A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 189
noon.

Li Shimin gave Huaiyu a meal with the enshrined officials. The emperor praised Huaiyu's outstanding martial arts in public, and the Zuo Baiqi battalion he led was extremely orderly.

After the meal, Li Shimin took Huaiyu, Xu Luoren and others to inspect the recruits of Baiqi, and he did not forget to remind Huaiyu, "Practice your arrows well when you have time, don't be like Hou Junji, you won't be able to shoot the bow as soon as you arrive. Big, we learned riding and archery together, but he has not been able to learn horse archery until now."

Speaking of Hou Junji, his childhood friend, Li Shimin couldn't help shaking his head. Although Hou Junji is now General Youwuhou, from a third-rank general, he is not good at riding and shooting, and his head hurts when he was studying in elementary school , but Hou Junji's mother Dou was Li Shimin's aunt,

Hou Junji was loyal to him and was very brave. Although he couldn't ride and shoot, he was very good at charging with a spear.

"You are still young. You have spent nine years studying Taoism in the mountains, and you have missed riding and archery. Now you can make up for it with hard work and practice."

"By the way, Qi Hui, the abbot of Louguantai, said that his uncle, abbot Su, once said that he had a master who was practicing hermit in Mount Taiyi.

It should be your master, Xiaoyaozi. Qihui took Lou Guandao disciples to Taiyi Peak a few days ago, but he didn't see Wangxiantai, nor did you see the tomb and monument you erected for Xiaoyaozi. "

When Huaiyu heard this, he thought it would be hell if he could find it.

But this is troublesome, how to make up this lie, after all, when he first came down from the mountain, he said that he came down from Taiyi Mountain, etc. At that time, he didn't expect to have something to do with Li Shimin in the end, it was just an excuse to Huaiyi , so as to explain my origin.

Li Shimin sighed, and patted Huaiyu on the shoulder, "Some time ago, Taiyi Mountain Dilong turned over, Taiyi Peak Wangxiantai collapsed, and the entire mountain collapsed. The mountain debris flowed into the valley, filling the valley under the original mountain, and blocking Out of a lake, the accumulated water is more than [-] mu, like a heavenly pool, but the water depth is only more than three feet deep.

Senior Xiaoyaozi is probably already at the bottom of the pool. "

Huaiyu was stunned.

Isn't that Taiyi Lake, also called Longqiu Lake? When he lived in seclusion with the old Taoist in Taiyi Mountain, there was indeed such a tens of thousands of square meters of lake under the mountain. The lake is green and clear, and it looks even more beautiful from Wangxiantai. .

After he passed through the mist, the lake had disappeared.

Now it has appeared again, or is it a lake filled by the earthquake that collapsed Taiyi Peak?

"Don't be too sad, Qihui led Louguan disciples to rebuild a tomb on Duanfeng by the pool, set up a monument for Xiaoyaozi, and built a simple Longmen Temple... "

What a coincidence.

Now Wu Huaiyu's origin is no longer found.

Unless there is really another Wu Huaiyu, but this is impossible, because Wu Huaiyi and his son have searched for many years before, and found the old Taoist temple that was looted and burned by bandits in Zhongnan Mountain, and found some bones, but they did not It is believed that Takejiro is dead.

"Qihui probably will come to Chang'an soon to pay respects to your uncle."

Qihui said that Xiaoyaozi was the uncle of his master Su Daobiao, so Huaiyu would naturally become his uncle, and I don’t know if his master had ever mentioned such an uncle, or Qihui misunderstood him, anyway, now Louguan To the outside world, Xiaoyaozi has been called their Louguan senior.

Xiaoyaozi was unknown before, but now it is well-known in Chang'an.

Lou Guandao worshiped Xiaoyaozi at this time, and came to Huaiyu again, probably because of the name, but also wanted to inherit from Huaiyu the Taoist alchemy of the old Taoist and so on.

Lou Guan was trained in both talisman and inner alchemy.

