"Strengthening the weeping willows? It's just a trick, don't take it seriously."
After Fang Xuanling finished her day's work, she returned home and saw Fang Cheng running from the manor outside the city.
After learning about Li Yunze, what he was curious about was not that Li Yunze tried to pull out the weeping willow trees, but "Is there really a thousand taels of gold?"
"it is true."
Fang Cheng hurriedly took out a package, and after opening it, there was a large yellow croaker inside.
Fang Xuanling took the gold bar and laughed when he looked at the tooth marks on it. "Biting alone is useless. You don't understand those tricks. There are some heretics who wrap lead in gold."
He summoned the guards from the mansion, drew out his horizontal sword and struck it on the gold bar.
The cutout is smooth and flat, with no lead.
The guard followed up with two swords and chopped the gold bar into several pieces, but the result proved that it was the real thing.
Fang Xuanling, who thought she had a perfect plan, said "Hey", picked up the gold bar, looked at it and stood up, "Let's go out of the city."
"Master." Fang Cheng glanced at the sky outside the room, "If you leave the city at this time, you won't be able to come back at night."
"It doesn't matter." Fang Xuanling waved her hands repeatedly, "This person made such a big fight just to see me, just go and see me."
Fang Xuanling's carriage left the city gate and headed for his family's manor under the escort of more than 20 people.
When I arrived at Zhuangzi, I immediately saw Li Yunze handing out sweets to the children.
After getting off the carriage, Fang Xuanling stepped forward with a warm smile, "I'm Fang Xuanling."
"I've met my landlord." Li Yunze handed over his hand. "Since the landlord is here, let's talk about buying the land."
Fang Xuanling's face was slightly startled. He thought that Li Yunze was making such a big fuss just to see him so that he could get involved with her. He never thought that it was actually to buy land. Could it be that he was overthinking it?
Scholars just think a lot, and if you were a martial artist, you wouldn't waste your brain cells to add drama to yourself.
"Perhaps your husband doesn't know." Fang Xuanling, who quickly recovered, shook her head slightly, "The law of the Tang Dynasty states that no buying or selling is allowed in the land divided by words."
"I know." Li Yunze is very familiar with Tang Lv and so on. "That's the Koufentian, but the one here is not. Is it too little?"
"Ten thousand taels of gold is not too little, it is simply too much."
Fang Xuanling glanced at the box full of large yellow croakers at Li Yunze's feet, "This is only two thousand acres of land. The man actually bought it with ten thousand taels of gold. How can it be too little?"
He really wants to tell you if you are stupid. Ten thousand taels of gold is such a huge sum of money. Not to mention buying land, you can even buy multiple luxury houses in Chang'an City.
"I do." Li Yunze waved his hand, "Let the landlord decide whether to sell it or not."
Not to mention ten thousand taels of gold, even one hundred thousand taels doesn't matter.
He has advanced technology and productivity, and he will be able to earn back countless times in a short time.
Fang Xuanling looked at Li Yunze carefully, then nodded after a moment, "May I ask Mr. Lang, why did you buy the land? Why did you buy my land?"
"Of course I bought the land for farming." Li Yunze looked at him as if he was caring for a mentally retarded child. "As for why I bought my landlord's land, it's naturally because spring plowing has begun elsewhere, but it hasn't started here yet."
The reason why Fang Xuanling did not do spring plowing here is because he received information from the Qintian Prison and other places, and coupled with his own inference and analysis, he confirmed that this year will not only be a severe drought, but also a locust plague.
If you do spring plowing at this time, no matter how much you plant, it will be for nothing.
But this kind of thing cannot be said out loud, as it will cause panic among the people.
Fang Xuanling also looked at Li Yunze with caring eyes. He bought land with ten thousand taels of gold, but no matter what he planted, he would lose everything. It was really pitiful.
[In view of the general environment,
Out of good intentions, Fang Xuanling tried to persuade her, "This gentleman, buying this manor for me with ten thousand taels of gold is too much. And...it's not appropriate now."
Li Yunze looked over with a stern look, "Want to add money?"
Fang Xuanling
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Since you don't know good people's hearts, I won't say anything more.
In the Tang Dynasty, it was forbidden to sell land, but it was forbidden to divide the land.
The so-called orally divided fields are rented to the common people for cultivation and cannot be inherited by future generations. Once the farmer died, the court would take it back and redistribute it.
This kind of oral division of land was actually what later became tenant farming.
What is truly privately owned is called Yongye Field.
Originally, Yongye Field was used to plant various trees, such as elm, jujube, and mulberry trees. Mulberry trees were mainly planted to raise silkworms.
Later, as time went by, no one took care of Yongye Tianzhong.
The two thousand acres of land in Fang Xuanling's manor are actually not that big.
Compared with Yuchi Jingde, the great hero during the Xuanwumen Revolution, he received a reward of 6,500 acres of land from Li Shimin at one time.
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the population increased significantly, and land was in short supply and prices soared. At that time, the price of one acre of land in Guanzhong had soared to as much as 50 guan.
It's the early Tang Dynasty, and land is not that tight yet, but the price of 20 guan per acre is still available.
Li Yunze's ten thousand taels of gold was acquired at a premium.
Moreover, gold is something that ordinary people cannot use, only nobles like Fang Xuanling can use it.
Its actual value exceeded the exchange rate stipulated by the Tang government.
