Section 59 Night Talk in the Villa (2)
"The view from this mountain lodge is beautiful! Is it Princess Beppu? Tang Tian asked. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Yes!" Feng Xiaobao said carefully: "I ...... with the princess Very familiar! ”
To what extent is it ripe? She knows all the secrets.
"Oh!" Tang Tian replied and asked, "How is the princess?" ”
It's a good thing to be willing to inquire about the enemy, if she doesn't even ask, it will be dangerous, and she may give up Feng Xiaobao.
"The princess is a good person, and she doesn't bully others, I'm with her, and she basically lets me!" Feng Xiaobao said, thinking about the princess is indeed good, she has never lost any temper with him, and she is very tolerant, with the respect of a princess, it is really rare! (In fact, it was his modern style that confused the princess, he was neither humble nor arrogant to her, and the princess felt that he really didn't take her completely to heart, people were always a little cheap, and the princess was also cheap)
So, fight for two boats with your feet on your feet!
The two were talking in the mid-mountain pavilion, talking about their respective situations, they were in a hurry during the day, and there was little time to say, but now they had time.
"Is your ranch huge?"
"Yes, our ranch is in Liangzhou, and we can't go to the edge for three days and three nights on horseback!"
Scared, it turned out to be Bai Fumei, disrespectful and disrespectful!
Not only Bai Fumei is so simple, the Tang family has a lot of influence in Liangzhou, and the military horses of the Tang Dynasty buy a large number of military horses from them every year, although they are from the Hu people, they are the firm subjects of the Tang Dynasty, and they do not hook up with foreign clans, so they annex the ranch and get the support of the Tang military.
"Is the situation in Liangzhou good?"
"Hard to say!" Tang Tian said: "We used to fight with the Turks a lot, and in recent years, the Turks have stopped a lot, but the imperial court ...... The battle with Tibet was in full swing, and our family raised a large number of horses to support the front......"
The Tang army fought with Tubo was a major event of the year, and the Tang general Xue Rengui led an army of 100,000 to attack Tubo as the general manager of the Luo Suo Road march, which consumed huge military resources and contributed a large number of horses to the Tang family ranch.
The Tang family slaughtered a large number of horses, and the money was often not collected (the Tang army's finances were tight), and if it were not for the business income from the Western Regions to help, the Tang family would be difficult to maintain.
The things at home can't help much for the time being, but Feng Xiaobao will give the general distribution of what soap to the Tang family, and it is not without a small supplement, when people use soap to do hygiene, it is not popular, but it is difficult to prevent the fragrance of soap, and it is convenient to use, many Hu people who yearn for the civilization of the Central Plains like to use it, washing their bodies with soap can remove the smell of sheep on their bodies, but it is a pity that it is difficult to buy in Liangzhou, after all, the production is still small, and even Chang'an and Luoyang are in short supply.
was talking, I heard a sound of footsteps, it turned out to be the head of the house, Ding Shiniang, and someone came with supper.
Tea and delicate snacks, hey good.
Feng Xiaobao ate a cheese cake and praised it.
"It's good if Childe likes it!" Ding Shiniang said earnestly: "We sent someone to Luoyang to learn about meals and make dim sum, and we only came back some time ago, and Gongzi was the first to try it." ”
In the past, there were few princesses, at most once or twice a year, so there was no pressure in the villa, the diet was super unpalatable, and the chef who cooked was a part-time butcher who killed pigs.
Later, Princess Qianjin and Feng Xiaobao came from time to time, and the two dog men and women were both food-conscious people, and the diet of the mountain villa had to be updated.
"Well, what are these?" Feng Xiaobao looked at the booklet in a tray and asked.
"Here's the ledger!" Ding Shiniang said: "The princess has explained, the son is also the boss, and the accounts must be reported to you!" ”
"Come on, you can get to the point, I don't have time to watch it!" Feng Xiaobao was busy with the ditch girl and didn't have much free time to read the account books.
"Okay!" So Xin Shi Niang talked about the income, almost a hundred times a day of net profit!
"We have already wrapped half of Luoyang's fat and oil, and we have also bought three firewood mountains!" Speaking of prosperous business, Ding Shiniang's eyes lit up, and her eyebrows danced.
