Chapter 706: A Strange Gift
The existence of the Wu clan is still very useful to Li Su at present, many times her ideas can supplement Li Su's shortcomings, a woman who has experienced the intrigue of the deep palace, although she ended up in failure and quitting the palace, but many of her strengths are worth learning from Li Su. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
For example, the overall situation, such as forward-looking, Li Su because of his lazy personality, most of the things he thinks about every day only stop at tomorrow, such as what to eat tomorrow morning, what to eat at noon and what to eat at night, etc., and what to do after tomorrow, wait until tomorrow to think.
Because he has no ambition, he lives simply, what Li Su wants to do is to be an idle marquis, live to old age without incident, and finally die lazy and die at the end of his life. But Wu is different, she has a clear goal for the future, she is eager to get ahead, she does not even hide her ambition in front of Li Su, and she works hard to achieve it.
If in the modern era after a thousand years, people like Wu must be the type of strong woman in a Fortune 500 company, a typical workaholic, in order to climb to the top position of the enterprise and grasp the maximum right to speak, the kind that everyone is in awe of.
Li Su is different, Li Su lived in his previous life as a small citizen, he lay down when he was full, and then he tried to find a way when he was short of money, married a wife and had children, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, his life was tight, he stumbled all his life, lived a mediocre life, and died an ordinary death.
Two people with completely different personalities, but the unambitious market man sat in a high position, but the strong woman could only call herself a "slave", you can imagine how ...... Wu should be in his heart Aggrieved? Seeing that Hou Ye Li looked like he was eating and waiting for death without any progress, he may have been angry in his heart, and maybe occasionally there was a strong urge to strangle him alive......
Li Su doesn't care, he likes others to see him as helpless but angry.
After thinking about it again, Li Su decided to put the Hou Mansion's recruitment of strategists on the agenda, Wu's reminder is very correct, whether it is to enjoy peace or attack political enemies, it is very important to raise a group of strategists who lack morality and have no bottom line at home.
It's just that the matter of recruiting strategists can't be handed over to the Wu family, Li Su still has a certain degree of vigilance against her, strategists are the think tank and staff of his future life, and he can't give such an important thing to a woman who may become an enemy in the future.
It can only rely on Wang Zhi to pay more attention to Chang'an City on weekdays, and of course, he also needs to use the connections of those elders.
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Li Zhi has not been to Taiping Village for several days, since the last time Li Su persuaded him to compete for the crown prince, Li Zhi said to go back and consider, this consideration is nearly ten days, Guanzhong has entered winter, the sky is about to snow, Li Zhi still has no news, it seems that Li Su's proposal is not light on his stimulation, the little kid is still digesting the fact that he may become an emperor in the future.
Li Su is not in a hurry, he thinks about it slowly, some things must be extremely firm before taking action, but if there is a trace of hesitation, things will fail, Li Su would rather think about it for a few more days, and he does not want to see the future efforts and suddenly decide to quit.
For comfortable and lazy people, there are four seasons in the four seasons, drinking ice and fanning in summer, warming wine around the stove in winter, Li Su will not treat himself badly at any time, he has lived two lifetimes and is already an anomaly, how can such a strange life be slow, those who are busy with things after being reborn and crossing, what are they trying to do?
The weather is getting colder and colder, Li Su simply complained to Fang Xuanling, too lazy to go to Shangshu Province to deal with the errand, the Tang Dynasty is talented, usually jealous of God, too many died young, often sick can be regarded as blessed by God, very in line with the image of "talent", there is no reason not to lie at home and worry about the country and the people.
Fang Xuanling is probably numb to Li Su's reason for asking for leave, Shangshu Province often can't see people, all kinds of strange reasons for asking for leave, even the reason that fishing was scratched by a fish hook and can't walk, he dares to challenge Fang Xiang's IQ, it's too normal to be sick or something, the fake note is handed over, Fang Xuanling is very happy to approve it, anyway, there is one less courier in Shangshu Province who will not be paralyzed, maybe there is no nasty face in front of him boring dangling, Fang Xiang's work efficiency is higher.
Sitting around the stove in the chamber, there is a large copper basin on the stove, the water in the basin is boiling and boiling, and there is a small tin pot in the water, and the rice wine in the pot is warm, and you can reach out and drink it.
On the low table next to him, there were a few small dishes, Li Su still held a book in his hand, took a sip of wine, ate a mouthful of food, picked up the book and glanced at it sloppily, as for whether this book was "Lao Tzu" or a certain pre-Qin solitary book, Li Su himself didn't care too much, the words in it were obscure, and the book in his hand was completely for the sake of artistic conception.
Xu Mingzhu also sat next to him, from time to time to help Li Su pour wine, cloth vegetables, busy in his hands, his mouth did not rest, and softly nagged with his husband that the parents were short, this year's year is acceptable, the green vegetables in the winter greenhouse have borne melons and leaves, and the harvest is not bad, Xu Mingzhu plans to open a few shops selling green vegetables in Chang'an City in winter, of course, it is impossible for the Li family to come forward, so let Li Su's father-in-law do this, and if the two families are divided in the future, they will share the profit with the father-in-law.
