Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

"Uncle, the manor is worth a lot of money, right? Isn't it inappropriate to give it to me like this?"

Su Chen was a little flattered. Such a big manor was given away just like that?

Aren't there many people in your family and the expenses are huge?

Li Shimin glanced at Changle and thought: Humph! I even gave you my precious daughter, why do you care about this?

"Humph! That kid already calls you brother-in-law, what's appropriate or inappropriate."

Li Shimin just said that. He wanted Su Chen to grow all those things in the manor, where it was safe.

Su Chen blushed a little when he heard it, and glanced at Changle.

'Why do I feel a bit like a son-in-law? '

"Uncle, aunt, then I will accept the manor, and I will give you a thousand times the betrothal gift in the future."

Su Chen was not a shy person, and he stood up and promised generously on the spot.

As soon as he sat down, a little hand twisted his waist, and Su Chen immediately took a breath of cold air.

‘These girls’ tricks are really timeless.’

…

“Manager Li, we just finished our meal, let’s go have a cup of tea to help digestion, what do you think?”

Sitting on the dining chair, Cheng Yaojin kept glancing at the coffee table in the living room, probably thinking about the peanuts and melon seeds.

Li Shimin glanced at him, knowing what he was thinking but didn’t scold him.

“Su Chen, after tea, I’ll take you to the manor to see, and plant those seeds as soon as possible.”

Nodding, he stood up and looked at Su Chen.

“Okay, uncle, by the way, everyone can taste these peanuts and melon seeds, and I’ll rely on these two things to open a teahouse in the future.”

Su Chen stood up and nodded, smiling slightly!

Cheng Yaojin couldn’t wait to laugh.

“Hahaha! That’s great!”

…

Soon they drank tea to their heart’s content and finished the peanuts and melon seeds.

Everyone came to the backyard door of the restaurant.

"Manager Li, Lao Du and I have some things to deal with at home, so we won't accompany you. Zhijie and Jingde can accompany you."

Wei Zheng and Zhangsun Wuji also said goodbye. They were civil servants and had things to deal with.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui asked Li Shimin for instructions. They had to go back to handle official business.

Li Shimin nodded in agreement and pretended to be polite to each other.

"Brother-in-law, can you ride a horse?"

Although Li Shimin's carriage was large, men in the Tang Dynasty rarely traveled in carriages. Most of them rode horses.

Su Chen was not sure if he could ride a horse. When he saw the horses led by the guards,

Damn, these horses had no saddles. How could he ride them? It would be embarrassing if he fell off.

"Well, brother-in-law, I don't know how to ride a horse because I've never ridden one. This horse looks weird."

After Su Chen finished speaking, he received a look of contempt from Changle: "Jin'er and I can both ride horses!"

Empress Changsun smiled and said: "Su Chen, you and Li Zhi can ride in the carriage with us. The journey is not far."

Su Chen thought to himself, mother-in-law is still the best.

Although Li Shimin traveled in casual clothes, his carriage was not small. It was much larger than Changle's carriage when he went out of the city to pick tea leaves last time.

The carriage drove for about 20 minutes and arrived outside Chang'an City and stopped at a manor.

Su Chen got off the carriage and glanced around. It felt big.

In front of him was a square with three buildings arranged in a triangular shape in front.

Looking further into the distance, the scenery was beautiful, with rockery and a large pool.

Looking to the left and front, there was a large field, and there was a village on the other side of the field.

There is a river on the right, and on the other side is a whole piece of wasteland and forest.

Looking at everything in front of me, I thought: This is not a manor of ten thousand acres, including the wasteland on the right, it is two or three thousand acres.

"Brother-in-law, how is it? This manor is big enough! Do you see the village over there? There are more than eighty households, all of whom are tenants of this manor.

You will be the owner of this manor in the future, and they will pay rent to you."

Su Chen was stunned by what he heard. There are still tenants? Thinking: Wouldn't I be a landlord?

"Brother-in-law, do they all live by renting the fields of this manor?"

Thinking: Can they cultivate so much land? Unlike modern tractors.

Li Chengqian thought for a moment and put his arm around Su Chen's shoulders:

"Brother-in-law, some of them fled to Chang'an a few years ago due to the disaster. My father arranged them here. At least they have land to farm and will not starve to death.

In addition, there are some farmers who have no land and can only rely on renting land from landlords and farm owners to make a living.

So my father collects 30% less rent than other landlords."

Su Chen nodded slowly, thinking: This is the sadness of ancient farmers.

But now is not the time to think about these things. He retracted his thoughts and looked at Li Chengqian:

"Brother-in-law, is the curved plow ready? Where are the seeds?"

The self-rotating waterwheel SuChen did not ask, that was a bit complicated and should not be made so quickly.

Li Chengqian did not know either, so he called a guard from the farm to ask, and the guard told him that it had been delivered.

"Brother-in-law, the seeds are in the warehouse over there and someone is on duty. The curved plow has been delivered, you put it over there."

Li Chengqian pointed in the direction while speaking, and the plow was placed on the edge of the plot, and then everyone walked towards the field.

At this time, there were already many tenants watching at the end of the field. They didn't know what the curved pear was used for.

But they felt like it was a plow, after all, they were also people who had been farming for a lifetime.

Li Shimin didn't know what it was, and when Li Chengqian asked someone to go back to the palace to make it, he happened to be out of the palace.

"Su Chen, what is this? It looks a bit like a plow."

Li Shimin looked left, right, and touched it.

Su Chen smiled and said, "Uncle, this thing is called a curved plow. One person and one ox can plow five or six acres of land every day."

When this was said, the first to be shocked were the tenant farmers. They were now using a straight plow, which required two plows and four people to plow the land.

So in the Tang Dynasty, there was a shortage of cattle, and eating beef was prohibited. Even if a cow died, it had to be reported to the government, otherwise it would be imprisoned.

"My nobleman, are you talking about using this plow, one person and one ox can plow the land?"

One of the tenant farmers asked with a bow.

Su Chen felt a sense of intimacy when he saw the farmers, and smiled:

"Uncle, do you have cattle at home? Bring the ox and try it out and you will know."

The tenant farmer immediately replied that he had, and turned to bring the cattle.

Su Chen turned around and smiled, and glanced at Li Chengqian:

"Land like this doesn't need cows. When it's land reclamation or too hard land or paddy fields, cows are needed to pull the plow."

After that, he moved a curved plow to the edge of the field and winked at Li Chengqian.

Everyone followed to the edge of the field, and Li Chengqian immediately stepped forward and asked in disbelief:

"Brother-in-law, you don't want me to pull the plow, do you?"

Li Chengqian thought to himself: You want to use me like a cow!

Su Chen smiled: "Brother-in-law, you try it first, and I'll pull the plow when we turn around."

Hearing Su Chen say this, he felt a little more balanced.

Li Chengqian grabbed the rope in front of the plow, and Su Chen held the plow.

In the surprised expressions of everyone, the plow ate the soil and moved forward slowly.

And they also found that when the plow plows the land, the soil will automatically turn outward.

A tenant squatted in the plowed land, looked carefully, and gestured with his hands.

"What a magical tool! This plow not only saves oxen and labor, but also digs deeper into the soil, and will definitely yield more grain. What a magical tool!"

The tenant farmer shouted excitedly.

Others also discovered the wonders of this curved plow, and Li Shimin was even more excited.

He understood the hard work of farmers too well. In the past, it was very hard for two oxen and four people to plow with a straight plow.

Now with this curved plow, the demand for oxen can be greatly reduced. In fact, there are not many farmers in the Tang Dynasty who have oxen.

Many households can only have one ox.