A Thousand Hills

Chapter 157

Empress Dowager Hu made a fortune, and Emperor Mu Yuan found a good father-in-law for his six sons—Zuodu Yushi Tiefang.

However, whether the two are related or not is unknown.However, even the fifth prince said to Xie Moru, "Tie Yushi is the most upright person."

Xie Moru commented, "This marriage is a good one." This also shows the IQ gap between Empress Dowager Hu and Emperor Mu Yuan.

No matter what, in short, two gifts must be prepared first, one for the wedding of the Sixth Prince, and one for the distribution of the Sixth Prince's mansion.Then, Xie Moru discussed with the fourth concubine Hu's about building another house.Last year's earthquake caused many buildings to collapse in the imperial capital. It was a fluke. The large piece of land in the southern outskirts of the city that Xie Moru and the fourth concubine bought was fine. It was just the young Hanlins who moved there to live in low-rent housing , are also safe and sound.So, after the imperial capital, that area of ​​low-rent housing was completely on fire. There were countless crooked houses in the city, and the new low-rent housing was intact, so there were many rumors about it.In a word, the use of the earth has proved that it is a blessed land.

The low-rent housing has become popular, and the surrounding shops have also been sold out. There are also stalls for rent in the market. Now there are many people inquiring about the price. Of course, this kind of thing is handled by the manager.Xie Moru discussed with Hu, and saw that the one-year lease was up. Before, it was because no one bought it, so it was changed to rent. Now that someone bought it, the stall was sold, but the tenant has priority to buy. right.

Xie Moru and Hu looked at the distribution map of the stalls in the market, discussed and set the price for each stall, and then ordered someone to post a post on the market, Hu said, "Let them just say it."

Xie Moru said, "There are many hands on this matter, and there are many things in it. We have set up a stall here for 100 taels, and when we go to the market, we may have to pay 150 taels."

Hu thought about it, and said, "This kind of thing is common practice in every family and government. As long as it is not excessive, it will be fine."

Xie Moru said, "When the stall money is in hand, give them [-]% to reward them, but if you want to raise the price behind my back, it's not okay."

Because it was Xie Moru's idea to buy land and build a house, Hu didn't dispute these matters, and smiled, "That's good, it's more clear." Thinking of Xie Moru's temper, it really is different.

Talking about selling stalls, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law discussed building a house together, and the children were playing in the garden under the watchful eyes of the mothers and maids. Looking at noon, Mrs. Hu was thinking about saving food, when she saw five The steward of the Prince's Mansion came over to report, "My Majesty, the side concubine Ling in our mansion has activated, and Jomo is about to give birth."

Xie Moru put down the brush in his hand and asked, "Has the midwife passed?"

It is also very useful to be a steward who can serve as an errand in the palace, and immediately said, "It's over, Su side concubine ordered the slaves to come and ask the empress to go back."

Hu hurriedly said, "Hurry up and go back, I will order someone to send Dalang and the others there in a while."

Xie Moru was not polite with Hu Shi, got up and went back to the palace with the steward.The two palaces are neighbors, and Xie Moru returned home soon.Ling Xiao only had these few days, not to mention that the mansion already had experience in preparing for childbirth, Xie Moru ordered someone to take the midwife into the mansion ahead of time, and everything was ready, so he didn't panic.When they arrived at Ling Xiao's courtyard, the Su family were all there, the courtyard was calm, serious and orderly, without any panic, the three of them saluted Xie Moru together, Xie Moru waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work. "

Su Shi said modestly, "Your Majesty is not in the mansion, and Sister Ling is here to mobilize, and the concubines don't know what to do, but they just come and follow in a hurry."

Xie Moru sat in the main room, and the three of the Su family sat at the bottom, drinking tea slowly and waiting for Ling Xiao to give birth.

Ling Xiao gave birth neatly, and gave birth at noon.The maidservant came to announce the good news, "Congratulations to your mother, you have a precious son."

