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

Chapter 450 Building a Reservoir

It's really a joke, these idiots who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, as the emperor themselves, if they don't show off their power, they really think of themselves as sick cats.

Li Fu also knew that this Li Er was a ruthless man who killed his brother and father after all, he really made him anxious, and he could kill all these families.

However, there is a problem now that if Li Er gets into trouble with these aristocratic families, their food cannot be released.

If the food is not available, the people in Chang'an City will face food shortages, and the people who will starve to death may fill up Chang'an City.

Li Er thought over and over for a long time, and he always felt that, as the emperor, it was absolutely impossible for him to bow his head to those aristocratic families.

Li Fu continued: "There is another thing, that is, they are waiting for a particularly suitable time."

"When the time is right, they are releasing the food. Not only will they be able to reap a lot of food, but they will also gain a good reputation for the country and the people."

Li Er nodded. Although what Li Fu said was not pleasant, it was indeed true.

Waiting for a while later, when these aristocratic families release the food, no matter how high the price they set, they will be praised by others.

They used this capital to delay until this time, and Li Fu's analysis was also very accurate.

"Then what should we do?" Li Er asked.

Li Fu smiled faintly, and said, "Businessmen are nothing more than profit-seeking, and we don't have to put all our eyes on those aristocratic families."

"Actually, there are also many retail investors in Chang'an City, and they have a lot of food in their hands, so they can hold on for a while."

"I know that these merchants are not good things. They are all guys who are waiting to make a fortune for the country, but they are also very important to us now."

"Their thinking now must be to sell the food before the food support from outside reaches Chang'an City."

"At this time, when those aristocratic families see that it is profitable, they may also sell along with them."

Li Fu's idea was a bit simple and risky, but it was the only way.

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At this time, in a luxurious restaurant in Chang'an City, a group of people were sitting discussing something.

"The price should be about the same now. I don't think it will take long before the food from outside will reach Chang'an City."

One of the fat men said that he is Lu Qing, the head of the Lu family, who has been in business for generations.

As soon as he said these words, everyone present was silent and didn't say anything. They were all waiting for others to speak first.

At this time, no one is willing to be the first bird. If it is not done right away, the money will be lost!

"Do you really believe that there will be merchants from outside to transport grain to Chang'an City?" a dark-faced man asked.

The other person immediately replied: "Of course, there will probably be no problems with this matter."

"I took a look just now. The price of rice has now reached 20 taels of silver per catty. If we sell the grain now, it will be enough for us to make a fortune."

Another person said: "If we are like this, will the royal family hate us? Will they come to revenge us once the matter is over?"

"Don't worry." The black-faced man said, "There are so many of us acting together, can he, Li Shimin, kill us all?"

"This Chang'an City is all supported by our aristocratic families. If we are really brought down, Chang'an City will no longer exist."

Some people also echoed: "That's right, that's right, if we do it together, he can kill us all, anyway, I don't believe it!"

These people kept discussing, just as Li Fu guessed before, they couldn't help being moved when they saw the price climbed to such an outrageous level.

"Let's wait and see. Those retail investors probably can't bear it now. Let's wait and see."

In the end, an old man with white beard spoke, and no one continued to say anything.

At this time, as they said, those retail investors couldn't wait to send out the food in their hands.

Although these retail investors do not have a lot of food in their hands, it is not a small number when added together.

On this day, taking advantage of the dawn, Li Fu went outside the city and looked around.

Along the way, Li Fu saw that the bark of the trees on the side of the road had been gnawed away, and there was not even a grass on the side of the road.

Moreover, there were many emaciated victims on the side of the road, walking slowly towards Chang'an City.

Although they didn't know what the result of this trip would be, but when a natural disaster came, their first reaction was to go to Chang'an City for help.

"These people, oh, it's really miserable..." Looking at these displaced people, Zhou Han couldn't help saying.

Wu Hai also sighed, and said: "These people, they only want to go to Chang'an City, but how do they know that there is not much food in Chang'an City."

Li Fu's heart was also very heavy, he didn't even know what to say.

"Maybe, they think that only Chang'an City can save them." After a long time, Li Fu said leisurely.

Afterwards, they came to the temporary embankment built by Yu Chigong.

The flood this time was a bit too strong, and the temporary dam couldn't stop it.

Even Zhou Han looked at it for a while, and found that the dam was a bit fragile.

"This is definitely unstoppable. If you don't need multiple stages, the dam will collapse."

Li Fu looked at it, and said directly: "If it doesn't work, let's reform it."

After searching around, Li Fu pointed at the bottom of the embankment and said, "Building a reservoir here will not be a big problem."

"When floods come here, they can not only buffer them, store the water for future use, but also irrigate crops."

Zhou Han shook his head and said, "No, we don't have the materials to build the reservoir right now."

Li Fu smiled, showing an extremely confident expression, and said to them: "It's okay, even if there are no stones now, I can still build a reservoir."

After Yu Chigong heard the news, he also ran to find Li Fu, and asked him, "Nephew, I heard that you want to build a water reservoir?"

"That's right." Li Fu said, "The water is too powerful. If we don't build a reservoir, the water won't be able to stop it at all."

"No, we are too short of manpower now." Yu Chigong said in embarrassment.

Li Fu shook his head and said, "The most important thing Chang'an City lacks now is people. Let them build it together, and it should be repaired soon."

Yu Chigong was dumbfounded by Li Fu's words, but when he figured it out, he slapped his hands and said, "That's right, why didn't I think of it before!"

After discussing this matter, Li Fu went back temporarily.

(End of this chapter)