A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 299 An Lushan

Li Sanniang is Wu Huaiyu's nobleman.

His first pot of gold was discovered from Li Sanniang, and her personal maid, Runniang, was his concubine, and he also worshiped Li Jing as his teacher. When Li Deju said that she had arrived in Yanzhou, Huaiyu also went there immediately. meet.

In front of the governor's office, Huaiyu accidentally saw an acquaintance.

"Why are you here?"

Mrs. Liu, the woman who once set up a stall selling buckwheat noodles on the roadside outside Lingzhou City, was carrying her young daughter on her back, leading one in her hand, followed by three others, standing in front of the yamen carrying large and small bags, but Being driven away by state soldiers.

Seeing Wu Huaiyu come out, the woman was very excited, and hurriedly saluted, "We heard that it is very good for the emperor to rule Yanzhou, and he can divide the land and grant land, so we came here to surrender."

At this time, another rough man stepped forward, hunched over, a little cautious, behind him there was a couple of old people, three boys of half-sized and two girls.

The woman hurriedly introduced him, saying that this was his man, surnamed An.The man nodded to Huaiyu, he was very nervous and careful, and seemed afraid to speak loudly.

The old couple are their parents, the three boys are their sons, and the two girls are Liu's aunts.

The fourteen members of this family came to Yanzhou to settle down in Nengfen.

"Aren't you doing well in Lingzhou?"

Lingzhou is much better than Yanzhou. There are channels to divert the water from the Yellow River for irrigation. It is really close to the south of the Yangtze River. Compared with the sandy and dry saline land in Yanzhou, which is purely dependent on rain from all over the world, I don’t know how many times stronger.

"I can't stay there any longer, there's nothing I can do. I thought of the envoy, so I came here to join you." Mrs. Liu briefly explained the situation.

Originally, they had quite a family, and they had little land, so they raised some sheep. Mrs. Liu set up a stall on the side of the road to sell chopped noodles. The family also farmed land for the landlord's family, and even her son helped herd the sheep. Although it is hard work, but also barely food and clothing.

But the hemp rope is picky and broken, and the bad luck looks for the poor.

First, the two cattle that the family rented to the landlord’s house were lost, and now they had to pay the landlord two cattle. Then the whole family searched everywhere. The old man broke his leg while searching at night, and he owed a sum of money to the pharmacy for asking the doctor for medicine. The eldest son, who was 14 years old, grazed sheep for the landlord's family, but was caught by wolves twice, and had to lose money.

But the An family had no savings, so they had to pay the land and the broken house to the creditor, and they still owed a lot. Finally, the An family gave a 14-year-old sister-in-law of the Liu family as a concubine to pay off the debt.

Apart from a few tattered bags on their bodies, there are still fourteen people in this family, and they actually have nothing left.

After losing that bit of land, it would be hard to live as a tenant for the landlord’s family completely, and renting mediocrity is still indispensable. Liu thought of Wu Huaiyu who had eaten chopped noodles at her noodle stall several times, and thought he was a good person.

She also heard in the shop that Yanzhou is doing well recently, so she proposed to abandon her nationality and flee to Yanzhou, and relocate by dividing the land and granting land.

Then go to Yanzhou to open a chopping noodle stall, and the children in the family will go to work to help, maybe it will get better.

Huaiyu couldn't help sighing after hearing this, this family is really unlucky, bad things happen one after another, this family can't stand such a risk.

"We came to Yanzhou, and only then did we realize that there are a lot of people coming to vote now. It is too difficult to divide the land and grant land. We can't do it for a while, so we have to come to the Yamen to find the military envoy, hoping to give him a way to survive." Liu's more than before. Haggard and old, with helplessness on his face, he looked at Huaiyu with pleading eyes.

This family directly abandoned their household registration in Lingzhou, and they had no property there. Now they came to Yanzhou, but the reality hit them again.

There are too many people coming, and now it is no longer possible to assign the land as soon as they come. It is said that there is a queue, but it is probably hopeless.

They have nothing, and they are helpless in this foreign land.

In fact, there are many such people.

It can only be said that they were lucky. Mrs. Liu knew the governor Wu Huaiyu, and now they met again.

And Wu Huaiyu is a more humane person.

Now that you have encountered it, you must help.

Huaiyu called the family, and went to a shop in front, which was also a noodle shop, and ordered two bowls of buckwheat noodles for each person, and a bowl of mutton dumplings.

"eat first."

Mrs. Liu was very grateful. Her husband was an honest man, and her in-laws were even more honest. Mrs. Liu seemed to be able to control the situation better.

She was able to come to the state government office to look for people just because Huaiyu went to her stall to eat noodles and paid rewards a few times. This is a relatively proactive person.

The current situation of her family, for them, may be as lost and helpless as the sky has fallen, but for Wu Huaiyu, it is really just a small effort.

If Wu Huaiyu hadn't met, then his family's better way out would be to find a wealthy and powerful person in Yanzhou, join his sect, abandon his nationality and attach himself to the powerful, and be a tenant for them.

The advantage is that at least there is a way to survive, and the disadvantage is that you lose your identity.

Or, you can only go to work in the salt field, or sell salt, or do odd jobs, etc. This will make the family more difficult and very unstable.

The whole family has also been hungry for a long time, and they all ate noodles with big mouthfuls.

Especially those half-grown children, gobbled it up.

After they finished eating the noodles, Huaiyu asked them to add more noodles and soup to make everyone full.

"Do you want to settle down in Yanzhou?"

Mrs. Liu nodded quickly, and her husband, Lao An, kept nodding too.

Everyone wants to have their own land, and only when there is land can they be guaranteed.

