The Imperial Study

When Shu An came here, the eldest grandson Wuji and the other three were already standing aside, but their faces looked worried.

Obviously, because of this drought, even the three of them were shocked after receiving the secret report.

"Give the Father a seat."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he saw Shu An and said, this time he also inherited the favor of this father.

After all, if it hadn't been for this father's reminder, then he wouldn't have known that there was a great drought in the pass.

There was a big difference between early detection and late discovery, at least he could have collected food from other places earlier, so that too many people would not die.

It is necessary to know that waiting for the drought to be reported, and then to the disaster relief, it will take half a month to go back and forth, even in the Kannai area, not to mention that it has not been reported yet.

"I've seen Your Majesty!"

"I've seen the teacher!"

After saluting each other, Li Shimin's voice with a hint of murderous spirit sounded first.

"Let the officials of the Ministry go down and check first."

"If there is a violation or concealment and failure to report, you can take it directly."

"In addition, we will start to draw food from all over the country for disaster relief!"

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Shu An listened on the side, and his face couldn't help but feel some emotion, it seems that Li Shimin's anger is not due to the disaster.

It's that these people under him actually concealed it and didn't report it, but Shu An shook his head, after all, he didn't report bad news.

As long as something really happens in the end, then there is basically no possibility of reporting, but it will be too late by then.

It's just that after Li Shimin's words fell, the faces of the eldest grandson Wuji and others showed a trace of ugliness.

"Your Majesty, last year's amnesty in the world, there was not much food in the reports of Chang'an."

Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile on his face, especially His Majesty's amnesty to the world, and not much tax was collected at all.

After the words fell, Li Shimin's face was stunned, but he seemed to remember that his accession to the throne was indeed a grant of amnesty to the world, and he was exempted from a lot of taxes.

"Then we can only mobilize grain from Luoyang?"

Li Shimin's face fell on several important ministers, and he slowly spoke, with a hint of helplessness in his words.

It is necessary to know that the journey from Luoyang to Chang'an is continuous, and if a large amount of grain is to be transported, it will not be able to be transported in a while and a half.

"Your Majesty, can you buy a batch of food from the rice merchant for emergency use?"

Du Ruhui's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light and said, after all, this is a drought, if there is no food, it will definitely not work.

It's better to buy a batch of food for emergency purposes first, and then pick it up when the food arrives, and there will be no shortage of food.

After the words fell, the faces of everyone present except Shu An lit up, even Li Shimin.

"Junxian, how much is the price of rice in Chang'an now?"

Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help but fall on Li Junxian and said loudly, he didn't know about the price of rice in Chang'an.

After all, as an emperor, energy is not unlimited, and there are some things that you still can't remember too much.

"Your Majesty, the price of rice in Chang'an is now ten cents a bucket!"

Li Junxian said with a wry smile on his face, these families have a lot of shops in Guanzhong, and they knew about the drought as soon as possible.

Therefore, the price of rice in Chang'an has been raised early, after all, if there is a drought in Guanzhong, if there is no harvest, then the grain in the surrounding areas will naturally rise.

"Bang!"

"How can it be!"

After the words fell, Li Shimin was the first to be angry, and these family lords took the opportunity to make a fortune.

If he remembered correctly, the normal price of rice in Chang'an was five cents a bucket, but now it has doubled.

The eldest grandson Wuji's face was as usual, because behind these rice merchants were all Shandong scholars, and they had nothing to do with the nobles of Longxi.

Du Ruhui is naturally similar, originally he cared about the affairs of the family, and this matter has nothing to do with himself, but Fang Xuanling's face was a little ugly, obviously he didn't expect these families to make a fortune, and they were mercenary.

"Your Majesty, do you still want to buy grain from rice merchants?"

The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but speak out after Li Shimin's temper subsided, and his words carried a hint of temptation.

Because even he didn't know whether these His Majesty would compromise with these rice merchants in this matter.

"Buy!"

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, a kind of resentment in his words.

"Perhaps, you can buy food from me."

At this moment, Shu An's faint voice sounded, even he didn't expect that the shortage of food near Chang'an had reached such a point.

However, Chang'an is originally a place where people gather, and the food consumed every day can be said to be not small.

Usually, you may not care about it, but when it comes to drought, you find that there is not much food in Chang'an.

No wonder the former eldest grandson Wuji and others resolutely opposed sending troops to the Turks, and this food is probably a big problem.

After Shu An's words fell, it was like a thunderclap falling in the ears of several people, and it looked like a joke.

"Father, I haven't ever had an industry in Shufu that is a rice shop."

Li Shimin's voice sounded, and there was a little less mildness in his words, obviously thinking that Shu An was joking.

Of course, there was also a little annoyance in my heart, and I knew that I wouldn't invite this cheap father-in-law over, so I joked about this kind of thing.

Shu An was also unimpressed by the change in his attitude in Li Shimin's words, if it weren't for his identity, if it weren't for his identity, I am afraid that someone else would have been dragged out.

"Although I didn't open a rice shop, I planned to open a rice shop, so I bought a lot of grain before."

Shu An's eyes did not fluctuate, and the voice continued to sound, originally he wanted to keep food and wait for the homeless people to pour into Chang'an, but it seemed that he could make some money back first.

Rather than let those families or wealthy businessmen earn it, it is better to let him earn the money.

It's just that Shu An's voice didn't change the attitude of Li Shimin and the others, after all, although Shu An has purchased grain, it is estimated that it is only a few hundred stones at most.

However, Du Ruhui's eyes were slightly puzzled, because he believed that his teacher would not do this for no reason.

"I don't know how much food the teacher has?"

Du Ruhui's voice sounded, obviously attaching great importance to this issue, if there is a thousand stones, it is not bad, at least it can make the treasury spend less.

After all, the teacher's meaning is obvious, that is, to sell it to the imperial court cheaply.

"Twenty thousand stones!"

Shu An's eyes flickered and said softly, finally came out with someone who understood, as for Li Shimin, the emperor, it was taken for granted.

After the words fell, the faces of the people present were stunned, and their first reaction was how could this be possible, even if it was only a few thousand stones in the hands of all the rice merchants in Chang'an now.

And Shu'an's 20,000 stone of grain, even the treasury of Chang'an, I am afraid that there is not so much grain.

With this sound, the atmosphere in the imperial study instantly fell into an eerie silence, and it was obvious that everyone had not recovered from the shock.

"Twenty thousand stones, how is this possible?"

Li Shimin muttered softly with a hint of disbelief in his eyes.