Chapter 499 Gossip
Sanyuan, Qinjiazhuang.
The farm households who went out to take refuge came back one after another, and the barren land was plowed and planted again. After a summer rain, the land was already green.
The children who received the pox can run around the front and back of the village and continue to help herd cattle and pigs.
The chicken farm started to chatter again, and the hatchery began to incubate chicken and duck seedlings day and night again. The chickens and ducks transported from the south were continuously hatched into seedlings and sent to various breeding that had been silent for a long time. field.
The pigsty and sheep pen, which had been vacant for a long time, also regained some vitality, and the number of pigs and sheep gradually increased.
Qin Lang was inspecting his territory, instructing the re-breeding to pay attention to disinfection and cleaning, and not to be sloppy.
The matchmaker from Lizhuang next door came uninvited.
A catastrophe also made the Li Family Village silent for a long time, Hong Funu also stayed in Chang'an City for half a year, and came here immediately when she came back to see the Qin Family Village was full of vitality.
Li Jing was promoted to Shangshu Zuopushe, and the red lady naturally rose, but her status as a concubine was difficult to break, even the prime minister was not allowed to support concubines as wives, but Li Jing's love for the red lady was well known, so now When Hong Fu Nu went out, the number of followers around her also increased a lot.
But Qin Lang looked at the way the red lady walked and the smile on her face, and felt that she hadn't changed much, and there was no difference between Dai Guogong's concubine and Yongkang County Gong's concubine.
During the catastrophe and famine, Qin Lang suggested that the entire Chang'an and Guannei collect all edible food, and then dispatch them in a unified manner. His family even set an example, and Li Jing immediately followed suit. It took a lot of thought, and the ecological breeding and planting learned by the Qin family, pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, etc. were also roughly scaled up, and all of them were donated at once.
It is said that Li Jing sent someone to Zhuangzi to deal with it without telling Hong Niangzi beforehand. Afterwards, Hong Niangzi was very dissatisfied. It is said that she even roared at Li Jing's east lion. .
Hong Fu Nu also struggled for a long time before she could make some scale.
She came from a distance, and greeted Qin Lang with a smile.
"It's still Sanlang who has the ability. This village has been deserted for so long, and it's open again. This kind of pigs, bulls, ewes and sows have already been transported so much, and the hatchery has been transferred. It's really admirable. Saburo, we are all neighbors, you can't forget your aunt."
Hongfu girl walked up to her and crossed her waist, "Speaking of which, my village is so deserted now, but you are all to blame. If you hadn't insisted on forced conscripts, my family, Alang, would not have been able to take away the cattle, sheep, and chickens in my village. All the ducks, pigs and geese are sent to the government, now you have to help me rebuild this village and restore the bustle of the past, otherwise my aunt will not agree."
Qin Lang patted the dirt in his hands.
"Duke Dai and his aunt were able to sacrifice themselves for the people during the famine. I admire them very much. We are in the same boat through thick and thin. Now that the disaster situation is improving, it is time to rebuild our home. As neighbors, of course we must help each other. "
But Hong Fu Nu said directly, "Sanlang, don't tell me those nice things, and don't wear any high hats. I'm not my Alang. Auntie won't tell you anything else. Get me three thousand chickens first." Miaozi duck, goose, and get me some lambs, calves, piglets, and you still need to lend me some food, let me borrow a thousand shi."
Qin Lang smiled, "Auntie, you are really a lion. I am just at the beginning of everything. My own farms are still empty, waiting for the seedlings."
"Then I don't care, how about you teach my aunt how to hatch the seedlings?"
Hong Fu said, "I can give you some kind of technology transfer fee, how much, just ask."
Qin Lang smiled playfully. It's really hard to see the demeanor of a famous Guanlong family in this red lady. I heard that she was originally a Jiangnan woman, and she was also from a Jiangnan noble family. Her father was also an official of Nanchen. Later Nanchen was destroyed by Sui , she was forcibly moved to Chang'an together with countless families of Nanchen noble officials. Later, she was rewarded to Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, and became a maidservant named Hongfu.
I believe that she used to be a gentle woman from the Jiangnan water town. She was originally made of water, but now she has the aura of a horse thief.
But Qin Lang has always liked this red lady who can be his grandmother, and thinks her temperament is actually quite straightforward.
"Auntie, you don't look like you are doing business. It's like a horse thief robbing you. I want to file a complaint with Daiguo."
"Sue it, it's useless to sue, you have to give me enough seedlings, and ask me to teach the technology directly and find someone to hatch by myself." The heroine of the female middle school said with her arms akimbo.
Qin Lang didn't mean to argue with her. Although Li Jing was a representative of the Guanlong faction, especially in the military, he was cautious and low-key. An upstart like Lang is also willing to befriend Li Jing, but not to mess with him.
"Auntie, if you want seedlings, I will give you some. If you want to learn the technique of hatching seedlings, it is not impossible. This thing is actually very simple. I believe that auntie and I have been neighbors for so long, and you will know it sooner."
Hong Fu Nu has indeed been inquiring about Qin Lang's incubation technology in secret, and often sends people to inquire about it intentionally or unintentionally. She has almost mastered all the side details, but the core skills are not easy to learn. . So Hong Fu Nu secretly built an incubation room before, but several batches of seedlings failed to hatch in the end, and the success rate of the seedlings produced was surprisingly low.
