Datang Nongwang

Chapter 368 Little Hero

Back to Li Chongyuan in Li Zhuang.

Along the way, I kept thinking about why the court attached so much importance to this year's spring plowing.

The old lady didn't know.

Li Chongyuan didn't even know what it meant.

Can't figure it out, then don't want to.

Perhaps because of the famine a few years ago, all the officials above the court are ready to work together to get this farming work done.

And this time the cattle, sheep and horses transported from the north.

Among them, the number of cattle is the largest, almost [-].

There are also tens of thousands of horses.

There are even tens of thousands of sheep.

After Li Chongyuan returned to Li Zhuang, he confessed to Qiao Su about the cattle farming. "Old Qiao, you go to Chang'an City in a few days, go to the Ministry of Households and pay the money for the [-] cows allocated to my Lizhuang by the Holy One. In addition, if you can buy them, you can find someone in Chang'an City to buy more. There are [-] cows, no matter what, someone will sell them, I want them regardless of male or female, of course, I don’t want old and disabled ones.”

"Yes, Mr. Xiao Lang." Qiao Su agreed.

The importance of cattle.

Qiao Su knew now.

In the past, maybe it was because he was used to Li Zhuang's use of manpower, which made him almost miss a big deal.

Fortunately, Li Chongyuan reacted quickly.

otherwise.

There are nearly [-] farm cattle, how can he have Li Chongyuan's share.

And this time.

Wan'er, who had just finished copying her homework, came out of the house, "Fourth brother, do I have cattle at home? How many are there?"

Wan'er has already returned to her original appearance.

After being beaten up by his fourth brother, within a day or two, he will definitely return to his original appearance again.

"Twenty heads." After Li Chongyuan replied casually, he left the courtyard.

After Wan'er got the words, she counted them in her head.

It feels like twenty is not much.

"There are only twenty cows. There are so many fields in Lizhuang. How can twenty cows be plowed? People still need to plow the land. So many cattle were sent from the north, how did they get so little in Lizhuang? Fourth Brother really doesn't know. Can do things." Wan'er looked at the back of her fourth brother leaving, and blamed her fourth brother for not being able to do things.

These twenty cattle.

Li Chongyuan ran all over Chang'an City, and finally begged the Holy One in the palace, and got twenty heads.

If it hadn't been for the Holy Spirit to speak, let alone twenty, it is estimated that there would not be even one.

But in Wan'er's ears, she blamed her fourth brother, "No, our family can't just farm cattle like this. Manager Qiao, go and get the carriage out, I want to go back to Chang'an."

Although Qiao Su didn't understand what his little lady was talking about, but when he heard that his little lady was going back to Chang'an, he was very happy.

In Lizhuang.

What Qiao Su was most afraid of was probably the little lady in front of him.

It didn't take long.

Accompanied by Le Dao and others, Wan'er left Li Zhuang.

And this time.

Li Chongyuan first looked at the plowing situation of the wasteland, and then went to Niushou Mountain to see the situation of the mountain opening.

He didn't know at all.

I was in Chang'an City for a few days, and I managed to get twenty farm cattle, but my little sister despised them for what they were.

even.

Wan'er is also planning to go out in person and go to Chang'an to farm cattle.

A pass inspection down.

Li Chongyuan lowered his head, and after thinking about the next thing all the way, he returned to the small courtyard.

"My lord, my lady has gone back to Chang'an." Seeing Li Chongyuan's return, Qiao Hui hurriedly informed Wan'er of her movements.

Li Chongyuan suddenly thought that there was something wrong with his ears, "Going back to Chang'an? Who sent her back? Did Xiaohong go back too?"

"I'm going back. The little lady didn't know what she said just now, but she suddenly said that she was going back to Chang'an, and she was escorted by Taoist priest and Liao Xian." Qiao Hui responded.

After Li Chongyuan heard this, he was not worried about the safety of this girl.

With Daoist Chang and Evil Fang around, safety matters will generally not go wrong.

It's good to go back, at least I don't have to have such a headache.

Shortly after.

Li Chongyuan took two pieces of paper and came to the blacksmith's room.

As soon as Lao Xu saw Li Chongyuan coming back, he immediately went up to meet him, "Xiao Langjun, look, this is a bearing we made in the past few days, and I don't know if it meets your requirements."

"Huh? So fast?" Li Chongyuan took a look at the bearing handed over by Lao Xu, was immediately disappointed, and handed it back casually, "This is not good, this is a pig iron bearing, and the beads inside are not round enough. If it’s not what I want, you guys have to think about it. By the way, let’s see if you can get the things on my two pictures.”

