God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 548
Tai Chi Temple.

Dai Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, came forward and reported: "Your Majesty, Chang'an County and Wannian County played at the same time, saying that although the briquettes and stoves of Dream Group are benefiting the people, the people will no longer be able to buy firewood and charcoal. Worrying, in just a few days, the price of firewood fell from [-] yuan to [-] yuan, and the price of charcoal dropped from [-] yuan to [-] yuan... But there are still a small number of people in Chang'an City who cannot afford it because of poverty. From briquettes, some people can only buy a small amount of briquettes, use them when cooking every day, and turn off the stove after cooking, so as to save briquettes... But now the weather is getting colder, and people faint from freezing every day... "

When everyone heard this, they were immediately surprised.

Unexpectedly, the briquettes of Dream Group have been so powerful that they have completely suppressed the prices of charcoal and firewood.

But there will never be a shortage of poor people in the world, even the prosperous Chang'an is no exception.

Hearing this, Li Er frowned: "My dears, please tell me how to solve this matter!"

Everyone, look at me, and I look at you.

After a long while, Fang Xuanling stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I propose that the imperial court buy coal briquettes from the Dream Group and distribute them to the poor people for free so that they can survive this winter... I have already had people investigate, and an ordinary For a family of five, five briquettes a day are enough, and five briquettes are only five renminbi, but they can protect a family from freezing.”

"My minister agrees!"

"Seconded!"

The ministers all felt that Fang Xuanling's proposal was reliable.

Li Er nodded: "Come on, go to the Dream Group quickly and discuss with Du He about buying briquettes, and ask him to leave a part of the briquettes to the Ministry of Civil Affairs every day. After the Ministry of Civil Affairs buys the briquettes, they will hand them over to Chang'an County and Wannian The county distributes it to the people."

Immediately, Hong Cheng, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, took the order and left.

Li Er led the civil and military ministers to continue the discussion.

Time passed quickly, and Hong Cheng came back.

Li Er asked: "Hong Aiqing, have you reached an agreement with Du He?"

Hong Cheng hesitated a little, looked carefully at Du Ruhui in front of him, and said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I...failed!"

Ok?
Everyone was stunned.

Even Li Er's eyes widened: "Didn't Du He agree to sell the briquettes to the Ministry of Civil Affairs?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Snapped.

Li Eryi slapped the table and said angrily: "It's really unreasonable...Du He was born in the same nature as Qian, and his mind is only on making money, but he doesn't care about the life and death of many people in Chang'an City. It's really unreasonable! What did Du He say? "

Hong Cheng said: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Huyi County said that the imperial court is so rich, why buy coal briquettes, just buy firewood and charcoal directly. The briquettes of Dream Group are still useful, so they cannot be sold to the Ministry of Civil Affairs!"

Snapped.

Li Er was angry.

He said angrily: "Come here, go and call Du He, I want to teach him a lesson, it's really unreasonable!"

The courtiers were all talking.

"Hey, Huyi County Marquis really got into Kaiyuan Tongbao!"

"I don't know how to flatter you, yet you dare to disobey His Majesty's orders!"

"Dream Group has made a lot of money recently. It seems that the Huyi County Marquis no longer knows how much money he has."

Everyone knows that His Majesty is furious, and I'm afraid Du He will be in trouble.

At this time, Ximen Qing hurried in from the outside.

"Your Majesty, Xu Zhiyuan, magistrate of Chang'an County, and Wu Jian, magistrate of Wannian County, asked to see him outside the hall. They said they had something important to do!" Ximen Qing said panting.

"Xuan!"

"Xu Zhiyuan, magistrate of Xuanchang'an County, and Wu Jian, magistrate of Wannian County, are here!"

Before the words fell, Xu Zhiyuan and Wu Jian entered the Tai Chi Hall in a hurry.

The two hurried forward to salute, and then Chang'an County Magistrate Xu Zhiyuan couldn't wait to say: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty..."

Li Er asked curiously, "Where does joy come from?"

The magistrate of Chang'an County said: "Your Majesty, early this morning, the Marquis of Huyi County personally sent people to the Chang'an County Government and Wannian County Government, and took away the rosters of the poor people who I had registered a few days ago..."

The roster was snatched by Du He?

Is this a good thing?

This shows that Du He has lost his eyesight and doesn't pay attention to the imperial court anymore. If he says he is too young, he is fooling around, but if he says he is too big, he is deceiving the emperor.

Someone stared wide-eyed, looking at Xu Zhiyuan in disbelief.

Li Er was also a little puzzled.

But I heard Xu Zhiyuan continue to say: "At first, my subordinates had conflicts with the members of Dream Group, and later I learned that Hou Duhe of Huyi County took the roster to give coal balls to these extremely poor people. Now, Dream Group A notice has been posted, as long as the people on the roster, each person can receive five briquettes a day, and every three days, they can bring their ID cards to the Lantian Coal Yard to collect briquettes for free... Today has already started, and I am waiting for you On the way, I saw a large number of people rushing to the Lantian coal yard."

Everyone suddenly realized.

Li Er asked: "What you said is the truth?"

Xu Zhiyuan and Wu Jian said at the same time: "Every sentence is true!"

Snapped.

Li Er, who was still full of anger just now, suddenly slapped the table, and said in a good mood: "Okay... I didn't expect, hahaha, that Du He would do such a good deed. This is a good thing... Dear dear friends, today's discussion After that, why don't you go to the Lantian Coal Yard to see how Du He distributes coal pellets."

Li Er took a group of civil and military ministers to the Lantian coal yard.

……

The people in front of them have already lined up into a long queue.

Everyone holds a piece, and can receive three days' worth of briquettes at a time, which is fifteen for each person.

Seeing that the pile of briquettes that had piled up like a mountain disappeared in a short time, Lao Fu felt a little pained.

He turned around and looked at Du He: "Master...the cold weather will only pass in two months, if we all receive coal balls for free, we can't stand it!"

Du He was wrapped in thick clothes, sitting on a chair, and said indifferently: "Thousands of money can't buy this young master's happiness... Isn't it just briquettes? If they are gone, they can be recreated. To us, these briquettes are at most thousands of pieces." money, but for many people, this is a life-saving thing, is life more important than money?"

Old Fu stopped talking.

Not far away, the people who were collecting coal balls could hear Du He's words clearly.

Immediately, several old men carrying baskets ran over.

Several people came in front of Du He.

Plop plop.

All kneel down.

"You are a good man, Marquis of Huyi County!"

"Master Hou is really a lifesaver!"

"Nice guy..."

Several old men burst into tears.

One of the old men said: "My house has been out of firewood for a month. Let alone heating, I can only dismantle the objects in the house to make a fire. The whole family hides at home all day, but it is still cold. My little grandson , was only three years old, and passed out several times... Fortunately, I met Lord Hou, who not only gave us a stove, but also gave us coal balls... God open his eyes, bless Lord Hou to live a long life, Lord Hou must not Die!"

Du He: "..."

Does this young master look like he is dying?

……

(End of this chapter)