The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 819 Try Going to the North to Buy Land

Su Yunduo would not intervene in such things as the old couple bickering and quarreling. At such a time, he must treat himself as deaf and blind, as if he heard nothing and saw nothing.

Su Yunduo's eyes simply turned to Brother Huan in Lu Mingyang's arms, but just in time to see Brother Huan's expression was a little strange, and couldn't help but secretly called out badly, and stepped forward to reach out his hand to take his son, but at this moment, only Huan Brother's small face tensed for a moment, and then he relaxed, and then Lu Mingyang said "Yeah".

Don't need to think about Su Yunduo, he also knows that his guess is right, Brother Huan has done bad things to Lu Mingyang again!
Sure enough, when Lu Mingyang raised Brother Huan with both hands, both Su Yunduo and An Shi saw that Brother Huan had drawn a "map" on Lu Mingyang's body, and they couldn't help looking at each other and laughing.

Su Yunduo reached out to take his son from Lu Mingyang's hand, and at the same time called Bai Zhi to come in and carry brother Huan down to change.

Before Bai Zhi came in, Su Yunduo stretched out his hand and slapped Brother Huan's little butt lightly, and cursed angrily and amusingly: "What a bad boy!"

Brother Huan was not yet full moon, Su Yunduo began to observe and consciously urinate on him, once he found that Brother Huan was humming, he would urinate for him first. Poor babies seldom urinate when they are about three or four months old.

Brother Huan is seven or eight months old, and except at night or when he is crazy about playing, he seldom urinates during the day.

Now that it's early summer, the weather is getting hotter. In order to prevent Brother Huan from being punished by covering his red butt with his diaper, Su Yunduo has not allowed Brother Huan to wear a diaper since last month unless he takes Huan with him. , today is no exception.

It's just that Brother Huan, who hadn't urinated for a long time, did something bad to Lu Mingyang today. Although Lu Mingyang wasn't unhappy at all, and was even very happy, Su Yunduo still felt a little embarrassed.

"Don't hit him, it's just a pee, and the boy is peeing clean!" Lu Mingyang, who was wiping with a handkerchief, saw Su Yunduo slap Brother Huan's butt, paused his hand, and said in his mouth.

Su Yunduo sighed helplessly, she just patted her son's little butt, her strength was not much stronger than touching it, and she just "slapped" her son in Lu Mingyang's eyes, and Lu Mingyang's eyes really had a bit of reproach!
An Shi could see that Su Yunduo didn't really intend to hit Brother Huan, but the heart of doting on Brother Huan still prevailed. Hearing Lu Mingyang's words, he nodded again and again: "A boy's urine is always clean, and some diseases require a boy to pee. It’s making medicine!”

Well, as long as you are happy!
When Brother Huan was taken away by Bai Zhi for a change of clothes, Su Yunduo originally wanted to say goodbye, but Lu Mingyang stayed behind: "Just talk to the old lady, I will come just after changing my shirt, and I have something to ask you."

Su Yunduo looked at Lu Mingyang in surprise, then nodded.

Although he didn't know what Lu Mingyang wanted to ask himself, since that was the case, he had to be patient and wait for Lu Mingyang's question.

There is nothing particularly urgent to do today, but just go to see the repairs of Zhenghe Hall and Shuiqing Garden.

According to the current repair progress, both Zhenghe Hall and Shuiqingyuan have entered the final finishing stage. The progress of Zhenghe Hall is slightly faster, and the repair will be completed in about two days, and the work can be called off after passing the acceptance.

Shuiqingyuan will be a little later, not because the craftsmen delayed the construction period, but after Lu Mingyang visited Shuiqingyuan one day, he asked the craftsmen to change the plan and add some refinement, so that the original and Zhenghetang The progress of Shuiqingyuan, which does not want to go up and down, has not yet come to an end, and it is estimated that Zhenghetang will be seven or eight days behind.

The news that Lu Mingyang personally increased the scenery of Shuiqing Garden spread quickly in the mansion, and Yang's was also the first to get the news.

Earlier, Lu Mingyang had made clear arrangements for the repair time and artisan team of each house and courtyard in the mansion.

The team of craftsmen who were originally responsible for the renovation of Zhenghe Hall will be in charge of Yilan Court, which is the courtyard of Sifang.

The team of craftsmen who were originally in charge of Shuiqing Garden will be responsible for the repair and expansion of Fufeng Garden.

In this way, Fufeng Garden can be said to be the last courtyard that the Zhen Guo Mansion has extensively renovated this year. How can this not make Yang's heart burn?

Speaking of which, the four-bedroom Yilan Garden is not a real renovation, but Lu Mingyang and An agreed to add a rockery pavilion with a fountain in Yilan Garden according to the preferences of Zhao and Lu Yue in order to balance the relationship between the several houses. .

