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The eunuchs were taken aback for a moment, and then they thought of the prince, so they stopped talking.

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Chapter 271 Oh, My Food

afternoon.

Li Er brought his eldest grandson Wuji and his party to Lantian.

The dry food on everyone's bodies has been eaten, and the water bags on their bodies are also empty.

Originally, everyone didn't plan to come to Lantian, but Li Er suddenly made up his mind, and the ministers followed to suffer.

Seeing that everyone's mouths were parched and their chests stuck to their backs due to hunger, Li Er felt sorry and said, "Dear dears, this time, I'm visiting incognito and don't want to disturb the people and local officials, but now I'm waiting for dry food." It's all gone, and there is still Lantian to patrol, so it's not good to be hungry... Auxiliary machine, take someone to the village in front, find a clean house, give him some money, let him cook some light meals, let's It's good to have a rest..."

Everyone was so happy when they heard this.

I thought I could finally move forward without going hungry.

Even if there is no food, it is good to have a drink of water.

Changsun Wuji took two people to pat on the horse, and came back in a short time to report: "Your Majesty, there is a family in front of you. There is only an old man and an old woman in the house. The courtyard is tidy. They are a relatively simple family in the village. They are kind-hearted. Willing to make us something to eat to satisfy our hunger."

"Great!"

"I want to drink a bowl of hot soup!"

"It would be nice to have a glass of wine."

"I just want to rest now!"

Everyone said happily.

Li Eryi waved his hand: "Okay, then rest here for an hour, eat and drink enough to rest, and then patrol..."

A group of people hurried forward, entered the village, turned left and entered a house.

An old couple hurried forward to greet them.

Changsun Wuji took out his money bag, ready to pay first.

But the old man waved his hand and said, "No money...not even a penny."

Changsun Wuji looked confused: "Old man, you have to accept this money. I'm already very sorry for bothering you at the door. How can I make you spend more food..."

The old man said with a smile: "It's commonplace, not surprising. A few guests are from Chang'an City, right? Chang'an City is good. My three sons also dig coal there, and they can earn six pennies a month... "

Six pennies?

Can everyone earn two bucks a month?

It's not that Li Er and the others are out of touch with the world, on the contrary, they understand the market very well.

Li Er worked hard to govern, and went out of the palace every month to make inspections, not just to watch the flowers, but to really sympathize with the people.

He was taken aback when he heard this number.

You must know that even in Chang'an City, the monthly salary of hired workers working in some large shops will not exceed the usual money, and more hired workers only have a few hundred coins.

The three sons of this old couple can all get two pennies?

It is simply sky-high.

Li Er couldn't help being surprised and said: "Old man, what does your son do to get so much money?"

The old man smiled shyly, "I told you, it's a coal digger..."

Coal digging?

What industry is this?

Li Er and the ministers were all stunned.

Never heard of it.

Li Er asked again: "Zhen...forgive me for my short-sightedness, I don't know what this coal mining is for?"

The old man thought for a while and said, "Actually, I don't know what it is, I only know that it is in the north of Chang'an City, a place called Meishan, where coal is dug for four hours a day... I heard that the leader is still a prince, The emperor's son took my son to dig coal, hehe..."

Li Er's face darkened.

The ministers looked at each other.

Li Er and the ministers followed the old man and laughed.

Everyone understands.

This old man has been talking here for a long time, dare to brag.

Coal digging?

Return the prince to dig coal?

Twice a month.

Why don't you go to heaven.

It sounds like bragging.

It seems that the conditions of this family are not so good.

Li Erchao's eldest grandson Wuji winked.

Changsun Wuji understood, quietly took out half of the money, and stuffed it under the water tank.

Cooking smoke rose.

Li Er took the ministers and sat in the yard to rest.

Everyone's stomachs growled when they smelled the scent coming from the kitchen.

A gust of cold wind blows, chilly.

Small snowflakes floated in the sky.

Wang Gui smacked his lips and said, "Oh, we are so tired, sleepy, cold and hungry...Your Majesty, it's snowing, shall we go back to Chang'an after dinner?"

Li Er shook his head: "I've eaten all the food, how can I go back to Chang'an? I haven't been to Lantian for half a year. Today, I want to take a good look at how the people in Lantian are doing..."

