Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 258
There was a strong bloody smell in the house, and Brother Buffalo seemed to notice it, and ran in again, crying profusely.He said in his mouth, Brother Fushan, why are you so overwhelmed.He seemed to be talking to himself, or to Xu Qing, saying that Fushan had woken up early and chatted with him. Now that he remembered the content of the chat, wasn't it Fushan's last words?
Papa Lob also came in, but he only sighed, as if he knew the situation beforehand.Seeing Xu Qing standing still on the spot, he pulled him out.

"Mr. Xu," Father Lobu said softly, "You son of Fushan is short-skinned, don't take it to heart."

"Ah..." Xu Qing stepped on the snow, subconsciously said: "Father Lobu, after the next year, or when Miss Xiu goes down the mountain, you will come with me too?"

"What?" Papa Lobu was surprised.Not to mention him, even Xu Qing was surprised when he heard himself say such a sentence. He didn't know why he made such a move, but thinking about it, it was still feasible.So, he looked at Papa Lobu and nodded, indicating that you heard correctly.

Father Lobu sighed and said: "Thank you Mr. Xu for your kindness, you can go, but you can go with a baby on your back, and an old man like me, how can you go?"

He said again: "Didn't I hear that there will be no clan council in the future? It's fairer to send county yamen and chieftains to manage it. I don't have to argue over an acre of land or a ditch, so I don't need a witch mother." , the village is old,"

The implication of what Father Lobu said is that you can take the catwalk girl with peace of mind.

Knowing this, Xu Qing said, "Let's ask the people in the village. If there is someone who is suitable and wants to go, pick them out. Miss Xiu has traveled thousands of miles, and she also needs someone to talk to and keep company with."

Father Lobu thought for a while and said, "That's fine. Some families have no elders and no descendants, so they can move in."

"Well, ask, ask..."

After resting overnight, the next morning, Lobu's father brought another bowl of cured clam meat. He said that the clam shell weighed a catty a piece, but it was less than half a tael when it was cracked open to get the meat.After being smoked again, it looks even thinner.For such a bowl of clam meat, no less than two hundred clam shells were taken.

However, Luotou Village lives along the river, and Lobu's father is engaged in fishing, so there are more fish of this kind.As for fish meat, Xu Qing doesn't have a cold, it's not that it's not delicious, but it's a bit greasy to eat this every day.What Xu Qing likes is the green vegetables that can't be eaten in the north in winter, but only in the south.

Xu Qing cut a few clumps of leeks in the back garden, cut a few holes of cabbage, took a pot and put oil in it, and fried it himself.

Father Lobu was puzzled at first, but after tasting Xu Qing's dishes, he exclaimed that it was good.Before they ate vegetables, but they chopped them up for soup, or cooked porridge with rice.Xu Qing stir-fries it with lard, which is extra fragrant in this cold winter.

Father Lobu got the idea, so he went back to study it by himself, but unfortunately he only copied a few bowls of burnt, overcooked ones.In the end, he gave up, but he still called all the villagers to pick vegetables for Xu Qing. Bundles of vegetables were dug out from the snow and given to Xu Qing.

There is a saying here, the vegetables that have been frosted are crispy, called cool vegetables, and the vegetables that have been snowed are sweet, called pickled vegetables.The harvest period of potherb mustard is short, and if it is not handled properly, the vegetable will be frozen to death, and it is also the most precious.

There is an imperial dish, which is the dish that has been used for the first snow. The outer layer is removed, leaving only the innermost three layers, and then it is boiled in a soup made of pork knuckles, lamb ribs, fish heads and other delicious things.Regardless of the amount of ingredients used in the process, when it was served on the imperial table, there was only a bowl of clear soup with no trace of minced meat, only a few slices of green vegetables floating in it. The green vegetables were like jadeite, hence the name jadeite soup.However, the eunuch and the imperial chef told the emperor that this was the "clear soup with little water" that the common people ate, and the emperor also used this to "know the common people".

Xu Qing collected a cart of green vegetables, and it was not in vain. He gave each villager some money and asked them to repair their houses.He also told them that after the year, the tax can be reduced or exempted to compensate for the overcharge before, and some low-priced grain will be released in the county warehouse.

The villagers are naturally grateful.

In the evening, a young general came on a flying horse and said that General Zhao Yuliang had led troops to subdue the disasters in the other two villages and controlled the witch mother in Qingluo Village.

The rebellion of the snail clan came to an end.

A few months later, Chang'an sent a letter to Huguang, and Huguang agreed to thoroughly investigate the matter of the Luo clan raising private soldiers first.It turned out that Luotian and Luowei Erzhai also had their own private soldiers, but there were not so many.Dare to have private arms, it is really a big bad person, and it must be strictly controlled.

As a result, the three major clans were torn apart, and the village elders of the three clans were sent to the frontier.

It was also found out that the Qingluo people collected taxes privately, and collected all the tax exempted for three years into their own pockets.After the incident was reported, several respected elders in the three major clans instantly turned into street rats, and everyone shouted and beat them.

The government took advantage of the situation to confiscate the grain hoarded in Qingluo Village, turned it into public property, and then sold it at a very low price.When the spring famine was in full swing, the Luo people got this cheap food, and their tense hunger nerves were relieved. Everyone said that the government was good.

Chen Zhixian was dismissed and sent to prison, and the family was also implicated. Not only was the family's business robbed, but several other small officials were also dismissed.For a while, the situation fell and was targeted by the enemies, and he dodged left and right for a while before he was able to survive.When you gain power, don’t forget to be cautious in your words and deeds. On the day of sitting high, you still need to think about your buttocks. Don’t sit too hard, lest you will be pulled out of the stool one day, and you will fall on all fours.

On the contrary, the little people live a nourishing life.Master Wang secretly took Chen Shi's money, and took advantage of the chaos to take away the money from the county government and Chen Zhixian.I went down the river to Yangzhou, bought a field house, bought cattle and hired people to cultivate it, and took a room with a young girl who was old enough to have a son.Another year, there was a shortage of people in the county government, so he was hired as a temporary clerk.After working for several years, the field has increased several times. The county magistrate saw him hardworking and gave him an official title.After wandering around in the officialdom all his life, he finally stepped into the door, which is considered a good result.However, although Master Wang did not do evil, he did a lot of things to help evil, and he ended up so well. Is it because God has no eyes, or is he waiting for him to repay in the next life?
Another little man, the squad leader, also worked as a yamen servant for a lifetime with peace of mind, and finally retired as a head catcher. His son, who inherited his father's job, became a head catcher directly.

These are all later stories.

Xu Qing stayed in Luotou Village for another day, waiting for Luo Xiuxiu to come down the mountain and take her to Chang'an or Luonan.As for whether it can be collected in the house, it depends on the opinions of the wife group and her own wishes.

On that day, Luo Xiuxiu bid farewell to the witch mother, and stayed with the village elder of the witch mother to spend their rare time together on the mountain, which became the last day together.

Xu Qing went to pick up Luo Xiuxiu, but saw that her eyes had long lost the liveliness of the past, but there was an extra layer of Xu Qing's impenetrability, which was as deep as the eyes of a witch mother.

At a glance, it seems like thousands of miles away.

Xiuxiu walked slowly towards Xu Qing, young and expressionless, as if she didn't recognize Xu Qing. Before Xu Qing could speak, she knelt down and saluted: "Master Xu..."

(End of this chapter)