This project is simpler than Fufengyuan, and the required construction period is not long. The most important thing is that the project of Sifang is the least urgent project in the whole government.

Seeing that such a project will be started before Fufengyuan, Yang is naturally anxious, angry and ashamed. She understands that Lu Mingyang punished her for changing Fufengyuan and going to Xiaofengyuan to find Su Yunduo. Annoyed and ashamed, but dare not show a trace of complaints in front of others.

Of course, it is unavoidable to cry with Lu Tong in private. Lu Tong knows better that this is Lu Mingyang's use of this matter to continue beating Yang. Although he also complains in his heart that the old man is holding on to Yang, he will not listen to Yang's crying and try to change. Lu Mingyang's decision.

As a son, Lu Tong knows Lu Mingyang's temperament better than Yang's. He knows that if he goes to find Lu Mingyang because of this matter, even if he doesn't drive them out of the town government, even if he still needs to repair and expand Fufengyuan, the result will be absolute. It will make Yang's pain even worse, because Lu Mingyang will definitely reduce the repair and expansion specifications of Fufeng Garden.

Lu Tong can be sure that if he and the Yang family dare to approach Lu Mingyang again for this matter, the renovated Fufeng Garden will definitely be the lowest-standard courtyard in the Zhen Guogong Mansion, and it will be hard to fault.

Since the Yang family kept accusing the Zhen Guo government of bullying Sanfang, let Sanfang taste the real taste of a concubine. These were the words Lu Mingyang beat Lu Tong himself when Lu Tong went to Yingzhou to pick up Lu Mingyang.

Of course, Su Yunduo didn't know about this. At this moment, she was chatting with An Shi without saying a word, and at the same time, she was thinking about what Lu Mingyang wanted to ask about keeping her.

It's just that Su Yunduo didn't think about it until Lu Mingyang changed clothes from the inner room.

Lu Mingyang sat down again, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, looked at Su Yunduo and asked straight to the point: "The Zhuangzi in Yingzhou falls under the name of Dafang, so what are your plans?"

Su Yunduo was slightly taken aback, she had been married into the Duke of Zhen's mansion for more than three years, neither Lu Mingyang nor An's had ever asked about her business or property under her name, Su Yunduo was a little caught off guard when asked suddenly today.

However, Su Yunduo understood that since Lu Mingyang asked, there must be a reason, so he was only slightly stunned for a moment, and then he quickly smiled and said: "My husband and I have the same intention, and plan to buy a few more Zhuangzi, whether it is fertile land or mountainous land. Good land can be used to grow food, and mountainous areas can be used to grow fruit trees, medicinal materials, and flowers.”

Lu Mingyang nodded, which was almost the same as his guess.

Others may prefer to buy fertile land. Su Yunduo has wineries and workshops in his hands. Whether it is fruit trees, medicinal materials or flowers, he can digest them by himself.It's just that the wine shop and workshop are all in the suburbs of Beijing, presumably Su Yunduo is still thinking about buying land in the suburbs of Beijing, which is a bit far from what Lu Mingyang will propose next.

However, Lu Mingyang did not give up. After pondering for a while, he directly expressed his suggestion: "There are scattered people selling land in the suburbs of Beijing, but not many. There are even fewer big households selling land. Instead of waiting for someone with money If you want to sell it and then compete with others, it is better to look further and try to buy land in the north. There are few people in the north, and the price of good land in many places is less than half of the suburbs of Beijing.”

Yanshan Mansion is located in the Northland, and Su Yunduo is familiar with the situation in the Northland, so he naturally understands the feasibility of Lu Mingyang's suggestion. Su Yunduo had similar ideas before, and discussed it with Lu Jinkang, but finally decided to focus on it. In the suburbs of Beijing and areas within a radius of [-] miles outside Beijing, the main reason is that the wine shop and Yujiefang are located in the suburbs of Beijing.

Seeing that Su Yunduo was speechless for a while, Lu Mingyang said again: "I understand what you are thinking. After all, the wine shop and Yu Jie Fang are both in the suburbs of Beijing. But I heard that you and Brother Kang intend to build a granary in the suburbs of Beijing for emergency However, have you ever thought about the fact that there are very few opportunities for food shortages in the capital? No matter famine or wartime, it is the border towns that really need food!"

The light in Su Yunduo's eyes flickered slightly, and there was a feeling of enlightenment in his mind.

Lu Mingyang's words really hit the nail on the head. Why did she buy more land to grow grain and build a granary with self-raised funds? Wasn't it because it was not easy for Lu Mingyang to raise food for the soldiers in the northern border city during the war last year?
If I have a large piece of fertile land and a granary in the north, wouldn't it be more convenient to send grain to the border town? !
Although Su Yunduo thought so in his heart, he didn't immediately give Lu Mingyang an affirmative answer. After a moment of silence, Su Yunduo said:

"I understand what grandfather means. I should think about it carefully and make a decision after discussing it with my husband."

