Zhang Yang looked around and said, "Why would your envoy pay such a courtesy to me?"
Nali covered his face and cried bitterly, "Qiuci has fallen into the hands of the Gaochang people. These bloodthirsty and hostile foreign ministers must be repaid."
"You can also talk about blood feud, your words in Guanzhong are really good."
"When he came, the King of Kucha told his foreign ministers that after returning from his mission to the Tang Dynasty, he would be the prime minister of Qiuchi. At that time, the foreign ministers would definitely get close to the Tang Dynasty, and they would not hesitate to do anything for the Tang Dynasty."
"The idioms were said one after another." Zhang Yang hesitated, "You kept saying that you were so embarrassed for the Tang Dynasty. When I asked you to return the four towns of Anxi to the Tang Dynasty, you were secretive and refused to give an answer."
The Kucha envoy knelt on the ground and said nothing.
Lu Dongzan watched with cold eyes. The destruction of Kucha caught Tibet off guard. Maybe Songtsen Gampo is already thinking of countermeasures.
Zhang Yang was about to say something more when he saw Xu Jingzong tugging at the corner of his clothes.
"Zhang Shangshu, please take a step to speak."
Following Xu Jingzong to the side, Zhang Yang clasped his hands and whispered: "What's wrong?"
Xu Jingzong whispered: "Gaochang was in the hands of Zhang Shangshu back then, and it was Zhang Shangshu who ordered the attack on Gaochang. If this envoy knew that Zhang Shangshu was the culprit of everything, would it be difficult to deal with it in the future?"
Zhang Yang hesitated: "Do you have any suggestions?"
Xu Jingzong looked left and right to prepare, then made a gesture of wiping his neck.
"Isn't this bad..."
"Now everyone in Kucha is dead. Fortunately, Gaochang did not kill indiscriminately but only captured the royal family of Kucha. Even if we want to pursue the envoy, no one will speak for this envoy. The worst we can do is kill him except him."
Zhang Yang sighed: "When you meet your opponent in the future, will you only kill them?"
Xu Jingzong whispered: "It's an expedient measure."
Patting his shoulder, Zhang Yang whispered: "You comfort him first and take him to the post house."
"Here."
Xu Jingzong nodded, "Don't worry, Zhang Shangshu, no matter what happens, our Rites Department will stand together."
"Okay, stop talking nice and get things done first."
Xu Jingzong left with Na Li.
Zhang Yang was walking on Zhuque Street and turned around to see Lu Dongzan still following him, "Brother Xiang, why are you still following me?"
Lu Dongzan stopped and smiled and said: "If there is criticism from the court, I don't know how Zhang Shangshu will deal with it."
After walking along Zhuque Street for a while, Lu Dongzan returned to the post house. He walked into his room and wrote down everything that happened in the court now and what happened recently. He wrapped the letter in sheepskin, Then put it into a piece of leather and give it to your servant.
The servant took the letter and hurriedly left the post house.
Lu Dongzan walked out again and saw several officers and soldiers escorting the crying Nali into the post house.
Smiling and offering his hand to Xu Jingzong, Lu Dongzan said: "It seems that Xu Shilang is very responsible for Zhang Shangshu's arrangements."
Xu Jingzong had no good impression of Lu Dongzan to begin with. On New Year's Eve, when he wanted to recruit Zhang Yang on behalf of Tubo, he lost all thought of treating him with courtesy.
To poach Zhang Yang is to cut off his own future.
For this kind of person, Xu Jingzong wanted to scold him and never live together.
Xu Jingzong looked at him and whispered: "If you regard Zhang Shilang as your opponent, then you are my opponent."
Lu Dongzan still had a friendly smile, "Aside from Zhang Yang, you are also a good opponent."
"If Tubo and Tang Dynasty have to fight it out on the battlefield in the future, I hope you can be as calm and composed as you are now."
"There are not many people in this world who can be considered a thorn in Zamp's side. Zhang Yang is one of them, and so are you."
"It's an honor for me."
Zhang Yang returned home and sat on the recliner.
Li Yue stood behind the chair and pressed her shoulders, "There must be a lot of things for my husband to do in the imperial court."
Zhang Yang enjoyed the sermon and said: "That's not true. I leave everything to my subordinates. In fact, I am quite free."
Seeing Aunt Wang walking into the courtyard holding a roll of paper again, the two aunts have been smiling a lot more since they became ministers of the Ministry of Etiquette.
Li Yue whispered: "We have accumulated a lot of paper at home, and I am thinking of bringing our papermaking skills to the village."
