What if they ran out of food?
Li Yi's words made Li Shi Min gasp.
What kind of joke was this?
The entire Chang 'an City had a population of nearly two million.
Although most of the food supply was controlled by the Seven Sects and Five Families, the Tang government had enough food to deal with all kinds of sudden disasters.
There was not enough food…
Li Shi Min couldn't think of such a possibility!
Li Yi saw Li Shiming's surprise.
" Listen to me, Old Huang," he said with a smile." If my observation is correct, there will be a prolonged rainstorm in Chang 'an in three days."”
Li Shi Min smiled casually,"Oh? How did you find out?"
Li Yi knew that he didn't believe him.
After all, they were not familiar with each other. Who would be willing to give up all their assets and invest in something that seemed to be non-existent?
No one was stupid.
Li Yi didn't say much. Out of good intentions, he reminded Li Shimin,""Old Huang, it's okay if you don't invest, but you have to store up food recently. It has to be able to last for at least three to five months.”
Old Huang had been taking good care of Li Yi for the past few months.
Li Yi was a grateful person.
Once he said it, whether Old Huang believed it or not would no longer be Li Yi's business.
Li Yi's personality was like this. Everyone cleaned the snow in front of their own door and did not care about the frost on others.
He hastily finished his lunch.
Old Yellow left.
Li Yi shook his head and finally fixed his gaze on his own house.
This was a three-story house. Although it was in the suburbs of Wannian County, the current housing prices in Chang 'an were not bad.
According to the Chang 'an County Annals of the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Yi estimated that this house was worth more than 4,000 strings of Kaiyuan Tongbao. (According to the usual conversion rate of 70 yuan)
Now, the price of grain in Chang 'an market had not risen. Currently, a bucket of rice was 40% and 50%.
The purchasing power of 4,000 strings of strings was 40,000 stone meters.
Three days later, the price of grain was still stable, but a month later, a bucket of rice would rise to ten coins.
Two months later, it rose to a terrifying 20 gold coins.
Three months later, it rose to a terrifying 50 gold coins!
F * ck, in other words, his assets would increase tenfold in three months.
4,000 strings became 40,000 strings!
After he was clear about this, Li Yi went to the dental clinic on the outskirts of Wannian County.
The so-called " yamen " was no different from the usury of the later generations. Li Yi was not satisfied with the price after negotiating with the left and right.
He returned home and prepared to go to Chang 'an the next day to discuss the sale of the house.
……
The next morning, Li Yi woke up early and dressed up before heading out.
At this moment, Li Shimin arrived with a middle-aged man pulling an ox cart behind him.
Li Yi looked at Li Shiming in confusion.
He laughed and said,"Last night, I cashed in my family's money and now I have ten thousand Guan Tong Bao."”
F * ck!
This Old Yellow was not simple. Why was his taste so sharp?
If their identities were swapped, Li Yi would not believe his own lies!
But Old Huang believed him!
Li Yi didn't waste any time on formalities and said to Li Shimin,""Old Huang, trust me, I won't mistreat you. Three months later, I'll return you twenty thousand strings of Tong Bao!”
As if I would believe you!
If you weren't my son, would I have accompanied you?
However, even if 10,000 strings were wasted, would Li Shi Min care?
As long as this silly child was happy, he could do anything. What was this little bit of money?
Li Shi Min was still suspicious,"Why three months? Don't doubt me about this. I'm just curious. Why are you so confident?”
Li Yi thought for a moment and said," Because in two days, this storm will continue for three months. The city will be in dire need of food. Three months later, the price of a bushel of rice will increase tenfold!”
Li Yi said.
Li Shi Min's body stiffened.
The middle-aged man called Old Fang behind him also twitched his mouth.
His Majesty was really good at causing trouble.
He even said that this kid's brain disease 'was cured.
This is called a brain disease?
This old Fang was naturally Fang Xuanling, who had planned to place Li Yi in the suburbs of Wannian County.
He looked at Li Shiming with a bitter smile and sighed in his heart. His Majesty…the love of a father is boundless!
At a time like this, he still had the time to play around with his silly son.
The entire Imperial Court was currently working hard on the matter of the Turks in the northern borders.
Tomorrow, Li Jing's army would leave Shuofang and annihilate Jie Li Khan.
How? How to fight? However, Li Shimin had to control the overall situation.
These days, Fang Xuanling often saw Li Shimin sneaking out of the palace and thought that something big had happened.
So…he came here to offer his fatherly love!
At noon.
Li Yi prepared to cook personally.
His culinary skills were not bad, but he could not resist the cooking methods of the Great Tang.
These days, his mouth had long faded away.
Now that he had received 10,000 Guan Tong Bao from Li Shi Min, he could be considered a rich man.
He naturally would not mistreat himself.
He asked Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling to wait at home for a while, while he went to the market on the outskirts of Wannian County to buy some iron pots and dishes.
Only Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling were left in the huge house.
Fang Xuanling said earnestly to Li Shimin,"Your Majesty, I know that you owe this child in your heart, but now that the northern borders are in a mess and the army is about to set off tomorrow, you came here today to accompany this child to cause trouble.”
"You were the one who arranged for my son to be placed here. If not, he would have become the heir to the throne. Don't you feel guilty?" Li Shi Min said with a stern face.”
Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded.
Letting a 'fool' inherit the Crown Prince's position…Wouldn't the Great Tang be ridiculed to death by its neighboring countries?
"Ahem, Your Majesty, do you think this child looks like a normal person?”
"Why not? His words were logical and coherent. This was not a normal person. What was a normal person? My son's illness has already recovered. I…want to lay my cards on the table!”
Fang Xuanling's face was pale with fright. He said anxiously,""Your Majesty, you must not do this. Where do you place Li Chengqian? What reason was there to dismiss Li Chengqian as the crown prince?”
"Taking ten thousand steps back, this child…is he really normal?”
Would a normal person in your family spout such nonsense?
Spending 10,000 strings of Guan to hoard 100,000 dans of grain?
He even said that there would be a prolonged rainstorm in Chang 'an in two days?
Could it be that this child was enlightened by a deity and could predict the future?
This was impossible!
Li Shimin thought for a while and said," If it doesn't work, I'll ask Yuan Tiangang tonight. He's in the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. He should be able to calculate the weather in recent days."”
While the two of them were talking, Li Yi returned.
He was carrying an iron pot and some chicken, duck, fish, and meat.
"You two are in luck today." Li Yi smiled." I guarantee you that you'll want to eat it again after eating it once!”
The two of them smiled and nodded. Their eyes were filled with love for the mentally handicapped.
Li Yi naturally didn't think too much about it and asked casually,""What are you two talking about? Why are you making it sound so congenial?"
Li Shi Min smiled," I'm just concerned about the recent events of the court. I heard that His Majesty is going to send troops to the north to attack the Jie Li Khan."”
"Oh." Li Yi replied,"If this matter isn't handled properly, many Tang soldiers might be sacrificed.”
Hmm?
What was that?
Li Shiming and Fang Xuanling were both stunned, their expressions changing.
Li Shiming and the others had already discussed the strategy of sending troops and the potential dangers.
They really couldn't figure out what else was wrong.
Now that they heard Li Yi's words, the two of them were immediately interested.
"What do you mean?" Li Shimin asked.
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