A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 582 A Beautiful Morning

Just opened my eyes in the morning.

Then he heard the chirping sounds of children outside the door, and Huaiyu realized that the sun had already passed through the window, and half of his buttocks was burning.

I haven't slept so comfortably for a long time.

Sitting up, he found that Runniang was not awake yet. Bo was kicked to the side by her, revealing her two long legs, which looked like warm white jade under the sunlight shining through the window.

She was lying on her back, sleeping deeply and soundly.

The two children were left to Mother Run in the next room. The two chatted for a long time last night. Mother Run was now the mother of two children, but she also helped Xuan Fu manage the accounts, the family's property and money. She remembers every word clearly.

Wu Huaiyu was not very interested in these, and did not really want to listen to them when they reunited after a long separation, especially after Runniang took a bath, her body was scented with the fragrance of Wu family soap, she changed into silk pajamas, and sprinkled some rose water. .

Huaiyu listened to her report on how the family bought land under the eldest lady's plan, how they bought slaves and hired people, built windmills, and planted medicinal materials, etc. He listened and responded perfunctorily, but he was not honest.

Runniang said to Erlang, "You have just returned from Youzhou, thousands of miles away. You must have been tired again last night at the eldest lady's place. You should have a good night's rest tonight," but the voice of rejection became more and more loud. The weaker it is, and there is even a long tail sound behind it, the more it makes people feel that they are resisting but welcoming.

"It's been two years since I came here. Let me reward you tonight." Huaiyu said.

Runniang said shyly, "The lamp hasn't been blown out yet."

Huaiyu didn't let her get up, "I want the lights to be on and I want to take a good look at you."

The room was lit with red candles, and spices were added to them. This was specially changed by Chen Runniang. She was reluctant to use such expensive ones.
The red candle shines high, the gauze tent is dim,
"You are really as strong as a cow." She said, her voice gradually became wrong,
Wu Huaiyu became more brave as he fought...

While I was sleeping, the chickens crowed all the time.

Even though the sun was already basking on her butt, she was still sleeping deeply. It was the first time in two years that she felt so comfortable and slept so soundly.

The sun is as high as a pole.

The chatter outside was still noisy. Huaiyu got up and went to look for clothes. His movement woke up Runniang.

"Oh, why is it so late? I'm so embarrassed."

"Go back to sleep."

But Runniang became panicked and wanted to serve Huaiyu.

"I'll do it myself."

"I'll ask the girl to come in and serve together. I guess the lady is laughing at us."

Runniang called out some herbs, and then a young girl immediately opened the door and came in, followed by a few more. They brought basins, water, and prepared morning tea, which was still warm.

Toothbrushes, toothbrushes, facial soap, towels, everything is available.

Brush your teeth and wash your face.

Those chirping like little birds outside the door are all the older children. These children got up early and knew that he slept in this courtyard last night, so they came here early to play.

Huaiyu asked them if they had had breakfast, and they all said they had drank milk.

The Wu family raised goats and cows, which provided the family with fresh milk from cows and goats all year round, and even milk camels. The children got up early and drank a glass of milk, and some even ate boiled chicken.

"Are there any snacks in the house?" Huaiyu came back and asked Runniang,

"Yes." Runniang was doing her makeup in the mirror, her face was rosy, and there was spring in her eyes. She was nourished last night, and her whole person was different today.

Wu Sanlang Chengzhi, the son of Run Niang, acted as the master in this courtyard. When the door opened, he greeted his half-brothers and sisters to come in, and went straight to open the cupboard to get snacks.
There are many snacks such as pine nuts, watermelon seeds, sunflower seeds, beef jerky, broad beans, dried meat, and meat floss.

"It's so early in the morning. Eat less snacks and have a serious breakfast to support your family." Run Niang said to her son while grabbing a handful of snacks for each of Chengsi, Chengye and Yingluo.

Huaiyu's son rubbed his head, and his daughter hugged him.

"Eat more milk and chicken in the morning, and you will grow taller."

The little guys each packed a bag of snacks and competed again in front of their father. When they first came back, they were all a little strange to Huaiyu, but now they are very close to him.

Huaiyu was not used to peeing in the toilet in the bedroom, so he went to the east corner of the courtyard to the master's room.

Dongsi had a maid who specialized in sweeping, she bowed to him, and brought him a tray with dried dates, towels, straw paper, and a few newspapers.

There are the Beijing News jointly issued by the Bureau of Economic Affairs and Chongxian Pavilion, the Imperial Palace News issued by the Shangshu Province, and several tabloids, all newly launched in the past two years, each with its own focus.

Overall, the Beijing News has the greatest influence.

Sitting on the quiet and fragrant Dongsi Gongtong, Huaiyu looked at the newspaper, first browsed it hastily, and then selected a few to read slowly.

When he was in Youzhou, he would basically read the Beijing News every issue. However, when the Youzhou Beijing News was received, it would be at least seven days later. Sometimes due to weather and road conditions, it might be ten days later.

The Beijing News now comes out every five days, so he basically read the old news from the last issue in Youzhou.This issue of the Beijing News was just released this morning, and it still smells like ink.

The Beijing News has been published for several years now, and it has become better and better. Not to mention the improvement of the content, let’s say that the paper and ink have made great progress, especially after the initial woodblock printing was changed to movable type printing, you can feel to a huge difference.

Compared with engraving, movable type printing is faster, but the characters do not look that beautiful, are not flexible enough, and appear a bit dull.