Although it is said that if you become a fugitive, you will no longer have to bear the rent and adjust mediocrity, but you will lose your identity, and Datang is a place that pays attention to identity everywhere.

The status of peasants is actually very high. After the scholar is the peasant, the peasant belongs to the good man. He can take the imperial examination and be appointed as a soldier, and has the opportunity to go to the next level.

But those who are lowly in industry and commerce do not have such an opportunity. Under normal circumstances, industry and commerce do not prepare for the army, and they can neither take the imperial examination nor be a soldier, let alone be an official or official, and they are not allowed to ride horses.

Even the status of business and industry is hereditary.

Once you enter the low class, you are not allowed to stand up.

"Let me arrange it for you."

Although there are fourteen members in this family, Lao An is the only one in Zhengding. An's father is over sixty years old, and the eldest son is only fourteen, not yet a grown-up.

The other two sons are even younger. As for the two aunts and the fifth daughter, not only are they young, but they are all girls and they are not eligible for land distribution.

If they really want to divide, his family can only get [-] mu of Yongye and [-] mu of Koukou, which is still the theoretical maximum limit of land division.

In fact, there are too many people in Yanzhou now, and the land is not enough. Wu Huaiyugang has already arranged for it. Later, it can only be divided into [-] mu of land, and the family has a large number of people, and then it will be divided into [-] mu of land. home.

Her family, Mrs. Liu, now belongs to jumping the queue.

Jumping in line is not a good behavior, but China has been a society of human feelings since ancient times, and relationships are everywhere.

Wu Huaiyu called a staff member, wrote a note, and asked the state government to arrange for this family. Lao An will allocate a hundred acres of land, and his eldest son will give half of it.

The family gave them 150 mu of land, of which [-] mu was Yongye, and one hundred and one people were divided, and the land was divided and settled, and they were naturalized in Yanzhou.

Although it is late now, this land may be allocated to the mountains in the south of Yanzhou, but at least it is good enough to be allocated land.

"To be honest, Mrs. Liu, your noodle chopping skills are really good. I often eat chop noodles here in Yanzhou, but they are not as delicious as yours.

I suggest that you can resume your old business and open a noodle shop in the border city of Baicheng, so that your family can earn more income. "

Mrs. Liu was very moved when she heard this, but she has no capital now, even if she supports a stall on the roadside, she can’t pay for it casually. The various money that needs to be paid must be a penny, otherwise you won’t be able to open a shop, and then open a shop There are also capital costs, pots, pans, stoves, countertops, knives, buckwheat flour, etc. Her original set of things has even been sold to pay off debts.

They really have nothing now.

"Well, how about I lend you money to help you open a noodle shop in the border city of Baicheng?"

Liu's heart was moved, but her husband, An Fugui, hesitated for a while and dared not accept it, because they had nothing now, and they were afraid that they would not be able to pay it back.

When they hear about borrowing money, they think of high interest rates. Ordinary people are very afraid of borrowing money. The An family has just been forced by debts to abandon their hometown and leave their hometown. He even took in a younger sister as a concubine.

"Understood," Huaiyu just laughed twice, to stop Li Deju from scolding them for being stupid. People of their status have no right to ridicule other people's caution.

"How about I invest some money to help you open a shop, even if it's a partnership, I don't care about anything, I share the money together, even if I lose money, it's only mine."

Mrs. Liu hurriedly said, "If the envoy doesn't dislike our stupidity, we can do things for the envoy, and the wages can be cheaper."

Look at them like this.

Huaiyu shook his head.

"Forget it, I don't think it's that complicated. Why don't I say hello to Bianshi? You're still setting up a noodle stall on the road outside the gate of Bianshi. I'll lend you the expenses you need to set up the shop, but You don't need interest, and you don't need to pay back,
It's stored with you. In the future, my friends and I will come to eat noodles, pay the bill, and wait until the bill is finished. "

For a small noodle chopping business, Wu Huaiyu would not really care about the petty profits, but it is really not easy for such a big family, old and young, to help this woman.

Now that I know you, please help me.

He looked at the eldest son of the An family, and waved. This young man is 14 years old, he is considered half an adult, but he is relatively thin, and his eyes are quite honest.

"I like your eldest son very much, why don't you let him come to me as a valet, earn a ration, and learn some skills. I will provide him with food and lodging, and three sets of clothes, shoes and hats for spring, summer and winter, and spring grain, wheat and millet. Take six dou for each, six dou each for autumn grain wheat millet, and six dou each for winter grain wheat millet."

Three stones and six buckets of food a year, plus three sets of clothes, including food and lodging, this treatment, for a 14-year-old boy, is considered a lot of money.

Don't look at the fact that you can earn more than two stones for half a month on behalf of others, but guarding Fengsui is hard work and there are great dangers.

Wu Huaiyu's condition was not just talking nonsense, but the current market price of hired workers in Yanzhou, and he only raised it a little bit.

The salary of three buckets of wheat millet a month is really low, but this is only half a child. If he enters a shop as an apprentice, he will only be able to eat and live for the first three years, and he will not even be able to return home.

Liu and An Fugui were overjoyed, and hurriedly asked their son Zhuer to kowtow to Huaiyu to thank him.

"An Zhu'er, do you have a famous name?"

The 14-year-old boy has only had the humble name of Zhuer since he was a child, and he has been called Zhuer since he was a child.

Mrs. Liu is a smart woman, seeing this, she hurriedly said, "The pig is not too big, please give him a name from the envoy."

"Anlu Mountain."

The name suddenly popped up in Huaiyu's mind.

(End of this chapter)