Chastity Layman

  Chapter 724 Gold is everywhere

  The fifth year of Zhenguan.

  Just after the lively Dragon Boat Festival, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Situ, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Chief Pingzhang Sun Wuji led the marching chief of Tianshan Road to accept the Sanchen Banner westward expedition granted by the emperor.

The emperor dispatched an elite cavalry force of 3,000 men from the North and South Forbidden Army in Chang'an and handed it over to the eldest grandson, the Yulin Camp, the Luben Army, the Thousand Cavalry Camp, and a group of three guards from the left and right Qianniuwei. Officer, this is a luxurious team.

  When they left Beijing, each of them deliberately put on shiny bright armor, black armor and other iron armor, and a scarlet silk cloak was tied behind him.

  A civil official like Lian Zhang Sun Wuji wore a set of golden armor given by the emperor today, which looked very majestic.

   "I'm going to the Western Regions for thousands of miles, I wish my eldest grandson a smooth journey and success!"

  The eldest grandson felt that the tens of kilograms of armor was a bit heavy, especially after the Dragon Boat Festival. Although the sun had not come out in the morning, he already felt a little stuffy and uncomfortable. Some of the fat eldest grandsons felt sweaty all over.

   "I have never fought with a saint before, but I have never worn armor in such a serious way. I am really not used to it."

"When we leave Chang'an, Mr. Changsun can take off his armor and ride in a chariot." Qin Lang comforted Changsun Wuji, saying that he was in command of the army to conquer, but he probably didn't wait for Changsun Wuji to go to the Western Regions. It's over, this time the eldest grandson went to the Western Regions, the real task is not to fight wars, but to rebuild the pattern of the Western Regions.

Changsun Wuji is a master in this regard, he has his father's talent inheritance, when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Changsun Sheng was a diplomatic expert in dealing with the Turkic people, and he went to the Turkic people several times, and he was very good at combining the weak and the strong to divide the attack, and made the Turkic People are bad enough.

  Although Changsun Wuji does not have the ability of Changsun Sheng to kill two birds with one stone, he is full of bad water, and he is blue.

   "Sanlang is in the court, take good care of the prince."

   "Mr. Zhao has arrived in the Western Regions, beware of Hou Junji!"

   The two looked at each other and smiled.

  The two got together, talked in secret for a while, and crossed their hands to say goodbye. No one knows what the two said, but it must be top secret.

  Qin Lang said goodbye to his eldest grandson Wuji, and walked straight to find Su Dingfang.

   "Xie Sanlang strongly recommended me this time!" Su Dingfang was dressed in black light armor, very majestic.

   "Actually, with your ability, it's enough to be in command. It's a waste of talent to just be a left forward."

Su Dingfang is quite satisfied. He can be said to belong to the fringe faction in the court. As a subordinate of Dou Jiande back then, he followed Liu Heitai and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty twice. He officially returned to the Tang Dynasty in the ninth year of Wude. Under normal circumstances, He couldn't even enter Chang'an City.

It is all due to the praise of Qin Lang, a nobleman, that he has the opportunity to sit in the present position in the Zhenguan Dynasty in just a few years. He made a lot of contributions in the Northern Expedition to the Turks and the Battle of Longyou, but his background limited him.

  If it weren't for Qin Lang, he wouldn't even have a chance to be a pioneer, let alone a deputy manager or manager.

"I won the opportunity for you, but it's up to you to perform. The grandson is in command, but he is not good at military affairs, so this aspect has to rely on you. If you perform well, if he appreciates you, you will have more opportunities in the future. "

   "It is enough for me to be appreciated by Saburo."

Although Su Dingfang was only in his thirties, he had fought with his father since he was a teenager. He was actually not stupid after more than ten years of experience in the battlefield. Although his eldest grandson Wuji had a high status, he had the relationship with Qin Lang. enough. If you want to step on two boats, this is undoubtedly the most stupid way, even if the eldest grandson and Qin Lang are allies, it is still taboo.

  Qin Lang smiled.

  Smart people like this can cooperate for a long time, and they deserve to work hard.

   "When we arrived in the Western Regions, when we saw Lao Cheng, please say hello to me, and when we met old brothers like Xi Jun and Liang Jianfang, we also said hello to them, saying that I missed them."

