Datang Nongwang

Chapter 394
And at this time the main family.

Qi Huo who was called here, after hearing that his little lord was rewarded, was even more happy and lost his way, shaking happily, as if he had received a reward.

The old lady looked at Qi Huo who was overjoyed, with a smile in her eyes, "Okay, okay, you don't want to be so happy, Yuan'er's house, you have to make arrangements, don't be weak Yuan'er The title of the county magistrate."

"Yes, old madam, I'll go back and make arrangements. By the way, old madam, do you want to have a big banquet for the reward of Mr. Xiaolang?" Qi Huo quickly stopped his overjoyed enthusiasm and asked the old madam road.

The old lady shook her head lightly, "There should be a banquet for this matter, but there is a reason for it, let's forget it. As for the gifts that each mansion will send to Yuan'er's mansion, you should take it first and record it. Then send it to me."

Yili, and Yili.

Li Chongyuan was rewarded by the imperial court this time, no matter what, he had to throw a big banquet.

But the old lady had made up her mind at this moment, but she pressed down on this reward banquet.

The reason.

It's nothing more than because Li Yuan is in Lizhuang.

If there is a big banquet, will it be held in Chang'an, or in Lizhuang?
In Chang'an, Li Chongyuan must return to Chang'an, but Li Yuan is left alone, and it is impossible for Li Yuan to return to Chang'an to participate in Li Chongyuan's reward banquet.

Let’s say it’s done in Lizhuang.

This is even more impossible.

The matter of Li Yuan's visit to Li Zhuang was only known to a few people, and the matter was still kept secret.

If it is true that a banquet is held in Li Zhuang, outsiders will definitely know about Li Yuan's stay in Li Zhuang. At that time, it will become a troublesome matter again.

to this end.

Only then did the old lady reject Qi Huo's proposal.

After Qi Huo was able to speak, although he didn't understand why, he had to obey.

Shortly after.

Qi Huo and Qiao Su left their home and came to the county mansion.

At this time, the county government is still the county government.

It is estimated that the imperial court will replace Li Chongyuan's mansion with a column halberd (door halberd) in the past few days.

The county magistrate's mansion naturally has the regulations of the county magistrate's mansion.

If the halberd hadn't been changed, the people in Chang'an City probably thought it was the county government.

As soon as he returned to the county mansion, Qi Huo recruited the few servants who stayed in the mansion, even the doorman was among them. Of course, Wukong couldn't escape.

"I want to tell you some good news. Our young gentleman has been rewarded by the imperial court again. Now, our young gentleman is the county magistrate of Xixiang." Qi Huo was very happy when he saw the few people arriving. waved.

After hearing Qi Huo's words, the few Gousheng people immediately cheered, "Steward Qi, our young gentleman is really a county uncle? Then should my regular money be increased?"

"That's right, we are all county uncles, so the money should have increased. When Mr. Xiao Lang was granted the title of county magistrate, it was increased." One person echoed.

Also truthfully.

The status of the master's family has been improved, and the people under the sect will naturally have to be improved.

This is a normal thing in Chang'an, it is a routine.

When Qi Huo heard this, he changed from his previous stingy appearance and said: "Of course, but this matter can only be settled after asking Mr. Xiao Lang."

After a few people got the words, they cheered endlessly.

people.

It doesn't matter whether you are a servant in someone's house or doing a job.

Isn't it just for food, for money.

As the master's status has improved, the money will naturally rise, and they must be happy.

Sweep.

clean.

The things that should be done are arranged one by one.

And shortly thereafter.

Qi Huo stopped Qiao Su who was supposed to return to Lizhuang, "Xiao Su, there was a message from the warehouse yesterday that the sugar cane from the south seems to have arrived, you go to the warehouse to have a look."

"Okay, brother-in-law." Qiao Su didn't pay much attention when he heard that it was about the sugar cane.

At this time, Qi Huo asked curiously: "Xiao Su, you are always with Xiao Langjun in Li Zhuang. Is Xiao Lang going to plant sugar cane this time? This thing is something from the south. It can be planted in the north of us." Was it successful?"

"Brother-in-law, I don't know about this, but Mr. Xiaolang is very capable, so I think it should be fine. Just like the fruit saplings on Niushou Mountain, Mr. Xiaolang has planted most of them." Qiao Su replied, and then After leaving the mansion, he went to the warehouse.

Qiao Su, who has been busy at the warehouse for a long time.

Finally, they put all the sugar cane Li Chongyuan wanted into the hired carriage, and then led the carriages out of Chang'an City.

And when Qiao Su and the others left the warehouse.

