Chapter 605 Housework (1)
Uncle Li was very excited. Today is his 48th birthday, which is the young man. However, due to his good maintenance and good exercise, and his bad habit of eating various elixirs has been eliminated, his body has become healthier.
There were hundreds of officials sitting in Hanyuan Hall, and the coal stove with a strong fire burning inside the sixteen dragon copper pillars made the entire Hanyuan Hall warm as spring. Everyone gathered in the same place to eat and drink. Occasionally, someone came up to toast Uncle Li to celebrate his birthday. And I, Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian, Xi Junmai and other dozens of young senior cadres gathered together and ate and drank lively.
At this time, the new Minister of Works, the Crown Prince's Right Guard, led Li Daliang to come forward to toast Uncle Li. This Lord Li was ill before Uncle Li went to Goguryeo. He originally thought that this old guy could not survive, but who would have thought that when the army returned to Chang'an from Liaodong, Li Daliang would return to his true nature of being lively.
Uncle Li took Li Daliang's hand and said with a kind look of joy. Then he raised his hand and announced loudly: "My dear friends, today is my birthday. I am very happy to be able to drink with you. Moreover, I can get the help of you to pacify Liaodong before the age of fifty. It is for my blessing to the Tang Dynasty. However, you must not forget these meritorious ministers who stayed in Chang'an, the imperial capital of our Tang Dynasty. It is a matter of fact that it is Fang Qing, Li Qing and others handle government affairs in the court and assist the prince. I am afraid that we can't be so at ease when we fight in Liaodong. Everyone is right?!"
"Yes!" Everyone shouted loudly. Our group of people also started to cheer, well, I was wrong. It should be that we also followed suit and continued to drink ours.
At this time, Uncle Li finally began to show off the treasure he had taken from me. Uncle Li patted his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet and said, "Today, I will make some fresh land for you all, come and put glassware, and go to the Western Regions to tribute wine."
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The glass was filled with light red grapes. Under the light, it looked like a wavy glass. It was very beautiful. Everyone was shocked by Uncle Li's big hand. At least Pei Xingjian, who was in front of me, stared at the glass in his hand and swallowed: "Mom, where did this come from?"
"I don't know where His Majesty got the treasure. It really makes people..." Su Dingfang couldn't let it go either. That night, the glass cup that Uncle Li brought to show was a little less than half at the end of his birthday party. At least, Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian shamelessly stuffed the cup into their cuffs and secretly carried it out of the palace. It was a shameless person, but no one could compare to Uncle Cheng's shamelessness. The old hooligan blatantly asked Uncle Li for it. He was scolded back. However, Uncle Cheng did not give up. Before leaving, he snatched several glass cups from a group of civil servants and proudly thanked Uncle Li for his reward. He patted his butt and walked around. Uncle Li was so angry that he could only jump into his foot and scold him. But he was embarrassed to fight with his ministers for such a small thing.
However, this has indeed attracted many people's attention to this new luxury goods. A month later, Bihuanxuan published an advertisement in the Datang Daily, telling everyone that there are some glass products to sell, but there is only one in the world. Then, on the first day, Bihuanxuan was almost squeezed out. Li Shu gritted his teeth and used his princess identity to buy several surrounding stores, forming Bihuanxuan's main store. The goods originally expected to be sold for one month were sold out in just five days. The best glass products were worth nearly a thousand tents, and they were also collected by the nobles of Chang'an.
The mirrors were sold a month after the glass products were sold. Because we only made a batch of mirrors, this time, nearly 100 large mirrors were made in one breath. Of course, before the sale, at Li Shu's suggestion, all the large mirrors were cut, except for one piece that was hung in Bihuanxuan as a treasure for people to admire, and all the other ones were cut into mirrors of about size and size, and each piece was sold at a price ranging from ten to one hundred and eighty cents. But I never expected that in just one morning, all the 327 large mirrors that were cut to Bihuanxuan were sold out on the same day. In addition, some even left a deposit of money. Judging from the situation, they were very excited to not give up until they got the goods.