  Habayashiro are all selected young and brave men from the army of the world. They are the disciples of the martial arts hall for the emperor. Qin Lang is also the instructor of the martial arts hall, and these young people are also his students.

  The emperor sent his beloved students this time to give them some opportunities to practice. The Habayashi boys were all high-spirited, and when they met Qin Lang, they all saluted and greeted him.

  Qin Lang laughed and cursed at them, wishing them a bright future.

  Among the people who set out for the expedition, there was another student of his, who was also his brother-in-law, and that was Laiji. The second place in the imperial examination in the first year of Zhenguan, the son of Qin Qiong's old boss Rong Guogong who came to protect his son.

  Laiheng is now the post-official of the cardinal's room of the Zhengshitang, the sixth rank.

   Lai Ji worked in the Ministry of War, and this time he approached Qin Lang and offered to go to the Western Regions with Changsun Wuji. Qin Lang admired his courage and supported his action. Going to the Western Regions for training is also gold-plated. After returning, this can become a very valuable qualification.

   Lai Ji became the secretary of the Changsun General Manager's Mansion and joined the army.

   "When you arrive in the Western Regions, be careful!"

  Qin Lang specially sent four guards to Laiji.

"I hope that after the Siyehu Khan is wiped out this time, the imperial court will open Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuci, Shule, and Khotan in the Western Regions as they wish. At that time, I want to stay in Anxi and serve in the Daduhufu. Let's really experience it, just like Ban Dingyuan and the others in the Han Dynasty!"

   "Good ambition, if you really have this opportunity, I will definitely help you!"

  Qin Lang liked this kind of bookishness very much, bold and romantic. Among the poets in the Tang Dynasty, there were many frontier poets, who were the most romantic, and the poems they wrote were also the most bold. This is what Qin Lang liked more than the poets of the Song Dynasty.

Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, can only write about when the spring flowers and autumn moon will come, or when Qin Guan's golden wind and jade dew meet. , or the yellow sand wears the golden armor in a hundred battles, and vows not to break Loulan forever.

   Only in the Southern Song Dynasty would heroes like Yue Fei write heroic poems like Man Jianghong, or Xin Qiji and Lu You could write passionate poems.

   "The morning rain in Weicheng is light and dusty, and the guesthouses are green and willows are new.

   Advise you to drink a glass of wine, and go west to Yangguan without any old friends! "

  Qin Lang recited a poem casually to see off Lai Ji!

  "Good poems!" Laiji's eyes lit up, and he was amazed, "It's been a long time since I saw teacher's poems being published, I never expected to get such a good poem from my teacher today, thank you!"

Laiji and Sanqian Jingqi followed Changsun Wuji to leave Chang'an and headed for the Western Regions. Along the way, 20,000 soldiers from the government would join in. At the same time, in Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, Shuofang, Monan and other places, there would also be many troops from the Abbess. , and together they obeyed the imperial edict of the Khan to attack Si Yehu.

  The men of the Tang Dynasty are always so majestic and heroic. Even the sons of nobles and relatives are rushing to go out to seek military exploits. No one is afraid of war, and the common people also yearn to go to war.

  The three thousand men who went out to fight may be hundreds less when they return, but no one is afraid.

   This is the heroic style of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

   It is also a manifestation of the martial spirit of the Han and Tang courts under the ideology of military expansion. Some people in later generations said that this was militarism and a military state, but Qin Lang still believed that in an era like the Han and Tang Dynasties, this was a commendable spirit of development.

   In this respect, the Song Dynasty has always been incomparable.

When I got home, I saw Ah Huang sitting in the front yard bragging and chatting with a group of people. Now he is also the founder of the country, with a silver fish amulet on his body, but he didn't return all night last night. He drank all night at the old friend in Pingkangfang Ah Huang, who had spent dozens of pens on wine, was still able to hold a cup of strong tea and talk nonsense there.

  Qin Lang didn't bother him either, instead he leaned aside and listened. This guy was encouraging a group of old guys from the previous mansion to settle down in Annan, talking about all the benefits there.

What once you pass, you can divide the land and grant land, you can be a bachelor here, and you can marry your mother-in-law immediately when you get there, what doesn't require a lot of gifts, and you can even marry a young woman without spending money, and you can marry a lady without spending money. The money was then paid to a few Nanman women.

