"Congratulations to Ma Xiang, you will become the emperor's in-laws from now on!"

As soon as Li Chao entered Ma Zhou's house, he bowed and congratulated him. When Ma Chao, wearing a cotton jacket, heard it, he just smiled bitterly, "It seems that he can't escape."

The two of them were talking while walking inside.

"It's not a bad thing for the emperor's in-laws." Li Chao said with a smile.

"Do you know which prince it is His Majesty?"

"How about the Thirteenth Prince, King Jin Li Zhi, what about you? Are you a good match?"

The Thirteenth Prince is the legitimate prince, and Ma Zhou's daughter is betrothed to King Jin, which is of course good. However, there is nothing strange about the emperor's in-laws. The emperor now has more than 20 children, so there are more than 20 in-laws, basically all the prime ministers in the court.

But even if it is the emperor's in-laws, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were also the emperor's in-laws, but when the emperor turned against him, he would still be executed by Lingchi outside the Tianmen.

The emperor's in-laws who cut a thousand knives.

Ma Zhou is now the Minister of the Secretariat, and is in the affairs of the Secretariat. He is the right concubine of the crown prince, the young tutor of the crown prince, and the Duke of Xu. He said that Ma Zhou is both an official of the Eastern Palace and a teacher of the crown prince, but now he is the father-in-law of the King of Jin.

Li Chao came to be a matchmaker to propose marriage in person, so of course there would be no recurrence in the matter.

The two sat down and drank for a while, chatted for a while, and then Li Chao said goodbye.

Looking back, the palace will naturally send someone to send a gift to propose marriage, and Li Chao's mission has been completed.

Ma Zhou was delivered to the door.

"What are the arrangements for Wenyuan after the New Year?"

Li Chao himself is not very clear about what arrangements he has for the New Year. Normally, he is now indifferent to official positions, so he is naturally idle. However, it also depends on Li Shimin. If he insists on arranging some more errands, Li Chao will naturally have to listen to the poor running errands.

"Maybe I will accompany my wife and children in the capital next year, or go to the territory for a walk. You know, I have more territory, including the Duke of Zhao in the north of Langshan, southeast of Liao, and Guangnan, and the Liuqiu Island in the East Sea." Li Chao looked a little proud when he talked about these territories.

It's really not easy to say. Even though these territories are all on the edges, the territory is quite large. Today, it's nothing, and you can get rich by looking back. The territory in the north of Langshan can be grazed and bred, or traded with border markets, and it can also make money.

In southern Liaoning, Liuqiu and Zhao Guoling are all very large territories. Except for Zhao Guoling, they are still very biased now. Liuqiu and Liaoning are both treasure lands and are already taking off.

Ma Zhou felt a little itchy when he heard this, so he was so proud.

"Come on, hurry home and have a few more sons, otherwise where can you inherit so much territory in the future."

Li Chao laughed and left.

This relationship with Ma Zhou is not comparable to ordinary people. It doesn’t matter whether they make some jokes with each other.

Li Chao was shaking a little cold when he arrived home on a horse.

Riding a horse in the cold winter is really not a pleasure. But Li Chao is more face-saving. As a war god, you can't sit in a carriage.

Generally, only older officials ride in carriages, and young officials, even civil servants, ride horses and swords.

There are so many horses in the Tang Dynasty today. They destroyed the Turks, surrendered the Khitan and Xi, Xueyantuo and Tuyuhun have also surrendered, and the border trade is also very prosperous. Now the price of cattle and horses has plummeted, and beef and mutton are now very cheap.

A good horse is only twenty stagnant of money.

A cow only costs a few cents.

Every year, big horses are transported in, which has caused the price to plummet, and countless people in the Tang Dynasty have begun to own horses. Nowadays, buying horses is not expensive, and families with a few industries can buy horses, but the amount of money for raising horses is quite expensive. Those with better conditions have even carriages.

In wealthy families, they basically have four-wheeled carriages.

Even ordinary country farmers, many people have mules and donkeys at home to ride for transportation.

It was about to be the fifth year of Zhenguan. The Tang Dynasty had been established for ten years. It fought south and north, quelled internal troubles and destroyed foreign invaders. Especially after the destruction of the Turks this year, the people of the Tang Empire had unprecedented confidence.

Looking at the Tang people on the street, they all raised their chests and raised their heads when walking.

There are traffic on the vast streets of Hanjing.

The businessman guards with a knife, while the scholars wear swords.

There are even special carriages for renting horses and mules for renting donkeys on the street, but here are called donkey rentals, mule rentals, horse rentals and car rentals.

Standing on the street, if you need a car or a horse, you can stop them with your hands, and the people with the words "leasing" written on their clothes came over.

Hanjing is too big, and it is very difficult to walk on two legs alone.

Renting a car and horse is also very cheap, and life is very convenient.

There are shops on both sides of the street, and you can see all kinds of Hu Yi everywhere. It is very interesting to see them bargaining in crappy Mandarin.

The Tang Dynasty and Hanjing are the center of the world.

As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chao felt deeply honored. In particular, all this was also the result of his hard work.

When he got home, the servant took away the horse.

