"What do you call me?" Lu Chen looked at Du Yanliang who was kneeling in front of him. Although this old man's face was wrinkled and ragged, he was in good spirits. It was obvious that this old man should be the official of the entire Imperial Manor. .
The so-called "village official" is a small head who manages the farmers in the imperial village. He is not classified at all, but he has a lot of power in the imperial village. Whatever happens to the farmers, they have to report to this village official.
In addition to the village officials, there is also the "Neizhuang House Envoy". The Neizhuang House Envoy's responsibility is to manage the emperor's "excursion" here, also called the "palace", but the palace where Lu Chen is located is It's not very big. After all, it's very close to Chang'an City. How could the emperor live here?
"Go back to the Marquis, little old man Du Yanliang!" The old man replied tremblingly, with a hint of uneasiness in his words. Everyone knows that there are three things to do when a new official takes office. Du Yanliang is over sixty years old. If Lu Chen can do this, If the fire burns his head, then he will really not die well.
"Yeah!" Lu Chen nodded when he heard Du Yanliang's name, then turned to look at the young man supporting Du Yanliang. In such a cold weather, he only wore a few extra layers of single clothes and didn't have any warm clothes. But it can also be seen that the young man has a good physique.
"What's your name?" Lu Chen asked, staring at the young man.
"Back to the Marquis, this is my grandson, Du Junchuo!" Du Yanliang answered before the young man could speak.
Lu Chen's eyes lit up when he heard the young man's name. Du Junchuo was also a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, and was the main force in the Xuanwu Sect Revolution. He was responsible for both the killing of Li Jiancheng and the execution of Li Yuanji. How could this happen? Appear here? What's more, historically Du Junchuo's grandfather was called Du Mi, so how could he be called Du Yanliang?
Moreover, Du Mi was a meritorious officer of Zhongshan County in the Northern Qi Dynasty. To put it bluntly, Du Junchuo also came from a scholarly family. How could he appear in this imperial mansion?
"Old man, may I ask if the word Yanliang is yours? Is your name the word 'Mi'?" Lu Chen asked, staring at Du Yanliang. When Du Yanliang heard Lu Chen's words, his eyes flickered, as if he was thinking. How should I answer Lu Chen? Who is Lu Chen? It was obvious at a glance that Du Yanliang seemed to have some scruples, "I don't have to answer in a hurry. I'll wait until I see the mansion with you!"
Lu Chen waved his hand, "Everyone else, please leave! Your grandfather and grandson will accompany me to see the mansion!" When the other villagers heard Lu Chen's words, they dispersed as if they had received an amnesty. Only Du Yanliang's grandfather and grandson, as well as Lu Chen's subordinates, were left to accompany Lu Chen to the distant mansion.
After entering Huangzhuang, a yellow mud road in the middle leads directly to the farthest mansion. On both sides of the road are fields and the residences of farmers. They are scattered here and there. Basically, there are paths connecting the residences. A few steps away from the residence, you can go down to the fields. , but it was already winter, and there were no crops in the fields, which were all bare.
As Lu Chen walked, he looked at the scenery in the Imperial Manor, thinking about where to start the renovation. Finally, Lu Chen decided to start with building roads. There is a saying that "if you want to be rich, build roads first." If there is no understanding, everything will be disadvantageous.
Soon, they arrived at the mansion at the end of the road. At this time, there was already a eunuch and dozens of servants, large and small, standing at the door of the mansion.
The original plaque above the mansion has been removed, because the original plaque was the plaque with the name of Li Yuan's palace. Now that it has been given to Lu Chen, it is not appropriate to hang the palace plaque again, but Lu Chen is now As a Marquis, it is natural to have a plaque. The plaque had been made and delivered during the banquet. It was already hung on the lintel, covered with red cloth, waiting for Lu Chen to unveil it himself.
"This move is pretty fast!" Lu Chen looked up at the plaque covered with red cloth, then turned to Su Dingfang and said.
"The Marquis is going to take over! He must be trying to please the Marquis!" Although Su Dingfang did not go to the banquet, he also heard about Lu Chen making Wang Gui faint in the Tai Chi Hall along the way. Moreover, he was directly named Marquis of Chang'an County. Nothing happened. Su Dingfang naturally knew why the plaque was produced so quickly.
"That makes sense!" Lu Chen nodded, "Old Su, you've been so good at flattery lately!" Why didn't Lu Chen know that Su Dingfang was just saying nice things?
"General, I'm just telling the truth!" Su Dingfang smiled at Lu Chen.
At this moment, the eunuch who had been standing by the gate quickly came to Lu Chen.
"Master Marquis, it's time to unveil the plaque!" the middle-aged eunuch reminded Lu Chen with a smile on his face.
"Oh!" Lu Chen glanced at the middle-aged eunuch, quickly came to the bottom of the plaque, reached out and tugged on the red silk ribbon in front of him, and the red silk on the plaque fell off. Su Dingfang on the side directly stretched out his hand to catch the red silk ribbon. , a gold plaque was directly revealed, with two big characters "Lu Mansion" written on it. Lu Chen was still very satisfied with these two gilded characters "Lu Mansion". After all, starting from today, he finally had a family in the Tang Dynasty. A "home" of your own.
