The price of food in the entire Jiannan Dao, and even in most of the Tang Dynasty, began to rise.
Food in grain stores began to be in limited supply.
These, of course, are controlled by families like the Five Surnames and Qiwang.
Because this involves almost the entire food industry of the Tang Dynasty, other small aristocratic families simply do not have this ability.
Of course, other small aristocratic families, even those grain vendors, happily followed the aristocratic families like Wu Xing Qi Wang.
Watching the Qiwang family of the fifth surname eat the bones, they also drank the soup.
Faced with this situation, Li Shimin and the ministers also felt deeply helpless.
Although they had anticipated this situation and even made countermeasures in advance.
However, after a real food harvest fails, food prices will still continue to rise.
National interests are not worth mentioning in the eyes of these aristocratic families.
In their eyes, there is only the interest of their family.
The lack of food is just another opportunity for the family to continue to strengthen their strength.
Not only can they purchase grain in advance, they can also acquire large amounts of land at a low cost.
To them, lack of food is nothing more than a gluttonous feast.
The most severe place is Yizhou.
Because in other places, the price of food is rising steadily.
Grain stores began to supply limited amounts of food, but at least there was still food.
And what about Yizhou?
The grain stores here in Yizhou simply have no grain.
As for the current situation, it is absolutely impossible to purchase grain from other sources.
This is no longer even a matter of how much money it costs. People from the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes family will definitely not be able to sell food to them.
Once the food in the hands of the people is eaten up, the entire Yizhou will definitely starve to death due to lack of food.
Under such circumstances, riots may even occur.
No matter what the situation is, King Shu will be in an extremely dangerous situation.
Now, there are five surnames, Qi Wang, and many officials, including the prince and Li Tai, all waiting to see the King of Shu's joke.
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The people of Shu were so frightened that many of them had no intention of working.
At this moment, the Shu Palace responded.
Next, if you work, you can receive food directly without receiving wages.
Moreover, we will still receive food at the same price, and the price will never increase at any time.
What?
You can actually receive food directly by working? And it’s still affordable?
If this is the case, then they don't have to worry at all.
If other officials made such a promise, most people might not believe it.
But since it was King Shu who made the promise, no one would worry.
The credibility of the King of Shu is absolutely trustworthy.
In the following time, when you work and receive wages, you can receive food directly.
Of course, these grains are all stored in the Shu Palace.
There are not many.
Fortunately, the people had great trust in the credibility of King Shu.
Many people still have food stored at home, but they are not ready to receive food until the food is almost exhausted.
However, the food hoarded in Prince Shu's Mansion was still decreasing little by little.
I saw that it would be used up soon.
But at this time, there is also good news, that is, the crops he planted can be harvested soon.
In August, sweet potatoes, corn and peanuts are all in harvest time.
And just in August, Li Min sent out invitations again to convene the first Yizhou International Food Festival.
The Yizhou Dudu Prefecture announced that at this International Food Festival, three brand-new delicacies that they have never tasted before will be launched.
Moreover, these delicacies are all pure green, healthy delicacies without additives and pollution.
Even though the rich people don't understand what these words mean, they feel very powerful.
Well, if they knew the true meaning of these words, they would probably make the most of Li Min.
If he can't get green shit out, it means Li Min didn't eat the leek box.
And when these rich people heard that the first food festival was going to be held in Yizhou, and three kinds of delicacies that they had never seen before, let alone tasted, they couldn't help but look forward to it.
Few of these rich people are not gluttons.
Their goal in life is almost synonymous with eating and waiting to die.
Apart from delicious food and beautiful women, they really don't pursue much.
Now, three new delicacies have been launched in succession. How can they not look forward to it?
Of course, people like Songtsen Gampo and people from the Five Surnames and Seven Views family were more interested in the timing of the food festival launched by King Li Min of Shu.
They actually chose to hold it when the food was almost gone.
If there is no connection between the two, they will never believe it.
But why did King Li Min of Shu choose this reality?
What bad idea did he have in his mind?
Anyway, in the eyes of Songtsen Gampo and people from aristocratic families such as Wu Xingqiwang, this King of Shu definitely didn't have any good intentions.
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Just as everyone was looking forward to it, the first Yizhou Food Festival officially began.
But this time the food festival was not held in Yizhou City, but outside Yizhou City.
Luxurious carriages pulled these rich people to the fields outside the city.
This made these rich people curious and suspicious.
Did the King of Shu prepare a picnic and game?
But what wild game have they never tasted?
With such doubts, the group of people was soon pulled to an open space between heaven and earth.
This empty land has been tidied up and covered with a tarpaulin.
A large pot was placed on the ground, with more than half of the water in the pot already filled.
This scene can't help but make these rich people compare themselves to each other again.
What kind of delicacy is this?
Is it just boiled in water?
Can the delicacies cooked like this really be eaten?
Moreover, they didn't even see what the new food was.
Just when the rich man couldn't help but frown, and was confused, there was one person in the crowd, whose face couldn't help but reveal a thoughtful look.
And this person is Songtsen Gampo who sneaked in again.
Songtsen Gampo's eyes couldn't help but drift to the nearby farmland.
Sure enough, more and more farmers began to arrive and began to harvest new crops.
At this time, these rich people finally realized.
What the King of Shu said, they have never eaten or seen, are these new crops they grow?
However, although they have never eaten these crops, can they really taste good if they are just boiled in water?
For a moment, these rich people felt like they had been deceived.
