A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 131 Wives and Concubines
Long time no see, Fatty Wu is still so fat.

"Erlang is really proud of his spring breeze." The fat man looked at Huaiyu with envy in his eyes.He still joined the army from Bapin Youwei Kaicao, and his concubine's Yaren elder brother, who followed Huaiyu to Longyou, actually joined the army from Bapin's town.

And his eight concubine brothers and nephews went to Longyou with Huaiyu, three of them got official status, and the other five were appointed as soldiers.Even the 24 servants of the Wu clan who went with the Wu family now have two officials, and the rest are full of government soldiers.

"Do you regret not going to Longyou?"

The fat man thought for a while, "A little bit, but not much. In fact, I think it's good to be like this now. Anyway, sooner or later I will be able to inherit the Duke of Xuancheng County."

That's right, this fat man is in his early fifties, and the loess is buried on his neck. There is really no need to go to Longyou to work hard like his concubine brothers and nephews. The eldest son of his family will inherit the county duke in the future.

"These two women were rewarded in the womb?" the fat man asked.

"Well, a reward from the crown prince."

"Aside from rewarding the two maids, what else are you rewarding? Have you been promoted?" The fat man dragged him into the courtyard together.

"Tongshi Sheren is enshrined in the Shenjifang Department of the Military Supervision Department to escort the North Gate Chief of the Shenji Battalion." There is a long list of new titles. If other titles are added, then all his current titles should be
Datang Xuanyilang Hospital Township General Tongshi Sheren enshrined in the Shenjifang Department of the Military Supervision Department ordered to escort the North Gate of the Shenji Camp to the chief general and the founding man of Daling County.

"Ah, they are all enshrined in officials," Wu Junya was really envious. He had been in the eighth rank for ten years, and Wu Huaiyu had been enshrined in the founding male plus in less than two months.

Huaiyu brought back the two court ladies, this incident also caused a little commotion in Wu Zhai, Wu Liu was very happy, her husband Lao Wu also had to reward the palace maids before, now his son got two at once.

Looking at the young people from the two palaces, they look good and speak well, and they are very satisfied. I hope that my son can flourish soon.

On the other hand, Chen Runniang looked at the two newcomers with jealousy and even hostility in her eyes.

Huaiyu gave her the hairpin bracelet he bought for her, and she burst into laughter.

I also bought a copy for Liu Shi, Wang Shi and eldest sister.

While talking and joking, an envoy came.

The envoy sent the official imperial edict conferring on Huaiyu, Qian Donggong also handed over the confession, and Fatty Wu gave Zhang Luo a thank you gift with a smile.

This wave of angels just left, and then another wave came.

"Hey, Erlang has been promoted again?"

The person who came came to announce the decree to Ma Zhou. As expected, Ma Zhou was enshrined in the palace by the prince, and he was rewarded with a hundred pieces of silk.

Ma Zhou blushed with gratitude, accepted the order, and hurried back to the study to write a thank you letter to the prince.

After sending the envoys, everyone was very happy.

After all, now Ma Zhou is about to become the son-in-law of the Wu family.

"It's really double happiness."

Except for Lao Wu who is still in Sanyuan, Wu Lao San is studying in ethnology, and now the whole family is in Chang'an. Everyone is happy to start worrying about Lao Wu. Now the Turkic army of [-] is in Guanzhong, and even Tuli is already in Weibei Jing The Liquan area on the west bank of the river is already there, and it is possible to cross the Jing River at any time and enter the Jingyang Sanyuan area to plunder.

Concubine Wang felt very kind to Gao Hui'an and Gao Yanzhi brought back by Huaiyu. Although she was not from Hebei, she had been in the palace for many years. Looking at them now, she was as kind as seeing her mother's family. Actively approached to chat with them.

Huaiyi went to the camp today.

He still has the identity of Baiqi, and this time he returned to Beijing as a Biejiang, and led the flying cavalry to the north gate. The flying cavalry is nominally affiliated to the left and right Tunwei.

Of course, the garrison camp has its particularity. In fact, it is directly subordinate to the Emperor's Beiya Forbidden Army.

When Huaiyi came back, Wu Huaiyu was already busy stewing mutton.

The mutton was brought by Fatty Wu, and he brought a live sheep directly. Although the Turkic people are already good at martial arts, it doesn't have much impact on people like Fatty Wu. They eat and drink as usual, and he even brought some beef.

It is forbidden to slaughter farm cattle privately these days, and the common people basically cannot eat beef.

It is illegal to kill cattle.

However, cattle will also die unexpectedly, such as falling to death, dying in the sun, drowning, and some old ones who cannot be farmed. Naturally, these cattle will be slaughtered, and the meat will also be eaten, but they have to be reported to the government, and the government will send someone to come Slaughter, skin, horns, tendons and bones must also be handed over to Yousi. Naturally, beef is specially provided to officials and nobles.

Basin lamb.

Beef stir fry.

Flax pancakes.

Huaiyu also used the soda noodles he brought back to steam the open-mouthed yellow buns, stretched the sticky strips, and patted cucumbers.

The meal was very lively in the courtyard.

Huaiyu and Huaiyi brothers, Ma Zhou who had just been promoted, Wu Junya who provided beef and mutton today, Wu Xixuan, the son of his school, and Wu Lao San Huailiang who was specially brought back.

There is also Cheng Chumo, who came to eat without invitation, and he brought a friend, Niu Jianwu, the son of Niu Jinda, a male from Weicheng County. He is with Cheng Chumo, and Huaiyu always thinks of Xiong Da and Xiong Er.

Niu Jianwu's real name is Niu Jianhu, and the taboo tiger changed his name to Jianwu. He is also a general, and he was originally an honorary guard, but now he has a big gap with Cheng Chumo.