In the past month, the family property has increased sharply and has more than doubled. Now, our family probably has at least more than one million tangas, and the family's treasury is now impossible to pile up. My mother has already emptied two other houses to store money.
Not to mention anything else, just for the fertile land in Liaodong, our mother gritted her teeth and spent a lot of money to buy 30,000 acres of fertile land in one go. It sounds like a lot. In fact, in my eyes, our family can only be considered a small fuss. I heard the news from Cheng Luanluan that her uncle, the head of the Cui clan of Qinghe, bought 150,000 acres in one go, and the other several major families also bought more than 100,000 acres of land. The Guanshi family were also unwilling to fall behind and desperately bought land there. From the 17th year of Zhenguan to the present, the profit of selling the land in Liaodong in less than two years has exceeded 7 million yuan. Moreover, because of the land replacement policy of the Tang Dynasty, a new climax of land exchange was once again set off.
I wish that the more people buy, the more people they buy. Anyway, with land replacement, this is a good way to coordinate the national population. Another point is that the vigorous promotion of dryland horse farming technology will allow Liaodong to vigorously develop. In this way, the improvement of production efficiency will definitely lead to extra farmers. Then Longyou will definitely promote this technology. Moreover, the Hetao area, even further north, can adopt this method of farming to erode nomadic peoples. This is also a new strategic method. Don’t forget that our bunker group will live in concentrated areas, and can assist each other during busy farming, and can conduct military training together. In this way, a wise tactic that brings the most headache for nomadic people is formed.
I believe that when the news of Jinzouyuan comes back, the new development goals of Datang farming will be transferred to the Jiangnan and Huguang areas. After all, those places are the most suitable for two-season rice.
However, what I hope most is that the population of the Tang Dynasty will grow faster so that it can better expand its colonies in the future. At least it must include all the key grain production areas in Asia into the Tang Dynasty's sight, and of course, the development of minerals, etc. It would be better to turn Asia, Europe and Africa into the colonies of the Tang Dynasty.
The father, mother, I, the elder brother, were squatting in the house blankly, and they were all worried. Yes, it was impossible to worry. The money was too easy. More importantly, my mother and the old man declared that the money belonged to me and asked me to persuade the two old men and elder brother, but they were very stubborn.
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"These money is earned by Erlang, and it is most appropriate for him to handle it." My mother patted the board first. The old man didn't say anything, but just nodded and continued to think.
The elder brother next to him spoke first: "You can't take a penny of this money for me. Second brother, don't worry, let me listen to my brother's words. First, after you got married, my mother mentioned the matter of dividing the family. At that time, we had already distributed our family's property clearly. You paid for this glass shop yourself and earned it with your own money. You should keep the money yourself. If you give it to your elder brother, you will look down on me, the elder brother." The elder brother was also stubborn, and the family was so stubborn.
"Erlang, I know what you think for my father..." At this time, the old man spoke with a look of comfort: "I understand your filial piety and your mother understand it, but you still keep the money yourself. You are different from Dalang. Dalang is a stable person, and he is a perfect candidate for his work. His family's money, the steaming winery, and the various industries in our family. He will never spend all his money in his lifetime. In the future, if his father is gone, he will be inherited by your elder brother."
"Master, you are so strong, why do you say such unpleasant words all day long?" My mother pushed the old man with dissatisfaction. The old man smiled happily: "Who can escape to death? It's just a matter of time. Now, as our family is here, we spread the words openly, so as not to go in the future..." The old man didn't finish his words, but my mother heard the old man's meaning and didn't say anything anymore. She just sat aside and rinsed the father with tea.
"I didn't care when we were about the separation last time, but now the situation in our family is different from that at that time. So, now, I have to put my words in the clear place. In the future, you two brothers and mistresses don't have to ruin your brotherhood for this matter. If someone dares to disobey the teachings of being a father today, in the future, he will no longer be the descendant of my Fang Xuan, and will never be allowed to recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown. Do you understand?"
Chapter completed!