Chapter 15 The Marquis's fiefdom of Zhongnan Mountain
Ten miles east of Chang'an City, on the Baqiao.
Bidding farewell to the Liu family caravan with a group of carriages, Biao Daguang saluted a standard military salute, Xu Yang looked at the back of his horse and couldn't help but think of the scene where Li Er and himself discussed the chengguan team.
"Sue sù me, what is the purpose of the so-called chengguan of these 300 private troops?"
"For my Datang to charge into battle and conquer the city."
"Do you think I believe it?"
"In the Guigu lineage, the disciples of Xiwen must have three hundred guards."
"What about those who practice martial arts?"
"One is a thousand."
"I see that your three hundred guards are also crooked melons and cracked dates, why don't you use martial arts masters, I think your safety is more secure this way."
"Can your majesty lend me the two fathers-in-law, white-eyed and white-haired, as guards?"
"Get out."
The conversation in the Liangyi Hall was very pleasant, and Li Er did not pursue the chengguan of Xu Yang's three hundred people privately, but only told him that he could not continue to expand the number of recruits.
Li Er gave the Xuyang Ministry of Industry the right to amnesty, and he could enter and leave the Ministry of Industry at will without notification, and the Quyuan Plough Ministry had already begun to make zuò, and the first batch of 50 Quyuan ploughs had been sent to the farmland near Chang'an County to test the effect.
The result is very satisfying, the modified curved plough is worthy of being the pinnacle of the plough class, the long wheel is changed to a short curved wheel, and the plow disc that can rotate freely is installed at the head of the wheel, not only makes the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also convenient to turn around and turn, the operation is flexible, saving manpower and animal power, before cultivating an acre of land can make the farmer tired and out of breath, now the use of the curved plough to continuously cultivate three acres of land makes people feel a little tired.
The farmers in Chang'an County are planning to present the 'Book of the People' Xie Majesty Xià Tian's grace, which also makes Li Erxiao can't close his mouth, and the two things of the Ministry of Industry's horseshoe and Quyuan plough must now be created as soon as possible.
Just when the Ministry of Industry was in full swing, Xu Yang had already gone to his fiefdom.
'Relying on the king's words to seal the marquis, it will be a success. ’
Xu Yang has never led soldiers, has never fought, and even he doesn't know exactly what he has done, and now he has become a marquis in a daze.
"The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day"
Xu Yang has never participated in the imperial examination, and even when he came to Datang, he has never heard of the imperial examination, it seems that February is the time for the imperial examination to start every year, but this does not affect his good mood, he came out of Chang'an Jingkangfang, and drove towards the fiefdom in a carriage with Liu Qi.
Xu Yang's fiefdom was in Zhongnan Mountain, south of Chang'an City.
Zhongnan Mountain, also known as Taiyi Mountain, Dilung Mountain, Zhongnan Mountain, Zhounan Mountain, referred to as Nanshan, is a section of the Qinling Mountains, starting from Baojimei County, Shaanxi Province in the west, and reaching Lantian County, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province in the east. Couplet: "Blessing is like the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and the longevity is greater than the old pine of Nanshan" refers to this mountain.
Nowadays, Taoism in the Tang Dynasty is rising, and there are many Taoist temples in the Zhongnan Mountain, among which the famous Yuan Tiangang, the first Taoist of the Tang Dynasty, is also living in seclusion in this mountain.
Holding the fish talisman, the road was unimpeded, and the guards of the Mingde Gate saw that it was a goldfish talisman at a glance, and they were directly released without even looking at the people in the carriage.
Out of the Mingde Gate, the carriage ran along the Qingming Canal towards Nanshan, for about half an hour, the speed of the carriage began to slow down, and gradually began to travel to the road up the mountain, the mountain road bumped and bumped, Xu Yang thought in his heart such a remote mountain road, is there anyone living here? How can there still be its own fiefdom?
As a result, just thinking about it, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the little guy pulling the carriage said respectfully: "Master Hou, Nanshan has arrived." ”
Xu Yang was a little apprehensive in his heart, stepped on a servant and got out of the carriage, and what he saw was two emerald green peaks, birds singing and flowers, the breeze blowing on his face, and the fresh air in the mountains made Xu Yang's spirit also lift.
Between the two mountain peaks, there is actually a vast mountain plain, in which the dense forest cultivates bamboo, the field houses the people, the smoke curls, the rooster cries and the dog barks, there is a feeling of paradise.
The founding of the county marquis, thousands of households, from the three products, a thousand households in this valley is Xu Yang's private property, along a dirt road, to the door of the village, only to see a slightly dilapidated archway above a black plaque with paint off, on the book: Chang'an County Village four words.
This time Liu Qixue was obedient, took the holy decree from Xu Yang's hands, trotted all the way, and arrived at the entrance of the village, sure enough, there was a big tree, but it was not a banyan tree, it seemed to be a big pine tree, a gong and drum were placed on it, and Liu Qi kept knocking hard.
At this time, it was the time of farming, and the young and strong people in the village went to the fields to plow, and most of the people who came out were women, old people and children.
Xu Yang took a closer look at these villagers, the living conditions are much better than the villagers of Maozhuang Village in Youzhou, at least in terms of clothing, they are more than a star and a half stronger than the villagers of Maozhuang in Youzhou, those thatched houses are much better than the adobe houses in Youzhou, at least most of them are wooden, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the people's living standards are still not bad, after all, the ragged people entering Chang'an City are not Chiguoguo's slap Li Er's face.
Liu Qi stood on the dirt slope under the banyan tree and said, "Who of you is in charge?" ”
An old man who seemed to be very old walked out of the crowd slowly on crutches and said slowly: "Dare to ask if the Marquis of Chang'an County, Hou Xuyang, has arrived?" ”
Xu Yang was a little dazed, and stepped forward and said, "Old man, it's Xu Yang down there." As soon as these words came out, the old man put away his crutches, knelt on the ground, and said, "Cai Yi of Zhongnan Villa in Chang'an County visited the marquis. ”
The crowd standing behind him bowed their heads and bowed.
Liu Qi was also stunned, this holy decree has not been announced yet, why did he recognize Xu Yang as a marquis?
The old man seemed to see Xu Yang's doubts, and coughed: "The day before yesterday, Gonggong Liu of Chang'an came, and every family was rewarded with money, I heard that our Zhongnan Mountain Zhuangzi was given a marquis, but it was Hou Xu Yang of Chang'an County, originally from Youzhou, listen to the justice of the Hou Ye, you are still a disciple of the Guigu, the heir of the immortal family, and the people in the Zhuangzi are waiting for the Hou Ye to come." ”
Xu Yang felt that this scene was very familiar, the figure of the old man coincided with the Ouyang Yigong in the Youzhou fiefdom, and the voices and smiles of the children in the village were still in front of him, fortunately, Biao Daguang, Zhang Er and they had already been ordered to go to Youzhou to bring people back, and it would not be long before they could reunite with them again.
When everyone is settled, he will use this Zhongnan Mountain as his own base, the industrial revolution, mechanization, overseas exploration, this qiē will open a new prelude, this is his new journey in Chang'an.
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