Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 166 Slave Family
The next morning, the damselfly returned.

Tian Buli was practicing in the yard. When he heard the noise outside, he knew that Dou Niang was coming.

Soon Zhou Jiao came with Dou Niang and the little girl, along with Tiger and Leopard who had grown much taller.

"Second Dad!" Tiger and Leopard greeted him quickly and happily.

Tian Buli smiled, looking at Dou Niang with a mixture of joy and complaint in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Everything is still the same, and so am I. Let's go inside and talk about it. How have things been these past two years?"

The dragon lady smiled and said, "It's all good. I'm just worried about you. I knew you were restless and would only stir up trouble. You wouldn't think twice about women and children."

Tian Buli led a few people into the house and sat down.

Several people sat down near a round table. When Tian Buli sat down, he put his hands on the table. The little girl next to him took the initiative to get close to him and stood in front of Tian Buli.

Tian Buli picked up the little girl and sat her on his lap.

Seeing this, the damsel said happily, "Look, how much this girl kisses you."

Tian Buli said, "I gave some delicious food to the kids when I came back yesterday. Those things will soon become ordinary things after leaving Yanxia Mountain, but you don't have to worry."

"My sentence has ended now, and I am free to move around. I will have to go out to help with flood control in a couple of days, and I probably won't be back until the end of the year. I will bring some food for you during those days."

"Don't tell anyone about this. Just keep it to yourself. I can't bring back much. If you tell others about it and there are too many people around, it will attract their attention."

The dragon lady responded seriously, "Okay, we will definitely not talk nonsense about this matter."

Tian Buli quickly asked Hu'er and Bao'er some more questions. Five years had passed in a flash, and it was time for the children to get married.

The Hu family is now a wealthy family, so naturally there is no shortage of people proposing marriage.

Dou Niang still has an ordinary market mentality. She is not in the same circle as those wives of officials and aristocratic families. This time, Hu'er's target was introduced by Madam Xia, the daughter of Guanjiazhuang in Yanxi County.

At noon, Xia Bayuan and Madam Xia also came to pay a visit, and Tian Buli received them and chatted with them for a few minutes.

After dinner in the evening, Tian Buli began to say goodbye.

"I'm going to Qitian Mansion tomorrow, and then I'm going to visit the Princess' Mansion, and then I'm going to control the flood."

Bai Lian and others knew that this time would come.

"Master, just concentrate on your cultivation. Everything is fine at home now, and it will definitely get better in the future."

Bai Lian has arranged everything at home, and the surrounding area has become the Tian family's property.

Whether it is the martial arts world or the imperial court, everyone has to give face to the Tian family.

Tian Buli couldn't fulfill too many responsibilities, so he asked, "Does the family have enough money and food?"

Bai Lian smiled and said, "It's enough, no less. Over the years, the grain stored in the warehouse has been used for two or three years. The surplus was exchanged for gold and silver, and cattle and sheep were bought, and houses and wells were built."

"The bamboo forest and fish pond on the mountain are both profitable businesses. Besides, with you here, the government won't make things difficult for us, so business will naturally do well."

"It's also thanks to the two sisters who helped me." Bai Lian held the hands of the two Li sisters on the left and right. "The two sisters not only helped me with ideas and accounts, but also people from the Li family came to help turn the business around. I have made a lot of money in the past two years."

Tian Buli looked at the Li sisters, "Aren't the Li family scholars? They also do business?"

Li Hezhen explained: "The master usually practices Taoism, martial arts and studies, so he doesn't understand what's going on here. Let's talk about it in bed."

Now it was evening, and the two sisters quickly came to Tian Buli, one on each side, to help him take off his clothes, and sat on the edge of the bed together.

While Tian Buli was sitting on the edge of the bed, hugging people on both sides, his sister Li Hezhen continued to explain things that Tian Buli didn't understand.