"Take over!" Lu Chen gave the order, and Su Dingfang, Fang Qi and Meng Ji beside him waved their hands. The fifty Beiwei guards dismounted and rushed into the house in an orderly manner. Then Lu Chen stepped into the palace. .
It is said to be Li Yuan's palace, but it is actually not too big. The five-entry courtyard does have cornices and brackets, but there are no pavilions. However, the house with winding corridors and white bricks and blue tiles is very beautiful.
Soon Lu Chen looked over the entire Wujin courtyard. Lu Chen was still very satisfied with such a large courtyard to live in.
When he entered the courtyard at the end, it was directly divided into two. One side was the garden, and the other side was the martial arts field. Looking at the garden, Lu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up. This garden covering at least two acres of land could be used by him. It’s for experimental fields! As for the martial arts field, setting aside half of it to build a shooting range is more than enough!
Lu Chen silently wrote down his back garden renovation plan in his heart.
Naturally, there is a concierge in the front yard and various side rooms. Su Dingfang, Fang Qi and Meng Ji themselves took over the defense work of the Lu Mansion. At this time, the soldiers from Weiwei Guards were already standing guard at the door.
"Master Hou! Master Hou!" Lu Chen, who was looking at the back garden at this time, heard Liu Jing's shout, and his voice seemed a little anxious.
"What's wrong? You're so panicked!" Lu Chen looked back and saw Liu Jing, who had just taken his father Liu Laosan to find a room, running over in a hurry.
"Master Hou, you have to make the decision for us father and son! My father was beaten!" Liu Jing said with a cry. Don't think that what will happen if Liu Jing and Liu Laosan follow Lu Chen, they have been at the bottom for so many years. The life of Liu Laosan has smoothed the edges of Liu Laosan. Even though they are Lu Chen's servants, how could they not be bold when they first came to a place like this? After all, the father and son are not people who have seen the world. , so everyone is respectful to everyone after entering the courtyard.
"What?!" As soon as he heard that Liu Laosan had someone beat him up, Lu Chen's eyebrows immediately stood up. Good guy, this is an insult to himself! Lu Chen wanted to see who dared to hit the person he brought!
And Lu Chen still had another thought in his mind. He was still thinking about how to get rid of these former domestic slaves, the maids, the women, and the eunuch. Now he would get on the pole and give himself a chance!
"Lead the way!" Lu Chen flicked his sleeves with a gloomy expression, turned around and walked towards the front yard, with Liu Jing leading the way.
When I walked to the front and entered the courtyard for the third time, I heard a high-pitched voice shouting: "Beat! Beat our family to death! What kind of identity! You actually want to live in the Lu Mansion!"
Along with the shrill screams, Liu Laosan's screams continued to be heard.
Lu Chen walked quickly to the yard and saw two servants wearing green robes and hats punching and kicking Liu Laosan. The middle-aged eunuch was shouting proudly on the side, while Su Dingfang and others were holding knives in their waists. He didn't dare to step forward to stop him.
"Stop!" Seeing the performance of Su Dingfang and others, Lu Chen suddenly became even more angry. As Lu Chen shouted angrily, everyone at the scene looked at Lu Chen, and the two servants also stopped their fists and stood. aside.
Liu Jing hurried over and helped his Aye up, "Master Hou!" The middle-aged eunuch called Lu Chen. Lu Chen ignored the eunuch and quickly came to Liu Laosan, "Why? What's going on?" Lu Chen asked in a deep voice, looking at Liu Laosan who was beaten with a bruised nose and swollen face.
"Master Hou!" At this moment, the eunuch on the side called Lu Chen again.
"Shut up! I didn't ask you!" Lu Chen turned around and stared at the eunuch with cold eyes. Fang Qi and Meng Ji were both shocked when they saw Lu Chen's eyes, and thought to themselves: "Bad Got it!"
Because the last time Lu Chen showed such a look, it was when he was punishing Mei Renxin. At that time, Lu Chen almost kicked Mei Renxin to death on the spot. I am afraid that the eunuch will suffer a lot today.
The eunuch who received a cold shout from Lu Chen could only stand there, but his eyes were staring at Lu Chen coldly, as if he was not very afraid of Lu Chen, the newly promoted prince.
"Master Marquis, this old slave just wanted to find a room, but this gentleman said that we can only live outside! We can't live here! The old slave walked out and followed him and said that the old slave took the things in the house. They asked people to search the old slave and then beat him!" Liu Laosan endured the pain and spoke briefly about the incident.
After listening to Liu Laosan's words, Lu Chen turned to look at the eunuch, "Is he telling the truth?" Lu Chen stared at the eunuch and asked.
"Go back to the Marquis! This was found from Liu Laosan's baggage!" The eunuch looked confident and pointed to the silver candlestick on the ground.
"That means everyone gets the stolen goods, right?" Lu Chen glanced at the pair of silver candlesticks on the ground and asked with a sneer.
"Hui Hou, that's exactly what happened! House slaves with unclean hands and feet like this should be put to death as a warning to others!" the eunuch said arrogantly.
