A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 300 Martial Junior Brother

"Senior brother."

When Li Sanniang saw Wu Huaiyu, she greeted her with a smile.

Facing this daughter of the Li family who was younger than herself, Wu Huaiyu had no choice but to call her sister.

"Is the road going well?"

"It went very smoothly. I went to Huining Pass last year. On the way, I ran into roadblocks and robbers from time to time. Later, I also encountered a large group of horse thieves. I finally surrendered. This time I took Binning Qing Road, even Qingzhou On Dongchuan Road, there was no robbery.
Even the shops and stalls next to the post station didn't kill customers anymore, Duan Concubine is really famous far and wide. "

Wu Huaiyu smiled. In Yanzhou, he often heard Duan Lun's suppression of bandits and gangsters in Gyeongju. Now whoever dares to block the road and rob in the three states of the Gyeongju Governor's Mansion is to book a slave or exile for labor reform for himself. s position.Even if you dare to steal or slaughter customers on the official road, you will at least end up with the whip first and then the disciples.

"It's better here in Yanzhou, it's thriving and lively."

"I heard that the price of grain in Yanzhou now is only [-] yuan for a bucket of rice? When I came, Chang'an cost a hundred yuan." Li Sanniang was a little curious.

"Lingzhou next to our Yanzhou is stuffed with rice and grain rivers. Now salt, fur, slaves, etc. are gathered here. A large amount of grain from Lingzhou is shipped here. There is enough food, and the price will naturally drop. Our Yanzhou is now The price is the same as Lingju, and much cheaper than Gyeongju."

In fact, the price of grain is a commodity that fluctuates greatly. It is not only a bulk commodity, but also has a large regional price difference due to reasons such as difficult transportation.

Now Yanzhou’s grain is basically imported from Lingzhou. The distance is not too far, and the cost has not increased much. In addition, Yanzhou has some policy reasons, which has led many merchants to transport grain. In this way, they can get traded salt, slaves, and fur. Priority for livestock, etc.

If there are too many inputs and there is no shortage, the price will naturally return to the normal range.

A bucket of rice only costs [-] yuan, but the price of millet is even lower, only [-] yuan a bucket, which is almost one-tenth of the price of grain in Chang'an when the Turkic soldiers came to the Weihe River last year.

There are many benefits to the drop in food prices, especially for border states like Yanzhou.

"The price of grain is so low, isn't that kind of land unprofitable?" Li Sanniang asked another question. If an acre of dry land in Yanzhou only produces half a stone, a bucket would only cost 180 yuan, and half a stone would only cost [-] yuan.

There is also the cost of seeds, farm tools, cattle and even hired labor to be deducted, so how much can be left.

"The land here is cheap, only [-] yuan per mu, and the annual gross income per mu is about [-] yuan for a manor. Although it is not a lot, if you plant a lot, it will be a lot if you calculate it carefully. "

"What's more, we grow grain here in Yanzhou, and we don't worry about the cost of export transportation at all. Yanzhou can digest it locally. Especially in Yanzhou, if there is grain, we can give priority to exchange for salt, livestock, fur, slaves, etc., and resell it back to the customs, etc. The ground, Narico is very high."

Farming in Yanzhou is not just farming. It is a commercial village, where grain is exchanged for salt.

Li Deju bought [-] hectares of land in Yanzhou, and only spent [-] guan. However, to run these five villages, he still needs the full support of the Yongkang government in Chang'an. There must be enough slaves.

Building a Zhuangzi, buying cattle, buying farm tools, buying seeds, and even providing the slaves with food and clothing are not small expenses.

Especially at the beginning, the investment is much more than buying land.

Li Sanniang brought many housekeepers and slaves this time, and at the same time brought a lot of money and food, and even brought a large amount of goods to make a fortune by the way.

"How long does San Niang plan to stay in Yanzhou?"

"Why, are you going to drive me away when I just arrived?"

"No way, I just ask San Niang what her plans are."

"I plan to live in Yanzhou for a long time in the future. I will build five villages here and take good care of them. By the way, I will also do some business in the border city of Baicheng. Our family's salt farm in Wubai Yanchi should also be watched,"

Wu Huaiyu was quite surprised by her plan. After all, the daughter of a famous family has reached the age of marriageability. It is a bit strange not to stay in Chang'an for a blind date, but to go to Yanzhou to manage these farms, salt farms, and business houses. .

Li Deju was not surprised by this niece's thoughts, but the uncle and nephew were actually more like brother and sister, their personalities were quite similar, and they were both a bit deviant.

"Where are you going to live?"

Wu Huaiyu also lived in the backyard of the Governor's Yamen in Yanzhou City, and Li Dezhen, as a member of the army, did not buy a house here for the time being. He lived in an official house, a collective dormitory for officials. Anyway, he often ran around with Huaiyu , and often stay in the military camp, homeless, no need to buy a house.

Li Sanniang looked at Huaiyu, "Where does Junior Brother live now?"

"I usually seldom stay in Wuyuan City, and spend most of my time in Yanchi County."

"What about your concubines, I heard that the Fan sisters have also come to Yanzhou."

"They also live in Baicheng now, and they also go to Zhuangzi outside the city when they are on vacation."

Li Sanniang said, "Then I will also buy a yard in Baicheng, second uncle, next to the Wu family's Baicheng Manor, do we have land?"

"There are five Zhuangzi in our family, and one of them is next to Wu Shijun's manor in Baicheng,"

"That's good, we can be neighbors again." Li Sanniang was very happy. She said that she would buy a yard or a piece of land directly in Yanzhou City, and build a house here, so that it would be convenient to live here when she came here in the future.

