Seeing some meat and vegetables being sent to the hospital, Zhang Yang couldn't help but murmur in his heart and asked curiously: "How much have you eaten? It's so delicious. Could it be that Li Shimin makes them hungry every day?"
Li Tai smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, you are welcome. I want to go in and see how my uncles and aunts are doing."
The fat man returned to the courtyard again. At this moment, the courtyard didn't know what was going on, and laughter was rising and falling.
Zhang Yang looked at the sunset in the distance and had delivered food and meat six or seven times since afternoon.
I didn’t expect that Li Shimin’s brothers and sisters could eat so much with such a huge amount of food.
It seems that this banquet will not end before night.
It turned out that the previous reminder from the Prince of Hejian County was like this. Zhang Yang felt very disappointed. It would probably be tomorrow before Shangguan Yi could talk to them about growing vegetables.
Zhang Yang walked all the way home with his hands in his hands.
After dinner, he had to help his wife correct homework for his younger siblings. Li Zhi couldn't even remove brackets, so he had no choice but to mark a few more marks.
Looking at Gao Yang's homework and looking at her calculations, she didn't even understand that the quotient of the dividend's divisor is equal to the divisor, let alone the principle that the product of commutative multipliers remains unchanged.
A times B equals A...how does this girl understand this?
The younger brother and sister made a mess of their homework, and Zhang Yang gradually began to understand his wife's difficulties these days.
After correcting their homework, the couple lay on the bed.
Li Yue was holding a letter brought by Xu Hui's mother's family from Jiangnan. Since Xu Hui wanted to separate the tea business from her father's family, the denunciation among the prominent families in Jiangnan has never stopped.
It is also difficult to expand tea cultivation.
Now he wanted to buy more tea mountains, but he encountered the obstruction of these Jiangnan noble families.
How about asking your husband for help?
Maybe with my husband’s connections and status, this can be easily resolved.
Just as she was about to speak, she saw that her husband had already laid down and fell asleep.
Frustrated, she put down the letter in her hand, but she still couldn't always let her husband step in to solve the problem.
After blowing out the oil lamp on the side, Li Yue also lay down. She firmly believed that she could handle these things with her own ability, and that her husband would be impressed by her.
Not long after he lay down, he saw that her husband was already leaning over. Li Yue was surprised that he was pretending to be asleep.
During the pushing and shoving, one person had to give in.
The next day, Zhang Yang woke up refreshed and took a look at the messy bed, feeling satisfied.
Develop the habit of getting up early. When the genius is just shining, the family will have already woken up.
Since I don't have to go to court in the morning, I don't have to worry about it in court, and I haven't gotten angry for a long time recently.
After a simple breakfast, Zhang Yang hurried down the mountain.
They want peace in their family and plan to be a rich man in the future. If their daughter is a prodigal girl and their son is a prodigal son, they will leave it up to them.
If the family business is good, the Tang Dynasty should also be good.
The village was very quiet in the morning. Every household got up early. Shangguan Yi saw Zhang Yang as soon as he left the house.
"Marquis of the County, I heard that members of the clan arrived yesterday."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "I was just going to tell you about this."
Shangguan Yi wears simple old clothes with some patches on them. In fact, Lishan always pays him a lot of wages, five guan per month, and annual dividends of less than ten guan, so his life is still so poor. .
He already has a son at home, and it would be some time before he gets married.
The two of them were walking in the village. Shangguan Yi frowned and said, "How does the county prince plan to arrange these people in the clan?"
With the decline in grain prices in the past two years, the value of acres will also decline. I told Shangguan Yi about the arrangement of the matter. Vegetables can be grown from part of the surplus fields first. Vegetables are already more expensive than meat in Guanzhong. when.
When ordinary people want to eat vegetables, they either go outside to find radishes to eat, or they dig some wild vegetables.
Now we need to grow vegetables on a large scale to make up for the shortage of vegetables in Guanzhong.
We have to plant trees on wasteland and convert farmland into forests. It is difficult, but someone has to do it. The northwest is going to get better.
Explaining the matter step by step to Shangguan Yi, he recorded it and said curiously: "The county prince can discuss these matters face to face with the clan members."
Zhang Yang stopped and said, "It's not good for me to show up in front of the clan."
The relatives and the clan really couldn't move around too much, and with Li Daozong's affairs at the forefront, Shangguan Yi understood Zhang Yang's worries.
He nodded and said: "Don't worry, County Marquis, I will make arrangements."
I took him to the door of Li Xiaogong's house. When the door opened, it was a mess inside. There were still meat and vegetables left on the table and wine jars on the floor.
Shangguan Yi couldn't find a place to stay for a while.
At noon, the clan members woke up after a crazy day and night.
Everyone learned that the Marquis of Lishan County did not come to talk in person, but invited a young minister from Taifu Temple to come and talk to them.
