Twenty years later, standing in front of the Yuan Mansion again, looking at the newly renovated Yuan Mansion, Yang Anxuan couldn't help but feel that things are right and people are wrong.
A group of people were waiting at the bottom of the steps. Yang Anxuan got off his horse from a distance and led Yang Min forward. Yang Min looked at the high wall curiously and asked softly: "Sir, is this my grandmother's home when she was a child?"
Yang Anxuan said: "Yes, these people are your elders, remember to be polite."
Yuan Rui changed into a brand-new green shirt and was surrounded by the clan members. He looked at Yang Anxuan who was approaching and felt a little at a loss. Yuan Hong next to him gently pushed Yuan Rui. Yuan Rui reacted, took a few steps forward, bowed and saluted, and said, "I have met Yong Gong."
Yang Anxuan still remembered this dull Uncle Rui. He wrote letters inviting him to Xiangyang several times but was rejected. He hurriedly held Yuan Rui's arm and said: "Uncle Rui, there is no need to be polite, just call him by his stupid name An Xuan." Son, come and see Uncle Rui quickly."
Yang Min raised his hands and saluted, saying, "Yang Min has met Uncle Rui."
Seeing that Yang Min was about the same age as his two children, Yuan Rui happily stretched out his hand to touch Yang Min's head. Then he thought that this was the Crown Prince of Yonggong, and he calmly retracted his hand, took out a golden beast pendant from his sleeve, and handed it to him. He said to Yang Min: "Good boy, this is a meeting gift from my uncle."
Yang Min looked at his father, and Yang Anxuan smiled and said: "The elder gave me this gift. I dare not refuse it, so I still don't want to thank you."
Yang Min bowed to thank him and took the golden beast down with both hands. Seeing that Yang Anxuan was modest and not as aggressive as when they first met, Yuan Rui felt relieved and said with a smile: "Yong Gong, please come inside."
First, he went to the ancestral hall to offer incense and pay homage. When Yang Anxuan saw Yuan Zhu's memorial tablet, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This shrewd old man had worked so hard for his family and finally turned it into a foot-long tablet, which could be used by future generations to enjoy the incense.
Yuan Hong saw Yuan Rui accompanying Yang Anxuan and couldn't say a word for a long time, so he smiled and said: "Mr. Yong, the family has renovated Grandpa Bai's residence, so you should go and have a look."
Grandpa Bai is the father of Yang Anxuan’s mother, Yuan Ling. The last time Yang Anxuan came to the Yuan family with his mother, there was no one on my grandfather’s side to inherit the family business, and several old houses were in dilapidated condition.
I heard from my mother that she had a younger brother and a younger sister. Yang Anxuan later sent someone to find out. His uncle Yuan Shan was serving as county magistrate in Nan'an County, Yizhou. He contracted an epidemic more than ten years ago and the whole family died. As for his aunt Yuan Mei, who married Xuzhou The Sun family has long since disappeared due to the war.
The house was renovated and there was no sense of stuffiness. Yang Anxuan reached out and took out a book from the bookshelf. There was no dust on the book. It seemed that it was often cleaned. Yang Anxuan nodded and said, "Brother Hong is interested."
Yuan Hong said with a smile: "Grandpa Bai is the family member of Yuan's family. Uncle Shan has passed away. I plan to ask my aunt and choose one person from the clan to inherit Grandpa Bai's lineage."
Yang Anxuan nodded and said, "You can discuss this with Jia Ci."
After looking at the ancestral house, Yuan Hong invited Yang Anxuan to drink tea in Woxue Hall. The Yuan family members came forward to greet him one after another, and the greetings lasted for most of an hour.
When there were more than a dozen main clan members left in the lobby, Yuan Hong said: "Mr. Yong, years ago, the Yuan family from Chen County sent clan members to ask the Yuan clan from Runan to go to Yangxia to worship their ancestors."
The Yuan family in the world was born in Taikang. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the ancestor of the Yuan family, Yuan Yuan, was granted the title of Marquis of Guixiang. His family moved to Yangxia to settle down, and became a prominent local family. It was first called the Yuan family of Chen County.
During the transition from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the head of the Yuan family at that time had two sons, Yuan Chang and Yuan Zhang. Yuan Zhang led a branch of his clan to move from Chenjun to Ruyang, creating the Yuan family of Runan who later became "four generations and three nobles".
During the Three Kingdoms' struggle for hegemony, the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were defeated, and the Yuan family in Runan was defeated. However, the Yuan family in Chen County advocated purity, self-denial, and devotion to public service. Instead of amassing wealth, they were able to survive the war.
The descendant Yuan Huan was the commander of Cao Wei Lang, Yuan Huai's son Yuan Huai was in the Western Jin Dynasty, and his son Yuan Chong was Guang Luxun. When crossing south from Yongjia, the Yuan family of Chen County was the first to cross the river. Wang, Xie, Yuan and Xiao were collectively known as the four most prominent families.
