Sunlight.
Blinding sunlight.
Although it was only May, the weather was as hot as a steamer, roasting the earth.
Meanwhile, in Chang 'an City.
Although it was not noon yet, the number of pedestrians on the streets had gradually decreased. The peddlers on both sides of the street were huddled in the shade listlessly, flapping their clothes.
"Hey, I say, do you know? I heard that His Majesty summoned Tubo's envoy yesterday! "
In front of a tea stall.
Zhang Feng, who was lazily buying salt, was attracted by that sentence.
He sat down, ordered a pot of tea, and slowly listened.
The man who spoke turned his eyes. When he saw that someone was listening, he could not help but raise his voice.
"Guess what I heard last night when I was working the night watch?"
"What?"
"Don't tell me that Tubo's envoy escaped last night?"
"Hahaha …"
Someone could not help but make fun of the night watchman when they saw that he was being secretive.
The night watchman was anxious.
He glared at that person and bared his teeth.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Tubo is in big trouble this time. I heard that people are eating people now! "
"What?"
When the crowd heard that, they could not help but perk up and quickly surrounded the night watchman.
The night watchman slowly took a sip of tea and said, "About that! It started four days ago! "
"Four days ago, His Majesty summoned Tubo's envoy. Tubo cried miserably about being poor! After that, His Majesty softened and agreed to help Tubo yesterday. However, have you heard of Wei Zheng, Lord Wei? "
"Tell us! Stop wasting time! "
Someone could not wait any longer.
Zhang Feng could not help but raise his eyebrows.
The night watchman continued, "Let's put it this way! At that time, guess what happened between Lord Wei Zheng and Lord Zhangsun? His Majesty is soft-hearted, but who is Lord Wei? He is a selfless person! He asked for this amount of money in one go! "
As he spoke, the night watchman extended his hand.
Everyone was shocked.
"How much is this?"
"Five hundred thousand taels?"
The night watchman smiled mysteriously, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.
"It's too little!"
Everyone was puzzled.
How could this be considered little?
How much would that be?
"Could it be five million taels?"
"Oh my god! Five million? This was impossible! I've never seen ten thousand taels in my entire life. How can a solution cost five million? "
"Don't you agree? This thing was definitely impossible! In my opinion, the biggest possibility is that they want food! Aren't we short on food now? Wouldn't it be better to bring Tubo's grain over? "
Everyone started discussing again.
However, in the end, everyone rejected the idea.
"No! Food was impossible! Now, Tubo was short of food and they were eating people! How could there be food?! "
"Chief night watchman Zhang, just say it! How much was it? What do you want? "
"We are all insignificant commoners. How would we know what they want?"
"Yeah! Just say it! "
The night watchman looked around suspiciously and said in a low voice, "I heard from the brothers guarding the city gate that His Majesty gave them a blueprint! I heard that His Majesty received the blueprint from the heavens to help Longyou Circuit during the drought. Lord Wei and Lord Zhangsun echoed each other and bid fifty million taels! "
"Hiss —!"
"Fifty million?"
"F * ck!"
"That … that much? How many boxes would it take? "
"F * ck, that's a lot of money …"
Everyone was aghast.
However, the night watchman wiped the sweat off his head and said mysteriously, "That's what happened, but … do you know what that fifty million taels is?"
Hmm?
What?
"Could it be food?"
At that moment, more and more people were attracted to the night watchman. Even the patrolling soldiers stopped to listen.
They seemed to be getting impatient.
The soldier took out a copper coin from his pocket and said, "Chief night watchman Zhang, just say it! This cup of tea is on me! "
"Alright! Thank you very much, Sir! "
The night watchman's eyes lit up. He grabbed the copper coin and happily put it away. At this moment, he slowly said, "This item is not grain or silver. Sirs, if it is gold, then I will give it to you. If it's gold, it's shiny gold! "
"What?!"
"Fifty million taels of gold?"
"F * ck, won't the Tang Dynasty be rich now?"
"Bullsh * t!"
The soldier's face turned pale.
He did not know if it was true. He went back to his hometown to visit his wife yesterday and did not know about it. However, he could not help but be shocked when he heard it now.
He hurriedly scolded, "You night watchman! You lie to ghosts at night and people during the day. I'll arrest you and throw you in jail! "
The night watchman was even more anxious.
He hurriedly begged for mercy, "Sir, it's all true! As long as you go and ask around, you'll know! Look at the Rouge House over there. The news from there is all coming from the palace! If you don't believe me, you can ask around! "
"Don't talk nonsense! If this is true, how can Tubo agree to it? If everyone spreads rumors like you, won't Chang 'an be in chaos again? Come, come, come with me to the district office! "
"This matter …"
Zhang Feng shook his head slightly.
He took out a copper coin from his embroidered robe and threw it on the table. Then, he lazily left.
Along the way, he had heard too many such rumors.
Could it be that the emperor had really thought of a way?
But this method …
Why did it sound so familiar?
…
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