Zhang Yang drank tea and said, "We should really expand the scale. Once the printing assembly line in the factory is taken away, it will be a giant paper-eating beast."
The little bear lay down at Xiao Wu's feet, staring at a few ants and then slapped them to death with one palm.
When Xiao Wu stood up after finishing the questions, Little Bear also sat up.
After tidying up the house, Aunt Yang put the paper on the cart. The paper was piled high and tied tightly with hemp rope to test that the paper would not fall off.
Zhang Yang and Li Yue tidied up their home and put away the drawings one by one.
Li Yue looked at one of them with a strange expression, "Husband, what kind of drawing is this?"
Zhang Yang took one look and grinned: "This is a swimming pool."
"swimming pool?"
Pointing to the drawing, Shenyang patiently explained: "Look at the square shape of this swimming pool. When the weather gets hot, we can fill the pool with water and let the sun shine or soak in the pool. How comfortable it is. thing."
Li Yue frowned, "Is this pool built outside?"
"Yes."
"Want to take a shower outside?"
"That's right."
Li Yue looked solemn, "It's indecent to bathe in the open air like this. When did my husband have such a weird habit?"
After putting away the drawings one by one, Li Yue saw another one with a very strange style, "What is this?"
Zhang Yang took a look and explained: "This is an activity center for the elderly. There are many elderly people in our village. We need to give them a place to relax."
"What about this?"
"This is our elementary school."
I am used to my husband liking to make some strange things, so I have been neglecting to teach Xiao Wu how to do problems these days. I couldn't understand these drawings before, but now that I can understand them, I don't know what my husband is drawing every night.
Just like the swimming pool, Li Yue subconsciously tightened her coat.
After packing up all the things he had brought to the village, Xiao Wu took Little Bear and his family and went out.
This bear has become more and more lazy recently. He will never sit down when he can lie down. He will sleep when he eats and eat when he sleeps. Now he is lying on the cart and refuses to get off no matter how much Xiao Wu pulls it.
It’s also not a good thing for domesticated bears to lose their feral nature.
After leaving the village gate, Zhang Yang tied the cart behind the carriage, then took his wife on the carriage and headed towards the village.
Just looking at the spring scenery makes people happy physically and mentally. In the season when the grass grows and the orioles fly, there is a lot of horse manure on the official road, which is very unpleasant to the scenery.
The horse was very busy, and Xiao Wu was in a good mood when she learned that she was going back to the village. When she returned to the village, she saw her father.
Leaving the official road and walking along the Weishui River, you can see many people on spring outings, mostly young people, enjoying the scenery.
The owner of the fiefdom was coming, and Shangguan Yi, who was the county magistrate, hurriedly came to greet him. Samurai Xun, who was also the county lieutenant, also came to the village entrance early to greet him.
Looking at the spring scenery along the way, Zhang Yang lazily drove the carriage to the entrance of the village and stopped.
Li Yue got off the carriage, turned around and walked to the cart behind her, picked up the little bear and threw it towards Lishan Mountain.
The little bear, who had been listless at home all day long, ran happily to the mountain as soon as he saw Lishan Mountain.
Xiao Wu looked a little worried at this scene, "Is it going to get lost?"
Li Yue smiled and said: "Don't worry, it will come back in the evening."
Zhang Yang also said: "We really can't go into the mountain to look for it. The whole mountain belongs to our family."
In the past, most people who said this kind of thing were looking forward to it, but now it is truly their own home.
Xiao Wu walked to his father's side, and his aunt pushed a cart of paper to the factory.
The couple told Shangguan Yi about the current arrangements in the village along the way.
After receiving the stack of drawings handed over by Zhang Yang, Shangguan Yi looked embarrassed and saluted first, "Shilang Zhang is now in the prime of life. We have 1,210 acres of land. It will take some time to cultivate it all. I'm afraid it will take some time." There just aren’t enough people to build these.”
"Don't worry, I also have a general map here. You can adjust it according to the general map."
"Then let me take it and take a look first." Shangguan Yi hurriedly left with the drawings.
The couple walked in the village and inspected along Lishan Mountain.
Walking on your own land is a very happy thing, and Li Yue is measuring it step by step.
"Your father is indeed unkind in his work. He still has two thousand acres of land that he has not given to us."
"Three thousand acres of land can't be given just as long as you ask for it. I think there are still many things to prepare for in the court. Besides, I am now the one with the largest fiefdom among the princesses of the Tang Dynasty. There are already a lot of discussions in the clan. It’s said that my father is too pampering.”
