Chapter 42: The Hu Family and the Lu Family

It is said that Xu Qing said goodbye tomorrow at the end of the banquet, and many people understood a lot of meanings on their own. A group of people are ready to move, but they are afraid of understanding the wrong meaning, and they are waiting for the rafters to come out first. However, there was a livestock shopkeeper, for some reason, who first came to Xu Qing to send the title deed or something, and wanted to give his livestock to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing was also taken aback, although he likes to make a little money, but there is no white pie in the sky, and this is a shop. After Xu Qing asked Xiaoyue Liu San, he learned that the shopkeeper just took a fancy to his privilege of being exempted from some taxes, and recorded the store in Xu Qing's name, but in fact, the livestock business was still in the hands of the shopkeeper, and Xu Qing could get half of the original tax, which was a clever way to evade taxes.

In order for officials not to buy and sell forcefully, and to confuse the market situation, officials above the fifth grade in the Tang Dynasty could not enter the market in person, so many big officials had to buy some of this kind of industry at home, which was regarded as a side game, as long as it was not too hot, the imperial court would not care.

After asking the ins and outs and weighing various benefits, Xu Qingshuang accepted the title deed. It doesn't matter if you accept the title deed, but it makes those well-dressed families outside feel suddenly bright, and one by one I heard that Xu Qing accepted things, Huo, all big cars and small cars, all of them crowded into Xu Qing's house.

The quiet Xuzhuang was broken by the sound of horse-drawn carriages, and the path in Xuzhuang obviously could not withstand such repeated crushing, and became tattered and dusty.

Xu Qing was tired, he accepted a few gifts, and found that there were more and more people coming, and he felt that something was wrong, and he began to be a little afraid. Although this was not illegal in the Tang Dynasty, Xu Qing was always uneasy in his heart, who knew how these shops, land deeds, and goods came from, and there were some unsightly things in secret!

When the moon is full, it will be lost, and when the water is full, it will overflow, in order to cherish the reputation and protect yourself, you will be closed to thank you! The door of Xu Qing's house was closed again, like a colorful tiger coming down the mountain, as soon as he appeared, he knew the current affairs and retreated into the mountain, so that everyone was eager to try, and the purpose was not the same as the hunter punched the empty.

"Master, someone from the Hu family is here......" Uncle Zheng ran over to report.

"The Hu family, the Hu family?" Xu Qing frowned, although he closed the door to thank customers, there were still unwilling people who came scattered, which made Xu Qing very annoying.

"The Hu family in Hongshan Township was still competing with the lord for short-term work last year, and this year's land was actually zoned under the lord, and they are now the tenants of the lord!"

"Go and meet you, don't ...... gifts"

"Yes, old man......" Uncle Zheng has now completely become the housekeeper of Xu Qing's family, unlike Xiaoyue is a woman, Liu San is disabled, Uncle Zheng is familiar with ten miles and eight towns, and his ability and virtue are also reliable, so he is even better.

Uncle Zheng left for a while, and then turned back:

"Master, the people of the Hu family said that they would not give gifts, and they would sell the house to you."

"Sell a house? Ask someone to come in, I'll ask. Xu Qing thought in his heart, it would take at least half a year to set up a new house, and Xu Qing promised Xun Xue'er that he would marry her this month, so he could only hold a wedding banquet in this small house, but the place here is small, and no one can live, will he be wronged Xun Xue'er? Let's ask first.

After a while, a person came in, it turned out to be Steward Zhao, Xu Qing grinned, hehe, yes, acquaintances are easy to do.

In a few words, Xu Qingqing just arrived at the meaning of the Hu family, it turned out that the Hu family was excluded in Luonan County, and it seemed that there was also Xu Qing's influence, after all, the Hu family had a misunderstanding with Xu Qing before. Once they were squeezed out like this, it was not a good feeling for the Hu family to stay in Luonan, and besides, their land had to pay taxes to Xu Qing, so it didn't feel good, so they wanted to buy a house and run away. Thinking about it, the only one who can buy and needs to buy is Xu Qing's family.

