Late autumn.

The weather is getting colder, the leaves are yellow, and the fields are bleak. This year's autumn harvest is not as expected by Li Chao. Most of the crops have been harvested. Only a small part of the fields with water by the river can keep the harvest, but the yield is not as good as in previous years.

Li Chao learned from some letters sent to him by the imperial court that the three places in Guanzhong, Henan and Hebei this year harvested less than two years before the previous year. The Shannan area was much better, and the harvest was about 30% of that in previous years.

However, the harvest of grain is small this year, but the harvest of locusts is pretty good.

There are many locusts this fall, but they have not been able to form a major locust plague. First, the number is not large, and secondly, there are too many arrests. In each prefecture, county, township and village, and on the roadsides of the fields and rivers, there are fires everywhere, and locusts are caught everywhere.

Not only are the locusts unlucky, but this year, those who fly in the sky and run in the river, are also considered a disaster year. All the birds and animals that can be eaten are included in the harvest.

Li Chao looked at the summary reports and his eyebrows relaxed a little. The weather was cold, but the refugees did not appear. The court's control was still very good. This control was not based on strong use. After all, there has not been any place to starve to death from the news reported from all over the country.

Those who are young and have no food and money at home are already receiving relief food.

Just don't starve to death.

Prince Chengqian was trying on a new set of armor and a new set of golden armor. This thing was covered with gold foil on it, but it was actually very thin. If you went to the battlefield, the effect would be worse than that of an ordinary leather armor. But Chengqian was only eight years old after all, and this time he had just led 5,000 soldiers in the palace and conquered hundreds of thousands of earthly barbarians, so he would definitely be a little complacent.

Li Chao was also willing to let him pretend, after all, this pair added some reputation to the prince.

Originally, Li Chao meant to set up a city entry ceremony in Xiangyang, and then he would show some of the local barbarian camp leaders and leaders, and then let the soldiers put on clean armor and military robes, and put them in neat formations into the city, and then let Li Chengqian stand on the chariot and enter the city wearing armor.

The scene is enough.

But Li Chengqian felt that his original leather armor was too ordinary, just like the outfits of Little Soldier A and Little Soldier B. How could he match the grand scene tomorrow?

He remembered the grand triumphal ceremony when his father wore golden armor and entered Chang'an City on a chariot with Li Shiji after the Battle of the Central Plains.

Li Chengqian insisted on wearing a set of golden armor like that, and asked Li Chao to ride in the chariot with him and wear golden armor together.

"Yellow sand wears golden armor for hundreds of battles, and will not return until it is destroyed! Teacher, what do you think of my golden armor?"

There was no ready-made golden armor, and the real golden armor could not be worn, so Li Chao asked the craftsmen to paste Cheng Qian's original leather armor with gold foil, which looked decent. There were special armor craftsmen in the army, and it was not a big deal to paste gold foil.

Leather armor with gold foil can blind people's eyes.

However, it does reflect the extraordinary power of the prince Cheng Qian, with a golden helmet and armor, just like a heavenly soldier and general.

"Not bad!" Li Chao nodded.

Then he continued to look back at the things in his hand. He could receive things from Chang'an every now and then, including the handwritten letters from Li Shimin to him, some internal consultants from the Political Affairs Hall sent to him by the Political Affairs Hall, and of course, there were also letters from his home.

Cui Yingying wrote this time that her family donated another 10,000 stones of grain to the court, and now she still has some grain. She discussed with her father that she planned to lend the stored grain in the fields in Hebei, Shannan, Henan, Longyou and Shuofang to the farmers for one year with interest-free food, and the remaining food was donated to the court.

Li Chao was very pleased that Cui Yingying was so smart and money-loving woman who took the initiative to make such a plan at this time. Food is important, but the Li family is small and all of them are in Chang'an. Therefore, the remaining grain stored in the fields outside are very good to deal with.

First give your own farmers a year of food rations so that they can overcome this difficulty. The rest will be given to the government, so that they can earn more reputation.

Money is important, but now the Li family needs more reputation in order to become a famous family. Li Chao originally thought that Cui Yingying might have proposed a smart plan to exchange grain for land, but fortunately she did not have such a plan.

In the year of famine, borrowing grain from the people, then waiting for the debt to expire, not paying back the grain, and then asking people to exchange the land for the land. This is the custom of many large-scale landlords. Most of the land of those large-scale households comes from this. Every time a major famine disaster, the people suffer, but their own losses can often be compensated by annexing the land in this way.

But Li Chao is actually quite opposed to this behavior and thinks to take advantage of the situation. Although for many people, if they are about to starve to death, they can get life-saving food, houses, fields and children, and they will even rush to get such an opportunity, Li Chao does not want the Li family to do this.

The Li family has a way to make money, and the Li family also has a better way to expand production in Land, so this is not needed at all.

In the letter, Cui Yingying also said that the family is well.

The six children are all very healthy, Hong Shi and Wanyan are also very healthy, and the fetus is very good. The father is also in good health, and Qi Niang and the children in her belly are also healthy.

Nowadays, many people often come to inquire about the Li family and want to marry the Li family, the unborn. And those who have this intention are basically famous families.

Not to mention the five surnames in Shandong, they are famous families in Guanxi, nobles in the court, and the gentry in Jiangnan. Many of them are first-class and have the meaning of marriage. Although they are not the main clan, any famous family is not lush and has several branches. No matter which branch, they are actually enough to match the Li family. After all, the children who have not married the Li family are only born in fertile children.

What they value more is Li Chao's position in the court and the Li family's rapid ability to rise.

Li Chao was not anxious about these two children who had not yet been born. It would not be too late to choose slowly when they were born. When they knew it was a man or a woman. When they were born, they would be his brother. You have to use some thought to choose a better one for him.

In the letter, Cui Yingying also said that in another month, she will bring her family and children to Xiangyang.

In another month, not only will Cui Yingying come, but Li Shimin will also lead the imperial officials and the imperial guards from Chang'an to leave Beijing and move to Xiangyang.

It was only one month before Li Shimin and the court were about to move to Xiangyang.

Li Chao not only had to prepare a palace for Li Shimin, but also prepared food and other supplies for 200,000 to 300,000 people.

Time is short and the task is arduous.
Chapter completed!