"Congratulations to Ma Xiang, who has become the son of heaven from now on!"

As soon as Li Chao entered Ma Zhou's house, he congratulated him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Ma Chao, who was wearing a padded jacket, listened, and just smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that I still can't escape." ”

The two of them talked as they walked inside.

"It's not a bad thing for the Son of Heaven to be in-law." Li Chao said with a smile.

"Do you know which prince your majesty is?"

"The Thirteenth Prince, King Li Zhi, how is it, a good match?"

The thirteenth prince is the prince of Yan, and Ma Zhou's daughter Xu is married to the king of Jin, which is of course good. However, there is really nothing unusual about the Son of Heaven's in-laws, the emperor now has more than 20 children, so there are more than 20 in-laws, basically all of whom are in the court.

But what if it is the son of heaven, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were also the sons of the son of heaven, but as soon as the emperor turned his face, he was still executed outside the gate of heaven.

The son of heaven who cut a thousand knives.

Ma Zhou is now a Zhongshu squire, a Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, the prince's right concubine, the prince's young master, and Xu Guogong. It is said that Ma Zhou is both an official of the East Palace and a teacher of the prince, but now he is the father-in-law of the King of Jin.

Li Chao personally came to be a matchmaker, and of course there will be no repetition.

The two sat and drank for a while, chatted for a while, and then Li Chao said goodbye.

Looking back, the palace will naturally send someone to send Wan Li to propose marriage, and Li Chao's task has ended.

Ma Zhou was delivered to the door.

"What are Wenyuan's arrangements after the year?"

Li Chao himself doesn't know what arrangements he has after the New Year, normally speaking, he is now unofficial and light, so he is naturally an idle cloud and a wild crane. But it also depends on Li Shimin, if he has to arrange some errands, Li Chao naturally has to listen to errands.

"Maybe next year I will accompany my wife and children in the capital, or go to the territory to go around. You know, I have a lot of territory, north of Wolf Mountain, southeast of Liao, as well as the Duke of Zhao in Guangnan, and Liuqiu Island in the East China Sea. When Li Chao talked about these territories, he looked a little proud.

It's really not easy to say, even if these territories are in the corners, but the territory is not small. It's nothing to be a little bit today, and you can get rich when you look back. The territory in the north of Wolf Mountain can be grazed and raised, and it can also be traded with the border market, which can also make money.

And the three territories of Liaonan, Liuqiu, and Zhao Guoling are very large, except for Zhao Guoling, who is still very biased, Liuqiu and Liaonan are both treasure lands, and they are already taking off.

Ma Zhou listened to it with a little itchy teeth, it was too embarrassing.

"Come on, you hurry home and have a few more sons, otherwise where will you inherit so much territory in the future."

Li Chao laughed and left.

With Ma Zhou, this relationship is not comparable to ordinary people, and it doesn't matter if you make some jokes with each other.

Riding a horse to get home, Li Chao was a little shivering.

Riding a horse in the cold winter is really not a pleasure. But Li Chao has a better face, as a military god, he can't sit in the carriage.

Generally, only older officials ride in carriages, and young officials, even if they are civil officials, are all riding horses and swords.

It is said that there are really many horses in the Tang Dynasty today, the Turks have been destroyed, the Khitan and Xi have been lowered, Xue Yantuo and Tuyuhun have also been surrendered, and the border trade is also very prosperous, and now the price of cattle and horses is plummeting, and even the beef and mutton are now very cheap.

A good horse, but twenty cents.

A cow, but a few dollars.

Every year, large cattle and horses are transported in, which makes the price plummet, and at the same time, countless people in the Tang Dynasty begin to own horses. Nowadays, it is not expensive to buy horses, and families with a little industry can buy horses, but there is a lot of money for raising horses for forage. The conditions are better, and there are carriages.

Large families basically have four-wheeled carriages.

Even ordinary country farmers, many of them have mules and donkeys at home to ride around.

It is about to be the fifth year of Zhenguan, and it has been ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the southern and northern wars have been pacified, and the internal troubles have been eliminated, and the foreign invaders have been exterminated, especially after the destruction of the Turks this year, the self-confidence of the people of the Tang Empire has also risen unprecedentedly.

Look at the people of the Tang Dynasty on the street, they all hold their heads up when they walk.

The wide streets of Hanking are full of traffic.

The merchant guards carry swords, and the scholars wear swords.

There are even special horse-drawn carts for renting horses and mules for renting donkeys, but here they are called donkey renters, mule renters, horse renters and cart renters.

Standing on the side of the street, if there is a need to use a car or a horse, he stretched out his hand to stop it, and these people with the word "rent" written on their clothes came over.

Hankyung is so big that it is not easy to walk on two legs.

Renting a car and renting a horse is also very cheap, and life is very convenient.

On both sides of the street, there are shops, and you can see all kinds of Huyi everywhere, and it is very interesting to see them haggling in broken official language.

Tang Hanjing, the center of the world.

As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chao is deeply honored. All this, in particular, is also the result of his hard work.

When they got home, the servants took the horses.

Li Chao felt that his legs were already a little stiff, it seems that he should take a carriage next time, although it is more majestic to ride a high-headed horse, but the weather is really cold and uncomfortable.

