A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 338
The autumn wind is picking up.

In a blink of an eye, it is already August, and the sweet-scented osmanthus in Shuofang City is fragrant.

Although Wu Huaiyu was promoted to the governor of Xiazhou, many people felt that he was too young and inexperienced, and the so-called extermination of the country and killing the king was nothing more than good luck.

Some people were even waiting to see Wu Huaiyu's jokes. After all, the four prefectures in Shuofang had been in the hands of Liang Shidu for ten years.

Unexpectedly, after the young Duke Yi took office, he toured the four prefectures, recruited people to appease them, and distributed the land. He did it in an orderly manner.

In fact, it was not difficult for Wu Huaiyu, because he had good experience in Yanzhou, so he copied those and made some adjustments.

Liu Lancheng, Liang Luoren, and Xin Liaoer were responsible for cleaning and rectifying local tyrants and surrendered generals. Can withstand it.

And no one is that stupid.

Basically, they are very knowledgeable about current affairs, pay the filial piety that should be paid, and pay the blood that should be shed.

Now there are a large number of charitable landlords in Shuofang. They drive carts of grain and carts of money and silk to donate to the yamen, clapping their chests and saying that they will tide over the difficulties together.

They not only donated to the Yamen, but also opened porridge shops and other relief in their hometowns.

In addition, under Liu Changshi's "suggestion", local tycoons also actively prepared to build charity warehouses and donated food to the righteous warehouses.

In the east city of Shuofang, the government office of the governor.

Wu Huaiyu took time out to meet these volunteers and gave them high praise.

"The governor is deeply moved by your righteous deeds, and specially asked the governor's mansion to create a batch of plaques for you, and hang them in your homes as a commendation."

"Wuerbao town general Yang Jiren,"

Wu Huaiyu rolls the roll.

A tall and burly man stepped forward, "The last general of Wu'erbao, Yang Jiren, pays his respects to the governor."

"Yang Jiren, your family has guarded Wu'er Fort for generations to protect the environment and the people. This time, you also took the initiative to submit to the imperial court. This time, you donated thousands of grains stored in the fort to the governor's mansion for disaster relief. You also took the lead in building a warehouse in Wu'er Fort with five hundred grains. And set up a porridge shop to give porridge to the villagers, "

Wu Huaiyu praised Yang Jiren a lot.

Wuerbao is in the south of Shengzhou, and the Great Wall passes through it. The name Wuerbao also has a historical meaning. After the Huns invaded the interior, they took a large number of Han people back, and many of them were resettled in the Shaanxi-Gansu area. These captive Han people are called Wu Er.

Wuerbao is a castle with deep historical origins. The Yang family has been powerful for generations here. When Liang Shidu built Daliang, the Yang family was also attached to Liang. Liang Shidu also specially established Linzhou in Wuerbao. His father was the governor of Linzhou, and he was regarded as the general of the town.

The strength of the Yang family is quite strong, and of course it is only strong in the Wuerbao area.

As soon as Liang Shidu died, Yang Jiren and his son immediately joined him.

Liu Lancheng patrolled the border and led his troops around Wu'er Fort, especially after pulling Wu Huaiyu's three hundred Youzhou Tuqi heavy cavalry to show their faces, the Yang family became more aware of current affairs.

Not only did they take the initiative to hand in their household registration and field records, but they also paid a large amount of money and food, and then made donations.

Wu Huaiyu asked someone to fetch a pen and paper.

Then, in front of all the tyrants, with a splash of ink, wrote four big characters, "Gao Yize people!"

Yang Jiren took the word Wu Huaiyu, his face flushed with joy.

Although Yi Guogong's calligraphy is good, what is more precious is the acceptance of the military governor who exchanged these four characters.

In addition to conferring the four characters of Gao Yizeren on Yang Jiren, Wu Huaiyu also formally conferred on Yang Jiren the post of General of Wuerbao Township, and reorganized Yang's private armed forces into the imperial court guarding the frontier army.Yang Jiren's father, Mr. Yang, Wu Huaiyu also specially granted him the post of Sima in Shengzhou.

Thank you very much Yang Jiren.

Wu Huaiyu named Zhe Dezhong again, and wrote him the four-character gift of righteousness and beauty.

Zhe Dezhong is also a strong man in Shengzhou. To the north of Wuerbao, on the bank of the Yellow River, around the Fugu area of ​​later generations, he is also a famous local strongman.

Before Liang Shidu also set up a special prefecture, Zhede's loyal father was granted the post of governor of Fuzhou, and he was given the post of town general.

Zhejia is also very aware of current affairs this time, donating thousands of stones of grain, and bringing a charity warehouse and so on.

Wu Huaiyu gave him the post of general of Fugu town and his father Sheng governor.

Under the leadership of the two tyrants, the Yang family of Wuerbao and the Zhe family of Fugu, all the tyrants in Shuofang, including those Shanhu, Dangxiang Qiang, etc., are now submissive to the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion.

Each family also contributed money and food.

Although there are several rounds of armed patrols by Wu Huaiyu, Liu Lancheng, Su Lie, Liang Luoren, etc. to deter them, there is also Liu Lancheng, Su Lie's thunderous encirclement and suppression of those ignorant of current affairs.

Gao Yizeren, Yifeng Jimei, Gongbi Zheng Qu, both teeth and virtues, En Rong...

Write one by one and send it out.

The tyrants who got the word were all overjoyed, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Although this was exchanged for hundreds of thousands of grains, but with this word, it also means that they have finally been accepted by the court and can still continue their previous status.

