A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 27

Although the samurai Ling has a high reputation, he is very enthusiastic about Wu Huaiyu's family.

At noon, there is a whole deer banquet, which is very rich.

Don't look at the old warrior dressed like an old farmer, but the warrior has two hobbies, one is good food, he can't get tired of eating, and the other is beauty, and he takes concubines every year.

The cooks in the Xuancheng Mansion are very famous, and the team is complete with superb cooking skills.

Roasted deer whip with three treasures, deer whip flowers with wild chrysanthemum and medlar, deer waist with dried mushrooms, abalone deer heart, deer blood black rice, deer lips with money buckle, roast deer tongue in sauce, emerald deer brain, tangerine peel deer willow, apricot deer steak, crispy venison , ginseng venison soup, stewed venison with ginseng, golden stick venison, venison stew with smoked bamboo shoots, roasted venison, chicken and deer with spring, puff pastry venison cup...
A deer, in a daze, came up with eighteen dishes.

Not only does the name sound good, but it also tastes delicious when served, and people can't help but praise it after tasting a piece.

The cooking of this Wu family cook is not inferior to the palace cooking of the Yongkang Mansion.

Dad is usually the most frugal and stingy. As an officer and landlord, he is too frugal. Usually, he would pick up and eat rice when others drop it on the table, but he would never eat meat during the New Year. During the banquet, the father said that the patriarch had spent a lot of money, but at the same time, he was waving the knives, forks and chopsticks like a dance, and he was not polite.

The third child, Huailiang, is only seven years old, and he still has two horns pierced on his head. Usually, his father is an exception to take care of this young bastard, but he only asks the family to boil an egg for him every morning, and usually he can’t eat anything else. Good thing, only two meals a day.

This will be young and don't know etiquette, so I will eat hard.

The way Samurai Leng eats doesn't match his identity as Xuancheng Gong and Sinong Shaoqing. He likes delicious food, but when he eats, he really looks like Wu Shike, a rural landlord. He eats big pieces without restraint. Even babbled.

It doesn't feel like a match for this exquisite cuisine.

A bunch of his children and grandchildren are enough for a government army, and they all have a family style, and they eat very boldly.

The eldest son, Wu Junwu, is in his early fifties. He is fat and fat. He looks like a brother of a warrior. He used to be a happy landlord in his hometown. The son has no worries, no ideals in life, let alone hardships. When practicing martial arts, Lao Tzu, a warrior, and his brother raised troops from the dragon, and he stayed at home with his third uncle to take care of the tribe.

After he succeeded, Li Yuan also awarded him Sanjie as a son of meritorious service. It has been nine years now, and he is still only a member of the right guard who came from the eighth rank to participate in the military.

Huaiyu saw that he was also eating boldly, with a great appetite, and he didn't care about the low-level blue official robe on his body. When he got excited about eating, he directly raised his sleeve to wipe his mouth.

On the contrary, his eldest son, Wu Xixuan, who ranks fifth among his brothers and 23rd in his clan, is only fourteen this year, but he is the most polite when he sits there, and he can even greet Huai Yu four for his father from time to time, Talking about wow is also extraordinary, polite.

Huaiyu asked, it turned out that this boy was a student at the Xiuwen Academy set up by Menxia Province. It is said that he is quite good at reading. The maesters all admired him.

In terms of status and status, Wu Xixuan had the lowest family background among the group of students in the library. He originally studied in the Imperial College, but because of his excellent grades, he was specially recruited to Xiuxuexian to study with the children of the royal family, princes and prime ministers.

The students in this museum are not just students. Like the three guards, they also belong to a special family. After a few years of study, the students in the library can directly participate in the selection of the official department and pass the official ranks. Candidates can directly become officials.

Being able to study in the Xiuwen Hall, with such good grades, in the future, if he takes the civil service route, his future will definitely be much better than those of the Wu family who are guards in the three guards.

Wu Xixuan wore a long gown, he was polite, and he was very particular about his food. He was very interested in Huaiyu, asking questions, and even discussed Taoism with Huaiyu. Fortunately, Huaiyu was not in vain for five years in Zhongnanshan , although halfway up the mountain, but Ben also went to university and graduated with a degree in management. He studied with Lao Dao on the mountain for five years. Draw a picture.

The source and flow of Qi Ti compiled many classic chapters in Daozang and other original Taoist classics, accompanied by intuitive image drawings and accurate and practical annotations. Completing this book has been rewarding.

Although Wu Xixuan was smart, he was only fourteen after all, and his understanding of Taoism was not as good as Huaiyu's. After some conversation, he admired Wu Huaiyu's family uncle very much, so he changed his name to officially call him uncle. It's called Erlang.