When everyone woke up from yesterday's drunkenness, they looked outside the door and saw the straight back of a young man.
That's right, Zhang Yang didn't even give them a face, but left a back to the clan members.
This figure looks depressed from behind, but standing in front of the door also symbolizes Lishan's huge financial resources.
Li Daozong asked Li Daoyan in a low voice, "Is he always like this, showing his back to others?"
Li Daoyan also lowered his voice and replied: "This Lishan County Marquis is not like this on weekdays. He is a very easy-going person."
Li Daozong nodded slightly, and everyone cleaned up before starting to listen to Shangguan Yi's explanation of vegetable farming strategies.
During this period, many people looked back and saw the back of the Marquis of Lishan County still outside the door.
When everyone decided on the land, Shangguan Yi originally thought that one or two acres of land would be enough for each family. Among the clan members present were Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, Li Yuanli, Li Daoming, and then the younger generation Li Daoyan, and the aunts started from Princess Anyang. To Princess Danyang, Princess Hengyang is not even married yet.
There are twenty-three people in the clan, and each of them can afford dozens of acres. Although these brothers and sisters in the clan usually have conflicts with each other, because of Li Daozong's incident, everyone in the clan is afraid of Li Shimin.
In the face of great right and wrong, as long as Li Xiaogong is around, everyone is willing to stick together. After all, they are all brothers and sisters of the same race.
Li Xiaogong's generation was the fourth general of the clan at that time. The second brother who fought on the battlefield had a very important position in the clan.
Now that Lishan has helped Li Daozong escape the crime, the eldest brother Li Shen has passed away, and now the second brother Li Xiaogong has the highest status among the brothers and sisters in the clan.
The people in the clan really owed Lishan a favor, and with Li Xiaogong taking the lead, everyone was very generous.
The clan's debt to Lishan was repaid.
Everyone has land in their families, most of which were awarded by Li Yuan at that time.
Each household had a lot of land to offer. Shangguan Yi was surprised that each member of the clan could give out one or two hundred acres of land, and they were all willing to sign and write down the land.
It's not like giving away land or buying land, it's just helping to grow some vegetables. Even if these things go too far, they will only be impeached by the official in charge of the court. Haven't many of you been impeached? We are all used to it.
When someone looked back at the door, they found that the figure was no longer there.
Shangguan Yi did some calculations and found that a total of 3,751 acres of land could be used to grow vegetables.
Shangguan Yi is sincerely happy since he took up his post at Taifu Temple.
Li Xiaogong and Li Tai sent these people out of the village. As for how the people in the palace would ask why these clans gathered in Lishan, they would say that they came to meet the Supreme Emperor.
Zhang Yang looked at the land deed handed over by Shangguan Yi.
Li Xiaogong nodded and said, "In this way, the favor that the clan owes you will be settled."
Seeing that this boy was still rejoicing over these properties, Li Xiaogong felt as anxious as if iron could not turn into steel, "It's not like I'm giving these properties to you."
"The Prince of Hejian County is unaware of something. This is a major breakthrough in our work."
"You..." Li Xiaogong hesitated. No matter how much he thought about it, he felt that this matter was a loss, so he sighed and left.
Li Tai sat down beside him and frowned, "Brother-in-law, the emperor means that you shouldn't use these properties to repay favors."
Zhang Yang handed the land contract to Shangguan Yi and asked him to arrange the next matters. Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Spring is coming soon. If we don't finalize the matter this year, how will we start the work next year."
"Uncle Huang means that the favor owed by the clan to Lishan should be used on himself, not on the affairs of Taifu Temple."
"Fat man, have you ever thought that your father has always restricted the clan, and will the clan have a better say in the future?"
Li Tai shook his head. The clan's right to speak would only become smaller and smaller. This had been the case since the Han Dynasty, and even more so in the future.
By exchanging land with them in this way, although the relationship with the clan was cleared, I felt more at ease.
In the palace, Li Shimin learned that the clan members gathered in Lishan this time. If it was because of Li Daozong, it was understandable that so many people from the clan went to Lishan to visit the Supreme Emperor. After this year, they would not know when they would meet Li Yuan next year.
The emperor felt that the clan was quite honest now, so he acquiesced to this kind of thing, and asked the people of Zongzheng Temple to set a rule that Zongzheng Temple's permission would be required before going to Lishan in the future.
There is no airtight wall in the world. Li Shimin also knew that this time the clan gathered in Lishan for another reason. They gave part of the land to Zhang Yang to use it to grow vegetables for Taifu Temple in the coming year. They even took a few pieces. pond.
Knowing that Zhang Yang had been worrying about the affairs of Taifu Temple this year, Li Shimin did not express his position at this time, but had an attitude of waiting and seeing what happens.