Li Chao felt that his legs were already stiff and stiff. It seemed that he should be riding a carriage next time. Although it was quite majestic, the weather was really cold and uncomfortable.

In the hall, Cui Yingying and Si Niang were listening to Hong Shin and Si Niang telling her what she saw in Lingnan. Several women were drinking the osmanthus black sugar water brought back from Jiaozhou, listening with relish.

"Tell you good news. Your Majesty gave us the land that Zhenla ceded. Now Duke Zhao has increased by 100 miles north and south." Li Chao said with a smile.

Cui Yingying grabbed Li Chao's hand and put it in his hand to help him warm up.

"It's such a cold day, you don't ride a car, so why are you riding a horse?"

Red Line brought Li Chao a hand warmer, "Let it go on your legs and warm it up."

"Sanlang drinks a cup of hot sugar water to warm up your lower body." Du Maoniang also quickly brought a cup of sugar water to Li Chao. Lu sat aside, still a little restrained, and could only watch a few women asking Li Chao about her well-being.

After sitting for a while, my body finally became warm.

"But, call Qingshu."

Song Qingshu was studying in the house. As soon as he arrived in the capital, Li Chao sent him to the Imperial College. However, it was the end of the year and the Imperial College was also on the winter vacation. Li Chao took Song Qingshu to visit the Imperial College as the priest Kong Yingda and many teachers. After hearing Li Chao said that this was his newly accepted disciple, and when he heard about Song Qingshu's story, the Imperial College naturally accepted this special student.

Kong Yingda is a descendant of Confucius. This year, Li Chao proposed to respect Confucius as King Wenxuan and posthumously named Confucius as king of the Five Dynasties. These actions made Kong Yingda very grateful. He had a good relationship with Li Chao, but now he owed Li Chao a great favor.

Of course, he took great care of Song Qingshu. Even if he had a vacation, he would ask Song Qingshu to go to his house to study, and he taught himself.

During the day, Song Qingshu went to Confucius Mansion to study and attend classes. When he came back in the evening, Li Chao would teach him personally when he was free. During this period, Song Qingshu was also immersed in the sea of ​​books.

Until now, he still feels that all this is like a dream.

In the past, he thought Jiaozhou was big enough, but when he arrived in Guangzhou, he realized that it was more prosperous. When he arrived in Hanjing, he truly understood what the Judu was.

The population of Hanjing and the surrounding towns in Jingji have exceeded one million. The official data is that the population is 1.1 million and 1.1 million people, and the food consumed every day is as large as thousands of stones.

On the Tangbai River, the grain ships that transport grain to Beijing every day have never stopped. The rows of huge granaries near the Shuimen in the capital are piled up with countless grains.

And the Zhao Palace is so luxurious and huge.

When he heard that Li Chao was going to see him, he quickly packed up his things and tidied up his clothes. His father stood at the door, "Son, you must listen carefully to King Zhao and never forget this great kindness."

Song's father now lives in the Zhao Palace. The father and son have a separate courtyard, and the mansion even arranged servants for them. Song's father's leg disease was also prescribed for medicine for him, and now he has been treated slowly.

This kind of life is simply unbelievable.

The simple fishermen only knew that all this was given by King Zhao.

When Song Qingshu came to the hall, he was a little surprised to see King Zhao's wife and concubine.

"You have been in the mansion for some time. I have no time before. Today, you will officially meet your master's wife. In a few days, your senior brothers will also return to Beijing. I will introduce you to you later."

Song Qingshu hurriedly greeted Cui Yingying and the others one by one.

"How is it? Are you still used to staying in the mansion?"

"The teacher is so nice to us father and son that students cannot repay us."

"Don't say those polite words. The capital is very prosperous, don't be confused. Remember, the purpose of your visit is that you are here to study. After the New Year, you will officially move to the Imperial College dormitory and study hard. Your father will stay in this mansion, and you don't have to worry about anything. You study hard. After three years, I hope you can make a big splash and a high school Jinshi."

"Qingshu will definitely not embarrass the teacher!"

"It's great. Go back and read a book, but remember to combine work and rest. Exercise more in the morning, and sometimes go out for a walk. If you want to go out, tell the manager and arrange a coachman and follower. In addition, I told the housekeeper that the mansion will give you ten cents of monthly money every month, and the mansion will prepare you for food and clothing, and this month's money will be given to you. "

"Teacher Xie."

Song Qingshu bowed gratefully and then stepped down.

"A pretty simple child, Sanlang values ​​him very much?" Cui Yingying asked.

Li Chao smiled and said, "This child has a good moral character and is very hardworking and hardworking. I can do it if I can.

In fact, this is also a common practice for many wealthy families. It is to give help to young people who are of ordinary origin but have good talent. These people who are of ordinary origin are willing to rely on wealthy families after getting help. Most wealthy families gather these talents in the name of their disciples and adopted sons for their own use. These people have no foundation and no background, and cannot do without them, and their loyalty to them will be more reliable.

However, Li Chao did not have so much utilitarianism towards Song Qingshu, and he simply admired the efforts of the fisherman's son. Song Qingshu's spirit was very popular with Li Chao. Li Chao believed that if he helped Song Qingshu with his own resources, he would definitely be able to go further in the future.
Chapter completed!