Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 187
With the arrival of more than 200 death row prisoners, the Liang Mansion, which had been silent for more than half a month, finally became lively. The plaque in front of the door was removed, and it will be replaced with the word "Sun Mansion" in a short time. The big plaque, along with the two big stone lions in front of the door, were removed because the carvings were too scary. It would be better to replace it with a cuter unicorn. Sun Xiangfu has no heirs yet!

The mansion covers a large area, which is one-fifth of Mayi City. Sun Xiangfu probably would be enough to accommodate 5000 people in the house. After all, Liang Shidu was a party with tens of thousands of armored forces before. When the palace came to build.

The mansion was not completely deserted. Liang Luoren had only killed the wives, concubines and heirs of Liang Shidu at the beginning, and some servants who could not run were left in the mansion. After Sun Xiangfu made an inventory, he found that there were 32 old servants. 57 women, after assigning some cleaning work to them, all of them were retained.

As for the more than 200 death row prisoners, Sun Xiangfu did not raise them in the house for nothing. Sun Xiangfu singled out three of them who could read and asked them to ask about each person's specialties and record them. They will have jobs later. Assigned to them, after all, Yu Xiu'er, who started only three days later than the servant who passed the decree, will arrive soon.

She will bring hundreds of craftsmen and some villagers from Xingfu Village who voluntarily came to Shuozhou to develop. You must know that among the aborigines of Xingfu Village, there are several households who were originally from Bingzhou, and there are also some young people in the family members of the guards. People who wanted to come out and make a difference, many followed. Of course, the main force will still stay in Xingfu Village, where is still the foundation, and Sun Dali is in charge of everything.

When Sun Xiangfu led the men to tidy up the mansion, these men finally arrived in Mayi.

"Xiu'er has worked hard from afar."

At the gate of the city, Sun Xiangfu finally felt relieved when he was greeted by a team of more than 100 carriages.

"I'm a concubine, this is marrying a chicken and following the chicken..."

"Stop, you are married to Lord Marquis, and follow Lord Marquis. I heard that His Majesty has granted you a third-rank imperial order. Why don't you wear imperial order clothes on this big day when you enter the city?"

"I originally planned to wear it, but I thought that Shuozhou was colder than Guanzhong. Wearing cotton clothes and furs, I was shivering from the cold..."

"Then let's go back to the house quickly and warm up the fire first."

Holding Yu Xiu'er's hand, the couple entered the city without seeing anyone else, even Li Chunfeng, who wanted to interrupt, couldn't intervene.

The children of Xingfu Village did not come to Shuozhou. They will continue to stay in Chang'an to learn basic literature. With a good foundation, they can learn more advanced scientific knowledge. However, Ma Lin, Zhang Quan, Wang Fu, Wang Gui and others all Here they come, the big "Nong" characters on their chests and backs are still very conspicuous. Now they have a lot of apprentices under their command. With them in Xingfu Village, all workshops can operate normally.

A small number of people in Mayi City, where the cat was watching the excitement in the crack of the door, knew this word. Soon, the identity of Sun Xiangfu as the head of the farming family spread in the city, which made the confused people of Shuozhou feel a little bit more. I hope that there will be a chief officer who is very good at farming for everyone, and next year the big guys will not be hungry!

Hurrying on the road, everyone didn't have a good rest, Sun Xiangfu had already asked the old servants in the mansion to boil hot water, Yu Xiu'er took a good bath, but Sun Xiangfu was kicked out of the bath by Chuntao and Hongmei This is a bad thing when the mansion is big. There are special bathrooms and even bathtubs, unlike the Sun Mansion in Chang'an where the tubs are placed directly in the bedrooms.

After Uncle De came, all the affairs in the mansion were handed over to him. Knowing that there were more than 200 death row inmates living in the mansion, he cautiously assigned those people to live in the outer courtyard. Those people also understood, after all, he was a marquis. Lord, there must be some rules in the house, but Sun Xiangfu persuaded Uncle De not to look at them with strange eyes, they are just miserable people, but this can't change Uncle De's will.

Soon, under Uncle De's assignment, all these people, including Tang Fengyi, were assigned to the outer courtyard, and the middle courtyard was where hundreds of craftsmen from Xingfu Village lived. The servants could come in and out, and after thousands of people scattered in this new mansion, it actually felt empty.

"Uncle De, let's set up the area that Liang Shidu used to discuss affairs as a public area! The side halls on the left and right sides will be converted into canteens, and an independent compound will be built near the eastern city wall for craftsmen to work. Stay far away from the residential area, so the guards can watch alone."

The weather in Shuozhou is cold, so it is destined to use a lot of coal, and workshop production, this thing is also essential, the smell and work noise will affect the living environment. In the past, in the Sun Mansion, the place was small, and everyone could only endure it. Now If conditions permit, we will naturally do better.

"This old slave knows that we brought more than 100 carts this time. In addition to seeds and grain, there are also a complete set of production tools. After a day or two of rest, the craftsmen will start to renovate the mansion. Come on, everyone will be comfortable."

"Well, you keep arranging these things. I will recruit a large number of workers from the city in three days. The old rules don't let everyone be idle during the winter. You always take care of the money in the account. I will spend some unreasonable money, young master."

"Don't worry, young master. When I came, Madam brought more than half of the dividends from Wangjianglou and Xingfu Village, more than [-] yuan, all in cash. I also hired a boat to transport the grain from Lingnan. After landing in Luoyang , will go directly to Shuozhou..."

Having money and food is the key to development. Of course, just pointing to these things brought by oneself may not be able to fully open up the situation, and it is necessary to attract investment and revitalize the economy.

Finally, when Yu Xiu'er came out of the bath, Sun Xiangfu wanted to run to the bedroom in a hurry, but at this time the guard Zhang Ke came to report that Wang Xu had arrived.

"Damn, this guy really knows how to pick the time, bring him to the conference hall to say hello! Get some good wine and meat from our house."

Sun Xiangfu, who wanted to be released, complained, and ran to entertain Wang Xu reluctantly. There was no way, the development of Shuozhou was very important now, and it was more important than his human affairs.

Wang Xu didn't come alone, there were seven or eight young people dressed in furs who came with him. After some introductions, Sun Xiangfu knew that these were scholars cultivated by the Wang family, and Wang Xu wanted to install them. Served as an official in Shuozhou.

Just like Li Shimin, sometimes, if you want to manage the place, you have to compromise with these aristocratic families who have mastered the knowledge, otherwise you will really not be able to find the talents to manage the place. Sun Xiangfu generously accepted all the orders and told They, the magistrates of the four counties Shanyang, Shanyin, Huairen, and Yingxian must belong to them, and the rest of them are not idle. Sun Xiangfu doesn't seem to want money for the position of Gongcao and Deputy Envoy of Tuntian. All were given to them.

Seeing that Sun Xiangfu was so talkative, the banquet scene became lively. With such a good start, Wang Xu was able to discuss serious matters with him.

"Sun Changshi has thought about how to develop Shuozhou after the new year!"

"Isn't this just a matter of discussing with Prince Wang? Outside Shanyang County, there is a thousand miles of fertile soil. I don't know how much Prince Wang can eat?"

When Wang Xu heard this, a little joy appeared on his calm face.

"how to eat?"

"If you have all the farm tools and oxen, two strong men, forty mu of land."

(End of this chapter)