Northern Dynasties

Chapter 79
When Li Tai came to He Basheng's mansion again, he found that there were more visitors blocked outside the door.

Obviously, after a night of fermentation, the relevant news has been known to more people.

These visiting guests may not all be He Basheng's acquaintances, at least many of them have never seen each other during the half a year that Li Tai and He Basheng have been together.

But seeing these people also looked worried, probably because their relatives lived in the Eastern Wei Dynasty and wanted to inquire about more accurate news while visiting their homes.

This time Li Tai personally came to the door and handed over the name card, but it was not He Basheng's confidantes who entertained him that he had seen before.

In the past half a year, Li Tai, He Basheng's confidant, has seen most of them. This strange face should be a house slave brought by He Bayue's sons.

Li Tai was not surprised by this, most of He Basheng's cronies are currently concentrated in Huazhou Chaoyi to guard against bandits and prepare for the war, and not many followed them into Chang'an.Now that the family affairs are undergoing drastic changes, He Bayue's sons, as his closest people in the world, of course have to take care of the family affairs on his behalf.

They didn't know each other, so Li Tai's face was naturally limited, the famous person would just let him wait in the porch, and after entering the room for a while, he came back and said indifferently: "The grand master is so sad that he is seriously ill, it is really inconvenient to see guests, sir, please back."

"The Grand Master was originally ill, but in this accident, it is inevitable that he will be seriously ill, and he needs to take care of his diet. Here are some simple food materials, which will be forwarded to your family if you are in trouble."

After Li Tai heard the words, he didn't think much about it, he only saw that the cars and horses of visitors blocked outside the door were almost blocking the alley. You can see how much harassment He Basheng's mansion has suffered from yesterday to today.

He just handed over the food box he brought, and said: "I will visit again tomorrow, if the Grand Master has other orders, please tell them."

After saying this, he withdrew and returned to Gao Zhongmi's Taiwei Gong's mansion.

After returning home, Li Tai sat down and wrote down the matter of Daxingtai exempting people from Xiuqu Township's one-year miscellaneous tax, and sent them back to Shangyuan Township first.

Having not seen He Basheng, Li Tai was a little worried after all to ascertain his current state.Coupled with the appointment made with his cousin Cui Xi years ago to handle pastoral affairs after the new year, Li Tai will not be able to return until the tenth day of the Lunar New Year at the earliest.

But the construction of the canal cannot be delayed. The land must be plowed for plowing after the spring thaw, and every day before the plow is put into the ground is precious.Pass the news back to the hometown early, let the left-behind people push forward the project as soon as possible, and dig out the ditches in the northern section of Shangyuan before the spring begins.

He is not Yu Wentai's loyal little licking dog, and he has already made Yu Wentai very unhappy. If it is known that he is just bragging and not doing practical things, this little golden seal that has not been warmed up may have to be taken back.

In the next few days, Li Tai continued to visit He Basheng's mansion, but he was turned away all of them.No matter how slow he was, he gradually realized that something was wrong.

Shocked by the news of the tragic death of his sons, He Basheng was distraught. In addition, his chronic illness worsened and he refused to see people.

On the eighth day of the eighth day, Cui Cong sent an official to inform him to go to Bacheng County to choose a land grant.

Although Li Tai was worried about He Basheng, but now he couldn't even see him face to face, so he was busy with his own affairs first.After seeing Cui Xi by the way, I will talk about my guess.

Cui Xi waited at the county mansion, and after meeting with each other, the group left the city from the east gate of the city.

"Cousin, have you visited Grand Master He Ba recently? Can you come to the hall to meet?"

After leaving the city, Li Tai couldn't help asking.

After Cui Xi heard the words, she shook her head, waved her hand to signal the followers to disperse, and then sighed to Li Tai: "Not only can't meet each other, but even the gift items will be returned. I discussed it with my brother, too. The master may no longer be in charge, so the second son of the grand master does not like the grand master to be contaminated with the old situation, so he is entrenched in the door and no one is allowed to enter the house to meet each other."

Li Tai guessed exactly this way, and after hearing the words, he said: "Based on what my cousin saw, how about the characters of the Taifu Erxi? They are so unkind, they bully the old, guard the family and be ruthless, so they are not afraid of resenting the Taishi." So old?"

"If such an evil thing happened in another family, I, a bystander, would come to the door to reprimand me, regardless of the current comments! But it's hard to say when it happened in this family, so let's stay away from it. I'm not afraid of power, I'm just afraid of making a noise. That's good. He's already a miserable old man, I can't bear it..."

Cui Xi shook his head, and said with a solemn expression: "I know that you are grateful for the protection of the grand master, A Pan, and you may have the idea of ​​following righteousness and not being afraid of relatives, but it's best not to deal with it forcefully. Those two sons are quite old. It's not a scum of social relations, and there are unavoidable embarrassments in dealing with family changes like this."

Li Tai really has the idea of ​​rushing in when he is turned away again, not because he wants to sell well in front of He Basheng, but as a junior who is cared and protected by He Basheng, he hopes to give him a little bit at this moment Reassuring feedback.

But after hearing what Cui Xi said, he also realized that his thoughts were still a little rash.

The Heba family is undoubtedly very special and sensitive in the Western Wei Dynasty, even more than the Yuan Wei royal family.If there were any fierce conflicts and disputes with his family, the consequences would be unpredictable, and it might even hurt He Basheng even more.

It has been a long time since he came to this world, and he has encountered many difficulties, but this is the first time that Li Tai feels such a headache.

Keeping it at a respectful distance, watching He Basheng suffer the pain of losing his son in addition to his old illness, and being placed under house arrest by his young nephews to wait to die, Li Tai really couldn't do it.But how to do it, he has no idea at all.

