Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 165
Enjoying the blessings of Qi people, Xu Qing almost sings and sings every night. If it weren't for his solid foundation and many tonics, he might have been sucked into a human being.

Each month is divided into three, ten days per person, impartial.The three daughters have been together for a long time, and they know that Xu Qing's words of not distinguishing between the concubine and the concubine are not false.In this way, the harmony between the three women became more and more harmonious. In addition to the harmony, there was a tendency to "isolate" Xu Qing.

But as far as the relationship between the three women is concerned, it looks like this:

As a big wife, Xun Xueer, although Xu Qing did not distinguish between concubine and concubine, she gave birth to the first son of the Xu family, and everyone knew that her position in Xu Qing's heart or in the Xu family was unshakable.Let's not talk about Xiaoyue, who is like a sister with Xun Xueer. Although Huang Shimei has a bit of a relationship, she is also very polite.Huang Shimei and Xiaoyue also respect each other very much.

Let's talk about Huang Shimei.Huang Shimei, as the daughter of a noble family, this advantage is not comparable to "farmer girls" and "handmaids" like Xun Xueer and Xiaoyue, so Xun Xueer respects Huang Shimei, but at the same time she is a little envious, and she is also a little inferior.

Xiaoyue took care of all the chores in Xu Qing's family. If Xiaoyue was not sure about the bigger matters, she didn't ask Xu Qing directly, but asked Xun Xueer first, and asked Xun Xueer to ask Xu Qing.

Before Huang Shimei left the Huang family, she had already arranged all the matters in her hands. Now she is already cooperating with the Huang family on behalf of the Xu family and serving as the Huang family's affairs consultant.But now that the Huang family has a relationship with Xu Qing, the limelight is in full swing, and there are almost no difficult things to deal with.It can be said that as long as Xu Qing's "big tree" does not fall, the position of the Huang family in Cangzhou will not be shaken.

During the day, Xu Qing dealt with some official affairs such as the daily taxation of Cangzhou City. He said he was dealing with it, but he just took a look at it.The Department of Commerce and Taxation and the Bureau of Education are departments directly under the jurisdiction of the prefecture, and all expenditures and income are directly reported to Xu Qing without going through the county.

These official duties are done in half an hour every day, and after that, Xu Qing teases. Playing with little Xu Qing, half a day passes after teasing.It's a pity that Xu Xiaoqing doesn't understand anything, he just eats his hands and smiles silly.

Live a carefree life...

In May, around the Dragon Boat Festival, the water army stationed in Huanghua gradually took shape, with complete personnel and armored soldiers.With the few small boats captured last time, plus the repaired small boats left behind when the pirates came ashore for the first time, the hardware equipment of the navy has been perfected.

Chu Jiang reported that if he encounters the kind of pirate that came before, he will be able to fight again.When Xu Qing heard this, he was very excited, and named the three warships——Cangzhou Ship, Huanghua Ship, and Haixing Ship.Originally Xu Qing wanted to give the three warships the names of Turi and Miehan, but after thinking about it, Japan, Japan and Banghan have not yet established a country, and the people living in the peninsula and archipelago do not know what nationality they are. Also did not start.Besides, he is now born in the Tang Dynasty, so it is natural to start from reality, develop our Chinese people well, make them stronger and wiser, this is the right thing to do.Earn some cheap words, what's so good about it?
The flag of the warship was awarded, and the first voyage was designated by Xu Qing.After hoisting the sails and leaving the port, traveling eastward for more than [-] li, the sailors were exhausted, so they dropped anchor to rest.The small boat went into the sea, took out the fishing nets, and cast a few nets around the place where the big ship broke down, and the harvest was full.With this technology, even if there is no food in the sea, they can still live by fishing.

After eating and resting for an hour, the sea breeze gradually picked up and the waves became bigger.Sometimes the boat climbed to the top of the wave, as if it was on a three-story building, and sometimes dived to the bottom of the wave, as if it was about to be submerged by the sea.Standing on the boat, Xu Qing felt the ups and downs, but he didn't have the slightest fear. Instead, he had a feeling of wanting to conquer the sea.This desire to conquer comes from the desire to explore the end of the sea.

What's beyond the sea?The people on the boat heard Xu Qing's question, but no one knew it. They looked into the distance and wanted to find the answer, but they still didn't know what was on the other side of the sea.

They didn't know, but Xu Qing did.

Going northeast, there is Liaodong, where Mohe people, Bangzi ancestors, Xi clan, Dahe clan, and Turkic people are intertwined in that area.To the south is Shandong.To the east, there are island countries first, and then to the east, you will arrive at the Americas - a place with sweet potatoes, corn and peppers!

As long as there are sweet potatoes or potatoes, a population of over [-] million is not a dream.

Not only to test the effectiveness of the warship, Xu Qing and the sailors stopped the ship in the sea and slept overnight. The next morning, the sea was foggy, and tried the effect of sailing in low visibility. When returning to the port at noon, it failed. I found Huanghua Port at once, and it was quite a bit off. I sailed along the coast for five or six miles before entering Huanghua Port.

Xu Qing took this voyage as if traveling to see the scenery, but Chu Jiang was not idle. He took this opportunity to see the difference between naval battles and river battles and lake battles, and summed up a lot of valuable experience in sailing at sea.If you go to sea, you need to record the logbook in order to find the route back and so on.

Xu Qing strolled around in the sea, and also developed a lot of desire to explore.When I got home, I felt that the ordinary life was a bit boring.

