Northern Dynasties

Chapter 84
A new round of construction has started in Shangyuan Manor. Looking at those villagers who are busy digging foundations and building frames, Li Tai suddenly discovered that since he entered the village last year, the construction of the manor seems to have never stopped.

People who have not experienced Li Tai's era really can't understand the obsession with housing and residence.

In the current Shangyuan Village, there are more than [-] brick and tile houses alone, covering a large area of ​​flat land and sloping ridges, and it can definitely be called the largest manor in Zuojin Township.

The overall area of ​​other people's homes may be larger than Li Tai's manor, but when it comes to housing area, it is really hard to match.

The master's residence may still be under construction, but most of the slaves are crowded in shacks and bunks, and some simply live in tents for several years.

The male and female trilogy of Li Taizhuang's previous marriage, one household and one house, have their own living space. If they work harder in the coming year, they can enjoy an independent house and have children.

Those who are single live in a house of four, and when it comes to the superior living environment, they are the only ones in the vicinity of Shangyuan and even in the entire Wuxiang County.

Many outsiders are amazed when they come here, and there are many recruited day laborers who even want to give up their status as free citizens and want to join the village and become Li Tai's part.

The scale and structure of the manor also made Li Tai a recognized rich man in the village.In their conception, what does it look like to have a lot of savings in the household, so that they are willing to allocate such a bright and big house to the trilogy?
It is also thanks to the recognition of the villagers that when Li Tai was preparing for the construction of the canal last year, there were many townspeople who came here and saw the scale of the manor, so they agreed to join it.Among other things, at least financial resources are guaranteed!
Li Tai himself knew that although the manor had a slight surplus last year, it was still far from the level of wealth that the villagers thought, but he was happy to be misunderstood.

Ordinary people may still pay attention to not revealing their wealth, but Li Tai has no such worries.Not to mention that his own trilogy is not lacking in strength, after the big parade in autumn last year, he ordered someone to build a row of barracks on the south side of the manor, and lent them to the garrison of the county and township regiments to live in.

At present, Shangyang Garrison has been upgraded to Shangyang Fang. Although the military city has also been built, these military buildings are still stationed by township regiments.After all, Li Tai has put so much effort into forming the township group, so he is also entitled to some privileges.

After the canal incident began, the storage and dispatch of Zhuangshang's materials became more frequent, and it was indeed necessary to strengthen security measures.The power gathered by Shangyuan Manor is more than enough to deal with the thieves roaming around the village. As long as it is not attacked by an army of thousands of people, it will basically not affect the operation of the manor.

The construction of several warehouses was very fast. After the foundation was laid, the construction of the walls began. The short-term laborers hired from the village were enough for use, and it took only a few days to top it up and put it into use.

People in Shangyuan Village came and went frequently, and it became more and more noisy, so Li Tai planned to build another villa in the valley on the east hillside to live in and entertain guests.

There are gurgling springs in the valley, pine and cypress trees in the mountains, and fruit trees in the hills. The environment is elegant and quiet, which is completely different from the bustling work in Xipozhuang.

After more than half a year of construction work, the village has already cultivated a mature construction team.When Li Tai selected the address and sketched out the sketch, the villagers began to rush to work.

Dozens of thick timbers were piled into ground piles, filled with sand and gravel and rolled flat, and after the foundation was compacted, the canal lines were dug and the pottery pipes that had been fired in advance were buried.

Some of these pipes are used for earth dragon heating, and some are used to receive mountain springs and create a water cycle around the house.Because it is more detailed than the daily construction, Li Tai squatted on the construction site to supervise the construction.

The scale of this villa is not large, a main hall of nearly a thousand square meters, surrounded by two rows of more than a dozen arc-shaped ear rooms as guest quarters.

In addition to the main building, there are several pavilions and watchtowers built according to the mountain situation, where you can hear chickens dancing, listen to the wind and read books, play the piano in the peach forest, and fish in Linyuan. It makes people feel comfortable just thinking about it.

While supervising the construction of the villa, Li Tai also went to inspect the canal construction site.

The construction of the canal in the northern section of Shangyuan is proceeding smoothly. Although it is still freezing in the cold weather, the overall project volume is limited because only the shallow soil layer needs to be worked on, and most of the canal lines have the foundation of old canals and river courses. Not too onerous.

In particular, the county has dispatched nearly a thousand more soldiers. Even if the time limit is limited every day and the work is not rushed around the clock, there is a strong tendency that this section of the channel can be completed ahead of schedule.

Seeing that the new recruits were all in shabby clothes and disheveled faces, and were assigned the heaviest task of digging new canals, but had the worst food and housing, Li Tai couldn't help being a little surprised.

He did not deduct food rations when the county sent more laborers. Seeing that the laborers were only drinking the thinnest soup, he couldn't help wondering if someone was deducting and exploiting them.

When he brought this up to Zheng Man, Zheng Man said with a smile: "Your Majesty is benevolent and considerate, but he also needs to be divided into races. These newly arrived servants are the Buluoji thiefhu in the north, and North Huazhou in winter. Several generals raided the Hunting and Thieves Department, and gained a lot of money, and many prisoners were distributed to the southern prefectures and counties. The magistrate of the county is concerned about the matter of the canal, and he goes to the prefecture every day to invite more than a thousand, all of which are sent here to use!"

