Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 225 Digging in front of the mausoleum
If you are less than 20 years old, you can rely on your own ability to become a prince. In this Tang Dynasty, it is considered the only one, but Sun Xiangfu is not in a happy mood. Today, the remains of all the soldiers who died in the defense of the city are buried. In those days, Sun Xiangfu asked people to build a martyrs cemetery for them in Shuanghua Ridge, but now, there are only some tombs. Later, there will be many infrastructures to improve.

After the worship, Sun Xiangfu personally took some servants in the mansion who knew music to play the mourning and music in front of the tomb for half an hour. This tune will be played for several days when the dead in the village where Sun Xiangfu lives. It's hard to remember, but it was the first time this thing came out in Datang, and it immediately brought tears to many people.

"Husband, the pen and ink are ready, and you have to write this sacrificial oration."

After the mourning and music were played, Yu Xiu'er pulled Sun Xiangfu who was already crying badly, and handed over a big brush almost as thick as her arm and said.

"Soldiers of Shuozhou, you will not die in vain. A certain mausoleum is erected here for you today to let you see how the land of Shuozhou that you guarded with your lives will prosper and prosper. It's my promise to you, Sun Zhengming."

After finishing speaking, Sun Xiangfu put away his sadness, wiped away the tears on his face, dipped the big brush into the ink tank, and immediately wrote on the white paper that had already been spread out.

A city built with flesh and blood is pierced by thousands of arrows.

The blood on the armor reflects the coldness of the moon.

The drums roar and the heart is not timid.

The howling of wolves suddenly shook the border gate.

Iron Feather and Steel Saber kill Hulu.

What a waste of life to defend the country.

Shuozhou Erlang has a loyal soul.

Eternal heroic spirits never travel far.

A mourning poem full of the atmosphere of the war in the frontier village was written by Sun Xiangfu in one go, but those Wang family scholars who came to see the fun with Wang Xu looked at Sun Xiangfu with admiration. In the Hualing Martyrs Cemetery.

"Brother Sun is so brave, I admire you so much."

It is difficult for people who have not experienced those two days of war to understand the meaning of this poem. It just so happens that the experience of these two days is the most tragic scene that Wang Xu has ever seen in his life. Therefore, he is not very interested in this poem. Profound poetry has the most sense of identity.

"Young Master Wang, you are honored. By the way, today it is only the soldiers of our Shuozhou Unity Battalion who are buried. I would also like to thank you, Young Master Wang, for making a special trip to see them off." Sun Xiangfu put away the brush and thanked Wang Xu in a feigned way.

On the other side, Tang Fengyi had already read Sun Xiangfu's mourning poem shaking his head, and explained the meaning of the poem to those Shuozhou soldiers who could not read the characters.

"Should be, should be, Sun Changshi, oh, no, it should be called Sun Duhu now, can I take a step to speak?"

After experiencing the Battle of Shuozhou, Wang Xu's attitude towards Sun Xiangfu has obviously changed a lot. There is no way, who told him to ask Sun Xiangfu for something now, and his 80 mu of spice fields are about to be harvested. It turned out that those lands belonged to the Turks, but now, the imperial court has assigned them to the Anbei Protectorate. The method of storing and harvesting spices, as well as the title deeds of those fields are all what he wants at present.

After clearing up their mood, Sun Xiangfu and Wang Xu walked to the side of the mountain alone, where many peasants were clearing the roots of the shrubs. If there is no accident, after the spring of next year, the place will be full of azaleas.

"My lord, this land of Shuozhou was saved by you and me with our lives. I hope you cherish it. If you have any suggestions that harm the interests of the people of Shuozhou, I advise you not to speak up. These brothers on the mountains will still look at it." Let's go!" Sun Xiangfu pretended to be serious.

"My son is not that kind of person. We have always been in a cooperative relationship. Since we cooperate, of course we must seek benefits together. The clan elders are very satisfied with my project of opening a spice field in the grassland. It won't be long before the spice field It will be harvested, and at that time, I will send [-] shi of spices to your house, which is for you personally."

"Ten thousand stones of spices? This is money worth more than 100 million guan! If the governor accepts such a big bribe from you, the censor of Chang'an will probably be able to spray the governor to death with saliva."

