Walking into the house, Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui, as well as Li Yue and her aunt wanted to clean up the house together, Xiao Qingqing sat by the stroller, while watching his younger brother sit on the side and play with copper coins.

The autumn rain in West China was coming, and Zhang Yang climbed the ladder to the roof of his house to check the situation.

This small home has not changed from before, but there are many places that need to be cleaned up.

After replacing a few tiles on the roof of his house, Zhang Yang got off the ladder and sat next to his daughter and asked, "Is this little family good?" ”

Xiao Qingqing grimaced his face, and said in a milky voice: "Is Daddy really making a fortune here?" It's good here, Chang'an City is not good at all. ”

The child will always be resistant to the unfamiliar environment, in fact, it is also to take her out to relax and get to know the outside world.

This time I came to Chang'an City, and I will go to other places in Guanzhong in the future, and I have time to take my son and daughter to see the Hexi Corridor.

Let them broaden their horizons and let them appreciate the scenery of various places.

Xiao Qingqing said in a low voice: "Chang'an City is very crowded, there are a lot of people, it stinks, and it is very messy. ”

If you want to say that children's words are unscrupulous, what children say is the most intuitive feeling.

Now she said that there are a lot of people in Chang'an City, and it is also very messy, and it is not wrong to have some smell.

Nowadays, Chang'an City, where every inch of land is expensive, coupled with the effect of the imperial examination, has made more and more people come and go to Guanzhong, and Chang'an City has become more crowded.

The reason why it feels crowded is because of the city wall, and if the city wall is demolished, the expansion of Chang'an City to urbanization can solve the current problem.

Of course, it is also difficult to govern a large city with a population of one million.

Not to mention changing people's habits.

Even if Chang'an City used the same garbage cans as Lishan, these garbage cans were quickly filled with such a large flow of people.

She said that the smell was also due to the fact that there was a group of camels in Chunmingmen, and those camels were stinky, and they were particularly easy to attract flying insects.

When she was three years old in Lishan, she naturally preferred cleanliness because her new home on the mountain was often clean, even in the village.

Xiao Qingqing said again: "I don't want to make a fortune in Chang'an City now." ”

"It's gratifying that you can change your mind and become a father." Zhang Yang is really relieved that her daughter finally doesn't want to make a fortune in Chang'an City, which makes her growth process much less risky.

The daughter-in-law is a big-hearted woman, although she strictly manages her daughter, Li Yue just treats Xiao Qingqing's idea of getting rich as a joke when she is a child, maybe she will forget it after a few days.

But when her daughter talked about it repeatedly, Zhang Yang felt that she should pay attention to it.

But now that she said so, Zhang Yang was relieved.

Xiao Qingqing said again: "Daddy, I want others to come to Chang'an City to help me make a fortune." ”

Shaking the fan in his hand, Zhang Yang frowned and crossed his legs and fell into deep thought again.

Suddenly I thought that the family came to Chang'an City, and they didn't prepare a meal, so they couldn't eat dry food tonight.

After cleaning the stove at home, Zhang Yang thought that he hadn't been to the East Market for a long time, so he went to visit the East Market by the way, but when he walked to the door, he found that his sleeves were empty and he had no money bags.

Holding his forehead in distress, he realized that he had no money on him.

I haven't felt like spending money for a long time, and I thought that I had never spent money in Lishan, and there was no need to spend money.

Suddenly, there was a need for it, and I felt very uncomfortable.

There is a kind of left the world for a long time, and then it returns to the world.

Glancing at his daughter-in-law who was cleaning the house, Zhang Yang pulled her sleeve.

Li Yue asked curiously: "What's wrong with my husband?" ”

"What's that, cough cough ......" first coughed his throat, Zhang Yang glanced at Xiao Wu and Xu Hui who were busy at the door and whispered: "I was about to go grocery shopping, but I found that I didn't have any money on me." ”

Glancing at her husband suspiciously, Li Yue smiled brightly, "I'll go with my husband." ”

Nodding slightly, Zhang Yang sighed: "That's fine." ”

The East Market of Chang'an City has always been very lively, from the fourth year of Zhenguan to the current eleventh year of Zhenguan, the East Market has expanded several times, and the shops have changed a lot.

The couple walked into the streets of the East Market, the most lively time of the East Market has passed, and now there are not many pedestrians, the ground is full of mess, and there are all kinds of smells, the smell of sheep, the smell of blood, and the unique smell of poultry.

This taste has a rare sense of familiarity.

