Mingdemen is as busy as ever.

As an international city with more than one million people, the lively scenes of Chang'an City are definitely beyond everyone's expectations.

Even the so-called enlightened monk Xuanzang is no exception.

As for Xuanzang's disciple Wuxin, he was no exception.

"Master, is this Chang'an City?"

"Yes, this is Chang'an City. After more than ten years, I'm almost unable to recognize my teacher."

"When I was in Gaochang City before, I thought I saw the largest city in the world, but when I arrived in Liangzhou, I found that Gaochang City was nothing. I didn't expect that Chang'an City was so much larger than Liangzhou City."

Wuxin has now completely forgotten the hard work he has worked along the way.

For him, it is worth it to be able to come to this seemingly majestic Chang'an City, and to the Chang'an City that Master described day and night.

"On the official road entering Guanzhong from Liangzhou, I heard about the drought in Guanzhong, and on the way I heard about the locust plague. I originally thought that the scene here in Chang'an City should be very chaotic. But judging from the current situation, it seems that Chang'an City has not been affected by locust plague and drought at all."

Xuanzang felt that the Tang Dynasty was almost unrecognizable to him.

I have only been away for more than ten years, but why does it feel like I have been away for hundreds of years?

"It would be best if there is no impact! We encountered the scene of locusts ruining crops once on the road, and it was really annoying to see it."

"After buying all the newspapers in the past few days, we will naturally know whether they have any impact and how big the impact is. Now we go to the temple first, settle these scriptures, and then ask the government to help us translate these scriptures into Chinese."

Xuanzang went to India with all his efforts, and his main purpose was to seek scriptures.

For him, as long as he can translate the scriptures quietly, his life will be perfect.

However, it is obvious that Li Shimin would not let him be so quiet.

To be precise, Li Kuan would not let him be so quiet.

After Li Shimin and Xuanzang returned from the Western Regions, the development of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty ushered in a wave of peak.

With Xuanzang's intelligence and talent, no Taoist priest in Chang'an City can compare with him.

Originally, the people of the Tang Dynasty did not force too much to believe in Buddhism or Taoism.

Anyway, as long as you can meet your needs.

"Master, you have written a letter to the Ministry of Rites before, and the other party also expressed their welcome to you for returning to the Tang Dynasty. There are a lot of these scriptures. Do we ask the Ministry of Rites to arrange people to help us?"

Wuxin looked at the books behind him with horses hanging by a camel, and his mind was enlarged.

His interest in Buddhist scriptures was obviously not as high as Xuanzang.

In his opinion, in order to confirm whether he would be punished when he returned to the Tang Dynasty and whether he could freely spread Buddhist scriptures, his master stayed in Liangzhou for half a month.

It was not until he officially received the opinions given by the Ministry of Revenue that Xuanzang realized that he was safe.

"Let's talk about this. The most urgent thing is to make clear the situation in Chang'an City. Judging from the news we found out when we were in Liangzhou, the changes in Chang'an City are definitely very huge."

Although Xuanzang cannot be completely indifferent to fame and fortune, he is still a monk who has attained enlightenment and has his own unique beliefs and persistence.

...

Outside Luoyang City, Wang Youcai and others were excited to head towards the Weishui Wharf.

"Shopkeeper Wang, from the newspaper, Guanzhong has suffered a severe drought this year and has encountered a locust plague again. It seems that it is not a good time for us to come back."

Although Xi Junmai was a little excited about returning to Chang'an City, he was not particularly anxious.

"No, on the contrary, Chang'an City is the time when we need us the most at this time. I just went to Tianzhu and got back gold and silver equivalent to the annual tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty. This fully proves that what His Highness said about the unlimited overseas market space is very correct.

Think about it, if all the gold and silver in the world flow to the Tang Dynasty, then we can easily use these gold and silver to buy all kinds of things from Japan and Nanyang from Nanyang. Although Guanzhong is affected this year, as long as we take out 10% of the gold and silver on our ships to provide disaster relief, the people may live better this year than last year."

Money is not omnipotent, but money can solve most problems.

Especially for a country, many problems are ultimately economic issues.

To put it bluntly, it is the money issue.

As long as the country is rich and the people are rich, many problems will naturally disappear.

As an outstanding student of Guanshishan Academy Business School, Wang Youcai obviously has a very deep understanding of this.

"That's not possible. Although there is a lot of gold and silver on this ship, they are all from His Highness the King of Chu. They are not from His Majesty. How can you directly take it out for disaster relief? His Highness the King of Chu can make money and the King of Chu is very rich. This is a fact, but this does not mean that no matter what happened in the Tang Dynasty, His Highness the King of Chu needs to take out the money from his family. This Tang Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty's Tang Dynasty's Tang Dynasty."

Xi Junmai is already very familiar with Wang Youcai, and he dares to say something that is taboo.

As the direct person of the Chu King’s Mansion, Xi Junmai only has the interests of the Chu King’s Mansion.

Only when he ensures that the interests of the Chu Prince's Mansion are not harmed will he consider the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

"I didn't mean that His Highness the King of Chu would donate the money, and this trend would not be opened. Otherwise, who would be willing to work hard to make money in the future? What I mean is that after so much gold and silver flowed into the Tang Dynasty, some of them would eventually be in the hands of the court. Not to mention the others, the market tax alone would account for 10%. As long as the court directly took out the money, it would be enough to provide disaster relief.