  Growing cotton and sugarcane yields high returns. Rice can be harvested twice or even thrice a year. The output is higher than that in Guanzhong without any management. In any slack season, you can go to work in workshops, docks, and mines to make money.

   "You know, working there, you can earn at least a hundred dollars a day!"

"so much?"

Surrounding Ah Huang are mainly a group of grooms, coachmen and nurses in the mansion. It is not easy to live in Chang'an. In recent years, Chang'an City has become more and more prosperous, and the consumption level has increased sharply. Much higher than other places.

  Changan can now be called a middle-class family, as long as the family property has a hundred guan, it can be called a rich household if it has a thousand guan. Wealthy, rich man. Of course, due to the booming industry and commerce in recent years, there are actually many top rich men with more than 100,000 guan in Chang'an City, but these people are generally inextricably linked with the relatives of famous and noble clans. For example, a few days ago, Jingzhao Mansion just dealt with A usury case, a wealthy businessman surnamed Zou in Beijing, operated a counter shop and secretly operated usury.

  The interest rate is extremely high, and a large number of people are hired to violently collect debts, causing many murders, and often forcing debtors to sell their wives and daughters to pay off debts.

After Qin Lang became Jing Zhaoyin, he rectified Chang'an. Zou was still acting against the trend, and he was even very arrogant. Qin Lang sent people to find out that this guy had something to do with the Hongnong Yang family, and even the nobles in the Taishang Palace. Relationship, even many court officials still have dry shares with him.

   But Qin Lang didn't care about this, once he found out, even if Yang Shidao sent someone to intercede, it didn't work.

  Finally, the crown prince reported the case to the emperor. Li Shimin was also very angry after reading the case file.

  The property of the Zou family was seized. After some cleaning up, more than 600,000 yuan of assets were finally cleared.

  Many aristocratic officials who had joined hands jumped angrily, but did not dare to say anything.

  Which of the top aristocratic families in Chang'an is not worth more than 10,000 guan? Even those top aristocratic officials often cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for a meal, and tens of thousands of dollars for a pair of boots.

  But for ordinary people at the bottom of Chang’an, there are seven things to open the door, daily necessities, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea, and even rent, and earn a little money every day, so they can barely make ends meet.

  I can earn hundreds of dollars a day in Chang'an, but I can't save money at all.

  Remote places like Annan can actually earn a hundred dollars?

What attracts them even more is that Ah Huang also said that if he settles there, he can get a lot of land. He also said that the land over there is also cheaper to buy, and the house is cheaper, and he can save a lot of money in a year. .

   This is unbelievable. In Chang'an, after a year of hard work, it would be good to have food and clothing without illness or disaster. If you can save another one or two thousand yuan, you will be thankful.

   Those who eat and dress, and burn charcoal to buy salt, spend their whole lives thinking that they can raise a few children and be satisfied.

  Annan's life made them full of yearning.

   "Is it really that good?"

"Why are you lying to me, Master Huang? Now Annan owns a Wubao, five farms, two workshops, a mine, and three boats. There are more than five hundred households in my fief, and there are more than one hundred What about slaves. Do you know how chic my Master Huang is living now?"

A group of servants who always feel that the Duke of Wei's mansion is treated very well, and who have lived in Chang'an City can't help secretly marveling that the mansion of the Duke of Wei's family is treated well, at least much better than other families. But what I said to Ah Huang is really incomparable.

   "I just want to have a house of my own, even if it's smaller, just two rooms per hall." A groom sighed.

  Another family member sighed, "I still want to have a piece of land of my own, even if it has 20 or 30 mu. It is the most secure and reliable way to have my own land."

"Then go to Annan, go to Wu'an Prefecture, that is also the fiefdom of our lord. When you get there, as long as you work hard, it will definitely be a hundred times or a thousand times better than staying in Chang'an. There will be wives and concubines. There will be children, there will be fields, and there will be houses of our own."

  Qin Lang walked out with a smile, "Old Huang is right. Although Annan is not as comfortable and prosperous as Chang'an, as long as you work hard there, gold is indeed everywhere!"

Today I am going to take my wife to the hospital to wait for the second child to be born, but my mother accidentally broke her hand a few days ago, and my father had a stroke two years ago and now he has to be taken care of. First strive for two updates of 6,000 words, and wait for my wife to finish confinement and work hard to make up the updates. I will work hard to finish this book and the story without leaving any regrets!

  (end of this chapter)