The shopkeeper of the warehouse put down the work at hand, "Why does Mr. Li want sugar cane all of a sudden? Even if you eat this stuff, you can't eat so much. It's worth a dozen stones."

"Shopkeeper, you don't know this. Li Xianzi better make money. Maybe Li Xianzi has come up with a new way to eat sugar cane. I don't have the money to go to the Yingbin Building for the tooth festival, but the Yingbin Building If you want to come to the shopkeeper, you must know the fragrance coming out of it." The shopkeeper fell behind, but the cashier said aloud.

The shopkeeper nodded when he heard the accountant's words, "You're right, this Li Xianzi is well-known in Chang'an, not to mention making money, and even built a welcome building. If I have Now that I have the money, I must go to the Yingbin Building to have a few big meals."

"Shopkeeper, what you said is just a joke. Even if you live ten more lives, you will not be able to enter the Yingbin Building. Whoever can enter the Yingbin Building is not a son of a noble person, or an official rich and wealthy. You and I can think about it." The accountant replied loudly and helplessly.

The warehouse is not small.

It is not an exaggeration to say that there are so many goods that come in and out every day.

But rely on him as a shopkeeper in the warehouse.

It's really like what the accountant said, if he wants to enter the Yingbin Building, he basically has no chance except for opening it during the Chinese New Year, or opening it on major festivals.

As for the membership fee of [-] cents, it was not something he, a treasurer, could afford.

Fifty pennies are enough to cover his annual salary.

This matter does not show.

afternoon.

Qiao Su and his party returned to Lizhuang.

At this moment, Li Chongyuan was holding a piece of sugarcane in his hand, and he was biting it with his teeth, "Sweet, really sweet, but it's a bit small."

"Fourth brother, fourth brother, mine, mine, don't patronize yourself to eat, I want to eat too." Wan'er, who was anxious to the side, couldn't wait.

Li Chongyuan folded it casually, and handed over a piece of sugar cane, "Give it to uncle first."

"I won't eat any more. My teeth are about to fall out. Why are you still eating sugar cane?" Li Yuan nearly slapped Li Chongyuan and stared at him.

Li Chongyuan smiled awkwardly, "Uncle, don't say you are old, you are still young, and your nephews will see you as an old fairy, and if you live for ten thousand years, it is just a pediatric."

"You, put it in good terms, if uncle really lived for so long, wouldn't he really be a bastard." Li Yuan scolded with a smile.

It has been half a month since Li Yuan came to Lizhuang.

Half a month down.

This also made Li Yuan follow the trend when he spoke, not as eloquent as when he first came here, and it went smoothly.

It's like the 8-year-old tortoise, who has been called a king for thousands of years, has been called an old bastard by him.

Wan'er took a piece of sugar cane and wanted to present it to Li Yuan.

But after hearing what his uncle said, he could only bite on his own.

"Fourth brother, it's really sweet. I can eat so much sugarcane for a long time." After taking a few bites of the sugarcane, he stared at the sugarcane placed in the yard.

Li Chongyuan took the sugarcane and tapped it lightly, "What are you thinking, I used it for planting by fourth brother, you can only eat a few at most, and I will plant the rest, fourth brother."

Wan'er didn't care at all, after being tapped on the head with sugar cane by her fourth brother, she sucked her nose and hid aside.

As for being only allowed to eat a few sugar canes, she didn't take it to heart at all.

There is a saying.

Speaking unintentionally, the listener has no intention, but the observer has intention.

"Yuan'er, what you mean is that you want to grow sugar cane? Uncle knows that sugar cane is grown in the south, and there is no one in the north. Could it be that you want to grow sugar cane in Lizhuang and make sugar by yourself?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

Wan'er, who was hiding at the side, didn't wait for her fourth brother to reply, but she took the conversation back and said, "Uncle, fourth brother said to make sucrose, and fourth brother also made maltose before."

"Oh? Yuan'er, do you really understand this?" After Li Yuan heard what he said, he became even more curious about Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongyuan nodded lightly, "Uncle, although sugarcane is a product of the south, its cultivation is very simple. And I got so much sugarcane just to make sucrose after planting. As long as you try a few more times, it will definitely work.”

Li Chongyuan didn't dare to talk too much.

After all, in a field where you only know the theory and have not practiced it, it is better to stay in the Taoist school.

Save yourself from getting yourself into nowhere.

"Okay, it's best if you have this heart. As long as you have this idea, uncle will support you no matter how difficult it is." Li Yuan finally expressed his opinion.

This also makes Li Chongyuan feel that he can show his talents in the future.

The sugar cane has arrived.

Then of course it was time to start planting.

And the current season has entered early summer, which is also the season for planting sugarcane.

This is not.

On the same day, Li Chongyuan arranged several people to start cutting sugar cane.