Li Shimin also didn't want the clan to owe Zhang Yang favors. It would be better now that the two parties were settled. They were just planting some vegetables for the sake of Taifu Temple and for the sake of the country. There was nothing wrong with it.
The more friends Zhang Yang had, the unhappy the emperor became. The more isolated Zhang Yang was, the more relieved the emperor felt.
Li Shimin sighed: "Zhang Gongjin has taught a good disciple."
Li Junxian walked into the palace and bowed to report: "Your Majesty, the prince's family went to Lishan Mountain to visit the Supreme Emperor."
Hearing this, Li Shimin looked at the memorial and nodded, "The queen arranged it."
The Queen was very satisfied with the current Crown Princess, especially regarding the construction of Daming Palace. It was the Queen who asked the family to go to Lishan Mountain to express her gratitude to Zhang Yang and Yue'er.
Li Jun said with envy: "It was Liang Jianfang who escorted the prince's family there."
It's just the prince's family going there, so it doesn't matter. Why does Liang Jianfang join in the fun? Li Shimin wondered: "Isn't today the day when Liang Jianfang rushes to the Anxi Protectorate?"
"Yesterday, Liang Jianfang went to the Ministry of Rites and met Xu Jingzong. The prince was also at the Ministry of Rites yesterday. The three of them probably met and had discussions before going to Lishan today."
Li Shimin nodded and said: "I know, I will send people to continue to keep an eye on Lishan."
"Here."
At this moment in Lishan, with the help of the clan, Zhang Yang was in a much better mood these two days. When the prince's family came to Lishan, he greeted them all by himself.
Li Chengqian introduced: "This is Liang Jianfang of Youwuwei, a brave general under General Yuchi."
"The last general Liang Jianfang has met the county prince."
Zhang Yang said politely: "General, there is no need to be polite."
Liang Jianfang is in his early thirties, with a big beard, and his mouth and chin can be seen from his nose. He is strong, wearing armor, and has a horizontal sword at his waist.
Liang Jianfang first raised his eyes to look at the county prince who was quite popular in Chang'an. Liang Jianfang still bowed and said, "I was ordered by your majesty to join Duan Zhixuan and his son to help Persia. I went to see Xu Jingzong, the Minister of Rites, yesterday. I don't know if the county prince is there." Guidance?"
Zhang Yang folded his hands and looked a little more serious, "Did you know? Persians often use gold coins for transactions with the Dashi people. From the west of Persia to the west of the Dashi territory, there is a Persian Gulf. It is a very special place. The land is rich and fertile, and the Ministry of Rites’ rush to aid Persia is not just to save Persia.”
After that, Zhang Yang handed him a compass, "This is our Lishan compass, please take it with you."
"Here!"
Liang Jianfang was still standing where he was.
Seeing that he still had something to say, Zhang Yang nodded and said, "If you have any doubts, just tell me."
Liang Jianfang took a deep breath and asked again: "May I ask the county prince, how many troops and horses does Pei Xingjian have in his hands?"
"When I was the Minister of Rites, Pei Xingjian had 5,000 soldiers and horses from the Guanzhong Military Department in his hands. After they left the Western Turks, they should have reached 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Persian territory. Most of them were soldiers from Anxi and Gaochang, and there were many more. You Turks, you will know the specific situation when you go to Persia."
"That's right." Zhang Yang slapped his forehead and almost forgot, "Ashnadur is also over there."
Liang Jianfang said loudly: "I'm going to Persia now. Your Majesty has other matters to hand over to the general. I'm sorry that I can't inform the county prince. Please forgive me."
Zhang Yang sighed solemnly, "I am no longer the Minister of Rites, but just an idle minister of the Taifu Temple. Going west to Persia is of great importance, so naturally you don't need to tell me. You can just do it yourself."
It's rare to see such an open-minded person. Liang Jianfang was surprised at first, and then said: "I will take my leave first."
"Wait a minute." Zhang Yang urged again: "When you arrive at the Anxi Protectorate, it will probably be in February or March of the coming year. You will stay at the Anxi Protectorate until the summer before going to Persia. The weather outside the pass is not as careful as in the middle of the pass."
"The final general will remember that he will definitely wipe out the cannibals, and he will not forget the county prince's instructions to capture the Persian Gulf."
Liang Jianfang left, and he left firmly.
Zhang Yang found that the distance between himself and the court was getting farther and farther. He did not say when he would arrive at the Hexi Corridor, how many troops he would take to the Anxi Protectorate, nor did he say what time he would meet up with Duan Zhixuan, Duan Zan and his son at the Anxi Protectorate. How many soldiers and horses can there be?
Li Shimin finally turned to Persia.
Since Zhang Daan took the capital of Goguryeo, he brought back the King of Goguryeo and Yeon Gaesumun.
Zhang Yang was thankful in his heart that he had instilled ambition in this emperor for so many years. This time he no longer had to worry about Liaodong and finally began to plan for the West.
