Looking at the villagers who were busy digging the foundation and building the framework, Li Tai suddenly found that since he entered the township last year, the construction of the manor seems to have never stopped.

The obsession with housing and residence, people who have not experienced Li Tai's era are really a little incomprehensible.

At present, there are more than 300 brick houses in Shangyuanzhuang alone, covering a large area of flat land and slopes, and it is definitely the largest manor in Zuojin Township.

Other people's homes may be larger in overall area than Li Tai's manor, but when it comes to housing area, it is really difficult to match.

The master's residence may still be under construction, but most of the slaves and maids of the tribe are crowded into shacks, and some simply live in tents for several years.

Li Taizhuang's previous marriage to the male and female trilogy, one family and one house, has their own living space, and if they work harder in the coming year, they can also enjoy an independent house and have children.

The single tribes are four of them, talking about the superiority of the living environment, which is unique in Shangyuan Zuo and even in the entire Wuxiang County.

Many outsiders were amazed when they came here, and there was no shortage of recruited short-term workers who even wanted to give up their status as freemen and want to join the village to become Li Tai's tribe.

The scale pattern of the manor also made Li Tai a recognized wealthy man in the township. In their minds, what does it look like to have a lot of savings in the household, so they are willing to allocate such a bright house to the subordinates?

It is also thanks to this understanding of the villagers that when Li Tai was preparing for the construction of the canal last year, there were many villagers who came here to see the scale of the manor and agreed to join it. Not to mention anything else, at least the financial resources are guaranteed!

Li Tai himself knew that although the manor had a slight surplus last year, it was still far from the level of great wealth in the villagers' concept, but he was also happy to be misunderstood by others.

Ordinary people may still pay attention to wealth and do not show it, but Li Tai has no such concerns. Not to mention that there is no shortage of strength in his own army, after the big parade in the autumn of last year, he ordered people to build a row of military houses on the south side of the manor, and lent it to the garrison of the county and township regiment to live.

At present, Shangyang Shu has been upgraded to Shangyang Defense, and although the military city has also been built, these military houses are still stationed in rotation with township regiments. After all, Li Tai has made such a great effort to organize the township group, and he is also eligible to enjoy some privileged care.

After the start of the canal incident, the storage and dispatch of materials in the village became more frequent, and it was indeed necessary to strengthen security measures. The forces gathered by Shang Yuan Zhuang were more than enough to deal with the thieves wandering in the village, and as long as it was not attacked by an army of thousands of people, it would basically not affect the operation of the manor.

The construction of several warehouses was very fast, and the foundation was laid and the ramming wall was built, and the short-term workers recruited by the township were enough to use, and it would not take a few days to cap and put into use.

As the Shangyuan Village became more and more noisy due to frequent personnel comings and goings, Li Tai planned to build another house in the valley on the eastern slope of the hill to live in and entertain guests.

The clear spring in the valley is murmuring, there are pines and cypresses in the shade, and the fruit trees are forested in the middle, and the environment is elegant and quiet, which is completely different from the hot operation in the Xipo Village.

After more than half a year of construction operations, Zhuangli has already cultivated a mature construction team. When Li Tai chose the address and sketched out the sketch, the villagers began to rush to work.

Dozens of thick timbers were driven into piles, the sand and gravel were filled and flattened, and after the foundation was compacted, the trench lines began to be excavated, and the pottery pipes that had been fired in advance were buried.

Some of these pipes are used for heating the earth, and some are used to connect to the mountain springs and create a water circulation around the house. Because it is more meticulous than the daily construction, Li Tai personally squatted on the construction site to supervise and instruct.

The scale of this business is not large, a main house hall of nearly 1,000 square meters, and two rows of more than a dozen arc-shaped ear rooms are used as guest residences.

In addition to the main building, there are several pavilions and watchtowers built according to the mountain, smelling the chickens dancing, listening to the wind and reading, the peach forest caressing the qin, and the abyss fishing, which makes people feel comfortable when they think about it.

In addition to the construction of the overseer's villa, Li Tai also went to inspect the construction site of the canal.

The construction of the canal in the northern section of Shangyuan is going very smoothly, although it is still freezing at present, but because only the operation needs to be carried out in the shallow soil layer, and most of the canal lines have the foundation of the old canal and the river, the overall amount of work is not too heavy.

In particular, nearly 1,000 additional laborers have been dispatched to the county, and even if the work is limited and not rushed day and night, this section of the channel has a tendency to be completed ahead of schedule.

Li Tai couldn't help but be a little surprised to see that the new labor force was all ragged and dish-faced, and was assigned the heaviest task of digging new canals, but the food and housing were the worst.

The county has increased the number of servants, and he has not deducted rations, seeing that those servants are just drinking the thinnest soup, he can't help but wonder if someone is deducting and exploiting.

When he proposed this to Zheng Man, Zheng Man said with a smile: "Lang Jun is benevolent and compassionate, but he must also be divided into ethnic groups. In the winter, a number of generals in Northern Huazhou attacked the thieves and reaped a lot of money, and many captives were distributed to the county envoys in the south. The county is concerned about the canal, and he went to the state capital to ask for more than a thousand, and all of them were sent here to use! ”

Li Tai was also overjoyed when he heard this, although he couldn't treat human life like a mustard, but he wouldn't be kind either, knowing that the northern border was troubled for a long time. Don't look at the pitiful now, but crossing the border to plunder and kill people is never soft, and it is not worth cherishing.