The couple looked at the vendors on the street, and Li Yue made a surprised discovery, "Why is this Dongshi street so long." ”

Zhang Yang looked around, "After the growth of the population of Chang'an City in the past two years, it is already a big city of one million people, and the more the population is, the more resources are needed to maintain the survival of the people in the city, and the expansion of the East City is also expected." ”

With the experience of operating Lishan, Li Yue still has experience in the use of population and resources, and Chang'an City has a population of one million, which cannot meet the production needs of the East Market alone.

There is also a West Market in Chang'an City, and maybe the West Market has also expanded.

In the past two years, there have been great changes here, and the couple feels a strange feeling as they walk down the street.

The vendors here are also unfamiliar faces, Zhang Yang took his daughter-in-law's hand and walked, scanning the streets on both sides, the familiar aunts and old men didn't know where to go.

Li Yue's expression was not flattering, he thought that Dongshi was still the same as before, and he remembered that when he came to Dongshi together, there was a group of uncles and aunts who greeted him, but now these people are not here.

Things are not people, Dongshi has changed its appearance, and it has also changed a group of people.

Zhang Yang noticed a familiar face, so he walked to the stall selling ducks, and an aunt was carrying a live duck to kill.

"Auntie, please get some duck blood."

Hearing this, the other party was stunned at first, and then looked up and saw the couple in front of him speechless for a long time.

Then she quickly cut the duck's throat and turned it upside down to bleed.

Auntie smiled: "Xiao Zhang, you haven't been here for a long time." ”

Zhang Yang replied: "I have been living in Lishan all these years, and the others, such as pork sellers and rice and flour sellers, are gone." ”

The aunt filled a pot of duck blood and handed it over, and said helplessly: "The years have changed, those people are gone, and it is not easy to make a living." ”

Seeing that there are no guests now, the aunt said while plucking the ducks: "To do business here, you have to pay 20 yuan a day, and you have to pay another 5 yuan every day when you enter the market, everyone can't afford to pay this money, and you need 25 yuan a day. ”

With the prosperity of Chang'an City in the past two years, the land of Dongshi has also changed.

In Chang'an City, where every inch of land is expensive, the prices are naturally high, not to mention the rent in the East Market.

The ancients were no worse than the people of later generations in this regard, and there will be many people staring at such an important East Market.

Zhang Yang asked curiously: "Who is collecting all these silver coins?" ”

The aunt peeled the duck, "It's the people of the government, there are the chief, Lizheng, and the land, there are many people in Chang'an City, but our life is not so good, the head of the house has to charge 20 yuan, and Lizheng also has to charge 3 yuan for each vendor, and the land has to give silver money." ”

She said earnestly: "As long as we give the money we can have a place here, of course, if we pay every day, no one will compete with us, but this day we have to pay, before only five yuan, now we need twenty yuan, how can we insist." ”

For ordinary people, six hundred dollars a month is not a small amount.

Nowadays, the vendors here are all big traders with a bit of a family background.

Zhang Yang took his daughter-in-law to buy some celery and then went home.

The house has been cleaned up, Aunt Yang sprinkled some stone powder at home to repel insects, and hung some herbs and wormwood in the corners of the house.

Dinner at home is very simple, a bowl of duck blood soup, and a pot of celery, and one person holds a bowl of noodles and eats it like this.

Zhang Yang ate noodles and said in a low voice: "Xiaohui, go to Chang'an City to see your father and mother after dinner." ”

Xu Hui nodded slightly, "It's okay." ”

After dinner, with Xiao Qingqing, Li Yue went out with her daughter and her family.

Xiaohui and Xiaowu walked ahead, Xu Xiaode's home was not far away, and it was not touched in the old place.

When passing by Chongde Fang, Zhang Yang saw that it was very lively, took two more looks, and followed him to the door of Xu Xiaode's house.

The door was open, indicating that the owner's house was there.

"Dad, mother!" Xu Hui shouted.

An old woman hurriedly walked out, saw the guest in front of the door saluted, and said, "I have seen the county marquis, I have seen Her Royal Highness the princess." ”

Li Yue hugged the child and returned the salute: "I've seen Mrs. Xu." ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, please come in quickly." Mrs. Xu kindly pulled Li Yue and Xiao Qingqing into the house, and Xu Hui also walked in with Xiao Wu.