In the hall, Cui Yingying and a few people were listening to the red line and Siniang talking about what they had seen and heard in Lingnan, and several women were drinking osmanthus brown sugar water brought back from Jiaozhou, listening to it with relish.

"I have good news for you, Your Majesty has given us the piece of land that Chenla ceded. Now the Duke of Zhao has increased by a hundred miles from north to south. Li Chao said with a smile.

Cui Yingying grabbed Li Chao's hand and put it in her own hand to help him warm up.

"On such a cold day, you don't ride a car, what kind of horse do you ride."

The red line brought Li Chao a hand warmer, "Quickly put it on your legs to warm up." ”

"San Lang drink a cup of hot sugar water and warm up." Du Hongniang also hurriedly brought a glass of sugar water to Li Chao. Lu Shi sat on the side, still a little restrained, and could only watch a few women shush at Li Chao.

After sitting for a while, my body finally warmed up.

"Butler, call Qingshu."

Song Qingshu was studying in the house, and as soon as he arrived in the capital, Li Chao sent him to Guozijian. However, at this time, it was already the end of the year, and Guozijian also put off the winter vacation. Li Chao took Song Qingshu to visit Kong Yingda and many teachers of Guozijian is sacrificial wine, and heard Li Chao say that this was his new disciple, and heard the story of Song Qingshu, Guozijian naturally accepted this special student.

Kong Yingda is a descendant of Confucius, this year Li Chao proposed to respect Confucius as the king of Wenxuan, and posthumously crowned Confucius as the king of the previous five generations, these actions made Kong Yingda also grateful, he had a good relationship with Li Chao, and now he owes Li Chao a big favor.

Of course, he took great care of Song Qingshu, even if he was on vacation, he let Song Qingshu go to his house to study, and he taught it himself.

During the day, Song Qingshu went to the Confucian Mansion to study and listen to lectures, and when he came back at night, Li Chao would personally teach one or two when he was free. During this time, Song Qingshu was also immersed in the sea of books.

To this day, he still feels like a dream.

In the past, he thought that Jiaozhou was big enough, but when he arrived in Guangzhou, he found that it was more prosperous, and when he arrived in Hanjing, he really understood what it meant to be a giant capital.

Hangyeong, together with the surrounding towns of Gyeonggi, now has a population of more than one million, and the official figure is that the population is 1.1 million, 1.1 million people, and the daily consumption of food is as much as several thousand stones.

On the Tangbai River, the grain ships that transport grain to Beijing every day have never stopped, and the rows of huge granaries near the water gate of the capital are piled up with countless grains.

And the Zhao Wangfu is also so luxurious and huge.

Hearing that Li Chao was going to see him, he hurriedly packed up his things and then sorted out his clothes. His father stood at the door, "Son, you must listen carefully to King Zhao's words, and never forget this great kindness." ”

Father Song now lives in the Zhao Palace, and their father and son have a separate courtyard, and the mansion even arranges servants for them. Song's father's leg disease, and a doctor also treated him with medicine, and now he has slowly recuperated and has improved a lot.

This kind of life, I can't believe it.

The simple fishermen only knew that all this was given by King Zhao.

Song Qingshu came to the hall and was a little surprised to see that King Zhao's wife and concubine were also there.

"You've been in the house for a few days, and I didn't have much time before, but today, you also officially meet your sister. In a few days, those senior brothers of yours will also return to Beijing, and I will introduce you to them then. ”

Song Qingshu hurriedly greeted Cui Yingying and them one by one.

"How is it, are you still used to staying in the house?"

"The teacher is so good to our father and son, and the student can't repay it."

"Don't say those polite words, the capital is very prosperous, don't be blinded. Remember, you are here for the purpose of your studies. After a few years, you will officially move to the Guozijian dormitory and study hard. As for your father, stay in this house, and you don't have to worry about anything. You study hard, and after three years, I hope you will be able to make a blockbuster and become a high school jinshi. ”

"Qingshu must not embarrass the teacher!"

"Very well, let's go back to reading, but remember to combine work and rest. Exercise more in the morning, and sometimes, go out for a spin. If you want to go out, talk to the steward, and the coachman will be arranged, and in addition, I told the housekeeper that the house will give you ten times a month's money, and the general food and clothing will be prepared for you, and this month's money is to give you pocket expenses. ”

"Thank you, teacher."

Song Qingshu bowed gratefully, and then retreated.

"Quite a simple child, San Lang values him very much?" Cui Yingying asked.

Li Chao smiled, "This kid has a good moral character, and he is very diligent and hardworking, I can pull a handful."

In fact, this is also a common practice of many wealthy families, to help those young people with ordinary backgrounds but good talents, these people are from ordinary backgrounds and get help, of course, they are also willing to attach themselves to the wealthy families. Wealthy families mostly gather these talents in the name of protégés and righteous sons for their own use, these people have no foundation and no background, they can't do without them, and their loyalty to them will be relatively solid.

However, Li Chao didn't have so much utilitarianism towards Song Qingshu, and simply admired the hard work of this fisherman's son. Li Chao likes Song Qingshu's momentum very much, and Li Chao believes that if he helps Song Qingshu with his own resources, he will definitely be able to go further in the future.

"Qingshu, this kid is good, maybe in twenty years, he will be a Ma Zhou again!" Li Chaodao.