106. A direct manifestation of drought

Li Pojun went home directly, ignoring the turtle prostitutes who were soliciting customers on the side of the road, and Li Zheng and the others also looked righteous and solemn, but this move attracted the contempt of the two scholars who had just entered the Red Mansion. 【Latest chapter reading. 】

"Heh, what a righteous and awe-inspiring gentleman, but he is just pretending." A white-clothed man with a narrow eye corner and a high nose smiled foolishly.

"Hey, Brother Zhao, why bother with such a hypocrite, let's go for a walk." The other man seemed to be quite "generous" and pulled the man in white in.

"Yes, yes, I heard that Miss Qimeng will come out today, let's not be late." After that, the two went in hand in hand, and the turtle greeted each other with a smile.

This scene was not seen by Li Pojun, at this time he was looking at it with his eyes unbelievably open in front of a grain store, only to see a queue of people waiting at the door of the grain store, and a wooden sign was hung on the side of the door of the shop, with four big characters written on it - "Ten coins of rice fighting".

Li Pojun was frowning at this time, very puzzled, why do so many people buy grain, and they still fight for ten yuan of rice, although Li Pojun does not know much about the market price of grain, but now the purchasing power of money is still quite high, he also knows this, after all, he has eaten a big R Hu cake, and it is only one or two big money, and Li Pojun still remembers a sentence.

"The world is full of twists, and the diaspora returns to their hometowns, and the rice bucket is only three or four dollars, and there are only twenty-nine people who are sentenced to death at the end of the year. As for the sea in the east and the five ridges in Antarctica, all of them are not closed to outsiders, and they do not receive food for travel, and they are taken from the roads. ”

These are the words of the "Zhenguan Dignitaries" in the "Zizhi Tongjian". That is to say, after his father Tang Taizong took power, the world was stable and peaceful. The displaced people have land and return to their villages. The grain harvest is bumper, a bucket of rice is only three or four yuan, and only 29 people have been sentenced to death for crimes in the country in the past year. All parts of the country can be left without closing their homes. There are no thieves either. Travelers who are away from home do not need to bring food with them, as they can be bought on the road.

According to the meaning of this sentence, Zhenguan is a bucket of rice but only three or four big money, although it is not the time of Zhenguan's rule at this time, but in the second half of this year, it will be the era of Zhenguan, and Li Yuan's politics is harmonious, all kinds of waste are prosperous, good governance, abolition of harsh laws, the people should not be very difficult Ah, why is it that a bucket of rice needs ten big money at this time, or so many people rush to buy, a scene of short supply.

Li Pojun was puzzled in his heart, and Li Ran beside him was also full of doubts and said: "My obedient, a bucket of rice and ten yuan, how did it rise so high."

Li Pojun heard this, huh? Could it be that Li Ran knows the market.

"Ah Ran, is the price of this grain higher than usual? Do you know how much rice costs on weekdays? ”

"Well, it's much higher than usual, almost doubled, and as far as I know, the highest price of grain on weekdays is only about five or six yuan, and four or five yuan can often be bought."

Hearing Li Ran's words, Li Pojun couldn't sit still, how could the price of grain rise so high, but this grain price is different from other commodities, this is related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

Well? Could it be that these J merchants are deliberately raising the price of grain? If that's the case, it's a great sin.

No, this matter has to be clarified, Li Pojun likes to be "nosy"

The temperament is here again.

Seeing a man who looked simple, honest, sturdy and swarthy, Li Pojun stepped forward and saluted.

"This Lang Jun is invited, a certain family is polite, and a certain person wants to ask Lang Jun about something, I don't know if it is convenient."

"Uh, Xiao Langjun is polite, what do you want to ask, I must tell you if I know."

"Well, why is the price of this grain so high, is it deliberately done by the store? And why are you still rushing to buy it? ”

Li Pojun asked the doubts in his heart, in fact, if he was careful on weekdays, he would definitely know the answer.

When the man heard this, he sighed, "Hey, Xiao Langjun is probably from a rich family, and it is reasonable to not know." The price of grain is so high that it is not the shopkeeper's doing, and there is no way, only because of the drought in Guanzhong this year, there has been no rain for a year, most of the crops have died, and the farmers have no grain in stock, so the grain price is very high.

Li Pojun was stunned when he heard it, and his heart was shocked, there was a big drought in the Guannai? Great drought? Drought?

These words lingered in Li Pojun's heart, and when he thought about this drought carefully, he seemed to have heard it many times in his mind.

I've heard Li Shimin sigh, I've heard Li Tie sigh, I've heard Yu Wenshi and so on, it's not the first time I've heard it, but Li Pojun has never cared about it. At first, I just thought that it was normal for the rain to fall less, and I didn't even pay attention to it, but at this time, I saw it with my own eyes, and I saw with my own eyes the most direct manifestation of the drought - the shortage of food, and the price of rice doubled. If it doesn't rain, then ...... That would raise the price of rice, starve farmers to death, and leave people displaced...... Li Pojun didn't dare to think about it.

Li Zheng saw that his Langjun was "demented" again, and habitually poked Li Pojun.

"Ah, oh, thank you, a certain family has said goodbye," he said thank the big man in a daze and went straight home.

Li Zheng and Li Ran behind him glanced at each other, thinking to themselves what Xiao Langjun is doing, why is he still so depressed, several people have something on their minds, and they have nothing to say all the way, as long as Shi Jin's handsome face is still followed by the Han face in the back, completely ignoring the world, as long as he is full, as long as he is full, as long as he is instructed to do it

Belch...... And when he saw Eun Gong standing in front of the door, he went to knock on the door.

All the way back to the house, the guards at the door did not respond, which made the guards curious, what is Xiao Langjun today, in the past, he was very kind to greet with a smile, why is he sullen today, well, looking at Xiao Langjun like that, he must be in a bad mood, it can't be that the cub who didn't open his eyes provoked Langjun, mother, if we let our family meet a knife and cut him dog, it is good to teach to know that our Xiao Langjun is not something to provoke......

A group of people have something on their minds, and Li Pojun found that his brain was very messy, drought? Little rain? Natural disaster? Rising food prices?

The early years of Zhenguan? Doumi is only three or four dollars?

All this seems to be a little related, but Li Pojun's mind is in a mess, and he can't seem to see clearly, so he hurriedly goes back and thinks about what he missed.

Back in his small courtyard, Qiu'er greeted him, "Xiaolang is back."

Li Pojun nodded and replied: "Well, you go and prepare some hot water, I will bathe later" and said to Li Zheng and the others: "You two go to find some farmers outside the city to ask about the drought situation, and find some northwest traders to ask about the disaster situation in the northwest, and come back in the evening to tell me."

Li Zheng and the others were puzzled in their hearts, but they still took the order.

Li Pojun soaked in the hot tub, incense burned behind him, the fragrance of the awakening rushed to the brain, the gentle hot water soaked, and his brain was clear.

Thinking about the few words he'd heard about drought in some time.

Thinking about the drought in food prices, there are still traces of memories in my mind that I can't grasp.