A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 535

Dusk ceremony.

The two newcomers were sent to the temporary Qing Hut in the southeast of the Houya of the Dudu Mansion.

A groom and two brides,
Drink a cup of wine together.

Those who haven't come rush to say a few sweet words, Su Lie, Wu Junwei and others come to take Huaiyu outside for a drink.

"This Senior Brother Su is really annoying!"

"Cousin Wu is even more annoying."

The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

"He won't blame us for ignoring him during this time?" Gao Shier asked.

"Hmph, he didn't even come to coax us, why is he not happy, went to the grassland, left us aside, and acted like Natuli Ketun, it's too much." Lu 35 said.

"that is,"

Today, the two of them were dressed in tin clothes and gowns. They were unusually dressed in men's clothes, but they looked extraordinarily beautiful, but he didn't say a few words of praise just now for being so beautiful.

A green house without a groom always feels a little less. There was a rumbling sound, but the stomach was rumbling, "It's been a busy day and I didn't bother to eat something, I didn't even take a sip of water, I was afraid it would be inconvenient."

"Call for some food."

The two called the dowry maid outside the tent to bring them food.

When the food was delivered, the two of them began to eat unceremoniously.

Gao Shier looked at the remaining wine from the handover just now, "This wine is sweet but delicious, let's have two glasses."

"it is good."

The two poured a glass and drank it. It tasted really good, so they couldn't help but have another glass.

Drink a few more glasses of wine, and talk more.

Gao Twelve, who has always been free and easy, couldn't help complaining directly to Yang Muyun, "You said that she is also a former princess, not to mention an emperor's daughter, but also a royal princess conferred by a clan girl, how could she do such a thing? "

Lu 35 shouted, "Of course it's because I've been on the grassland for ten years or so, and I've become a barbarian who doesn't know how to behave. That Turkic barbarian has no shame in using his wife to entertain distinguished guests."

"Then Mrs. Yang has been the same for a long time. On the way back, that shameless person dragged him into the carriage openly, and the lonely man and widow stayed there for a long time..."

Wu Huaiyu didn't know that the two were talking about him behind his back,
On this day of great joy, Su Ding, Fang Wujun, Ya Xu Siye and a group of people, there is no reason to let him go, pulling him to change cups,
And people from various famous families in Hebei also lined up to toast.

These famous families or local tyrants and big merchants, who can come to Wu Huaiyu's banquet today, are not ordinary people, and the real ordinary people have no chance to come in.

Those who can come are those who have received invitations. In other words, they are all dignified, either officials or gentry tyrants, at least they must be a frontier tycoon or a small leader of the Fanhu tribe, and at the very least you have to be a member of a guild meeting head.

Being able to participate in such a banquet, and having the opportunity to meet Wu Huaiyu, they all want to say a few words, not simply say hello, but want to be able to get close and even cooperate.

For example, the Zhang family of Qinghe wants to recommend a few children from the clan to serve Wu Huaiyu, whether it is to enter his private shogunate or to serve in the yamen, both civil and military are fine.
There are also some who want to cooperate in other fields, such as participating in the Chicheng Iron Mine, Yanbei's farmland, or opening the Sino-Salt Law, and newly opening the border market trade.

Now in Youzhou, a place of eight prefectures, being able to establish a relationship with Wu Huaiyu will be very convenient no matter what you do, and even have a bright future.

The previous [-] Sogdian Hu slaves and their property attracted merchants and powerful merchants from all sides to fight each other, and those who had the opportunity to enter the game did not make less money.

To these people, Wu Huaiyu was quite polite, met many new faces, and also knew many powerful families like the Qinghe Zhang family,
However, he didn't accept gifts today, nor did he promise anything. He just said hello and got to know each other. He didn't talk about any specific things, and he didn't talk about it. There were too many people.

Everyone lined up to toast and say hello,

Wu Huaiyu felt like a godfather.