The bearings produced by Lao Xu and the others can be said to be made of pig iron.

It is no problem to carry for a short time.

But the fragility of pig iron, if you really want to put the bearing made of pig iron on the carriage, Li Chongyuan is afraid that his mother will lose her life.

After Lao Xu listened to Li Chongyuan's words, frustration gradually appeared on his face.

He also knew in his heart that the bearings his family was eager to produce could not even meet the requirements on the drawings, let alone win Li Chongyuan's eyes.

only.

In order to make a contribution, it was good to show a hand in front of the honorable Li Chongyuan, so they were in such a hurry to get out the bearings.

Feeling frustrated, Lao Xu carefully took the blueprint, "Young man, we will get the bearing out as soon as possible, please rest assured, little man."

"You don't have to be in such a hurry for bearings. I'm not in a hurry. Moreover, I also know that this thing is troublesome. It won't be possible to get it out in a short while. Moreover, you cast a bearing out of pig iron. It's beyond my expectation, very good, keep going. However, I need the things on these two blueprints urgently, so you guys try to do it." Seeing Lao Xu's dejected expression, Li Chongyuan also knew The matter of the bearing was a bit of a blow to him, so he hurriedly comforted him.

Lao Xu took a good look at the drawings, stopped calling Li Chongyuan, called his sons, and started to get busy.

Li Chongyuan watched it for a while, then left.

Not long after Li Chongyuan left, Xu Yi, the eldest son of Lao Xu, asked Lao Xu, "Father, what is the little man going to make again? The things on the blueprint look weird, and I don't know." It's something."

"I don't know, but Mr. Xiaolang is in a hurry, so let's work harder today and quickly make that small thing." Old Xu didn't know what the thing on the blueprint was.

As long as it's not a controlled knife, the old Xu's family basically won't have any ideas.

after all.

Ever since his Xu family came to Lizhuang.

The food and so on are all better than better.

Compared with their life in Chang'an, I don't know how much better it is.

When in Chang'an.

It is good for them to eat meat once a month.

And after arriving at Lizhuang.

This meat can be said to be inexhaustible.

There is a supply of two catties of meat every day.

And Xu's family has several little dolls, if there is no nutrition supply, their bodies will not grow well.

Furthermore.

The four of Lao Xu, father and son, plus a few adult grandchildren, had to work hard again.

Such a high-intensity job, if there is no meat, it will be really difficult to resist.

With such a supply of food, if he doesn't work hard, then he will really feel sorry for Li Chongyuan, a young gentleman.

And this time.

After Li Chongyuan returned to the small courtyard, he asked Qiao Hui about the wheat, "Qiao Hui, the wheat I asked you to make, is it ready? How long has it sprouted?"

"My lord, the wheat has sprouted." After Qiao Hui heard this, she hurriedly stopped her sewing, went to the miscellaneous room, and brought out a large bucket of sprouted wheat.

Li Chongyuan looked at the wheat that had sprouted and pointed, and felt happy, "Qiao Hui, go and boil those glutinous rice, remember not to be too dry, it is best to add a little more water."

Qiao Hui, who got the words, did what she said.

By evening.

everything's ready.

And this moment.

Wan'er, who had already returned to Chang'an City, went to the palace city after a lot of running around, and finally had no choice but to go.

"Aunt Tang, you can give me a few more cattle. The fields you gave to the fourth brother don't have any cattle, and you will have to spend a lot of money to hire helpers." Wan'er was begging at this time. Empress Changsun.

Wan'er, who returned to Chang'an City in the afternoon, went to many places.

But in the end, she didn't get any of the farm cattle she wanted.

finally.

She can only enter the palace to beg the eldest grandson empress.

Empress Changsun looked at the little girl in front of her, she really didn't expect that Wan'er would ask her to come here, she nodded her forehead immediately and said: "You, you, your fourth brother just left in the morning, you will be here soon , it seems that the two of you, brother and sister, have nothing to gain and can't afford it."

"Hee hee, Aunt Tang, you definitely don't want me to be asked by the fourth brother to farm the land, please, Aunt Tang, please give me some cattle." In front of the eldest grandson empress, Wan'er was like a beggared young lady. .

Empress Changsun saw the girl begging and humiliating, she chuckled and said: "Okay, okay, don't pretend to be in front of me anymore, your fourth brother would not be willing to let you go to the fields. But, it's just this time, not as an example. , this time, I promise you, and next time, I will not let you enter the palace."