Fang Xuanling, who was originally worried that her failure to farm due to disaster would lead to accusations, saw that an enemy took the initiative to take over and refused to listen to her good words. Naturally, she had nothing to say.
Both parties had needs, and it quickly became a hit and miss.
Fang Xuanling accepted the gold with a smile and promised that he would get the transfer documents from the Yamen tomorrow. From then on, this manor and the two thousand acres of land nearby belonged to him, Li Yunze.
As for the dozens of households in Zhuangzi, they have nothing to do with him, Li Yunze, and will soon be sent to Zhuangzi elsewhere.
"The business has been negotiated and the gold has been accepted." Li Yunze raised his head and glanced at the last hint of red clouds on the horizon, and then looked at Fang Xuanling with doubts on his face, "What are you going to do, Mr. Fang, is still staying at my home at this time?" ? Are you waiting for me to treat you to dinner?"
Fang Xuanling was stunned. You were given the opportunity to have a relationship, but you didn’t take it seriously and drove me away?
"The city gate is closed at this time. How about letting me and the others stay in the village for one night?"
"Ten guan per person per night." Li Yunze looked around, pointed at the tenants and said, "Food and lodging are included."
Fang Xuanling "Hehehe~~~"
Seeing the crowd leaving in a grand manner, Li Yunze stretched himself and turned around to go to the main courtyard.
Fang Xuanling on the carriage opened the window and took a piece of paper from the hand of a knight who was riding fast.
The above is an urgent investigation into Li Yunze's identity.
As for the result, there is only one sentence.
"No such person found."
Sitting in the carriage, Fang Xuanling fell into deep thought. After a long time, he put away the paper and looked at the box full of gold bars next to him.
He opened the car window again and called Fang Cheng over, "Has the manpower been arranged?"
"Don't worry, sir." Fang Cheng nodded repeatedly. "The people who arranged the surveillance are the generals from the Tabai Army. I guarantee that they even know how many grains of rice the boy ate at night."
Fang Xuanling nodded slightly, and after a moment he said again, "Go to other villages to pick some people, and ask them to work with this person tomorrow."
"only."
When they were still several miles away from Chang'an City, several knights met the team.
They led them to the outside of the city gate, showed the token and imperial edict to the generals guarding the city, and then opened the city gate and entered the city.
Fang Xuanling did not talk to these knights because he knew their identities.
The Emperor's Black Gloves, Baiqisi.
As for Fang Xuanling, of course she didn't want to have anything to do with these people.
All the way back to the mansion, I saw so many soldiers outside the door, and the middle door of the mansion was wide open.
Fang Xuanling hurriedly got out of the car and trotted in holding his skirt.
Sure enough, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who still has a very bad reputation, was drinking tea and reading in his study at this time.
"Your Majesty." Fang Xuanling saluted respectfully.
Li Shimin, who has not led many troops into battle in recent years, has gradually become whiter.
The emperor, who was looking through the book in his hand, pointed to the chair beside him, "Sit down first and wait until I finish reading this paragraph."
Fang Xuanling stood up and sat down, glanced at the book in the emperor's hand, and his eyelids twitched slightly.
That was his favorite ancient book.
Sure enough, after flipping through a few more pages, Li Shimin closed the book and stuffed it into his sleeve, "I'm going to take it back and read it at night, and I'll send it back to you after I've finished reading it."
"Haha~~~"
What did the emperor take away and what was sent back?
Fang Xuanling, whose heart was bleeding, looked at her beloved book affectionately for the last time with a smile.
"Ai Qing left the city in a hurry and sent someone to inquire about someone's identity." Li Shimin turned to business, "I'm very curious and came here to ask what's going on."
"I was about to report it to His Majesty."
Fang Xuanling quickly reported the matter about Li Yunze to the emperor, and even went out and asked someone to carry a box full of gold to Li Shimin.
Looking at the shining golden croaker, Li Shimin also fell into deep thought.
As smart as he is, he can't figure out Li Yunze's origins.
After a moment of silence, Li Shimin asked with a sullen face, "Isn't it Xiyin, the remnant of the Assassin King?"
The so-called Xiyin is King Xiyin, that is, his brother Li Jiancheng who was killed by Li Shimin. Later, Xuanwumen was posthumously named Xiqu, and his posthumous title was Yin, so he was called King Xiyin.
As for the assassin king, it is naturally Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji was posthumously named the King of Hailing County, and his posthumous title was Ci, so he was called the Hailing Ci King.
Li Shimin, who considered himself an unparalleled hero, had the only problem in his life that he could not let go of, the Xuanwu Gate incident. And it also made a good start for the Tang royal family to fall in love and kill each other in the future.
Whenever something strange or unpleasant happened, he would subconsciously think that his brother was causing trouble.
"Your Majesty, you are worrying too much."
After all, the land was sold to Li Yunze at a high price. Fang Xuanling still said a few good words for Li Yunze at this time, "The remnants of King Xiyin and King Assassin have been wiped out long ago, so there are no remnants anywhere. And I don't recognize this person." , is a new face."
Li Shimin hummed noncommittally. After a moment, he stood up with his hands behind his back and said with a smile, "Ai Qing, this is a good business."
Fang Xuanling smiled.
This is his legitimate income, and it can be justified wherever he goes.
After sending Li Shimin off respectfully, the smile on Fang Xuanling's face gradually faded.
Not only did he want to trace Li Yunze's identity, it seemed that the emperor also wanted to arrange personnel to investigate.
I just hope that this generous boy doesn't really have any problems.
