Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 38
After settling Xun Xueer and Shangguanyi, life began to return to peace. Xu Qing finally had time to sum up his life in the past few months. Of course, the most important thing was counting money.I pawned off the swords and armor I found on the battlefield, and I left two sets of armor, a few good swords, horse spears, and others for 200 taels of silver, which can be a great fortune.The atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty was relatively open, and ordinary people could also hold swords, but everyone regarded the sword as an ornament, and it became a fashion for a while, as evidenced by Li Bai's poem that "drawing a knife cuts off the water and makes it flow".

In addition, the few horses and the carriage that rode back from the barracks were also Xu Qing's.The most important thing is to be promoted to rank, which is an iron rice bowl. Now Xu Qing's rank is Xiaoqi Wei Zhenwei, Colonel Front Ya, General Front Ya. When the war in Hebei is completely over, these ranks will rise a little bit.Xiao Qiwei is the sixth rank, and the imperial court distributes salaries according to this level, with a salary of 28 taels of silver and 95 shi of grain per year.

Xu Qing is still an incisor. Although it is very likely that he will take it back in the future, judging from the current situation, there are still [-] mu of land, and the land rent is counted as wages. Dividend rights for a little bit of shares are given to officials, and then dividends are paid on time as wages.

There are also 26 taels or four dollars of slave money, and the public fund does not require money to raise slaves. This is not counting the various hands directly sent from above.This salary is equivalent to an annual salary of more than 30 in later generations, which can be said to be very good, but it is still a lot worse than that of the Song Dynasty, which is only less than one-tenth of that of the Song Dynasty.Fortunately, Xu Qing is easier to be satisfied, and it's okay to lie at home and eat.But in the hands of Xu Qing's son, this property will definitely be ruined, and he can at most sneak up on a ninth-rank official.

Xu Qing thinks that this life is enough, but he still has to save an estate for his son. My son is lucky. He is born into the second generation of rich, second generation of officials, and second generation of wearers.Xu Qing touched his face very narcissistically, and praised: "With the genes of me and Xun Xueer, he is still a handsome guy. Who is so lucky to be reincarnated as my son..."

After counting the money happily in the room, Xu Qing walked out of the room with a relaxed face, as if doing something for self-entertainment.

"Master, it's time to eat..." Xiaoyue waited for Xu Qing to come out, and called softly.

"Okay, what kind of vegetables are you eating today?" Xu Qing asked, actually he didn't want to ask, after entering July, most of the green vegetables only have old leaves left, so they can only eat melons every day.

"Master told me to eat egg noodles today..." Xiaoyue said.

"Oh, that's right, egg noodles, let me see how you make them..." Xu Qing excitedly ran to the table and waited for Xiaoyue to bring it.

"Young master, please take it easy. I have also sent sister Xun's, only the young master has not eaten." If other landlords heard this, they would be furious. What, the master didn't eat, and all your servants are full. up!Xu Qing doesn't care about this, but he is very puzzled when he looks at the egg noodles in front of him:
"Where's the egg?"

"Put the eggs in the noodles..."

"Then why didn't I see it?"

"Pfft, the young master was joking, the egg has already been kneaded into the dough, of course I can't see it." Xiaoyue didn't understand Xu Qing's words, she just thought he was joking.

"Oh, tsk tsk tsk, it seems that young master, I'm going to cook myself." Xu Qing sighed and said, Xiaoru Xiaoyue was very attentive, but they couldn't think of things that were only gradually invented in a hundred years.

"Young...Master..." Xiaoyue blushed, and the master said that she was going to cook by herself. Isn't this the biggest criticism of her.

"Xiaoyue, you don't have to be like this. I didn't say you're bad, but you don't know how to grow vegetables..." Xu Qing hurriedly said to An Xiaoyue.

"Young Master, I know I was wrong, but I am useless..." Xiaoyue lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her clothes with her hands.

"Hey, it's not that you are bad. Look at me eating noodles, okay?" Xu Qing took a bite of the noodles. It was not bad, and the noodles with eggs tasted more chewy.

"The young master is the best, what else does the young master want to eat, I will make it for you..."

"Well... take me to the kitchen..."

"Master...Young Master, you are a noble person, how can you enter the kitchen..."

"It's okay, isn't it just the kitchen... The nobility of a person lies in his spirit, not his body." After speaking, Xu Qing strode to the kitchen. He had only entered this kitchen on the first day when he was looking at the house.Seeing that she couldn't stop her, Xiaoyue ran to report to Xun Xueer.

Xu Qing went to the kitchen and looked around, only to see two large stoves built with mud, with four or five bundles of firewood beside them.There are two iron pots on each stove, one of which has a steaming drawer for making steamed cakes, and one with a lid for cooking and soup cakes.

Xu Qing lifted the lid of the pot, it was not bad, it was clean.Then Xu Qing began to look for oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and eggs. It seemed that those dishes of later generations could not be made too much.Xu Qing secretly vowed to make more money, and find someone who is not afraid of death to row a boat to America, and dig some potatoes and peppers for me.

For oil, I found a jar of clear oil, Xu Qing was happy, this is one of the healthiest oils.I was fiddling in the kitchen by myself, everything was ready, but I couldn’t light the fire with the flint. Watching TV, Master Bei knocked it three times and there was a lot of sparks. Why can’t I light it.

"Pfft, I'm right, your young master can't even light a fire..." Xun Xueer couldn't help laughing behind Xu Qing, it seemed that she had been peeping there for quite some time.

"Okay, Xun Nizi, how dare you laugh at me...Hmph, I'm not here to help." Xu Qing pretended to be angry.

"Sister Xun, hurry up and persuade the young master, he is a noble person, how can he do this... now only you will listen to him..." Xiaoyue said while holding Xun Xueer's hand.

"Sister Xiaoyue, you don't know yet, your young master is different from others, you go out, I will help you." Xun Xueer said with a smile, Xu Qing liked it very much after hearing this, this is a Good wife, stand by my side.

But Xiaoyue didn't think so, she thought: It's over!Sister Xun is also going crazy together. If this gets out, they will think that our servants are evil slaves and deceive the master!It's okay, you can beat him to death with a stick!Who should I ask to persuade me, Xiaoru?Xu Qi?No, looking for them will only make it more chaotic, Xun Yeyu, let alone, he is less reliable than Xu Qi, Shangguanyi, yes, Shangguanyi is a scholar, he must understand the truth.

Xiaoyue hurriedly went out to find Shangguanyi, while Xu Qing and Xun Xueer were busy in the kitchen. After a while, two fried eggs were ready.Xu Qing put a plate by the stove, tore off a small piece and tasted it first, um, it was not bad.Then he tore off another piece and handed it to Xun Xueer's mouth.Xun Xueer was a little afraid to eat the dishes made by Xu Qing in this way. This is the second thing. The key is that Xu Qing's chopsticks are the ones he used just now, and there are Xu Qing's chopsticks on them... Could it be considered an indirect kiss? ?Xun Xueer's happiness was mixed with pain, and she couldn't taste the taste after eating a piece of fried egg.

"How is it, is it delicious?"

"Well, good..." Xun Xueer still had a word to eat, when Shangguanyi came to the kitchen door, and yelled:
"Hey! You guys have a private meeting here!"

(End of this chapter)