Don't be a prince

Now, these guys can only jump and jump, but when they grow bigger and even grow wings, it will be a catastrophe.

"It's okay to think about accumulating fame. The point is, there are always some people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. I can't understand it. I scolded some people in court. As a result, I couldn't accept them from the next day. A grain of grain. Honorable, hehe."

1Chapter 17 Wei Zheng's Choice

Li Chengqian turned his head and said with a wry smile: "When it comes to copper coins and silver, people's eyes are green. However, I think those who plan to make disaster fortunes are doomed to lose everything."

"Oh?"

Wei Zheng was very surprised, he cupped his hands and asked, "What do you mean by the crown prince's words?"

Li Chengqian smiled and didn't say much.

In the first year of Zhenguan, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, but there were no disasters in Longyou and other places.Judging from the information sent by Geng Buqu to the East Palace, the Ministry of Households had already secretly collected grain from Longyou and transported it to the north of the Weishui River.Li Chengqian could think of such a thing as mobilizing food from other places, but Changsun Wuji couldn't think of it.

This time the grain adjustment almost emptied Longyou, at least for a long time, Datang could not mobilize troops against Xue Yantuo and other countries that were close to Longyou Road.

As long as there is enough grain flowing into the market, grain prices can be stabilized.Compared with the grain in the suburbs of Chang'an, the grain in Longyou is like the difference between the scorching sun and the stars.Those idiots hoarding food around Chang'an and waiting for the price to rise, when the price of food remains unchanged, they have no other choice but to hang themselves.

Facts have proved that a small group of businessmen can easily be suppressed before a country.

There is no way to tell Wei Zheng about this kind of thing at present, and the imperial granary north of the Weishui River has not leaked any news.The aloof emperor had already made sufficient preparations and was waiting for the baptism of the locust plague.

Back on the carriage, the driver turned the horse's head and drove towards the farm.

The farm is at the junction of Chang'an and Wannian, under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County.

When you don't go to the farm, you can hear the crowing of roosters on both sides of the road, the rattling of hens, and the sound of ducks and geese.

Wei Zheng was very surprised, and opened the curtain to see the scene outside.

On both sides of the road are farmland and grassland. No matter where you are, you can always see poultry.

Each of these free-range poultry has a red line drawn on its body for marking.

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The carriage kept moving forward, but Wei Zheng found that the poultry never disappeared from his sight.

"This is poultry from Taishi Li's farm. There are a lot of poultry. They were originally raised in captivity. Since I found locust nymphs appeared, I ordered the breeder to release them. Poultry have the habit of homing, so there is no need to Worry about escaping. With lines drawn on your body, you don’t have to worry about being caught by the people.”

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian also opened the curtains to see the scene outside.

If the line drawn on the poultry is left to future generations, it is inevitable to throw it away, and it is a fluke to lose one or two.But in Datang, even beggars would not attack other people's free-range chickens and ducks.

The carriage continued to move forward, and encountered a group of farmers who were driving poultry.

Ducks and geese are better. Chickens have a quirk, that is, they like to dig holes. If it’s grass, it’s fine, but if it’s fields, it’s fine.Now the seeds have only been planted for a short time, and some of them have just sprouted. If they are dug out, wouldn't they be white?

Seeing this scene, Wei Zheng couldn't help but said to Li Chengqian: "Prince, excuse me, although free-range chickens and ducks can control locusts, isn't it inappropriate for you to raise free-range chickens and ducks like this? Disturbing the people is a serious crime, even if you are Prince, it is not easy to be impeached."

Li Chengqian said with a wry smile: "I don't know why these people want to impeach the orphans. Chickens and ducks eat locust nymphs, which can protect the fields, and the feces excreted can also fertilize the land. So what if it damages the crops? When the locusts really rise up, everything you plant will be fine." Useless."

"That's the reason, but now that His Majesty intends to block the news of the locust plague, your actions like this are disturbing the people."

He knew that Wei Zheng was trying to persuade him, but Li Chengqian didn't intend to order a change.

Datang is different from later generations. Later generations have basically never heard of locust plagues in the territory. Although they know that raising poultry is an effective way to fight locusts, they have never seen it. Who knows the effect?

