Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

He ordered the trustworthy servants to take the 400 taels of gold to buy food and prepare to send it to Youzhou.

Now seeing the New Year's Eve, water transportation has stopped.

In addition, the impact of this year's severe drought is showing, and now the food price around Chang'an has also risen from five yuan per bucket of rice to fifty yuan per bucket of rice.

Directly doubled by as much as ten times.

People's lives are becoming more and more difficult.

But even so, Li Qiu still had to buy rice and transport it to Youzhou, doing his best to save a few people from starving to death there.

Anyway, in another two months, the third batch of Sirius will be on the market.

At the same time, because of the New Year's Eve, I am a county king, and A Ke is a princess, and all kinds of food and rewards from the court are also continuously handed out.

The abundance of supplies made Li Qiu feel quite good.

Chapter 186 Meet the Supreme Emperor

After returning from the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, the warrior Xun also took the opportunity to tell the Supreme Emperor that he wanted to meet the two of them.

Before Li Qiu could speak, Wu Jue, who was sitting next to the warrior Xun, smiled slightly.

"Father, I think it would be better if you take your daughter to visit the old man, the Supreme Emperor, when you have the opportunity."

"It's almost the end of the year, brother Li Qiu has a lot of things to do here."

Don't look at Wu Jue's young age, but in terms of political acumen, most people can't match her.

Without waiting for Li Qiu to speak, she helped Li Qiu reject this dangerous trip.

At the same time, she went with her father herself, which also protected her father's face and feelings.

In this way, the best of both worlds, watertight.

Seeing this, Samurai Xun couldn't help but smile and sigh in his heart: It is said that his daughter is extroverted, but looking at it now, it really is so...

But at this time, Li Qiu said with a smile: "It's okay, we can go to visit the Supreme Emperor together."

Listening to his words, Wu Jue on the side wanted to explain to him the sensitivity of the Supreme Emperor.

Li Qiu smiled at her, "I'm just a county king with no official position, only a title."

"What else can happen?"

"And even if I don't go to see the Supreme Emperor and his old man, don't these gentry and ministers also don't want to see me?"

Ever since, the matter was settled like this.

Two days later, the warrior Xun brought Li Qiu and Wu Jue to Da'an Palace again, begging to see the Supreme Emperor.

Li Qiu and Wu Jue walked into the Da'an Palace when the officials and guards at the gate let them go.

The scene inside is simply beyond imagination!

This Da'an Palace is simply too dilapidated and too small.

Not to mention compared with the Furong Garden, it is smaller than the general Duke's mansion.

In ancient books, there were related records of this Da'an Palace: the palace is relatively humble and small, but there are beautiful mountains and forests.

It means that although there are landscapes, it is relatively humble and dilapidated.

In the early days of Zhenguan, even the Taiji Palace where Li Shimin lived had leaks of wind and rain, not to mention the Da'an Palace.

That is to say, thanks to the samurai Xun who is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he helped the Supreme Emperor to repair the palace as much as possible by virtue of his power and convenience.

Otherwise, this Da'an Palace would be worse than what Li Qiu has seen now.

At the same time, there is another point that Li Qiu did not think of.

It is in this small Da'an Palace, besides the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan and his concubines, there are actually more than a dozen minor princes and princesses here.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, the crown prince Jian Jiancheng and Li Yuanji ransacked all the families, and all the other princes were dispatched to various places.

As for these underage princes and princesses, Li Shimin didn't take care of them at all.

Let them live with the Supreme Emperor, and when they grow up, they will be assigned the fate of various places.

Afterwards, Li Qiu and Wu Jue walked into the palace together with the warrior Xun, and met the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan.

The image of an old man with gray hair and beard.

I heard the samurai Xun mentioned before that before that incident, the Supreme Emperor was still in high spirits.

It's only a year's work, and it's getting old quickly.

It may have a great relationship with people's psychological and spiritual blows.

On the other side, from the perspective of the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, when he saw Li Qiu for the first time, the most intuitive feeling was that this child looked familiar.

And that feeling of liking and kindness is absolutely real.

Later, after Li Qiu, Wu Jue and others paid respectful respect, Li Yuan also looked at Li Qiu carefully, and said gently, "Please excuse me."

"Zixin, is this your precious girl and future son-in-law Li Qiu?"

"It's really a man and a woman, and it's an extremely good match!"

Hearing the Taishanghuang's praise and the mention of son-in-law, Wu Jue's face turned reddish, a little embarrassed.

As for Li Qiu, when he saw the Supreme Empress, he also replaced and corrected the image he had imagined in his heart.

Before coming to Da'an Palace, after listening to the description of the samurai Xun and his own speculation, he believed that the current Supreme Emperor Li Yuan should be irritable, paranoid, and addicted to alcohol, that kind of extreme image.

But looking at it today, it turned out to be a very gentle, attractive, and mentally apathetic old man.

"Your Majesty, I didn't bring anything with me when I came this time."