The sky had just passed dusk, and now it was dark, and the streets and alleys were full of people, Zhang Yang waved his hands and said: "I didn't see so many people in this alley before." ”

Xu Xiaode nodded and said: "There have been more and more people in the past two years, and this Chang'an City is also crowded, Zhang Shangshu should go and sit at home." ”

With a sigh, Zhang Yang smiled: "Just sit at the door for a while and take a look at these people." ”

Xu Xiaode looked for a sound, and as far as his eyes could see, there were passers-by, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Da'an is coming back soon, it stands to reason that there is such a big thing in Liaodong, and Goguryeo has taken it, and I heard the report from the Ministry of Rites that Da'an plans to bring the king of Goguryeo to Chang'an City before the New Year." ”

Zhang Yang bowed his head and said: "It's been a long time since I asked about the court, how is your health recently?" ”

"It's all good, the Yushitai has also been very busy in the past two years, Zheng Gong has accepted the education of the Ministry of Rites, and now he has no intention of taking care of the Yushitai, it is all arranged by the lower officials."

"It's a good thing, you can also take on the big responsibility."

Xu Xiaode's expression was a little worried, "There are more things in the court, and there are more people, when His Majesty was in Lishan for the summer, he said about the policy of educating the Western Regions, and we have seen many of the strategies of education, but Zhao Guogong opposed the policy of the county marquis." ”

"Later, Zheng Gong was very angry about this, and the two of them quarreled endlessly in the Ganlu Palace, but the prime minister came out of the round, saying that he was looking at the situation in Tibet, and as for the Anxi Uighurs and Xue Yantuo, they would do things according to Zhao Guogong's arrangement."

While listening to him talk about what is happening in the court now, if you don't go to the court for three years, there are many changes in the court.

The power of Sun Wuji, the eldest son of the central government, has become even more powerful, and Zheng Gong has become more and more powerless.

Although Xu Xiaode didn't say it explicitly, he was just saying that he was not offending the eldest grandson Wuji, why did he target him so much.

Zhang Yang is also very distressed in his heart, fundamentally speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji is also a person who is dedicated to the community.

At least that's how he is now.

Even if everyone has contradictions, they should sit down and talk well, talk well, and learn from each other's strengths, this is the way people get along with each other.

If you think about it carefully, you will understand that the emperor is psychologically distorted, and he does not want the court to be harmonious, otherwise the alliance of the ministers will threaten the imperial power.

Therefore, the court needs to have enemies, even if it is just a Taifu Siqing, it also needs to have enemies.

The emperor understood the catfish effect earlier than many.

It's just that this kind of thing will inevitably make people think that the emperor is a psychologically distorted person.

Xiaohui can live at home these days, and Li Yue and Mrs. Xu talked a lot about tea planting.

The two families agreed that in the future, Lishan accounted for 30% of the tea business.

The daughter-in-law can still negotiate business in this kind of thing, and after Xu Hui made a break with her father's family, everything is now taken care of by her mother's family.

And Xu Hui is just a remote leader, and more often than not, Xu Hui's mother is arranging.

He also planned to call some to come to Chang'an City and use the trade routes of Lishan to sell tea outside the Guan.

Originally, the two families should have been in harmony, but Xu Hui rarely went home to talk about business.

By the time we were done, it was already nightfall.

Xiao Wu walked ahead with a lantern, and she said in a low voice: "Senior sister must be able to grow a lot of tea and sell it for a lot of money." ”

Zhang Yang bowed his head and said: "Your talent is also good, when the Lishan Academy is built, you and Lizhi will manage it together." ”

"Really?"

"Well, someone needs to watch."

Hearing Master's arrangement, Xiao Wu was very happy, and she felt that she had a career to fight for in the future.

His son slept very deeply in swaddling clothes, and whenever he slept soundly, Zhang Yang felt that he was going to be uncomfortable again tonight.

When she returned home, Aunt Yang cleaned up the house again, and even sent Lishan's futon over, so that the family could be warmer when they fell asleep.

As expected, shortly after lying down, my son began to cry.

Zhang Yang had to put on his coat, light the oil lamp to make the house bright, and change his diapers to stop crying.

Li Yue, who was on the bed, opened his eyes slightly and continued to sleep soundly.

Although the daughter-in-law's health has improved, her vitality has not fully recovered, especially at night, she needs to rest more.

Zhang Yang was sleepy-eyed, and sat on the edge of the cradle and shook him, which made him quiet again.

The daughter was fine when she was born before, but now this son is really too noisy, and he hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

He looked at his son numbly, holding his chin with one hand, and slowly rocking his cradle.

When he stopped making a fuss, Zhang Yang was also drowsy, his eyelids were fighting, and he fell asleep while sitting.

When I felt my hair being pulled by something, I woke up slowly, and I didn't know when this kid was holding his hair.

Zhang Yang took the hair back from his little hand, looked up at the sky, and didn't know what time it was.

Slowly stood up, stood up with your waist bent, and relaxed your legs for a while.