Northern Dynasties

Chapter 69
"Zhu Sheng is in charge, Zhu Sheng is in charge, please stop! Dare to ask the Lord, when will the Lord return to his hometown?"

After class in the schoolhouse, Li Zhusheng picked up his book and went out. He saw a middle-aged villager limping around the gate of the courtyard. Looking back, he waved his hands and shouted loudly.

Hearing this shout, Li Zhusheng could only stop and turn around to walk towards the villager, with a helpless expression on his face, he said: "Wang Hu'er, you have already asked five times today, the master went to Shenda and did not predict the date of return. When will I be back, how do I know?"

The lame villager Wang Hu'er said with a silly smile: "The servant is also worried that the master is keeping warm outside. The winter snow has already fallen, and it is freezing outside. How can it be compared to our big house in the village, which has a bright hall and food and clothing to keep warm!" The three chopsticks that read have all returned, but the Lord has not heard from him, isn't Zhu Sheng worried?"

"My lord is young and mature, he has his own plans for where to go and what to do, you wait to do your own things well and live your own life well..."

Before Li Zhusheng had finished speaking, the villain Wang Hu'er's silly smile turned into a wry smile: "It's because the Lord is not in the village, life is not safe! Everyone remembers the promise made by the Lord when he first entered the village. The end of the year is coming to an end, everyone works hard, just because there are people in the house warming the couch..."

Li Zhusheng glanced at Wang Hu'er, then at the several Zhuang people who were huddled in the corner with the same anticipation, and felt a headache for a while, knocked on Wang Hu'er's forehead and sighed: "You idiots Slave, it’s been a few days to keep warm, just looking forward to adding a few mouths fighting for food?”

Wang Hu'er rubbed the head that was sore from being hit by the teaching pole, and still had a silly smile on his face: "Where is it a fight for food, the master is good at running a family, and whoever works hard in the village is afraid that he will not be able to support a few people." Population? What's more, those clever ladies in the weaving workshop, the profits from their work are even more lucrative than those of idiots, men and women work hard, are they afraid that they don't have a rich family?"

At this moment, someone in the distance suddenly shouted: "The Lord is back!"

Hearing this shout, figures from all over the manor jumped out and rushed towards the gate of the manor.

Li Tai, who had just rode his horse into the village, felt very relieved when he saw people from the village flocking to welcome him. Although he had only been together for less than a year, everyone's support and miss for him was overwhelming!
He waved his hand to greet the people in the village, and said thoughtfully: "It's very cold, each of us stays in the house to keep warm, so we don't need to line up to welcome us!"

Despite his repeated persuasion, the enthusiasm of the crowd was unstoppable. They gathered together and sent Li Tai to the lobby room in the center of the manor, still lingering and refusing to disperse.

"I have only been away from home for more than a month, and the people in the village miss me so much."

Li Taixing entered the main room, took off his cloak to keep out the cold, and leaned beside the stove, looking at the still crowded outside of the hall, he couldn't help but said to Li Zhusheng with emotion.

After Li Zhusheng heard the words, his expression became a little strange, and he leaned forward and whispered the reason why everyone was so enthusiastic.

After Li Tai listened to it, he realized that he had made a mistake. These village people didn't want the master, they just wanted the wife!

"It's so warm and thoughtful XX, I can't say anything, tell them to go away quickly, whoever is late can't participate this year!"

Seeing the expectant and thirsty eyes of the people outside the village, Li Tai was filled with indignation. Others bought people's hearts, and his subordinates would loyally follow them to start their careers, but these idiots in his village only wanted their wives and children to be hot on the bed!By the way, just don't give them all a bed!
Although he felt a little depressed, he had to do what he promised. After his hands and feet warmed up, Li Tai asked Li Zhusheng to fetch the village's account book for a little look. It's been months of uninterrupted hard work, and I was moved a lot in my heart.

Leaving aside his identity as a time traveler, he was just a newcomer to this pass, and he was able to gain a foothold in this township so quickly. In addition to the care from the upper-level dignitaries, the hard work of the people in Buquzhuang is also indisputable.

Earlier in Chaoyi, when he saw He Basheng presiding over the weddings of his cronies, Li Tai had made a wish to at least make these followers of him live a stable life. Now that he has spared no effort, he should fulfill his promise.

"Recently, there will be several batches of supplies delivered in Jingzhao County. Uncle Zhusheng arranged for the villager to clean up the warehouse and take over properly. The production of [-] pieces of grain and cakes will be stopped for a while, and less important things will be delayed until the next year. Arrange a few senior and prudent Zhuang people, ask each other carefully one by one, and start arranging marriages after the winter solstice."

After Li Tai flipped through the accounting book, he said to Li Zhusheng again.

Several Hui refused to accept the dividends of the two thousand bolts of silk, which became Li Tai's biggest surplus at the end of this year. He planned to distribute half of it to repay the remainder of He Basheng's arrears, and the rest was enough for the whole family. People live a fat year, and various careers can have a better start in the coming year.

"Organize another construction team of [-] people, build a few courtyard houses on Dongpo, and dig a few open channels in the village..."

Although the end of the year is approaching, Li Tai still has a lot of ideas about buying a property in his heart. When he entered the village just now, he saw many people in the village with cracked hands and faces, especially those children with snot blisters and chilblains on their faces, which made people feel distressed. , and planned to implement a relatively complete and systematic thermal insulation project in the manor.