Li Tai was also overjoyed when he heard the words. Although he couldn't treat human life like nothing, he would not lose his good intentions.Don't look pitiful now, but crossing the border to loot and kill people is not soft, and it is not worthy of sympathy and cherishment.

Even Wuxiang County was assigned Jihu captives to come forward, so it can be seen that Shuohui's northern attack on Jihu should have achieved fruitful results, and Li Tai was also happy for Jihu.

He thought that this matter ended here and it had nothing to do with him, but he didn't want to lead a group of entourage to Shangyuan in the next day, accompanied by dozens of dejected Jihu strong men.

"I know that you work a lot in the village and often suffer from labor force. I am back from hunting thieves today, and these dozens of thieves Hu Shiwu are here for you to use!"

After several Hui entered the village, he pointed to those Jihu Zhuangli and said to Li Tai, with a bright look on his face.

Li Tai was also overjoyed when he heard the words. Now that his industry is gradually spreading, the demand for young and strong labor force is also the better.

"I made you travel far to attack thieves and make great achievements. I was lucky enough to take care of you in my lazy village, so I accepted it brazenly."

He raised his hand to signal for Li Zhusheng to come forward, and took over the registrations of those Jihu Zhuangding, and arranged their respective positions.

A few Hui smiled and waved his hands: "It's not a rare thing at all, you deserve it. If it wasn't for Li Lang, you help me with food production, I would hardly win a big victory. This trip has traveled thousands of miles and wiped out more than a dozen thieves. Thinking of those Thieves Hu saw our army fled in shock, it was really refreshing..."

Thinking of the previous achievements, several Hui couldn't help but beam with joy.

There are many Jihu tribes scattered among the gullies on the northern plateau. Their whereabouts are erratic and they are prone to plundering, which greatly threatens the safety of surrounding states and counties.

This time, several Huiqi soldiers rushed out, defeated most of tens of thousands of people, and beheaded many Qushuai chiefs in a row.It was also thanks to the portable rations provided by Li Tai that the mobility of the army was greatly enhanced, and such fruitful results were achieved.

Several Hui deeply felt the improvement brought by these military rations to the combat effectiveness of the troops. It is not an exaggeration to say that they can even change and create some new combat methods.So when he came back to report his achievements, he didn't even have time to go back to Huazhou, so he came to visit Li Tai at the first stop.

Li Tai listened to Shuohui's description of the battle, and asked some details from time to time, which made him feel very itchy.

If he wants to make great progress in the Western Wei Dynasty, military exploits are indispensable.If he remembered correctly, it took until the twelfth year of Datong for a large-scale battle to break out between the two Weis, but it only happened in Yubi City, Hedong.

Right now, it seems that Jihu is a more suitable target for military exploits.Neither too strong nor too weak, the scale of the battle can also be flexibly chosen.

But after all, he still needs an opportunity to obtain the qualification to directly command the army, and then a series of subsequent possibilities will arise.

Thinking about meeting Yu Wentai before and breaking up unhappy, I think Yu Wentai must have a bad impression of him now. Although he was given a golden seal later to show that the other party has not completely given up on himself, Li Tai wants to change his job in the short term. situation is also difficult.

"Li Lang, there is actually a school in your village. You are worthy of being a son of a famous family. Everyone in the village is so respectful of Taoism and learning!"

When passing by Zhuang to go to the school hall, Shuo Hui was startled when he heard the sound of reading in the school house, and stood outside the courtyard wall listening for a long time before he said again: "I have a request, I hope Li Lang you I can agree. You have seen the little Bodhidharma before. He is not a stubborn and willful object. I am away all year round and have no time to supervise and discipline him. I want to foster him in your village."

"Since the envoy has opened his mouth, of course I will not refuse. But the teachings from my schoolboy in Zhuangshang are only superficial and elementary, and there are few profound ones..."

"It's okay. My son was born in this family. Although I have expectations for him, I don't expect him to be academically advanced. I think academics are not as good as scholars. With Li Lang as an example, he has a little bit of self-motivation. I will definitely not learn from bad things!"

Hearing that Li Tai did not refuse, Shuo Hui also said with a smile.

He was not Cui Xi's strict father who was used to using sticks. After deciding this matter, he left after eating and drinking at Li Taizhuang, and agreed to send his son here in a few days.

On the third day after Shuohui left, his confidant Shuozhang sent the young master Shuofeng to the village.This kid has a good memory, he also recognizes Li Tai, and is also full of curiosity about Shangyuan Village. Li Tai took him around the village a few times, and the nervousness when he first came to a strange land was greatly reduced.

When several chapters bid farewell and left, several phoenixes did not make a fuss, waved goodbye to their close family members, turned around and shed tears, looked at Li Tai pitifully and said: "Aye taught me that I must listen to my husband's discipline, if I do It's not good, sir, please don't get angry and hit me..."

Li Tai was delighted to hear this, and even admired some Hui's tutor. He patted the kid on the shoulder and said, "I'm not a strict bachelor either. Since Xiao Lang is here, I'll be at ease. I usually study or play at home. It's the same in the village."

His nursery school had just opened, and after a period of time, when the season came out and the snow thawed, He Basheng, who was recovering from illness in Chang'an, also came to Shangyuan.

Accompanying He Basheng, besides his nephew He Bajing, there were two people beyond Li Tai's expectations, namely Yu Wentai's nephew Yu Wenhu and his nephew He Lanxiang.

(End of this chapter)