A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 532 Hot Spring Water Sliding Cream

Youzhou Zicheng,

The back office of the governor's mansion.

Tomorrow is the day when Wu Huaiyu welcomes Fan Yang's Lu family's 35th mother, but this time he is having warm soup with Yang Muyun.

In the warm soup pool, there is lively color and fragrance.

In the cold winter season, there are snowflakes outside, and the snow is knee-deep, but here is a warm and cozy room full of spring.

"Come here, a warm soup is still so far away, I can still eat you."

Yang Muyun smiled and twitched his fingers at him, the hot air rose in the bath, making people blush and heartbeat, it was purely hot.

"Come on, the imperial decree of Chang'an has come down, what are you afraid of? This is a charter from the emperor, and it can be regarded as a reward for you."

Wu Huaiyu smiled, he was a little jealous of Yang Muyun's identity in Youzhou, after all, the former princess and Tuli's Ke Dun, but he didn't expect that instead of a reprimand from the court, a secret decree would come.

The emperor praised his series of actions in Youzhou, and thought that the fires he had lit were very good.Finally, the matter of Princess Huainan was mentioned. The emperor said that he already knew about it. He also said that since the princess was willing to follow him and Tuli agreed, the emperor would naturally not object.

And let him take good care of Mrs. Yang.

The Yang family who returned to the Central Plains is no longer the princess of Huainan, nor the Turkic Kehe Dun, but a poor woman who returned home after leaving her hometown for 12 years.

The emperor also gave Yang a decree, commending her and her pro-Turks for their contributions to the Central Plains, and then welcomed her back to her hometown in the Central Plains, and specially rewarded her with some dresses, jewelry, gold and silver.

Having obtained this will, Yang Muyun came directly to the back office of the Governor's Mansion without any scruples, turning his back on the guest.

With the emperor's will, coupled with Yang's initiative, Wu Huaiyu is not a particularly hypocritical person.

But it's really special to soak in the hot springs this time.

Seeing that he was not coming, the princess took the initiative to walk to his side, and the shimmering light made people dazzled.

"I remember a long time ago, every year we would go to Lishan to live for a while. There are many warm soups on Lishan, the royal family also has a hot spring palace, and the ministers of various families also have villas on the mountain, introducing hot springs. I like warm soup very much,"

As she spoke, she leaned over and kneaded Huaiyu's shoulders.

It feels good, comfortable and stimulating.

"Why are you so cautious, are you thinking about Lu 35 and Gao Shier who will pass the door tomorrow? Or thinking about your lady Fan in Chang'an?
Is it because I don’t want to go back to Chang’an Chaoji this winter? "

Wu Huaiyu closed his eyes and enjoyed it.

"Are you really not going back to Chang'an? Although your father is working outside, there are still family members in Chang'an."

"It's good here, I don't want to go back."

After kneading for a while, Yang's hands became less honest,

"You haven't sold out your [-] Sogdian houses yet, save some for me,"

"You want to buy a Sogdian slave?"

"I don't think you will leave Youzhou for a while. Naturally, I want to set up a home here. Although Shibobi gave me some guard servants, I plan to buy some more. I also want to buy some land in Youzhou. Let's buy a few dozen hectares of land first,

I heard that you are going to open an iron mine behind the mountain, so count me in..."

When the princess left Tuli, Tuli was relatively generous, not only gave a lot of gold and silver, but also a lot of horses, cattle and sheep, and even some precious furs and gems, etc., as well as guards and servants.

Yang's family is really a rich woman now, and she has a lot of money.

Huaiyu admired her for being cost-effective, and as soon as she settled down, she began to manage money.

"I'll arrange for Peng Laizi, Duan Shen, Kang Po, Tang Fengxiao, and Li Jinyan to help you."

Yang Muyun wanted He Mingyuan.

"That He Mingyuan is quite capable. I met him several times in Tuli Yazhang before, and he even gave me some gifts. Can you sell his family to me, and I will ask him to be my steward and take care of the property .”

Huaiyu opened his eyes and smiled.

"Originally, I planned to send He Mingyuan and Chief Hu to Chang'an, but the sage asked me to deal with it directly in Youzhou. This person is indeed quite capable, but he was just confused for a while. Since you are interested, then you find a paragraph Be careful to pay the money and get the person."

Three thousand families of Sogdian Hu, plus their servants, slaves, mercenaries, etc., numbered more than 2. None of them escaped from the border of Beiyan Prefecture.

These people are still building cities and forts, repairing Xuanyuan Terrace and post roads. After a period of reform through labor, they will be auctioned off one after another.

Most of these Sogdian Huli are good at doing business, and there are also Tuojie who are good at fighting. It is a pity that they can be sold at auction for a good price.

Sogden slave auction in Northern Yanzhou, now there are many registrations.

Auctions are not uncommon. The highest bidder wins. It's just an auction of [-] Sogdian Hu at a time. This is a grand event that has never happened in Youzhou, or even since the Sui Dynasty.

"He Mingyuan is old, but his mind is quite flexible. If you buy it, can you control it?"

"Don't worry, he has nothing now. I bought him and asked him to be my steward. He can buy his family and put them together. He has to be grateful to me."

"I have a lot of good horses there, you can choose whatever you want tomorrow."

As he said that, Yang Muyun had already sent him an invitation, "We can't stay here forever, if we continue to soak, our skin will wrinkle and our body will become swollen."

"Oh, it's already swollen, hurry back to the house, a spring night is worth a thousand dollars."

Hearing these bold and mischievous words, Wu Huaiyu was not to be outdone, and simply hugged her, "Look at me, I will punish you on the spot."

"Oh, it's also very good here, like a duck to water..."

