Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 264
Chapter 260

Wei Hao was surprised when he heard Wang Qixian say that there were not enough bricks. Could there be enough bricks?
"Brother, look at our mansion. You have been to the mansions of other princes, right? Except for the front yard, which is all made of bricks, the other yards and local walls are all made of earth bricks. Your own small courtyard is also like this. , there are not so many bricks, who can afford it?
I think it's better not to use so many bricks, just use some earthen bricks, let people go to make earthen bricks now, after drying, they can be used, don't worry, I will do this, I will watch those people work ! "Wang Qixian persuaded Wei Hao and said,

Wei Hao couldn't help thinking of the houses he saw when he was a child. They were indeed made of adobe bricks. Those who could build green brick and tile houses used to be landlord families. Many are made of adobe bricks, not black bricks.

"Okay, I see, you don't have to worry about this matter, I'll find a way!" Wei Hao said to Wang Qixian,
When Wang Qixian heard what he said, he also nodded, and then said to Wei Hao: "Then I will arrange for someone to dig the foundation? Buy wood and come back?"

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll go to the palace now and ask about the situation. One penny is one brick. My God, my 120 million bricks need 1200 pennies. Money is a trivial matter. But if you can't buy it, you will get angry!" Wei Hao stood there and said to Wang Qixian.

"If you can buy it, the price is still not expensive. Now many people want to buy bricks, but they don't have any. Why don't I go to other brick kilns to see how long it takes?" Wang Qixian thought about it and asked Hello, if you can order it, it is also a good thing.

"You can ask, how long will it take? 120 million bricks, that's the first phase of the house, and a total of more than 400 million bricks will be needed later. My mansion, as you know, covers an area of ​​200 square meters. Many acres, I have not started construction of many houses. With the increase of the population of the mansion, there are still many more to be built. How can we do without bricks? Wei Hao said to Wang Qixian.

"Here, more than 400 million bricks, isn't that too much? Others don't know how to envy a mansion like yours!" Wang Qixian looked at Wei Hao in surprise and said.

"I'm also envious. It's because you didn't see the effect after completion. If you saw it, you would be even more shocked. Well, you go to do those things and see if you can get bricks. You can get the best." Wei Hao said to Wang Qixian, Wang Qixian nodded,
And Wei Hao also went to the palace. During this period of time, except for going to court, Wei Hao basically didn't go there, and Wei Hao left after going to court. Those things had nothing to do with him.

"Your Majesty, Xia Guogong is here!" Wang De saw Wei Hao was still rushing to Ganlu Palace, so he came over to inform Li Shimin first.

"Is this kid finished? So fast? His family has a lot of land!" Li Shimin heard it, looked at Wang De with a smile and said, here are Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, and Hou Junji, Li Daozong them.

"Well, Your Majesty, I heard a news. I don't know if it's true or not. Wei Hao got a new kind of plow. The plowing speed is fast and the land is deep. Now Wei Hao's farmland seems to be all plowed with this kind of plow. They Those tenants in the house don’t need people to dig the land now, they all use cattle to plow the land!” Fang Xuanling said while sitting there, looking at Li Shimin.

"How is it possible? Who can use all the cattle to plow the land? This is too slow, and people still need to dig the land!" Hou Junji said from the side, and he was also here.

"It seems to be true, just ask Wei Hao later!" Fang Xuanling said again.

"I seem to have heard my tenants say this too, but I didn't believe it at first! Could it be true?" Li Jing also looked at Fang Xuanling and asked. Need them to watch.

"There is such a thing, that is to ask!" Li Shimin was also very surprised, if there is such a plow, then the common people can plant more land, and the grain will increase a lot.

Soon, Wei Hao came in.

"I've seen my father!" Wei Hao saluted Li Shimin first, Li Shimin nodded, and said that he was exempt, and then Wei Hao saluted those ministers. There was no way, he was the youngest, and he was also the latest to be knighted, sitting here Yes, the minimum is the Duke.

"Are you done?" Li Shimin asked when he saw Wei Hao sitting down.

"I'm done. I've been busy for more than half a month. It's all done. I just wait for the planting. My father will take care of the planting. Anyway, the land is all leveled. The most tiring and time-consuming piece , Done!" Wei Hao said with a smile and nodded.

"Good boy, more than 6 mu of land, it will be ready in half a month?" Li Daozong also looked at Wei Hao in surprise and said.

"Then look, who am I? What is this little land? I can finish it with another [-] mu!" Wei Hao said proudly.

"I heard that you made a new plow?" Fang Xuanling asked directly.

"Well, the Quyuan plow is very fast. The plow you use now can only plow half an acre of land a day. Mine is at least 2 mu. If the land is soft, 3 mu is easy!" Wei Wei Hao said to them with a smile.

"2 mu per day? Is it true? Do you still have it in your house?" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Hao in surprise and asked.

"I don't have any at home. I sent them to those tenants. One for each family. I made more than 3000 of them in total, but it cost me a lot of money!" Wei Hao shook his head and said, why does his family keep this?