"Every section must be kept, don't cut it, and use plant ash to pass through the cut sugarcane." Li Chongyuan stood outside, directing and shouting.

But this girl, Wan'er, was gnawing on the sugar cane while looking for her favorite sugar cane in the pile of sugar cane.

Even the children in the village.

At this time, each person also took a piece of sugarcane, standing on the periphery, talking and laughing, and pointing.

sugar cane.

It is something sweet.

For babies who can bite, it is actually the best snack.

With a bite of the teeth, the green skin was pulled out along the way, and after a few big bites, the mouth was full of sweetness.

Before Han.

Sugarcane is named Zhe.

It was not until the Han Dynasty that the word sugarcane came into being, and the name sugarcane came into being.

The time when sugarcane was introduced to China was around the time of King Zhou Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty.

By the time of Tang Dynasty, sugarcane was only planted in the south of the south of Tang State, that is, in the southern part of Guangxi today, and its output was very small.

As for the sucrose it produces, it is monopolized by the great nobles and aristocratic families, and has become their treasure.

There is very little sucrose that can flow into the market.

The current sugarcane is all green-skinned, as for black-skinned sugarcane, there is no such thing at present.

Sugar cane was planted in large quantities, probably in the Song Dynasty.

Su Shi, a poet of the Song Dynasty, said in a poem, "The old age is getting worse for me, and I will be obsessed with the old autumn cliff all my life."Laughing people cook when cooked, eat a row of green bamboo. '

It can be seen from this poem.

The sugar cane at that time was of green skin.

Just like the sugar cane in front of Li Chongyuan's eyes, they are all of green skin.

Day two.

On the slightly dry side of the water swamp, sections of sugarcane were buried in rows of soil ridges.

Ten stones of sugar cane.

It was planted in one day.

There is a saying that there is great power in numbers.

The number of helpers in Lizhuang has exceeded 2000.

Of course, the Hu family in Hujiazhuang must also be counted in it, but they haven't had a chance to come down to Lizhuang so far.

Standing in front of a stretch of sugarcane fields, Li Chongyuan looked at the ridges and rows of fields in front of him, his eyes full of hope.

"Fourth brother, after the sugarcane is planted, how much does it take to grow? I have nothing to eat." Wan'er, who was standing beside Li Chongyuan, looked at the bare soil and protested to her fourth brother.

Li Chongyuan slapped her on the head casually, "I just know how to eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, look at how many pieces of sugar cane you have eaten from yesterday to today. Also, you hide in your own Don’t think I didn’t see the sugarcane in the room, it’s at least fifty or sixty pieces, and you said you didn’t have anything to eat, so be careful and I’ll beat you.”

"Hee hee, fourth brother, if you dare to hit me, I'll let my uncle beat your ass until it blooms." After taking a slap, Wan'er trotted away, not forgetting to sneer.

this girl.

Since yesterday, this mouth has not stopped.

Li Chongyuan was really afraid that this girl would have diarrhea after eating too much sugarcane.

But this girl is so good, her mouth is made of iron, and even her stomach is made of iron.

Li Chongyuan stared, glaring and said: "You'd better eat less for me, so as not to spoil my stomach, I don't care about you. Although sugar cane is sweet, it is cold in nature."

Whether Li Chongyuan's words are useful or not depends on whether this girl is willing to listen.

Even if he doesn't listen to it, Li Chongyuan will take away the sugarcane that this girl hid first at night.

I have been eating this for a whole day, and if I don't stop, Li Chongyuan is really worried that this girl won't be able to bear it anymore.

The sun was setting.

Without the sun's rays, the temperature under the sky also dropped.

Cool breeze.

The blow made Li Chongyuan shiver uncontrollably.

Li Chongyuan, who tightened his clothes tightly, looked at the helpers by the flooded water to pack their things, and walked towards the place where the pancakes were distributed in the south of Li Zhuang.

After all the helpers left, Li Chongyuan also started to prepare to go back.

And this time.

On the small road that came to Lizhuang, dozens of people were ushered in.

Among them, there are several healthy horses.

"Li Gui, Li Zhuang is ahead, do you think we should wait here, or wait until we capture him?" A green-skinned man asked a man named Li Gui who was riding a horse and covered in a black scarf. road.

Li Gui on the horseback looked at Li Zhuang in the distance, his eyes turned fierce, "I'll wait for you there, and when you catch someone, bring them here."

After hearing the words, the green-skinned head nodded lightly.

Immediately, the green-skinned leader, leading his group of thirty or so people, trotted towards Li Zhuang.

And that ghost Li.

Then he rode his horse to the place he pointed.

(End of this chapter)