Xie Moru smiled, "Reward!"

The rewards were prepared in advance, and they came out on a mahogany tray, with two small silver keys weighing two ounces for each person. Everyone was happy when they won the lottery, and they became full of good words.Xie Moru went in and took a look at Ling Xiao. The bloody smell in the delivery room was quite thick, and the midwife was busy cleaning up. Ling Xiao looked fine, but his face was not pale enough. A few strands of sweaty black hair stuck to his cheeks, revealing a sense of exhaustion and weak.Xie Moru asked someone to put the child wrapped in a small quilt beside Ling Xiao, and said, "The child is fine, he is a boy."

Ling Xiao sighed lightly.

Xie Moru said, "You are welcome to rest." Before sitting down, he left the delivery room again.He ordered the maids and mother-in-law to serve him well, and rewarded the servants in the yard with two months' money and the people in the mansion with one month's money.This is also an old practice, when the Su family gave birth to several children, they all rewarded like this, but when Xu gave birth to their eldest daughter, Xie Moru was especially happy, and the reward was doubled.

After Ling Xiao gave birth to the child, Xie Moru returned to the Wutong Courtyard after offering a reward, and the Su family and others also went back to their respective courtyards.

The fifth prince came back at night, and when he knew that Ling Xiao had a child, he just let out a "hmm", and discussed with Xie Moru after dinner, "I thought, I'd better take the child over and raise her. She doesn't look like someone who knows how to raise a child." of."

Xie Moru said, "Ling Xiao just gave birth to a child, so don't mention that. There is no reason to leave other people's mother and child as soon as they landed."

The fifth prince made up his mind not to ask Ling Xiao to raise the child by himself, and said, "Then bring it over when the full moon is full, if you feel tired, you can get some useful maids and nanny."

"That's fine." Xie Moru said, "Why don't you bring Sister Xin together, and let the two children be your companions."

The fifth prince naturally wouldn't object, since what happened to Ling Xiao, he didn't know what he had committed, and Xie Moru didn't go to the side room when it was inconvenient.Now that the concubine has a son, Xie Moru will naturally not rush to send the fifth prince to the side courtyard, the fifth prince is not willing to go, so the two of them still live together.

Xie Moru told the fifth prince that he was going to build a house in the southern suburbs, and the fifth prince became interested and laughed, "Fourth brother said to thank you several times, and now the houses built by the imperial court are rented by officials from poor families. Go. In the past, there was no rent and no one lived there, but now they are scrambling for it. Sun Hanlin and Shen Hanlin took the lead in moving here. They gave up their rented house to their colleagues and moved to the southern suburbs. , last year's earthquake, the house they used to live in collapsed, the new house in the southern suburbs was fine, and the family was safe and sound. But the colleagues who moved to their old house hurt one of them, and it was almost impossible. life."

Xie Moru smiled, "At the beginning, no one was willing to move, and the two of them took the lead. This is because they have good vision. It can be seen that good vision can save lives."

The fifth prince smiled, "Good vision, good luck." Then asked Xie Moru how he planned to build the house.

Xie Moru ordered Luluo to take out the blueprint, and asked the maid to hold up the lamp. Xie Moru said, "There are already a lot of people living there. I'm discussing with my fourth siblings. Don't rush to build anything else. First, build a college. From time to time, invite a few people to sit in the hall and give enlightenment to the children."

"That's right." The fifth prince knew how difficult the people's livelihood was, and said, "It is difficult for most officials who rent houses there. Knowing the classics, but you have to be an official in the court and educate your children at home, I’m afraid I can’t take care of it. You have a good idea.”

Xie Moru smiled, "The academy was built on the side of this peach and apricot forest. It is close and the scenery is good. After the academy is built, it will be elegant with pine trees, plums, bamboos and orchids around it. The one with the academy, here All the places along the lakeside are set aside for landscapes, and here, another batch of houses will be built for sale, and the four-entry houses with clean water will enter.”