Wu Junya also had a few concubine sons who were much older than the eldest son. They either worked as three guards in the Wei Mansion or married in the Wang Mansion, but they only cared about the venison in front of them, or the beautiful maids in the Yongkang Mansion.

However, Huaiyu also found that although these children of the Wu family were not as smart and eager to learn as Wu Xixuan, they were not that kind of playboys. This may have something to do with the fact that the Wu family was just a local poor family and had not been in Beijing for long.

Of course, it is more likely that the Wu family has a better family style and is more restrained on their children.

Wu Junya also has two sons, Jing Zhen and Jing Zong. Like Huai Liang, they are all children under ten years old. They are happy to eat together, regardless of other things.

Samurai Leng is particularly fond of the two dishes of roasted deer whip with three treasures and deer whip with wild chrysanthemum and medlar, and almost one person makes a round.

As soon as the wind blows away the remaining clouds, the entire deer feast is wiped out.

"There are quite a few people from the third family of the Wu family in Bingzhou who went south to settle in Guanzhong, some in Chang'an, some in the suburbs of Gyeonggi, and many of them are in the seven counties in Weibei. Shiro also talked to me about it before, saying that there are many people in Guanzhong now. There are also many children, but because they are scattered, the control is not as strict as before in Bingzhou, and many children either forgot to study, or they failed to learn, how has it been for a long time?"

Speaking of business, Samurai Ling planned to set up a family study of the Wu clan in Chang'an. This was first proposed by the warrior Xun. After the clan study was established, well-educated people were invited to teach the brothers in the clan. In addition, the close relatives of the Wu clan could also Come to school.

"If Taiping is re-established today, although the imperial court emphasizes military merit, it will definitely also need civil rule in the future. Our martial arts family has made great contributions to the dragon, but there are not many younger generations in the family. Now we must hurry up. Only the younger generations of the family Talents can be produced, and the family can be prosperous for a long time."

He looked at Huailiang who was still eating deer steak, "I heard that Huailiang has not yet entered social school at the age of seven?"

The old man said: "This kid is used to being wild, and in Qinghe Township, only Lijiazhuang has a school, or he has to go to Sanyuan County to study further away, and in the countryside, the teacher who teaches is not very knowledgeable, so he has been letting him go. His mother is enlightening him."

In the Tang Dynasty, there were also private schools in rural villages called Shexue, and there were government schools in prefectures and counties.And folk private sociology is often run by the clan of the big surname, mainly accepting the children of the clan and relatives to join the school.

The school in Lijiazhuang is the family study of the Li family. The Li family allocated land for the school’s food and expenses, and mainly recruited the children of the Li clan and relatives. It was not easy for people from the surrounding villages to study, and the places were limited.

Although Longqiaobao has fifty households of imperial troops and dozens of households of civilians, adding up to more than 100 people, it does not have a school of its own.

The cost of a social school is not small, and most of the villagers, like my father, are reluctant to leave school.

Samurai Ke's own concubine is also educated, so he simply asked Wang to teach his youngest son to enlighten him, and even Huai Yi and others followed suit.

"This won't do, what can you do if you don't study? Our Wu family must hurry up and set up an ethnology school. The school will start after autumn, and then send Saburo to Chang'an. I have a few acres of yard in Nancheng. After tidying up, I will donate it for ethnology studies. .”

The ethnology was proposed by the samurai Xun, and the samurai Xun also supported it very much. Now that the warrior Xun is in Yangzhou, he, the patriarch, takes the lead in handling this matter.

It's really easy to do this. The four brothers took the lead, and each donated a hundred acres of land to the ethnology, and then donated a yard, donated some tables, chairs, money, silk furniture, etc., and then hired a teacher to start teaching.

These donated land, money, silk houses, etc. belong exclusively to ethnology. The imperial government has always called this property property as righteous property. Well, the property they donated will not be affected, even if the whole family is implicated in the crime, the ancestral graveyard, the family study field, etc. will not be affected.

Many big families will buy such properties, such as ancestral graves, clan studies, cemetery fields, and school fields, which are not only protection and relief for the poor in the clan, but also a future guarantee for the family and a chance for a comeback.

In many big families, some dignitaries even donate to it every year, and some even set up family warehouses to donate food and money. Relief is provided to the orphans, widows, old, weak and disabled of those ethnic groups.

And such a family has a very strong cohesion, because the family can protect the interests of the clansmen.

The old man, who was always stingy, said in a rare way: "This is a good thing, I will donate too." He generously expressed his willingness to donate some grain, "I will donate 35 shi grain."

This number varies from fraction to fraction, and this is his one-year retirement pension.

