In spring, farmers always hope for a spring rain to moisten the fields that have been dry all winter. Unfortunately, the fields are like beggars on the street, while the spring rain has become a dandy enjoying himself alone in a high-walled courtyard without any intention of giving charity.

God is like a arrogant little girl who says it won't rain but won't rain. She will never break her promise.

Li Chengqian, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, squatted under a tree in a field outside Chang'an City, while Wei Jiu, who was accompanying him, sat on a tree branch. The two of them looked at the people busy in the field. Li Chengqian was the first to sigh.

"Xiaojiu, is it possible to build river channels and change waterways?"

"It's not feasible. How about repairing the East Village and the West Village? And there is no manpower to complete your naive idea. Even if there is water, won't the grown crops still feed locusts?"

Wei Jiu, who was sitting on a tree branch, was shaking his legs. Li Chengqian was squatting beside the field and sighing. Now he had no choice but to look at the busy people in the field in front of him, working under the scorching sun but not knowing that their hard work would be in vain.

Eastward flow.

To be honest, it's a bit heartbreaking. There seems to be only one solution now, and that is for the government to provide disaster relief to help the people survive this year. I don't believe it will be the same next year.

But today's food is completely insufficient to support tens of thousands of people through this disaster. Thinking of this, Li Chengqian raised his head and looked at Wei Jiu on the tree with a sad face.

"Xiao Jiu, there is not enough food. Now the food in the city has been strictly prohibited from being harvested by my father to avoid causing panic among the people. I have no choice. I am the prince of the Tang Dynasty. How can I watch the people starve to death? Help me!"

Seeing how uncomfortable Li Chengqian was, Wei Jiu sighed and jumped down from the tree, landing next to Li Chengqian and putting his arms around his shoulders.

"You really want my help? OK! Now one bag of grain should be able to exchange for three or four bags of bran. You exchanged them all! Doesn't your hoarding become too much?"

Li Chengqian was furious when he heard this, threw his arms off his shoulders and turned around to roar.

"How can bran be eaten by humans? How can that thing be swallowed? Wei Jiu, are you helping me or harming me?"

Wei Jiu smiled faintly.

"After the drought and the locust plague, the people exchanged their seeds for food. They ate tree roots, bark, and weeds. How could they still be considered human beings? Under the threat of death, they were no longer human beings. Would they care whether it was rice or bran? You save lives.

You are the god in their hearts, but you brought them back from the edge of turning into beasts and became human again! Don't say that your highness, the Crown Prince, has never heard of cannibalism.

Is human flesh still a human being? To be honest, their life and death has nothing to do with me. I am a businessman! Not a Bodhisattva who saves the suffering."

Li Chengqian's expression kept changing. After a long silence, he turned around coldly. He felt that Wei Jiu's idea was a bit shady. How could he let the people eat bran? Li Chengqian may have forgotten an idiom.

Eat chaffy vegetables.

The bran is wheat bran, and the vegetables are weeds.

This is also the only way for the people to survive the suffering. How much food is needed to feed tens of thousands of people for a year? There is no way to estimate the terrifying figures.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not rush back to the palace, but walked around Chang'an with Wei Jiu. They did not ride in a car or ride a horse. The two of them walked in front, and behind them were two guards in green shirts. Most of the guards were three miles away.

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In this regard, he is very similar to Li Er. He is very disgusted by being flattered by someone who recognizes his identity at first sight. The disaster relief matter will still be for a while, so he does not think about the food and wheat bran matters for the time being, but brings up the previous day.

What happens in the womb.

"Xiao Jiu, some time ago the Emperor summoned you to Tai Chi Palace for questioning."

"It's okay. The Emperor likes the erhu. He also heard that my Wenwenxiang musical instrument is quite special. He thought I could play the erhu, but I was kicked out when I said I couldn't. But it should be related to Zhang Jieyu, after all.

..”

At this point, Wei Jiu didn't dare to say anything further, but Li Chengqian smiled.

"Didn't you just tease that girl Zhang Jieyu? Today we two brothers, I, Li Chengqian, also regard you Wei Jiu as my brother, if you say something about catching wind and shadow, you two should step back a mile to avoid being beheaded after hearing this.

"

The latter words drove away the two green-shirted guards behind him, and then he put his arms around Wei Jiu's neck and whispered.

"Brother, let me tell you something. You should take it as a joke. In the early years, when my eldest uncle was alive, he was the crown prince. In my current position, in your words, he is very awesome. And this Zhang Jieyu

He deliberately wanted to seduce me, my eldest uncle, and rise to the top. Later, I don’t know why the matter was exposed. No one knows what happened between the two of them, but there are rumors that Zhang Jieyu climbed into my eldest uncle’s bed. What do you think?

