The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 483

Xu Tian entered the storeroom and found that all the money inside was gone.

Even more valuable items were missing from inside.

He sighed softly to himself.

This general is capable of anything.

They actually thought of stealing things from his mansion.

The fact that Xu Tian's house had been burglarized was known to almost everyone in the court.

Da Jiang never expected that he would actually be able to report it to the authorities.

This is no small matter.

It would naturally reach Li Er's ears.

Li Er shared the same thought as Xu Tian; his first suspect was also the General Zhenguo.

However, given his status, he couldn't say anything.

Xu Tian himself has to handle this matter.

Besides, he had already reported it to the authorities, so naturally the matter had to be handled by the government.

The general has created his own trap; Li Er, you think he'll get into trouble sooner or later.

However, this guy has always been like this, and Li Er has no time to deal with these matters.

In the imperial court, Li Er mentioned the sudden flood and expressed his deep concern.

Lately, it's been either floods or droughts.

Floods in the south, drought in the north.

Both of these are very troublesome.

"My esteemed ministers, do any of you have any good ideas?"

The floods have caused people to relocate. Although the people have not suffered much harm, the national treasury is now in dire need of funds.

Their food supplies mostly come from the south, and now, this disaster has caused damage to most of their crops.

If things continue like this, let alone a harvest this year, we'll be lucky to even survive.

When the General Zhenguo heard about this, he glanced at Xu Tian.

He wanted to see Xu Tian make a fool of himself, so he deliberately flattered him in front of everyone.

"Lord Xu is extremely intelligent. He must have already studied this matter. Why don't you offer a good plan to alleviate the disaster in the south?"

With the general's words, everyone turned to look at Xu Tian.

They all knew that Xu Tian was recommended by the General.

The fact that the General is praising Xu Tian like this now seems to be because he wants to give him a chance.

But what they didn't know, Xu Tian knew very well.

General Zhenguo, this is hardly flattery that could be used to his detriment.

He clearly wanted to embarrass Xu Tian, ​​to make him look foolish in front of the entire court.

Xu Tian sneered inwardly.

He's likely to disappoint the general.

He stepped forward and bowed with his hands clasped in greeting.

"Your Majesty, I have a good plan. I don't know if it's feasible or not."

He said it very tactfully.

Upon hearing that he had a good plan, Li Er, who had been feeling troubled, immediately raised his head.

"Speak quickly, my dear minister."

He was already having a major headache over this matter, so when he heard Xu Tian say he had a good solution, he was naturally overjoyed.

Regardless of whether it was feasible or not, he felt that whatever Xu Tian said must be good.

Xu Tian said directly, "In this natural disaster in the south, most of the rivers have breached their banks, and most of the grain has been submerged. However, I believe that we can use the river channels to divert the flow of water."

“Although you have flooded those crops, it is not yet harvest season. As long as we divert the river, we can plant another season of crops.”

Xu Tian knew that in this era, all food could only be harvested once a year.

However, in modern times it's not just one season.

It can even grow enough food for several seasons.