Chapter 278: To Each His Love
Tang Ming suffered a dumb loss in the location of the mansion, and the thousands of acres of fertile land could no longer be sloppy. Writing "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info fortunately, he is not in a hurry to build the Hou Mansion now, and he is also used to living in the Zheng Mansion now, so this Hou Mansion will be built slowly.
In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, Tang Ming learned to be smart this time, and took Zhu Di to walk around all the manors in the suburbs of Nanjing, and finally took a fancy to a small village at the foot of the West Mountain, which happened to have not been divided out, so Tang Ming returned to the city to find Xia Yuanji.
When the old guy saw Tang Ming pulling a face, he knew that he must have gone to see the prince's mansion, and greeted him with a smile, but he didn't forget to say sarcastically: "Oh, Weihaihou is really hard, it's very tiring to run back and forth to Xicheng on this hot day, come and come to the hall to rest and drink a cup of tea." ”
Xia Yuanji's flat face made Tang Ming very unhappy, but he couldn't say anything at this time, so he had to follow him into the inner hall casually.
The old man of the history department Shangshu Saiyi was actually there, he was sitting in the hall and was leisurely sipping tea, and when he saw Tang Ming enter the room, the old guy just nodded and said hello. People respect themselves for a foot, and they respect others, this is Tang Ming's guideline.
The old guy gave himself a look, he naturally didn't need to go to him, and he didn't even want to nod his head, Tang Ming directly ignored Saiyi's existence. I found a random place to sit down, and I was about to talk to Xia Yuanji about the fiefdom.
But Xia Yuanji preemptively said: "I don't know if the Hou Ye is satisfied with the palace, but the old man heard that there are more than ten acres of land." To have such a large area in Nanjing City, Hou Ye can also be regarded as the first person in this dynasty. ”
Xia Yuanji continued to ridicule Tang Ming, making Saiyi, who was put on a side, very happy, and the old guy squinted his eyes, waiting to see Tang Ming's expression of being dumb.
In the face of this kind of entangled person, Tang Ming chose the most direct way to deal with it, and said with a smile: "Well, I have to thank Lord Xia for this, the emperor only gave me about five acres of homestead, and you gave Tang ten acres directly, in order to express gratitude, you must invite Lord Xia to enjoy your face and eat a light meal." ”
didn't see the scene as they imagined, Saiyi and Xia Yuanji were a little disappointed. It's boring to hold on to it anymore, Xia Yuanji put away his smiling face and said seriously: "Since the mansion is satisfied, I don't know what else is the matter with the Hou Ye coming to the old man?" ”
"It's not a secret, before coming to Lord Xia, Tang had already walked around the suburbs outside the city with the prince, and he wanted to use a place as a fief, and hoped that Lord Xia could go through the formalities."
"Oh, I don't know what Master Hou has taken a fancy? Originally, this fief has always been directly designated by the emperor, and this time the Hou Ye did not mention the exact place in the holy decree, which gave the Hou Ye a chance to choose, but since the emperor did not specify the exact location, then this matter must be in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the place chosen by the Hou Ye does not involve the fiefs of other princes and ministers, the old man can still call the shots. ”
Where are there any good places left in the suburbs near the city of Nanjing, and the slightly better places have long been annexed by the princes and ministers, and the only ones that can be left for Tang Ming are those who are picked by others, so Xia Yuanji said that he did not involve other people's fiefdoms, and said that he was dead.
Fortunately, Tang Ming did not pick a fief near the imperial city, but went directly to the foot of the remote West Mountain, where most of the wasteland is still there. Tang Ming took a fancy to the scenery there, and the beautiful mountains and rivers were the place to make an ideal manor, and whether the land was suitable for farming was not within the scope of his consideration at all.
Every prince and minister grows grain in their fiefdoms, and they can make as much oil and water as they can in a year by following the trend of growing grain to support their death. If you don't squeeze those farmers, it is estimated that it will be enough for the princes and ministers to have enough food and clothing.
Vision and advanced insight, so that Tang Ming's cognition of the land has a broader understanding, now Nanjing City can be regarded as the most prosperous capital in the Ming Dynasty, almost most of the princes and ministers have families here, these people are hens that can lay golden eggs, so Tang Ming directly hit their ideas.
Tang Ming glanced at Xia Yuanji's serious face, and said with a slight smile: "Lord Xia, you can rest assured, what Tang chooses will definitely not involve other people's fiefs." Tang has always liked quiet, so this time he and the prince went to those remote mountainous areas to take a fancy to the village of Gaochun Qiqiao, thinking that there should be no other people's fiefdoms involved here, right? ”
"Gaochun Paint Bridge?"
Xia Yuanji obviously didn't remember that there was such a place, so the attendant took the map and searched carefully, and it took a while to find such a place in the barren land of Xishan. He looked at Tang Ming in disbelief, because this place is mostly mountainous, and it is indeed quiet enough, but it is also far away from Nanjing City.
He was stunned and pointed to the small black dot on Gao Chun on the map and said, "Xia heard it right, does Master Hou want this place?" ”
Tang Ming glanced at the small black dot the size of a mung bean on the map, nodded and smiled: "Yes, Tang wants this place, I don't know if it's okay or not?" ”
After being stunned, Xia Yuanji quickly returned to normal, the old guy looked at Tang Ming with a foolish expression, hugged his fists and said that he immediately turned around and entered his study, and after a while, he turned around and came back, and he already had an extra document stamped with the seal of the household in his hand.
Xia Yuanji handed the document to Tang Ming, laughed and teased: "Hou Ye is really a son of a master, they all say that real masters like to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, the old man really doesn't believe it, but now from Hou Ye's body, the old man has to believe it." ”
Tang Ming, who took the paperwork, opened it first and glanced at it, and after making sure that there was no problem, he replied modestly: "Lord Xia praised it, Tang Mou is a mortal man, where can he be called a son of a master." After the matter is done, he will not bother Lord Xia, and Tang will leave. ”
Xia Yuanji and Saiyi sent the prince and Tang Mingneng away together, and Saiyi immediately returned to the map on the wooden table, and looked carefully for a long time and still didn't find anything wrong with Gao Chun. It's really a remote mountainous area that doesn't have any use.
"Brother Xia, what is the purpose of this Weihaihou choosing his fief in such a poor place with mountains and bad waters?" Saiyi was still skeptical about this, he never believed that Tang Ming, such a smart person, would make a decision like a fool.
Although Xia Yuanji was also very confused, he didn't care too much about these, the place was chosen by Tang Ming himself, and he couldn't complain about others. If you have time to figure out its intentions, it is better to put your mind on making more benefits, you must know that the old wife at home has been shouting about rising prices recently, and it is not enough. (To be continued.) )