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Chapter 143 The Fire in Taicang
Standing in the corridor, Li Zhi had already heard the sound from outside.

Taicang, Taicang in the north of Yeting Palace, that is the royal granary, there is a fire there.How could there be a fire there in this rainy day?
In late spring, it was raining again, how could Taicang catch fire suddenly.

The royal granary was on fire, and the outside was naturally in a mess. Li Zhi took Xia He out of the Wanchun Palace, and saw several people rushing towards the north of Yeting Palace.

The flow of people was against the continuous spring rain, stepped on the accumulated water on the ground, looked to the north of Yeting Palace, and could already see billowing thick smoke, piercing the wind and rain, and soaring upwards.

At the Lizheng Hall, Queen Changsun and His Royal Highness had already rushed out, and when they saw Li Zhi, they had already left beside Li Zhi.

"Mother, you go back to the Lizheng Hall to rest, and the emperor will go and have a look!"

"Taicang is on fire, how can the queen mother sit still!"

The carriage arrived, King Jin helped the queen, and hurried into the carriage. The carriage passed through the spring rain and the flow of people. Li Zhi saw from the window of the carriage that the flow of people was in a panic, and the hem of trousers and skirts had been wetted by the accumulated water.

The closer you are to Taicang, the more intense and dense the smoke you can see. At this time, you can already see the fire. The fire is on the other side of the towering palace wall. You can see the fire at this time. It can be seen that the fire is not small.

"Queen, this fire came suddenly."

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

Li Zhi stopped talking, what he could think of, the mother couldn't think of it, the mother would only think more and more detailed than himself.

Taicang is an important food storage area for the royal family, and the reason for such a large fire, and it is still rainy, is probably not simple.

When they got to Taicang, teams of Beiya Forbidden Army and Palace Guards were already putting out the fire, but the fire was so intense that it was difficult to extinguish it with manpower for a while.

Several ponds near Taicang have dried up, and it is unknown how many ponds have suffered.From the moat guarding the imperial city, buckets of water were brought to Taicang.

All the wells in the vicinity were surrounded by people at this time, and the clear well water was lifted out of the well, quickly poured on the hot flames, and turned into steaming steam.

Several houses in Taicang have been burnt down, billowing smoke is still rising, the air is filled with the smell of burnt grain, and the strong smell of smoke makes Li Zhi have to pull his mother and little queen back.

"Have someone demolish those two buildings quickly!"

Empress Changsun looked at the raging flames, and her eyes reflected the raging flames and the rushing crowd.

The Beiya imperial guards had gathered their hands there, and the fire was so intense that the soldiers had to splash their clothes with water and cover their faces with wet cloths to get close to the fire.

Everyone worked together to tear down two houses. The flow of people hurriedly swept away the flammable wood and moved the grain accumulated in the warehouse out of the warehouse at a high speed.

The blocking method, when the fire is difficult to control, clears an area where the flame cannot continue to spread along the path of the flame.

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

By the time the people from the East Palace arrived, the fire had been brought under control. Here in Taicang, everyone was still putting out the embers. There were burnt grains everywhere on the ground, and it was hard to tell what kind of grain it was.

The salvaged grains were piled up randomly, and several grain bags had been ruptured, and the wheat grains rolled into the rain, appearing round and plump.

"Let the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple quickly investigate!"

"Yes, Queen Mother, the emperor will let someone check it out. Queen Mother, leave this place to the emperor. Queen Mother, please go back to the palace to rest!"

Li Chengqian braved the wind and rain, watching the tragic scene of being burned here in Taicang, while Empress Changsun didn't dare to let out a few more breaths.There was a fire in Taicang, which meant that my backyard was burned. One can imagine how the queen mother felt at this time.

Li Chengqian is the crown prince, Taizong is not in Chang'an at this time, the responsibility of supervising the country is on him, and Taicang is on fire, so he has nothing to do with the pursuit of responsibility.At least it is also a responsibility of negligence, how dare to neglect it at this time.

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

A dozen or so warehouse houses were burned, and the food stored inside had obviously been destroyed.

After Empress Changsun left, Li Chengqian was here to direct the Imperial Army to clean up the scene and count the losses. People from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment have also started to investigate the cause of the fire in the rain. The crown prince ordered that they must find out the cause of the fire.

Li Zhi didn't go back with Empress Changsun. Looking at the hundreds of sacks of wheat piled up there, there must be nearly a thousand stones of wheat. One stone in the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to 53 kilograms in later generations. There must be as many as forty or fifty tons of wheat.

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

At this time, there was no such thing as corn in China, so there was no farming system such as two harvests a year, one crop of wheat and one crop of corn.Even if the fertile soil in Guanzhong is to grow wheat, millet and beans, it can barely achieve two harvests of wheat and beans or two harvests of grains 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 barren, and the yield per mu is actually difficult to reach one stone.

So much food was randomly piled up in the spring rain at this time, and most of it was already soaked. Li Zhi looked at the busy emperor and walked over.

"Brother Huang, are these wheat?"

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

"Then can you give me these wheat emperors!"

"What do you want these wheat for?"

"The emperor will know this in a few days."

"Okay, Brother Huang will ask someone to transport the wheat here later, 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 can't control the affairs here, and he doesn't want to participate.Li Zhi does not intend to participate in any major family and country affairs. Participating in these matters will always give people a feeling that they are fighting for something. This feeling must not be allowed to others, let alone the prince.

At this time, Li Zhi wants to be a king of idleness, making people feel that he has no intention of pursuing politics at all, and only wants to be a prince of prosperity. .

After returning to the Palace of Wanchun, Li Zhi sent Xia He to Jinwang Mansion, and waited for the people from the East Palace to transport the batch of rain-wet wheat to Jinwang Mansion.

Xia He left, and Chuntao took the remaining imperial daughters to Ruyina in the bamboo garden early in the morning.

At this time Li Zhi was in the Wanchun Palace, but suddenly he lost a close person.

He walked out of the Wanchun Palace, looked in the direction of the Lizheng Gate, saw a small head sticking out of the Lizheng Gate, glanced at the Wanchun Palace, saw himself, that little head quickly shrank back to the Lizheng Gate Inside.

Li Zhi smiled, walked towards the Lizheng Gate, entered the Lizheng Gate, and saw the figure of the little queen entering the Lizheng Hall.

(End of this chapter)