"Hee hee, I knew Aunt Tang was the best, Aunt Tang, how many cattle did you give me?" Wan'er was so happy when she heard that.

Empress Changsun thought for a while and said: "Hujiazhuang has a lot of fields, so I will be generous and give you two brothers and sisters [-] heads. If there are more, I won't have any more. These [-] cattle, I It was evened out from the royal garden."

"Thank you, Aunt Tang, thank you Aunt Tang." After hearing this, Wan'er was still a little dissatisfied, but when she got here, no matter how much she asked, it was probably impossible for her to ask for more.

night time.

Wan'er had eaten meals in the palace before being sent back to her home by the palace people.

The old lady was at a loss when she saw Wan'er being sent back to her home by the palace servants.

After Wan'er reported back to the old lady, the old lady realized that her daughter was really very bold.

This is to farm cattle, but it is going to Empress Changsun, I really can't laugh or cry.

"In the future, it's better to do less of this. Your aunt was able to respond to your request this time, but it won't be so easy next time. Besides, your fourth brother just asked for twenty heads from the Holy One. Just ran into the palace and asked for twenty heads from your aunt, your aunt can remember." The old lady didn't blame Wan'er for her hasty behavior.

More than twenty cattle.

For the Li family, that must be a good thing.

But when Wan'er asked Empress Changsun, according to Empress Changsun's memorizing nature, if something happened in the future, she would definitely have to pay it back.

Even if it is the Li clan's relatives, this matter has to be remembered well.

Wan'er didn't think there was anything wrong, and happily hugged her mother's arm and shook it, "Mother, you see, I got back twenty cattle, should you give me something? Fourth brother just got back two ten oxen."

"Reward, reward." The old lady nodded happily and helplessly after being shaken by this girl.

Day two.

Wan'er got into the carriage and went back to Li Zhuang.

Once back to Wan'er in Lizhuang.

Seeing that his fourth brother didn't know what he was doing, he jumped up to his fourth brother and patted his back, "Ha, fourth brother."

"I'm going, you dead girl, you are scary, you will scare people to death. What? You just returned to Chang'an yesterday, why did you come back today? Seeing how happy you are, what good things happened?" Li Chongyuan was concentrating on stirring After fermenting the glutinous rice and malt that had been fermented overnight, he was shocked by the sudden slap, only then did he realize that it was Wan'er.

Wan'er smiled mysteriously, and took out a piece of paper from her pocket, "Fourth brother, guess what it is."

"I don't know, if you want to play, go and play with Erniu and the others. Fourth brother, I have something important to do now." Li Chongyuan didn't care what the note in this girl's hand was, what he cared about was the malt candy he was going to make right now .

Wan'er saw that her fourth brother didn't value her so much, she said displeasedly: "Fourth brother, this is the book note for twenty cows that Aunt Tang promised to give me, fourth brother, you don't even look at me, I don't care. Angry."

"Huh?" Li Chongyuan immediately stopped what he was doing when he heard the twenty cattle, and looked at Wan'er.

Seeing that her fourth brother finally looked at her squarely, Wan'er showed a smile on her face, "Fourth brother, look, what is this?"

Li Chongyuan took a look at the note in Wan'er's hand, and immediately beamed with joy, "Good Wan'er, it's really my good Wan'er, the fourth brother was thinking that there were too few farm cattle, but I didn't expect that you went to give it to me yesterday. Fourth brother has gone to farm cattle."

"That's right, I'm very good at it. Originally, I wanted to ask Aunt Tang for a hundred cattle, but Aunt Tang refused to agree, saying that fourth brother would give me as much as you want. Hmph, Aunt Tang is so stingy. "Wan'er raised her head, as if I were the best in the world.

Although Li Chongyuan didn't know how this girl did it, but with Empress Changsun's note, there was basically no problem with the twenty cattle.

Immediately, Li Chongyuan laughed and said, "My dear Wan'er, you have helped the fourth brother a lot. It just so happens that I will be generous to the fourth brother today and make maltose for you, so I can reward our little hero."

"What is maltose?" Wan'er raised her head higher when she heard that she was a hero.

But when she listened carefully to the delicious food, she immediately became curious.

Li Chongyuan put away the note, and then began to stir the glutinous rice and malt in the bucket, "Maltose, it's actually caramel, but my method is simpler and the taste is more pure."

"Caramel, then I won't eat it." Wan'er lost interest when she heard that it was caramel.

(End of this chapter)