Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 116 Eating Phases
During her stay in Saga Bieye, Li Lijun was busy monitoring toads and tinkering with her weapons all day long, and she didn't have much time to take care of other things. But besides taking care of her food and daily life, and inquiring about land suitable for cemeteries, Li Lijun, He didn't delay in helping her inquire about the news.

In the area of ​​Sitai and Santai next door, there is the Dou family's forest farm, which is so close to Saga Bieye, of course Li Lijun needs to find out the situation of the neighbor's house.If possible, she would also like to buy that forest farm.

Not to mention that Toad is hiding in the cave under Sitai Peak, and will fight her sooner or later, only that she will practice on Wutai Peak in the future, and she will inevitably go to the next four or three to exercise her hands and feet. The nearby mountains are also bought, and outsiders are not allowed to set foot, so there is no need to worry about being peeped by irrelevant people going up the mountain when practicing.

Nanny Cui just ordered someone to contact the forest watchers of Dou's family. Through Princess Dou's relationship, she only said that the two families were relatives, and invited a few old men who watched the forest to drink. Some news unknown to outsiders.After comparing the statements of several people and combining the rumors heard in the palace in the past, the matter is basically clear.

The Saga Mountain Forest Farm was originally owned by the Dou family, but it was in Changshou Ernian, more than 50 years ago.At that time, the first emperor was still the heir of the emperor. On New Year's Day, the emperor's heir and concubine Liu and Ruren Dou—that is, the empress Suming and the saint's mother, Empress Zhaocheng—entered the palace to congratulate Empress Wu, but they were executed and punished afterwards. Many people were implicated and died, including Tang Ruren, the biological mother of King Sui.

The relatives of Queen Zhaocheng Dou's natal family were also implicated, her father was demoted, and her three brothers were exiled in Lingnan.Concubine Dou's father was not in the same house as them, but because they had a good relationship on weekdays, they also suffered misfortune. He was originally an official in the court, but was demoted to Fangzhou as the governor.Although that place is just north of Gyeonggi-do and not too far from Chang'an City, it is a lower state.Concubine Dou's father originally had a smooth official career, but he never expected that disasters would happen and he would end up in such a state that his future is bleak and uncertain.However, compared with Queen Zhaocheng's father and brothers, he is considered lucky.

Since the relationship between the two households was not bad, and he was relatively lucky, the sisters-in-law of Empress Zhaocheng sought opportunities to ask for help.

One of the brothers of Queen Zhaocheng, his wife bought a forest farm from an acquaintance not long before the accident at her husband's house, and planned to use it as a dowry for her daughter when she grew up. It was in the Saga Mountain area.Since the transaction was made with an acquaintance, although the two parties have completed the delivery, they have not had time to report to the government.An accident happened to Dou's family. Although their daughters-in-law did not need to be exiled with their husbands, they had to take their children back to their hometown in Fufeng to live in poverty after the house ransacked.The three daughters-in-law deliberately concealed the existence of the forest farm.The acquaintance who sold the tree farm also shut up very loyally, and did not reveal the truth to the outside world.

They planned to use the forest farm as one of the sources of income for the whole family in the future.

However, it takes many years to start a forest farm to make profits, and it is located in Sanyuan, which is too far away from Fufeng, which is not conducive to operation.After discussing with several daughter-in-laws of the Dou family, they decided to seek help from Concubine Dou's father and exchange the forest farm with a farm in Fufeng under his name.They got the farm, plus the sacrificial land from their hometown, and their life was guaranteed.Concubine Dou's father is going to Fangzhou to be the governor. Fangzhou is more than 200 miles away from Sanyuan.

Not so.The forest farm is larger, but it will not bring good profits in ten or eight years, and it takes a lot of energy to operate it. Even if the fields under the mountain can grow some grains, how much can they produce in a year?On the contrary, Fufeng's farm, although it only has a few hundred acres of land, is well managed and produces immediately after it is acquired.It was obvious that Concubine Dou's father was at a disadvantage in this transaction.

