Regarding the follow-up of Horseshoe, Lin Wanwan quickly got the news from the fresh gossip circulating in Kaihuafang.
Xiao Yu's residence as Duke of Song and Xiao Deyan's residence are both in Kaihuafang, so news between the two naturally passes very quickly.
Xiao Chong rode a divine horse freshly equipped with horseshoes and ran seven hundred miles a day from Luoyang back to Chang'an City. After verifying the effectiveness of horseshoes, he was immediately offered the title of assassin to the palace.
The next morning, after the court dismissed, he was announced to the palace and given food. After leaving the palace, the order to reward him also arrived.
Because of his contribution to the new weapon of gunpowder and horseshoes, Xiao Chong was granted the title of county male, with a rank of fifth rank, a settlement of 300 households, five hectares of Yongye land, and twenty slaves.
In fact, when Xiao Chong presented the horseshoe, he explained to Li Shimin that he did not create it, but that he once encountered a hermit in the mountains and got some advice from him. This time, as he was hurrying on his way, he only remembered such a treasure by chance.
But for Li Shimin, since the hermit who proposed the horseshoe traveled around the world and did not want to join the world, and did not even leave his name, then Xiao Chong of Lanling who made it and presented it to the court was indispensable.
It doesn’t matter who came up with it, but who openly carried it forward is important to Datang.
Xiao Chong received the title, which immediately brought the Xiao family's wealth to a higher level. A family with two titles, even though one is a Duke of the country and the other is just a low-ranking county boy, is still very impressive, not to mention that there is a princess sitting in charge.
There is a small river running through the place where Xiao Chong's Yongye field is located. The houses lined up along the river bank are all occupied by the original tenants of these fields. At this time, they were naturally transferred to Xiao Chong.
Early the next morning, Lin Wanwan took Sun Chueyao, Hongyan and Jiyue to Tonghua Gate in a carriage.
To be honest, the fact that Xiao Chong was awarded a title had something to do with his origin as the Xiao family in Lanling and the dismissal of his grandfather Xiao Yu.
Hey, if Xiao Chong was just a handsome young boy from a poor family, it would be much simpler. I wouldn't mind him being a softie.
In the end, Lin Wanwan was persuaded by Xiao Chong. The task was completed, and Xiao Chong directly turned the horse's head and headed south.
After the carriage left the city, the maroon horse following Xiao Chong traveled for at least half an hour before stopping.
The longest distance in the world,
It is the distance between the fish and the flying bird.
They were no different from African refugees. Lin Wanwan suspected that they had never had a full meal.
Because Lin Wanwan and Xiao Chong had been granted marriage by the emperor, and among the six rites of passage, they had gone through the two rites of acceptance and asking for their names on the day of the imperial edict. They were already officially an unmarried couple, so meeting once was nothing.
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Lin Wanwan said speechlessly: "My cousin developed gunpowder bombs, which could have been rewarded, but it was because of me that he was blocked from going up.
After being rejected by "I like him, but I won't marry him", every time he faced Lin Wanwan, it was torture in his heart for Xiao Chong, so he might as well leave far away.
If you ignore the sallow and thin figures interspersed among the adobe houses, it can be said that the scenery here is picturesque.
Hey, this has been the fifth year of Zhenguan, and the people at the lowest level are just like this. What kind of prosperous times are they? Does not starving to death mean peace and joy?
You were originally implicated by me, but now that I have used the horseshoe to make up for it, how come my cousin says it’s all my fault? No, no, no, I can’t accept these Yongye land deeds, so what have I become?”
That night, Lin Wanwan received a letter from Xiao Chong's servant, asking her to meet at Tonghua Gate tomorrow.
Xiao Chong rode to the window of Lin Wanwan's carriage and handed a few land deeds to Lin Wanwan. He said calmly: "Cousin, these fields are all rewards from horseshoes. They should belong to you, but now I just leave them to you.
It’s up to you to do with it.”
Xiao Chong said indifferently: "I am going to Luan County today. These land deeds are handed over to me. They just go to the princess's house. They might as well be given to my cousin. Doesn't my cousin like to farm? There is a large piece of fertile land in front of me, and spring plowing is about to begin. From now on,
It’s not easy to come here and see it so leisurely anymore.”
The terrain of Chang'an is low in the west and high in the east. The east side is very mountainous.
A soaring sky,
One of them dives deep into the sea.
Both sides of the river that are visible to the naked eye are her land.
But the person in front of me is really hard to ignore. Oh my god, is this the lowest banker in the land of Gyeonggi?
Didn't Xiao Chong hand over potatoes and sweet potatoes to the imperial court? Hybrid rice may not be enough in Luan County, but potatoes and sweet potatoes haven't spread yet? Potatoes are very suitable for the geology here.
After spending another two days in Chang'an City, he had to rush back to Luan County as soon as possible. In fact, there was no need to be in such a hurry, but Xiao Chong felt that there was no reason for him to stay in Chang'an City.
"This...I don't have time to farm here." Lin Wanwan murmured in a low voice.
Because of her high-yielding potatoes and sweet potatoes, as well as Grandpa Yuan Longping's hybrid rice seeds, and her cotton, Dafeng Village, the only one among the three villages that did not grow cotton last year, was not as miserable as the group of people in front of them.
The villages around Chang'an City naturally belong to narrow villages. Even if there is a land equalization system, in fact most of the fertile land is still divided up by the royal family and nobles.
When Xiao Chong's master and servant, who had been waiting here for a long time, saw Lin Wanwan's car arriving, he led them out of Chang'an City without saying a word and walked towards the east of the city.
Xiao Chong didn't know whether he heard it or not, so he continued: "There are also twenty newly given slaves, all of whom were born as maids in the Yeting Palace. If my cousin can use them, I will take them all away. Someone will take them away."
They all stayed in Xiao Mansion and didn’t arrange anything."
The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was still open, and this was the year of Zhenguan. The environment was becoming more relaxed and open every year. The power fences used by noble women to cover their whole bodies were almost completely replaced by curtains that only covered their heads.
Maybe when Lin Wanwan returns to Luan County in a few months, he will be able to face his nominal "fiancée" calmly.
She got out of the carriage and looked at the sparkling river and the dilapidated village of mud houses on the other side of the river. The rolling green hills behind the village were like a natural green barrier in the morning sun.
Lin Wanwan sighed and held a stack of land deeds in her hand.
Lujiazhuang and Dafengzhuang near Lin Wanwan's Linjiazhuang are no longer so miserable.
The place where Xiao Chong brought Lin Wanwan was the Wuqing Yongye Field that had just been given to him.
There are mountains and rivers, houses and fields.
Li Shimin still values the Xiao family very much. The historical reputation of "Lanling Xiao Family" and the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty is not just a matter of fact. This can be regarded as a little compensation for the Xiao family.
This is the land next to Chang'an City, and it belongs to her now, but she doesn't feel very happy, which is not in line with her money-obsessed nature.
Also, didn’t the history books say that it cost five cents to fight rice in Chang’an? That was countless times lower than the seventy or eighty cents to pay for rice in the hands of Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. Even accounting for inflation, the gap was too big.
Why do people at the bottom still look like this?
Lin Wanwan decided to go to the East and West Liangshi Grain Store in Chang'an City to check the actual prices when she was free.
Oh! Now that she has a farm, she can sell the land for the soap workshop!
Build it right here, on this land!
Lin Wanwan will never allow people so hungry that they can count their bones on her territory!
She must lead everyone out of poverty and become rich, at least to achieve basic food and clothing!