However, the font used for movable type printing now is the Song Dynasty brought by Wu Huaiyu. The strokes of this font have varying thicknesses, thin horizontally and thick vertically. The ends are decorated with foot or serifs. The dots and hooks have sharp points, especially the vertical lines and stroke endpoints. Be bolded, which helps resist wear when printed.

Huaiyu called this font a printed style, but more people call this font Wu style, and some people call it Tang style or Bao style.

Although movable type printing and movable type typesetting and printing are more efficient, the characters are all scattered and individual, which is indeed not as beautiful as the original engraving after full-page writing. But fortunately, after using this new type of martial arts, the printed characters have a unique feel. A different kind of beauty.

The Beijing News in Huaiyu's hand has clear strokes, even ink marks, and even a lot of illustrations on it. It is already very exquisite, and the technical problem of printing ink has been perfectly solved.

Compared with the Ouyang Xun font or the handwritten fonts such as Chu Suiliang font, Wu Huaiyu font, and Yu Shinan font that were originally used, the current printing font is indeed more suitable for newspapers that are published every five days.

Today's newspapers also contain information about Wu Huaiyu, the news that he returned to Beijing from Youzhou, and his changes in his duties such as inspecting the Ministry of Military Affairs and removing the governor of Anton.

After returning from the toilet, Run Niang had packed up and took the children to the upper room together.

Hall.

Fan Xuanfu was arranging affairs early in the morning, and a group of concubines in the backyard were also seated in the first two rows. It felt a bit like a morning meeting of a large company.

"Last night I heard Run Niang tell me about the family's arrangements for the past two years. She went to bed late and overslept all at once." Huaiyu laughed.

Fan Xuanfu glanced at Run Niang, whose face was red and her eyes were full of spring. He didn't know the details, "Erlang has traveled a long way back to Beijing. It was a hard journey. You should pay more attention to rest when you get home, so as not to damage your vitality."

Runniang quickly lowered her head.

The Gao family sisters, the Yun family sisters, the Qiu family sisters, and the Fan family sisters all looked at each other. It was natural for Huaiyu to stay in the eldest lady's house the first night when he returned to Beijing, but this time, he stayed in the concubine's house. There are still many people who are jealous in the mother's room.

When Huaiyu was in Beijing, everyone could take turns at least two or three times a month, but now he has been away from Beijing for almost two years.

"Alang, you plan to return to the countryside one day so that I can inform Aye, Aniang and the others in advance." Xuan Fu asked.

Wu Huaiyu's father, Samurai Ke, had already moved back to Wujiabao in Sanyuan Longqiao with the Wu Liu family. Although Lao Wu also liked the prosperity of the capital, after becoming an official, even though Zhan's son Guangdu had been promoted to earl in vain, I still have the thought of returning home after falling leaves,
Especially after returning to the countryside for a few short stays, I fell in love with the feeling of the countryside even more.

In Sanyuan Longqiao, he, the Earl of Shouyang, has a very high status, especially in the Qingshui River area. There are many Yuan Cong Imperial Guards from all over the country. They are all old brothers. They have a common language and follow them. There is also a sense of superiority when we are together.

Wujiabao is also big, and the countryside air is good. It is also lively now and has become a necessary place for people going south or north. Longqiao has become a big market town.

Lao Wu went back with more than a dozen concubines. He lived a happy life and didn't want to come back to Chang'an at all.

There is no curfew in the countryside, and you won't run into this prince or that prince when you go out. In the Longqiao area, he is the biggest noble.

Mrs. Wu Liu also likes the countryside very much and feels comfortable and accustomed to it.

However, my aunt Wang stayed in Chang'an. She stayed in Chang'an to take care of her son Huai Liang and daughter Wanniang.

Princess Banu of Persia brought him hot milk, hard-boiled eggs, and a bowl of mutton soup. Huaiyu ate breakfast and said, "It may take a few days before I can go back. I have to visit some relatives, friends and colleagues when I get back. Go to the countryside, or you can go back first."

"It's better to wait for you to come back together."

Huaiyu asked Banu again, "Are you still used to living in the house?"

Banu found out that Huaiyu was pregnant before she left the capital, so Xuanfu went over to take her into the house and gave her the title of concubine. According to Xuanfu, since she was pregnant with the daughter of the Wu family, she could no longer stay outside. .

Banu took him into the house, and later gave birth to a son who had some of his mother's Persian characteristics, but still carried a lot of Wu Huaiyu's inheritance.

No one in the family dislikes them or anything, not even the eldest lady, so who would dislike him.

"It's good to have the eldest lady and everyone taking care of me," Banu said.

Looking at the appearance of the hall, Huaiyu also knew that Fan Xuanfu managed the backyard, somewhat like a general leading troops, and he managed it in an orderly and obedient manner.

"I'm going to visit my adoptive father's house in a while. You can go with me. I'll visit the patriarch's house later."

Fan Xuanfu said, "We all have to go. My adoptive father has been in poor health recently. He said he planned to go back to Bailuyuan to live and recuperate. We saw it a few days ago and his complexion is indeed not good. But the clan leader My uncle's energy and blood are very good. He is over 70 years old, but this year he took a beautiful woman from three to three wives as his concubine."

Run Niang said on the side, "We should also go to Yongkang Gongfu's teacher's house for a walk, right?"

"Go wherever you want,"

Fan Xuanfu said on the side, "I heard that the third lady has also returned from Emei. Please invite me to sit down tomorrow."

Huaiyu said nothing.

(End of this chapter)