The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 175 The Scenery on Zhuangzi
The autumn is refreshing, I don't know if it's because of the good weather or because of a temporary worry, along the way, Xuan Shijing is looking at whatever is pleasing to the eye, the only fly in the ointment is that he is a little sleepy, and he slept too late last night.

"Jing'er, if you are sleepy, go to sleep for a while." On the way, in the carriage, Mrs. Wang saw Xuan Shijing yawning from time to time, and looked at Xuan Shijing with concern.

"It's okay, I can carry it, mother, I haven't been to Zhuangzi for more than ten years, and now the Zhuangzi in our house must have changed." Xuan Shijing looked at the scenery outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Mother has never seen it before, but I just heard from your Uncle Zhong that there have been great changes in the Zhuangzi these years. Our family has also rebuilt the courtyard on the Zhuangzi. His Royal Highness Wei Wang personally came to supervise the construction. I heard that the courtyard was built. It’s pretty good, but no one has ever lived in it. On weekdays, a few handymen are left there to do some cleaning work. I don’t know how it is now. The river channel that was dug on the village before you left has now been completed. Now, the farm households don’t need to fetch water from other places to irrigate the farmland, I heard that the farm households are very grateful to you as the head of the family.”

"Although they don't know each other, since they are the people of our fiefdom, they should be treated kindly. Mom, my son doesn't have any great talents in the world. It's better than anything else if everyone in the family is safe." Xuan Shijing sighed with emotion. So many things seem to have returned to the original point more than ten years ago.

"Jing'er, it's okay if you don't go to court today?" Mrs. Wang looked at Xuan Shijing. The servants began to pack their things and prepare to go out for an outing.

"Mother, don't worry, there is no problem with the court. I have been planning for so many days, and I definitely won't let Sun Yaoting have a chance to stand up. What's more, now that the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, I won't show up in the court. It won’t be revealed that we are investigating behind our backs, and we won’t be pointing the finger at our Marquis.” Xuan Shijing explained: “So now, we should eat as much as we want, and play as much as we want.”

After listening to Xuan Shijing's words, Wang thought about it for a while, and it was indeed as Xuan Shijing said, if he didn't show up, he would save a lot of unnecessary trouble, at least those ministers like Sun Yaoting would not come looking for him for no reason. Trouble, it is okay to deal with one person, but if it is to deal with a group of people, the Hou Mansion is not that capable.

"Jing'er, you put everything on Sun Yaoting's head, so what are you going to do with Li Yuanjing?"

"The matter of Li Yuanjing is very complicated. Mom, the account book I got from Gao Yuan can be sure that Li Yuanjing still covets that seat, but the record in the account book is only in the early years of Zhenguan. If he It is not surprising to have such thoughts, but now, the boy is not sure, but judging from his intention to instruct Sun Yaoting to conceal the matter of Shicheng in order to take the opportunity to disturb Longxi, so as to achieve the intention of placing people to control Longxi, there is an [-]% possibility, He hasn't given up yet, so we should be cautious about Li Yuanjing, and the most important thing is to collect enough evidence to make His Majesty firm." Xuan Shijing said: "But now because of Sun Yaoting's matter, I'm afraid Li Yuanjing will be more serious. For some reason, I heard that Li Yuanjing is so short of money that he is about to sell his Xuanwu Chou."

"Lack of money?" Wang pondered for a while: "Could it be that he is secretly recruiting soldiers to build an army?"

In the peaceful and prosperous age, the only thing that cost a lot is the army.

"It's hard to come to a conclusion for now, anyway, I've been eyeing him, this is a big fish, so the line should be set longer." Xuan Shijing smiled and said: "Okay, mother, we are out to play, those It's a major national event, so let's not follow the careless mind first."

In front of the team of the Hou Mansion are the carriages that Xuan Shijing and Wang Shi are riding in, Shi Hu is driving in front, Wang's personal maid Xiao Huan and maid Xiao Ji are also sitting on the carriage, the chief housekeeper Zhong Zishuo, Long Er and Gao Jun Following behind on horseback, a group of people walked up to Zhuangzi.

In autumn, Zhuangzi is filled with abundant harvest scenes all over the mountains and plains. The wheat in the field has been harvested and bundled into bundles and placed on the field ridges. The people in the field are busy stacking the bundled wheat on the wheelbarrow and pushing it back. , Put it in the valley field on Zhuangzi.

Looking from a distance, the people who are busy in the fields all have satisfied smiles on their faces. This year is a bumper harvest year with good weather. For these farmers who depend on the sky for their food, this is the biggest hope. The harvest in autumn The grain was approved, and the rest after paying the rent was the food ration for the whole family for one year.

Although Dongshan County is located on a plain, there are still a few small hills occasionally. When the carriage stopped, Xuan Shijing helped Mrs. Wang get out of the carriage. Now it is the time when the grass is fertile, and it is not yet the time when autumn and winter are not good enough. , stepping on the grass, it is soft and very comfortable.

Walking to a hill and standing a little higher, you can see most of the face of Zhuangzi. The newly built river winding around the whole Zhuangzi and then converging into the river. According to the officials of the Ministry of Industry, the soil quality of Dongshan County is It is not necessary to build a straight river, even if it is a bend, it will not accumulate too much sand.

To put it bluntly, the soil is not easy to lose. The current Guanzhong Plain is far less developed than later generations. There are still large forests and grasslands around Chang'an City. In Dongshan County, except for the farmland, the rest of the place is still green. A piece of grass.

Peach trees were planted on both sides of the newly built river. After several years of growth, the trunks have become thicker. I heard that the idea of ​​planting peach trees was given by Li Tai. I really can't tell that that guy is still a young man.

It is said that she went out for a walk with Wang to enjoy the scenery, but in fact Xuan Shijing just wanted Wang to get out of the Hou Mansion to breathe, not to mention that in the Tang Dynasty where there is no entertainment at all, even in later generations, many times at home. If you don't go out for a year, you can't stand it.

After going out for a walk, Mrs. Wang really looked refreshed. To Xuan Shijing's surprise, Mrs. Wang was very interested in Nongsang, so she took Xuan Shijing to the farmers' fields.

It was more than ten years ago when the farmers in the field saw Wang Shi and Xuan Shijing last time. Ten years have passed, but the Wang family has not changed much, so the farmers can still recognize it, but Xuan Shijing, after more than ten years, has grown taller and his appearance has changed a lot, so the farmers can no longer recognize him. Out.

Seeing Mrs. Wang coming with a group of people, the farmers quickly put down their work and greeted her.

"Hello Ma'am, Hello Butler Zhong."

Wang responded with a smile, pointed at Xuan Shijing and said with a smile: "This is Jing'er. She just came back from Kunlun a few days ago, and her appearance has changed. You can't recognize her."

"The grass people have seen the young master." When the farmers heard that this was the master of the Hou family, they quickly saluted.

"Don't be polite, everyone. I have been away for the past few years, thanks to everyone in Zhuangzi who took care of the family." Xuan Shijing hurriedly helped these people up. If it was more than ten years ago, it is true that Zhuangzi has been taking care of Hou. However, over the past ten years, Feng Hao has tried every means to extract money from the money pile to build Zhuangzi.

After the courtesy, Wang took Xuan Shijing for a stroll in the field, explaining some crops to Xuan Shijing while walking.

Xuan Shijing didn't expect her own mother to be so familiar with crops, isn't she also a young lady from a wealthy family?

(End of this chapter)