Chapter 68: Bribery, Entering the Imperial Village

This prince actually openly bribed on the street?

Unexpectedly, the son of the Ministry of Rites was so naΓ―ve, Lu Qi couldn't help laughing, afraid that he would misunderstand and hurriedly put on a straight face: "Prince Wang, quickly take this thing back!"

Lingzun's matter, Lu also made a statement to His Majesty, but the sacred heart is unpredictable, how can a small general be able to influence it? Childe is like this, isn't he afraid of being criticized? ”

Wang Jinglong was trembling by the words, obviously this kind of truth is more in line with his brain of reading sage books, in the past, someone came to their Wang family to bribe, and he also pushed people away like this.

Today, not only did the main and secondary things turn around, but he was also choked by Lu Qi, the "traitorous villain" in his mind, with this truth, Wang Gongzi was ashamed and annoyed, and his face turned red.

"Lord Lu, that's not what I mean!"

Lu Qi raised his eyebrows: "So, dare to ask Wang Gongzi why?" ”

Wang Jinglong suddenly ran out of words, he wanted to say that he was not here to bribe, but what was he here for? You can't say that you're here to frame you, right?

The gentlemen hiding on the street corner are still waiting to see Lu Qi accept the stolen money and jump out to catch the thief!

He hadn't thought about it, what would he do if Lu Qi really didn't accept it?

Seeing that Wang Jinglong's neck was getting redder and redder, Lu Qi waved his hand: "Prince Wang, please go back, Lu will not accept it." ”

Rejecting Wang Jinglong, Lu Qi returned to his courtyard, and let Cheng Yanshan close the courtyard door and continue to enjoy his little life.

Another day later, Lu Qi received a message from the palace.

The transfer of the sergeants' establishment has been completed, and Zhu Houzhao sent a tiger talisman and ordered Lu Qi to lead the right sentry battalion to be stationed near Huangzhuang, and move to the village together with the craftsmen who made firearms for the right sentry camp.

There are a total of nine imperial villages allocated to Lu Qi, with green mountains in the east and canals in the west, which is an idyllic scenery, and it is also a summer resort in this hot summer.

The fields in the village are all cultivated over the years, and there is a lot of wasteland on the edge of the green hills where the army can be stationed.

The new mansion allocated to Lu Qi is on the side of the mountain.

Lu Qi arranged the camp and the craftsman's household, and then took his own soldiers to find the door leisurely.

A small yellow door was waiting at the door of the mansion, and when he saw Lu Qi coming, he was busy offering the land deed and other things.

Although this house is not big, Zhu Houzhao planned to build it like a palace, so Liu Jin simply divided all the 50 acres of land around the house into the scope of the title deed for future addition.

That is, only when he became the emperor's pro-army did he have this treatment, a special office, and the imperial power concession, he didn't let Lu Qi worry a little.

It can only be done outside the capital, and the capital has a lot of land and wants such a big land? Even the mansion of Shangshu Mansion is at most seven.

Pushing open the door, Lu Qi led people inside.

In front of you is a bluestone shadow wall carved with orchid carving, and when you turn around, you can still see two sentences carved with rows of grass: there is no beginning, and there is an end.

This is a quote from the Book of Poetry, most people do not have a good beginning, but often do not have a good ending.

This sentence was not very auspicious, Lu Qi did not say it.

When you come to the main hall, there is a plaque "Puning Hall" hanging in front of the door, and the pillars on both sides have two pairs of blue characters written on the faded lacquer background, and you can vaguely recognize the words "high mountains and flowing water, the moon and the breeze".

Entering the main hall, the tables, chairs and benches inside are all half-colored pineapple wood, covered with straw futons, and it seems that the original owner has just left and has not taken these things with him.

Along the rain corridor to the east wing, there is a big study, in which a plaque is hung, on which the four big characters of "Benli Daosheng" are written.

Walking to the old bookcase, there are many medical books piled up in it, and flipping through one of them, in addition to the original text, there are many comments densely inscribed in the blank space, and it can be seen that the owner of this book must be a person who has studied medicine very hard.

With doubts, Lu Qi turned to the backyard.