Besides, I think the court has appointed His Highness the King of Chu to be responsible for all the corresponding matters of the locust plague. It is hard to say whether the locust plague will be so serious this year. Maybe by the time we go to Chang'an City, the locust plague will be almost handled by His Highness the King of Chu."

Wang Youcai didn't dare to let Xi Junmai think that he was a person who was a traitor who only thought about the interests of the Tang Dynasty and did not consider the interests of the Chu Palace all day long.

That's trouble.

The country and the world are thoughts that everyone in this era has.

What does this mean?

Home is in front and country is in back.

This is why Li Shimin has always suppressed the great families of aristocratic families, because they first considered the interests of the small family, and then considered the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

"I hope so, but when we came back, we encountered several fleets of slaves who went to Tianzhu to hunt slaves. If the locust plague in Guanzhong is really serious, it is actually a good time to encourage the people of Guanzhong to immigrate to Liaodong and Zhenbei Road. It is really not necessarily a bad thing."

The Tang Dynasty has a very profound foundation now, so no one is worried that a locust plague will destroy the country.

It was not like the second year of Zhenguan, where there were internal and external troubles. When the locust plague came, Li Shimin forced himself to eat locusts one by one in front of the officials and the people in order to eliminate everyone's fear and to show that he was with everyone.

"Tianzhu was tortured by us, and was destroyed by Gandi before. He would definitely fall into chaos in a short period of time. It is indeed a good place to transport labor to the Tang Dynasty."

Wang Youcai felt that he had gained a lot from this trip to sea.

After some of the previous thoughts were practiced or witnessed with their own eyes, they gradually became clear.

This time he returned to Chang'an City, he was going to spend some time writing down these things.

"Actually, I think Your Majesty and His Highness the King of Chu are still too kind. My Tang Dynasty soldiers are invincible in the world. Wherever I go, there is no one-union enemy. If there is a lack of slaves, just do it."

Xi Junmai felt that there was no need to use money for problems that could be solved with a knife.

Isn't this a waste of money?

However, Wang Youcai obviously had different opinions from him on this point.

In this way, the two of them talked all the way and headed towards the Weishui Wharf.

...

At the entrance of the Datang Trading Center, Deng Feng held the latest edition of the Datang Daily today, with a slightly ugly face.

"Brother Guo, do you think the news written in the "Da Tang Daily" is true or false? All the locusts in the counties under Yongzhou Prefecture have disappeared. How is this possible?"

Deng Feng has not only put all his wealth on the rice contract, but also added a leverage to the Tang Dynasty Royal Money House.

At the beginning, the benefits were very gratifying.

Although the increase seems to have become very slow in the past two days, it even has a little bit of a downward trend.

This made Deng Feng immediately anxious.

He has also considered cashing out part of the contract first and locking down the profits.

However, she was unwilling to lower the price, she listed a sell order yesterday, but it was not sold.

This morning, when I saw the news on the Datang Daily, Deng Feng felt a little regretful that he had not lowered the price a little yesterday and sold all the rice contracts in his hand.

"Brother Deng, the root cause of locust plague is drought. However, this year's drought mainly occurs in Guanzhong area, and the impact is not great in other places. However, the drought in Guanzhong area has been alleviated to a certain extent with the efforts of the Meteorological Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy.

In addition, His Majesty arranged for His Highness to be responsible for all the responses to the locust plague, and everyone was very confident in His Highness, and His Highness’s arrangements also gave everyone full confidence.

In particular, turning locusts into food and allowing various wine shops to launch locust feasts, which immediately solved everyone's fear of locusts. I heard that even Your Majesty and other noble people in the palace eat locusts every day. In addition, the Chu Prince's Mansion is now vigorously purchasing locusts. When the people see locusts, their eyes are no longer panic, but their eyes are shining, just like seeing a bunch of moving Kaiyuan Tongbao.

In this case, it is almost inevitable that the locust plague in Guanzhong will be alleviated. It’s just that the speed is a little faster than we imagined.”

Guo Yang sighed helplessly, but he still analyzed it for Deng Feng.

The rice contract he had almost sold out, and only a little left was left to stay there as a souvenir.

However, in the past few days, he has not had much work, so he has been following Deng Feng to see the scene in the contract trading shop.

After all, he will continue to buy some other contracts in the future.

This time the price change of rice contract price trend is also of great reference significance for his future investment.

"This is not a little faster. Many people just heard that a locust plague occurred in Guanzhong. Before they thought about how to deal with it, they heard the news that the locust plague ended. It made people feel that the previous locust plague did not exist at all. I think that at the beginning, the situation of the locust plague was not serious at all. It was because the county governments in various places deliberately exaggerated the situation, which made the court very nervous, making us all think that the rice contract would increase the price."

Deng Feng felt a little difficult to accept the current situation and couldn't help but start to complain.

However, the contract transactions at the Datang Trading Center will not stop just because of his complaints.

"Do!Do!Do!"

After the Big Ben in the Datang Stock Exchange rang the nine o'clock bell, the contract trading shop also started a day's trading as usual.
To be continued...