Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 72
Qin Tian didn't understand why Li Shimin came to visit suddenly at this time.

But he still hurried back.

When he came back, he was a little excited, Emperor Qiangu, I don't know what kind of person this Li Shimin is.

When Qin Tian came to the living room, just as Qin Tian was about to salute, Li Shimin shouted coldly: "Qin Tian, ​​I'm here to ask you, are you guilty?"

Qin Tian was taken aback, he just came back, what crime do he know?
Qin Tian raised his head and glanced at Li Shimin. This is a muscular man, about [-] years old, looks majestic, and gives the impression that he is a very courageous and powerful person.

He is in his prime.

Qin Tian thought to himself, but Li Shimin frowned slightly here, Qin Tian in front of him looked more bookish, very different from what he imagined.

He thought that Qin Tian should be dark and rough for craftsman work, right?

But he is more of a literati.

But this thought only flashed, and then Li Shimin became even more angry.

"Are you guilty?" Seeing that Qin Tian didn't answer, Li Shimin asked again.

Qin Tian finally came to his senses and asked, "My lord, I don't know what the crime of being an official is?"

"Hmph, what's your crime? You dare to use grain to make wine without permission. What do you think is your crime?"

Qin Tian glanced at Cheng Yaojin, and Cheng Yaojin curled his lips. He naturally knew about it, but he didn't mean to explain it. Well, once he explained it, it meant that he knew Qin Tian's purchase of grain in advance, although He didn't know it before, but if Li Shimin misunderstood, it would be bad for him.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin like this, Qin Tian had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "My lord has been wronged, I did brew wine, but I drank it myself, and I don't intend to sell it."

"Such a lot of grain can surely make a lot of bars, and you drink it yourself?" Li Shimin stared at Qin Tian's reluctance, but Qin Tian smiled wryly: "Your lord wronged me again, so much grain is used to make pasta Yes, it’s just that there is an extra part, which is used by lower officials to make wine.”

"Exaggerated words, do you think the king will believe it?" Li Shimin said so, Cheng Yaojin also became a little anxious, so he quickly asked: "If you want to drink, you can just buy it, why do you brew it yourself? Now the prince doesn't believe it, what should you do? "

Seeing that Cheng Yaojin seemed to be reprimanding Qin Tian, ​​he was actually helping Qin Tian, ​​because he knew that the wine was very different, and if Li Shimin liked it too, maybe Li Shimin would believe what Qin Tian said.

Qin Tian is still very smart, and quickly understood Cheng Yaojin's hint, so he said quickly: "How can the wine outside be compared with the wine made by Xiaguan? The wine of Xiaguan is drunk in summer to relieve the heat. Cheaper, but better than wine, called beer."

Hearing the word beer, Li Shimin suddenly became curious and asked, "Beer?"

"Yes, this wine is very different from the wine we usually drink, and it also tastes like wine, but drinking it will only make people feel comfortable. The more chilled it is, the better it will be."

Hearing this, Li Shimin more or less believed that Qin Tian was going to drink it himself, but at this time, he did not show the slightest expression of belief, and still said coldly: "No matter what kind of wine, if you use it to brew, there will be Suspected of trafficking is a crime, this king is now helping the army to raise food and grass, if you want to show your loyalty, sell the food and grass in your house to the imperial court at a normal price."

The normal price is lower than when Qin Tian received it, so if he sells it, he will definitely lose money.

Of course, it's nothing to lose money, only a hundred or so, but he still needs these grains to make wine to make steamed buns. If he sold half of them at once, wouldn't he buy them for nothing?
This is absolutely not possible.

So after Li Shimin finished speaking, Qin Tian immediately stood up: "My lord, it's a bit embarrassing to step down from office. If you don't buy so much food in the market, what are you doing by force?"

"Because you want to prove that you have no intention of selling alcohol."

This sounds very unpleasant, why is Li Shimin also like a robber?

At this time, Cheng Yaojin said: "Now the court is short of food, your boy has so much food at home, what's the matter with selling some?"

Qin Tian was very upset, and said: "I bought this with hard work, why buy it at a lower price than the market price, even if you are a prince, there is no reason to force the purchase, as a prince, if you don't abide by the law, how can you control the people?" , Govern Datang?"

"You..." Li Shimin was very angry, it was the first time he met such a sharp-tongued person.

But what Qin Tian said was also reasonable, even if he was angry, there was nothing he could do about Qin Tian.

But at this moment, Qin Tian suddenly stood up again and said, "It's not easy for the prince to buy grain at a normal price, so why make it difficult for him to be an official?"

"What can you do?" Cheng Yaojin asked hastily.

"As far as I know, there is actually a lot of food in the Tang Dynasty, but the food is in the hands of the princes, nobles, and wealthy families. Every family has thousands of acres of fertile land, and they harvest a lot of food. Wouldn’t it be easier to buy some from them if they didn’t sell it?”

I thought Qin Tian had a good idea, but unexpectedly it was this. Li Shimin snorted angrily: "If this king can buy food from them, would you still use you to come up with this idea?"

Cheng Yaojin also twitched his lips, he felt that Qin Tian was good at making some small inventions, and he was still too immature to deal with princes and nobles.

Thinking of what Qin Tian said in the early court that day about being an official and serving the people, he felt more and more that Qin Tian was a naive person.

However, Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and said: "It is impossible for the prince to buy grain from them directly, but if the matter is handed over to the subordinates, the price of grain in Chang'an will fall, and it will not be a problem for the prince to buy as much grain as he wants."

Qin Tian said he was confident, but Li Shimin was full of doubts, but he couldn't help but want to believe Qin Tian, ​​so he asked, "What can you do?"

Qin Tian nodded: "The solution lies in the beer brewed by Xiaguan..."

After Qin Tian talked, Li Shimin suddenly felt that it was a good idea, and couldn't help being overjoyed, saying: "Okay, okay, I will do as you said. If this matter can really be done, I will reward you very much."

"Thank you, my lord." As he spoke, Qin Tian suddenly caught a glimpse of Qin Fei next to him, and couldn't help being taken aback: "Why is he in my house?"

At this time, Tang Rong said quickly: "Husband, he came to frame you."

Qin Tian snorted, and then looked at Li Shimin. Li Shimin immediately understood what he meant, so he ordered: "This man is bewitching people with his lies, and he will be put in prison. No one is allowed to visit him without my king's order."

What they said just now was heard by Qin Fei. In order to avoid accidents, even if Qin Tian didn't say anything, Li Shimin couldn't let him go.

(End of this chapter)