There was a severe drought in the first year of Zhenguan, and a severe drought in the second year, which gave birth to this plague of locusts.It is very likely that it will appear again in the future, so it is still necessary to try the effect of this confrontation strategy for future generations.

When the carriage arrived outside the farm, Li Chengqian and Wei Zheng jumped out of the carriage, looked at the chicks in the farm, and smiled in unison.

Although chickens and ducks grow slowly, how can they have the strength to fight against locusts when the locust plague arises.

It's just a pity that the scale of the farm is limited by the cost of raising chickens, so the scale cannot continue to expand.otherwise....

Liao Zhong got the news and ran over to accompany him.

Nowadays, there are a lot of new recruits in the farm, all of whom are young and strong from the surrounding villages. Breeding is actually a laborious task, and it is not appropriate for those old maids and eunuchs to continue to do the laborious work.With the current scale of the farm, it is enough for them to take care of themselves easily.

After visiting the farm, Li Chengqian invited Wei Zheng to have lunch here, and before leaving, he brought him a few old hens.

With the character of this old bastard, it is estimated that since the news of the locust plague, the family has been eating porridge.

On the way to the warehouse, Wei Zheng sighed: "Your Majesty intends to take advantage of this locust plague to do something, so it doesn't do much. The East Palace can prepare such a large breeding farm in advance. If the imperial court makes a move, it must be better than this." The scale will be even larger. At that time, even if they cannot resist the locust plague in the entire Guanzhong, it will be no problem to protect the surrounding areas of Chang'an."

In the same way, Li Gang once said that it was only after the old man woke up that Li Chengqian knew what his father was going to do.

The appearance of the locust plague was a godsend opportunity for the five surnames and Qiwang who had always disliked the Li family of the royal family.The bigger the disaster, the more rhetoric they have to attack the emperor.Not to mention, the emperor was already in an improper position, so even if he couldn't get him down this time, he could still crush him severely, showing the prestige of five surnames and seven kings.

And they may not know that the emperor did not passively wait to be beaten in the matter of the locust plague.This is an opportunity, and also a temptation thrown to Wu Xing Qi Wang.The victory or defeat in this matter is enough to determine who is superior in momentum.

This is a game, but it's a pity that the bet is the degree of misery of the people in Guanzhong after suffering from the locust plague.

"Doctor Wei, now is not the time to think about these things. The common people don't know about the locust plague yet. We, who have been prophets for a while, still have a lot to do."

Wei Zheng nodded, took a sip of tea and stopped talking.

The farm is not far from the warehouse. When Wei Zheng got off the carriage and saw the granaries on the flat ground, he almost sat down on the ground.

He tried his best, but he just piled up a few granaries in the front yard of his house, but the prince has so much hoarded here!

Pointing at the granary with trembling fingers, Wei Zheng asked bitterly: "His Royal Highness has hoarded so much grain, but is it for making money?"

Knowing what the old Wei head was worried about, Li Chengqian smiled slightly, stepped into the warehouse, and said: "Doctor Wei is too worried, I have a cheeky man who hasn't earned the people's hard-earned money, and the grain hoarded here will be used for disaster relief. But it’s not purely free.”

Hearing this, Wei Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.As long as it's not for making money.The food owned by the prince, even if it is filled into the market at a low price, can play a positive role in disaster relief.

Yang Dao, the steward of the warehouse, was also an eunuch, and when he saw the prince bringing Wei Zheng to inspect, he immediately came to lead the way.

He picked a granary at random and poked out some grain with a poke.

Wei Zheng stretched out his hand and rubbed it with experience, rubbed off the chaff, nodded and said: "It's good rice, there is no sign of mold."

Yang Dao arched his hands and said proudly: "So that Dr. Wei can know that the servants and others manage this place and check it every day. When it rains, they stand next to the granary for fear of getting caught in the rain. Although I dare not promise to say here There is no moldy rice, but this servant can guarantee that at least [-]% of it is good rice!"

Li Chengqian nodded, it seemed that Yang Dao still cared about his order.