There is also the family's land, now the Li family's fertile land has nearly 1,000 acres, almost half of Taiping Village has become the name of the Li family, some of the land is rewarded by the imperial court, some is given by the knight, and there are hundreds of acres because of Li Daozheng's crazy and perverted love for the land, bought from various channels, it is estimated that Jingyang County has made Li Daozheng a super big customer, the kind of stupid person with a lot of money.
More land is not a bad thing, Xu Mingzhu agreed with Ah Weng's approach, land is the most real thing, it can be passed on to future generations, the Li family spends money to buy more land is not distressed, if it is not for the fear of doing too high-profile overstepping, Li Su will be impeached by the imperial history, I am afraid that the land of the entire Taiping Village is surnamed Li.
However, there is more land, and trouble is coming, and next year's spring sowing will be a big trouble. So after the winter, Li Daozheng and Xu Mingzhu were worried, now labor is not easy to find, when the imperial court was knighted, the Li family was given 300 real food estates, and there were about three or four hundred laborers, and three or four hundred people could not sow thousands of acres of land anyway, and labor has become a big problem for the Li family today......
Xu Mingzhu kept babbling, but Li Su suddenly sneered.
Xu Mingzhu glared at him unhappily: "What is the husband laughing at?" ”
"It's nothing, live a life, big trouble and small trouble, where there is calm, the labor problem is easy to solve, but Madam......" Li Su paused, sighed: "Don't buy land in the future, you see, thousands of acres of land, you can't see the end at a glance, spring planting and autumn harvest will be worried, the more land is bought in the future, the labor problem will become more and more troublesome, unless your husband and I give Your Majesty another great achievement, Your Majesty is happy to promote my title, and then give me a thousand households, otherwise the matter of buying land must be stopped, there is more land, will be targeted by the imperial history of the court, at that time, I will be overrun, and my husband will still have to suffer in the court, what do you think? ”
Xu Mingzhu nodded seriously: "If you don't buy the land, the concubine will also persuade Ah Weng not to buy it, and buying it again will bring trouble to the husband,...... Husband just said that labor can solve it? ”
Li Su said with a smile: "You can invite people, the villagers in our village, and the young people in the neighboring villages, put the news out during the spring sowing, help our family sow seeds, and exchange labor for our family's green vegetables, spirits, and even perfume, anything can be changed, anyway, these things are sold expensively outside, but the cost is not high, it is nothing more than the left hand to the right hand, the news is released, it is not difficult to estimate and summon hundreds of people, plus our family's original hundreds of laborers, spring sowing has thousands of people, it should be enough." ”
Xu Mingzhu thought for a while, and then smiled happily: "Good way, just do what your husband said, our family's things are sold expensively outside, they can take advantage of it with labor exchange, our family does good deeds and does good deeds, and we can't suffer too much, green vegetables and spirits can be exchanged, perfume can't, now the workshop is in short supply day and night, many elders in the city have handed the words to the concubine here, openly and secretly want the concubine to give them priority to sell some perfume, even if you exchange labor for green vegetables and spirits, you have to take the measure safely, Discount the market price of Chang'an and then a little cheaper, so that the villagers understand that it is enough to take advantage of it. ”
The labor problem that had been lingering for a long time was solved in a few words when Li Su came here, Xu Mingzhu's mood suddenly became sunny, and he poured Li Su a glass of warm wine with a smile, and said with a smile: "It's still a powerful husband, so the family can't lack a man with a top beam, otherwise the concubine will be miserable." ”
Li Su smiled: "Look back, you calculate carefully, there are a lot of business at home, spirits and perfumes are partnered with the Cheng family and the eldest grandson's family, there is no way to interfere, the rest may as well be handed over to the father-in-law's family to take care of, such as tea, greenhouse green vegetables, etc., the last time the father-in-law opened a tea shop for no reason, it was someone who rushed to me, now the limelight has passed, the father-in-law's shop can be reopened, how to divide the profits, you discuss with the father-in-law, it doesn't hurt to go out more, although I love money, I am still generous to my family." ”
Xu Mingzhu nodded very agreeably: "Our family is a powerful family, a serious decent family, it is true that we should not be involved in business, even if we say it, our husband will be looked down upon by His Majesty and colleagues, and my husband can rest assured, the concubine will send someone to invite my father to come over tomorrow, and the business of the family will be divided for my father to take care of, and it is easy to say that the concubine is surnamed Li when she marries the Li family, and she will never let our family suffer." ”
The husband and wife were gossiping when there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the house.
Soon, Steward Xue's worried voice came from outside the door.
"Master Hou, there are guests outside the door again......
Li Su sighed: "The housekeeper is about to become a welcome lady, every time I hear his footsteps, I know that there must be a guest...... Who's here this time? The cold weather does not stop. ”
Steward Xue smiled bitterly and said, "Master Hou, the old man can't say it well, please come out and take a look for yourself." ”
Li Su was stunned: "Didn't the guest bring a gift?" It's easy to do, just say I'm not there. ”
Outside the house, Steward Xue was silent for a moment, and said authentically: "I brought gifts, and there are a lot of gifts, very valuable......
Li Su's spirits perked up, and he suddenly exuded a familiar enthusiasm from home from the inside out.
"Which guest is so polite, please come in, serve tea, and set up a banquet to entertain!"
Steward Xue sighed: "The gift is expensive, but ...... The guest was gone. ”
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ps: There's one more more... (To be continued.) )