Chapter 123: Good Grange

The next day, I found a guide and drove outside the city with my wives to find the imperial village given by Li Yuan. Li Yuan's imperial village is not big, in that place, it belongs to the only one, so Li Yuan gave this imperial village to Xu Qing, but he lost a chicken rib, and Xu Qing won great glory.

Huangzhuang is naturally a land with fertile land and abundant products, and local officials also choose good and hard-working people to cultivate it, and water sources and fertilizers are used preferentially. Out of Tonghuamen to the east, led by the guide to walk four or five miles, and then to the north two or three miles, but saw a mountain pass, a small road that only allowed one car to pass through winds out. The guide said that this was there, so Xu Qing and the others drove in. Entering the mouth, it suddenly opened up, the land was level, the houses were like, the fruit trees and farmland were staggered, the smoke was curling, and the chickens were barking and the dogs were barking.

Around Chang'an, there are many imperial villages, plus the borderless land left by the former Sui ministers, all of which have been divided into large areas to the emperor's relatives and relatives, and the heroes and nobles. However, the fields need to be measured, and they need to be measured neatly, and several pieces of land are sealed here. Under the staggering, just left this mountain col, called Shantian Huangzhuang, now go to the emperor.

In the imperial village, there is a village owner who manages the affairs of the village, either a retired old eunuch, or some distant relatives of the royal family who are not in Wufu, and there may be some palace maids who were originally favored by the master's son. And this Shantian Huangzhuang is relatively small, and only a eunuch named Feng Qi is stationed.

Huangzhuang is different, and the houses where the people live are also built of bricks and stones, which is comparable to Xuzhuang. In each imperial village, there is a mansion in case the emperor comes to check it from time to time. However, Huangzhuang does not say thousands, there are always hundreds, how can there be time to look at them one by one? But like the three thousand beauties of the harem, you can't stop dressing yourself just because the emperor can't come. There is no one who does not see, thirty-six years.

At this time, although the Huangzhuang was given to Xu Qing, the above documents were still in Xu Qing's arms like the title deed, and he had to go to settle with Eunuch Feng Qi.

Looking at the surrounding scenery, Huang Shimei couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Xu, this place is good, just like the ancient yi mentioned in the book,"

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Yes, look at this mountain, it just hugs this Zhuangzi, the land in the col is enough to cultivate, and fruit trees can be planted in the col and on the mountain." If a gate is built at the mouth of the mountain, it will be closed for the city. ”

As he spoke, he saw a Zhumen mansion appear in front of him. Around the mansion, it is surrounded by a wall that is half as tall as a person, and outside the wall, a row of trees is planted along the wall.

Refreshing.

Although it was a snowy day, Xu Qing still felt comfortable when he saw the house, and he didn't know what was going on inside. stepped forward, knocked on the door, and a eunuch came out, it seemed that it was Feng Qi. Xu Qing wore a purple-clothed official robe, civilian clothes.

Feng Qi looked at Xu Qing and knew that Xu Qing was a big official, so he quickly knelt down and said: "Villain Feng Qi, I was ordered to guard this imperial village, I don't know if the adults are coming, what are your orders?" ”

Xu Qing took out the document from his arms, dusted it and said: "Shantian Huangzhuang, the twenty-first day of the first month of the ninth year of Wude was given to Yunlu General Xu Qing, and the owner of the village, Feng Qi, negotiated the matter. ”

He also said: "Gonggong Feng, this is the dictation of the saint, the document that came down from the six parts, this is the title deed, you can take a look." ”

Feng Qi was first shocked, then helpless, and with endless sorrow, he took the document and glanced at it: "Dare to ask your lordship, where is Lord Xu now?" ”

Xu Qing said indifferently: "This official is,"

Feng Qi bowed again: "The villain doesn't know the adult, please forgive the sin, please stay in the hall again, the villain will go and get the account book of the Huangzhuang and point it to the adult." ”

Xu Qing waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, is there firewood in this house, find a room to make a fire, the matter of Huangzhuang real estate, let's talk about it later,"

Feng Qi bowed and said, "Huh,"

Xu Qing went to help Xun Xue'er and the others get out of the car, and they all walked to the door hall to ward off the cold, this is, Feng Qi dragged a brazier, and brought a bag of charcoal, put some plush leaves in the brazier, and then put small dry firewood, and used flint and steel to click and click, and the fire got up. Put the charcoal in it, the charcoal is flammable, and it will be red for a while. From the opening of the door to the present, this eunuch Feng Qi has no intention of resisting at all, Xu Qing is a little strange, it is said that Feng Qi is the boss of this imperial village, what he says, what is it, now that Xu Qing came, he deprived him of his power, why is he not a little discouraged?

The charcoal burned vigorously, and the women and Xu Qing were warm. This is Feng Qi holding the account book, and said to Xu Qing: "Lord Xu, these three account books are production, land width, and people. ”

Xu Qing took a casual look, gave it to Huang Shimei, and asked Feng Qidao: "Do you know whose land you want around Shantianzhuang?" ”

Feng Qi replied: "The land on the east side is the fief of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Wushiyan, eight hundred households, and on the right is the Ministry of Rites, the head of Tiance Mansion, the Huangmen Shilang of the inspection school, and the home of Tang Jian, the Duke of Juguo, but the Tang Duke is in the fief Jinzhou, which is just the land bought by the Tang Gong. ”

Xu Qing suddenly said, no wonder these two Shangshu worked hard to seal this Huangzhuang to me, it turned out that relatives couldn't climb it, but instead climbed neighbors. This warrior Yan doesn't have so many positions than that Tang Jian, but Xu Qing still thinks that the warrior is more powerful, because he is Wu Zetian's father. In terms of power, this Tang Jian should also be deeply trusted by the emperor, such as the position of the Yellow Gate Squire. The Yellow Gate Squire was a position in the Inner Dynasty and one of the emperor's private secretaries.

Fortunately, Xu Qing's official position is not small, and he will not feel too depressed when squeezed between these two people.

Seeing that Xu Qing didn't speak, Feng Qi bowed down and begged: "Lord Xu, after the emperor is sealed to you here, the villain has no place to live, and his hometown is thousands of miles away, please ask Lord Xu to have mercy on the villain." ”

Xu Qing glanced at him when he heard this, so it was so, no wonder he was so enthusiastic. Xu Qing then nodded and said, "Get up, I'll share a room with you another day." ”

Feng Qi hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The villain greets Lord Xu." ”

Xu Qing looked at Huang Shimei at this time, and saw that she had just finished reading the three account books, and looked at Xu Qing and nodded. Xu Qing knew that there was no problem with the account books, so he also got up and said, "Feng Qi, take the official to walk around and see how big this Zhuangzi is." ”

Feng Qi nodded in agreement, but Xun Xue'er said at this time: "Slow, Xu Lang, there is a pair of snow boots on the carriage, you change them, you can't step on the snow." ”

Xu Qing turned around and said with a smile: "Okay, you can just bake the fire in the house, and go out to have a look, be careful."

Feng Qi took Xu Qing to walk around the house, there were also a lot of rooms, and there was a lotus pond in the backyard, but now it was frozen. Out the back door, there is a large field, dry land. Behind the field, there are the mountains surrounding this small basin, Feng Qi pointed to those mountain roads, those mountains from the foot of this side of the mountain to the foot of that side of the mountain, are all our family's place, the martial arts and the Tang family can't even occupy a little bit of the foot of the mountain.