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Chapter 55
"How to solve the food problem?" Li Chengqian asked.

Lin Xuan said in a deep voice: "The imperial court has no food, but the aristocratic family has."

Think about how many billions of people in later generations can eat enough, but how many people were there in ancient times?

It only killed tens of millions of people, and in future generations, there will not be a province with a large population.

Although there are also reasons for the high grain yield, the place is too big.

The territory of the Tang Dynasty was much larger than that of later generations, but the population was only tens of millions. Why was there such a shortage of food?

Most of the land in the world is in the hands of a few people, and the land in the hands of the common people is simply not enough to live on.

Many people don't even have their own land, so they can only work as servants for those landlords who own land.

Fortunately, some of the people can barely make ends meet for a year, and some can't eat enough all the year round.

And those landlords and aristocratic families own a lot of land and have a lot of food in their hands.

Once a famine occurs and the people are unable to cope with the famine, the aristocratic families will start selling grain.

Lin Xuan believes that even if the food from outside cannot be brought in, there will still be food for sale in Chang'an City, but the price will become more and more expensive.

"But why would the aristocratic family take out the food?" Dai Zhou said.

The aristocratic family is eager to see the jokes of the royal family, how can it be possible to bring out food.

Even if it is taken out, it is very expensive, and the court simply does not have that much money to buy food.

"That's right, they won't take it out, but we can call on rich households in Chang'an to donate." Lin Xuan said lightly.

Li Chengqian's eyes lit up after hearing this, this is a good way.

"Impossible. Even if we call on the rich families in Chang'an to donate, those aristocratic families will not donate much. At most, they will do some face-saving projects." Dai Zhou poured a basin of cold water.

He is not like Li Chengqian, he has a clear understanding of the temperament of the aristocratic family.

For the sake of face, the aristocratic family may donate some, but that is a drop in the bucket for the victims.

"I know, that's why I want to remember the merits." Lin Xuan sneered.

Le Shi remembers meritorious service?

Dai Zhou pondered for a while, then shook his head, "Although the aristocratic family loves names, with their minds, they can tell at a glance that they won't be fooled."

Lin Xuan's eyes narrowed, and he said as a matter of course: "That's why we should write stones for them, and the larger the stone, the better. It should be placed in a prominent position at the gate of Chang'an City. We should also invite famous experts in the world to write down their achievements. The outstanding contributions they made to the people of Guanzhong when this natural disaster came, let their deeds live forever!"

"No, they don't donate much food, and they have to erect a monument for them. It's just a dream." Li Chengqian said angrily.

Li Shimin has been suppressing the family, as a prince, how could he not know.

If those aristocratic families donated a large amount of food, he might still agree. Now that he knew that those aristocratic families would not donate much food, and erected a monument for them, if he agreed, Li Shimin would not agree.

"How about writing how much food they donated?" Lin Xuan asked rhetorically.

Dai Zhou thought for a while, then shook his head, "It's useless, those aristocratic families are all connected, and they can be forced to donate some, but they donate little, and the people will not have any ideas."

He knew Lin Xuan's idea was to engrave the donation amount on the stone tablet, so that those aristocratic families had to donate a large amount of food.

But those aristocratic families are not fools, they donate a little, and the people don't know how much food they have.

"If someone donates a large amount of food, how about we ask people to go out and publicize it?" Lin Xuan sneered.

hiss~
Dai Zhou took a deep breath.

Once someone donates a large amount of food, then publicize the fields owned by those aristocratic families.

As long as the aristocratic family wants to be famous, they have to donate a large amount of food.

I have to say that Lin Xuan's ideas are really poisonous.

This is not going to be famous through the ages, if it is not done well, it will be infamous for thousands of years.

"But apart from the aristocratic family, the other wealthy households don't have much food. How can they compare with the aristocratic family?" Dai Zhou asked doubts in his heart.

Those wealthy households, or princes and princes, have no way to compare with aristocratic families.

They may have some fields in their hands, and some food is stored at home.

But how does it compare with those centuries-old families?
Hundreds of years of accumulation, the land they own, and the food they have accumulated are no joke.

It can be said that if the Li family hadn't received the support of the family's money and food, it would have been impossible to rule the world so quickly.

"Who said that so much food is really coming out? Isn't it up to us how much to donate?" Lin Xuan said with a smile.

Dai Zhou looked excited, "High, it's really high."

He didn't pay attention to Lin Xuan at first, but he didn't expect Lin Xuan to come up with such a way.

"Lin Xuan's plan is very clever, so I will arrange someone to do it." Li Chengqian's spirit was lifted.

Lin Xuan and Dai Zhou said it so clearly, if he still doesn't understand, he is stupid.

Dai Zhou said meaningfully: "It is better for His Royal Highness to tell His Majesty about this matter."

Li Chengqian didn't understand why he went to talk to Li Shimin.

But seeing that Dai Zhou didn't intend to explain, he nodded, "I'll go to Father Huang to explain."

Lin Xuan glanced at Dai Zhou in surprise, and thought to himself, "It's really an old fox."

Dai Zhou asked Li Chengqian to tell Li Shimin that he was afraid of taking responsibility.

Although Le Shi Jigong can force the aristocratic family to hand over a lot of food, the aristocratic family will definitely win a lot of people's hearts.

He asked Li Chengqian to report to Li Shimin just to see what Li Shimin thought.

Dai Zhou noticed Lin Xuan's eyes, but he didn't say anything.

In his heart, he took a fancy to Lin Xuan again, this son is not a treasure in the pond.

"Lord Dai, Lin Xuan, you are waiting here for a while, Gu will go to Father Emperor to explain." After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

"Lord Dai, Lin Xuan, Xiao Wang, go back to the palace first to see how much food is left, and also want to do my part for the victims." Li Tai didn't speak from the beginning to the end, and listened quietly. Li Chengqian went to see Li Shimin for some reason Did not follow.

After Li Chengqian and Li Tai left, only Lin Xuan and Dai Zhou were left. They were not familiar with each other, so they didn't know what to say for a while.

It's better for Dai Zhou, who is more curious about Lin Xuan, to talk to Lin Xuan first.

Dai Zhou was an old man, so he didn't ask Lin Xuan's background directly, but made a routine from the side.

How could Lin Xuan be the opponent of these old foxes in the officialdom? It didn't take long for Dai Zhou to find out the basic situation of Lin Xuan.

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Li Shimin was writing calligraphy and reviewing the memorial, but he was always thinking about the disaster relief situation. Hearing Li Chengqian's arrival, he immediately called him in.

Just as Li Chengqian was about to salute, Li Shimin waved his hand and asked, "Gao Ming, how are the victims resettled?"

Li Chengqian still bowed and said: "Father, I have already ordered people to dig coal, but when I visited the victims, I found out that there was not enough food. My heart was very sad. Lin Xuan made a note to my son, saying It can solve the food problem, and my son is not sure about it, so I came here to ask the godfather."

(End of this chapter)