Chapter 468: Measuring the Land
It's an acquaintance, and it's so familiar that you don't want it.
"Acquaintance" does not mean friendship, knowing each other's face is also considered an acquaintance, of course, punching this face with a fist is also considered an acquaintance.
Wu Langzhong happened to belong to this kind of acquaintance.
There is always some kind of wonderful fate between people, some belong to good fate, some belong to bad fate, Li Su and Wu Langzhong's fate belongs to bad fate, saying "don't fight and don't know each other" is considered to be lifting them, Li Su and Wu Langzhong are over after the fight, and everyone is not interested in meeting again. If you have to describe the relationship between the two, it is almost a relationship between "beaten" and "beaten".
When Li Su was still the supervisor of the Firearms Bureau, the Du branch division refused to pay the money quickly, so Li Su led Cheng Chumo and a group of gentlemen to hit the door, and the Wu Langzhong in front of him was really beaten by Li Su, and the final outcome was a defeat for both sides, Wu Langzhong took a fat face swollen into a pig's head at the expense of Li Su squatting in the prison of Dali Temple for several days, and no one took advantage of it.
Speaking seriously, Li Su and this Wu Langzhong are enemies, and when the enemies meet, they are very red-eyed.
It was Wu Fufeng who was red, Wu Fufeng's eyes were as red as a rabbit at this moment, looking at Li Su's eyes like Yang Bailao seeing Huang Shiren.
"Hou Ye, Hou Ye Li, back then, the lower officials had eyes and didn't know Mount Tai, and offended Li Hou Ye, for the sake of the lower officials' repentance, I also asked the Hou Ye to spare the lower officials,...... Luckily? Wu Langzhong blinked his small eyes, revealing a pitiful gaze.
"Okay, of course it's good," Li Su patted Wu Fufeng's shoulder with a smile, and his palm fell on his shoulder, which frightened Wu Fufeng into a thrill, and almost made a shameful gesture of protecting his head with both hands, and after making sure that Li Su didn't mean to beat him, he relaxed a little.
"I've long forgotten that little bit of back then. Although this marquis is not as open-minded as the sea as His Majesty, at least it is like a small pond, where will he remember the hatred for so many years, Wu Langzhong underestimated me too much. ”
Wu Fufeng was frightened, and then ...... Start calculating how big the area of the small pond is, and by the way, calculate the area of your own psychological shadow......
Li Su really doesn't hold grudges. This is related to the result of the grievances back then, after all, it was he who beat people to cry and cry and call their mother dying, and almost didn't take someone's life.
Wu Fufeng didn't dare to hold grudges.
Now is different from the past, after being beaten by Li Su back then, Wu Fufeng recovered from his injuries and deliberately inquired about Li Su's origins. Suddenly frightened to the back of the white sweat, then he knew that he deliberately made it difficult to control the firearms bureau, the leading supervisor turned out to be a young courtier who was extremely favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and he was friendly with all the famous generals of Chang'an City, especially in front of His Majesty, even if this kind of person wanted to learn to walk sideways on Chang'an Avenue, I believe that no one dared to stop him. And he, a small Duzhi Shilang, actually dared to make it difficult to pinch this popular man in the dynasty. This is not just a death, it is simply a great death.
In fact, after Wu Fufeng was beaten, His Majesty's handling results can also show how stupid he was at the beginning, he, the victim, lay in bed for a whole month, and the court did not send anyone down to comfort and appease, and the murderer who brutally abused him was imprisoned in Dali Temple. After a few days in prison, he was released by His Majesty, nothing happened, nothing happened, and it didn't take long for the official to be reinstated, and he continued to be the supervisor of his Firearms Bureau.
Compare the two. Judgment from above.
Wu Langzhong finally realized what a stupid thing he had done.
More than three years have passed, Wu Fufeng is still in the degree of the division, several opportunities to be promoted have been inexplicably missed, today by the Ministry of Household Shangguan sent, personally came to the door for the new marquis to measure the field, sent to the village, he also had to bite the bullet to the door.
Fortunately, Li Su is very kind and has a sincere smile, on the surface, it seems that he really doesn't care about the grievances of the year,—— think about it, he Wu Fufeng was the victim back then, okay? If you want to care, it should be him who cares, but at this moment today, facing the smiling Marquis Li, what is the inexplicable fear and cowardice in his heart?