"How many cows does your family have?" Fang Xuanling continued to ask.

"There were 700 heads before, but I was worried that it would be too late, so I bought another 300 heads and made up a whole, so that those farmers would take turns every three days. In this way, they would have time to level the land after plowing, and some people planted more. If so, they still have to dig by themselves, but my plowing land is fast, and I can plow more than 2000 mu of land in a day, and my land can be finished in a month! Wei Hao said to them with a smile, and they also nodded.

"My boy, you're really so powerful, let's go and have a look!" Li Shimin also attached great importance to it at the moment,
As for agriculture, no emperor dared not to pay attention to it, and the emperor who did not pay attention to it would not have a good life, so when Wei Hao said that there was such a good plow, how could he not be tempted.

"What are you going to see? My family's land has been plowed, but now those farmers are also working on their own Yongye land, and they are reclaiming wasteland!" Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin and said.

"Then go and have a look, let's go!" Li Shimin couldn't wait any longer. He had to see such a thing with his own eyes to believe it.

"No, don't worry about this, father, I have something to say!" Wei Hao said to Li Shimin who stood up.

"What's the matter? Let's talk about it later. Going to see this now, you have to know that half of the farmland outside Chang'an City has not been leveled, and, um, the population has increased a lot, and the people's Yongye fields are also wasteland. , It is very difficult to reclaim it!" Li Shimin said to Wei Hao.

"Oh, the population of Chang'an City has indeed increased a lot. I estimate that compared to last year, it has increased by at least 5 people!" Wei Hao nodded and said, now it is obvious that the population of Chang'an City has increased a lot.

"There are 7 people. According to the statistics of the Chang'an County Government, many people are from the surrounding areas. They come to Chang'an City to work. The paper workshop and your porcelain workshop have attracted many people.
In addition, because of the development of commerce, many people come here to work as small laborers, or to carry those goods and earn hard money. Now it is farming season, and many people also go back to work, but after finishing the work, they will come over! "Fang Xuanling said to Wei Hao.

"Oh, that's a good thing, it means that Chang'an City is now starting to prosper!" Wei Hao said happily when he heard that,

At this moment, Li Shimin also went to change his clothes. After changing his clothes, he immediately took Wei Hao and the others out of the palace. It was almost noon, and the weather was very warm. Moreover, there was already spring outside, and a lot of grass had already Germinated, and some wildflowers are already in full bloom.

After leaving Chang'an City, Li Shimin was also riding on a horse. Looking at the scenery outside the city, he could see people bending over to work everywhere. It is cultivated land. There are also people planting rice in Chang'an City. Most of the farmland of Wei Hao's family is rice planting.

"Okay, look, everyone is busy!" Sitting on the horse, Li Shimin said to those around him.

"That's right, the plan for a year lies in the spring. Now everyone dare not slack off, they are all busy. Whether the harvest will be good or not depends on now!" Fang Xuanling nodded and said.

"The mulberry tree has sprouted, look, the silkworms should have hatched, and the empress has also raised silkworms!" Li Shimin pointed to the mulberry tree in the distance, and said to Fang Xuanling.

"Well, the empress still wants to raise it herself?" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"Well, she wants to raise silkworms. If she doesn't raise silkworms, she doesn't know the hardships of silkworm raising among the people, and the hardships of silkworm farmers. You know, every year she finds someone to secretly sell those silkworm cocoons to see if they can sell them. How much money to go, and then calculate how much money those common people can earn by raising silkworms!" Li Shimin nodded and said,

Empress Changsun started raising silkworms when she was still a princess. As a woman, she didn't understand farming, but she knew about silkworm raising, so she kept on raising silkworms.

"That's right, the empress has always been very understanding of the sufferings of the people, it is the blessing of the people of my Tang Dynasty!" Fang Xuanling immediately said with emotion.

"Well, let's not talk about that, let's go. It's rare to come out today. It's both for business and for fun. The last time I came out was during winter hunting. Let's take it as a spring trip today!" Li Shimin said with a smile,
Going outside Chang'an City to take a look, seeing the scenery outside is also very good mood, Wei Hao followed them helplessly, he came every day during this time, how could he be in the mood to see the scenery?

Soon, they arrived at the Zhuangzi of Wei Hao's family. In the distance, they saw the people opening up wasteland and using Quyuanli, so Wei Hao took them there.

"Shaodong's house, are you here?" That family is basically there, and it is also the food town of Wei Hao's family. The old man who has been with Wei Furong for many years needs to do a lot of things when opening up wasteland, including digging out the roots of those bushes, and Picking up those stones requires manpower.

"Hey, here we are, opening up wasteland, right? How many acres are there in Yongye Field?" Wei Hao looked at the old man and asked.

"There are still 8 acres of land to be cultivated. If we can open up this area today, it is estimated that there will be more than one acre!" The old man stopped and said to Wei Hao. It was so deep that the loess below was turned up.

"Old man, with this plow you can cultivate such a large area today? At least there is an acre of land here?" Fang Xuanling immediately asked the old man.

