Yipin Tang

Chapter 138 Fiefdom
The emperor's sage spread far and wide, so God blessed the Tang Dynasty. He first gave auspicious potatoes to relieve the hunger of the people, and then discovered cowpox to eliminate the disaster of smallpox. The whole country celebrated together.

Touted by the ministers, these two credits are all attributed to Li Er's sageness, which naturally made him take the lead. In addition, Cheng Yaojin led the 30 Tang army to defeat the [-] Turkic army and captured the Turkic commander. Now Li Shimin can be said to be The reputation is so powerful that sitting in the Tai Chi Hall is quite full of ambition.

Naturally, Wang Xiang would not compete with Li Er for any merits. After leaving Xishui Village, he returned to the Linchuan Hou Mansion in a very low-key way. Being a courtier can make the king proud is the greatest contribution, and making a fortune in silence is the right way. If you don't intend to rebel, what do you want such a big reputation for?
Li Er is actually a very flamboyant person in his heart, and he really likes the feeling of being admired by all people. Then thinking about these few things, Wang Xiang contributed the most, and sent out a series of extremely generous rewards, even rewarding a lot of money. fief.

The fief is not rewarded randomly, generally only princes or ministers who have made great military achievements have the opportunity to receive the reward of the fief.

Although many ministers complained about such a generous reward, no one wanted to spoil Li Er's interest at this time. These rewards are not an exaggeration. Who dares to say that Cheng Yaojin's 30 Tang army defeated the Turkic [-] army without Wang Xiang's credit? The story of "Tianleizi" has spread after the war with the Turks.Moreover, at Wang Xiang's age, he won this favor and saved the crown prince and King Jin. He will have a bright future in the future, so there is no point in offending him at this time.

So even Wei Zheng didn't raise any objection to Li Er's seemingly excessive rewards.

Li Er didn't give Wang Xiang a title, if he did, he would be a duke. Wang Xiang was still young, even if his merits were enough to make him a duke, Li Er wouldn't do that. Leave it to Li Chengqian to do it.

The autumn wind was already chilling, but the city of Chang'an was full of celebrations. Li Er announced the [-]th day of the Great Banquet and lifted the curfew. Chang'an, which had been quiet for a few days, suddenly boiled.

Lin Chuan Hou's mansion, the door was closed, and laughter came from time to time.

The hall of the Hou Mansion was full of people, and there were not so many rules in the mansion. Butler Wang and the others sat around a table together, the hot pot on the table was steaming, and the little Lolita sat next to Wu Shun and pointed at this and that. Helping her rinse the small bowl in front of her.

This girl could be regarded as a narrow escape this time, and Wu Shun, who had doted on her so much before, now doted on her even more, Wang Xiang shook his head for a while.

Ju Yiya was sitting on the other side of Wang Xiang, having a great time. These days when Wang Xiang went to Xishui Village, Ju Yiya had already become one with the people in the mansion. Although she was Princess Gaochang, she was a bit of a princess Not at all, even the former Tsundere has restrained a lot, in the eyes of everyone, she is a very docile snack.

Perhaps women in the Western Regions have such a personality. They were very independent before they got married, but after they got married, they became good wives and mothers.

After drinking for three rounds and eating five flavors, Steward Wang suddenly choked up and said: "Today, His Majesty sent people to send many rewards, and also rewarded the young master with fiefdoms. The old Marquis is relieved to be in the sky." As he spoke, tears came down.

When Butler Wang cried, everyone stopped their chopsticks and looked at him. Seeing this, Degui quickly said, "Father, what are you talking about when you are so festive?"

"Why can't I say it? I'm so happy. The old Marquis won the title of Marquis through countless battles in his life, but he didn't get the fief from His Majesty. The young master received such a large fief from His Majesty at a young age. With the fief, the Marquis Mansion How can I not cry with joy if I can prosper forever.” Steward Wang followed Wang Bing in his early years, and his affection for the Hou Mansion can be said to be deeper than anyone else’s. strangeness.

Wang Xiang asked curiously: "What's the use of fiefdom? That place seems to be far away from Chang'an."

In his opinion, the gold, silver and jade wares that Li Er rewarded were the most real. As for the fiefdom that was rewarded, it was far away from Chang'an and not as prosperous as Chang'an.

Steward Wang wiped away his tears after listening to Wang Xiang's words and said, "Master, with the fiefdom, our Marquis' Mansion will have a fixed income every year. We only need to pay [-]% of the fief's tax, and the rest will belong to our Marquis' Mansion."

Wang Xiang shook his head indifferently when he heard that there was only a little more taxation from the fiefdom, and said, "With Dengxian Tower and Yipin Winery, are you afraid that our Hou Mansion will have no money, and let's talk about how much taxation can there be in such remote places."

Laifu also interjected: "That's right, we will expand the business of the first-class winery to the Western Regions in a few days, and then we will earn even more money." He couldn't help but get excited when he mentioned this.

"Confused!" Steward Wang pointed at Lai Fuqi and said, "Can it be compared with fiefdom?"

Don't look like Fu is doing well now, he didn't dare to be shy in front of Steward Wang, and he only dared to whisper in a low voice when he was so drunk: "I didn't say it alone, Dengxianlou and Yipin Winery are very profitable in the first place. Well……"

Butler Wang naturally heard Lai Fu's murmur and sighed, "Young master is so young that His Majesty regards you so highly There are many, but business is not the right way after all, which one of those thousand-year-old families relies on business? Not all of them rely on fiefs. Without fiefs, a real family cannot be formed, and it cannot shelter children and grandchildren. How can it last forever."

What Wang Butler said is not unreasonable, but Wang Xiang has not thought about it that much, and now he has to think about it after Wang Butler said it. After all, he is not alone now, he has Wushun, he has Ju Yiya, and even the lobby Everyone in it, their favors and disgraces are tied to themselves.

In the future, he will have descendants. Will they be allowed to run Dengxian Tower and Yipin Winery for a living?

Land is always the most important thing in a feudal society. Although those aristocratic families also run many industries, their real reliance is the fiefdom. As long as they have fiefdoms, they have confidence.

It's no wonder that I was so excited when I just became the housekeeper of the seventh-rank Jiancheng Wang at the beginning. I have never seen him so excited when I climbed the Immortal Tower.

Thinking of these things, Wang Xiang pondered for a moment and said seriously: "Butler Wang is right. Tomorrow I will take a good look at the fiefs bestowed by His Majesty. Our Marquis Mansion is to be a thousand-year-old family, not a merchant's family where a little wealth is easy."

"Okay, okay..." After listening to Wang Xiang's words, Butler Wang nodded in satisfaction. He was afraid that Wang Xiang would not see the world clearly, so he felt relieved when he saw that Wang Xiang understood the truth.

"In addition to fiefdoms, a prosperous family needs a strong population. You must hurry up, young master."

Wu Shun and Ju Yiya blushed upon hearing Steward Wang's pointed words, and Wang Xiang hurriedly said, "Haha, eat vegetables, eat vegetables, it's almost cold."

The hot pot is rolling and steaming...

(End of this chapter)