Lao Wu, as a seventh-rank brigade commander, has seventy stones of Lumi a year, but his rank is not enough for fifth-rank, so he can only enjoy half a salary for four years, and there will be no retirement Lumi after four years.

The one-and-a-half-year salary is exactly 35 shi. If you donate for one year at a time, it is calculated as the rent income of five or six dou per mu. Now you have donated the rent income of [-] to [-] mu of land, which is still a little bit of blood.

Huai Yi also made a statement beside him, "I will donate fifteen stones of millet."

He is currently serving as a ninth-rank military officer, and he has thirty stones of Lumi a year, which is half a year's donation.

Huaiyu thought for a while, and he was quite supportive of running the ethnology. After all, the ethnology has no ability to make a profit.

Although he owns a hundred acres of land now, it is still under his family's name. In his own hands, he has the ten coins from Cheng Chumo and the three hundred pieces of silk from Zhang Chuchen. Runniang's dowry must not be touched.

"I'll donate fifty bolts of silk." According to the current grain price, fifty bolts of silk are actually worth five shimi.

Warrior Leng laughed, "Huaiyi, Huaiyu, you are still young and not yet married, so you can donate ten stones of millet together. When you get rich in the future, you can donate more if you want."

"The ethnology study has been established. If you brothers have free time, you can often go to the ethnology study to help out. You can also teach the children of the clan how to ride and shoot, or how to bandage and first aid."

Samurai Leng finally decided to accept [-] Shi millet from Samurai Ke, and [-] Shi millet from Huaiyi and Huaiyu brothers.

There are a lot of people in the Wu Clan in Gyeonggi. When the time comes, everyone will have the money to contribute money, and the grain to provide food. Together, we will run the clan school and let the young children of the clan come to study.

"Patriarch, I very much agree with the establishment of ethnology. The sociology in the villages is difficult to advance, and the teaching is also uneven. It is better to run an ethnology by ourselves. However, if we want to run an ethnology, we must do it well. It is best to be strict with the school. , it is recommended to implement a boarding system, with a ten-day break, one ten-day break, one nine-day break, or eight-day break, two classes, teaching in different classes, closed boarding, and only one or two days at the end of the ten-day period, as well as long winter and summer vacations before going home. , I usually eat and live in the ethnology, and I can't go out of the school.

It is best for the ethnology school to hire some servants to do chores and take care of the young students. In addition, all students are not allowed to bring servants and book boys to the school. It is necessary to cultivate the good character of independence of the children of the ethnology school. Students must learn to be self-reliant before they can be self-reliant... "..."

Hearing this, Wu Xixuan raised his head to look at Huaiyu, admiring him more and more, this move was a bit ruthless, he also studied for many years, from Fang to Guozijian and then to Xiuwenguan, but he was not as strict as Huaiyu .

But if this can be done, it will indeed be able to better teach the children of the clan.

Warrior Leng laughed loudly when he heard this, and praised: "Erlang's proposal is good. I think Erlang will go to the ethnology school more when he has free time. Anyone who disobeys will be severely punished. If there are no rules, you must study." Show off."

Huaiyu responded with a smile. He felt that it would be beneficial to get closer to the clan. In this era, blood ties are strong and family values ​​are deep. Even if one person commits a crime, the family will be implicated. When it comes to doing things, the family is the most important. reliable.

There are three stakes for one fence, and three helpers for one hero. If you want to do great things, you need more help.

The resources of the Wu family are still good. Taking the opportunity of ethnology, we should get closer to the family. The three branches of the Wu family in Bingzhou are all Wu family.

After the meal, Huaiyu proposed to visit the aunt and cousins ​​at the samurai Xun's house later.

Samurai Ling doesn't seem to be very close to Samurai Yi's continuation Yang, or he has monopolized two plates of deer whips and drank some deer blood wine. Now he is eager to try the effect, so he asks Wu Junya to bring Huaiyu for him Go, "Go to Shilang's mansion, remember to go to Erlang Saburo's mansion too, don't be told that one is more selective than another." After Lao Wu finished speaking, he hurried to the backyard, maybe the deer blood wine had already worked.

Fatty Wu Junya approached with a smile, a little wretched, and pulled Huaiyu aside, "Do you still have that elixir, give me some."

"Don't worry, I will give you the price according to the price, and you can also increase the price. Your elixir is very mysterious, and many people want it. You also know that brother, I am now working as a right guard. Many colleagues heard about it. Call me to ask what you want."

Huaiyu recalled that the samurai also said that Huaiyu's wound medicine is now rumored to be quite mysterious, and the rumors became more and more outrageous. It's reasonable for God's wound medicine to want to buy some.

Fatty Wu's wretched smile made Huaiyu see through at a glance that he might want to be a scalper's agent and earn a little difference as a middleman.

(End of this chapter)