A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 291
After the ten-day break, Huaiyu returned to the border city of Baicheng.

He, the governor of Lingzhou and the governor of Yanzhou, did not stay in Wuyuan, the city of Yanzhou. He patrolled the three sides, four pools, eighteen forts and 36 villages in Yanzhou and two counties, and spent more time in Baicheng.

At this stage, his main job is to trade between Wubai Yanchi and the border city of Baicheng.

The Fan family sisters also didn't want to stay in Wuyuan City. They came all the way here not to keep their vacant house alone, and they didn't want to stay in those shabby villages to farm.

Waking up in the morning, Wu Huaiyu yawned and felt sleepy.

It is said that there is no plowed land, only exhausted cows. The old saying is true. When the second wife and concubine arrived, they immediately divided up Huaiyu's time. Every ten days and ten days, they will give him the day of ten days off. Take a vacation and spend the rest of the time alone for three days.

Even if something happens, they still have sword maids to take their place.

A few people did not give any time and opportunity to the other maids and concubines in the mansion. The reason was that these were all given by others. I don’t know if they are unreliable. One of the maids sent by the previous city king murdered Huaiyu. what.

Fortunately, I heard that the lowly servant girl was seriously injured and died, so it was better for her.

"Will Ah Lang go to the market to buy slaves later? We will go too." Wu Niang Chuying said, she used to be in charge of the mansion, but now that she has come, she has naturally become the head of the house.Eleven Niangs Fan Nizi and Gao Yanzhi are her assistants.

These days they are going to visit the border market almost every day. The maidservant Fan Wuniang is quite talented in financial management. Although there are Zhuangtou arranged in each Zhuangzi, they bring too few hired workers and not enough slaves, so they can only buy slaves here.

"Ah Lang, you are too impatient to buy slaves, and you don't bargain,"

Fan Shiniang Nizi also thinks that Huaiyu is too casual, and she is also very particular about buying people. You can't just pick young and strong people, but also depends on whether they are tame and have any skills. It is best to buy that kind of family. The whole family can buy it together, both young and old. Firstly, it is relatively cheap to package and sell, and secondly, this kind of purchase is easy to manage and not easy to run away.

Gao Yanzhi served Huaiyu oatmeal porridge, another bowl of haggis soup, and two roasted horse meat buns. With the hot and sour pickles such as shredded radish and shredded kelp on the table, the breakfast was still very rich.

"Recently, there are more and more slaves in the border market. We have to choose carefully before buying, and don't start casually."

Sitting at the table, Wu Niang mentioned one thing, "The original maids, singers, dancers, and fighting slaves in our house, I think they can be sent back to Chang'an. It's good to sell them in the capital, and keep them for later delivery." It’s okay for people, but I always feel uneasy staying here.”

There were quite a few maidservants and concubines in Huaiyu Mansion, so Li Daozong sent 36 of them, some of them were killed or injured, and others also gave some. After there were assassins, Wu Niang and the others sent all these people to the Zhuangzi outside the city in Baicheng.

But so many people can't keep them for nothing, and it's not worthwhile to sell them here, so they might as well send them back to Chang'an to sell them, or give them as favors.

Wu Huaiyu drank the nutritious oatmeal and did not object to their proposal.

There are quite a few concubines sent by others, but to be honest, since meeting Helian Jinzhu's assassination, Wu Huaiyu was so courageous that he didn't dare to trust these concubines easily, and he was very busy all the time, so he really didn't care on these people.

Although Li Wujie had also reported that he had been closely monitoring these Dou Nu Ji concubines, he hadn't found anything abnormal, and Helian Jinzhu might really be an accident.

But Huaiyu didn't bother to contact her. The monk and maidservant said they would send her back to Chang'an, so he nodded.

"Those fighting slaves, some of them were those who resisted the assassins when they were assassinated that day. I have released them as my part, and these few will serve as my followers in the future. The rest of the fighting slaves, you can dispose of them as you like."

It's not that Huaiyu is cold-blooded and ruthless, but it's like this in this era. Once he becomes a slave, no one really treats him as a human being, especially the foreign slaves.

"Then I will make arrangements later. It would be too wasteful for those fighting slaves to stay on the Zhuangzi to farm. They used to be tribal fighters, and they have been specially trained in the fighting slave field. Now they are still fighting, and it is still very wasteful." What is valuable is wasted when farming.”

An ordinary strong slave in Baicheng now costs more than ten thousand yuan, but a fighting slave in good condition can be worth at least fifty thousand yuan, and if it is a famous one, it may be more than one or two million yuan.

Huaiyu's concubines given by others are not ordinary maidservants. Ordinary maidservants are only worth seven or eight thousand yuan, but these are good-looking and young, and many of them can sing or sing Dancers, the price is several times or even ten times the normal price.

"Erlang, don't feel bad, those are sold, and we will pick some young and reliable ones for Erlang to serve."

Gao Yanzhi has already weighed over [-] now, and she is plump and plump, not the sallow and thin face when she first came out of the palace, but she is still very shy, and she just sits there for company and doesn't speak much.

Maybe she feels inferior in front of the two sisters of the Fan family.

While eating breakfast, they chatted a little bit. After breakfast, a few of them simply cleaned up and went out.

Huaiyu first went to the front hall to have a simple morning meeting with the officials and subordinates.

