A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 164
It was overcast and it looked like it was going to rain.

A strong wind blew up early in the morning. Huaiyu got up and went to check the corn, potatoes, and peppers planted in the courtyard. The corn he planted before he left Beijing was two months old, and it was already as tall as a person. .

He was surprised to find that these green corns were beginning to ear.

Finally saw some hope of harvest.

The corn and so on that were transported hard from Longyou were a bit shorter, and they still looked weak and small at this time.

"Run Niang, come and see, the earing of corn is about to bloom."

When Chen Runniang heard the words, she hurried over. When Huaiyu was not around, she took care of these every day, because Erlang said that these are treasures that are priceless.

"Yeah, really."

Jointing and tasseling, corn has entered the second important turning point. This stage is the most vigorous stage of corn growth, and it is also the stage that most needs water and fertilizer.

"Hurry up and get some fertilizer."

Huaiyu is very fond of these things, and prepared a lot of fertilizer early on. The horse mules raised in the stable yard, stable grass, horse manure, etc. are specially composted and fermented, and then dried after retting, they become high-quality organic fertilizer.

Asked two young Turkic slaves to bring fermented and dried horse grass manure, and Huaiyu asked a lot of accumulated plant and stove ashes from the kitchen, mixed the stove ash and manure evenly, and then added them to the corn field in the vegetable garden .

Although there is no chemical fertilizer, Huaiyu believes that there is enough organic fertilizer for the growth of corn.

By the way, peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. were also covered with a layer of fertilizer. Just after finishing these tasks, heavy rain fell.

"It rains as soon as the manure is fertilized, will it wash away all the manure?"

"Don't worry, it can't be washed away, but it just allows the fertilizer to seep into the roots of the ground."

"Erlang, are these corns, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and peppers really that magical?"

It's been two months, and they only saw green shoots and vines, and Runniang couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

"Don't you see that the peppers are blooming and bearing fruit? At most, you can pick green peppers and eat them in a month, and you can eat red peppers in two months.

There are also potatoes and scallops, which can be eaten quickly.

After the earing and flowering of this corn, it will soon bear fruit, and it will be harvested in October.Next year, we will plant early, plant in spring, and harvest corn in summer. "

The small courtyard used to grow flowers and grass, but now it is full of various vegetables, corn, etc. Huaiyu spends half a day here whenever he is free, and he is no stranger to these things after being self-sufficient for five years in Zhongnan Mountain.

It just feels that the growth is too slow, and I always hope to see the results soon.

Before the real ripe fruit was harvested, Huaiyu couldn't rashly mention these treasures to Li Shimin. If he said directly that I have corn, which can yield several times more than millet and wheat, Li Shimin would definitely not believe it.

If he said that the yield of potatoes per mu was several thousand catties, Li Shimin would probably slap him.

It's better to wait for the results, then bring Li Shimin over to harvest together, and speak with facts.

Next year, Huaiyu will be able to plant more of these crops in his field.

"Is the corn delicious?"

"It's delicious. The fresh ones can be boiled, steamed, or stewed. The mature ones can be dried and ground for flour, pancakes, paste, and porridge. It's a good thing."

"Potatoes are also delicious. They can be steamed, grilled, fried, and can be made into starch to make vermicelli..." Corn and potatoes are still the staple food in many places even in the era when there is no shortage of food. Especially potatoes are especially suitable for alpine regions, such as Inner Mongolia, Yunguichuan, Qinghai and Gansu, where potatoes can grow bigger.

In places with low altitude and high temperature, the potatoes will actually grow smaller and smaller, and the seeds need to be constantly renewed. Liangshan, Zhangjiakou and other places are relatively famous places for breeding potato seeds in later generations.

Chang’an is not a place that is suitable for growing potatoes, but there is a shortage here, especially on the high loess slopes outside the Guanzhong Plain, where it is difficult to grow other grains. Potatoes and corn are better.

Gunpowder is a killer, but potatoes and corn bring vitality.

Looking at the pepper seedlings, the earliest peppers are as thick as a little finger, and Huaiyu has the urge to pick them up and make a chili fried pork.

Greedy chili has tasted this way for a long time.

People in the Tang Dynasty also had spicy flavors, such as dogwood and fuliu vine, but they always felt that they were not authentic enough. As for other leeks and garlic, people in the Tang Dynasty said that the onion is spicy, the garlic is spicy, and the leek is spicy. Spicy is two different things.

He still likes the spiciness of chili, which is a kind of pain rather than a taste, more direct and hotter.

Sitting on the porch, looking at the corn, peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other treasures in the yard, being moistened by the heavy rain, Huaiyu felt relieved.

The wind stopped and the rain stopped.

Huaiyu went to the appointment.

It has been several days since Li Shimin ascended the throne, but Chang'an City is still under martial law, the number of Marquis Wu has doubled in the street shop in front of Jiefangfang, and the guards patrolling the streets are also constantly coming and going.

At the gates of each square, many square men have been added to guard and interrogate.

Food prices are still very expensive. Before the samurai Xun left his post, he had just killed a group of profiteers and unscrupulous merchants who were hoarding. However, the Turkic army did not leave the Guanzhong Plain for a day. A few years lower.

A bucket of millet costs almost two bolts of silk, which is the biggest cost of living for the people of Chang'an today, and war is the biggest killer of this era, especially for ordinary people.

A Chang'an city, with the same sky, also faces the threat of the Turkic people, but Huaiyu clearly feels that the situation of the people at the bottom is completely different from that of the nobles at the top.