This feeling is really good,
If he hadn't established the rules today, it is estimated that not only many people would give rich gifts, but many people might even line up to send their daughters off.

The Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty in Guanzhong, and later the Sui Dynasty even ruled the world. It can be said that these famous gentry families in the Kanto region were actually hit hard. From the fall of Qi to the fall of the Sui Dynasty, many gentry families in the Guandong did not less support some forces. It's a pity that without exception, Zhongbao was basically not pressed.

Who would have thought that the Guanlong Group could seize the world with a small piece of land, and even establish the four dynasties of Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang successively?
After all those years of tossing, I couldn't move anymore, and I didn't even dare to toss.

"The three Qinghe and Zhang brothers are especially appreciated by Mr. Wu. You see, Zhang Wenguan has always been by Mr. Wu's side."

"Zhang Wenguan is a disciple of Li Ji, Cao Guogong, the governor of Bingzhou. I heard that he is also here to congratulate him on behalf of Governor Li, so he will naturally have a place."

"It's more than that. How many people have come to the Zhang family in Qinghe today? Eleven of Zhang Yanzhi's grandsons have come. I heard that Mr. Wu has directly enlisted Zhang Wende to join the military in Youzhou Prefecture."

Zhang Yanzhi is the governor of Yanzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the grandfather of Zhang Wenguan, and the father-in-law of King Gaoyang in the Northern Qi Dynasty. He is capable of literary and martial arts, and the three sons he gave birth to are also very famous. Among his grandchildren, not only the three brothers Zhang Wenguan are famous for their talents, but other grandsons are also famous. Very powerful.

For example, the two brothers Zhang Wende and Zhang Wenshou are both Guozijian students, one is good at music and the other is good at law, and they both know calligraphy and painting.

Wu Huaiyu directly recruited Zhang Wende to join the military for Youzhou Prefecture today, and asked him to assist the judiciary to join the army.

"I heard that the Zhang family has many talented women. Did the Qinghe Zhang family send a daughter to Mr. Wu?"

"Do you think whoever wants to give it can give it?"

"The Zhang family of Qinghe is also a famous family in Hebei, second only to the five surnames."

Some people saw that the Qinghe Zhang family was exceptionally bright today, and they were very jealous. Zhang Wenguan was the representative of Li Ji, but his cousin Zhang Wende was directly enlisted to join the army, which made people jealous.

Lu Wulang, the first son of Fangbeizu Dafang who was born under the surname Lu of Fan Yang, was sending his sister off and receiving a certificate of honor, and he was only required to join the military.

And many so-called famous families in Hebei don't even have such a chance to join the military.

Today, the Zhang family in Qinghe really has a lot of faces. Only 11 grandsons of Zhang Yanzhi were able to attend, and they all had to be invited.

Not counting the other members of the Zhang family in Qinghe, even the Zhang family in Wucheng, Qinghe River has many talented people here.

Jealousy is unrecognizable, and some people even say that they are giving their daughters away.

There are many Zhang families in Qinghe, the family education is good, and there are ladies. Zhang's family is also a rare family that can marry all 44 families with five surnames and seven sects.

With the conditions of the Zhang family, it is naturally enough to marry a daughter to the Wu family.

But they guessed wrong. Wu Huaiyu did marry the Zhang family, but not himself, but his son, Wulang Chengyou, born to his concubine Fan Wuniang, married Zhang Wenyu's brother Zhang Wencong.

Zhang Wencong is now the supervisory censor, and his rank is not high, but he can be considered to be of great importance. He is also under Huaiyu's brother-in-law Ma Zhou.

This marriage was naturally due to Qinghe Zhang's family prestige.

The Taiyuan martial arts family has risen rapidly in the past two years. The best of the nobles have successively followed the Li family of the royal family, the Yang family of Hongnong, the Lu family of Fanyang, the Fan family of Anlu, the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Gao family of Bohai, the Xu family of Gaoyang, The Changsun family in Henan and many other famous families married,
Marriage is indeed a good means of alliance,

The Wu family has no shortage of official titles and fame. What they need most is this kind of marriage and alliance with traditional families. This kind of exchange of interests, each takes what it needs and achieves each other.