In late May, for Yu Cangzhou, it was the time when "it rains in every house during the yellow plum season, and frogs are everywhere in the grass and ponds". The continuous rain locked Xu Qing at home.

Only Xu Qing will be locked at home by the rain, and the farmers are different.There is a lot of rain and a lot of water, and the fields need to be drained, otherwise the newly planted rice seeds will be soaked in the heavy rain and rotted.Fortunately, there is no big river in Cangzhou, so Xu Qing was spared a major event. If he was by the Yellow River, do you think he would be in the mood to sleep at home?

Even if the rain does not know that spring will go, it is clear that the summer is deep.

As soon as the sky cleared, the temperature continued to rise, reaching nearly thirty degrees.It wasn't enough for Xu Qing to take off three pieces of clothes at once, he was only wearing one half-arm - that is, short sleeves and still dripping with sweat.

"Xu Lang~Your family Yiqiu pissed again, bring your that one called what is not wet~"

Regarding the child's matter, even if it was such a small matter as getting a diaper, Xun Xueer never ordered the servants, but called Xu Qing from the air to let this lazy father do it.

"Oh... come as soon as you come, that's called diapers..." Xu Qing jumped off the rocking chair.

Needless to say, the diapers were also made by Xu Qing when he was bored. They were just sewn together with cotton, cloth and some absorbent things.I made [-] tablets at a time, two tablets a day, and it can be used until next year.The effect is not very good, but fortunately, there is no need to change clothes and pants all the time, which saves Xun Xueer a lot of trouble.

"Xu Lang, it's very hot today, why don't you make some iced red bayberry to eat like last year?" Xun Xueer changed Xu Xiaoqing's film and said to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing was taken aback for a moment, yes, why did he forget this enjoyment!

"Where is the saltpeter at home?" Xu Qing asked.

Xun Xueer shook her head: "I don't know, I have to ask Xiaoyue to find out..."

After finding saltpeter, Xu Qing started to make ice.The old method, two copper basins, put water and saltpeter on the bottom, put clear water on the top, the saltpeter dissolves in water to absorb heat, and ice can be formed in the copper basin on the top.The saltpeter was crushed and put in, Xu Qing asked his servants to buy ten catties of fresh red bayberry, and brought dozens of small bowls as white as slippery jade. through.At that time, holding it in your hand is also a very cool enjoyment.

The red bayberry came back, half green and half purple, the size of a quail egg, just looking at it made people salivate.At this time, the water in the copper basin above has formed a thick ice skin.

Xu Qing broke the ice skin to pieces, and scooped it into a small bowl together with the ice water.Then put ten bayberry seeds in each small bowl.

Then put the small bowl into the copper basin, and continue to calm down with the remaining air-conditioning.With a cup of tea, dozens of servings of iced bayberry soup will be ready.

The water is well spring water, even if you drink it cold, it still has a hint of sweetness. The plums are organic green plums, big and thick, sweet and sour. Eat one, and the heat will be greatly reduced...

The three girls ate two bowls each, Xu Xiaoqing also dipped a little bit of the soup, grinned, and shared the leftovers with the servants.

I made a lot more, and I sent a lot to Huang's house, the governor's mansion, and the county government office in Cang County.Except for Xu Qing's family, no one else in Cangzhou has eaten ice cream in summer.The Huang family and those who received Xu Qing's bowl of bayberry soup were all grateful, saying that Xu Qing brought the gods from the sky and shared them with them, but they didn't know that everyone in Xu Qing's family, even the servants who poured Yexiang also had a bowl every day benefits.

When Xu Qing was cleaning up the shops of the family, he deliberately left a few good houses, which happened to come in handy at this time.

Soon, when it was hot in dog days, my own ice shop came to run in Cangzhou.At the beginning, there were only three kinds of products - iced bayberry, iced honey syrup, and iced muddy wine.But it was these three icy things that became an instant hit.

Ordinary people can also spend one or two pennies to buy honey water to drink, and those who are a little richer eat red bayberry, and if they like to drink, they can try a cup of ice wine.The weather is hot, and Xu Qing's ice workshop is even hotter!

Opening three stores in a row still cannot relieve the congestion at the entrance.Honey, red bayberry, and muddy wine are just ordinary things, but with this summer ice, it is even more elegant.The rarity is the most precious thing, and diners from hundreds of miles away will also come here to eat this rare thing.

But if they knew that Xu Qing had to put ten basins of ice in the room every day when he slept, they might rush into the governor's mansion to grab it, right?
Xu Qing also opened the ice shop in the name of someone else, not in his own name.This small ice shop not only brought a lot of income to Xu Qing, but also allowed him to reduce the number of times he "touched" the treasury of the Governor's Mansion, and also inadvertently promoted the commercial development of Cangzhou.This is the summer when business is not very active, and a large number of businessmen came to Cangzhou for business.

As far as Xu Qing is concerned, except for the excitement in the first few days of the ice workshop, in the end, he feels that it is just money. Does Xu Qing have little money?
So the days are still dull...

But this time, Xu Qing's desire to find excitement had a chance to come true.This opportunity made Xu Qing's heart flutter.

One day, when Xu Qing was arranging the melon racks, the messenger of Xu Qi who had been here before came again, this time no longer bringing news of pirates, but:

"The rebellious thieves, join forces with Goryeo, and the Xi clan to attack our Bohai Sea! Bohai Sea is in danger from all the thieves!"

(End of this chapter)