Huaiyu doesn't care, after all, Louguan is the current royal ashram, the abbot Qihui and Dr. Jin Ziguanglu are the third rank, and they can be regarded as national teachers. It is not a bad thing to get in touch with him, and he is not afraid of it. Reveal or something.

After all, I learned something in the five years at Zhongnan Mountain.

"After this part of work is over, I will give you a vacation. You go to Zhongnan Mountain to worship your master."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Shimin specially issued an edict, posthumously conferring on Xiaoyaozi as doctor Jinzi Guanglu and master of Zongsheng Temple.

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Next time, Huaiyu rode back to Yongxingfang,
As soon as he arrived at the door of the house, he saw Fan Xuanfu leading a team to drive a convoy at the door, directing people to move things to Wu's house.

"What is this for?"

Fan Xuanfu saw him coming back on horseback, and came forward with a smile, "I heard that you've been selling horses and slaves recently, what's the matter, you're too embarrassed to tell me that you're short of money, and you need to sell horses and slaves." Are you a slave, do you still want to sell the land and the house?"

"What are you?" Huaiyu was a little dumbfounded. He sold a few idle horses, and then sold the Turkic slaves he didn't like. He also planned to replace some other slaves, but Fan Xuanfu thought that he was too poor to get rid of the pot.

"Copper coins, silk, miscellaneous colors, and some gold and silver. Those carts are for grain, and I will pull a few more trips later..."

Huaiyu went over to take a look, good guy, indeed, the carts were full of money, silk, grain, etc., and even porcelain, etc., "You brought the dowry here in advance?"

"What's more, there is no way to give the dowry in advance, why don't you give it when you can't be greeted in person, it's for the family first." Fan Xuanfu said.

"How much does this move?"

"Not much."

"How much is not much?"

"One thousand copper coins, some silk cloth, grain, some gold and silver, porcelain, etc., oh, don't be embarrassed, we still know what we are doing so clearly. Now our family has a large population and high expenses, so we rely on That little salary is not enough..."

Copper coins are usually six catties and four taels, and this one thousand pennies is more than 6000 catties. The horse-drawn cart has to pull two carts. pull.

"Stop, stop."

Huaiyu quickly grabbed Fan Xuanfu, "You misunderstood, when I was so poor that I couldn't get rid of it, Qianjintang's income was very good, even if there is no dividend now, I can withdraw it from the account at any time, and even though I am not a high-ranking official now, Taicang has not yet opened a storehouse to release Lumi, but His Majesty has rewarded him many times, and they are all a lot of money."

"Are you still embarrassed by me?" Fan Xuanfu said.

"I have a good stomach."

"What does it have to do with your stomach?"

"You don't need to eat soft rice if you have a good stomach."

Fan Xuanfu laughed and said that Huaiyu was spending a lot of money now, especially when he generously lent so much money and food before.

"Continue to move in."

This movement shocked Wu Liushi, Runniang and others in the family. They watched boxes, bags and bundles of things moving in bundles, but they didn't understand why.

Lao Wu also just came back from Qujiang Shenjifang, and he was stunned when he saw this scene. He simply asked, and his face was a bit uneasy at the moment. The daughter-in-law here hasn’t passed the door yet, and the relatives haven’t even made an order yet, so they are pulling things home by car. , It's embarrassing for the old Wu family to spread the word.

"Bullshit."

Huaiyu dragged Fan Xuanfu into the courtyard, and called Run Niang who was his housekeeper.

"Runniang, how much food do we have? It's just mine, it doesn't count as family."

"I'm going to get the account book."

Chen Runniang gave the housekeeper Huaiyu a very detailed double-entry bookkeeping method, and brought a bag of calculations. In front of the two of them, Chen Runniang fiddled with the sticks while reporting, which was intuitive and clear.