Zhang Wende's father was Zhang Qianwei, the internal historian of Yang Guang in the Sui Dynasty and Zhang Qianwei of Jiangdu Zanzhi.

This Zhang Wende's son was born in Jiansheng, and he also became an official with the Ming Jing, and became a county magistrate. Later, because of Ding You's resignation,
After the expiration of the filial piety period, he kept the election. This time, facing Wu Huaiyu's call, he still accepted it.

Standing at this banquet, he was also very surprised to see those famous families respecting Wu Huaiyu. He has always regarded the five surnames and seven families as superior in Hebei.

However, Wu Huaiyu has done so many amazing things in the short time since he came to Youzhou, which is also the reason why he admires him deeply and is willing to accept the call to do things.

The marriage between Zhang's family in Wucheng in the east of the Qing Dynasty and Wu's family was made by Su Lie as a matchmaker.

Su Lie's family capital is Wuyi, which is only separated from Qinghe Wucheng by Zaoqiang County. He is considered to be half a fellow. He came forward to be a matchmaker, and Zhang's family agreed without much hesitation. After all, Fan Yang and Lu's family are so active with him Martial arts marriage, what do they not want.

Fatty Wu is very busy today.

Wu Huaiyu doesn't have time to talk about specific things with other families, but Wu Junya, who is the Sima of Youzhou, is free, and many of them are related to the cooperation affairs of Youzhou. .

What is the reconstruction of Youzhou City, what is the construction along the canal wharf, and what is the construction of an important canal commercial port, Haijin Port, at the intersection of the North and South Canals at Sanhui Haikou,
It is necessary to build a salt field in Lutai and a salt warehouse in Baodi.

In addition, the plan to open canals along the Yongding River to divert water and develop thousands of hectares of rice fields also requires the cooperation of powerful families in these places.

Even Youzhou plans to open more mines, smelt iron and copper, build bone china kilns, and even shipyards, etc., all of which require full cooperation.

Fatty Wu has also passed the year of knowing his destiny, but he is wide and fat, and he lives handsomely. Although he doesn't have much ambition for official career, since his cousin Wu Huaiyu has helped him become the fifth-rank Sima of Youzhou, no matter what he does Take care of this brother.

He is not very proficient in marching, fighting or even administration, but he is proficient in dealing with people and negotiating transactions. He has been in Chang'an for more than ten years, and it is not for nothing.

Standing in the position of Sima in Youzhou, with the support of Youzhou Governor's Mansion and Youzhou Yamen behind him, especially with Wu Huaiyu as a big backer, Fatty Wu dealt with those with five surnames and seven families, and talked about conditions , is also not timid.

Fame belongs to fame, and the real deal has to be real money.

He also made up his mind today, no one's reputation is easy to use, so he can do whatever he wants, anyway, he is willing to bear the bad reputation, at worst, let Huaiyu make some concessions at that time.

It was only when we started talking that we found out that it went surprisingly smoothly.

First of all, all the families are looking forward to and believing in the series of plans thrown out by the Youzhou Governor's Mansion. No one thinks that these plans can't be done.
Moreover, they are also very optimistic about the prospects and rewards. They feel that if they keep up with the pace of the military governor, they will be able to benefit wonderfully. Anyway, the Lu family, the Gao family behind the mountain, and the Mohe people in Yanzhou have already made a lot of money first.

Let's talk about it in detail, these famous families are a little impatient, and they don't mean to fight for some specific details. They just want to finalize the cooperation project as soon as possible, put it on paper, sign the contract, and don't want to delay and miss it. car opportunity.

There are even some projects that require advance payment such as money and food, but there is no objection.

