The heavy snowfall for days and days has covered the city of Chang'an with a white coat. Li Tai, who had a headache for food, stepped on the snow on the ground. If it weren't for this abominable snow, he would not have arrived.

Come here.

"Brother, I have met His Highness the Crown Prince. My elder brother's complexion is much better than the last few days after not seeing him for a long time. It is really gratifying and congratulatory."

Seeing the exertion of the little fat Li Tai in bowing and saluting, it must be because his belly has gained weight recently. But it is no wonder, as people feel refreshed during happy events, which is understandable.

"Qingque, we are all brothers. We don't have those etiquettes. We haven't had breakfast. Come and have something together." Li Chengqian put down his bowls and chopsticks and greeted him enthusiastically.

"You're welcome, my brother." If I didn't ask for something, how could Li Chengqian please the mighty King of Wei with just a few side dishes and a few bowls of porridge? I really don't understand why the prince is so rich.

Come on, even his own servants eat better than him.

"Qing Que, I'm not here to serve my father in the Chengqing Hall today. Why do you come to the East Palace for something?" After saying that, he picked up a chopstick and started eating pickles. He said that eating pickles is something he doesn't like among people he knows well.

Only Wang Zhi and Hou Junji could eat with him.

"Uh, uh, uh, it's like this. The snow in Guanzhong this year is heavier than in previous years. The roads are impassable, and the price of food has skyrocketed. I have issued several admonitions but it has no effect. Now there are many

The people can no longer afford to buy food, and if this continues, there will be disaster."

"This, this, doesn't my elder brother have a granary in Lantian? Why don't you allocate some to stabilize the price of food?" After saying this, Li Tai's face suddenly turned red. It was all the fault of those aristocratic families.

You are a stooge and a profiteer, otherwise I would not be so humble and asking for help.

He himself felt so ashamed that he had taken someone's position while he was seriously injured, and now he came to beg for help when he was not sure. This was too shameless.

However, there is nothing that can be done about it. The emperor requires that the price of food in Chang'an be reduced to the daily level within five days. At present, no one except the prince can provide so much food.

After listening to the little fat man's words, Li Chengqian looked up and down with interest. Yes, they are already engaged in commercial wars, and they have made great progress. But to stabilize grain prices, it is enough to use grains from Taicang, so why touch your own things.

Oh, my father is testing me. This father is really interesting.

"It's a good idea, tell me how much you want."

Let me go, how can the prince speak easily in this situation? You must know that if this matter is accomplished, it will be his own political achievements, and it will be him who will show his face to the emperor.

"Tell me, why are you in a daze?" Seeing the little fat man dazed there, Li Chengqian couldn't help but wonder, why did his wish come true but he turned into a fool? It's unscientific.

"Two, two hundred thousand dan." Li Tai quickly stretched out two fingers, and opened his mouth wide at this time, so he was so embarrassed.

Haha, I really underestimated my younger brother. He has a big appetite. He is planning to fight to the death with the aristocratic family behind the grain merchants. I wonder if the people he sent out can clear the road as soon as possible.

"Okay, let's go find Master Zhang." After saying that, he asked Zhang Sizheng to lead Li Tai to Chongwen Pavilion. After all, this food is also fed to the people's stomachs. It's the same no matter who does it...

"Your Highness, if we don't stumble him, we are already taking care of the overall situation. How can you return so much food to him? You must know that if you give it to him, we don't have much in our hands except the six-rate military ration."

If he hadn't taught Li Chengqian for so many years, he would still think that this student was an idiot. He was so frustrated that he was adding icing on the cake to his competitors. Didn't he know that the little fat guy was a weasel giving New Year greetings to a chicken?

"Besides, since the death of Liu Zhenghui, the position of Minister of Household Affairs has not been decided by the court. If the King of Wei can settle the matter and show the emperor's ability to govern the country, then this position will be taken.

"

"Master Zhang, although I don't dare to be as compassionate as a saint, I can't just watch the people starve to death."

Of course Li Chengqian understood what Zhang Xuansu meant, but to be honest, the Minister of Hubu was given away for free and he didn't want to take it. Just look at the cost of Cuiwei Palace. If the Minister of Hubu were replaced by his own people, then he would still have to pay for it.

Why don't you put your pants on?

Li Chengqian is not willing to do such a loss-making business without controlling the entire national machinery, but having to bear most of the expenses...

Li Taizhi, who had received 200,000 dans of grain, sat proudly in the Wude Hall and issued instructions to the officials waiting for orders from various ministries. Some of them were responsible for clearing the roads, and some were responsible for selling the grain.

He completely ignored the prime ministers in Hongwen Palace, as if all this had nothing to do with them. Yan Lide on the side persuaded him more than once to discuss with Fang Du and others to avoid any mistakes.

But at this moment, Li Tai couldn't listen to a word. He finally seized such an opportunity to make meritorious deeds and refused to let his own people take full advantage. Wouldn't that be a failure of the good opportunity given by God?

Looking at Li Tai who was standing in front of the Guanzhong map and scolding Fang Qiu, Yan Lide couldn't help but shook his head. Isn't this Xiaofu Yi'an? He is still young after all. It seems that he will not be able to survive without falling a few times.

It has to be said that Yan Lide's concerns were indeed fulfilled. As the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Seeing that Jing Zhaoyin began to sell grain at low prices, the well-informed grain merchants went out of business in unison.

However, Li Tai, who listened to Chu Heng's report, didn't pay attention, and still ordered the grain distribution to continue, and even handed over 50,000 dan from the palace and the Yan family to Jing Zhaoyin.

The reason why he was so confident was that the two talents responsible for clearing the road this time were Wei Ting and Xiao Deyan. In order to facilitate the two of them on their errands, he even specially requested an order to transfer 3,000 troops from the Right Guard Army.

But the reality is often cruel. After another ten days, all the grain in Li Tai's hand was put away, but the road was still not clear. However, those grain merchants who had estimated the cost started a new round at this time.

Encircle money and use it to squander the national treasure.

Bang, bang, bang, Li Tai has been cursing in the Hall of Wude all day, smashing everything that could be broken inside. The maids and eunuchs were also trembling with fear outside.

"Your Highness, we can't blame Wei Ting and Xiao Deyan for this. They tried their best, but the snow was too heavy and it was impossible to clear the road in such a short time..." Alas, Yan Lide couldn't help but sigh after finishing speaking.

tone.

Just when Yan Lide was interceding for Wei Ting and Wei Ting, Gan Yun, the emperor's chamberlain, came in. After looking at the fragments on the ground with a frown, he hurried a few steps forward and saluted: "Your Highness, King Wei, Your Majesty
Chapter completed!