A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 859 Thirteen Lines

The matters concerning the martial arts hall and naval academy were left to Huaiyi and the others to deal with in detail. Wu Huaiyu packed his luggage and headed north to Jiangzhou.

It is said that the emperor has issued an order to arrange for a grand enthronement ceremony for him in Jiangzhou. The Prince of the Supervisory State will also send someone there, and that person is still an old acquaintance, Xu Jingzong, who was once demoted to Xunyang County Cheng and acted as the Deputy Inspector Huangmen Shilang.

"How is Dalang's studies lately?" Huaiyu asked Xuanfu during dinner. His wife had already given birth. She was strong and recovered quickly. She didn't suffer from being lukewarm during confinement in May. There were many people waiting on her. , the nutrition is good, but also plump.

"Dalang hasn't been studying very hard recently and always wants to skip class." Fan Xuanfu hugged his baby daughter. The little girl was ugly and wrinkled when she was born, but now that she is just one month old, she is already white, fat and very cute, especially that Her eyes are round and bright, and her face is chubby.

Xuan Fu, the fourth baby, still had plenty of milk. She started breastfeeding on the second day after giving birth and couldn’t finish the milk. Xuan Fu wanted Lao San to eat it, but Lao San was too shy and refused to eat it.

"You learned how to skip classes at such a young age? This kid," Huaiyu shook his head, but was not too annoyed. The child is still young, only seven years old this year. "Since he doesn't want to study, let's give him a long vacation. It's just a good day. It’s hot, come with me to Jiangzhou,”

Jiangzhou is Wu Huaiyu’s Jiangzhou now, and it will also be Wu Chengsi’s Jiangzhou in the future.

Of course, it is only a hereditary governor.

However, Wu Huaiyu felt that in history, the issuance of hereditary governorships stopped soon, so there is a high probability that Wu Chengsi will not have the opportunity to inherit the position of governor of Jiangzhou in the future, but he can still inherit the Dukedom of Jin.

However, Xuanfu thought that her husband was going to Jiangzhou with his eldest son to make a formal appearance and reveal the identity of the heir to the Wu family. He was very happy when he heard this.

That's what it's like to be a mother,

She didn't mind too much about the many concubines in Huaiyu, nor did she care that the concubines gave birth to so many children, because under the patriarchal system, concubines could never be compared with their wives, and concubines could never be older than their legitimate wives.

Ordinary families may also consider that if they have more sons, some of the family property will be divided in the future. If they have more daughters, they will have to prepare a lot of dowries, which will inevitably lead to many disputes.

But with the Wu family's current family status and wealth, there is no need to consider these.

The truly most valuable resource of the Wu family is the position of the head of the family, which is the dukedom of the Jin Kingdom and Wu Huaiyu's surname and real estate.

No matter how many other brothers and sisters there are, they are just sharing some properties, manors and shops. Wu Huaiyu has already said this and has already started making arrangements.

"It's two thousand miles from Guangzhou to Jiangzhou. Although it's a bit far, fortunately, almost the whole journey is by water, so it's not tiring." Two Swords, Three Swords and Four accompanied him,

"Who are you going to take with you from other hospitals? Runniang or Aliu, or Sanniang, Muyun and the others?"

"This trip to Jiangzhou is just to say hello and come back. I won't stay too long, so I won't bring too many people with me."

"Are you taking Da Lang alone? Do the other boys want to go?"

"Just take Dalang with you," Huaiyu said.

He didn't even take the third legitimate son born from Xuan Fu.

"I'll go to your hospital tonight."

"No, your body is not clean yet, and if you ask for a milk baby at night, it will disturb your sleep."

The other concubines in the restaurant had been listening carefully to the conversation between the couple. Huaiyu said that he would only take Da Lang Chengsi with him to Jiangzhou, and they immediately understood his intention.

I don't feel disappointed at all. After all, there is a difference between concubine and concubine, and this is a huge chasm.

The hereditary governor of Jiangzhou, including the title of Duke of Jin, will only be inherited by the heirs in the future. Fan Xuanfu's other two sons are not eligible. How can they, the concubines, think that they are not entitled to their share.

However, I would like to fight for the opportunity to sleep with him at night.

The bold Foresta took the initiative and offered herself to be a pillow mat. The twins she gave birth to were already over a year old, and she was eager to get pregnant again.

The other women had different expressions when they saw that she had taken the lead.

