A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 159 The Blue Eyed Orchid
Blue sky and white clouds, autumn is crisp.

The new emperor ascended the throne, amnesty the world, and also exempted the Gyeonggi area for two years, and other places for one year. This is really a universal celebration.

Huaiyu, who had just been deprived of the Military Weapons Junior Supervisor, rested at home for two days before returning to the Xuanwu Gate as the head of duty.

His boss, Zhou Shaofan, called him over and handed him a document.

"Last time, you had meritorious service in protecting His Majesty, and you even beheaded two captives. The meritorious service has come down, and you will be promoted to one level, and you will be given a reward." Lao Zhou said with a smile.

"Promoted to Sanlang, promoted to General."

Huaiyu had calmed down somewhat without being surprised, took it with a smile, and said thank you to Lao Zhou.

"You should thank Your Majesty."

Huaiyu hurriedly turned to the north to thank Jun En with crossed hands.

Huaiyu was a little surprised by the promotion and honor this time. He was almost as brave as soy sauce that night, not as brave as Li Shimin, but he probably was compensation from Li Shimin. Zhang Xinlei made great contributions, and deliberately promoted him to a young prison, but he was dismissed after only three days in office.

An honorary officer ranks [-], but Wu Huaiyu has become a top general at rank [-].

The name of the Great General sounds very resounding. This official name was first established by Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms. It was established, and it was appointed as an honorary official by Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it was also a Sanshi official of the second rank in the Sui Dynasty.

In the Wude Dynasty, the twelfth grade of meritorious officials was designated as the tenth round, and the third grade was regarded as the top grade. Of course, it was only a grade. After a lot of money, after a few years of work, he passed the exam, and he could only be selected as a seventh-rank post.

Zhou Fanshao handed Huaiyu another document, "This is a reward from His Majesty himself."

It was Yongyetian, the Honored Officer of the Great General. Before Lu Huairang was in Longyou, he had special affairs for him, and arranged for him the [-] mu of Yongyetian owned by the Honored General of the Great General through the back door.

Now promoted to the general, Xun Tian has two thousand acres.

"You also know that it is not as good as it was at the beginning of the founding of the country. The Yongye land of officials and honored officials is not given together but based on the total amount. And now it is not granted in the heartland of Gyeonggi and the Central Plains. It is generally If it is necessary to distribute the capital and the Central Plains, if it is a narrow area, only half of it will be given.

His Majesty specially decreed that you previously had [-] mu of Xuntian Yongye in Longyou, and this time you will make up another [-] mu in Shannan, and the full amount of [-] mu will be awarded. "

He patted Huaiyu on the shoulder, "Don't worry too much about the military inspector, you just happened to be implicated, and His Majesty still appreciates you."

Huaiyu accepted the five hundred acres of Xuntian Yongye with a smile.

He has a lot of land now, but how to cultivate these lands is a difficult task. He can't rent all the land to others for farming, and the income will be reduced by at least half.

It's better to build a village by yourself, buy slaves to cultivate the manor, and then recruit some long-term and short-term workers to supplement it, or even develop some different planting, so as to maximize profits.

Lao Zhou comforted Huaiyu for a while, fearing that he would be overwhelmed and resentful when he was young.

As the saying goes, thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king. If you can't accept it well, you may ruin your future.

Putting on official documents, Huaiyu returned to the Shenji camp at the north gate.

Perhaps it was because of the last battle, or because of Duan Lun's rebellion, Li Shimin reappointed the Supervisor, Young Supervisor, and Cheng of the Military Weapons Supervision, and even strengthened the Shenji Battalion.

There were originally 1000 people, but now another 1000 people have been drawn in.

The fifth division is still on duty, divided into two battalions, and the first battalion maintains 200 people on duty every day.

In addition, in addition to the right battalion of Shenji stationed in Qujiang, Li Shimin dispatched a battalion of Flying Cavalry and a battalion of Xiaowei on the left and right. In fact, there are always 800 people stationed, belonging to four units and not under each other.

Coming out of Lao Zhou, Yuchi Baolin from Qianqiying Zuoying came to greet him.

"Is the Thousand Riders going to inspect the brothers?" Yuchi Baolin asked.