Yuan Chong's son Yuan Dan was the prefect of Liyang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his son Yuan Zhi was the prefect of Dongyang. He married Xie An's niece and had two sons, Yuan Zhan and Yuan Bao. Yuan Zhan married Xie Xuan's daughter, and his nephew was expelled from Guanghan by Yang Anxuan. Xie Xuan from the county.
Nowadays, the Yuan family of Chen County is compared with the Yuan family of Ruyang. One day at a time, the Yuan family of Chen County suddenly sent someone to invite the Yuan family of Ruyang to worship their ancestors. The intention is self-evident.
Yang Anxuan smiled and said: "You can't write two characters Yuan in one stroke. This is a good thing."
Yuan Hong breathed a sigh of relief. The Yuan family of Chen County attached to Song Gong. Yuan Hong was afraid that Yang Anxuan would be angry and unhappy.
After leaving Ruyang and heading to the Ying family in Nandun, Ying Hong stole the art of forging iron through Ying Hao, offending Yang Anxuan. Soon after, Ying Xu died of shame. Yin Dun, the prefect of Runan, was instructed by Yang Anxuan to create many difficulties for the Ying family of Nan Dun.
The days were getting sadder day by day, and the clan members became more and more dissatisfied with Ying Kun. Ying Kun had no choice but to quietly take his family to Jiankang and join Ying Hong, leaving the mess behind.
After discussion among the Ying family members, Ying Xu's eldest son Ying Ye was elected as the patriarch. Ying Ye bravely went to Xiangyang. Yang Anxuan remembered Ying Xu's help back then and encouraged Ying Ye a few words to let him run the family business with peace of mind.
The iron industry in Tangxi, Xiping, was forcibly bought by Yang Anxuan. Yang Anxuan moved all the people in Xiping City. Xiping City became a garrison of 20,000 troops. Tangxi City was even more important, and no one could approach it. With more people, there is greater strength, and the speed of forging weapons has also been greatly improved.
When Yingye learned that Yonggong was coming, he gave him warm hospitality. The Ying family in Nantun had been divided into two. If the branch in Runan wanted to survive, how could it offend Yonggong. 33
Yang Anxuan came to Nanton to express his goodwill and reassure the Ying family. After all, Yingye's third brother Ying Kang was serving as Sima in Xinyang County and could be considered his subordinate. The Ying family of Nanton was a high-ranking family, and it would be beneficial to his foundation to win over him. .
This time, in addition to inspecting the people's sentiments, I came out to comfort the place, strengthen the confidence of the ruling nobles in myself, and let the people know whose sky belongs to them.
After leaving Nandun and continuing south, Yin Dun, the governor of Runan, had arrived in Ancheng County to welcome him. Cotton farmers sent by Yang Anxuan were trial planting in Ancheng and Shenyang counties.
Seeing Yang Min salute him and call him "uncle", Yin Dun felt uncomfortable. If he didn't have his sister's two children, he should be able to accept Yang Min happily, but now there is inevitably a gap in his heart.
As the crown prince, Yang Min can follow Yang Anxuan around. This is actually Yang Anxuan announcing his identity and status to the world. If nothing happens, it will be Yang Min who will inherit Yang Anxuan's foundation in the future, and the two nephews Yang Yi and Yang Yue may have to wait until Only when Yang Anxuan came to power on behalf of the Jin Dynasty did he have the opportunity to be known to the world.
Compared to Yin Ji, Yin Dun has a calmer mentality. He knows that this cannot be blamed on Yang Anxuan. When Yang Anxuan secretly accepted his fifth sister Yin Huizhen, the Yin family should have thought of today's situation.
Yin Dun sighed secretly, feeling dissatisfied and looking towards Shu. The fifth sister was freed from her "cage", and her family was thinking about fighting for her nephew's property.
In the letter, his father mentioned the following words: "If you don't fight, fight, just sit back and watch." It will take at least twenty years until Yang Min inherits the family business. By then, Yang Min and his two nephews will have grown up and will be able to see their true nature clearly. I believe that Yang Anxuan will carefully choose the person who will inherit the industry.
If Yang Min can keep the family business, his two nephews can be ennobled as marquises and become his arms, guarding the side for his brother. If Yang Min is not talented enough, then I believe Yang Anxuan will make the right choice.
Yin Dun has high expectations for the four-character mantra that Fan Zhenren said when he commented on girls, "It's indescribable to be precious." Maybe it refers to the fact that mother is more valuable than her son.
Yang Anxuan didn't know what Yin Dun was thinking, so he followed Yin Dun enthusiastically to check the growth of the cotton fields.
The secret guards brought more than 200 kilograms of cotton seeds and more than 130 cotton farmers from Xiliang. After receiving Yang Anxuan's letter, Yin Dun did not dare to neglect and sent officials to bring the cotton farmers to select planting fields.