In Baicheng, Yanchi County, we also bought homes and land.

Li Deju looked at this niece, and seemed to see something wrong. He looked at Wu Huaiyu again, and found that Wu Huaiyu was quite normal.

Did you think too much?
Because the wives and concubines are all in Baicheng, and there are not many people here in Yanzhou, the reception dinner is quite simple, just Huaiyu and Li Deju, and then Su Lie, there are no other outsiders, and the meals are simple.

Wu Huaiyu asked An Zhuer to pick up her mother and sister, and they came to the backyard of the state government office to make buckwheat noodles and shaozi made of fresh mutton.

It's simple, but Li Sanniang praised it a lot after eating it, and thought it tasted great.After she heard about Wu Huaiyu's past with this family, she couldn't help but praise Junior Brother Wu for his benevolence.

After the meal, she called Mrs. Liu's mother and daughter, and not only rewarded Mrs. Liu with two silver coins, but also offered to send her 12-year-old eldest daughter to her as a maid if Mrs. Liu was willing. Just like Huaiyu's side, he includes food and lodging, three sets of clothes a year, and three stones and six buckets of grain.

Liu Shi was naturally very happy.

Although her 12-year-old daughter is already a good helper at her chopping noodle stall, she is proficient at rolling noodles, chopping noodles, and even cooking noodles and sausages, but her stall didn't make much money at first, but she was paid a thousand dollars by following the county government. It is very rare to manage food, housing and clothing, and earn three stones and six buckets of food a year like her brother.

Of course, being able to serve by the county magistrate's daughter, even if you marry someone in the future, you can marry a better one.

Li Sanniang named the eldest daughter of the An family Siqi, and took the place of Runniang who left the Li family with Huaiyu. The eldest daughter An liked this name very much.

This thin and shy girl stood in front of them with her dress pinched, her head bowed, and she felt a bit inferior.

Mrs. Liu, on the other hand, was very grateful, and kept saying thank you, "In the future, when the third lady comes to Baicheng, she will come to my stall to eat noodles, and there will be no charge."

Li Sanniang liked this somewhat simple woman.

When she finally left, Li Sanniang also gave her a few sets of clothes. Although they were the clothes of the servants of the Li family, they were definitely good for her to wear with her daughters. The clothes were all new and unpatched, which made her Liu's thanks again.

"You brothers and sisters, you must work hard."

A simple person has a simple concept and a simple thought, and it is enough to know how to repay.

"She didn't expect that a bowl of chopped noodles could bring such a great opportunity to her family." Li Sanniang said to Huaiyu with a smile. Wu Huaiyu's performance to the woman's family made Li Sanniang appreciate Wu Huaiyu even more.

Being able to do this to the weak at the bottom is enough to show his character.

"Actually, I just like the taste of her family's chopped buckwheat noodles. They gave up their citizenship to vote. Now they are in a situation and have no relatives. She and I are considered old friends in other places. We can help if we can."

"Before I left Chang'an, I went to your house with my grandmother to visit Mrs. Fan. She has a big belly and is very plump. It can be seen that she misses you very much."

Chang'an and Yanzhou are thousands of miles away. Wu Huaiyu now wrote a letter to Xuanfu for almost three days, and the official document was delivered back to Beijing by the postman.

Fan Xuanfu also replied with a letter every three to five days. The husband and wife Hongyan passed on the letter, which felt a bit like a long-distance relationship. Although Fan Xuanfu's letter said most about the child in her belly, the child was not born. So I gave it a nickname, and let Huaiyu take a big name,

Occasionally, he also talked about things about Chang'an's family. For example, Lao Wu finally succeeded in bringing Chu Chuna from Pingkangfang home, and the Liu family still took out the money for the ransom.

Although this Chu Chu successfully married into a wealthy family, life was not easy once she entered the Martial House.

Mrs. Wu Liu began to set rules for her, and her two daughter-in-laws, Mrs. Cheng and Mrs. Fan, naturally stood in front of her mother-in-law. The other three concubines of Lao Wu, Mrs. Wang, even stood firmly on the side of the mistress, keeping a close relationship with that foxy son. distance.

Now Chu Chu's situation in the Wu family is being squeezed out by everyone, and she serves in front of Liu Shi like a maid every day, standing at the table to serve while eating, and she can only go to eat after eating.

For the rest of the time, except for sleeping time, she tried her best to stand in front of Mrs. Liu and serve her.

Even at night, she had to sleep outside Liu's bedroom, and Wu Liu didn't let her have the opportunity to be with Lao Wu at all.

At first, Chu Chu still wanted to resist, but in the end, Liu Shi went straight to the family law and told the maid to smoke if she held it down. After a few pauses, she became honest.

She went to look for Lao Wu, but Lao Wu didn't like to quarrel with his wife because of this. After all, it was already a great deal of face for the Liu family to let him bring him back.

In the end, Lao Wu came to take a walk as the best plan. He moved to the small courtyard in Qujiang on the grounds that Shenjifang was busy with business.

After a while, Chu Chu was tidied up.

Lao Wu is probably quite depressed now, he didn't expect Liu to be so powerful this time, if he had known this, he might as well not have redeemed him.

If one is still in Pingkangfang, one can often enjoy the romantic past, but now one is at home, but one cannot speak.

Huaiyu was thinking about whether to find Lao Wu a foreign job in Gyeonggi, which would make the family restless.

(End of this chapter)