However, this elder has a kind disposition, knowing that the tribe is suffering, he doesn't care about the poor women and children, he readily agrees to the exchange, and even manages the government himself, pretending that it is a transaction between him and the original owner of the forest farm, and completes the contract .He also sent people to Fufeng Farm to spread the word about the change of ownership of the farm, and asked the head of the farm and the tenant farmers to take care of the women and children who had returned home.

As a clansman, this elder can be said to be impeccable in conduct.

When Empress Wu abdicated and the brothers of Empress Zhaocheng were pardoned and returned to Beijing, they were granted titles and officials, and many years had passed when they regained their glory.Concubine Dou's father managed the forest farm on Saga Mountain very well, and the trees grew tall, and it was almost time to earn money.But seeing that the clansman returned safely, he was still very happy to send the forest farm back to the former owner as a congratulatory gift.

Empress Zhaocheng's brothers were not polite to him, and felt that the forest farm was a congratulatory gift, not an exchange, and they did not return the farm in Fufeng afterwards.

After the current sage ascended the throne, he built the Xingqing Palace with great efforts.The brothers of Empress Zhaocheng made a lot of money by using the wood from the Saga Mountain Forest Farm.Afterwards, Fufeng's farm was unfortunately hit by a disaster and suffered heavy losses.The dukes of the Dou family took advantage of the opportunity to return the farm to Concubine Dou's father.If the latter wished to profit from the estate, it had to be rebuilt first.However, the Dukes of the Dou family felt that their family had returned to Zhao intact, and they did so very kindly.

Their actions aroused criticism from many people in the family, but because they facilitated Princess Dou's marriage to King Sui as a continuation marriage, these criticisms were suppressed.When Concubine Dou's father passed away, he had no resentment towards the family, but just advised the children to look away and be more open-minded.

The old people guarding Dou's family forest farm in Saga Mountain are all manpower arranged by Concubine Dou's father before his death. Because they are familiar with them and performed well, they have not been dismissed by several Duke Dou's mansions.They usually don't talk about the current host's family, but after drinking a few more glasses, they can't help but utter a few words.They still miss their kind and kind former master very much, and they are very disapproving of the behavior of the brothers and nephews of Empress Zhaocheng, thinking that their eating looks are too ugly...

Li Lijun also felt that the saint's uncles were too ugly.I remember someone once mentioned that their reputation is not very good, and they have the name of "greedy and despicable".But because the sages lost their mothers when they were young, and they were extraordinarily gracious to outsiders, even with such a bad reputation, they still lived the rest of their lives in wealth and splendor.

Not long ago, the saint's aunt, Mrs. Yan of the Dou family who had raised the saint, her granddaughter Zhang was going to marry the prince of the East Palace as Liangdi.For this reason, Dou's family started building again, and almost emptied the wood that had grown in the Saga Mountain Forest Farm in recent years, leaving some young trees or miscellaneous trees that were not in good shape.Among the servants of the forest farm, there was a gossip that the Duke's Mansion seemed to be planning to return the forest farm to Concubine Dou's brothers, probably with the idea of ​​letting them start the forest farm again?
Although several brothers of Empress Zhaocheng have passed away, the eating appearance of the next generation of their family seems to be equally ugly.

Meeting such a clansman, Concubine Dou is not really short-tempered, how could she not be annoyed?It's just that the other party is a sage's natal family after all, and the holy family has always been extremely prosperous, but Concubine Dou's natal family has no high-ranking officials, and her husband, King Sui, lost the holy family early.She will most likely have to swallow this loss.

But the forest farm on Mount Saga was a great loss to Concubine Dou's natal family, but to Li Lijun, it was a dream.

Isn't it just two barren hills with bald heads, and she is not short of the money to sell wood, what she wants is land that no one has set foot in!By the way, she can also establish a good relationship with Concubine Dou, so that the other party is willing to provide her with a little convenience.

For example, let yourself go out of the house to observe filial piety for a few years.

Another example... Zhao Chenji has been "in charge" for a few years, so that the scumbag father and the stepmother who will come in the future will not get his idea?

(End of this chapter)