Everyone: "..."

Hey!

The merits are all His Majesty's!

I can only wait and suffer.

Everyone has complaints in their hearts, but they dare not speak out.

Not long after, the old couple came out and greeted everyone to prepare for dinner.

The eyes of the ministers are all shining.

Looks like they're all starving.

At this moment, two fast horses rushed out not far away, and they were two black-clothed knights.

The two got off their horses and rushed forward.

One of them said quickly: "Your Majesty, there is news from Chang'an City that the Crown Prince and Chen Chu have demolished the Ganlu Hall..."

Li Er knew that this was a member of Baiqisi, and said: "Why are you in such a panic, the prince and Chen Chu, I know, they have a very close relationship, and they often go to... what, what are you talking about, Ganlu Palace?" ,Demolished?"

The knight nodded.

Li Er's complexion changed drastically.

The ministers were all dumbfounded.

I saw Li Er's face turned livid, and he said through gritted teeth, "That's unreasonable, this rebellious son, what does he want to do, does he want to rebel? Let's go back to Chang'an."

With that said, Li Er was the first to get on his horse.

Seeing this, the ministers did not dare to neglect, and all rode out.

The prince's rebellion is a big deal for Datang.

If one fails, the city of Chang'an will be full of people.

And everyone's family members and property are all in Chang'an City.

All of them walked out anxiously.

Only Chen Shuda, he looked back at the dishes that the old couple were holding, and said without tears: "Oh, my dishes..."

Li Er and his group had been on tour for a whole day, and they were already tired and hungry. They wanted to have a hot meal, but who knew that apart from such things, they could only endure the hunger and rush to Chang'an City.

Li Er was even more furious.

Prince, how dare you rebel!

A group of people hurried on and rushed to Chang'an City, and entered the city from the nearest Chunming Gate.

It was dusk.

The snowflakes in the sky are getting bigger.

Changsun Wuji patted his horse to catch up with Li Er, and said: "Your Majesty, there may be something strange about this matter. The prince may not rebel. Otherwise, why is there no movement inside or outside Chang'an City?"

The eldest grandson Wuji is the uncle of the current prince Li Chengqian, so he naturally wants to speak for Li Chengqian.

Li Er glanced around, sure enough, everything in Chang'an City was as usual.

He was a little puzzled: "Perhaps something happened in the palace, let's go to the palace..."

He led the people back to the palace quickly, and arrived at the gate of Ganlu Hall unimpeded all the way.

Not right!

Li Er was a little dumbfounded.

If Li Chengqian rebelled, he might have already controlled the entire palace by now.

But everyone rushed all the way, but they didn't find anything abnormal.

How is this going?

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Chapter 272 The Furnace

Li Er looked at the ministers.

All the ministers looked at him.

Li Er stepped forward and saw a group of eunuchs kneeling at the gate of Ganlu Hall.

Gao Chen came forward, shivering and said: "Your Majesty, the little one has neglected his duty, and the little one failed to protect the Ganlu Palace. Please punish him!"

This bastard Gao Chen is still alive?

That proves that Chengqian did not rebel.

A big stone in Li Er's heart instantly fell to the ground.

He asked sullenly, "What's going on?"

Gao Chen stepped forward and stammered: "Your Majesty, you should be damned, you didn't discipline these fellows well. They guarded outside the Ganlu Hall. When they heard that the Crown Prince and Chen Concubine were coming to clean the Ganlu Hall, they ignored it." Put the people in, and when I came, the Ganlu Palace had already been demolished..."

Changsun Wuji asked curiously: "Eunuch Gao, isn't the Ganlu Hall standing right here? Why did it get demolished?"

Gao Chen wanted to explain, but he opened his mouth, but found that the explanation was not clear, so he said directly: "Your Majesty, my lords, please follow me..."

He led Li Er and others through several pillars.

Coming to a window, Gao Chen pointed to the top and said, "Your Majesty, look..."

When Li Er and the others looked up, they saw a long black iron pipe horizontally above their heads.

Li Er was suddenly surprised: "This...what is this?"

Everyone stared carefully at the things above.

Duan Lun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Your Majesty, I am in charge of this thing. It is round and thick. It looks like a pipe."