The woman who has stayed in the grassland for 12 years is indeed not only still noble, but also has a bit of the boldness and openness of the grassland.

It was snowing heavily.

She didn't wake up until late in the morning, feeling the numbness in her arms, seeing the familiar Yunniang, Huaiyu smiled.

He didn't move, and continued to lie there, feeling her even breathing.

It has been snowing heavily for several days, and it is estimated that the snow outside the Great Wall will be even greater. If the clouds fall again, it will be another white disaster.

Fortunately, this year, Youzhou has already prepared for it, and opened the Zhongyan Law to allow merchants to bring a large amount of grain and cloth to the court.

But now Youzhou has assembled a lot of soldiers and horses, and there is no need to worry about food, grass, cloth and clothing, let alone whether there will be Xi Qi, Turks and others who will invade the border after the disaster.

It is estimated that Tuli should have led his troops to the foot of Yinshan Mountain, and his uncle and nephew should have already done it.

Unsurprisingly, Tuli will lose.

Huaiyu looked at Yang Muyun in her arms, Tuli's former Ke He Dun didn't feel any guilt at all,
To kill a society first, and then to kill him,

It really echoes the old saying, you go ahead, I will take care of your wife.

The emperor's decree to Wu Huaiyu mentioned that after Tuli failed to attack Xieli, Xieli might take revenge on the border, so he should be prepared.

Wu Huaiyu had nothing to worry about.
It's cold and cold, Jieli dared to invade the border of Youzhou Dudufu's Mansion, that is to reward his achievements. The current Youzhou Dudufu's Mansion has a strong army.

Unless Jieli is really cool, even if he wants to take revenge, it should be to attack Shuozhou, Yunzhou, which is the closest to Dingxiang Hanting, where the defense of the Tang Dynasty is weak, especially Yunzhou, which was ruled by Yuan Junzhang last year , attached to the Turks.

Xieli's retaliation was at most harassing at the border, showing his fangs, and intimidating Datang. Now he doesn't have the guts to invade Datang again, and he doesn't have the strength.

Now all parties in Youzhou are quite honest, and there will be a one-year period of stable development in the next year, while training troops and farming, and opening a mining exchange at the same time, which is very good.

After the Northern Expedition to the Turks next year, the focus can be shifted to Yingzhou, and then to the east, ready to frighten the Goguryeo people a little.

In addition to being colder in winter, Youzhou is actually pretty good.

He discovered that Fanyang Lu's family actually grows cotton in Youzhou, and the output is not bad. The cotton grown by Lu's family is processed into white folds. These fine white folds are sold to Chang'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou and other places, which are much more expensive than silk.

This kind of good thing that should play an important role in keeping warm in the north is said to have been planted by the Lu family for many years. The seeds and textile technology they got from Gaochang in the Western Regions before,
But it has nothing to do with ordinary people.

Wu Huaiyu plans to open the army next year, and even the Wu family will take some land here, and then grow some cotton.

Not only should the price of cotton cloth be lowered, but also some livelihood materials that have something to do with ordinary people, such as cotton quilts, cotton clothes and cotton shoes, etc. should be produced.

Although it may not take a few years for the common people to enjoy quilts, etc., at least the military grows cotton themselves, and can sell part of it for money, or process part of it into cotton clothes to keep the Youzhou frontier soldiers warm.

The Lu family had always kept the matter of cotton planting and white drape processing a secret before, and intentionally controlled the market, making it a very profitable business for the Lu family. As always, they acted like a powerful family, a bit wicked, and only cared about their own interests. Don't care about anything else.

The livelihood of the people has nothing to do with them.

If there is too much cotton planted, the white folds will definitely be worthless, so it is better to monopolize technology and control production like this.

It is not a high-tech thing to grow cotton and weave cotton cloth. As long as you have the heart, it is actually a layer of window paper. The real limitation is the processing technology. The efficiency of seed removal, spinning, and weaving is too low, which increases the cost.

But whether it is factory processing or technical improvement, it is not a big problem.

The Wu family now has a lot of fields. Before the world was in turmoil, the price of grain was always high. The Wu family also mainly planted grain. Later, the price of grain fell slowly. The Wu family began to change part of the grain, and mainly planted corn, potatoes and other auspicious grains. owners, and develop pig farming and other breeding industries, so that the income from farming has increased.

The other is to start planting some other economic functions, such as planting medicinal materials. In the capital city or in the suburbs of prefectures and counties, we mainly plant vegetables and flowers.

The price of food will get lower and lower, until it will be as low as two or three pennies for a bucket of rice. To be honest, that kind of food will not be profitable, but although medicinal materials are also falling, the demand is still great, especially the martial arts themselves. A large chain pharmacy like Tangtang is still promoting the establishment of the Huimin Pharmacy run by the government of the Tang Dynasty. The Wu family's own pharmaceutical industry can digest a lot of medicinal materials.

"what are you thinking about?"

I don't know when Yang Muyun woke up, looking up at him obsessively, "You're so handsome when you're thinking about things seriously."

Huaiyu lowered her head, "You are still charming even when you are asleep."

She blushed, but her heart was as sweet as honey.

Sure enough, even though Zeng Gui was a princess and Ke Dun, she also liked to coax her with sweet words.

Compared to her, Lu 35 and Gao Twelve, who are going to pass the door today but are still angry with him, are not so cute.

"Hurry up, you're going to be a groom today, and you'll do it twice." Yang Muyun got up with a sweet face of satisfaction in his heart and said, in fact, he was still very envious that Lu 35 and Gao Shier could have a grand entrance ceremony today. And she, even with the emperor's permission, would not be able to hold the ceremony in public like Wu Huaiyu.

(End of this chapter)