"Let's talk about rewards first. Erlang got [-] bolts of silk, plus [-] pieces of miscellaneous colors, fifteen slaves, four horses, two pairs of silver vases, one gold vase, and more than a hundred gold and silver coins each.
There are still 420 mu of land awarded, 120 mu in Sanyuan, [-] mu in Wugong, and [-] mu in Longyou, Qin and Weizhou.

The Yongye fields of officials and honored officials totaled [-] hectares, and they were granted in Qin, Cheng, Wu, Wei, and Long states respectively..."

"Qianjintang and Baoyutang also have income, and the autumn pears, autumn pear paste, chickens, chickens, etc. in Xinchangfang Liyuan also have income..."

Chen Runniang told the two of them that although the family's expenses were not small, they were all paid for by kilometers, that is, from Wuliu's family. , and the rent collected by the family.

"Now there are more than 1000 bolts of silk at home... I am still thinking about whether to take these out to lend and collect interest. There is no profit in keeping them at home, and I won't need them for a while."

Fan Xuanfu took over the ledger and flipped through it for a while, feeling a little headache, and then looked at the calculations that Runniang made, "Really?"

Huaiyu laughed, "Runniang also missed a sum. Didn't she already take some money and lend it together with the money from the Sanyuan public house that was captured earlier? There are more than 300 hits, right?"

"Yes, as soon as Erlang said it, the servant remembered that the money was the bonus from the Qianjintang, and some of Erlang's consultation money as a thank you."

In fact, this money Runniang did not mention on purpose, originally wanted to leave some private money for Huaiyu, but who knew that he took the initiative to give it to Fan Xuanfu.

Huaiyu is still showing off to Fan Xuanfu, I have saved some gold Kaiyuan, silver Kaiyuan, and some gold collars, which are probably worth about three hundred guan.

Although I can't say that my family is rich now, it is more than a thousand. There are several houses and more than 2000 mu of land. I am really not short of money. "

Fan Xuanfu had a misunderstanding, but he just closed the account book and handed it back to Run Niang, "In the future, you must be more careful about the accounts. You can forget the two sums of [-] yuan or so,"

"Erlang, don't be too happy. These thousand and eight hundred guan are nothing. Compared with those rich and powerful families in Chang'an, they are not as good as a hair pulled out by them. Earlier, Yu Chigong and Changsun Wuji made meritorious service in June, and they directly separated each other. With the gift of ten thousand pieces of silk, Yu Chigong also got all the property of Prince Qi's mansion, "

"And your adoptive father, Lord Yi, gave you thousands of horses for several times of meritorious service, and you got hundreds of catties of gold before and after. Calculated, it is no less than the rewards received by Yuchi and the others...

Those nobles received even more land rewards. Sikong Peiji had to reward [-] bolts of silk and [-] mu of land for the first time. "

With Huaiyu's money, Fan Xuanfu is really not uncommon at all, and the Rongguo Duke's family is far more than a millionaire.

"I have pulled all the things, and there is no reason to pull them back, so let's keep them."

"It's not appropriate."

"There's nothing inappropriate."

Huaiyu thought for a while, "I sold six horses before. The horses at home were not needed for a while, and the horses were idle. I planned to sell them and then open a quality warehouse. Recently, people often come to borrow money and grain. I Thinking about using the spare money on hand, just like those temples and rich families in Chang'an, they also open a quality shop and mortgage loans. Using this money can not only save others in emergency, but also charge some interest.

Or, your one thousand money and three thousand bolts of silk will be invested in the quality shop as capital?I'm not polite to accept food and porcelain, but you don't want to bring it over again, there is really no shortage at home. "

Fan Xuanfu was very free and easy, "I can't take these away after they are brought here. As for how to arrange them, Erlang is up to you."

One thousand pennies plus three thousand bolts of silk can buy the more than two million yuan house in Xuanyangfang of Ma Zhou, but this is actually just a little private money from Fan Xuanfu, and no property of Fan Xing has been used at all, Huaiyu couldn't help being surprised, I am next to a rich woman.

(End of this chapter)