Hearing this, Hong Funu immediately changed her smiling face, "Sanlang, you can say a price, it can be as much as you want, and my aunt will definitely pay it without hesitation." In fact, there are 600 households that have been granted the title of Dai Guogong. As far as Li Jing's family is concerned, there is no shortage of money. After the Eastern Turks were destroyed last time, the emperor rewarded Li Jing with a lot of money.
It's just that Hong Fu Nu likes to take care of Zhuangzi, which is her hobby.
"Just tell me how much it is, and just make a price."
"How about I promise my granddaughter to you as a concubine?"
Qin Lang shook his head.
Although he knew that the granddaughter Hong Funu said was naturally born of a concubine, a concubine born of a concubine, but she was Li Jing's granddaughter after all. Qin Lang and Li Jing had a good relationship, but in fact they had a very strong political relationship. The distance, after all, one belongs to the Xingui Group and the other belongs to the Guanlong Group, both of which are at the mountain top level.
Especially the Qin family and the Li family are both leaders in the military. The emperor used Li Jing to take command of the Turks last time, and he also used Li Jing to suppress the upstarts in the military, especially to suppress them. Qin Qiong. In this way, one family will not dominate, and what the emperor needs is balance.
If the Qin family is married to the Li family, it will be too much, and the emperor will not be able to sleep. Even if the nobles are married to each other, there are also particular points about the marriage, not that you can marry if you want. In the past, five surnames and seven families married each other. It has been a tradition for hundreds of years. Now the emperor thinks this behavior is too much.
"You boy, is it possible that you are still at a disadvantage? You are not at a disadvantage by calling me grandma."
"I'm not at a loss, I'm afraid the Daigong will not give me his granddaughter as a concubine."
Li Jing's granddaughter would certainly not be a concubine for Qin Qiong's son, and the concubine is also a wealthy woman.
"I know that my aunt's family is a wealthy family in Guanlong, and they are actually very related outside Daibei."
Qin Lang proposed a cooperation condition, asking the Li family to transport cattle, sheep, horses, and camels from Saibei to exchange, or dried meat and skins, and the Qin family’s piglets and chickens, or lambs and piglets.
The Li family has operated for several generations outside the Great Wall. They have their own caravans and routes. At this time, the barbarians in the frontier fortress have suffered countless casualties after experiencing a fierce internal strife in winter and spring.
Some small tribes were annexed, while some large tribes grew a lot.
Nowadays, many tribes want to return to their original pastures. Many Central Plains families like the Li family took advantage of the situation to do business with those tribes, exchanging Central Plains merchants for their livestock, fur, milk, and even slave.
Although the Qin family had already opened up a business route when Qin Lang left Fuhetao, of course there are not too many good opportunities like this now.
"Of course this is fine, but Saburo, bring some sugar, wine and tea."
Hu people like sugar, wine, tea and salt, especially the aristocrats, they prefer sugar, tea and wine. These are the most popular commodities sold on the grasslands, especially because they are consumables and are in long-term demand.
"Yes, but this year's wine is not easy to get. The imperial court prohibits alcohol, and alcohol is scarce."
"The imperial court's ban on alcohol was only in the Central Plains. Your Qin Sanlang's winery in the Central Plains was closed, but your winery in Jiangnan, Lingnan, and Jiannan was not only closed, but also increased the number and production." The red lady said. Very shrewd and well-informed.
"You can't hide anything from my aunt, let the stewards discuss the details."
Qin Lang doesn't intend to get too close to the Li family, but he doesn't mind some cooperation. It's also appropriate to keep a little distance from the friendship.
"Then I'll catch chickens and ducklings first." Hong Fu Nu twisted her waist and walked away with a smile. You said that she was nearly fifty years old, but she looked like she was in her early thirties. She's like a water snake, she's really young and her charm is still there, no wonder Li Jing has loved her so much all these years.
It is said that the last time Li Jing broke Dingxiang, he brought back the empress of Sui Yangguang, Xiao Shi, who was Li Yuan's peers, a little older than Li Yuan, and I heard that she was over sixty, but everyone said she was still beautiful She was so gorgeous that there were even folk rumors that after she was sent back to the capital, the current emperor even favored her after summoning her.
But Qin Lang didn't believe this, not to mention that the Xiao family was over sixty, that age was Li Shimin's mother's age, and Xiao's younger brother was also Li Shimin's son and daughter, and also his prime minister. If not, Xiao Yu would definitely not accept it either.
Li Shimin is indeed pretty, Li Yuan's concubine, Yuan Ji's wife, all let him into the palace, but they are all young and beautiful, who would accept a 60-year-old at 30?
It's like Qin Lang thinks that Hong Niangzi is a mature woman, quite charming, but he just thinks that his body is well maintained at this age, but he will never think that way.
What's more, Xiao Shi is Li Shimin's real mother-in-law, Concubine Yang is Xiao Shi's daughter, and Li Ke and Li Yin are her nephews.
No matter how scumbag Li Shimin is, he can't do such a thing, right?
In the nearly three hundred years of Li Tang's history, he only heard that Tang Minghuang had a daughter-in-law, but never a mother-in-law. However, Qin Lang suddenly remembered that Wu Zetian was originally Li Shimin's talent, but later became Li Zhi's queen. ,hiss······
It’s really hard to say!
Dirty Tang, but it has been inherited.
(end of this chapter)