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Chapter 143 Taicang Fire

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    Li Zhi stood in the corridor and had already heard the sounds outside.

    Taicang, Taicang, north of Yeting Palace, was the royal granary, and there was a fire there.  Why did the fire break out there on this rainy day?

    In late spring, it rained again. How could Taicang suddenly catch fire?

    There was a fire in the royal granary, and the outside was in chaos. Li Zhi took Xia He out of Wanchun Palace, and saw several streams of people rushing towards the north of Yeting Palace.

    The flow of the spring rain is sprouting, stabilizing the water on the ground, and looking at the northern part of the palace of Yuting. It can already be seen that the thick smoke can be seen, piercing the wind and rain, and shaking up.

    At the Li Zheng Palace, Queen Changsun and His Highness had also rushed out. When they saw Li Zhi, they had already walked away from Li Zhi.

    "Mother, please go back to the Lizheng Palace to rest, and the emperor will go take a look!"

    "There was a fire in Taicang, how could the queen mother sit still!"

    The carriage arrived. King Jin supported the queen and hurriedly got into the carriage. The carriage passed through the spring rain and passed through the crowd. Li Zhi saw from the window of the carriage that the crowd was in a panic, and the stagnant water from the trampling had already wet the skirts of countless trouser legs.

    The closer we get to Taicang, the more intense and dense the smoke we see. At this time, we can already see the light of the fire. The light of the fire can be seen on the other side of the towering palace wall, which shows that the fire is not small.

    "Mother, this fire came suddenly."

    "People from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment have been summoned."

    Li Zhi stopped talking. What he could think of, his mother couldn't think of. Her mother would only think more and more carefully than he did.

    Taicang is an important place for royal grain storage, but it can suffer such a big fire, and it is also rainy weather. I am afraid the reason is not simple.

    By the time they arrived in Taicang, teams of Bei Ya Imperial Guards and Palace Imperial Guards were already putting out the fire. However, the fire was so intense that it was difficult to put it out even with manpower.

    Several ponds near Taicang have dried up, and it¡¯s unknown how many fish have suffered.  From the moat that protected the imperial city, buckets of water were brought to Taicang.

    Every well nearby was surrounded by people, and the clear well water was pulled out of the well and quickly poured over the scalding flames, turning into rolling steam.

    Several buildings in Taicang have been burned to the ground, and thick smoke is still rising. The air is filled with the smell of burning food, and the strong smell of smoke makes Li Zhi have to pull his mother and the little princess back.

    ¡°Have people demolish those two buildings immediately!¡±

    There, Queen Changsun looked at the raging flames, her eyes reflecting the raging flames and the hurried crowd.

    There, the Beiya Imperial Guards had gathered their manpower. The fire was so intense that the soldiers had to wet their clothes with water and cover their faces with soaked cloth in order to get close to the fire scene.

    Everyone worked together to knock down the two buildings. The flow of people hurriedly swept away the flammable wood and moved the food accumulated in the warehouse out of the warehouse as quickly as possible.

    Blocking method, when the fire is difficult to control, clear an area on the path of the flame spread where the flame cannot continue to spread.

    Li Zhi looked at the two houses that were quickly cleared, and naturally saw that the queen mother's choice was the most appropriate.

    By the time people from the East Palace arrived, the fire had been brought under control. Here in Taicang, people were still extinguishing the remaining flames. There were grains burned to ashes everywhere on the ground, and it was no longer clear what kind of grain they were.

    The rescued grains were piled up haphazardly. Several grain bags had broken, and the wheat grains rolled down into the rain, making them appear round and plump.

    "Have the people from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple investigate immediately!"

    "Yes, Queen Mother, the Emperor will have someone go check it out right now. Queen Mother, leave this to the Emperor. Queen Mother, please go back to the palace and rest!"

    Li Chengqian braved the wind and rain and looked at the tragic scene of being burned here in Taicang. He did not dare to let the atmosphere rise a few times in Queen Changsun's place.  There was a fire in Taicang. This meant that her own backyard was burned down. One can imagine how the mother and queen felt at this time.

    Li Chengqian was the prince, and Taizong was not in Chang'an at this time. The responsibility of supervising the country fell on him. There was a fire in Taicang. He had no way to escape the responsibility.  At the very least, it is an oversight. How dare you neglect it at this time.

    The bright flames of the flames have been extinguished at this time, and there is still thick smoke billowing in the ruins.

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    After Queen Changsun left, Li Chengqian commanded the Imperial Army to clean up the scene and count the losses. People from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment also began to investigate the cause of the fire in the rain. The prince ordered that the cause of the fire must be found out.

    Li Zhi did not follow Empress Changsun back. He looked at the hundreds of sacks of wheat piled there, which probably amounted to nearly a thousand stones of wheat.One stone in ancient times was equivalent to about fifty-three kilograms in later generations. In other words, there must have been forty or fifty tons of wheat accumulated in the rain here at this time.

    Forty or fifty tons, based on the output of land in the Tang Dynasty, the yield per mu was about one stone. The grain accumulated here is equivalent to the output of nearly a thousand acres of fertile land in one season.

    At this time, there was no such thing as corn in China, so there was no such farming system as two harvests a year, one season of wheat and one season of corn.  Even if the Guanzhong soil is fertile, that is, for planting wheat, millet, and beans, we can barely achieve two harvests of wheat and beans or two crops of grain and beans.

    Most areas in the north are bitterly cold, and it is common to harvest once a year. In some areas, the land is so barren that it is difficult to achieve one stone per mu.

    So much food was piled up haphazardly in the spring rain, and most of it was soaked. Li Zhi looked at the busy imperial brother and walked over.

    "Brother, these wheat?"

    "Third brother, how can the emperor have time to take care of this wheat at this time?"

    "Then can you give me these Wheat Emperor Brothers!"

    "What do you want this wheat for?"

    "Brother Huang will know this in a few days."

    "Okay, Brother Huang will ask someone to transport the wheat to, Third Brother, do you want to transport it to Prince Jin's Mansion?"

    "It would be best if it could be transported to Prince Jin's Mansion."

    "Okay, brother Huang understands."

    Li Zhi left Taicang. He had no control over the affairs here and did not want to get involved.  Li Zhi does not intend to get involved in any major family and country affairs. Being involved in these matters will always give people the feeling that they are fighting for something. This feeling must not be allowed to others, let alone the eldest brother of the prince.

    At this time, Li Zhi wants to be an idle king, making people think that he has no intention of entering politics, and just wants to be a prince in the prosperous times. It is best to show that he has no intention of entering politics, so that people can't be wary of him at all.  .

    After returning to Wanchun Hall, Li Zhi asked Xia He to go to Prince Jin's Mansion, and waited for the people from the East Palace to transport the batch of rain-damp wheat to Prince Jin's Mansion.

    Xia He left, and Chuntao took the remaining royal maidens to Ruyin in the Bamboo Garden early in the morning.

    At this time, Li Zhi was in Wanchun Palace, but he suddenly lost anyone close to him.

    He walked out of the Wanchun Hall, looked over there in the direction of the Li Zheng Gate, and saw a little head sticking out of the Li Zheng Gate. He glanced at the Wanchun Hall, and when he saw himself, the little head quickly shrank back from the Li Zheng Gate.  Inside.

    Li Zhi smiled and walked towards the Lizheng Gate. After entering the Lizheng Gate, he saw the figure of the little imperial sister entering the Lizheng Hall.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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