Qi Wangfu.

Li You, Xiao Wanyu and Murong Ling sat around the round table, with three bowls of noodles in front of them.

I saw that the white noodles in the bowl were covered with yellow egg skin, black fungus, red carrots, green garlic sprouts, and white tofu, and the colors were very beautiful. This is Chang'an's famous snack Zangzi noodles.

The three of them took chopsticks and ate them slowly.

"Wow", very refreshing feeling.

Li You's way of eating is called a pleasant, gulping down, with a sparse sound. What is indecent, it is really pleasant to eat like this.

As the saying goes, marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog. Since Xiao Wanyu and Murong Ling followed Li You, their eating habits have begun to be on par with Li You, a foodie. Although their food is more elegant, it is much happier than other women.

Zhou Qian is very busy now, the commercial institutions of the Qi Palace's Mansion are huge, and he rarely cooks in person now, and Wang Liao has taken over his position and has become the direct head of the Imperial Dining Department of the Qi Palace.

Wang Liao, the main chef Gao Zhiming and others found that the prince is now more and more able to eat, and he is getting better and better at serving.

Li You pays attention to characteristics when eating, and does not pay attention to quantity. In fact, this is the real way to eat. For example, if you eat a bowl of noodles, and then let you eat other dishes, you will feel the flavor of the skewers. The original refreshing feeling brought to you by eating noodles has been destroyed.

Wang Liao, Gao Zhiming and others are now very simple to make meals, they have to choose a main dish, and then pair it with two or three, side dishes that are compatible with the taste of the main dish. Don't underestimate the words "taste compatibility", it takes a lot of effort to really be able to do it, and you must have considerable experience.

At this moment, they were very happy to see the prince and the two future princesses eating so happily.

The incident on July 28 brought a lot of pressure to Li You, and he had a feeling of collapse afterwards. As soon as he returned to the palace of the king of Qi, he asked the imperial dining office to make some food such as Zhenzi noodles and mutton steamed buns to comfort his frightened little liver.

Finally, Li You was full, and he ordered, "Let's eat soup dumplings tonight." ”

Xiao Wanyu and Murong Ling are really used to their foodie fiancé being a pie now, and their minds are always thinking about something delicious.

They also think that this habit is really good, and it feels really refreshing to be able to eat. The only thing that puzzled them was why Li You couldn't get fat after eating anything. They think that Li You is not as good as Li Tai, the king of Wei, in this regard, and everyone can grow meat by drinking cold water, just look at their round waists.

There is another point that makes them very unhappy.

Women in the Tang Dynasty regarded obesity as beauty, and Yang Guifei was a model. But Li You has quirks, he hopes that Xiao Wanyu and Murong Ling will maintain their current slim figures, and he will also study what weight loss recipes for them.

Women are the ones who please themselves. Xiao Wanyu and Murong Ling saw that their future husband was so weird, so they had to keep in shape according to his requirements.

Research institute.

Li You is now the busiest person in Datang except for Li Shimin, and there is almost no time to be idle, he has to deal with a lot of chores during work hours, and he also has time to extract practical scientific and technological materials.

Fortunately, he is now accompanied by the two beautiful secretaries, Xiao Wanyu and Murong Ling, every day, plus three meals of food a day, he does not feel aggrieved.

On this morning, he was working at the research institute when he received a holy decree from Li Shimin, asking him to go to the morning court immediately.

Li You knew that trouble was coming again.

Early Dynasty, Taiji Palace.

In addition to Li Ke and Li Tai and their subordinates, the ministers welcomed His Royal Highness King Qi to the court, as long as he appeared, he would definitely bring interesting things, and he would definitely be able to solve major problems for the court.

Li You walked into the main hall and walked to the front from the middle of the civil and military officials.

"Your Highness."

"Your Highness."

When he passed by, the ministers greeted him one after another, and all of them spoke in a very affectionate tone.

Li You smiled and nodded in response to them, and the feeling in his heart was also very refreshing.

"Son, see Father." Li You said.

"Li You, you are here, the imperial court has encountered some problems, and I want to hear your opinion." Li Shimin said kindly.

First of all, Li Ke, the king of Shu, reported on the situation of Yongtong Canal. This time to repair the Yongtong Canal, Li Shimin sent him to take the lead, and the Ministry of Engineering was responsible for the maintenance.

The collapse of the Yongtong Canal is very serious, not only in the Chang'an section, from Chang'an to the Tongguan section, there are a total of 12 collapsed places, and the widest place has reached 120 steps, and the shipping traffic has been completely cut off.

Li Ke really wanted to repair the Yongtong Canal, but it kept raining, and all kinds of materials for repairing the canal could not be transported, so there was no way to carry it out.

Next, Gao Jingming introduced the situation encountered by the household.

Since the collapse of the Yongtong Canal, the various daily necessities transported to Chang'an can no longer meet the normal needs of Chang'an City. In particular, there is a problem with the food supply.

The grain income of the household department in the first half of this year was still good, but not all of this grain was in Chang'an.

The main reserves of grain in Chang'an City are stored in Taicang. The function of Taicang is mainly to supply the border guards of Chang'an City, Longyou Road and Guannei Road, and at critical moments, to supply Chang'an residents to stabilize prices.

Not long ago, after being transferred to the Chang'an garrison, only sixty percent of the grain reserves in Taicang remained.

The collapse of the Yongtong Canal directly affected the import of grain. Therefore, the grain reserves in Taicang cannot be replenished in time.

That's not all, there are also problems with the food supply of the people, and the price of food in Chang'an City has begun to skyrocket, and there will be new food prices every day.

In order to stabilize prices, Taicang put some of it into the market of Chang'an City, and only 30% of the grain reserves remained.

The house leak happened to be cloudy and rainy, and under the heavy rain for several days, it actually leaked, and some of the grain was soaked. Only 20% of the edible food remains.

At this time, the border guards came to transport grain, and the household department simply could not take out so much grain.

The border guards included not only the army of the Han Chinese, but also the army of ethnic minorities such as the commander of Ashnasmo, whose food supply could not be delayed.

Isn't there still land transportation?

Then there was the report of Wei Chigong, who was responsible for maintaining the road from the Great Wall to Tongguan.

Some of the roads in Chang'an City have begun to be paved with cement, but the official road leading to Tongguan is still made of rammed earth, and the heavy rain in the past few days has made the road muddy and difficult to navigate.

This is not the most difficult thing to do, now there is a shortage of materials in Chang'an City, and businessmen from all over the country want to transport materials into Chang'an and sell them at a good price. As a result, the carriages and horses transporting supplies were crowded on the road leading to Tongguan, and the traffic became even more congested.

These businessmen are all industries under the names of prominent figures in Chang'an City, and they are difficult to manage. Basically, the materials allocated by the household department could not be transported.

After studying these situations for a long time, everyone was at a loss. 8)