"Business as usual,"

Huaiyu was not in the mood to inspect, Qianqiying had his own office in the Forbidden Garden outside the Xuanwu Gate, and there was also his public house there, and when he walked in, he found that although he didn't usually come, it was cleaned very clean.

Putting on the stove, heating a pot of water, and taking out a cake of tea leaves, Huaiyu began to pry the tea,
Pry a piece of tea from the tea cake, pick it up, put it on the fire and roast it slowly to get the aroma of the tea, then put it in a stone mortar, grind it into foam, wrap it in gauze, and tie it tightly with a thread.

After the water on the stove boiled twice, take the salt bricks brought back from Zhang County, knock off small pieces, crush them into foam and throw them into the boiling water.

Boil the water again, take out a scoop and put it aside, put the tea bag in it, after the water boils again, pour in the water you took out before,
Raise soup to stop boiling.

After boiling, there is already a film on the tea soup.

This first bowl of tea soup tastes the best.

The one, two or three bowls that were scooped out after that were almost as good as they were, and the fourth or five bowls were generally not drunk by Tang people who are good at tea.

"Erlang's fried tea is a bit different." Qian Niu prepared himself for An Yuanshou's visit, and had the honor to taste the tea Huaiyu made himself.

"Is there no seasoning added, tasteless?"

"Fortunately, you don't add green onion, orange peel, cinnamon, ginger, milk, etc., but the tea leaves are purer. It's the first time I've seen your tea foam wrapped in gauze, so the tea soup is clearer."

Huaiyu is indeed not used to drinking tea in the Tang Dynasty. It is better to say that he is drinking soup. Not only salt and ginger and spring onion are added, but some sheep oil and milk are also added. It almost becomes the bottom of a hot pot.

However, limited by the tea processing technology at this time, it is difficult for Huaiyu to drink fried loose tea. Ordinary tea cakes do not have to be boiled, but if they are brewed directly, they will not have that taste.

An Yuanshou is from Sogdia. He likes to eat beef and mutton and drink cheese. He doesn't like tea very much. He didn't come here to drink tea.

This Qianniubei is only sixteen years old, and has a brighter future than Wu Huaiyu, but this young man with braided hair is indeed a Sogdian. When he is on duty in Chang'an, he still wants to do business .

He is very interested in Huaiyu's fragrant pancakes.

This Wu family's unique product is no worse than ordinary bath beans, especially because it is an exclusive sale, which made him smell a business opportunity. He came to Huaiyu, wanting to get the goods from Huaiyu, Even want to buy a recipe.

It's a pity that Huaiyu will not be sold.

At this time, similar products were mainly bath beans and noodle medicines, but compared with the soap he made with alkali, soap, and oil, the cost was higher, and the effect was not as good as that of the Wu family.

As the No. 200 tycoon in Hexi, Anshi is the largest Hu merchant in the Hexi Corridor. With nearly [-] years of operation, they have a very good understanding of the merchants and goods on the Silk Road in Liangzhou.

If Wu Huaiyu's soap is sold to Silk Road merchants in Liangzhou, the profits will be huge.

"Brother An, if he likes my soap, it's not a problem. The production volume is not high now, but we can supply you as much as possible, and the price is easy to negotiate." Huaiyu didn't mention the transfer of the secret recipe, so naturally he didn't mean it.

An Yuanshou also just made a tentative question, and did not mention it again when he saw the situation. As for the purchase price, quantity and other details of the soap, he did not need to discuss these matters with Huaiyu. This identity is enough to achieve the intention.

"I heard that Uncle Ling is going to prosecute the governor of Liangzhou." An Yuanshou said suddenly while drinking tea.

Huaiyu remained calm. The warrior Xun told him two days ago that he would go out at his own invitation. At that time, he didn't say where he was going, only that the emperor would arrange it.

Now that An Yuanshou said that he was inspecting the governor of Liangzhou, Wu Huaiyu believed his words. After all, the influence of the An family in Hexi is unparalleled. Even in the capital, they must be able to grasp the trend in time for matters related to Liangzhou. It is also possible that Li Shimin also asked An's opinion in private before he planned to send the warrior Xun to Liangzhou.

