Chapter 547
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Li Chengqian left Xiao Mountain in a daze.
Then, he rode his horse and galloped back to the palace.
The first thing he did after returning to the palace was to jump into the lake in the imperial garden to calm himself down.
He carefully recalled what Zhang Feng had said before, then ran to Taiji Palace in a daze. The moment he entered Taiji Palace, Li Chengqian heard Li Shimin's angry roar.
He couldn't help but take a deep breath and wait outside the imperial study.
After a while, the people from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Agriculture walked out of the imperial study listlessly. They bowed to Li Chengqian and left in a hurry.
Li Chengqian then hurried into the imperial study.
Li Shimin was furious.
A few days ago, he had heard about the famine. Although they had already prepared for it and it was not to the extent of a major famine, the people could only eat a bowl of porridge that was as thin as water for a meal. It was still okay in the past because there were wild vegetables and weeds. But now?
They were all eaten up by the locusts.
Even the shoots from the willow trees had been eaten up long ago, not to mention the weeds that had just sprouted from the ground.
In the eyes of the people, they were now delicacies!
Li Shimin naturally opened the grain storage to provide relief for the people in such a situation. But today, the people from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Agriculture reported that there were only forty thousand dan of grain left in Chang 'an!
What should they do?
What else could they do?
Empress Zhangsun couldn't help but reduce all the grain and food standards in the imperial palace to the lowest.
But what could they do?
Li Shimin had been eating porridge for three days. He was so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back and his eyes were seeing stars.
But just now, he received another document.
It was about the grain from outside the pass. It would take at least half a month for it to arrive.
As for why.
Although the people from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Works didn't say, how could Li Shimin not think of the reason?
If he was targeting Guan Long, wouldn't Guan Long target them as well?
What's more, Jiangnan was the largest source of grain in the Tang Dynasty, except for Guanzhong and other places. And it just so happened that this place was the territory of the Guanlong people. Above them were the territories of the Cui Clan from Shandong, below them were the territories of the Cui Clan from Boling, the Cui Clan from Qinghe, the Lu Clan from Fanyang, the Li Clan from Zhao County, the Zheng Clan from Xingyang, and the Wang Clan from Taiyuan.
These were the most prosperous places in the Tang Dynasty!
But if this matter alarmed them, and if the five families joined forces with Guan Long, then …
That was why Li Shimin was so angry.
He did not know how long Li Shimin had been standing there. Li Shimin flicked his sleeve and said, "What are you doing here?"
"Father, I have an important matter …"
"Speak!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and asked with a frown.
Li Chengqian looked at Xiao Guizi and said: "Today, I found out from Zhang Feng that he has twenty thousand dan of grain in his hands!"
…
Silence.
Silence.
There was a deathly silence.
Li Shimin was drinking tea, but when he heard the words twenty thousand dan of grain, he could not help but be stunned.
Not only was Li Shimin stunned, but Xiao Guizi was also stunned.
Xiao Guizi, who was in the imperial study, was also stunned.
After a while, Li Shimin asked with a hurried breath: "Is what you said true? Brother Zhang Feng really has twenty thousand dan of grain in his hands? "
"Yes!"
"Everything I said is true! I dare not lie! "
"Bang!"
The teacup in Li Shimin's hand trembled and fell to the ground, smashing into pieces.
"Why don't you tell me, why does Brother Zhang Feng have so much grain in his hands?"
Li Shimin could not help but be excited.
Right now, the grain in the Pass was about to run out. Although twenty thousand dan of grain might not be much to the tens of thousands of people in Chang 'an.
But at least it could let these tens of thousands of people survive for ten more days!
When the time came and the seventy thousand dan of grain in the treasury were added, the grain shortage in Chang 'an could be solved in an instant!
What was this?
This was good news from the heavens!
"Imperial Father, this … Although it's true that Feng has twenty thousand dan of grain, this kid is crazy!"
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Li Shimin was a little confused.
He waved his hand and hurriedly walked down from the dragon throne. Xiao Guizi hurriedly brought a stool and placed it in front of Li Chengqian. Li Shimin sat opposite Li Chengqian and asked: "Tell me slowly. What's going on? What's wrong with Feng? "
Was Zhang Feng crazy?
Li Shimin absolutely did not believe it.
If this kid was crazy, then Li Shimin would definitely slaughter him!
But this kid cherished his life so much, how could he be so reckless?
He, Li Shimin, did not believe it.
Li Chengqian then said: "Imperial Father, the situation is like this. The imperial edict has been issued for three days, but there is no news at all, so we are thinking about how to recruit people."
"But Feng said he has a way!"
Li Shimin furrowed his brows.
"What does this have to do with the twenty thousand dan of grain? If he wants, then I can issue an imperial edict. Can't that do it? "
Li Chengqian laughed bitterly.
"Imperial Father, this son said the same thing at that time, but Zhang Feng said he thought of a better way!"
"What way?"
"Feng said he wants to distribute porridge in White Deer College! He wants to use all twenty thousand dan of grain to distribute porridge, and he wants to gather them outside Chang 'an City. He wants all the chickens, ducks, and pigs that no one knows what to do with! "
"Not only that, he also wants craftsmen!"
"…"
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