelled the flavor of the two little girls greeted Li Chengqian ran over.
”Brother, you have done what delicious, quickly take out, Li quality want to eat” Li Li quality as the royal first foodie, especially in their own brother this, that is and outside completely two looks.
”You ah, day by day so crazy, also do not know the future of that unlucky man will marry you, small Anzi take out the food to the two princesses to taste” looking at only in front of their own windy little girl, Li Chengqian is very spoiled touch her head, of course Li Chengqian did not have to be generous to one or the other, Li Yi he is also very spoiled.
And followed behind Li Chengqian small Anzi at this time with very grudging eyes glanced at Li Chengqian is teasing the two sisters “I’m not just, before said a few words should not be said well! Your Highness need to even eat a do not give people eat it,” of course, this small Anzi can not dare to say out.
However, when Xiao Anzi took out the fried golden locusts, the little girl Li Liqi and Xia Ju, who was waiting at the side, were shocked.
”Brother, this is locusts, how dare you eat it, if this is known by father and those ministers, you will be miserable” Li Liqi saw the locusts in the plate first startled, and then very worried about her brother Li Chengqian said.
And just when Li Liqi was worried that her brother would be scolded by her father, Xiao Yi’er who still didn’t know much about anything had already grabbed a locust and put it into her mouth, and was eating it happily.
”Sister, you quickly come to eat, this worm, so delicious ah, fragrant, crunchy, you do not come, small Yi’er can eat up” small Yi’er ate a locusts, feel delicious, rushed to call his sister to eat, while the small hand also did not forget to grab a few put into the mouth.
Li Chengqian and Li Liqi heard the voice of the little Yi’er, looked over, saw the little girl, one hand a, keep sending to the mouth, that cute little look, caused Li Chengqian want to pick her up hard in her little face kissed twice.
”Little Yi’er, this is really delicious,” Li Liqi looked at her sister with a questioning eye asked, but as a snacker’s she, too, would like to taste.
”Tasty ah! No, not good, this bug is not good, sister don’t eat, not good things or let Xiaoyi Er help you eat it” just finished the delicious Xiaoyi Er, big eyes turned as if thinking of what, immediately changed his mouth, while looking at his sister with vigilant eyes, but also kept grabbing the fried locusts sent to the mouth, her small mouth are held up to the round.
”Bad egg Xiao Yi Er, actually dare to lie to me, you’re not bad, then why do you still eat, you leave me some” See Xiao Yi Er like this, Li Liqi did not hesitate, because in waiting a little bit will really not, she rushed to run over and her sister grabbed up.
And seeing this scene, Li Chengqian, while lamenting in his heart about Xiao Yi’er’s ghostly spirit, he showed an expression of looking at his lovely daughter.
”Little Yi’er, you eat slowly, not enough there, but if you eat too full, then a moment your favorite sweet potato porridge can be no ah” see little Yi’er eat too much fried locusts Li Chengqian, want to stop her to continue to eat, but again she refused to, so she had to use her favorite sweet potato porridge to divert her attention.
Sure enough, when she heard that there was sweet potato porridge to eat, little Yi’er hurriedly put down the locusts that she had already grabbed, and looked at him with big eyes, as if to say, brother if you lie to me, I’ll cry to you.
”You little girl, in a while we really eat sweet potato porridge, but we can’t tell father and mother, do you remember all that?” Li Chengqian held the little girl in his arms, took the handkerchief handed over by Xia Ju, and gave Little Yier while wiping off the grease stains on his face and hands, and said to him at the same time.
”Xiao Yi’er remember, several times mother asked, Xiao Yi’er didn’t say, but sister once almost said it” Xiao Yi’er who was wiped clean by Li Chengqian sat on Li Chengqian’s lap and danced like Li Chengqian saying how smart she is, and how stupid her sister is.
Hearing the little Yier sold himself, Li Liqi also very dissatisfied stomped the little Yier a glance, but saw Li Chengqian inquiring eyes, and then turned his head to continue to eat her fried locusts.
And just as Li Chengqian siblings 3 people talking and laughing eating fried locusts, and thinking of taking advantage of the old father and mother do not come to give their own additional meal time.
In the Taiji Palace, his own old dad was gathering his own ministers to discuss how the refugees who flocked to Chang’an due to the locust plague should be resettled and how the disaster relief should be carried out.
”Xuan Ling, Fu Ji, you all tell us what to do about this locust plague right now” Li Shimin asked as he looked at his uncle Chang Sun Wu Ji and his own prime minister Fang Xuan Ling who were seated below.
As for several others such as Du Ruhi, Wei Zheng are also thinking of countermeasures.
”Your Majesty, I thought that now when to hurry to let the counties and counties cloth gruel, first let the displaced people settled down in the local, can not let them in the capital to come, and then in the let the local officials to prevent the displaced people to seize the grain, although most of the grain has been destroyed by the locust plague, but there are some places such as around the capital has not been a large area of the disaster, although a lot of grain is not yet ripe, but can be grabbed a little bit is a little bit! Although a lot of grain is not ripe yet, but if we can grab a little, it’s a little, or else a lot of places won’t be able to wait for the winter wheat to ripen in the coming year,” Fang Xuan Ling stood up and spoke out his suggestion to the head of the table Li Shimin.
”Your Majesty, grabbing grain, cloth and porridge, I agree, but let the court relief, I’m afraid the Ministry of households do not have so much money ah, and since the outbreak of the locust plague, the price of this food is a day by day, a lot of places in the grain has risen to a liter of 5 money,” Changsun Wuji, although very much agree with the Fang Xuan Ling’s proposal, but he is in charge of the Ministry of households really can not take so much money ah. Although Changsun Wuji agreed with Fang Xuanling’s suggestion, the Ministry of Revenue under his control really couldn’t get so much money.
When he heard Changsun Wu Ji say that the price of grain had risen to a chilling level, his face instantly changed.
In this way, Li Shimin and his courtiers had been discussing in the Taiji Palace until 8.9 o’clock However, they still hadn’t come up with a feasible solution, so they could only let them go back first.
And he himself also sullenly sat there fuming, even the meal sent by Wang De was also thrown away by him, in the end it was Changsun Wuyi personally served finished porridge to, he just barely drank a little bit.
”Second brother, don’t be upset, really can’t, our palace’s usage is reduced, there should be seven or eight hundred thousand dollars, you first take it to the disaster relief go” and so on Li Shimin drank some congee, she stood behind him and rubbed his shoulders, said to him.
”Guanyin maidservant, how can there be so much money in this palace” Hearing that he could still squeeze out seventy to eighty thousand dollars from his inner treasury, Li Shimin was surprised and looked back at Changsun Wuyin.
”My concubine didn’t snatch Gao Ming’s ice water business! You do not say, this alone half a month, has earned nearly 10W money, if not have this business in, my concubine can not come up with so much money, at most can come up with 30W money, it’s good” to be Changsun Wulin finished, Li Shimin long sighed, and as his pillow side of the person how would she not know her husband’s annoyance that, because two years ago the Turk southward, so that the national treasury The reason is that two years ago the Turk came south, let the national treasury empty, this is only a little better, this locust plague again, how can this not let him sigh, after all, he still want to sweep away the Turk, a snow year in the Weishui side of the shame.