"Steward Zhao, I understand what you mean...... The Hu family moved out, the house, the fields, the bricks, the tables and chairs, and a few craftsmen are all mine? Xu Qing asked.

"If you go back to the lord, everything in the house is the lord's. The tenants and craftsmen outside the house are also considered lords. Steward Zhao trembled and returned, not seeing his former spirit.

"What about the handmaid of the Hu family?"

"Amount, this is not much, the Hu family wants to return to their ancestral hometown to settle down, and the maidservant girl also wants to bring it back."

"Well, how much silver can be done?"

"Two thousand... Two thousand taels of silver......" Steward Zhao said cautiously.

"Well, you go back first, I'll discuss it with the housekeeper." Xu Qing was noncommittal and waved his hand to let him go.

In the Tang Dynasty, in the center of the first-tier cities, the kind of houses repaired with furniture packaging were two stones and five liters per foot of wheat. "Ruler" here is a unit of area, regarded as a square foot, Tang per square foot is about 0.03 square meters, which is more than 20 taels of silver per square meter. If it is in other cities, or even in the countryside, the price is much lower, probably less than seven taels and one square meters, and this is only the place with tiles on the head, not counting the garden pond in front and back.

Xu Qing asked Uncle Zheng and others, and they also said that it was this price, and they had been to the Hu family to do part-time work before, and they all said that the Hu family's house was good. Xu Qing asked how it compared with the current Xu Mansion, and Uncle Zheng said that the Hu family's house was twice as big as Xu Qing's, and the entire courtyard would be more than five times larger.

Xu Qing was happy in his heart, and he wanted to discuss with Guan Xuan as soon as possible and ask them not to build a house, transfer the money to build a house, and buy it. It's just that before buying, I have to go and see for myself, the Hu family's house, it seems that I have to arrange a time to go to Hongshan Township for a visit.

Just when Xu Qing was thinking about the new house, Uncle Zheng came in again:

"Sir, the people of the Lu family are also here, can you see it?"

"Oh, interesting, what day is it, why are all these troublesome people here."

Xu Qing still sat in the room and waited for a while, when a half-aged man walked in:

"Lord Xu, grass farmer Lu Shi will give you a ......," Lu Shi bowed.

"The Lu family is also an official family, so Master Lu doesn't have to be polite." Xu Qing said politely.

"Lord Xu, I already know about my nephew's incident, I taught him a lesson, he won't come to entangle him in the future......" Lu Shi meant that Xun Xue'er's matter was their fault. My nephew is a concubine, no one is willing to discipline him, and he causes trouble everywhere with the prestige of his family, and the villain kowtows to the lord to make amends. ”

"Oh? What does Master Lu want? Xu Qing looked at Lu Shi, who was kowtowing, and sneered, the Lu family took the initiative to let go, and it was impossible not to order something.

"The secret recipe of the rock sugar gourd......" Lu Shi said an unexpected condition.

Xun Xue'er's matter did not have much impact on Xu Qing, but for Xun Xue'er's sake, it was still necessary to eliminate the last trace of hidden dangers, after all, the verdict of the county government could not withstand the rumors. And the rock sugar gourd is not so important to the current Xuzhuang for a long time, and it is not impossible to let it out.

"Why do you want this?" Xu Qing still asked curiously.

Lu Shi thought that Xu Qing would not agree, so he quickly knelt down and said sadly:

"My house is the concubine of the Lu family, and the Lu family is now declining, and it is all maintained by drawing old blood. In the past, they never took care of me, only a few thin fields and a few properties for me to take care of, but now every time they ask for money, they come to me and ask for money, and if they don't comply, they threaten me to wait for my wife and children. ”

"I know that Lord Xu's rock sugar gourd sells well, so I want to make some private money so that I can leave a way out for myself."

"Alas, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read...... Another tragedy of a concubine. Seeing his pitiful appearance, Xu Qing also asked Uncle Zheng to tell him how to make sugar gourds, but now the hawthorn is not ripe, so he can only use other things to demonstrate. After learning the technique, Lu Shi thanked him for his kindness, saying that he wanted to give Xu Qing half of the money he earned, but Xu Qing didn't take it seriously.