After waiting for a group of people to arrive at the boundary, Li Tai quickly cleared up his mood and focused on the immediate affairs first.

With Cui Xi, Jing Zhaoyin, personally accompanying and supervising, Li Tai naturally chose at will.But because he limited the location of Longshouyuan, there were not many actual choices.

The county magistrate of Bacheng had been waiting on the Longshouyuan early, and when he saw the group of people coming, he rushed to meet them. After meeting Cui Cong first, he chased after Li Tai for flattery.

Different from the prosperity of the garden industry that Li Tai imagined before, the current Longshouyuan is not prosperous, even a bit desolate.Large tracts of land are left uncultivated, and it looks like almost no grass grows in this cold winter of the new year.

Some villages can be seen in the distance, but most of them are temporary shacks and tents. Some refugees with malicious looks came to look closely, but after seeing the village soldiers led by Cui Xu, they all ran away in fright .

"Longshouyuan is located on a high hill, and the rivers and canals are out of the way, so farming is not prosperous. It is really not a good choice for home management."

Although it was not the location he had chosen, the county magistrate of Naha City hurriedly said after seeing the change in Li Tai's face: "If you want to live in the capital for a long time, you should move south to Fanchuan, where..."

"No, no, it's in Longshouyuan, I love Fenggao Renyou here!"

Before the county magistrate finished speaking, Li Tai waved his hands and said with a smile.

The current Longshouyuan is indeed very desolate. Later, the capital of Sui and Tang Dynasties was moved from the original north to the original south, and many canals were continuously dug to gradually improve the living environment here.

Li Tai made up his mind to delimit the land in Longshouyuan, not only because of the auspiciousness of the dragon here, but also because of the terrain of Longshouyuan, which happens to be located at the highest point in the southeast of Chang'an City today.

If you want to do something in the future, this is the most suitable location for Tibetan soldiers, condescending, and directly drive Chang'an!

And because water conservancy irrigation is not convenient, there is no shortage of wasteland here, and large plots can be easily delineated.If it was changed to other livable and arable places, it would have been carved up by Chang'an nobles and local tyrants in Kinki, and what was left to Li Tai was just residue.

After all, he didn't really want to farm, even if it was not easy to cultivate, it would have little effect.

Since Li Tai was so stubborn, the county magistrate didn't say anything more, and asked Cui Cong for instructions, and then ordered the county officials to measure the land at the highest point on the plain and inlay boundary stones.

Li Tai is not an ordinary farmer, and his family's farm area will also enjoy the convenience brought by the official title, plus the servants, servants and cattle will also enjoy the share of the farmland. After one calculation, it is only the land that should be given according to the regulations. There are as many as eighteen hectares.

It would be very difficult to find such a contiguous large piece of land if it was changed to other land boundaries around Chang'an, but it is more than enough on the high slope of Longshouyuan.

Watching the county magistrate ordering the officials to measure the land, Cui Xi pulled Li Tai to the side of the county magistrate and said with a smile: "I heard that you, A Pan, married the soldiers and brought more cattle and horses in the house, this year it must be It's so rich!"

Li Tai nodded with a smile, and the county magistrate turned his head and said with a serious face after hearing the words: "Daxingtai's governance is strict and meticulous. Your husband should report these situations first, and don't let Dingkou lose his support, cattle and horses." Lost tillage!"

After saying this, the county magistrate sternly swiped his pen to outline, and five hectares of land were immediately added to the field registration.And the measuring ropes in the hands of the officials suddenly became unrestrained.

Looking at this scene, Li Tai really wanted to recommend his family's talented ghost to the county magistrate.

In the end, it is difficult for Li Tai to estimate how much land will be surrounded by boundary stones.Cui Cong only said that later, the envoys would send the county's military force to build a fence around his manor first, and then enter the estate to manage the business.

Li Tai stood on this plain, enjoying himself against the cold wind, this is his real piece of land in this world.In the coming year, the North Slope will be annexed first, and then the South Slope will be delineated. Just thinking about it will make you excited!
On the second day after the field was delineated, Li Tai asked the cook to prepare some meals, but before he could go out, the servants came to ask the servants of Youhe Basheng's mansion to see him.

After Li Tai heard the words, he hurried out of the hall to meet him. From a distance, he saw He Bayan, Zhu Meng and others who stayed in Chaoyi years ago.

A few people looked haggard and dusty, they obviously just came from Huazhou, they also looked excited when they saw Li Tai, they walked forward and knelt down in front of Li Tai with a plop: "My lord is in trouble, I implore you to help me! "

"Get up quickly, have you heard any evil rumors?"

Li Tai hurried forward and helped several people up.

But Zhu Meng held Li Tai's arms tightly and refused to let go: "It's not a rumor, it's true! Therefore, the two lords of the Taifu have sent slaves to various gardens, expelled the lord's trilogy, and cleaned up the details of the garden. I When several members heard the news and entered the capital, they were afraid that they would be imprisoned in the mansion and not allowed to go out, so they dared to come to see Mr. Lang..."

When Li Tai heard this, his expression darkened.

He originally thought that He Bayue's sons would at most dislike He Basheng getting involved with the old staff, and planting some personnel hidden dangers for them, but he didn't expect that things had been done so desperately.

"Don't be impatient, I have everything! Uncle treats me like a son, and I will never allow him to die alone!"

After Li Tai said this, he returned to the hall, and the staff dug out several boxes and filled them with sand and loaded them into the cart. Then he led his family and He Basheng's cronies and went straight to He Basheng's mansion.

(End of this chapter)