Even Wuxiang County was assigned to Jihu to take prisoners, and it can be seen that some Hui should have achieved great results in attacking Jihu in the north this time, and Li Tai was also happy for some Hui.

He thought that this matter would end here, and it had nothing to do with him, but he didn't want to lead an entourage to Shangyuan in the next day, accompanied by dozens of dejected Jihu Zhuangding.

"Knowing that you have a lot of work in the township and often suffer from labor, I have returned from hunting thieves today, and these dozens of thieves Hu Shiwu have sent them to you to use!"

After a number of Hui entered the village, he pointed to those Jihu Zhuangli and said to Li Tai, with a bright face.

Li Tai was also overjoyed when he heard this, and now that the industry is gradually spreading, the demand for Ding Zhuang's labor force is also as much as possible.

"So that the king can fight the thief far away, and the hard work is high, and I am fortunate to be taken care of in the lazy township, so I accept it with shame."

He raised his hand and motioned for Li Zhusheng to come in, take over the compilation of those Jihu Zhuangding, and arrange their respective workstations.

Some Hui smiled and waved his hand: "Ben is not a rare thing, you deserve it." If it weren't for Li Lang, you made food to help me, and I would have won a big victory. This trip hit thousands of miles away, sweeping more than a dozen thieves, thinking that those thieves fled in shock when they saw our army, it was really enjoyable......"

Thinking of the previous results, several Hui couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows.

There are many Jihu tribes, scattered among the ravines of the northern plateau, and their whereabouts are uncertain and predatory, which greatly threatens the security of the surrounding states and counties.

This time, a number of Hui Qi troops rushed out, defeated tens of thousands of people, and beheaded several Qu Shuai chiefs in succession. It is also thanks to the portable military rations provided by Li Tai that the mobility of the troops has been greatly enhanced, so that such fruitful results can be obtained.

It is not an exaggeration to say that they can even change and create some new combat methods. So when he returned to report his work, he didn't have time to return to Huazhou first, and the first stop was to visit Li Tai.

Li Tai listened to some Hui tell the process of this battle, and asked some details from time to time, and he was itching himself.

If he wants to make great progress in the Western Wei Dynasty, his military exploits are indispensable. If he remembered correctly, a large-scale battle between the two Wei would not break out until the twelfth year of the Great Unification, but it only happened in Yubi City in Hedong.

At present, Ji Hu is a more suitable object for brushing up on military exploits. Neither too strong, nor too weak, the size of the battle, can also be flexibly chosen.

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But after all, he still needs an opportunity to obtain the qualification to directly take charge of the army, so that there will be a series of follow-up possibilities.

Thinking about the previous meeting with Yuwentai and breaking up, it can be thought that Yuwentai's current impression of him must be very bad, although the golden seal was given afterwards to indicate that the other party did not completely give up on himself, but it is also difficult for Li Tai to change the situation of leisure in the short term.

"Li Lang, there is still a school in your village, you are worthy of being a famous child, and the villagers are so respectful and happy to learn!"

When passing by the Zhuang school hall, several Hui were startled when they heard the sound of Langlang reading in the schoolhouse, and stood outside the courtyard wall and listened for a while before he spoke again: "I have a request, I hope Li Lang can agree to it." You have also seen the child Dharma, it is not a stubborn and willful aversion, I am away all the year round, and I have no time to supervise and discipline, and I want to foster him in your village. ”

"Since you have spoken, of course I will not refuse. However, the children in my village are only taught superficial learning, and there are few profound academic ......."

"Well, my son was born this portal, and although I have expectations for him, I don't expect him to be academically profound. I think academics are not as good as scholars, with Li Lang you are a role model in the near future, but he has one or two self-motivated hearts, and he will not learn badly! ”

When she heard that Li Tai did not refuse, she also said with a smile.

He is not a strict father like Cui Ji who is used to sticks, after deciding this matter, he left after eating and drinking on Li Taizhuang, and sent his son a few days after the agreement.

On the third day of the departure of several Hui, his cronies sent the young master and several phoenixes to the village. This kid has a good memory, and he knows Li Tai, and he is also full of curiosity about Shangyuan Village, Li Tai took him around the village a few times, and the tension of the first time in the unfamiliar realm was reduced a lot.

When several chapters said goodbye and left, several Feng were not noisy, waved goodbye to their close family, turned around and shed tears, looked at Li Tai pitifully and said: "Aya taught me to listen to Lang Jun's discipline, if I don't do well, Lang Jun please don't get angry and beat me......"

Li Tai was happy when he heard this, and even admired some Hui's tutor a little, patted the child on the shoulder and said: "I'm not a strict bachelor, Xiaolang is at ease when he comes, and he usually studies or plays at home, and the same is true in the village." ”

Not long after his nursery opened, after a period of time, the season was out of the New Year, the snow thawed, and He Batsheng, who was recuperating in Chang'an, also came to Shangyuan.

Accompanying He Batsheng, in addition to his nephew He Bajing, there were two other people who were unexpected by Li Tai, that is, Yuwentai's nephew Yuwenhu and nephew He Lanxiang.