"She will be the CEO of a first-class company in the future!" Feng Xiaobao sighed with emotion and asked, "Have all those wastes been disposed of?" ”
"Yes!" Ding Shiniang hurriedly said: "We landfill the waste materials, and at the same time plant trees on it, and the chopped firewood mountains are also replanted back with saplings, there are timber trees and fruit trees, and they can grow if they are often taken care of." ”
These are all handled according to Feng Xiaobao's wishes, the princess does not interfere, she can listen to opinions, so Feng Xiaobao has a good impression of her good temper, and wants to step on two boats!
After talking about business, Feng Xiaobao asked casually, "Is there anything else?" ”
Ding Shiniang hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The princess bought 3,500 acres of land!" ”
"Oh!" Feng Xiaobao said in surprise: "The princess is so big, people are willing to sell it?" ”
"Yes, the land has been bought, but the drought has worsened the insects, and it is difficult to have a harvest, but we have to pay grain to the court." Ding Shiniang told the trouble encountered in the villa, this is something that she and the princess are worried about.
This year is the ninth year of Xianheng of the Tang Dynasty, the world is still plagued by frequent famines, last year's floods and droughts, this year's drought and frost insects, the people are hungry and difficult, life is hard, and the court is also suffering, they want to help the victims, the productivity at that time is not developed, the transportation is not convenient, how can a large amount of food be quickly transported like now, settle the victims.
To a certain extent, Wu Zetian works in Luoyang because of the lack of food in Chang'an!
The land drought made the landlords have to sell the land, and the 3,500 acres of the princess is obtained from this background.
"Is there any trouble with the land?"
"There is no water, and there are locusts!" Ding Shiyi said.
It is indeed a big trouble, lack of water can not grow crops, locusts eat clean farm harvest, great harm to agriculture!
Speaking of which, Ding Shiniang shouldn't tell Feng Xiaobao about this matter, but it's also difficult for her, a female streamer, in charge of the affairs of the inner government, that's a full 6,500 acres of land to take care of! looks like scenery on the outside, but in fact she is walking on thin ice, how many people look at her unpleasantly, and how many people gossip about her.
The princess is a royal family, high up, sometimes it is difficult to communicate, she can tell her when to fertilize, when to exterminate insects, her life is just to listen to the report and see the results!
But without her clear instructions and support, it would be difficult for Ding Shiniang to do things.
On the contrary, Feng Xiaobao has a transcendent status, and he also understands a lot of rural affairs, if he can get his support, the princess will have nothing to say, and others will not be able to provoke Feng Xiaobao.
"Lack of water?" Feng Xiaobao said puzzledly: "Isn't it over if you do a water conservancy project!" ”
"As for the locusts, won't they be exterminated?"
"Yes!" Ding Shiniang is almost in tears, she wants to do a water conservancy project, but it is impossible to ask the princess to see the place, and if the princess does not press it.
"Difficult?" Feng Xiaobao asked understandingly.
"They say that the earth dragon should not be moved lightly, ancestor feng shui!" Ding Shiniang said, adding another fire and said: "They also say that the locusts are sent from heaven......"
Feng Xiaobao became angry when he heard it: "Don't move lightly, this territory is the princess's, the princess's place, when will it be their turn to talk!" ”
Feng Xiaobao knew that the people of the world were ignorant in these years, and the people did not dare to touch feng shui lightly, and they thought that locusts were disasters from heaven, and they did not dare and could not provoke them. The knowledgeable scholars simply think that the ruler is not cultivating enough virtue and is God's punishment for him, so the ruler should seek God's forgiveness by sacrificing to heaven and earth, admitting immorality and strengthening self-cultivation, and even killing a few "scapegoats", and then the disaster will disappear.
In recent years, this statement has become more and more popular: Wu mm is in charge of the government, Ji Si Chen, male officials can't see it, there is a famine, all the people who pull it to Wu mm, for disaster relief... Hey, they wish they were coming a little more and being more diligent!
Even if it is a martial artist with three heads and six arms, but things have to be done by male officials, they are not satisfied, the famine is getting more and more serious, and the people are not getting the right guidance, and life is becoming more and more difficult... The famine caused the price of rice to become higher and higher, and the price of rice was high, and it was difficult for the common people and the imperial court.
Feng Xiaobao is also clear about Ding Shiniang's calculations, but after all, it is where he is good, so let's do a little bit for her!
After Ding Shiniang said goodbye and left, Feng Xiaobao and Tang Tian talked for a long time and rested separately.
It was night, and two strange sounds echoed over the villa, followed by the sound of dogs barking and geese.