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

Chapter 459 Female Spy

Afterwards, Li Fu asked someone to get a tent for Lu Tong, and asked her to sleep here tonight.

After dinner in the evening, Li Fu and the others sat in the tent and sat together.

Lu Tong, Wu Hai and Zhou Han are all here.

"Brother Li, do you know that the price of grain in Chang'an City is already very low. I heard that one tael of silver can buy five or six catties of rice."

"Almost all the people's homes can save some food for later use. Shall we go and buy some?"

Li Fu shook his head and said, "No, if we buy it, we have to buy it in large quantities, otherwise, it will be useless at all."

"However, if you buy too much, the food in Chang'an City will become scarce again, and the price will go up again, so we can't buy it."

"The most urgent task now is to increase the food in the market, enough for the people in the city and the disaster victims outside."

This matter is easy to say, but if it is really done, it can be said to be as difficult as the sky.

Zhou Han said with some concern: "Brother Li, this matter is still a bit difficult, and we may not be able to do it."

At this time, Lu Tong suddenly said, "How about we ask the imperial court to borrow food from those aristocratic families that have stored food?"

After hearing this, Li Fu smiled and shook his head.

This eldest lady, who usually doesn't care about world affairs, still thinks things too simply.

"It's impossible for those aristocratic families to borrow grain. Even if they put grain out, they still sell it. Now that the price of grain has plummeted, they probably are even more reluctant to put it out."

"Besides, those people hate me so much, it's impossible for them to come up with food to help me."

Zhou Han laughed and said, "Brother Li, you are pretty self-aware of your popularity!"

Lu Tong thought for a while and said: "If we put it another way, we can ask them to donate food, and then the aristocratic families who donate food can apply for honors from the court for them."

"Anyway, there are quite a few people in our imperial court. If we unite, we will definitely be able to accomplish this. Moreover, those aristocratic families also value these things."

Hearing this, Li Fu nodded, feeling a little confused.

This method sounds a little unreliable, but if you think about it carefully, it is completely feasible.

For those aristocratic families, if they earn more money than they earn, that's the way it is, but honor is what they desire most.

If the unique honor is used as an exchange, so that they can make less money and donate all the food, they are willing to think about it.

For them, this is also a deal that will never lose money.

Li Fu clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's try it like this, and then there is one more thing I want to tell everyone."

"It's still about food. It's definitely not enough for us to distribute food to the victims like this. Why don't we mix some wheat bran and wild vegetables in the food."

"In this way, the grain can be made into the shape of cakes or steamed buns, so that the amount can be increased by about half."

Wu Hai nodded and said, "That's fine too. The most important thing for the disaster victims is to survive. If they don't have enough to eat, they won't mind."

"Also, wild vegetables and wheat bran are not bad things, as long as they can fill your stomach, there is absolutely no problem."

"It won't be too late to improve the food for them when the amount of food is enough."

In this way, these plans were finalized.

Li Fu stayed outside the city for the time being, and didn't bother to run back and forth.

What surprised Li Fu was that at first he thought that Miss Lu Tong would stay here just out of curiosity at first, and would go home after a few days when she got tired of watching it.

Unexpectedly, this Lu Tong stayed here all the time, and he didn't look like he couldn't bear the hardship at all.

"Do you want to stay here any longer?" Li Fu asked her.

"Of course." Lu Tong said as a matter of course, "I still want to help you rescue the victims. How can I leave now that the work is not finished!"

Li Fu suddenly didn't understand: "I said that you are a good young lady and don't go back to be a good lady. What are you trying to do here to suffer such hardships?"

To be honest, Li Fu was unwilling to let her stay here, because he was afraid that this Lu Tong would be a spy sent by someone.

It is very difficult for them to help the victims now, if there are always people making trouble, it will be too much headache.

What's more, this spy is a woman, beautiful and talented, even if I am on guard, I am afraid that those brothers will not be able to control her.

But no matter what, I can't drive back a person who wants to help the victims.

After all, I am only skeptical now, without any evidence, and I cannot say that he is a spy.

So Li Fu let her stay here.

……

In Chang'an City, the news that Li Fu went out to help the victims has spread widely.

All the big families are discussing whether to raise the price of grain while Li Fu is not in the city.

They missed the best opportunity, did not make a lot of money, and all of them were a little angry.

Therefore, they are now looking forward to increasing the price of food so that they can earn more.

But they tried many times, but finally found that the price of this food could not be raised at all.

Now the common people have food in every household, if the price is set too high, no one will buy it.

So they can only sell like this, to see if there is a better time.

And there is another more important news, that is, the grain merchants from other places are about to arrive, and by that time, it will be even more difficult to sell these grains.

"This damned Li Fu, it's really hateful that the market has made it like this!"

"He also ran outside the city to manage the life and death of those untouchables. I'll see how he can save them!"

At this time, in the palace, Li Er was holding a memorial and reading it, the more he read, the happier he became.

This was written to him by Li Fu, some of his own views and plans on helping the victims, the more Li Er read it, the more he felt that Li Fu had brains.

"Your Majesty, what are you looking at?" Empress Changsun came over and asked Li Er when she saw how happy she was.

"It's okay, just take a look at the excerpts." Li Er said.

Empress Changsun was also not interested in this, so she took the fruit plate and put it beside Li Er, then picked a grape and put it in Li Er's mouth.

"Eat more fruits, you are too tired these days, take care of your body." Empress Changsun said.

"You don't know how to care about your own body, so you still treat yourself as a young man?"

(End of this chapter)