I thought this would be a fierce battle, but unexpectedly it was extremely easy. Fatty Wu has reached one item after another in the cooperation intentions with various companies, and it feels like a dream.

After a few words of discussion, many families even asked again immediately, "Should we deliver some money and food first?"

"no, I'm fine."

"As many points as you want, it's a decision."

"It's really not necessary,"

Just as he was talking, An Lushan, a young man from the Hu family, walked in quickly and went straight to Wu Huaiyu.

"Captain, the urgent report just came back from Guangning Fort. Tuli's army was defeated in 99 springs and has been captured alive by Jieli. Jieli is now chasing Tuli's defeated troops to the east."

Wu Huaiyu, who was pushing a cup to change a cup, also sat up when he heard it,

Unexpectedly, Tuli lost so quickly.

99 springs, named after countless lakes, were called Wuyao Beiyuan in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Shanyutai in the earlier Han Dynasty, and Huitengxile in later generations.

99 springs are located high on the top of Huiteng Liang, and there are more than 99 springs and pools densely covered with dozens of miles around.

Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty once visited the northern plains of Wuyao and built a stone pavilion to commemorate it. Later, the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty often came here to hunt.

Su Lie rushed over upon hearing the news.

"99 Springs are only five hundred miles away from Guangning Fort. Tuli's soldiers were defeated and captured. Jieli pursued the fleeing enemy eastward. Maybe this time he has already reached the north of Guangning Fort, and may invade the Great Wall at any time,"

"Captain, my subordinates request to return to North Yanzhou immediately, and lead the Qingyi army to prepare for the enemy at the imperial border of Guangning Fort."

Wu Huaiyu also has an impression of 99 springs. This is the later generation Wulanchabu, which is indeed very close to Zhangjiakou. The distance of [-] miles is only two or three days for the grassland, and it can even be reached in one day and one night by lightly riding a fast horse.

Fortunately, after he was destroyed in Sogdian Hu in Yanshui, he had already ordered the Sogdian captives to repair the gap in the Great Wall, build Wu Castle there, build Guangning City ten miles south of the castle, and repair some forts and beacons on the other section of the Great Wall. pier.

The Guangning Army was also established there.

There are also Qingyi Army and Guangbian Army in North Yanzhou.

As long as the beacon smoke rises on the Great Wall in the north, the three armies in Northern Yanzhou will immediately defend and defend the Great Wall.

However, since Xieli captured Tuli alive and pursued Donglai, it is very likely that he would enter the pass to rob.

This is not just about beating rabbits, it is more likely to take revenge on Tang.

"Senior brother, you go back to North Yanzhou first. I have the authority to give you the command of the three armies of Guangning, Qingyi, and Guangbian in North Yanzhou. In addition, the newly formed martial arts regiment in North Yanzhou and Fanhu City are also up to you. Moderate mobilization, first guard the front line of the Great Wall, and prevent Turkic wolves from entering the pass to loot and destroy.

But don't underestimate the enemy and go out to fight,
I immediately dispatched the Economic Strategy Army, the Jingsai Army, the Lulong Army, and the Yanei Army to come to reinforce it. It would be fine if Xieli was acquainted and didn’t come to commit crimes, otherwise we would teach him a severe lesson, and even let him come and go! "

The banquet ended early, and Wu Huaiyu, ignoring the two beauties in the backyard, hastily issued an emergency mobilization order and started preparing for battle with the officers.

The beacon smoke has not yet come from behind the mountain, indicating that the situation is fine, at least the Turks have not yet started to attack the Great Wall pass fortress, but Wu Huaiyu predicted that since Xieli came, he would definitely not be inaccessible.

This guy will definitely invade the border.

Zhang Wenguan chased after him, "Mr. Wu, I didn't expect Tuli to be defeated so quickly, and Jieli even chased him to the east. I'll go back to Taiyuan and report to Cao Guogong. We will never sit idly by in the Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou."

(End of this chapter)