"It's so big." Sijin's house is not affordable for ordinary people, and the fifth prince began to worry that his wife's house would not be sold well after it was built.

"Naturally it's big, and high-quality materials have to be used." Xie Moru said, "Further away, there are more than a dozen houses with three or four entrances here near the mountain. This is the one you found for me last time. An old gentleman came to draw a picture. These ten houses cannot be duplicated. Moreover, I want to build a big college near here. The house on the mountain will not be sold. I will give a set to Mr. Beiling. I heard that The building of the library is almost finished."

The fifth prince said, "Mr. Beiling has never paid much attention to external things, but I don't know whether you want it or not?" For a great Confucian like Mr. Beiling, the fifth prince is naturally not a heartache.

Xie Moru smiled, "Don't worry, I have lobbyists."

The fifth prince immediately understood, "Li Qiao Li Jiujiang!"

"That's right, Mr. Jiujiang has been assisting Mr. Beiling in building the library for the past few years. When the building is completed, how will His Majesty reward Mr. Beiling? Give gold and silver, it's so vulgar. Give an official position, Mr. Beiling If you want to be an official, and you can’t wait until this time, it’s better to give your highness this idea. Let me tell you the truth. At the beginning, it was cheap to buy here, but now there are many merchants and wealthy households who are willing to double the price. .It’s just that we can’t sell it like this. What status do we have with the Fourth Prince’s Mansion, how can we learn how those merchants are good at calculating with money?” Xie Moru said, “I didn’t buy this land to make money. I discussed it with Fourth Sister-in-law. By building those four-entry houses, you can earn back the money you invested, and still have some surplus. The hill, which has been planted for a year, is not the same as before. It will be even better if it is planted for another year. So this place, my fourth sister-in-law and I thought, why not build more than a dozen or twenty houses with different styles, neither for officials and rich families, nor for merchants, you and the fourth prince will be dedicated to the court Wouldn't it be good to reward Mr. Beiling at that time? Just give this piece of land to Mr. Beiling to preach and solve doubts. Even after a hundred years, Mr. Beiling will also leave it to the great Confucianists among the people, and let them learn and reason. Preaching and teaching, don’t lose your knowledge.”

The fifth prince couldn't help clapping his hands, "This is a good idea, but I have to discuss it with the fourth brother. Let's build the house quietly first, and then present it when there is a chance."

Xie Moru smiled, "You and the Fourth Prince have to decide this."

The fifth prince whispered to Xie Moru, "Let me tell you first, the court may have to raise the issue of enfeoffment again."

Xie Moru was pleasantly surprised, "This is a good thing, if it is done, you can ask His Majesty first, can we entrust the concubine to the land together?"

"I also have the same idea." The fifth prince said, "These days, the eldest brother has become more and more wrong, and he praised me fiercely in front of the prince, and my goosebumps continued."

"There's nothing wrong with this. The First Prince is very satisfied, but the method is not very clever." Xie Moru said, "Didn't you tell me last year that the First Prince always praised the Crown Prince in front of His Majesty."

"Yeah, I praised the prince at first, but for some reason, he is very kind to me now, and praises me everywhere." The fifth prince still understood the reason why abnormality is a monster, and said, "Brother has never done this before. .”

"That's it." Xie Moru raised the corners of his lips slightly, "The eldest prince has revisited "Spring and Autumn" these days, just learn from Zheng Zhuanggong."

Xie Moru commented lightly, "The eldest prince's idea is not good. Zheng Zhuanggong, the ruler of a country, spent more than ten years trying to kill Gong Shuduan. The eldest prince has an impetuous nature, and this method does not apply to him."

The fifth prince felt incredible about his elder brother's head, and said to his wife seriously, "Don't say that elder brother is not Zheng Zhuanggong, and the prince and I are not uncles!" You can't find Bei after a few good words!

Xie Mo Ruxin said, you are right that you are not Gongshuduan, but the prince is not!
(End of this chapter)