Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 19 The Big Problem in Qianzhou
Chapter 20 The Big Problem in Qianzhou
Leaving the governor's mansion, the carriage slowly moved along the streets of Qianzhou.

And Yang Chen naturally played the role of the coachman.

The carriage swayed "creakingly", which made Li Chengqian who was sitting in it tremble with his heart.

I really don't understand why Shen Liang used Liu Biao and the others to rob so much money in the past ten years, why is the governor's mansion so poor?

It's unreasonable for a majestic chief official of the state to not even have a decent means of transportation.

But then again... Where is Shen Liang's money?

What a mistake, we should first force Shen Liang to find out where his money is, and then kill him!

Alas, after feeling distressed for a while, Li Chengqian lifted the curtains of the carriage to get some air.

Qianzhou is divided into five regions.

In the center of the city is the governor's mansion, in the east of the city is the camp of Zhechong Shangfu, in the south of the city is the residential area of ​​common people, in the west of the city is the suburbs, sparsely populated, and in the north of the city is a place for merchants and traders.

The north of the city is divided into East Market and West Market. Although Qianzhou is very poor, it basically has everything it should have, so it is considered lively.

Along the way, Li Chengqian saw many common people.

These people all have yellow and thin faces, with sunken eye sockets.

Especially the clothes on his body were covered with patches. To be honest, the beggars living in Chang'an City could despise them severely in terms of material life.

It was only when they reached the merchant trading place in the east of the city that Li Chengqian made Yang Chen stop, and then walked inside with his hands behind his back.

The east of the city is actually similar to the wholesale market in later generations, with many shops in it.

However, Li Chengqian walked all the way, but found that the things sold here were very monotonous.

There are only pottery, cloth, bamboo baskets and other daily necessities. As for food, there is not even a shadow.

There are many closed shops on both sides of the street, which must be restaurants.

In this famine, the people didn't even have enough food to eat, let alone open restaurants.

Anyway, compared with the exquisite beauty of Chang'an City, it is simply a world of difference.

After strolling around, Li Chengqian said to Yang Chen beside him: "This famine is really serious. These shops don't even sell food."

Yang Chen sighed, and said, "The people in Qianzhou used to cultivate rice for a living. In this severe drought, all the people in Qianzhou have no crops. If this continues, I'm afraid it won't last long."

After Li Chengqian wandered around the eastern and western cities for a while, he lost interest, because he knew that the shortage of food was a matter of the entire Qianzhou, and it was the same wherever he went.

The east and west cities belong to the trade zone, and can be said to be the most prosperous areas in Qianzhou.

Even this place is so poor, let alone other places, it must be even more destitute.

The food problem...seems to be resolved soon.

"Gu Gu Gu..."

While thinking about the problem, Li Chengqian's stomach growled inappropriately.

This is the end of the visit, filling the stomach is the most important thing.

After returning to the Governor's Mansion, Su Han greeted him with a smile, "His Royal Highness, it's time to prepare dinner."

Today is still four dishes and one soup. Under the superb cooking skills of the maids, the food is full of color, fragrance and taste, which makes people's index fingers move.

Looking at these dishes, Li Chengqian said: "Xiaohan, how much food is there in the Governor's Mansion?"

Su Han was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became distressed: "Your Highness...there are not many left. These are the food left by Shen Liang, but with so many people in the Governor's Mansion, I'm afraid it won't last long."

"I see, come... eat quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold." Li Chengqian smiled.

No matter how difficult the situation is, he doesn't want Su Han to worry, because this is a man's responsibility!
...

In the next few days, Li Chengqian was not idle either. After visiting Qianzhou City, he went outside the city again.

The drought this year is indeed severe. The fields outside Qianzhou City are barren, and there is not even a single weed in sight.

Seeing this situation, Li Chengqian's heart sank to the bottom.

Datang is now powerful in all directions, Li Shimin sharpens his sword eagerly, and directly strikes at people who are not convinced.

But if there is a natural disaster, there is nothing he can do.

Although the Tang Dynasty had the Silk Road and its commerce was extremely developed, it was still essentially an agricultural country.

Food really determined the prosperity and stability of the Tang Dynasty, so the emperor attached great importance to it.

Just like Li Shimin, at the beginning of spring every year, he would lead all the officials to set up an altar in the Taiji Palace to pray for blessings and pray for a year of good weather.

When Empress Elder Sun was alive, she would lead her family members to go to the field after the autumn harvest to pick up the rice and wheat left in the field during the autumn harvest one by one, to show that the people cherished the blessings.

This shows how important food is to Datang.

When he first came to Qianzhou, Li Chengqian had a rough idea of ​​the situation in Qianzhou.

But after learning the truth, he realized that the real situation was more shocking than he had imagined.

The whole year's busy work was completely wiped out in the scorching sun!

In the fields outside Qianzhou City, if you look around, you can see farmers in twos and threes.

Everyone squatted at the edge of the field, sighing, staring at the dead rice in a daze.

Others were groping along the roadside, hoping to dig up some wild vegetables to go back to satisfy their hunger.

Li Chengqian looked at the backs of those farmers Xiao Suo, couldn't help pursing his lips, and then put down the curtains silently.

Qianzhou is in the southernmost direction of Datang, where many countries are threatening his land.

Pyu, Chenla, various ministries of the Southern Man, Tianzhu, etc., these countries are all close to the southern part of the Tang Dynasty, and often have frictions with the Tang Dynasty.

Although the southern border of the Tang Dynasty was guarded by Jieshouguan frontier troops, it was inevitable that some fish that slipped through the net would go to Qianzhou and other places to plunder.

This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, that's why Li Yuan set up the Qianzhou Governor's Mansion in Qianzhou before.

Today's Qianzhou can't stand the toss. It is a technical job for him to drive away the tigers and wolves next door, and there is no way to do it now.

However, during this period of time, he can work hard to develop Qianzhou. As long as Qianzhou rises, he will no longer be afraid of those countries in the south.

More importantly, he can make Qianzhou an iron wall sticking to the south, keeping those alien races out!
"Yang, don't drive, go back!"

After a long silence, Li Chengqian ordered lightly.

"Here!"

Yang Chen responded and hurried back.

Along the way, Li Chengqian had a headache on how to develop Qianzhou.

Now Qianzhou is short of food, so we have to solve this problem first.

"Yang Chen, after returning to the Governor's Mansion, go and bring Sihu to join the military to see me!"

"Here!"

Soon, they returned to the Governor's Mansion.

Li Chengqian waited in the front hall for a while, and then a middle-aged man in a blue shirt came over, it was Sihu and Fang Xiong who joined the military.

"Grandpa Li has something to order, but please order." Fang Xiong asked respectfully.

Li Chengqian said straight to the point: "Fang Sihu, you are in charge of managing the registered land in Qianzhou, right?"

Fang Xiong arched his hands and said, "Go back to Mr. Li, the next official is right."

"You don't need to find two good fields, it doesn't need to be too big, one or two acres is enough, and then put them under my name, remember the location must be better, the less people know about it, the better." Li Chengqian said.

Fang Xiong was stunned for a moment, puzzled and said: "Grandpa Li, now the whole Qianzhou belongs to you, it's no problem to give you the land, but... what do you want the land for?"

"Don't ask me about that. In short, these two fields are related to Qianzhou... and even the fate of the entire Tang Dynasty, so you must take it seriously!" Li Chengqian said with a serious face.

"... "

Fang Xiong opened his mouth, his face a little dazed.

Isn't it just to find two good fields, why is it like saving the earth, good guy, this made his blood boil...

(End of this chapter)