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"Your Majesty," Li Ran, the eunuch general manager, came from the outside with a secret report in his hand, bowed to Li Shimin and said shrillly: "You ordered the investigation yesterday to be investigated,"

He looked up carefully at the emperor who was in charge, and Li Ran continued, "It is true that the Liu family has stored grain, and it has started since the beginning of the year. In the territory of the Tang Dynasty, there are almost all the wealthy counties and counties who have collected grain from their servants of the Liu family. However, they did this matter secretly, so few people still know about it."

"It started at the beginning of the year?" Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, and his brows frowned slightly. Could it be that Liu Yi had already expected that the battle would be today? If that were the case, Liu Yi would be too terrifying.

"How much rice and grain have they purchased together? Where are they stored now?" suppressing this absurd idea in his heart, Li Shimin reached out to fold the newspaper in Li Ran's hand and asked Li Ran softly.

"Return to the emperor," Li Ran bowed and replied, "It is about a million tantares in front and behind, and they are now being transported to Sanyuan Liu's house. As for the purpose of this batch of rice and grain, it is not clear yet."

"The purpose is not clear?" He glanced down at Li Ran, and Li Shimin rebuked lightly: "Let's talk about it, he is a small Sanyuan Liu family, who does not hide troops or has no grain shops. Why does he use so much rice and grain for no reason? Could it be that he still wants to use nearly one million dan of grain to open a few grain shops?"

The whole grain shop in the Tang Dynasty may be able to raise enough of this million dan of grain. If you say that the Liu family secretly purchased these grains just to open a rice and grain shop, let alone the wise king Li Shimin, even Li Ran, the eunuch who rarely walked out of the palace, could see clearly.

"Does Mr. Liu really want to make money from the national crisis?" Li Ran couldn't help but murmur in a low voice when he heard the emperor explain it clearly.

"That's not to mention that Liu Yi is not the kind of foolish person who is short-sighted," Li Shimin shook his head lightly, and suddenly felt a little headache: "What's more, even if he is smart, he couldn't have expected that I would use troops to Gaochang ten months ago."

Ten months ago, the envoys of Gaochang State had not arrived yet. The relationship between Gao and Tang countries had not deteriorated yet. He, the king of the Tang Dynasty, had never thought about using troops to Gaochang, and Liu Yiu had no idea.

Therefore, Liu Yi started secretly purchasing and collecting food and grass so early, so he must have another idea. But what he was thinking about was really hard to figure out for a while. And if the prince hadn't reminded him this time, he would have been kept in his bones until now.

"Okay, you go back first." Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but think of the hatred between his incompetent eldest son and Liu Yi. He couldn't help but feel bored again. He waved to Li Ran and said softly: "Don't have any task for the time being, just monitor the flow of these food and grass closely."

Everything is just speculation, and I am not in a hurry to draw conclusions. After all, there are still two or three months left before the troops sent to Gaochang, so I am not in a hurry. However, if Liu Yi really made the expected act of a profiteer, the court would not have spared lightly.

"Yes, the emperor." After responding, Li Ran quietly withdrew and stood quietly outside the study door. Just as he was thinking about whether he wanted to sell Liu Yiyi and secretly tell Liu Yi about this matter. Liu Erjie walked slowly from a distance in his official uniform.

"Well, Mr. Li? Erzhao is polite here." From afar, Liu Erzhao bowed to Li Ran politely. When he walked in, a small bag of silver in the sleeve was also handed out quietly.

"It turns out it's Lord Liu, I'll give you a gift." Knowing why he was, he didn't dare to accept the gift from Liu Erzhao. Li Ran stepped aside and bowed to return the gift. Seeing the hidden movements in Liu Erzhao's sleeves, he knew that he must have something to ask for, so he honestly reached out and took over the thing. Taking advantage of the time when the gift was returned, he smiled and said softly in Liu Laoer's ear: "The emperor just went to court, and he was tired. He was drinking tea and resting in the moment. If Lord Liu had no important reason, I would advise you to wait until later or tomorrow morning."

As expected, he was an old man who had been in the palace for decades. Before he could speak, he told the situation he wanted to know the most. This hundred cents of silver is worth spending.

"If you are lucky, General Li came to the house and reported it to me. There is indeed something urgent to do when the official comes here." He looked at Li Ran gratefully, and Liu Erzhao bowed his hand to invite him again.

"So, Lord Liu is here for a moment." Seeing that Liu Erzhao insisted and did not care about his hidden reminder, Li Ran couldn't help but sigh. The emperor was worried about storing rice and grain in your Liu family. However, you Liu Erzhao wanted to come to see you at this time. No matter what you are doing, I am afraid it won't go as planned.

