Chapter 30 The Upset Li Shimin
After most of these chefs went out, Li Chengqian grabbed a few skewers of roasted locusts in his hand and ate them while walking. The taste made Li Chengqian find the feeling of eating skewers in his previous life. If there was a bottle of ice beer, it would be perfect, but he could only think about it if he couldn't make beer.
When Li Chengqian returned to the lobby of the East Palace with a resentful little Anzi, two little girls who had already smelled the smell ran over to Li Chengqian.
"Brother, what good food do you have? Take it out quickly. Lizhi wants to eat it." Li Lizhi is the number one foodie in the royal family, especially her brother, which is exactly the same as outside.
"You are so crazy every day, and I don't know that the unlucky guy will marry you in the future. Xiao Anzi will take out the food for the two princesses to try." Looking at the little girl who was only in front of him, Li Chengqian touched her head in a doting way. Of course, Li Chengqian was not favored by one or the other, and Li Yi was also very pampered.
Xiao Anzi, who was following Li Chengqian, looked at Li Chengqian with a very resentful look at Li Chengqian who was teasing his two sisters, "Isn't that the same? I said a few words I shouldn't say before! Your Highness needs not to give him any food." Of course, Xiao Anzi didn't dare to say this.
However, when Xiao Anzi took out the fried golden locusts, the little girl Li Lizhi and Xia Ju who was serving her were shocked.
"Brother, this is a locust. How dare you eat it? If your father and those ministers find out, you will be miserable." Li Lizhi was startled when she saw the locust on the plate, and then said to her brother Li Chengqian with great concern.
Just when Li Lizhi was worried that her brother would be scolded by her father, Xiao Yier, who didn't know anything, had already caught a locust and put it in her mouth, eating happily.
"Sister, come and eat it quickly. This insect is delicious, fragrant and crispy. If you don't come, Xiao Yi'er will finish eating it." After Xiao Yi'er ate a locust, she felt it was delicious and hurriedly asked her sister to come and eat it. At the same time, her little hand didn't forget to grab a few and put it in her mouth.
Li Chengqian and Li Lizhi heard Xiao Yier's voice and looked over. They saw the little girl, one hand and one by one, constantly sending her to her mouth. Her cute little look made Li Chengqian want to pick her up and kiss her on her face.
"Xiao Yier, is this really delicious?" Li Lizhi looked at her sister with a questioning look, but as a foodie, she also wanted to try it.
"It's delicious! No, it's not delicious. This insect is not delicious. Sister should not eat it. Let Xiao Yier help you eat something that is not delicious." Xiao Yier, who had just finished speaking, turned her big eyes and seemed to have thought of something. She immediately changed her words. At the same time, she looked at her sister with a vigilant look, and kept grabbing the fried locusts and sending it into her mouth, making her mouth full of roundness.
"Bad guy Xiao Yier, you dare to lie to me. Isn't it bad for you? Then why are you still eating? Leave some for me?" Seeing Xiao Yier like this, Li Lizhi didn't hesitate because she really didn't wait a moment, so she quickly ran over and snatched her sister.
Seeing this scene, Li Chengqian was sighing at Xiao Yier's ghostly spirit in his heart, while showing an expression of looking at his cute daughter.
"Xiao Yier, eat slowly, there is not enough, but if you eat too much, your favorite sweet potato porridge will be gone soon." Seeing that Xiao Yier ate too many fried locusts, Li Chengqian wanted to stop her from continuing to eat, but she refused, so she had to use her favorite sweet potato porridge to divert her attention.
Sure enough, when he heard that there was sweet potato porridge, Xiao Yier quickly put down the caught locust and looked at him with big eyes, as if saying, Brother, if you lied to me, I will cry to show you.
"You little girl, we really eat sweet potato porridge later, but we can't tell our father and mother, do you remember?" Li Chengqian held the little girl in his arms, took the handkerchief handed over by Xia Ju, and said to Xiao Yi'er while wiping away the face and oil stains on his hands.
"Xiao Yier remembers that Xiao Yier didn't say it after asking her mother several times, but Xiao Yier almost said it, but her sister almost said it once." Xiao Yier, who was wiped clean by Li Chengqian, sat on Li Chengqian's legs, dancing her hands and feet like Li Chengqian, talking about how smart she is and how stupid her sister is.
When Li Lizhi heard that Xiao Yier had sold her, she kicked Xiao Yier with dissatisfaction, but when she saw Li Chengqian's inquiring eyes, she turned her head guiltily and continued to eat her fried locusts.
Just when Li Chengqian and his sister were talking and laughing, eating fried locusts, and thinking about adding food to them while their father and mother didn't come.
In Tai Chi Palace, his father was summoning his ministers to discuss how to resettle refugees who flock to Chang'an due to locust plagues and how to carry out disaster relief.
"Xuanling, auxiliary machine, you all talk about what to do about this locust plague right now." Li Shimin looked at his uncle, eldest son Sun Wuji, who was sitting below, and his prime minister Fang Xuanling.
As for the other few, such as Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng was also thinking about countermeasures.
"Your Majesty, I think we should hurry up and let the common people in various counties and prepare porridge, and let the refugees settle down in the local area first. We cannot let them come to the capital, and then let the local officials stop the refugees from robbing food. Although most of the food has been destroyed by locust plague, some places such as the capital have not yet been affected on a large scale. Although a lot of food is not yet mature, it is only a little bit to be able to grab, otherwise many places will not wait for the winter wheat to mature next year." Fang Xuanling stood up and said his advice to Li Shimin, who was in charge.
"Your Majesty, I'm rushing to collect grain, and I'm accused me of serving the public. But if the imperial court provides disaster relief, the Ministry of Revenue will not have that much money or food. Moreover, since the locust plague broke out, the price of grain has risen every day, and the grain in many places has risen to 5 yuan per liter." Although Changsun Wuji agreed with Fang Xuanling's suggestion, the Ministry of Revenue he was in charge of really couldn't afford so much money.
When he heard Changsun Wuji say that the food price had risen to a point where it was terrifying, his face changed instantly.
In this way, Li Shimin and his ministers discussed in Tai Chi Palace until 8.9 o'clock, but they still did not discuss a feasible solution, so they could only go back first.
He sat there in a depressed mood, and even the food delivered by Wang De was thrown away by him. In the end, Changsun Wugui personally took the porridge, and he forced a little to drink.
"Second brother, don't be upset. It's really not possible. If the cost in our palace is reduced, there should be 700,000 or 800,000 yuan. You can take it to provide disaster relief first." After Li Shimin drank some porridge, she stood behind him and rubbed his shoulders and said to him.
"Guanyin Bi, how could there be so much money in this palace?" Li Shimin looked back at Changsun Wugui in surprise when he heard that his inner treasury could squeeze out 700,000 to 800,000 yuan.
Chapter completed!