Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

After bidding farewell to Concubine Yang, Chu Mo took Shi Xin and quickly left the palace under the leadership of Wang Dehai.

However, not long after the two people walked out, the palace door behind them suddenly closed, and then a large number of forbidden troops climbed up the city wall.

The sword was unsheathed, the arrow was cocked, and he looked on full alert.

Not long after, there were shouts of killing and the sound of metal and iron, mixed with all kinds of roars, begging and crying.

Chu Mo looked back at the closed palace door, tightened his collar, and said to Shi Xin: "The weather has changed, we have to go back quickly."

That night, the entire Chang'an City entered a curfew early.

As soon as the forbidden street drum sounded, countless guardsmen appeared out of nowhere and began to search for all suspicious people on the street.

Anyone who cannot tell their origins, or behaves suspiciously, looks suspicious, or walks alone will all become targets for arrest.

Qianniuwei even conducted a door-to-door search of the entire Chang'an City.

Of course, Shiweitian was also within the scope of the search.

However, Chu Mo asked lightly: You are searching here, but after getting Li Er's permission, he shocked the captain who came to search.

Then the order came, and Shi Weitian escaped the fate of being searched.

Listening to the banging on the door and crying and begging coming from all directions, Chu Mo couldn't sleep for a long time.

Early the next morning, there was still no movement in the streets that were supposed to be noisy. After asking, Chu Mo learned that the government had promulgated martial law since the curfew last night.

Unless there are special circumstances, you will not be allowed to take to the streets. If you dare to disobey, you will be punished as a crime of rebellion.

The martial law order lasted until the morning of the third day. It is not known whether Li Shimin had arrested all the people who should be arrested, or had already searched Chang'an City, or because the people in the city and the victims outside the city could no longer hold on and forced Li Shimin had to stop action.

As soon as the ban was lifted, Dai Zhou led a large group of household officials to Shiweitian in a hurry and wanted to see Chu Mo.

Chu Mo was drowsily asleep when he was woken up by someone, and he was in a bad mood.

But I heard Dai Zhou say: Because of the delay of these two days, a large number of people inside and outside the city starved to death. After that, he immediately woke up, waved his hand, and asked his people to start delivering supplies at the agreed price. Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs made the handover.

As the sacks were opened one by one, brand new grains appeared in front of Dai Zhou.

Looking at the sweet potatoes that were steamed and dried one by one and exuding fragrance, Dai Zhou hesitantly picked up one and, according to Chu Mo, peeled off the skin and took a bite.

A sweet smell instantly swept over his taste buds, conquering the seven-foot man.

"Master Chu, I wonder what the yield per acre of this grain called sweet potato is? What should I pay attention to when planting it?"

After Dai Zhou tasted the sweet potatoes, he immediately pulled Chu Mo aside and asked.

Chu Mo threw away the old glass who was looking at him with starry eyes, and backed away a few steps in disgust:

"Lao Dai, you are not from Sinong Temple, why do you care about this?"

"What's more, the deal I made with Li Er only said that he would sell a batch of grain to help the victims, but it didn't say anything about selling grain seeds and letting you spread the word."

As he spoke, ignoring Dai Zhou's old face that had wrinkled into a chrysanthemum, he pointed at another sack that had been opened and said:

"This is a potato that has already been processed. Just like a sweet potato, you just need to take it out and heat it a little before you eat it."

Then, he pointed to other sacks in the warehouse and said: "All the food here, in order to sympathize with the people's difficult life and the difficulty of firewood, I ordered people to steam it in advance. You can take it out and eat it directly, or you can heat it." edible."

After saying that, he looked at Dai Zhou who was gritting his teeth and said: "Old Dai, if you have any objections to me, then let's talk to Li Er about it. Or if you're not in a hurry now, we can have a good talk here."

Hearing Chu Mo's words, Dai Zhou, whose heart was dripping with blood, had red eyes and looked like he wanted to eat meat. He gritted his molars and looked at Chu Mo and said:

"Master Chu, do you know that you are wasting the natural resources? You don't even know how to contribute such good food and spread it to the world, but just use it as a profit-making tool. Aren't you afraid of being punished by God?"

Chu Mo curled his lips disdainfully, looked at this pitiful guy with dissatisfaction and said:

"These things are all privately owned by me. I can't donate them for free just because they are useful to the people of the world."

"If you want food seeds, ask Li Er to come to me with sincerity. Also, if you want to use this excuse to default on your debt, then don't blame me for setting you on fire."

After hearing Chu Mo's words, Dai Zhou finally realized, yes, the most important thing at the moment is disaster relief, food and other things, and it is estimated that His Majesty will have to come forward.

With a sigh, Dai Zhou began to order his officials to start weighing the grain.

No more, no less, the first batch of grain is 10 shi.

As a profiteer, Chu Mo directly set the price of these grains at the same price as polished rice.

Before the great disaster, a bushel of polished rice was worth 200 wen, and one stone was worth forty taels of silver.

(At this time, the exchange ratio of copper coins to silver had risen from 1:1000 to 1:500. After the disaster, it continued to rise due to the increased difficulty in copper mining and transportation).

Although Dai Zhou and the officials from the Ministry of Revenue were dry-mouthed, Chu Mo refused to let go of the price. Citing his future territorial needs as an excuse, he asked the Ministry of Accounts to settle half in cash and half in copper coins. Settlement.

As for the silk that can also be used as currency on the market, Chu Mo is like a piece of straw paper for wiping your butt, and it doesn't count at all.

In the end, Dai Zhou had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept the result, and signed the settlement form that would be considered a shame in the future.

After the handover between the two parties, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue immediately called the soldiers outside to enter the warehouse and quickly transported the grain to various disaster relief points.

This is something that can keep people alive. As long as we arrive earlier, we may be able to save one more life.

At this time, refugee relocation points set up by Chu Mo also appeared one after another near the relief points at the gates of each city.

Yes, Chu Mo is now using the banner of the imperial court to collect these victims.

He first ordered people to light large bonfires around the setting point, and then ordered people to set up a huge iron pot on the bonfire, in which he mixed sweet potatoes and pumpkins with polished rice to cook a large pot full of aroma. porridge.

The movement here quickly attracted the attention of the victims, and some people with ulterior motives wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble.