Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 446 Black Heart Money

Empress Changsun stood behind Li Er and said to him, "Your Majesty, you'd better go inside, it's too cold outside."

Li Er sighed and said: "Oh, I hope this disaster will not be too big, and I also hope that Li Fu's plan can be useful."

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The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and there is no sign of stopping. I don't know when it will rain.

Looking at the rain, people slowly began to despair.

In Chang'an City now, there are almost no people visible outside, only rain on the streets.

This city of Chang'an seems to have become a city made of water.

Originally, in this era, the drainage system in the city was not particularly good, and it was even more difficult to deal with this level of heavy rain.

On the deserted streets, you can occasionally see many soldiers checking around to see if there is anything about to collapse.

If you find this kind of thing, you need to focus on guarding it, otherwise, it is likely to cause heavy casualties.

These days, many old houses have collapsed, so this matter must be taken seriously.

At this time, Zhou Han and Wu Hai each led a team to patrol outside, not afraid of hard work at all.

Even though they are still very young now, they have never backed down in the slightest when encountering such a thing.

They were all wearing coir raincoats with serious expressions on their faces. After all, the current situation was very urgent.

Not long ago, they dug out a family of three who had been crushed to death under a collapsed house.

In that family, there was also a baby who was still in its infancy. After Zhou Han saw it, he felt uncomfortable for a long time.

He also has a newborn son himself now, so he empathizes with him, and feels very lost for a while.

"Be sure to check carefully and don't miss every subtle hidden danger!" Zhou Han shouted, his voice carried in the rain.

Many soldiers are actually numb. These days, they have seen too many civilians who died in the flood.

In just a few days, at least a few thousand people were killed, which is already known.

In addition to these, there is another thing, that is, many refugees began to flock towards Chang'an City.

The dozens of counties around Chang'an City have basically suffered disasters, and the number of people affected is not limited to hundreds of thousands?

After all, the heavy rain came too fast, and too fast.

Li Er was also in a state of desperation at this time, and he didn't know what to do.

The imperial court was busy day and night from top to bottom, but the effect was minimal.

On the tenth day, the heavy rain finally stopped under the prayers of countless people.

However, although the heavy rain has stopped, Chang'an City is no longer what it used to be.

In the interior of Chang'an City, the water surface was already more than a leg high, and there was no way to pass people.

Now many farmers are carrying water with buckets, trying to save the city of Chang'an in this most primitive way.

At this time, Li Fu was also walking in Chang'an City.

In some places where the water was too large, Li Fu couldn't take a car at all, so he had to get out of the car and then go by boat.

After many twists and turns, he finally arrived at Cheng Yaojin's house.

Cheng Yaojin's mansion is on a higher terrain, so compared to other places, the situation here is relatively good.

"Oh, His Royal Highness, what do you think we should do? Chang'an City has become like this!" Cheng Yaojin said bitterly when he saw Li Fu.

Before Li Fu could say anything, they heard a commotion.

Looking back, I found that Qin Shubao was here. He was wearing armor and covered in mud.

"What's the matter, General Qin?" Li Fu hurried over as soon as he saw it.

Qin Shubao waved his hands and said, "It's nothing, I saw a person stuck in the mud just now on the side of the road."

"I don't have many people here, and it took a lot of effort to save the boss. No, I have become like this."

When Cheng Yaojin saw Qin Shubao's embarrassed appearance, let alone how distressed he was.

He sighed and said, "Oh, it's a pity that our time is too tight. If we give some more time to prevent it, we can definitely save more people."

Li Fu saw that they were a little disappointed, so he hurriedly said: "You two generals, don't be so discouraged."

"Now that the disaster has happened, no one can stop it, but there are still many things we can do now."

"Do you know how many people are waiting to make money in the country? Do you know how much the price of rice has risen?"

Cheng Yaojin had a bad temper, but when he heard this, he flew into a rage and said, "Damn it, what time are these bastards still thinking about making money!"

"Come here, bring my big axe, and I'll chop them off one by one!"

Li Fu was taken aback immediately, and quickly stopped him and said, "General Cheng, don't worry, we can find a better way!"

He knew Cheng Yaojin's temper, if he didn't stop him, he would really go to the street with a weapon to chop people up.

Cheng Yaojin was furious, but due to his status as His Highness the Crown Prince, he was not easy to disobey, so he put down his weapon temporarily.

Qin Shubao also said to Li Fu: "Your Highness, if you have any good ideas, please tell us quickly."

"Hmm." Li Fu nodded and said, "Didn't we buy a lot of grain before? It shouldn't have been washed away by the heavy rain, right?"

Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin and Qin Shubao nodded.

Those grains were purchased by them at a high price before, and they were well protected. Although it was raining heavily outside, they did not wash over.

Li Fu continued: "We can throw some grains into the market now, and then raise some prices appropriately."

"What, raise the price?" Cheng Yaojin almost suspected that he heard it wrong, so he interrupted Li Fu.

Qin Shubao also frowned, and said: "Your Highness, we are born to protect the people. At this time, we can't think about making money."

Cheng Yaojin also yelled loudly: "That's right, it's better to let my old Cheng be drowned in the heavy rain to earn this kind of black-hearted money!"

Li Fu was a little helpless, seeing that they had misunderstood, he hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, both of you, how could I be that kind of person?"

"However, I have thought about it for a long time. If we don't do this, it will be impossible for the price of food in Chang'an City to come down."

Cheng Yaojin and Qin Shubao still looked confused, but they also believed in Li Fu, so they didn't say much.

Moreover, in terms of doing business, they all know that Li Fu has been studying for many years, and he must know more about things in the market.

So they stopped questioning and let Li Fu finish talking.

After a few days, the water level in Chang'an City became lower again, and everything was developing in a good direction.

(End of this chapter)