Li Shimin

Hearing this, Xiao Yu was taken aback.

"Could it be that Uncle Cousin has forgotten Xuan Ba's temper? If Xuan Ba ​​sees someone insulting his disciple like this, and Xuan Ba's temper erupts, then who can persuade him?"

Li Shimin said.

"This……"

Immediately, panic flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes, and he opened his mouth to mutter a few words.

Afterwards, he never talked about Princess Xiangcheng again.

"However, those bastards Cheng Chusi and Li Chongyi are too much! And the kid from the Lu family is also uneasy..."

Just when people in the entire Chang'an City were paying attention to Song Guogong's affairs.

Another piece of news came from Qingzhou.

The king of Hejian County, with the navy of the Tang Dynasty, came back from collecting taxes from the Wa Kingdom.

He also brought back a fleet of food, which was worth millions of stones!

Now, all the grain merchants in Chang'an City panicked!

"Why did you bring back 100 million shi of grain from Wa Kingdom?"

"That's right, how can such an unflowered land like Wa country produce so much food?"

"Gentlemen, I seem to have heard from those Japanese envoys who sent the Tang Dynasty that the Japanese country seems to have more than 400 million people!"

"What, more than 400 million people?"

"The population of Wa country is so large?"

"So, then my Tang Dynasty only dispatched [-] troops, and can actually collect taxes in the territory of Wa Kingdom?"

In the main hall, all the grain merchants were surprised.

They have no doubts about the population of the Wa country.

"Cough cough~"

Above, an old man coughed hard twice, and when everyone in the main hall looked at him, he said, "Everyone, what we are discussing now is about food!"

"Old Lu is right. The most important thing for me now is food!"

After these, all the talents in the main hall came back to their senses, and all of them suddenly changed their expressions.

"20 shi! I went to the east of the river and transported 20 shi of grain. Now that I have the 100 million shi of grain from Hejian County King, I will definitely suffer a big loss!"

"Hey, Brother Li, you only shipped 20 shi, but my little brother prepared 40 shi of grain for Hedong Road, and it was charged at a high price. Adding in the shipping fee, my little brother is at a loss!"

"My royal family has prepared 30 shi..."

"I have 20 shi of grain..."

All the grain merchants looked at each other subconsciously when they suddenly discovered something.

After a long while, a grain said slowly: "So, the grain in my hands now adds up to 300 million shi?"

"It really is!"

A merchant also said with staring eyes.

"Then everyone, do you know where the Tang Dynasty is short of food?"

All the grain merchants also reacted and asked quickly.

"Except for the severe floods in Henan and Hedong, there is no shortage of food in any city!" A grain merchant said with a frustrated face.

"There is no city that lacks food, hahaha, there is no city that lacks food..."

"Li Jiaerlang is really capable. In just a few years, he has saved so much food for the Tang Dynasty. Even after such a big flood, the entire Tang Dynasty, thousands of people, did not have a family. Food shortage!"

"But that's the case, what should I do with so much food that I've received at a high price?"

With that said, all the grain merchants began to gnash their teeth.

With so much food, plus shipping costs, the management wasted, and if they couldn't sell it, they would pay for it.

But if the price is lowered, they will have to suffer!

"Everyone, I'm losing money anyway, or I'll hold all the food in my hands and sell it slowly! I don't believe it. Although those ordinary people have just harvested in autumn, they may not be short of food, but when next year, their families will still have food. There is so much food!"

"Exactly, with so much food stored in our hands, I don't believe how long the food in those people's homes can last. Rather than waiting in vain and losing money, it's better to wait for them to run out of food and come begging to let me Waiting for the food to be sold!"

Hearing this, all the grain merchants nodded subconsciously.

They put in so much effort, isn't it just to make a lot of money on top of the food.

But in the current situation, not only can't make any money by selling them, but they also have to lose a lot.

It's better to stock up, or even continue to recycle food.

They didn't believe that those people would never be short of food!

"There is some truth in this statement, but everyone, don't forget the salt incident a few years ago!"

"This……"

When the salt was mentioned, all the grains couldn't help but startled, and their faces changed slightly.

"So what, King Jin offered His Majesty the art of making salt for table salt. I don't believe it, but King Jin can also offer His Majesty the art of making food?"

"Hahaha, no matter what Brother Wang said, how can salt be compared with grain?"

"If food can be produced out of thin air, why are there still so many farmers working hard in the fields every day?"

"So, then shall I continue to buy grain?"

"receive!"

"I've never heard of it before. Grain merchants can still lose money!"

"Exactly, I don't believe it, so much food is in our hands, and I can still lose money?"

With that said, all the grain merchants began to cheer up again.

After another serious discussion, all the grain merchants dispersed confidently.