He now has the private team of the magistrate, which is equivalent to his full-time secretary, each of whom handles affairs in the yamen, similar to his office, Lingfu, Yanzhou yamen, and the state army. They will first handle various official affairs. , and then sort out reports, and even general affairs, but also handle it for him.

This makes Huaiyu's work easier.

You don't have to worry about every detail, you can free up more time, as long as you make up your mind about the big things.

"Yuwu, the leader of the Dangxiang Qianglelang tribe, led 190 members of the tribe to surrender, with seven tribute horses."

"Walang, the leader of Shanhu, led 46 people to join him,"

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Chief Shi Wei Siren reported to Huaiyu that recently a total of 190 people came to Yanzhou to join him, including Qiang people, Shanhu, some Turkic people, some Han people, and more than a thousand cattle, horses and miscellaneous animals.

Plant the plane tree, and the phoenix will come naturally.

Datang Fuyanzhou, the policy implemented here is very different from that of Xiazhou in Liangshidu, where it suffers from cold and muscles, and has to build castles and forts, and more importantly, it cannot be seen there. hope.

But this side is obviously different. Not only is Yanchi prosperous again, but even the land is still being distributed here, on a first-come, first-served basis.

When Qianghu come, they can also divide the pasture.

This attracted many people to flee here. At first, they invested in small stocks, but later found that it was indeed as good as the rumors, so more and more people came.

In just a few days, nearly 200 people came to vote.

Some small tribes with dozens of people and hundreds of people also came here as a whole.

"We welcome them, send people to welcome them, first give them a full meal, and then properly resettle them, divide the land and grassland, and register and register them all."

Wu Huaiyu is not afraid of many people coming to vote.

People are the most precious resource. Noble landlords know how to buy slaves desperately, and even secretly accept fugitives as tenants and trilogy. Naturally, the imperial court hopes to have a large population under its rule.

There are people who have everything.

One of the most important performance evaluation criteria for local officials is population growth.

Every local official is thinking of ways to increase the population under the rule. For example, when the age reaches the age and has not yet married, the government will help match the matchmaker, and some local governments will even help provide some money for marriage.

In some cases, the land can be granted after you become an adult, but in some places, you can only be granted the land after you get married. They try to stimulate everyone to get married and have children earlier.

Whether it is tax payment or military service, it is all sent to people.

Even the output of food taxes and taxes is not all done by people.

"Qianghu, Shanhu, or Turkic people, you should pay attention when relocating them. If Han and Hu live together, you can't let them form a single piece. In the salt flat grassland in Yanchi County outside the Great Wall, these Qianghu, Shanhu, Turkic people, etc. , interspersed resettlement, and some will be resettled inside the Great Wall, in the mountainous area of ​​Baiyu Mountain in the south of Yanzhou."

For a resettlement site of the Qianghu tribe, a group of Han people had to be resettled next door, and then another resettlement site for Shanhu tribes, and then another resettlement site for Han people.

Cross placement, so that one family does not dominate.

Only by restricting each other can we be safer.

"Remember to tell them that power and obligation are equal. When they come to join me in Datang, we will grant them land, register as naturalized, and then they will have to pay taxes and serve in the military.

This year's tax is exempt, but for the united soldiers, those who meet the conditions must participate in the selection, and those who are counted must bear it, and they are not allowed to escape. Otherwise, we have the right to take back the fields and pastures given to them, or even expel them. "

"Of course, we must also tell them that being a united soldier is not entirely a responsibility, but also has benefits. The united soldier can be exempted from active service, and has rations and pickles during his service. If he goes on a mission, he will be subsidized. There are also rewards for meritorious service."

Soldier Cao Duwen reported, "Yesterday Su Sima led his troops to inspect the border of Yanxiayou, and encountered a group of Qiang and Hu horse thieves. Less horses, weapons, tents, money and food, etc."

Wu Huaiyu was not surprised when he heard this. Su Dingfang and Niu saw that Wu Ke was not interested in staying in the city. While arranging state soldiers to draw up land and build fortresses, they patrolled beacon towers and trade routes, and sent people everywhere to collect information.
As long as there are bandits and horse bandits, they will lead their troops to encircle and suppress them. Who can withstand such a blow.

This time there are quite a lot of people in this stock. Wu Huaiyu guessed that it was another small tribe of Fanhu who was grazing and doing some cheap business at the same time, but this time the disaster came.

It was taken over by a pot.

Huaiyu took a sip of tea, read the report, and then made an evaluation, "The number of people killed is a bit too much. There are less than 150 people in total. They killed one hundred and one people, and the remaining thirty or forty people are probably old people." Weak women and children, right?
Remind Su Sima and Niu Tongjun, don't be so ruthless, try to capture as much as possible. We are short of people in the salt field, and the military villages in various places are also short of farming land. Building cities and forts also requires people everywhere. It would be a pity to kill them. "

"Gong Cao, send someone over to check the records."

Hu Cao joined the army and then reported the trade situation in the border market, as well as the exchange of salt for grain and so on.

The morning meeting was not long, and soon Chang Shi and Liu Cao joined the army and Wu Huaiyu's assistants and staff all made brief reports.

After Huaiyu made some arrangements, he ended the morning meeting. He didn't stay in the yamen, and went directly to the border market in the south of the city. The Fan sisters and the others were still waiting for him. Today's task is to continue to buy people.

(End of this chapter)