"It's a good job!" Liu Ertiao said politely again. Seeing Li Ran turn into the room, his eyes narrowed. Li Ran's reminder just now was not unaware of it, and from Li Ran's invisible instructions, he vaguely realized that the emperor's displeasure seemed to be related to their Liu family, which made him even more determined that he was going to see Li Shimin now. Liu Ertiao believed that with the things he was holding in his arms, the emperor would be very dissatisfied with their Liu family, and would show his feelings.

"Can the Emperor know about the purchase of grain in the Liu Mansion?" Liu Ertiao couldn't help but feel nervous when he remembered the words of his elder brother last night and the purchase of grain that he mentioned several times. Although he didn't know how much rice and grain he had bought with his elder brother, nearly half of the family wealth in the Liu Mansion is there, and it seems that it would not be a decimal.

When a large number of rice and grain were purchased, especially when there was a national war, people would inevitably be mistaken for being a good place to be a good place to be a good place to make a fortune in the national crisis. Well, after touching the instant noodles in his arms, Liu Ertiao's thoughts paused. Although the elder brother's approach was indeed a bit meaningful, this was also thinking about the Tang Dynasty, which was not beneficial to the Liu Mansion and the imperial court. I think the emperor would not make more trouble.

Liu Ertiao was thinking about it. When he heard someone in the study, he adjusted his clothes up and down, bowed his head and stepped in.

"I pay homage to the emperor!" Seeing Li Shimin sitting in the middle, Liu Ertiao took two steps forward to greet him.

"Yeah, I'll give you a seat!" He nodded gently, looked down at Liu Ertiao, and Li Shimin gave a soft command to his subordinates without any joy or sorrow.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Because he was not in the court, Liu Ertiao also let go a lot. After bowing to Li Shimin again, he then put it on the chair that the eunuchs had just moved behind him to sit down.

"I wonder why Liu Qing is here?" Putting down the secret fold in his hand, Li Shimin looked up at Liu Ertiao with interest.

Although there are not many 18-year-old fifth-rank officials in the court, they are not scarce. However, only Liu Erzhao is the only one who comes from a civilian family. Although Liu Erzhao's planning and help are indispensable here, Liu Erzhao's own talent and courage cannot be erased.

Therefore, Li Shimin still has a good impression of such a young and talented future pillar.

"Back to the emperor," Liu Ertiao stood up from the chair and bowed and replied, "I have something that I want to present to the emperor, so I am willing to ask the emperor to comment."

As he said that, Liu Ertiao carefully took out the two packs of noodles that were already warm in his arms, and raised his hands high to present them.

"Oh?" Li Ran was signaled to take the thing and present it. Li Shimin looked down at Liu Ertiao in surprise and said, "I don't know what object it is, it is worth Liu Qing coming to the palace alone to offer it?"

"Report to the Emperor," Liu Erzou said: "This is a new pastry made by the Liu family in Sanyuan. I'm here to invite the emperor to taste it and appreciate it."

"Uh?" Looking at the two small oil paper bags placed on the table, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little silence when he heard Liu Erzhao's clear answer. Pasta? Is Liu Erzhao having fun with him as the emperor? He dared to come and disturb him just for two small pieces of pasta? Aren't he afraid that I would take his official seal in anger and take his life?

"Or," Li Shimin lowered his anger a little, looked down at the two pastries brought by Liu Ertiao again, and thought to himself: "What mystery is hidden in this pastry that makes him rely on?"

Liu Ertiao is not a fool. He will not do such a reckless and extremely indecent thing unless there is any hidden secret that can make him stand up and take risks.

"Is this what Liu Yi asked you to bring?" Without rushing to open the oil paper, Li Shimin spoke out and asked Liu Er Yi.

"The emperor clearly understands it!" Without denying it, Liu Ertiao seemed very bachelor.

"Is it for the Liu family's food garrison?" Seeing that Liu Ertiao answered simply, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly and asked Liu Ertiao again.

"The emperor is wise!" Without further ado, Liu Ertiao respectfully flattered.

"What's special about this pastry?" The doubts in his heart were answered for a while. Li Shimin's eyes moved to the pastry on the table again, which made Liu Yi's content presentation with the identity of their second child, which could be enough to offset the large number of Liu's food storing goods. It should be more than just pastry.

Seeing Li Shimin so quickly, he thought of the unusual pastry. While Liu Ertiao was admiring, he also secretly praised their boss's scheming. The emperor was indeed determined to pursue the matter of the Liu family's food garrison. If the elder brother hadn't made a move in advance, the future of their Liu family would be a bit worrying.

"Return to the emperor," Liu Ertiao bowed seriously and replied, "There is a name for this kind of pasta, and they are called 'instant noodles'."
Chapter completed!