……

"These grain merchants are still buying grain on a large scale?"

In Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin was surprised.

"Your Majesty, their actions this time are much more cautious than before!"

On the side, Changsun Wuji reported with a chuckle.

"What are they trying to do?"

Li Shimin looked angry.

These few times, all the news about the lack of food in Henan and Hedong in Guanzhong and Guannei came from Li Shimin's handwriting.

He didn't expect that these news not only did not restrain the grain merchants, but they continued to buy grain!

"Your Majesty, according to the news, the grain stockpiled by these grain merchants is at least 300 million shi! If they start selling aggressively now, not only will they not be able to sell, but they will even have to pay a huge sum of money!"

Changsun Wuji could understand why those grain merchants continued to buy grain.

"So, what they have done in the past few days is obviously to take back all the surplus food in the hands of the common people. They will sell it at a high price next year when the common people run out of food, so as to make huge profits!"

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Chapter 626 Starting to Plant Potatoes

"These profiteers!"

After listening, Li Shimin looked gloomy.

"These aristocratic families are really greedy. I have followed Xuan Ba's suggestion, allowed them to go out to build a country, and crowned them kings. They still want to harm the people of my Tang Dynasty?

Could it be that you really think the imperial court is so easy to bully? "

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Changsun Wuji's heart trembled, he was afraid that Li Shimin's anger would directly make those grain merchants' heads roll.

"How can I appease my anger?"

Li Shimin took a deep breath, and then looked at Changsun Wuji.

What he didn't expect was that Changsun Wuji still had a faint smile on his face, and he couldn't help being a little puzzled.

"Your Majesty, those aristocratic families are huge and have many houses, and there will always be some bastards who don't obey discipline and are blinded by interests!"

Changsun Wuji laughed lightly, and said, "They dare to be so reckless, probably because they think that my Tang Dynasty has no more food left, so they all made a mistake!"

"Auxiliary machine?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin's heart moved, and he asked subconsciously.

"Your Majesty, in a few months, my Tang Dynasty can get more than 100 million shi, or even 200 million shi of grain!"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "Also, the sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other gods brought back by King Jin from America, this winter, we can also test how much they can produce per mu?"

"Now, the more those grain merchants earn, the more they will lose at that time! Moreover, my Tang Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty a few years ago, with salt, cement roads, and foreign conquests. You have to borrow weapons and equipment from the imperial court.

If those grain merchants have done too much, how His Majesty wants to deal with them, just move a little on these, it will definitely hurt them! "

Hearing this, the corners of Li Shimin's mouth turned up slightly.

"In order to prevent these grain merchants from jumping over the wall in a hurry, we must keep an eye on the grain in their hands, and we must not let them smuggle all the grain out of Datang!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely show them how many stone grains they have purchased. Don't even think about transporting a grain of grain out of my Tang Dynasty!"

Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui hurriedly cupped their hands in salute.

"Humph!"

Li Shimin snorted coldly, got up and walked outside.

Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui hurriedly followed.

"How about the sweet potato seedlings grown at home?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the sweet potato seedlings we cultivated at home have broken through the ground and are an inch high!"

"It's only one inch high? I'll take you there to see, the sweet potato seedlings in my small pond are already two inches high!"

Hearing this, a smug look flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, and he took Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui to the imperial garden.

For this, the two congratulated each other again and again.

And in Lijiazhuang.

Li Xuan also brought Li Chenglu along, and went to the backyard every two days to take a look at the sweet potato seedlings in those ponds.

The two-inch sweet potato seedlings are squeezed together in a green way, which makes people happy.

Li Xuan first tried to cultivate sweet potato seedlings in six ponds, and after they germinated, he dug several large pits and cultivated more than 200 catties of sweet potato seedlings.

Moreover, some pepper seedlings and tomato seedlings were also cultivated.

At the same time, in the fields outside Lijiazhuang, a group of farmers in Lijiazhuang, led by some old farmers, fertilized the fields and restored them.

half a month later.

In the entire Lijiazhuang, large-scale construction of glass greenhouses has begun.

Similarly, there is one glass greenhouse per acre of land.

Such a major event is like plowing in spring and harvesting in autumn. The whole family, men, women, old and young, all set out to work.

Less than ten days of work.

In the entire Lijiazhuang, [-] glass greenhouses were built.

Neatly lined up on the wide field, all the farmers in Lijiazhuang looked at these glass greenhouses with light in their eyes.

"This winter, I will be able to make more money again! At that time, I will find a mother-in-law for the little boy in the family, and I will be able to have a baby next year!"

An old man with a purple and black face stood at the door of his house, looking at the seemingly endless glass sheds in the distance, grinning happily.

"Old man Li, don't think too much!"