Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 40
The sign of Xu's Mansion was taken down and replaced with the county man's Xu's Mansion. The small two words changed, so that everyone who passed by Xu Qing's house would not only look up.

Xu Qing's mouth trembled slightly, and he looked at the papers in front of him with disbelief. This was the income of Xu Qing's family calculated by Xu Qing and Xiaoyue:

There are 860 households in Shiyi, with a total of 720 sanding, with an annual rent of 52 shi for grain, and 950 mu of Yongye farmland, subletting [-] households, with an annual rent of [-] shi, and about [-] taels of silver for livestock.

Fifteen maids (not counting as small as Xiaoyue), five male servants, the servants have an annual fee of 30 shi, [-] taels of silver, and the rest are not counted.

"Ah~~~" Xu Qing groaned happily.Then I picked a sugar boiled bean and put it in my mouth, it's beautiful, huh?Why are these beans not tasty?Tsk tsk, man, after only a small bill, I can't eat such snacks, Xu Qing sighed: "Corrupted. Corrupted. I want to be completely corrupted."

Great family business!

Xu Qing yelled in his heart, but just after he yelled that he didn't have time to make a cup of tea, Xiaoyue said, "Master, the servants at home have no place to live."

"Uh, how many people still have no place to live?" Xu Qing said depressedly. Just now, he was still homesick for his family and career, but now he even has few places to live.

"If the miscellaneous rooms in the outer courtyard are cleaned out, there will still be a few male servants who have no place to live."

"The inner courtyard is full?"

"No, but the young master's attic cannot accommodate people."

"If you can't accommodate anyone, then you and Xiaoyue can move here. I'll go to the second floor, Xun Xueer and Xu Qi's house will be combined, let Xun Yeyu and I live in the same room, and Liu San and the guards will return to the door. No change. The female relatives all move inside, the men live outside, and everyone huddles together.”

"Yes, master." Xiaoyue replied crisply, now except Xu Qing can't enter the kitchen, the other Xiaoyue will do as Xu Qing said. "What about the young master Shangguan?"

"Uh, why did you miss him, let him go! Forget it, sleep with me, let him sleep in the study."

Xu Qing said again: "Also, there are too many people, and we can't eat together. We have to find a way to set up a stove, and set up a table in the inner and outer courtyards. The ones in the outer courtyard are placed in Liu San's room, so that they can eat together. , let's start a small stove, hehe."

Xu Qing's family has gradually acquired a feudal atmosphere. Apart from Xu Qing, the Xun Xue'er siblings are the wife-to-be and brother-in-law. They have the highest status and are flattered by everyone.Followed by Xiaoru Xiaoyue, they are Xu Qing's personal maids, and they are the first two to come.And Xiaoyue, as the housekeeper of Xu Qing's inner room, has a higher status than Xiaoru, but they are always mentioned at the same time, so it doesn't seem obvious.

Next is Liu San, he is the housekeeper of Xu Qing's family, and he is also the earliest half male who came here besides Xu Qing, his status is self-evident, and Liu San is also the patriarch of the pig, and others flatter him when he goes out .But after Xu Qing became a knight, he no longer castrated a pig. Although the salary was very high, after all, Xu Qing gave him wealth and honor, and he didn't want to lose the face of his lord.

In addition, old man Zheng is also considered to be receiving Xu Qing's salary, and he is also considered to be half a housekeeper, and the servants are the last ones.Although their relative status is relatively low, their treatment is much better than that of other families, even it is much higher than that of the palace, three sets of clothes and shoes per season, two coins and change, where did this happen before?Moreover, Master Xu Qing and Housekeeper Liu San are relatively kind, even people outside want to be servants in Xu Qing's house.

Xu Qing thought about it again, and felt that the house problem should be solved first, and he should discuss the construction of the new house with Guan Xuan immediately. In addition, he and Xun Xueer must get married quickly, so as to save the house!It's not that Xu Qing never thought about living together before marriage, but Xun Xue'er would definitely not agree.

The next day, Xu Qing convened a meeting of various households, repeatedly affirming various rules and regulations, three major disciplines and eight points of attention.After the family meeting was held, Xu Qing took several servants to Hongshan Township in a carriage. He wanted to convene a Hongshan Township tenant representative meeting immediately to let all the tenants recognize Xu Qing. The 70-year rent has to be paid!Secondly, if the tenants and friends really have difficulties, such as the ones who have broken their homes, they can find Xu Qing.

It's tiring when the family grows up. After inspecting the real estate in the family with pain and joy, Xu Qing has to discuss with Guan Xuan how to build a new house, and the accommodation of the craftsmen is also a problem.Landlord Xu finally decided that there would be a large warehouse of [-] shi and a small warehouse of [-] shi, and a house that could accommodate eight landlady wives and hundreds of servants. Xu Qing would design the bedrooms and kitchens himself. As you want, there must be a pond, a garden, and the rest is fine.The scale of this house is not too big, none of the lords in Chang'an is smaller than this one, although the granary of [-] shi is a bit too much, but it is not beyond expectations, Guan Xuan readily agreed.

Xu Qing built the granary to stockpile food, because he knew that the early Tang Dynasty was not peaceful, and natural disasters continued, and food was the most important thing. If there was a famine, he would starve to death holding gold.Moreover, the [-]-stone granary can also help the neighbors. In a time when people are starving to death, there will be someone to protect the landlord Xu's house from being robbed by the hungry people.

After working outside for several days and dealing with various matters, Xu Qing returned home.

"Brother Xu, you are now a lord..." Xun Xueer said with her head lowered under the dim light.

"Why, you don't like me anymore?" Xu Qing knew that Xun Xueer's inferiority complex had returned, so he did the opposite.

"Pfft, brother Xu, you're joking..." Xun Xueer's complexion finally improved a bit, and she raised her head to glance at Xu Qing.

"I love you, Xue'er..." Xu Qing didn't say other promises or comforting words, and hugged Xun Xue'er's face and kissed him long, avenging that first kiss.

"Hey..." Xun Xueer resisted for no reason, so she let Xu Qing do it. It was as if a heat wave hit the room, the sky was dark and the sky was dark, charming and affectionate.Xu Qing's hand started to act dishonestly everywhere, how did he act? I know you don't want to know, so I won't talk about it.

"Ah, hiss~~~~" There was a sharp pain in Xu Qing's waist. It turned out that Xun Xue'er was finally able to regain consciousness, and used all her strength to pinch the soft flesh in Xu Qing's waist, preventing Xu Qing from changing his mind. After exploring deeply, Xu Qing looked back at Xun Xueer in pain and said, "This month, this month, I will marry you, so don't pinch me then."

"Hmm..." Xun Xueer's daughter subconsciously wanted to refute, but she held back and nodded with a blushing face.

"Why don't we have the reality of husband and wife now, and those false names will come later?" Xu Qinglai joked.This time Xun Xueer refused to follow her, she pushed Xu Qing out of the door, closed the door tightly, leaned against the door and uttered two words happily: "Bad guy..."

As the days went by, the news that there was a new Lord in Luonan County spread all over the streets and alleys, and some big families in Luonan were also ready to move.The biggest family in Luonan used to be the county magistrate's family, but now a lord suddenly appeared!That's not flattering?Some businessmen saw Xu Qing's tax-free privileges and the prestige of the lord, and wanted to deposit their property in Xu Qing's name, and Luonan suddenly became prosperous.

"Young master, there is a servant outside the door, saying that the county magistrate Zou invited you to a banquet tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)