The rubbed food should not be wasted. Wei Zheng simply threw the millet into his mouth, chewed it casually, and swallowed it.

The second granary, the third granary, each granary Wei Zheng would rub a little and eat.He was already very full at lunch, and now that he ate so much raw rice, it didn't take long for him to start belching.

Just check four or five at random. Li Chengqian is still very relieved about the subordinates he personally appointed.

Leave the granary on the right and enter the warehouse on the left.

When the heavy warehouse door opened and saw the things inside, Wei Zheng burped again.

This room is full of air-dried beef!

Huge chunks of meat were placed on shelves one after another. After opening the door, the rich aroma seemed to find a gap and burst out.

Walking into the warehouse, Li Chengqian randomly picked a piece of meat to have a look, and nodded in satisfaction.

There is no sign of returning to the tide, nor has it been patronized by mice, it seems that some rewards should be given to Yang Dao and others.

Although he was already full, Wei Zheng couldn't help but reached out and tore a small piece of beef into his mouth.

It's not that he is greedy, but he wants to know how different the beef that the crown prince reserves for the victims is different from the one that appeared during the spring plowing.

There is no difference, they are all the same delicious meat.

Putting the meat back on the table, Wei Zheng said with a smile, "Your Highness, I am really convinced today. Unexpectedly, the East Palace can do this in such a short period of time."

Forget about the granary, if you can't see the end at a glance, you can't count how many there are.And the warehouse here is also a long row. There is no doubt that the hoarding here is all meat.

Cattle are treasures in the Central Plains. I thought with my heels, the prince's beef was not hoarded by slaughtering cattle.In this way, their source can only be the grassland.Although he was curious about how the prince got so much meat from the prairie people, Wei Zheng chose not to ask.

If it is not a disaster year, such a method will become a way of making money paved with gold.Irrelevant personnel, it is better not to ask.

When he opened the second warehouse, Li Chengqian covered his nose and avoided it from a distance.

Smoked mutton still can't change its fishy smell, so much mutton piled up together, it's really embarrassing not to attract flies.

Patting on the door of the warehouse, Yang Dao said with emotion: "Your Highness, beef is easy to store, but mutton has taken a lot of effort from the servants. The wooden boards of the warehouse for storing mutton are drilled bit by bit with small drills by the servants and guards. Only small eyes can ensure ventilation. You said that food cannot be moldy, cannot be bitten by rats, and dried meat cannot be bitten by rats, nor can it be touched by flies. The little ones follow it carefully."

Wei Zheng didn't dislike the fishy smell of mutton, but was a little obsessed with it.

Swallowing secretly, Wei Zheng asked strangely, "Your Highness, why are you so taboo against mice and flies? In Wei Chen's opinion, even if flies crawl over jerky, it's not a big deal. They are all used to save lives stuff, who cares about that."

After ordering Yang Dao to lead someone to close the warehouse door, Li Chengqian put down his sleeves.

After taking a breath and confirming that the fishy smell had faded a lot, Li Chengqian said, "I'm afraid I'll have to talk to Daoist Sun before he can understand. Just remember that flies and mice are actually the root of many diseases. These dried meats are made with Those who come to save lives, but if the plague is caused by them, then it is not saving lives, but killing them.”

Although he didn't understand what was going on, Wei Zheng nodded seriously.

After visiting the warehouse, the sun has already set in half.

Sitting in the carriage on the way back, Wei Zheng suddenly cupped his hands to Li Chengqian with a solemn look on his face.

Li Chengqian hurriedly returned the salute and asked in surprise, "Why did Mr. Zheng salute?"

With a sigh, Wei Zheng said with emotion: "The old man was sent out of Chang'an by His Majesty because he accused the court of hoarding food for the purpose of hoarding goods. Unexpectedly, he saw the prince's preparations for the locust plague. Your Highness is a bit like a stone. This means, which makes many people envious. However, the old man wants them to know the good deeds done by the prince. I still remember when I met the prince for the first time in the ninth year of Wude. From then on, the old man believed that His Highness He is a prince who truly cares about the common people. Seeing His Highness donating countless sums of money for the common people now, it can be seen that His Highness has a benevolent heart. Although His Highness is still only the crown prince, if there is an order, the humble minister will definitely obey it without fear."