As for why Li Shimin didn't directly ask the An family brothers to choose one to be the governor of Liangzhou to replace Li Youliang, the king of Changle, but instead let the warrior Xun be the governor, this matter is very simple.

Because the An family has been operating in Liangzhou for nearly 200 years, and they have been Sabao of the Sogdian business group for generations, their influence is too great, and it is impossible for the imperial court to let them serve as governors.

"Mr. Wu and my father and uncle are all heroes in the founding of the country. We are very happy to settle down when Mr. Wu goes to Liangzhou."

Huaiyu smiled.

Settling down in Liangzhou, he is a real local snake with strong strength. Back then, the two brothers did not have to use one soldier from the Tang Dynasty to overturn the lock and take Li Gui, king of Liang, and send him to Chang'an. Would the Tang Dynasty be afraid?

Why did An Yuanshou stay in Chang'an?That's hostage.

Even the An Xinggui brothers, one of them has been in Chang'an for many years.

However, the An family has great influence, but they have been very loyal in Hexi these years, helping the court put down many rebellions in Hexi, even the rebellion of Sogdian Hu.

"The last time I told Erlang about the Damascus knives, today I specially picked two and sent them here."

He asked his attendants to fetch two knives.

Open it, a knife is shaped like a crescent moon, the blade is about three to four centimeters wide, and the cross-shaped guard is about one meter long with a blood groove.

This knife is a bit long.

"This knife was made by a famous Persian craftsman. It was once owned by a Persian Sasanian governor. The name of this long knife is Shamsir, which means lion's tail in Persian."

Compared with Tang Heng Dao's straight blade, this Persian long sword is as curved as a half moon.

The shape is very beautiful.

The hilt of the knife is not big, and the iron is inlaid with gold. The hilt, scabbard, and gauntlet are all inlaid with rubies, emeralds, and even diamonds. It is said that the governor of the original owner is a Persian prince.

The other knife is a ring-headed horizontal knife made of Damascus patterned steel. It is a typical Tang horizontal knife, but the pattern on it is amazing.

Two completely different styles of knives placed together.

One is bent like a half moon, and the other is straight and narrow!
In addition to the horn-like Damascus short knife he gave Huaiyu before, Huaiyu made a three-piece set.

The scimitar alone is estimated to be worth a thousand pieces of silk.

"It's too precious."

"Red powder is given to beauties, and treasured swords are given to heroes. Brother Wu and I hit it off right away, and cherish each other."

An Yuanshou's mouth is really sweet, and his hands are really generous.

They didn't have any demands, so they suggested that Huaiyu had time, and he went with him to visit the samurai Xun's mansion.

"I'm free anytime now, but I don't know if my fourth uncle is free. I'll send someone to ask. If it's convenient, I'll invite An Lang again?"

An Yuanshou bowed his hands in thanks, and it was necessary for An's family to visit the upcoming governor of Liangzhou in advance.

An Yuanshou didn't bother any more, got up to leave, and Huaiyu sent him to the door.

As a result, An Yuanshou beckoned, and he led a tall horse over.

The horse is the bloody BMW of Kangju, and the human is the orchid orchid.

The blond-haired and blue-eyed young Orchid was very popular with the dignitaries in Chang'an. With a wave of An Yuanshou's hand, he gave Wu Huaiyu even the man and horse.

"Brother's little kindness is not a respect, please accept it, I will go back to the mansion first for Jinghou Jiayin." After speaking, An Dalang left with a smile.

A blond-haired and blue-eyed Huji Huji was left watching him.

Fufu refers to the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire. After the word Rome was spread through dialects such as Armenia, Persia, and Sogdian, it was spread to the Eastern Tang Dynasty and became Fufu.

In the eyes of the people of Tang Dynasty, Fusu is located in the far west of the Western Regions, very far away. There are two famous Fusu events in Chang'an City. It's a pug.

Just when Huaiyu was thinking about how to communicate with this orchid, orchid bowed down, smiled and greeted in Chinese, which was quite standard, "Nu Irina greets Alang!"

Blonde, blue eyes, beautiful and dignified, fair skin, beautiful face, tall figure, curvy, charming face, seductive eyes.

What a goblin!
(End of this chapter)