The aristocratic officials at the upper level did not have much influence. After all, the salaries of officials were mainly Lumi. Even low-level officials of the seventh or eighth rank would get sixty or seventy shi of Lumi a year, let alone senior officials.

Moreover, they still have land rent for their jobs, and they have Yongye land for officials. Many of them are also landlords themselves, holding a lot of land and grain. Now such high grain prices, they are the beneficiaries.

Not only are grains sold at high prices, but they can even take advantage of the opportunity to borrow grains and lend them at high interest rates, earning another fortune.The people at the bottom of the poor had no choice but to borrow food and loans. In the end, they could not pay, so they could only repay the debt with the difficult land at hand. Because of the change of dynasty, the few means of production that were finally distributed were quickly annexed by bureaucratic landlords.

Huaiyu now also belongs to the upper class. He now has many employees and servants. They work hard in the current situation, but in the end they have to borrow food and money from Huaiyu. Returning in spring, borrowing one and repaying two, you have to kowtow to Huaiyu to thank you. This is a rare favor, and the other family is not so kind.

But those who can survive and pay back next year will be very few.

This is the way of the world. Compared with the later generations, it is more direct and bare-bones, and it is more ruthless and the cycle is shorter.

Met with An Yuanshou, and came to the Samurai Mansion together. An Yuanshou gave gifts, two carts directly, various gifts, such as paper, ink, pens and inkstones, Ling Luo Ling Duan, if it wasn't for the fear of the first time It's too ostentatious to visit the door, even if he sends sweaty horses, Persian orchids, and Turkic slaves, there is no pressure.

This is the background of the wealthy family. Usually, borrowing some food from the tenants requires a lot of effort, and cares about every detail, but for the relationship of mutual benefit, they don't even blink when they give gifts.

Huaiyu accompanied An Yuanshou to meet Samurai Xun, and accompanied him the whole way, but An Yuanshou gave two carts of gifts, but only chatted with Samurai Xun for a little bit of family life, and didn't mention anything about the transfer of benefits at all. He didn't stay for a meal, and Lao Wu didn't intend to stay. After sitting for about half an hour, An Yuanshou smiled and said goodbye and left.

Huaiyu felt that he had learned a lot, and he kept everything in words.

You know what I know, and I know it well.

"Let's go to Yankangfang." An Yuanshou was very satisfied with today's meeting. Although Lao Wu didn't say anything, he accepted his gift and was very polite to him, which showed that the two sides reached a tacit understanding.

The old Wu went to Liangzhou, Hexi, to guard one side, and he had a cooperative relationship with the An family, and he would not rush to the An family, and the An family took the initiative to give gifts, and he had already expressed his intentions, and would fully support the warrior Xun in governing Hexi.

good for everyone.

Yang Gongren has guarded Hexi for many years, got along very well with the An family, and made a lot of political achievements. Yang Gongren became the pilgrim minister with this achievement.On the other hand, the An family also used the official power of the imperial court to kill Mujiatuo and other vice-returns, rivals within the Hexi Sogdian Group, and further stabilized their position in the Sogdian business group.

Now that Yang Gongren's cousin-in-law, Samurai Xun, is going to Liangzhou, the An family certainly hopes to maintain the previous relationship.

Huaiyu even had reason to believe that Li Youliang was replaced so quickly, and there was also a reason why An Jia was involved in the planning. After all, it was said that Li Youliang recruited a large number of hooligans in Liangzhou, harassed the village, fished the people, and even threatened the Silk Road business. No matter what you say, it seems that Li Youliang used his status as the royal family county king and the power of the governor of Liangzhou to attack the local snake An Shi and others.

An's family spread the news that Li Youliang was harmful to the people, and even secretly accused him of colluding with the Turkic people. If they can't cooperate, they will become enemies.

Drive the enemy away and replace it with someone who can cooperate.

"I heard that Uncle Shen Guogong has just been transferred to General Tianji?"

"Well, General Fan was changed to General Zhao Yao to guard Binzhou, and my uncle was appointed General Tianjie to leave Yizhou."

There are twelve roads and twelve armies in Guanzhong.

Since Li Shimin's palace change, the Twelfth Army has also been mobilized frequently, and now Zhang Jin has been completely taken down and replaced by Fan Xing.

And An Xiuren, the general of Zuo Wuhou, also left the town of Yizhou as General Ren Tianjie.

Longevity Square.

It is adjacent to Xishi in the west, and Guangdefang owned by Jingzhaofang in the south. Because it is close to Xishi and Jinguangmen, which exits Chang'an in the west, there are many Hu people living in this square, and there is even a Zongsi Temple of Hu people.

Next to the Yong'an Canal in the square, there is a two-acre small house, full of the Roman architectural style of the Fushi Kingdom, with a unique round dome and white walls.

Full of exotic, even a little Mediterranean flavor.

"The former owner of this house was originally built by a Fufu merchant who opened a spice shop in the West Market. Does Erlang like it?" An Yuanshou asked with a smile standing in front of the house.

Huaiyu thought this house was quite special, especially the prominent round roof, which made it unforgettable at first glance. It seemed like a small church rather than a residence.

As soon as they entered the yard, Irina greeted Huaiyu with a big smile on her face.

An Yuanshou gave Huaiyu an orchid, gave him a small courtyard, and even bought him a few servants to live in the courtyard. Everything was properly arranged.

In the Tang Dynasty, Wu Huaiyu's situation of hiding her beauty in a golden house was called raising a housewife, and it was commonly known as Bao Ernai in later generations. In the Tang Dynasty, a housewife was not recognized by the law, even worse than a concubine. If you know, you may call at any time.

(End of this chapter)