I see that you seem to be out of your mind all the time today."
Su Chen said with concern.
"Brother Su Chen..."
Princess Changle looked a little unnatural and seemed to be very shy.
"Lizi, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere in your body?"
Su Chen asked with concern.
"No."
Princess Changle shook her head, then lowered her eyebrows and said, "I'm wondering whether our child will be a boy or a girl..."
Hearing this, Su Chen was immediately stunned.
Immediately afterwards, Su Chen saw Princess Changle gently put her hand on her belly, and then said very gently: "Brother Su Chen, what do you think we should name our child?"
I……
At this moment, Su Chen was shocked.
I didn't do anything last night, so why did Li Zhi think of having a baby?
!
Didn't anyone tell Princess Changle this knowledge before she got married?
!
"Li Zhi, didn't your mother-in-law tell you how to have children when you got married?"
Su Chen asked, somewhat dumbfounded.
"No."
Princess Changle shook her head seriously, and then said: "Aniang didn't tell me that. I also asked her. She just gave me a white scarf and told me that I would know when the time comes."
Hearing this, Su Chen didn't know what to say.
It turns out that the ancients were really conservative in this regard. As a princess of a country, Princess Changle didn't even understand this aspect after she got married.
"Then you should ask your mother-in-law carefully when you go back later."
Su Chen said.
"Uh-huh."
Princess Changle nodded obediently.
…
In less than an hour, Su Chen arrived at Tai Chi Palace from Sujiazhuang.
At the same time, Su Chen also brought over the prepared betrothal gift.
Su Chen came to Taiji Palace today not only to accompany Princess Changle back to her parents' home, but also to start changing the monetary system of the Tang Dynasty.
Now, with his layout, all it takes is to make these real gold and silver flow into the market immediately through the cabinet, and everything will fall into place by then.
On the way to the Imperial Study Room, Su Chen had already thought about how to discuss the currency reform with His Majesty Li Er.
However, when he arrived at the Imperial Study Room, he found that the situation seemed to be somewhat different from what he had planned.
I saw that in addition to His Majesty Li Er, there were also old acquaintances such as Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling in the imperial study.
However, looking at the faces of these people, they all had a rare serious expression, and they were still opening and closing their mouths, as if something big had happened.
When His Majesty Li Er saw Su Chen's arrival, he was not as enthusiastic as before.
"You came?"
Seeing Su Chen's arrival, all the ministers stopped their heated discussion and turned their attention to him.
"Ah this..."
"What happened?"
Su Chen asked with some discomfort.
His Majesty Li Er said: "Li Zhi, you go to the Li Zheng Palace first, your mother-in-law is already waiting for you there."
Hearing this, Princess Changle immediately knew that something big had happened, otherwise her father would not have been exposed to her like this.
Princess Changle didn't think much about this, because she also understood her father very well.
"Yes, Dad, my daughter has resigned first."
After Princess Changle left, Su Chen couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what big thing happened?"
"Oh, something really big happened this time..."
His Majesty Li Er sighed, then rubbed his temples and continued: "I'd better let the auxiliary machine tell you about this."
"Lord Protector, please look at this. This is the urgent report just sent from Haizhou today!"
Changsun Wuji handed over a secret letter.
Su Chen took it and started reading.
After just a few cursory glances, Su Chen couldn't help but widen his eyes in disbelief.
"Locust plague?"
The content of the letter is very simple. It basically states that starting from Guanzhou, an unprecedented and terrifying locust plague occurred in the Tang Dynasty!
At this moment, Su Chen couldn't help but feel a little confused.
According to his memory, there should not have been a locust plague in the Tang Dynasty during this period. Even if it did happen, it would not be as large as the letter said!
According to the secret letter, this locust plague has reached the level of horror that covers the sky!
Wherever the locusts pass, there is no complete boundary!
Everything that the locusts could eat, including grass and trees on the trails and food and crops on the roads, were all destroyed!
In fact, in this locust plague, even people may be affected!
Moreover, with the migration speed of these locusts, there seems to be a tendency to move south!
After reading the secret message, Su Chen felt a rare sense of solemnity!
You know, the harm of locust plague is not just talk!
Although its destructive power is not as good as floods and earthquakes, its destructive power is very few!
Especially in this era of underdeveloped science and technology, there are no effective pesticides, and people can only do nothing to deal with the locust plague.
There are no effective locust-killing drugs in this era.
Therefore, I want them to stop.
Then we can only wait for all the food to be eaten up and the locust plague to recede naturally.
As a result, there will be a huge famine in the Tang Dynasty!
Although Su Chen has accumulated a lot of food in the past two years, it is impossible to supply it to the people of Tang Dynasty!
"Duke Protector, what do you think should be done about this matter?"
Wei Zheng asked.
Su Chen's face turned serious as he said, "I can't say anything about this. Considering the distance from Guanzhou to Chang'an, this secret letter will take at least four or five days, right?"
"We got the news too late. We don't know the current distance situation at all. Even if a handling method is issued, it will take several days to do so. No one knows what will happen then."
This time, even Su Chen found it difficult to face this matter!
If he can't figure out a way to deal with this locust plague in time, then the entire Tang Dynasty may be affected!
By that time, I'm afraid all the plans Su Chen has made in the past few years will be in vain!
Su Chen was naturally very unwilling to do this!
He said that he didn't want to see all his efforts collapsed like black locusts!
"Lord Protector, we have been discussing this matter for a long time, but we have not been able to come up with the best solution."
Du Ruhui said.
It was obvious that everyone present now placed their last hope on Su Chen.
If even he can't think of a way to deal with it, then Datang may really suffer this disaster this time!
"Let me think about it first."
Su Chen said in a deep voice
Su Chen kept searching in his mind for news about the locust plague during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty.
If he remembered correctly, the latest locust plague would be two years later.