Huaiyu glanced at the women, all charming and charming.

Except for the obedient Chen Runniang who was taken care of this morning, the other women all had longing in their eyes.

It's very embarrassing.

It may not be a good thing to have all the women around. Anyway, it has been almost a year since he returned from Chang'an, and Huaiyu has never taken any concubines or maids.

Seeing that he was dazzled and embarrassed, Xuan Fu smiled and said, "Bring the green-headed ivory card, whoever you turn over will be the one."

That's fair enough.

Although several concubines with higher status sometimes feel that turning over cards is a bit disadvantageous for them, because they are concubines, but they have to turn over the cards together with the concubines.

Pick up a green-headed ivory plaque from the tray.

The mysterious talisman took it,

"Tang Liu Niang,"

She waved Tang Liu Niang over, "Have you been clean these days?"

Tang Liu Niang nodded repeatedly.

Xuan Fu said, "Take a bath and burn incense at night, and serve Alang well."

night,

Huaiyu went to Tang Liuniang's courtyard.

"Where's Linglong?"

"When I felt tired from reading and writing, I asked Mother to take me to wash up and go to bed first."

Huaiyu took the workbook of Wuniang Linglong, the daughter of the two of them, and looked at her handwriting. The handwriting was very neat and beautiful on silk. It is estimated that Tang Liuniang did not want her daughter to disturb the rare time between the two of them, so she specially arranged to bring it to her. Went to the courtyard.

Huaiyu took his daughter's calligraphy exercise book and looked at it while chatting with Tang Liuniang. She rubbed his shoulders and neck, exuding a pleasant fragrance.

The jasmine perfume she wears on her body and even the candles in the room are mixed with spices.

She had just taken a bath and changed into a gauze skirt. She was looming and looked very beautiful. This daughter of a noble family in Lingzhou was still very young and her figure was well maintained.

"Alang, your strength is pretty good, do you want to work harder?"

"Oh, that's alright."

When he got to the back, Huaiyu simply lay on his stomach and let her massage his back.

"Have you been here recently?" Huaiyu asked.

"He will come to see me and Linglong every once in a while. A few days ago, when Liu'er was celebrating her full moon, he and his uncle came to congratulate us, and stopped by to see us." Tang Liuniang didn't hide anything.

Wu Huaiyu had never been very fond of Tang Liuniang's father, Tang Fengyi.

He was a man who had the reputation of being a regicide. He was a descendant of the Tang family, one of the Lingzhou aristocratic families. During the Sui Dynasty, he was an official worshiper of the city gate. He followed Yu Wenhua and others to kill Yang Guang, and the Jiangdu mutiny began.

Later, he returned to the Tang Dynasty and served as the governor of Yuezhou for a time. Later, because of the crime of regicide and betrayal, he was first demoted to Sima of the governor's office of Guangzhou, and later he was demoted to a commoner and lived in Lingnan.

It can be said that it is quite disgusting.

But it can also be said that he brought it upon himself. Many of the people who rebelled against the regicide were just outsiders in the late Sui Dynasty, and later joined the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan treated them fairly well at first, but to these guys who came from wealthy families , all were given officials and titles,

But the nature of these people is hard to change.

For example, Pei Qantong was appointed the governor of Chenzhou and the founding father of Changshe County by the imperial court. He was treated well, but he was very dissatisfied and did not know how to restrain himself. He often talked nonsense after drinking and was resentful of the imperial court. He even said that it was them who Only by killing Yang Guang can Li Yuan conquer the world. He has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty and so on.

Isn’t this looking for death?

After Li Tang stabilized his country, he naturally had to deal with these people.

Although Tang Fengyi was capable, after all, with the reputation of being a regicide, there was no way he could gain Li Tang's trust and he was demoted again and again.

Fortunately, he had a newly rich son-in-law. When he was serving as an official abroad, Wu Huaiyu was serving in Lingzhou. The aristocratic families in Lingzhou were engaged in mischief, which almost caused Qiu Xinggong to be destroyed collectively. Fortunately, Wu Huaiyu took action.

In the end, Tang Liuniang became Wu Huaiyu's concubine. Tang Fengyi didn't handle this matter at the beginning, and the Tang family's father directly took the decision.

Later, Tang Fengyi was demoted again and again, and Wu Huaiyu's official career was very high. Of course, he had no objection to this matter, but later he wanted to cling to this son-in-law, but he was ignored at all.

