Chapter 40

As expected, Xiao Zhige shook an Changqing's hand to appease him. Then he put on the prince's boa robe and rode into the palace to face the emperor.

In Qianzheng palace, the Earth Dragon is burning vigorously. The golden curtain falls to the ground. After the curtain is stacked, the emperor anqing leans on the soft wall. The two palace maids beat his shoulders and pinch his legs one by one. Not far away, a middle-aged Taoist in a Bagua Taoist robe is carefully controlling the fire around a Dan stove. From time to time, there is a slight popping sound in the Dan stove, faintly emitting the fragrance of Dan medicine.

"What Taoist priest Xuanyi said is that the mad Taoist may be higher than you?" An Qingdi was playing with a white jade vase in his hand, and his eyes were burning.

Xuanyi carefully opened the lid of the Dan stove and sealed the pills in the white jade bottle. Then he carefully carried them to Emperor anqing: "yes, I can calculate the fate of the disaster, and even the poor master can't do it. If what the king of Northern War said is true, most of the mad Taoist is an expert. "

"Master..." Emperor anqing looked very excited: "that expert may refine the elixir to make me immortal?"

Xuanyi looked at his expression and cautiously replied: "immortal elixir. Although I have heard a lot about it, I have never seen the real chapter. Even the expert may not know... "

As soon as an Qingdi's face changed, he waved his sleeve: "what kind of expert is that?"

Xuanyi arched his hand and said, "if you have a profound way, you can see through the secrets of heaven, and you can also pursue the advantages and avoid the disadvantages for your majesty just like this time. You can't make immortality elixir, but it's not difficult to prolong your life... "

Emperor anqing was a little happy. He stretched out his neck and looked out. He couldn't bear to urge him to say, "hasn't the king of Northern War come yet? Come on

Waiting for the palace man at the door, he said, "the Lord has entered the palace."

Just as he was talking, he heard the palace man outside the hall say in a high voice: "the king of Northern War asks to see your majesty!"

"Come on An Qingdi excitedly pushed away the two maids and got up. This should be the first time that he looked forward to seeing this son who didn't please him.

Xiao Zhige came in the wind and snow, dispelled the cold in the outer hall, and then stepped into the inner hall.

The inner hall is warm and fragrant. Xiao Zhige's eyes swept the red stove in the hall, and then saluted respectfully: "my son has seen my father."

"Get up." Emperor anqing looked at him kindly, his eyes full of enthusiasm: "you said that crazy Taoist last time, do you still remember what he looked like?"

Xiao Zhige laughs in his heart, but he looks down and thinks: "I met him on the official road of the camp outside the city at that time. He was very down-to-earth in his dress. He didn't wear winter clothes in winter. He was an old Taoist robe with a wine gourd hanging around his waist. It's supposed to be an octogenarian, but it's very different from the average octogenarian because it's full of energy and strong footwork. "

The more emperor anqing listened, the bigger his smile was: "but I can still find him."

Xiao Zhige hesitated for a moment, not sure: "this crazy Taoist looks very strange. It seemed that I was waiting for me in the official way. After that, he disappeared after two or three steps. Son Chen once wanted to chase him that day, but he couldn't catch up with him. "

An Qingdi knew his son's ability. He who has learned a good martial arts skill and can not catch up with him must have real ability.

"Ask someone to look for it again." Emperor anqing was very happy: "if you can invite people back, you will be rewarded!"

"This crazy Taoist really has two abilities. Now his warning has come true. Do you want to prepare for the snow disaster?" Xiao Zhige asked.

The smile on an Qingdi's face suddenly faded, and he frowned and said, "it's just a snowstorm. What's the big deal? Besides, local officials should deal with it. " Then he seemed to think of something and said, "I vaguely remember that your family has accumulated a lot of things to resist the winter?"

"Yes. It's the mad Taoist who reminds his children that they can take advantage of this opportunity to do more good deeds and eliminate the evil of killing, so as not to harm their relatives. "

"That's just right," emperor anqing waved his hand and naturally said, "now that the Treasury is empty, since you have a heart, I'll let you do this job. It's good for you. "

Xiao Zhige had already understood the character of emperor Anqing. It was no surprise to hear him say this. He only thought about it and said, "if it is according to the crazy Taoist, the snow disaster will not last for a short time. If the children's officials hoard things to help the victims, it will only be a drop in the bucket."

But emperor anqing didn't care: "how many victims can there be in a snow disaster. When it's not enough. "

Xiao Zhige didn't argue at all. He bowed respectfully before retiring.

The eunuch who sent him out went to preach the will of emperor Anqing and publicized to look for the mad Taoist.

Xiao Zhige looked back at the brightly lit and beautiful Forbidden City, with a trace of irony in his eyes. After stopping for a moment, he turned and left without nostalgia.

It was already dark when I left the palace. Half a day later, there was thick snow on the ground. When the wheels were pressed, there was a deep rutting mark. Xiao Zhige lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw many people repairing the roof in the dark. There are also some beggars who don't even have a place to live. They can only wrap up a few clothes and find a shelter.Even the most prosperous yejingdu is like this. I think the situation of other counties in Beidi will never be better than here

now is just the beginning. I think the price of these things will rise in a few days after the heavy snow

it has been snowing intermittently for ten days, and the snow is thick beyond the knee. All the winter clothes and bedding that were ready to be put away were taken out. As the winter passed, there was little food left in many people's homes. Everyone began to rush for winter clothes and food. In this wave of panic, the prices of winter clothing, grain, charcoal and other winter objects rose unconsciously

moreover, the poor people, who thought they had survived the winter, had to rely on the little grain left over last year to continue to struggle and look forward to the spring day when they didn't know when it would come

it was at this time that an Changqing called the managers of various shops to discuss, and then formally released the stored food and clothing charcoal

as soon as the news is released, the first thing to move is the shops and the owners behind them. However, several stewards were instructed by an Changqing and stood upright. Before someone came to make trouble, he said that the king of the Northern War was acting on the emperor's orders to relieve the disaster. Who dares to stop him

in this way, those dissatisfied colleagues can only stop and watch a large number of people rush to the shops in the palace

all the rice shops in the Northern Warlord's residence have put up a list, saying frankly that in order to ensure that as many people as possible can survive the cold winter, they can buy rice according to the number of households, and a household can only buy ten Dou of rice every ten days at most. Everyone can buy rice after registered residence. In this way, the pressure of rice supply is greatly relieved

just as these colleagues jumped, an Changqing's new Huotan shop opened

as soon as the new shop opened, it was well-informed

just asked about the price, but he was silly: "why is it so expensive? Usually the most expensive is only ten Liang silver. "

the man was afraid that he would not be able to buy it, so he directly took out the bank note and paid for it with a lot of money

seeing this, people in the back of the shop went forward to pay the bill one after another, and then the shop asked the clerk to send them to each house one by one.At the end of the day, more than half of the stock of charcoal was sold. Ordinary charcoal was thirty Liang silver a Jin, and fine silver charcoal was one hundred and twenty-one Jin. When an Changqing settled the accounts in the evening, charcoal alone was fifty-three thousand Liang silve