Is this palace in chaos?"

After hearing this, Wei Jiu pushed Li Chengqian away, kicked him in anger, and then yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Li Chengqian, are you sick? I, Wei Jiu, have never seen anyone use such underhanded methods to win people's hearts in all my life. You are forcibly tying me to you. Why are you so mean?"

After yelling, he approached Li Chengqian and put his arms around their shoulders to ask for details. It sounded very exciting. This time it was Li Chengqian's turn to kick Wei Jiu away.

"Wei Wuliang, you must be sick. I don't have the shamelessness to show loyalty like you."

The two looked at each other and laughed evilly. Wei Jiu enjoyed Li Chengqian's solicitation. The two of them came together again, arm in arm. Li Chengqian informed Wei Jiu that Zhang Jieyu was no longer a threat and there was no need to do so at this time.

He tried to touch her again, so as not to offend the erratic temperament of the Supreme Emperor, and asked Wei Jiu if he was interested, but he could not defeat this woman and give it to him as a bed toy after she left the palace in a few years.

Wei Jiu smiled and curled his lips, and said casually, his chest must have been trapped in his hands.

The two of them let out a series of lustful laughs again.

Li Chengqian didn't like Zhang Jieyu at all. He once thought that once his position was consolidated, he would attack this woman. She bullied his mother a lot back then, but now Wei Jiu has taken the lead. The first is Shun.

The second thing is that Wei Jiu took his eldest grandson into his heart, and Li Chengqian was also grateful for this.

Slowly, the two brought up business matters again. Wei Jiu's Baiyu Palace has no intention of opening this year. The future definition of Baiyu Palace has not yet been determined. At this time, he no longer wants to turn this place into a restaurant and has new ideas.

At the same time, Wei Jiu remembered another thing.

"Hey! Cheng Qian! When I was practicing martial arts with Toad a while ago, do you know what happened to Xiao entering the palace? He said that he met a Taoist priest who ate at Tayun Restaurant without paying the bill, and said that it would be on my head. Tang Dynasty

How many Taoist priests can be ranked as such?"

Li Chengqian frowned slightly. In the Tang Dynasty, Taoism was more prosperous than Buddhism, and there were many famous ones. Now the Taoist ancestor Yuan Shoucheng, Yuan Tiangang in the palace, Cheng Xuanying in Henan, Wang Yuanzhi in Langya, Yangjiaoshan and Immortal

Ji Shanxing, these people are all very famous Taoist priests in the Tang Dynasty, but their families are very rich, and they care more about their appearance. How come they ate at Tayun Restaurant without paying.

After thinking for a long time, Li Chengqian tried to name a person.

"Sun Simiao? I am afraid he is the most miserable Taoist priest in the entire Tang Dynasty. This old Taoist does not practice Taoism, does not seek immortality, he only studies medicine, and takes money lightly. Was it you who yelled at the palace doctor on the street?

Even if your words reach his ears? Don’t underestimate this old man, Yuan Tiangang is one generation lower than him. If you get involved with him, it will be a great blessing."

Wei Jiu smiled and shook his head and said that there was no such thing as luck. The two wandered aimlessly and came to the front of a small thatched house. In front of the yard stood a young man of about 20 years old wearing a sheepskin fur. He was relatively strong and had an ugly appearance.

He is handsome, but his smile gives people a very warm feeling, and the maid behind him gives people a feeling of spring snow, with a wheat-colored complexion and a fine sword hanging on her waist.

At this time, Cuihua was also staring at the two troubled young masters in front of her who were laughing lewdly. She knew that the man in black embroidered coats was the current Crown Prince, and the man in white beside him was

The brocade coat, the red peony embroidered on the chest, and the fox fur and velvet collar show off a cynical temperament.

Wei Wuliang should be the only one in the Tang Dynasty who dared to kick His Highness the Crown Prince.

The young man in sheepskin fur smiled faintly at the two of them.

"Excuse me, Mr. Yan, are you two brothers here to eat sauerkraut? Our Cuihua family's sauerkraut is known far and near."

Wei Jiu and Li Chengqian frowned at the same time. Apart from this thatched cottage, are there other houses in the surrounding area? They saw the sword-wielding woman behind the young man in sheepskin fur, looked at each other and said at the same time.

"It's getting late, so I'll visit you another day."

After saying that, he turned around and left. The young man in sheepskin fur sighed with some disappointment, turned his hand and looked at Cuihua with a sad face.
Chapter completed!