Under normal circumstances, as long as Li Er takes out his whip, Li Jue will be half-cowarded.

However, to Li Er's surprise, this grandson was incredibly stubborn. Even though Li Er had almost broken his arm, the grandson still wouldn't give in.

"You unfilial grandson, are you trying to work me to death?!"

"Even if you beat me to death, I have nowhere to get you food..."

"Didn't you get a lot of grain?"

"I sold them all!"

"Sold?"

"Who did you sell it to?"

"have no idea!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes widened like copper bells, his face filled with disbelief.

"You didn't know?"

“Grandpa, someone is offering me money and goods in exchange. All I need to know is that the money and the goods are genuine. There’s no need to ask who they are, is there?”

"you……"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin swung the whip again until he had exhausted his last bit of strength before stopping angrily.

"What a spendthrift!"

"You'll be ruined by money sooner or later!"

At this moment, Li Shimin felt helpless and even somewhat disappointed.

How come the eldest grandson of the Tang Dynasty, his most favored candidate for crown prince, is such a money-grubber?

If it were a child from an ordinary family, being a little greedy for money would be one thing.

However, he is to inherit the family business!

"Your Majesty, may we summon the imperial physicians?"

"Proclaim it!"

"But don't apply any medicine to him. Let him reflect on his actions for an hour first!"

"promise!"

Li Shimin arrived at the council hall with a sullen face. Seeing that several people had not left, he could only give an awkward smile.

"That unruly grandson has squandered all the grain..."

"Let's think of another way!"

"oh……"

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces showed disappointment, and some even harbored considerable resentment towards Li Jue, their eldest grandson. After all, where were they supposed to find food in this freezing weather?

Just when everyone was at a loss, Li Shiji, who had been disliked by Li Shimin several times, stood up again.

"Your Majesty, I have a solution!"

"you?"

Li Shimin rolled his eyes dramatically.

"Every time you offer a bad idea, you should stop making a fool of yourself..."

"No, no, no!"

"Your Majesty, what I said this time is different!"

"no the same?"

"That's just another way of making a fool of yourself!"

"puff……"

Li Shimin's blunt slander amused everyone in the council hall.

Li Shiji didn't take it to heart and said with a grin.

"Your Majesty, the eldest grandson has only sold the grain, but the grain has not disappeared; it has simply been moved to another place for storage."

"If we send out our army and reclaim the grain..."

"Take it back?"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up upon hearing this; this really was a good idea.

Who cares who he sold the grain to? As long as we send troops to take it back, wouldn't that solve the food shortage problem in Pyongyang?

But who knows who this grandson sold to? Where am I supposed to snatch him from?

"well!"

Li Jue had no idea who had bought the grain...

"Your Majesty, I understand!"

You know?

"yes!"

"The eldest grandson only handles the bulk of the business; the actual transactions are all carried out by my subordinates. They certainly know who the other party is!"

"this……"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin was incredibly excited. He immediately stood up, went to Li Shiji, and patted him warmly on the shoulder.

"Maogong, I'm entrusting this matter to you. You mustn't let me down!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, your humble servant will certainly not fail in my mission!"

Li Shiji immediately left the council hall and led five thousand elite soldiers out to seize grain.

But once he left, he vanished as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth. For five whole days, there was not a single word about him.

This made Li Shimin very anxious, and he sent people out of the city every day to investigate and find out about Li Shiji's movements.

However, instead of seeing Li Shiji's movements, they spotted a grain convoy!

"A grain transport team?"

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the news. In this terrible weather with continuous snow and wind, someone was actually transporting grain to Pyongyang.

"You must have seen it wrong, right?"

"Your Majesty, there is no mistake, we have brought back the grain transport team!"

What did they say?

"They said they were ordered by the eldest grandson to deliver grain to Pyongyang, so we didn't dare touch them, we just brought them back..."

"Li Jue?"

"You mean Li Jue brought these grain carts back?"

"yes!"

"Where did the grain transport team come from, Silla or Baekje?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that. It's grain that His Highness transferred from Hebei and Shandong..."

"hiss……"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin gasped in shock and even felt a strong sense of crisis.

Has my eldest grandson become so capable that he can even retrieve food from elsewhere while lying in bed?

Although this matter is not large, the manpower and resources required to accomplish it in a foreign country are considerable.

Even the emperor himself didn't dare to order officials from Shandong and Hebei to transport grain. How did this rebellious grandson manage to do it?

"Lead the way, I want to see it for myself!"

"promise!"

Before long, Li Shimin arrived at the granary and saw many soldiers working together to load bags of grain into the warehouse.

Li Shimin saw a middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy man and couldn't help but strike up a conversation with him.

Did you transport this grain?

"Reporting to the general, it was indeed I who brought the grain."

How did you transport it here?

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