There is no garden in the backyard, but there is a medicine garden, planted with many rare medicinal herbs that Lu Qi can't name, and it has been a little wilted after not taking care of it for a few days.

was strolling, and suddenly the soldiers came to report that there were nine old men who claimed to be the chief of each village in Huangzhuang, all dressed as old farmers, and wanted to see her.

"Ribao?" Lu Qi suddenly understood that in the future, the nine imperial villages will be assigned to Lu Qi's account, and these farmers who have no background are most afraid of accidents, and they probably want to come to visit the dock to see if Lu Qi can talk.

"It's okay, I don't need to divide sweet potatoes from Zhuangzi to Zhuangzi, please invite them in."

Please come into the living room to see the ceremony, the leading lieutenant stepped forward, and said with a sincere smile: "The little old man is the fourth elder in this Gaojiazhuang, I heard that a young general is going to lead the army to our village to station, and hurriedly brought the remaining eight Zhuangzi lieutenant chiefs to greet him." ”

There was a sudden compliment at the bottom: "My lord is really wise and powerful!" ”

"What a heroic boy!"

"Polite words will be avoided." Lu Qi sat down in the right seat and raised his hand to signal for him to take a seat: "The mansion has not been cleaned up, it is a little messy, and I hope that a few lieutenants will not mind." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Gao Lichang hurriedly waved his hand, and after repeated invitations, he let them sit down.

After the lieutenant chiefs sat down, Lu Qi asked bluntly: "I don't know what the lieutenant chiefs are doing here?" ”

Nine old farmers, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, it was Gao Lichang who was promoted: "To tell you the truth, my lord, although our Huangzhuang is the best land, we never dare to delay planting and harvesting at four o'clock."

However, every year the imperial court has to collect taxes, the palace has to collect taxes, the stewards and case-handling people also have to collect miscellaneous taxes, and they have to pay people to serve miscellaneous duties every quarter, we are really ......."

Lu Qi understood that this was to complain to her, but in fact, he wanted to pay less taxes, so he comforted: "Don't panic." Only half of the food and salary of our camp must be paid from the village every year, and the place where we are stationed is far away from the people's settlement. ”

Even so, several lieutenant governors were worried and silent.

Lu Qi ordered someone to bring the sweet potato up by the way: "A while ago, Min Di paid tribute to His Majesty, called sweet potato, and it was brought back from Nanyang.

His Majesty ordered us to try planting a season in the village, and later I will send someone to teach you how to plant, and I will also ask the chief to go back and tell the people to work hard. ”

Looking at the rough plant tubers in the big bamboo basket, several old farmers who had planted the land all their lives watched for a long time, and then looked at Lu Qi, who was full of books, and said distrustfully:

"My lord, this thing doesn't look like an edible thing, and it's useless to grow it?"

"It looks a little like kudzu potatoes."

Lu Qi picked out a small piece from the basket, ordered someone to take it and cook it, and brought it steamingly, and everyone twisted it with their fingers and tasted it.

"It's really delicious!" One of the lieutenants exclaimed.

Gao Lichang tasted it again: "It tastes similar to potatoes, if the yield is high, it is worth it." ”

But except for Gao Lichang, the other eight lieutenants didn't dare to bring the sweet potatoes back to plant, and Lu Qi said that it was not enough to just try planting on two points of idle land.

It seems that farmers naturally attach great importance to what crops they grow, after all, it is a matter of food, and they cannot afford to take any risks.

Lu Qi had no choice but to hand over all the sweet potatoes to Gao Lichang, and there were a few pieces of freshly reclaimed semi-wasteland near the military camp, just to plant the sweet potatoes.

After finishing his business, Lu Qi suddenly remembered the medical book he had just seen in the study, and that question surfaced in his mind again.

"I don't know if you lieutenants know, whose house is this?"

Gao Li straightened his chest and suddenly wanted to answer, but he was stunned again.

"Does Chief Gao Li know?" Lu Qi saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, and asked.

Gao Li looked left and right, and saw that no one helped him change the topic, so he had to lower his head and said softly: "Lord Hui, this was originally the house of the imperial doctor Gao Tinghe." ”

"Huh?" Lu Qi's gaze froze for a moment: "Gao Tinghe, where do you seem to have heard this name...... Huh? ”

Gao Tinghe?

Isn't that the imperial doctor who prescribed the wrong medicine to cure Emperor Hongzhi and was ordered by Zhu Houzhao to be beheaded?