Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 221 Borrowed Grain

Outside Chang'an City, the sound of chants was loud, and everything was in full swing.

Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde led a large number of infantry, and they were transporting a mountain of grain to Chang'an City.

Seeing Li Shimin and others coming, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde hurriedly led the people forward to greet them.

"Your Majesty, my ministers, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Li Shimin got out of the car, stepped forward and personally helped Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin up from the ground.

"Please hurry up, the two princes. It is really hard for you to go to Nanzhao. When you return to Chang'an, I must reward you well!"

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others who followed Li Shimin were stunned when they heard this.

"What? Nanzhao? Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde didn't go to Lingnan, but to Nanzhao?"

"What are they going to Nanzhao for? There are so many carriages here, what are they using to tow?"

Hearing the doubts of the ministers, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help laughing out loud, "Duke Liang, Duke Qi, you don't know yet, do you?"

"This time the old man and Jingde went to Nanzhao, but they borrowed countless grains for my Tang Dynasty!"

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji's eyes widened instantly, and they finally understood what was going on.

"Borrow food? You go to Nanzhao to borrow food? Your majesty's idea?"

"Borrowing food!" Yuchi Jingde was honest, "Does our Tang Dynasty have a tradition of borrowing food?"

"Hahaha...Your Majesty, you didn't see that when our army invaded Nanzhao, the ruler of Nanzhao was immediately stunned. Before we launched a general attack, he actually surrendered directly and immediately offered 1000 million yuan. Stone food!"

"What, 1000 million shi?" Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were completely shocked, "You snatched 1000 million shi of grain from Nanzhao? So this is the grain His Majesty mentioned?"

Regarding Fang Xuanling's question, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde have something to add.

"Yeah, we're all curious too. We thought Nanzhao was a barren land, but after we went there, we realized that what we thought was not the same as the reality!"

"Nanzhao is really not ordinary rich. Just as His Majesty said, the food there can be grown twice a year!"

"What? Cook twice a year? How is this possible!" The words of Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde shocked Fang Xuanling and the others again.

In their impression, food can only be cooked once a year, how can it be cooked twice a year, is it a fetish?
Li Shimin waved his hands, with a calm expression, "This is all trivial matters, bite the gold, respect virtue, you two quickly transport the grain back to the household department, and then go to the palace to receive the reward!"

"Wuji, you take care of the overall situation and make up for the grain owed to the Hedong warehouse and Chang'an warehouse as soon as possible."

"Xuanling, you draw up a decree and give it to the ruler of the Nanzhao Kingdom, saying that this time I owe him a favor from the Tang Dynasty, and that in the future my Datang will definitely repay him generously!"

"Minister, obey the order!" When everyone heard the words, they all knelt down and agreed.

At the same time, the ministers secretly gave Li Shimin their thumbs up for Li Shimin's method of accomplishing everything quietly.

His Majesty Ganqing has always been silent. It turns out that everything is under his control. Even the will of Nanzhao Kingdom can be seen in many ways. Datang was very good at it.

Cheng Yaojin returned to his house after delivering the grain.

As a result, just after returning to the mansion, he saw his son Cheng Chumo was reading military books, and he was still chanting.

"Dad, you are finally back!" Cheng Chumo saw his father and went up to greet him with excitement on his face.

In the end, it was Cheng Yaojin who greeted Cheng Chumo, "You brat, you know I'm back, so you purposely brought this book here to make your father happy?"

"As far as your virtue is concerned, I don't know it. Believe it or not, I am going to test you now. How dare I read military books. I don't know a lot of Chinese characters. I can stand you!"

Cheng Yaojin was really rude to his son, Cheng Chumo was beaten up by his father, but he yelled unconvinced: "Father, I didn't fool you, the words on my military book now are all Already know each other!"

"I already know each other, you fucking recognize one for me to see!" Seeing that his son dared to talk back, Cheng Yaojin raised his hand and slapped him again.

"You're so capable. You've learned to talk back during these days when I'm not at home. Who taught you this? Say it and see if I can't beat him to death!"

Hearing the yelling in the front hall, Mrs. Cheng ran out in a hurry, only to see her master beating his son, she suddenly became distraught.

"Master, what's the matter with you, why did you beat your son just after you came back?"

"You raised a good son!" Cheng Yaojin snorted coldly, "You dare to fool me and talk back to me, you really need to be punished!"

Cheng Chumo was beaten to the bone, but he was still full of dissatisfaction, "Mother, dad is being unreasonable, I already know how to read, and I have read all the characters in this military book by heart."

"Ever since I was in Chongwenkan, I followed the gentlemen to learn Chinese pinyin, and now I know more characters than my father."

"Although I don't understand what is written in the book of war, I can read it out. It's just unreasonable to beat my father without taking the school exam!"

"Hey, you can still chew words!" Cheng Yaojin stared, "I beat my son, it's only right and proper, you are so dissatisfied that I will hold back, what to look at! And what, Hanyu Pinyin? What is that?"

Being robbed by his son, Cheng Yaojin knew in his heart that he might have made a mistake, but how could he admit his mistake, so he could only quickly change the subject.

Mrs. Cheng knew Cheng Yaojin's character, so she couldn't help giving Cheng Yaojin a hard look, "Master, you have to change your temper, you are a rough person, how can you be unreasonable at home?"

"You really misunderstood the child this time, and the things that happened in the capital during the days you left are beyond your imagination. Come and read Chu Mo's book!"

"Look at these, every word in these books is marked with Hanyu Pinyin. It is because of it that Chumo knows how to read these words!"

"Just by looking at this, can you understand the characters?" Cheng Yaojin looked at the pinyin like a ghost drawing, completely confused.

"Chu Mo, read a paragraph of military art to your father!" Mrs. Cheng spoke directly with the facts.

Cheng Chumo immediately obediently read a paragraph to Cheng Yaojin. Although Cheng Yaojin couldn't recognize many words in it, but hearing Cheng Chumo's incomparable fluent reading, he knew that he was really wrong to blame Cheng Chumo.

"Oh, yes, that's great, our family unexpectedly has a talented husband-in-law, I have only been out for a few days, and I know so many words, yes, that's great, hahaha..."

(End of this chapter)