"Yes, it's one mu and two, and we can finish it. I also want to thank our father-in-law. He made this curved plow. The plowing speed is fast and the land is deep. Look, the land on our side is now It’s all done, and now I’m working on land reclamation, and I’m thinking of planting more Yongye fields, so I can get more income, right? The kids at home are grown up now, so it doesn’t matter if there are more varieties!” The old man said with a smile , then looked at Wei Hao and said: "I still want to thank the Shaodong family. We people in Zhuangzi are all grateful to the Shaodong family for making Quyuanli for us. This is much faster!"

"Thank you for nothing. I also hope that you have a good harvest. I can also charge more rent, right?" Wei Hao waved his hand and said.

"Old man, you too, come here, Young Master, drink water!" At this time, a woman came over with a kettle and brought a clay bowl.

"Shaodong's house, it's warm!" the woman said to Wei Hao holding water.

"Hey, I'm really thirsty!" Wei Hao took it and drank it in one gulp.

"Young master, what's the matter?" The old man also stood beside Wei Hao and asked.

"No, just come over with them to take a look!" Wei Hao said quickly, and then gestured to the old man: "You continue to plow the land, they want to see your plowing!"

"Hey, okay, the young master's hospitality is not good, how about going to my house for lunch?" The old man said enthusiastically.

"No! There are so many people, let's go to the city to eat, next time we will go to your house!" Wei Hao said with a smile.

"Well, the house is too simple. When the harvest is ready, I will build a house for those boys to get married!" The old man said to Wei Hao with a smile,

Wei Hao nodded, indicating that he was busy.Then the old man drove the cattle and continued to plow the land, and Li Shimin and the others just stood there watching.

"Quick, really fast. It's much faster than what we used before, and the arable land is also deep. It's a good thing, it needs to be promoted!" Standing there, Fang Xuanling said very excitedly.

"Well, to promote, really to promote, this is a good thing, it is very helpful to the common people, Wei Hao, why didn't you say it before?" Li Jing also nodded and said to Wei Hao.

"What do you want to say about this, I just fiddled with it casually, mainly because I saw that they were too slow in plowing the land!" Wei Hao said proudly,

Li Shimin heard it and stared at Wei Hao, but when he thought about it, this kid didn't understand at all.

"Shen Yong, remember, as long as it involves farming, there are no trivial matters. In the future, if there is something in this area, you must tell us!" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and said.

"Okay, no problem!" Wei Hao nodded, and then they continued to watch,

After watching for a while, they had seen it all, and they were ready to go back, and Wei Hao also said hello to the old man, and then went back.

"Where should we go for lunch?" Fang Xuanling asked with a smile.

"Come to my house, it's still early, there's still time!" Wei Hao said without thinking, when they came out, they must be going to eat at his home, isn't going to a restaurant the same as his home, and restaurants don't have homes It is safe, and the food may not be as delicious as home.

Soon, they arrived at Wei Hao's home. After learning about it, Wei Furong opened the middle door and invited them in. Wei Hao said that everyone would have dinner at home, and Wei Furong hurriedly made arrangements.When we arrived at the living room in the front yard of Wei Hao's house, everyone sat there and chatted.

"In-laws, you are so quick to acquire this [-] mu of land!" Li Shimin said to Wei Furong with a smile.

"Rely on that kid, I thought I couldn't finish it before, but I didn't expect him to make Quyuanli, which is much faster! In addition, I have also invested a lot of money. I bought hundreds of cows this year. It's okay. Now there are cattle for sale, otherwise, we can only watch those lands go to waste." Sitting there, Wei Furong said with a smile.

"Well, Qu Yuanli is good, I plan to promote it nationwide, by the way, where are the blueprints!" Li Shimin said and looked at Wei Hao.

"Oh, father, please wait a moment, I'll get it!" Wei Hao said and went to his small courtyard.

"This child is much more sensible now, and knows to share some of the burden for the old man. Although he is still lazy, the old man sometimes admires this child. This child is lazy, but he can still think of a way!" Wei Furong sat there, smiling. Said to them.

"You are really right. I am lazy now, but it is true that there is a way!" Li Shimin also nodded and admitted.

"Well, by the way, Your Majesty, should he be allowed to make steel?" Fang Xuanling asked now thinking of this.

"Ask him when he will leave, it must be done!" Li Shimin nodded and said.

"Get steel?" Wei Furong looked at them a little confused.

"Didn't Shen Yong tell you that he's going to make steel?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Furong and said.

"He never told me about court affairs!" Wei Furong said immediately.

"Well, Chaotang is short of steel now, I want him to get it, he said he has a way!" Li Shimin said to Wei Furong.

"Does he have time? Now the mansion is difficult. This boy has designed the blueprint, but needs 120 million bricks. Now where to get so many bricks? The old man is still worried, whether the mansion can be built this year Well, it's all a problem!" Wei Furong said worryingly while sitting there.

"120 million bricks, why do we need so many? What does this kid want?" Li Shimin and others looked at Wei Furong in shock and asked.

(End of this chapter)