"Hehe, in this village, if you don't tell me or I don't tell you, no one will know, and we can say it as a reward! You help me with planting technical guidance, and you should share a little bit as a reward."

"Well, it just so happens that the governor promised the empress to send some spices for the harem, so it came from you. If there is any business, you can tell it! Without affecting the interests of the people of Shuozhou, the governor I promise you all."

It is impossible to say that Sun Xiangfu has no integrity in the face of interests. Can he care about a mere [-] shi of spices for the millions of people he can donate for nothing?
His self-proclaimed "Bendu" is to remind Wang Xu that he is now a big official and has a lot of power. Give Wang Xu a chance to ask him. How to implement the plan!
"It's like this. After the defeat of Tuli, the imperial court took back all the places he originally occupied outside the pass to the Anbei Protectorate's Mansion. The elders at home felt that it would be a big loss to leave these places vacant! Think about the land that we cooperated to plant. After harvesting the spice fields this year, not to mention earning all the benefits in the world, they should also get three or four points! Or, let’s cooperate again and get a bigger one?”

With benefits, there will be greedy people rushing forward. Wang Xu is the first to get the moon, and Sun Xiangfu predicts that there will be many people from other aristocratic families who will come to him in the future. The land of hundreds of miles, this is what I promised you before. This year, I will open 80 mu for you. Wang Lin has also lost power in Chang'an. My task is half completed. Next year, along your existing spice field , open another 80 mu, and suppress Wang Hao, and our agreement will be completed. Don't worry, the corresponding land deed documents will be issued to you. At that time, you only need to pay taxes according to the tax rate of the court. It's just me I'm a little curious, you Wang, do you still have so many serfs? You know, if you open another 80 mu of grassland, you need tens of thousands of young and strong households to take care of it. Ten thousand serfs?"

"Isn't this the reason why my son came to you? My Wang family doesn't have one, but you have it in Shuozhou! Didn't the court move more than 3 households to Shuozhou at the beginning of the year? My son paid for them to be tenants. You Is it possible? Besides, 80 mu is too little, what’s the matter, we need to get 300 million mu, let’s cultivate it slowly!”

In Wang Xu's view, the 80 mu of land developed last year will already be mature land next year, and there is no need to keep all 3 young adults to take care of these mature fields according to Sun Xiangfu's request. He has to take at least half of it. Even if two-thirds of the people leave, plus the more than 300 households in Shuozhou, they will be able to open more than [-] mu of new fields on the grassland next year, let alone the high-priced crops such as spices. , Even growing food, melons, cotton, etc., the output is also very amazing. With such a huge industry, the strength of his royal family will surpass the seven clans and five surnames, and become a super family.

"Uh, this, I can't be the master. Whether His Majesty will move those people back to Guanzhong next year or stay in Shuozhou is not up to me. In addition, although the governor is in charge of the military and political power of the Anbei Capital Protectorate It’s not good to force people to come to your house as tenants!”

When Wang Xu heard the words, he smiled and said, "It's simple, I let people work in the court, and those people will be left in Shuozhou properly. As long as you don't object when the time comes, I don't believe that those people don't want to make money." .”

Sun Xiangfu naturally wished that Wang Xu would go to the court to operate and keep those people in Shuozhou. Without these manpower, it would be difficult for Shuozhou to develop quickly. Objected, as long as you obey the wishes of the people, this official will not care.

However, even if Prince Wang accomplished this, he would only be able to open up a radius of two to three hundred miles. For the entire territory of Anbei Dufu, this is just a small corner, not worth mentioning, so , I plan to hold a business promotion conference in Shanyang during the ninth and ninth Chongyang Festival, and call on powerful businessmen and families from all over the world to come to Shanyang to discuss the development of grasslands. Don't blame me for not giving the Prince a gossip in advance , when the time comes, you have to prepare money! "

After talking for a long time, what Sun Xiangfu wanted to say most was the last sentence, how to lead the aristocratic family from the mutual cooperation to the mutual competition track, that is to release a piece of interest and let them compete for it. Who doesn't want a field that can grow spices? ?

(End of this chapter)