Some big tyrants also got some official positions such as long history, joining the army, town general, and school lieutenant, and some smaller tyrants also got official positions such as joining the army, county lieutenant, and secretary.

For Wu Huaiyu, Shuofang newly recovered the four states, these tyrants will definitely suppress a group, but they can't completely oppose each other, they still have to win over a group.

Win over the majority and suppress the few.

Inviting them this time, in addition to commending their righteous deeds and giving them plaques, in fact, we still want to invite them to come over and have a good talk.

One is to talk about maintaining local tranquility, resuming production, etc., and the other is to talk about how to open up the Shuofang Silk Road as soon as possible. Along the Shuofang Great Wall, it is originally a grassland silk road. Khan court.

These people are powerful and powerful. Wu Huaiyu hopes that everyone will cooperate and make money together.

The prospect of unblocking the Silk Road, restoring border markets, and even opening up saltworks, copper, iron and coal and other minerals is still very good.

On the same day, Wu Huaiyu specially held a banquet to entertain these tycoons, and the guests and hosts had a good time.

These people who know current affairs maintained their previous status, and the imperial court also got the support of these local tyrants and recognized each other.

Of course, this is also the result of the current strength of the Tang army, otherwise these people would not easily hand over their military power, castles, etc., let alone obey the court's arrangements so honestly.

Those disobedient ones have already gone with Master Liang.

Shuofang is gradually recovering and on the right track.

Wu Huaiyu is very busy and fulfilling.

Fan Wuniang and the others from Yanzhou were also taken back, and they brought a lot of corn and potatoes. The summer corn grown in Yanzhou, Huaiyu, had a good harvest.

More potatoes are harvested.

"Just in time to plant another crop of potatoes."

Huaiyu was very happy looking at the corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. Fan Wuniang said that only some of them were brought in, "The rest will stay in Yanzhou and continue to be planted next year, but now many people come to us to buy corn, potatoes, etc. , I didn’t make the decision on my own, I just listened to Erlang’s arrangements.”

"Take half of it and sell it to others as seeds,"

Now the harvest of corn and potatoes is also seen by many people, and they all want to plant them. Many of them are relatives and friends of the Wu family, so it is hard to refuse.

"Then what's the price?"

"You can do it as you see."

"Okay, my concubine will arrange it." Corn is still a rare commodity now, and the imperial court and the Wu family have planted some, and the quantity is not too much. If you want seeds now, you have to have a good relationship.The monk and maid did not intend to sell it cheap, after all, it was a good thing.

She drew up a seed price. If the price was calculated, the corn they planted in Yanzhou this year could earn a lot of money per acre, which was even more cost-effective than planting wheat in Guanzhong.

"We will make a lot of money by selling seeds every year in the future."

Huaiyu smiled.

This is just to earn a little at the beginning, and later on, even if you sell seeds, it won't be too expensive.

He bought a lot of land in Shuofang, and planned to plant potatoes on all of them, which could be harvested next spring.The climate and soil quality here are actually quite suitable for growing potatoes.

The land in Xiasui prefectures is much better than Yanzhou.

The Wuding River Basin is very fertile.

The maidservant, like a housekeeper, was very excited when she heard that Huaiyu had acquired a lot of land.

"Are there so many people planting land?"

"slave."

Cheng Yaojin was appointed as the governor of Luzhou this year, and he showed his skills in fighting wild animals. He had tens of thousands of captives. Old Cheng was very tough, but no matter who participated or not, he swept a large area, uprooted them, and sent them all back to the Central Plains for slave.

The [-] houses ordered by the Wu family have all been delivered, and most of them have been resold in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, and the rest will be arranged to farm in various farms of the Wu family.

Now Shuofang Lingwu, the Wu family has a lot of land, but there is a shortage of people, and they also recruit slaves to farm the land.

"When will Ah Lang return to Chang'an?"

Fan Wuniang wanted to go back to Chang'an to see Xuanfu's child. Now in August, in Chang'an, not only Fan Xuanfu gave birth to Huaiyu's eldest son, but Gao Hui'an, Chen Runniang, Fan Jiuniang, and Irina also gave birth to four successively.

Both Gao Hui'an and Chen Runniang have sons, and Jiuniang and Irina have daughters.

Wu Huaiyu now has five children.

"Duan Wan is also pregnant." When Wu Niang said this, she was still a little envious in her heart. She, Shi Niang, and Gao Yanzhi came to the plug. It has been more than half a year, and they have served a lot. There was no movement, Duan Wan and Wu Huaiyu didn't stay for long, and they became pregnant.

"I can't go back to Chang'an until late October at least. I really want to go back to Chang'an, but I can't get away for the time being."

At the end of October, I entered Beijing Chaoji and could stay until February.

"Why don't you go back to Chang'an first?"

Fan Wuniang hesitated, she also wanted to go back early, but her stomach didn't move a bit, and she was unwilling to go back like this, so she bit her lip, "I'll stay here with A Lang, let's go back together at the end of October."

"A Lang, why do you think the concubine's stomach doesn't react at all?"

Huaiyu smiled at her little aggrieved look, "Why don't we work hard tonight?"

"Okay, okay, Ah Lang means what he says, but he can't go to Cao's or Gao's house then."

After Fan Wuniang left, Huaiyu went to see Duan Wan on purpose.

"You didn't tell me why you were pregnant. If I knew, I wouldn't want you to come to Xiazhou again, and just stay in Yanzhou to have a baby."

Duan Wan said, "The concubine only found out on the road."

(End of this chapter)