"Wu Langzhong is also in charge of the matter of the imperial court's granting of land?" Li Su looked at him curiously.
Wu Fufeng squeezed out a smile and said: "The degree branch division is subordinate to the household department, and all matters such as the imperial court should spend rewards are handled by the degree branch division." ”
Li Su nodded: "Okay, this time I will trouble Wu Langzhong to be generous, don't be like the firearms bureau back then, everyone will be unhappy." ”
Wu Fufeng was stunned, and hurriedly said: "It was all a misunderstanding back then, it was the fault of the lower officials, and I hope that the Hou Ye Mo will have a problem with the lower officials." ”
Li Su said with a smile: "Okay, let's go, go around the village, and ask Wu Langzhong to carve out a few pieces of fertile land for me, this is a matter that will benefit future generations, and I can't be careless." ”
Wu Fufeng saluted and said: "The lower officials should do their best, and they will never be wronged by the Hou Ye." ”
That's right, everyone gets along happily, your happiness is my happiness, and what a harmonious picture.
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It is not a trivial matter to measure the land for the Li family, and the workload is very huge, because the land given to Li Su in the holy decree is not a small number.
Wu Fufeng didn't come alone, he also brought a few small officials and more than 20 errand servants from the Du Zhi Division, bundles of strings on the back of the horses parked at the door, and a bunch of wooden frames that looked complicated, which were the tools needed to measure the land.
Li Su became more and more satisfied when he saw this, regardless of the grievances of the year, Wu Fufeng, this guy was still very strict in his serious work, and he was beaten up back then......
It should still be beaten, if you don't beat it, you won't have a long memory, and being beaten for owing money is the same as killing people to pay for your life, which has been a natural rule since ancient times.
Wu Fufeng brought the officials and messengers, and Li Su took Steward Xue and a few subordinates, and everyone walked out of the gate of the Hou Mansion and walked towards the field at the head of the village with a leisurely expression.
Taiping Village said that it is not big, there are 100 households in the village, due to the war in the former Sui Dynasty, the population of the people has decreased sharply, until now during the Zhenguan period, the population of the Tang Dynasty is not much, so the DPRK and the Central Government have introduced various policies to encourage the people to have children, because the small number of people represents low productivity, there is obviously a vast fertile land, but no one cultivates.
The same is true for Taiping Village. The population is small, but there are many wastelands, and many of them are very fertile, but because of the lack of labor, they can only watch them become barren year after year.
The Li family originally had more than 400 acres of land, and there were nearly 100 households under their names. Wu Langzhong came to measure the land this time, and according to Li Su's request, he also focused on the land given by the imperial court to the east of the village, bordering the original land.
It's a plain with a nice texture, interspersed with a few hills that are neither tall nor low. The land is a wasteland, the mountains are barren mountains, the mountains are sparse and sparsely grow a small area of miscellaneous trees that do not become forests, a few thin voles pop out of the ground from time to time, and a few brocade-tailed pheasants and foxes run down from time to time on the mountains, standing in the middle of the field, facing the scorching sun on their heads, but they feel a sad and desolate atmosphere for no reason.
Naturally, the matter of measurement is done by the servants below. Wu Fufeng's mind has always been on Li Su, and his little eyes can't help but glance at Li Su's expression every once in a while. For fear of offending this moody little bully.
Seeing Li Su suddenly frowning, Wu Fufeng's heart tightened, and he hurriedly laughed: "Master Hou is not satisfied with this land?" Don't worry, let's remeasure it in a different place, Taiping Village belongs to Jingyang County, and the official had read the case file of Jingyang County's hometown before he came. There are few people in the village and there is a lot of land, and a lot of fertile land is deserted, and the Hou Ye is not satisfied with this land, so let's change the place. ”
Li Su shook his head and glanced at Steward Xue behind him.
Steward Xue understood. stepped forward and squatted in the ground, inserted his hands into the dry soil, dug up a large ball of dry soil, broke it with his fingers and looked at it carefully, and then leaned in front of his nose and sniffed it a few times. Insane.