Originally, the daughter was just a concubine. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, the concubine's natal family was not worthy of being called the wife family. Naturally, Tang Fengyi was not worthy of being called the father-in-law.

Although Huaiyu didn't want to see her, after all, her daughter was his concubine, and she gave birth to a daughter for him. She was usually very good, gentle and sensible, so Wu Huaiyu reluctantly took care of this cheap father-in-law's family.

Although he was demoted to a commoner, Tang Fengyi's life was actually quite comfortable with Wu Huaiyu's protection. His maid gave birth to a younger brother, Kunlun slave Tang Fengxiao, who followed Wu Huaiyu and is still the boss of Guangli Hao.

Tang Fengyi just followed the rules and made a lot of profits. He has now settled in Guangzhou, where he also bought land and a shop, but his status is not high and he is a long-term person.

"Aye, do you have any requests?"

Tang Liuniang's hand paused for a moment, then continued massaging.

"Aye didn't make any request. He just mentioned during our chat that the sea trade in Guangzhou is so prosperous now, and many sisters in our family have also invested money to open a business. He said that if I want to, I can also invest some money to open a business. He also said he could help take care of it..."

Huaiyu lay there and smiled softly.

"Do you want to open a business?"

"Linglong is now older and has a lot of free time. She has saved some money for her dowry and the rewards given by Alang, so she thought that maybe she could learn how to invest with her sisters. It would be good to make some money, so that Linglong can benefit from it in the future. Buy more dowry."

Since Xuanfu's Fanlou has become more and more popular and opened branches everywhere, the concubines in the family are actually envious of it. These women all have some capital and want to do some business.

So first the Qiu sisters jointly opened a business and started trading.

Then the three sisters of the Fan family went to the Fan family and suggested that they also wanted to open a business. Xuanfu was of course willing to support the request of the three concubines' cousins. He went to Huaiyu in person to tell them, and naturally the business started.

Then the three Yun sisters also wanted to open a business, then Er Pei also opened one as a partnership, and then A Liu and Dugu also opened one.

The women in the backyard couldn't sit still.

Either working together in twos or threes, or opening a shop alone,

Basically, they are all involved in the lively trade in Guangzhou. Counting that Tang Liu Niang is going to open one now, there are thirteen.

Even Fan Xuanfu didn't participate at first, but later ended up alone.

All the wives and concubines in the backyard have joined the trade in Guangzhou, and they all opened trading houses. With Wu Huaiyu as their backer, they guard the Guangzhou Port. In addition, they have connections with their natal families and have quite a lot of private money in their hands. This business is Actually it's pretty good.

Tang Fengyi probably saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

"Since you want to open a trading house and Aye is willing to help, then you can open it. Then ask your uncle to lend you some manpower from Guangli Bank and set up the stall first. When opening a trading house in Guangzhou, the most important thing is relationships. Background, and then you need to have capital in hand,

You don’t lack both, so if you can do this business, start small and then big, don’t be hasty and take your time. "

Huaiyu doesn't mind if his wives and concubines do some small business. Anyway, they don't need to show their faces. There are professional managers and shopkeepers in charge. They are just the bosses behind the scenes. There is no need to worry about losing money while he is here.

It is indeed more cost-effective to use the dowry to manage it than to keep it in hand, and it can be regarded as a preparation for the children.

After all, Tang Fengyi was a man who could kill kings and served as a governor before. He also came from a frontier family and was not lacking in abilities in all aspects. Now that he is a commoner, asking him to help his daughter take care of the business is a good use of everything. , of course he wants to be a part of Liu Niang’s business, that’s no problem.

There are so many commercial banks in Guangzhou now. If the women of the Wu family open thirteen new commercial banks, it will not have any bad impact. On the contrary, it will promote the foreign trade business of Guangzhou Port.

"Go to sleep."

Huaiyu's words immediately ignited her enthusiasm. She was extra excited and enthusiastic tonight and tried her best to thank her husband.

afterwards,

Although she felt like she was going to collapse into mud, she still raised herself up with a pillow.

She firmly believed that this recipe could increase the chance of pregnancy, and she had used this method when she was pregnant with Linglong.

This time, she wanted to conceive a son, and she would be quite tough in the house after giving birth to a son.

　It's harmonious again, I don't know why. . .

　　

　

(End of this chapter)