Although she has nearly a million spare cash in her hand that needs to be invested, and this fund is personal income, she still wants to discuss it with Lu Jinkang before making a decision.

"Grandpa mentioned this to me a few days ago, but he didn't go into such details. I just thought he was just talking casually, but I didn't expect that he really had such a plan." When Su Yunduo took Lu Mingyang's suggestion Tell Lu Jinkang, Lu Jinkang shook his head helplessly and said.

The money in Su Yunduo's hands is Su Yunduo's personal. Since Su Yunduo is more willing to invest in the suburbs of Beijing, Lu Jinkang naturally supports Su Yunduo.

If Su Yunduo proposed to invest in the North, Lu Jinkang would naturally provide her with information and suggestions in this regard.

"My husband knows it. I was thinking about buying land and building a granary in the north before, but the law and order in the north is worse than that in the capital. If we really build a granary in the north, we need several times the number of people in the capital. In this way For one thing, the money saved by buying land may not be enough to make up for the cost of increased manpower." Su Yunduo calculated the cost in his heart, feeling a little pained.

Lu Jinkang couldn't help chuckling and said, "Has the lady thought about the cost of transportation?"

Su Yunduo was stunned for a moment, looked at Lu Jinkang suspiciously, looked at Lu Jinkang slightly teasingly, and suddenly his mind froze.

Lu Jinkang looked at Su Yunduo's rare embarrassment, and couldn't help laughing: "Could it be that the lady has forgotten the ultimate purpose of building the granary?"

Being reminded by Lu Jinkang, Su Yunduo couldn't help but slapped himself on the forehead, he was so smart and confused for a while!
The main purpose of her building the granary is not to use this granary to make money in the capital, but to hope that when the border town needs food, it can be sent to the border town at the first time, so that the town government in the capital can become a garrison no matter what it is. The strong backing of the soldiers on the border.

However, it did not take into account the time and loss of transporting grain from the capital to the border towns. If these two aspects were added, it would be more appropriate to buy land to grow grain and build granaries in the north.

Lu Jinkang felt sorry for Su Yunduo's forehead, which was slapped red by himself. He put his arm around Su Yunduo's waist and gently rubbed Su Yunduo's forehead with the other hand. It is proud: "This forehead is not your own? You are too aggressive, look at it and it is red!"

Su Yunduo raised his head, looking at Lu Jinkang with crystal clear eyes, with uncontrollable excitement on his face: "Before this, I didn't choose a site to start building the granary, but I always felt a little inexplicable in my heart. Wake up, I realized that I was really stupid! Now that I think about it carefully, buying land and growing grain in the North is our best choice!"

After all, Lu Jinkang, as the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo, it is his mission to go to the north to guard the frontier!

So buying land and real estate in the north is indeed more suitable for them than buying land and real estate in the suburbs of Beijing.

Seeing the woman in his arms happily discussing with him about going to Beidi to buy land and real estate, Lu Jinkang's heart was sore and aching.

Which aristocratic family or official daughter-in-law in Beijing is not as reasonable as her own daughter-in-law, and who would be so enthusiastic about going to the not-so-safe Northland to buy land and property?

Even though Dongling Kingdom and Beichen Kingdom have signed a border city peace agreement, who can guarantee that there will be no more wars?

This is also an important reason why the Northland is sparsely populated.

When Lu Jinkang was thinking wildly, he was woken up by Su Yunduo grabbing his arm, and Su Yunduo asked in an excited voice: "Husband, I remember you once said that from Yongcheng to Bonicheng, everything except Outside Boni Mountain is a large tract of grass, do you think we should buy some grass and build a horse farm under Boni Mountain?"

Lu Jinkang couldn't help but opened his eyes wide and looked at Su Yunduo in disbelief, this woman dares to even think about this!

But after thinking about it, I think Su Yunduo's idea is very good.

Although Dongling Kingdom's army is known as strong and disciplined, in front of Beichen Kingdom's cavalry, Dongling Kingdom's cavalry is much weaker and cannot compete with it at all.

If it is really possible to open a horse farm and raise more and better war horses, then the Dongling Kingdom can also form a stronger cavalry, and then confront the Beichen Kingdom's army, the chances of winning will be much greater.

It's just that the establishment of a horse farm to raise war horses is related to the army of the Dongling Kingdom. Naturally, this matter cannot be decided lightly. It must be nodded by the Holy Majesty, and it is best to get the will written by the Holy Majesty himself.

(End of this chapter)