After speaking, Wei Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had made a big decision just now.

Before becoming an emperor, it was not uncommon for a prince to win over courtiers.Although he thought that he would not follow others in this life, King Xi would not become a prince or any prince's helper in the future.But after seeing Prince Li Chengqian, Wei Zheng regretted it.

People always have to pay some price in this life because of some things that they think are right.Violating the agreement between himself and himself is Wei Zheng's price.

Li Chengqian didn't expect Wei Zheng to say such a thing. Although he didn't say it clearly, he knew that Wei Zheng really wanted to support him as emperor.

This....

Just as Li Chengqian was about to say something, the carriage stopped suddenly, and the sound of the guards outside frantically turning the sack and the sound of the horizontal knife being unsheathed could be heard.

Attacked?

Wei Zheng was shocked, and he was about to block in front of the car door with his arms outstretched.

Chapter 148 Wannian County Magistrate

This old bastard, as for hurrying to court death!

He stretched out his hand and pulled Wei Zheng to signal him to retreat. Li Chengqian just pushed a piece of wood on the side compartment, and two iron plates rose from the interlayer of the compartment to block the windows. The iron shield blocked the door.

This series of organs came from the skilled craftsman who will be the supervisor, and this carriage is also an annual gift from the general supervisor to the East Palace.

The iron sheet is not so thick that it can't even resist the straight stabbing of the horizontal knife, but with them, the arrows in the distance are helpless to the people in the car.It is indeed a good gift to have such a protective carriage without affecting normal driving.first launch.. ..

He lifted a wooden board, took out two long swords inside, and handed one to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng was not afraid, instead he pulled out directly, ready to rush out at any time.

After waiting for a long time, there was no sound of Rush. Just when Li Chengqian was puzzled, Yu Tai's voice came from outside the car: "Your Highness, it's not the assassin, but the county magistrate of Wannian County with a group of government servants and people to block the attack." out of our way."

"So that's how it is. Well, restrain the soldiers from messing around, and go out and have a look."

With a sigh of relief, the iron plates were restored to their original positions.Just about to put down the sword, Wei Zheng stopped him.

Returning the sword into its sheath, Wei Zheng said seriously: "Your Highness, it is imperative to be on guard against others. It is better for us to go out with weapons."

Naturally, Li Chengqian walked out of the car door holding his sword in his hand.

In front of the carriage, there were villagers' government servants and guard soldiers facing each other.

The yamen servants only carried water and fire sticks, but who would have thought that the guys in this caravan even drew out horizontal knives.

The Tang Dynasty did not prohibit civilian weapons, but there were limits. A literati brought a sword as a decoration, and no one would control it. Orionists hunted with homemade bows and arrows, and they would not be arrested.However, horizontal knives, horse spears, crossbows, armor and other things are dangerous.If it weren't for the status of a military general or something, owning a horizontal knife would be a crime.

There are more than 500 horizontal knives, shining coldly in the sun, not to mention that these people have formed a battle formation like arrows, ready to rush over at any time.

He Shou, the magistrate of Wannian County, was so frightened that he sat on the ground paralyzed.Who would have thought that such a thing would happen when blocking the way to seek an explanation?

This is at the feet of the emperor!

But to become a county magistrate, how much courage is there.

Seeing that the men with knives had no intention of attacking, the curtain of the carriage surrounded by them had been lifted.He Shou stood up, ordered the villagers to hide behind the yamen servants, patted the dirt on his buttocks, and walked over with the carriage.

When he saw Li Chengqian, He Shou lost his mind for a moment. He was ready to face a bearded man, but who would have thought that the person in the carriage was actually a child.

Just when he thought so, Wei Zheng stood up.

People's status is actually very easy to distinguish. Seeing the long-bearded man take half a step forward and slightly shielding the child with his side, He Shou decided that this child was still the one with the highest status here.

Clearing his throat, He Shou said loudly, "He Shou, the magistrate of Xiawannian County!"

Li Chengqian thought for a while, and replied: "My son is Li Da, County Magistrate He, you don't know what you want to stop here?"