Aunt Yang, who was following behind, said: "The princess and the prince-in-law fought for this by themselves, unlike those clan members who asked for fiefdoms."
Li Yue held her husband's hand and smiled happily.
Zhang Yang hesitated and said: "I always feel that your father wants to default on the other two thousand acres. If he wants to default on the debt, I will write memorials to scold him every day until he gives me these two thousand acres."
Li Yue covered her face and smiled, "Give Chao Zhong some time."
Zhang Yang said firmly, "I think there can be no mistakes in this kind of thing. Every inch of the land must be clear, just like the border of our Tang Dynasty. No inch of land should be ours."
My husband has an inexplicable attachment to the land, and he also pays close attention to these three thousand acres of land.
The foothills of Lishan Mountain are very long, and it was already afternoon after walking around half a circle of Lishan Mountain.
Zhang Yang picked up a piece of wood and knocked on a stake. "Come back in a few days. Starting from here, since it is our family's land, we have to walk through it and step on it with our feet before it is considered our family's land."
Back in the village, Zhang Yang confirmed the situation in the village, and the offices in the castle began to be used. Warrior Yu and Shangguan Yi only used this place as a place to store case files. They usually brought all the things they had to deal with. Do it at home.
Such simple people, they do everything themselves in the village.
Zhang Yang was sitting in the accounting room, thinking.
Li Yue checked the accounts quietly.
Most people in the village are illiterate and poorly educated, and the problem of insufficient manpower is still highlighted in governance.
Seeing Zhang Yang rummaging through the bookshelves and book boxes, Li Yue asked curiously: "What are you looking for, husband?"
"I'm looking for general information about the village, such as how many men there are and how many young boys and girls there are."
Li Yue heard this and took down a file from the top of the bookshelf, "I've recorded it all in this."
Zhang Yang raised his head when he heard this and looked at the bookshelf again.
Li Yue smiled and said: "All the important case files are placed here, and my husband didn't ask me, so he just found them like this?"
Smiling awkwardly, Zhang Yang took the file after listening to Li Yue's somewhat reproachful words, "There are fifty-three men, thirty-one children, forty old men, thirty women and children in the village..."
While listening to her husband read, Li Yue explained: "There are men in the village who have not yet married a wife, but recently there have been several wives in the village who are waiting to have children. This file is from early last year. recorded."
In the past, Xiashan Village was very poor, and all the men were single. Who would be willing to marry their daughter in a poor village?
Nowadays, life is getting better, and some people who were single finally got married.
Zhang Yang whispered: "Shangguanyi should have a new copy, and he will have more details."
You must be clear about your own family property, and you must also be aware of the number of people in your family fief.
"The government encourages having children, how much money do you give to give birth to a child?"
Li Yue paused the pen in his hand when he heard this, "It seems to be giving half a pound of silver. It depends on what the local county government does. Lantian County also gives half a pound of silver."
"Daughter-in-law."
"Um."
"Let's also encourage having children."
Li Yue shyly covered her face with the scroll and chuckled: "Husband, don't you think I'm not in good health? I'll wait until I grow up."
"That's not what I mean. What I mean is to encourage people in our village to have children. For example, we will give money to anyone who has a child! Let them contribute to our population."
Li Yue put down the book and nodded solemnly, "It's really time to do more."
Yu Yi held back his smile and stood aside when he heard Her Royal Highness the Princess bite the word "contribution" very hard.
With so much land, people are needed.
Zhang Yang hung a map on the wall of the accounting room. This is the current map of the entire fiefdom, surrounding Lishan Mountain, with a total of more than a thousand acres of land.
With such a large land, it is also a headache if there is not enough population to exploit its value.
Demographic factors often appear to be important in development issues.
Datang's population control was very strict, and it was not allowed to steal people from other counties. The population of each place was fixed.
If you really want to snatch a few young and strong laborers from other places, the county magistrate will not be able to fall out with you?
Young people's strong labor force is the most important productivity, whether it is growing food or giving birth to children.
Zhang Yang kicked the wall one by one and cursed: "Go to hell with the Thirty-sixth Route Rebels. They wiped out my entire population in the last few years of the Sui Dynasty. You guys have to pay for it!"
Looking at her angry husband, Li Yue shook her head helplessly.
It was already evening after handling the accounts, and the couple stopped by to meet the teacher and his wife.
"The teacher's condition is not bad and has not deteriorated as much as expected." Zhang Yang said with a smile.
"At the beginning of the year, someone from my ancestral home wrote to ask."