"Alang has been doing things in the past six months, and he is much more thoughtful than in previous years. Even when Lang was in charge of the family, there was no caring employee like Alang!"

Li Zhusheng recorded everything, and couldn't help but said with emotion.

"I didn't do anything in the past, but now I feel that human kindness is the most precious. Without Uncle Nagisa, you never give up to follow, I really don't know how to survive in this Kansai!"

Li Tai also sighed after hearing the words, got up and patted Li Zhusheng on the shoulder and joked: "I brought back a few buckets of good wine in Chang'an, and called them up to treat them. Let's go to Uncle Zhusheng's place to simmer the old duck tonight." drink!"

When Li Zhusheng heard this, his old face was ashamed, and without saying a word, he turned his head and walked out the door.

That night, more than a dozen old family members who followed Li Tai all the way from Dongzhou gathered at Li Zhusheng's residence, and while drinking hot old duck soup with wine, they talked freely about their experiences in the past half a year. It was unavoidably sad, but more More is the prospect of the future.

A few days after Li Tai returned home, Zheng Man, who had not seen him for many days, visited again.

"It's really comfortable to soak in this hot soup, Mr. Lang is worthy of a famous family, such a taste is life!"

Zheng Man was honored to be the first guest of Shangyuan Tang Yu, soaking his whole body in the bath, his face was flushed by the heat, he said enviously while beating his joints with a wooden mallet like Li Tai.

Li Tai soaked himself in the private bath on the other side of the screen, and it wasn't that he was obsessed with cleanliness. In fact, most of the ancients didn't like to take a bath. Hearing Zheng Man's emotion, he laughed and said, "Zheng Zong, no, it should be Zheng Man." County lieutenant, if you are not satisfied with your current status, there is still room for you in my village. It just so happens that the affairs of the village are getting more and more complicated, and I also need a smart and capable person to help the housekeeper."

Zheng Man got cheap and acted like a good boy. After hearing the words, he laughed and said: "The position of the county magistrate is called an official, but he is actually a servant. In my opinion, it is not as comfortable as assisting the gentleman in the countryside in summer and autumn! The only thing is not If you dare to take your grace lightly, you can only try your best!"

The past six months have been the most important turning point in Zheng Man's life.If he hadn't met Li Tai, he, a county clerk with no background and no background, would have to spend his whole life in trivial matters between the county and the township.

But it was only to help Li Tai facilitate a loan cooperation with the county government. Because he successfully relieved the plight of the county magistrate, he was recommended by the county magistrate Du Yun. .

He said he was busy with affairs, but how could he not be excited to achieve such a class leap?
When he was in and out of the county government office recently, he heard that many of his former subordinate staff secretly regretted that they would not go to the countryside because they hated the smoke and dust on the roads in the countryside.

"The county lord knows that I will visit the township to meet the lord, and asked me to ask the lord, if you have benefited twice this year, will you continue to cooperate next year?"

Zheng Man gritted his teeth and rubbed away the accumulated dirt on his body, and asked Li Tai with a smile.

After Li Tai heard the words, he waved his hands. It was because he had too much money that he would continue to engage in such unequal cooperation with the county government!
In the past, they had no roots in the countryside, so they could only grit their teeth and be slaughtered by the county government. Now, even if the manor is not strong enough, it is better for the big households in the same village to borrow money than to cooperate with the county government.

Seeing Li Tai waving his hand, Zheng Man felt a little disappointed.He witnessed with his own eyes how Li Tai quickly amassed the capital of the village and turned stones into gold in the village. He also understood that there are many benefits of living near Li Tai.

Although he didn't want to be taken advantage of again, Li Tai also had other things to cooperate with the county. After pondering for a while, he said again: "Du Xianzun will pass the exam next year, right? What's his plan for the future?"

"The county lord was born in the famous Jingzhao family, and he probably hopes to return to his hometown and govern."

Zheng Man replied after hearing the words.

"It is indeed a great joy in life to serve as an official, to be virtuous, and then to return to the hometown with honor and spread the virtuous voice. But if the county lord wants to return to govern the village, I am afraid it will not be so smooth. Jingzhao is so powerful!"

Li Tai sighed with emotion at first, and then said: "I am planning a rural affairs project here. If the county lord can help me achieve it, I think he may be able to help me with his plan for the next year."

"The county lord is really lucky. This year, the Lord has helped him a lot, and there is still a chance to be helped by the Lord in the next year!"

After Zheng Man heard the words, he did not ask what it was, but he already showed his envy for the county magistrate Du Yun.

"Not only the county magistrate, but I also want to help Zheng County Lieutenant for another journey."

Li Tai said with a smile again, and when Zheng Man heard this, he immediately jumped up from the bathing pool with excitement, patted his bony chest and assured him: "Your Majesty, but I have some orders, I will obey you!"

"Just be obedient, sit back and talk!"

Li Tai raised his hand to cover his face with a wet towel, he really didn't want to see Zheng Man's two hairy legs dangling in front of his eyes.

　I wish everyone a happy Chinese Valentine's Day, and single dogs encourage themselves. . .Chapter V of this book will be updated at noon tomorrow, and it will be updated at noon tomorrow, and the first four chapters will be updated on the first day of release. . .

　　
　
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