"Good land!" Steward Xue nodded, threw away the dry soil casually, clapped his hands, and looked very satisfied: "It's a good field, wait until autumn and winter, and there will be a few more rains in the autumn and winter, and the soil will be so fertile after the beginning of spring next year, what you plant will grow." ”
Li Su nodded, raised his arm and pulled: "How big is this piece of land?" ”
Wu Langzhong put up a pergola and looked at it seriously for a moment, and said: "I didn't measure the real number, in the opinion of the following officials, it is about 500 acres......
Li Su pointed to a dozen or so small mountains in the vast plains, and said: "These mountains are also given to me, but they can't be recorded in the book, you also know that there is no food growing on the mountain, you can only plant some trees, and you haven't seen it for more than ten or twenty years. ”
Wu Fufeng nodded without hesitation: "Cheng, it's all assigned to the Hou Ye, the mountain bag grows in the ground, and it can't be moved if you want to, and the official will not make a book, and it will all be handled by the Hou Ye." ”
Anyway, they are all barren mountains, and they are the mountains of the imperial court, which have little to do with Wu Fufeng, and the anger of the imperial court has no psychological pressure on him.
The whole process of measuring the land is very harmonious, very harmonious, there is no argument, Li Su's every sentence is basically responsive, so that Li Su is in a comfortable mood, sighing that God is blind, the so-called "good and evil are rewarded" is all, when you didn't beat Wu Fufeng, how can you feel like drinking elixir today?
Squinting at the field in the distance, Li Su pointed to a fertile field in front of him that had been planted with wheat, and said, "There are ready-made crops planted on that field, why don't you also assign it to me?" ”
Wu Fufeng glanced at it, and his face suddenly became bitter.
"Master Hou, that ...... It's the fief of Her Royal Highness Princess Dongyang, Xiaguan, Xiaguan doesn't dare to dare to be bold......"
Let's not talk about Dongyang's identity, it is the land of ordinary people's homes, and the crops are already planted on it, and now that the autumn harvest is approaching, you have to cross it with a big mouth, so you don't bully people so much.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess has a very good relationship with me, and she won't say anything if you row over......," Li Su tried to convince him.
Wu Fufeng sweated down, be careful today, this Hou Ye finally came out of the moth.
"Master Hou...... This is really not something that the lower officials can handle, or would you like to discuss it with Her Royal Highness the Princess? ”
As he was talking, two people suddenly walked in the distance, one was wearing a dark Taoist robe, and the other was also dressed very plainly, walking in a beautiful manner, like a willow swinging in the wind.
Li Su squinted for a while, then suddenly smiled.
Well, acquaintances, but unlike acquaintances of Wu Fufeng's nature, this is a real acquaintance.
Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, Cao Cao's light skills ranked first in the rivers and lakes.
Under the scorching sun, the little palace maid Luliu held an oil umbrella to help Dongyang cover the dazzling sun, and a master and a servant followed suit, walking towards Li Su and the others.
Dongyang also had a smile in his eyes, like a lover who had reunited after a long absence, and the tenderness in his beautiful eyes flowed, like a ball of incomprehensible threads, entwining Li Su's heart.
Steward Xue and the others knew Dongyang, and hurriedly bowed down to salute, in front of everyone, Li Su didn't dare to break the rules, so he also bowed down to Dongyang: "Minister, Hou Li Su of Jingyang County, I have seen Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”
Dongyang seemed to be a little shy and a little at a loss, after all, the scene of her sweetheart saluting her seriously was too unaccustomed, she nervously raised her head and cut her hair and sideburns, Dongyang picked up the shelf, turned his head to pretend to look at the scenery like a disguise, and said lightly: "Poor Dao is now an outsider, you don't have to be polite." ”
Wu Fufeng on the side was stunned, he was just a small man in the Du Branch, and naturally he didn't have much chance to see the princess on weekdays, but when he saw Li Sudu, he suddenly blurted out with round eyes...... Gong ......"
patted him on the shoulder, Li Su said with a pleasant face: "It's a princess, not a father-in-law, if you don't call it right, it can be regarded as a loss of etiquette before driving, quickly give me an extra 200 acres of land, it should be a gag for me." (To be continued.) )