"There is only such a small gift, and I want to give it to you, old man."

After speaking, he asked the eunuch behind him to present his gift.

From the appearance, it is a very exquisite and large rectangular box made of golden nanmu.

Seeing this thing, Supreme Emperor Li Yuan couldn't help frowning and becoming curious.

Now that he is claustrophobic in this Da'an Palace, he is also particularly interested in these new things.

Not only him, but even the warriors Xun and Wu Jue were equally curious, and they also didn't know what it was.

Afterwards, Li Qiu smiled and opened the delicate mechanism inside the box.

After fully unfolding, a chess board and exquisite round chess pieces were revealed in front of them.

The real chess of later generations originated in the Song Dynasty.

The enlightenment of ancient chess, Baoying Xiangqi, also appeared in more than 700 AD.

So during the Zhenguan period, there was absolutely no such thing.

"Li Qiu, what is this?"

Looking at the chessboard and chess pieces that they had never seen before, Li Yuan and the warrior Xun couldn't help asking questions.

At this time, Li Qiu explained to them with a smile: "The Supreme Emperor, uncle, this is called chess."

"I also made it recently. The first chessboard in the world, I used it as a tribute to the Supreme Emperor."

Hearing Li Qiu's words, Li Yuan was very happy.

After all, nowadays, a phoenix in distress is not as good as a chicken.

I have become the character in Chang'an City who turns pale when I hear the tiger, and no one treats me or compliments me anymore.

So Li Qiu gave himself the first chessboard in the world, and he was very happy.

As for this chess, when Li Qiu made it, it was similar to that of later generations.

It's just that the cannon has been changed to be next to the stone characters.

It was explained that it was a trebuchet for siege.

As for the Chuhe Han Realm, the soldiers and soldiers have not changed much.

Afterwards, Li Qiu gave them a live demonstration and explained the rules.

Chess is very easy to learn.Soon, Li Yuan, Samurai Xun, and Wu Jue also mastered the rules.

For the rest of the time, the overlord Li Yuan played chess with the warrior Xun, Li Qiu was the referee, and Wu Xun watched carefully from the sidelines.

Obviously, she is very interested in this novel chess with a super high IQ.

Before I knew it, my lunch time arrived.

But the next scene that happened made Li Qiu both surprised and annoyed!

Chapter 187 Diao slave, the most hateful

After lunch at noon, the female officials in the palace came to deliver wine, dishes and food to Da'an Palace as usual.

The attitude is quite arrogant.

And the most important point is that those little princes who followed Li Yuan actually wanted to salute these female officials and eunuchs respectfully.

(It is recorded in the old Tang book that the princes next to Li Yuan had to salute the Shang Palace who delivered the meal.)

These princes are all blood-related brothers of the Holy Majesty, at least they are all county kings, right?

But in this Da'an Palace, there is no trace of it.

And when the vegetables and rice in those food boxes were taken out, Li Qiu couldn't help frowning when he saw this.

From the imperial dining room in the palace to the Da'an Palace, there are constant checkpoints along the way.

These meals are already cold.

And judging from the quality of the food, it was extremely poor.

At first glance, it looks like it was done carelessly, and it is completely like dealing with errands.

Seeing his expression change obviously, Wu Jue at the side quietly put his hand into his big hand.

Tell him not to be too obvious.

Don't let the emperor's face look bad.

But at the next moment, Li Qiu greatly exceeded her expectations.

Seeing that Li Qiu frowned slightly, he called those Shanggongs over in a very calm voice.

"Don't talk about you, I'm afraid that even His Majesty and Your Majesty will salute the Supreme Emperor very respectfully, right?"

"Even if His Royal Highness is here personally, according to seniority, do you still have to salute these little princes?"

"You female officials, how dare you look disrespectful and be so arrogant?"

If it was someone else in Da'an Palace, these Shang Gong would disdain them.

But Li Qiu is different, he is not a person in Da'an Palace, but a celebrity in the eyes of the emperor and empress.

In the imperial palace, such acts of contempt and disrespect as Li Qiu reprimanded them were very serious crimes.

So they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to admit their mistakes.

Of course, Li Qiu was not interested in making things difficult for them, he just waved his hands: "You guys take all these meals back."

"Ask the people in the imperial dining room to do it again, and come up with the specifications and standards they should have."

"Your Majesty and Your Majesty have always been virtuous, compassionate and filial people. How can you ruin your Majesty's and Your Majesty's reputation because of you?"

Hearing Li Qiu's words, the Shang Palaces and eunuchs hurriedly put away the food boxes and left in a hurry.

At this time, the expressions of Samurai Xun and Wu Jue couldn't help showing a trace of worry.

As a minister, it is very worrying to offend these majesty in the palace and the neighbors around the empress.

As for the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan who was playing chess, he naturally took this scene into his eyes.

The old man felt relieved, the more he saw Li Qiu, the more he liked him.

But then, he sighed again.

"Hey, Li Qiu, you are so nice, why should you pay attention to them?"