Cheng Chumo was a guerrilla general, commander of the army, and a great general, but Niu Jianwu was only transferred to the Flying Cavalry Battalion as a rank nine team leader.

However, although the official positions are very different, the relationship between the two is as good as ever. They have been good partners since Wagang. In the Qin Mansion, there are also Dongren military groups, as well as Guandong gentry and so on.

Cheng Niu and the others belonged to the Qinfu Group, and they also belonged to the Shandong Jungong Upstart Group. The main members of this circle were all from the Kanto region, and most of them had joined Wagangzhai. With Li Shimin as the prince, his status has also risen with the tide.

"Oh, I wish I hadn't met Erlang earlier, or I would be a guerrilla general now." Niu Jianwu slapped his thigh and cried as soon as he met him. It was very exaggerated, but his appearance made everyone get acquainted immediately .

"We brothers will get closer in the future."

Huaiyu was quite willing to associate with them. Speaking of which, the old Wu family originally belonged to the Hedong Yuancong Group and was Li Yuan's confidant, but now Li Shimin is the prince and is about to ascend the throne. It's dangerous to help others.

Speaking of which, Fan Xing was actually born in Yuan Cong, Li Yuan's confidant, but fortunately, after his father's death, he has actually succeeded in changing his family and joining Li Shimin.

Huaiyu felt that in the Li Shimin Dynasty, as long as he didn't get close to Li Yuan's confidantes, and didn't get close to the Shandong gentry, he would be right.

Qin Qiongcheng, Jinniu Jinda, Wu Heizai, Li Junxian, Li Ji, Guo Xiaoke, Li Daliang, Li Mengchang, Huang Junhan, Du Caigan, etc. are from Wagang. Although they are also divided into two circles, they are basically from Shandong. Coming from powerful and small landlords, to Li Shimin, these people are both reliable and not deeply rooted, unlike the Shandong gentry or the Guanlongmen Clan who are deeply rooted and can threaten him.

Standing on the team is more important than doing good deeds in officialdom.

Li Jing is a typical person who is capable to the sky, but is on the wrong team repeatedly, and so is Li Yi.

The relationship with Qin Chengniu and others is also based on the premise of normality, and Huaiyu will not be too deliberate.

Niu Jianwu is a self-cooked, the dishes prepared by Huaiyu are very suitable for his appetite, he is not used to the overly delicate court dishes.

I especially like the flowering yellow buns.

Speaking of Ma Zhouqinghe, and Cheng Yaojin Qinqiong's hometown is just across the Yellow River, so they are half fellows, and they chatted well together.

Seeing that Niu Wu finished his meal, he wanted to pack it politely, and insisted on taking some yellow buns. Huaiyu smiled and packed a basket for him, and finally gave him two bricks of salt and a pack of edible alkali.

"Chu Mo, help me find out if there are any suitable small courtyards in the neighborhood. I will also buy one. It will be convenient for us brothers to come and go."

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Sending Cheng Chumo, Niu Jianwu, and Wu Junya away, and finally sending Huaiyi back to his own house, Ma Zhou felt that it was inconvenient to stay here because he had already proposed a marriage informally, so he proposed to live with Huaiyi temporarily , and then find a suitable house to buy when you are free.

When he was leaving, the eldest sister Yu'e picked up a few steamed buns for him, and filled a bowl of locust leaf cold pottery.

"After leaving the Yamen, I still come here to eat,"

Looking at the food Wu Yu'e handed over, Ma Zhou felt very warm, "You should rest early too."

Huaiyu looked at the appearance of the two, and smiled very happily. Although the two did not talk much, their eyes were full of concern for each other. Perhaps for these two people, there is no need for any vows, only one People who have each other in their eyes and can warm each other.

One was a widower who was once down and out, one was a young widow who had lost three husbands, one had a son in his hometown, and the other had two daughters by his side. Their combination was quite good.

In fact, both of them are still young, but they have experienced more.

After sending everyone off, Mrs. Wu Liu called Huaiyu over, and Runniang, Gao Hui'an, and Yanzhi were also there.

Wu Liushi was extremely happy today, even a little flushed.

"Erlang, you are also a general and aristocrat now, and you have to be in a hurry to marry a wife, but now that you have these three women in the house, you have to hurry up and have children,"

The Wuliu family directly arranged for Huaiyu. Runniang, Hui'an, and Yanzhi all lived in the West Wing Room, and Huaiyu lived in the North Main Room. On the [-]th and [-]th of the Lunar New Year, Huaiyu rested, and the three shared the rest of the time.

When Huaiyu heard it, he rested six days a month, and the remaining 24 days were divided between three people, eight days for each person. The old lady was really anxious, treating people like animals.

"Mother, we will arrange this matter."

"What arrangement, this matter can't be delayed, we have to hurry up." Wu Liushi was a little dissatisfied with Runniang serving Huaiyu before, so she arranged for Gao Hui'an to serve tonight.

When she was lecturing, Mrs. Wang stood aside, and did not say a word about the arrangement of the headed lady, and of course it was not her turn to speak.

Huaiyu originally wanted to say that Gao Hui'an and Huaiyu had just arrived and they had to get used to it for a while, but Wu Liu made arrangements without saying a word, and then asked Gao Hui'an and Huaiyu to go back to the main room immediately.

"Anyone of you who is up-to-date and able to conceive, I will reward her with ten acres of land under her name, and use it as a private house for her own money. If anyone is up-to-date and gives Erlang a boy, I will add another ten acres."

"Go, go, hurry up." Wu Liu urged the two of them to go back, and Gao Hui'an followed Huaiyu back to the house with his head down like a quail.

(End of this chapter)