Chapter 124: Really stingy to the extreme
What if there is suddenly not enough food?
Zhao Chen's words were clearly joking with him, Li Shimin.
The entire city of Chang'an has a population of 1.5 million.
It was the most prosperous city in the Tang Dynasty.
How could there be a shortage of food in the capital of the Tang Dynasty?
Although most of Chang'an City's food supply is controlled by the Five Surnames and Qiwang.
But the government's granaries, large and small, were also filled with food to prepare for emergencies.
Not enough food?
This is absolutely impossible!
Seeing that Old Li Tou was so disbelieving, Zhao Chen just smiled and said, "Old Li Tou, I am telling you this matter seriously again. I watch the sky at night. It will rain in Chang'an City tomorrow night."
"This rain will last for a month."
"Haha! Zhao Chen, you don't need to make up such a lie to deceive someone. The weather is so good. It won't rain for at least half a month!" Li Shimin laughed, with a strange look on his face.
Li Shimin didn't believe it.
The sun is shining outside and there is no sign of rain in the sky. Will it suddenly rain for a month?
Zhao Chen himself said that he was not a disciple of an immortal.
This was obviously Zhao Chen trying to defraud him of his money!
Li Shimin didn't care either.
But what's the point of giving more than 10,000 yuan to Zhao Chen?
I had wronged him so much, how could I make up for it with more than 10,000 yuan?
"If you don't believe it, Old Litou, then forget it, but you'd better tell the superiors and remember to collect grain. At least it should be able to last until after the autumn harvest."
"By the way, when everything is fine, ask the people above to check some granaries. Don't make sure something goes wrong!" Zhao Chen waved his hand and said casually.
Since Lao Li Tou was unwilling, Zhao Chen didn't want to force him.
If it weren't for the fact that Lao Li Tou wasn't so annoying these days, Zhao Chen wouldn't have told him about this matter.
Zhao Chen remembered that on September 19, the ninth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, a heavy rainstorm broke out and lasted
A whole month.
The heavy rain disrupted food delivery to various places.
The entire city of Chang'an was in crisis of food shortage.
Qi Wang, the fifth surname, owned a large granary, but refused to borrow grain.
In the end, Li Shimin had no choice but to humble himself and beg in person, and the crisis was finally resolved.
But whether the superior Li Er is embarrassed or not has nothing to do with Zhao Chen.
Old Li Tou gave all his things to the emperor, but Li Er didn't show any sign of it.
Really stingy to the extreme.
You deserve to be embarrassed.
Anyway, this matter can be properly resolved in the end.
"I know this, so I will put the money in this account with you first. Don't let me lose it to you all at once!"
"Old Wei, let's go!" Li Shimin said casually, shouted to Wei Zheng, stood up and walked out.
"Hey, I..." Wei Zheng followed out with a look of disappointment.
You didn't get a penny this time, so why did you treat Fang Xuanling to a ridiculous meal?
This time, he will definitely laugh at him for the rest of his life.
Seeing the two people leaving, Zhao Chen shook his head.
Secretly, Lao Litou had no vision at all and missed such a good opportunity to make money.
I just hope that he will not forget what he just told him.
…
"Your Majesty, since you know that what Zhao Chen said is definitely useless, why do you still let him do it?"
"That's 20,000 yuan of silver, and he lost it in vain?"
On the way back, Wei Zheng still looked lost.
His two thousand swords were about to be defeated by Zhao Chen before he even took a glance at them.
The pain in Wei Zheng's heart!
He couldn't wait to go to Zhao Chen's tavern now and get the money back.
"Didn't Zhao Chen earn this money in the first place? Even if he loses it, is it okay?"
"Am I still short of that much money?" Li Shimin said calmly, clasping his hands behind his back.
Wei Zheng's face turned dark.
I know in my heart that you are not lacking, but I, Wei Zheng, am lacking.
Your Majesty, have you not seen that my clothes are still patched?
I haven't even seen any meat or fish in my house.
"Wei Zheng, do you believe what Zhao Chen said?" Li Shimin stopped, turned around and looked at Wei Zheng.
"What words?"
Wei Zheng was still thinking about his money and didn't notice what Li Shimin just said.
"Zhao Chen said there will be a heavy rain tomorrow night, and it will last for a month!" Li Shimin said.
In Li Shimin's impression, there seemed to be no mistakes in what Zhao Chen had said and done before.
Although Li Shimin didn't believe what Zhao Chen said just now, he still seemed to have a knot in his mind.
If it's really like what Zhao Chen said...
"Your Majesty, the Taishi Bureau will definitely know whether it will rain tomorrow. It's getting late today, so I will accompany your Majesty tomorrow to ask. Will it be clear?" Wei Zheng said.
In fact, he was thinking about what if the Taishi Bureau said it wouldn't rain.
He had to convince the emperor to get the money back from Zhao Chen.
After all, that’s his two thousand strings!
"Of course it is!" Li Shimin nodded.
…
Zhao Chen got up early the next morning and sent a letter to Cheng Chumo yesterday, asking him and Qin Huaiyu to come over this morning.
As soon as the door of the tavern opened, Zhao Chen saw two people walking towards this direction.
"Zhao Chen!" When the two saw Zhao Chen, they shouted loudly and waved to Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen was worried about these two people before.
The guy couldn't get up early in the morning, but luckily, he wasn't late.
"Come for breakfast. I'll ask you two for help today." Zhao Chen greeted.
The two walked into the tavern and sat down on stools.
"Zhao Chen, what's the matter, just say it!"
"Brother, I will definitely do something wonderful for you!" Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu said, patting their chests.
The two of them came out so early, so they were naturally caught by Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong.
I originally thought that if they went out so early, they must be sneaking around and not missing the point.
Thinking that this must be sorted out.
But when they saw the letter written by Zhao Chen, Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong didn't say a word.
They waved their hands and told their respective boys to get out.
"I really need your help today. I want you to help raise some money! Recruit a group of people!" Zhao Chen said.
"Collect money? Recruit people?" Qin Huaiyu was a little surprised.
"Brother, how much do you want? Let me see if I can get it!" Cheng Chumo asked, then poured the porridge into his mouth.
Zhao Chen stood up and took several steps back.
"Zhao Chen, what are you doing?" Qin Huaiyu looked at Zhao Chen's movements strangely.
"It probably takes ten thousand guan——"
"puff--"
As soon as Zhao Chen finished speaking, Cheng Chumo immediately took a sip, and the porridge in his mouth sprayed at least three meters away.
Qin Huaiyu, who was sitting next to him, accidentally got sprayed all over him.
"What the hell -" Qin Huaiyu jumped up immediately.
"Zhao Chen, you said you wanted 10,000 yuan. Oh my god, unless I take out all my old men to pay for it."
"How else could I get so much money?" Cheng Chumo wiped his mouth and looked at Zhao Chen with a face full of surprise.
How could he, Cheng Chumo, get ten thousand guan?
It is estimated that the Duke Lu's mansion will be completely emptied.