Thousands of acres of prime farmland were selected and nearly two million cotton plants were planted. When cotton seeds are sown in April, they have grown into plants over three feet tall and have begun to bud. More than 80% of the cotton plants have survived.
Yang Anxuan was walking in the cotton fields and listened to the cotton farmers explaining that the cotton plants were growing well. "The stems are thick and dense...the terminal buds are thick and do not sink..."
Yang Anxuan smiled and said: "Have I given you all the promised fields? What else is missing at home? Just say, as long as you can grow cotton well, I will reward you generously."
Seeing those cotton farmers looking at Yang Anxuan with blank expressions, Yin Dun smiled and said: "This is Mr. Yong, you are the ones sent by Mr. Yong."
Yonggong, these cotton farmers have been in Jin for a little over half a year, so they naturally know that Yonggong is a great figure in the Jin State, and he even destroyed the powerful Qin State some time ago.
The leader of the old farmer quickly knelt down. Yang Anxuan pulled him up with a smile, took a look at the old man's appearance, and said: "My surname, I think you look like a Han. When did you live in Xiliang?"
The old man sighed: "My surname is Huang, and my ancestors are from Chang'an. My ancestors went to Jiuquan County to escape the war and settled in Anmi City to make a living growing cotton."
"Last year, someone went to Anmi to recruit cotton growers to go to the Central Plains. They promised to give each ding a hundred acres of land. If they could grow cotton, they could deduct the cotton tax. Ten kilograms of cotton could offset the mu tax, and they would also be given one or two gold as settlement expenses. "The old man said: "The old man was moved. Before his death, my ancestors also said that they would return to their hometown, so they took a family of nine people back to Jin. First they went to Chang'an, then to Xiangyang, and then they came here. .”
Before Yang Anxuan could ask, the old man said with a smile: "Every hundred acres of land promised by the government was given to me. The old man's family of four boys, three girls, and two children received 550 acres of land, all of which were of good quality." field."
The cotton farmers next to them laughed and agreed: "All the land promised by the government was given, grain seeds, farm tools were also given, and a residence was built. The two families shared one cow. Life was much better than in the Liang Kingdom. The old man's family Four hundred acres of wheat and one hundred and fifty acres of cotton are planted on the land. Judging from the growth, the harvest this year will be good."
Yang Anxuan asked: "Are you busy enough? Do you want to send someone to help?"
The old man said: "It's nothing to work hard. When I was in Anmi, in addition to growing cotton, I also helped the Hu people herd cattle and sheep. Even the two children had to pick up manure and herd sheep. It's much better here than in Anmi. Besides, it’s your own land, so you should work harder.”
Yin Dun smiled and said: "My lord, as you ordered, the garrison planted thousands of acres of cotton fields. We usually invite these cotton farmers to come for guidance. I just saw that those cotton fields are owned by the garrison."
Looking at those smiles from the heart, Yang Anxuan nodded and said: "You teach the people of Jin how to grow cotton, and I will not treat you poorly. I will reward you when the cotton is harvested."
On the way back, Yin Dun asked with some confusion: "Why does my lord treat these cotton farmers so favorably? Even the retired soldiers in the army can only do so."
Yang Anxuan smiled and said: "Brother Yin, does he know kapok?"
Yin Dun nodded, and Yang Anxuan said: "This material is similar to kapok. The yield per mu is about two hundred kilograms. It can be spun into threads and made into cotton clothes. It is stronger and more durable than kudzu and hemp. When put into clothes and quilts, it can protect against wind and cold. It has the effect of Not under the fur coat."
Yin Dun immediately widened his eyes and said in shock: "An Xuan, are you telling the truth? The yield per mu is two hundred kilograms. If it is true as you said, each person only needs five kilograms of cotton to keep out the cold. One mu of land is enough to support the food supply. Forty people, 10,000 acres means 400,000 people, and at most 100,000 acres of cotton fields can make the people of Huanghuai no longer have to worry about being cold and exhausted."
Looking at the smiling Yang Anxuan, Yin Dun straightened his clothes and bowed, saying: "I have thanked my lord for the sake of all the people in the world."
Yang Anxuan laughed loudly and said: "With cotton-padded clothes, soldiers can fight in winter. No longer afraid of the severe cold in the north, the defeat of the Northern Wei Dynasty will be just around the corner."
Yin Dun said excitedly: "My lord, the Yin family is willing to use all their fertile land to plant cotton and help my lord conquer the world."
Yang Anxuan laughed and said, "Brother Yin, if you teach Huizhen how to spin cotton, you will give Yi'er and Rui'er a share of the family business. As an uncle, you might as well help them out."
This was the first time Yin Dun heard that Yang Anxuan was thinking about Yang Yi and Yang Rui, and he was extremely happy and said: "The Yin family is willing to do their best."
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