"Our Li and Lan families are all royal servants. In our generation, we have to be servants in the princess's mansion." "If it weren't for you, Master, we poor women would have to find a minor official as a concubine because of our low status."

Tian Buli smiled and said: "You are all concubines now, all beautiful and virtuous concubines~"

Saying some sweet words in bed can indeed liven up the atmosphere. For Tian Buli, it's just a matter of opening his mouth, but for the four women it's a sweet compliment.

Tian Buli quickly lay down comfortably on the big bed that he hadn't slept in for a long time, with the Li sisters on his left and right, and Bai Lian and Zhou Jiao at his feet.

Li Hezhen let Tian Buli rest his head on her legs and said with a smile: "We are living comfortably now, more comfortably than the other favored daughters of the Li family."

Li Heshu, the only one without a child, has already placed her hand on Tian Buli.

Tian Buli was not in a hurry to sleep. "Let's talk about business. Is your Li family good at doing business?"

Li Ha-sook didn't say anything, and her sister Li Ha-jeong began to explain what happened.

"Our Li family and Lan family are both servants of the Hanyang Province royal family. We are also responsible for business matters. For example, the Lan family is responsible for managing the land, livestock, real estate and other assets of the Prince's Palace and the Princess's Mansion."

"When someone from the prince's family branches out, like the Princess's Mansion, the Lan family will also send some people to serve, and follow them from generation to generation to take charge of some business matters."

"The Princess's Mansion has many servants, and business matters are divided into internal and external. They all do the business of the imperial merchants."

"Among the imperial merchants, those who manage internal affairs are the best. They hold positions of power and status, their words are effective, they can meet many nobles, and they earn a lot."

"Those doing business abroad will be miserable. Officials and supervisors outside will ask for money from these imperial merchants, including many of the emperor's relatives."

"The Lan family is responsible for internal affairs. After our Li family attached ourselves to the emperor, we did the work of the imperial merchants. As salt merchants, we have to pay money to the salt transport and the local officials. We have to go through all levels, and we don't make the decisions on business matters, so we dare not resist."

"Often at the end of the year, I don't make any money and I still owe a lot of money."

"I'm not complaining." Li Hezhen sighed and said, "If you don't have the ability to be a royal merchant, you will never succeed. It's common to lose your head."

"That's why my family came to help after they found out that business was good here. With your prestige, no one else dared to come and mess up or set rules."

Tian Buli then remembered that the three beautiful concubines in his family were maids in the princess's mansion, and could be considered slaves and bondservants under the royal family.

Although she became a concubine after marrying him, she was actually marrying up and was directly freed from slavery.

It is not easy to wash away the slavery status. Even the imperial examination cannot wash away the problem of origin.

But after marrying a cultivator and having children, those noble ladies naturally no longer dared to show their contempt for anyone.

Tian Buli had never paid attention to these things before, and always thought that his three concubines were all well-born, well-educated and well-mannered young ladies.

Now it seems that a lot of things have indeed been neglected.

"Time is not too tight." Tian Buli sat up and said, "Tomorrow we will prepare a car to go back to visit our relatives. We will go to the Princess's Mansion in Qitian Prefecture first. After I control the flood, I will go there to sit for a while, and then take you four back to your hometown for a walk before coming back."

Bai Lian said quickly, "How can this be done? Master, you are still busy with flood control. It would be enough for you to accompany us for two or three days. You don't need to waste time on us women and delay your work."

Li Hezhen also said: "Yes, water control is more important."

Tian Buli smiled and said, "Of course, flood control is important. I will go to control the flood tomorrow. However, if you are rich and powerful, you will never return to your hometown. It is like walking in the night in brocade clothes. Since you have given birth to my children, I will also take you back to see what kind of man you serve!"

Li Heshu felt sweet in her heart and said softly, "Master, you are so kind. Lie down comfortably. I will serve you."

"Okay!" Tian Buli said frankly, "Come on!"

(End of this chapter)