Suddenly, Han Du noticed that his tone was a little strange, and he quickly explained to An Qing: "What I said is, as long as you are fine."
An Qing suddenly laughed, glanced at Han Du, walked past Han Du first, and said without looking back: "Let's go back."
"Okay, go back, go back," Han Du answered An Qing and glanced inside the room. He saw that Xiangxue and the other three people were lying on the table in a daze, but fortunately, a few of them were still able to shout "I'm not drunk."
Keep drinking." Han Du also felt a little relieved.
Judging from the looks of these people, it would be nice if they could just get some sleep. They can't have any problems in this Jiaofang Division. .??.
So, Han Du quickly turned around and walked a few steps to catch up with An Qing.
Sitting in the carriage, An Qing held Han Du's arm affectionately, and the two were in love like a stick. Just when Han Du thought that the matter was over, An Qing suddenly said something that made Han Du's heart rise to his throat.
"I heard from sister Yaoyue that you have saved her before? I can't tell that my husband still has such a good heart."
"What nonsense are Yao Yue and you talking about?" Han Du suddenly came to his senses and asked quickly: "Wait, sister? Didn't you just meet? How come I have become your sister?"
An Qing rolled his eyes at Han Du and said unconvinced: "It is indeed our first time to meet, but who said we can't treat each other as sisters?"
"Yes, yes, we don't have much to say, right?" When An Qing glared at him, Han Du suddenly became short of breath and quickly echoed.
When Anqing saw Han Du begging for mercy, he reluctantly let him go.
Next, Han Du listened absently to the conversation between An Qing and Yao Yue, while thinking to himself about how to deal with it.
However, Han Du did not hesitate for long. The next day, someone came from Yingtian Mansion to inform him that the land given to the Zhenhai Marquis Mansion by the emperor had come down, and asked the manor to send someone to accept it.
Han Du was not interested in this at first. After all, it was only a thousand acres of land. Even if it was all fertile land, growing food would not yield much money every year. Of course, if it was only grown for food, it would be enough for the Zhenhai Marquis Mansion.
It's even impossible to finish it.
Unlike Han Du who didn't care, Mrs. Liu attached great importance to these lands. Not only did she personally supervise the people of Yingtian Mansion to divide the land for her, but she even brought her whole family with her. According to Mrs. Liu
, this is a major event that concerns the whole family. Only when the whole family has gone, the people of Yingtian Mansion will not dare to be short of their own land.
The land given to Han Du by Lao Zhu is in the eastern suburbs of the capital, at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain and near Xuanwu Lake in the west.
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The Han family took several carriages out of Taipingmen, went north along Jingkou Avenue and arrived at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain.
Han Du jumped off the carriage, turned around, took An Qing's hand, and helped him down. Only then did he realize that people from Yingtian Mansion had been waiting here.
When the people from Yingtian Mansion saw Han Du and others arriving, they quickly stepped forward to greet them.
"The lower official should pay homage to Hu Dayong, the Prime Minister of Tianfu, to pay homage to Princess Anqing, to pay homage to the Marquis, to pay homage to Mr. Han, and the old lady."
Ying Tianfu Fu Cheng, the fourth rank. There is no problem for Hu Da to pay homage to the Han family and others with such courtesy.
What made Han Du quite strange was this person's name, "Are you Hu Dayong? What is your relationship with Duke Yue?"
It seemed that this was not the first time that Hu Dayong heard someone ask him this question. The look of helplessness on his face flashed away, and he explained with a smile: "Although Xiaguan is lucky enough to have the same surname as the Duke of Yue, and the only difference between their first names is Hu.
It’s just a word, but it makes the Marquis laugh. There really is no relationship between Xiaguan and Yue Guogong.”
Han Du couldn't help but nodded secretly. Indeed, the Hu Dayong in front of him was only in his early forties. If Duke Yue had lived to this day, he would have been about the same age as Tang He.
Since it was his fault, Han Du did not continue to ask further. "Where is the land given by the emperor? Please take me to see it."
"Yes, Lord Marquis, please come this way." Hu Dayong took the lead and led Han Du and others down a path.
"The road from here is about one mile wide, so the place that is about two miles long is the land given to the Marquis by the emperor." Hu Dayong waved his hand and gestured in front of Han Du. Then he took the Han family with him.
, walked along the path again.
To be precise, this land starts from the foot of Zhongshan Mountain and ends by a river.
But after Han Du walked around, he frowned.
"This land shouldn't be more than a thousand acres, right?" If nothing else, although Han Du's mental arithmetic is not as good as Han Jingyun's, it is still very good.
When walking around just now, Han Du roughly estimated the length of several sides of the land. No matter how Han Du calculated it, the land did not amount to a thousand acres.
Hu Dayong nodded with a smile and said, "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Hou is a master of divination, and he is indeed well-deserved." He gently flattered Han Du.
Han Du raised his eyes and looked seriously at Hu
Dayong frowned slightly. He didn't believe that Hu Dayong would be so bold. He dared to defy old Zhu Yang and deprive himself of a land belonging to a marquis.
Hu Dayong continued: "Let the Marquis know that this is the case. This land is only 800 acres, but it is connected to a barren mountain and a river beach. If the Marquis does not mind, I am willing to use it.
Barren hills and riverbanks were used to offset the remaining 200 acres of land, totaling 1,000 acres.
Of course, if the Marquis is not willing, then the official will allocate another 200 acres of land to the Marquis from the side, but the barren hills and river beaches will be gone.
I wonder what Master Hou wants?"
"Oh? What kind of barren mountains and river beaches?" Han Du asked curiously.
When he heard Hu Dayong's explanation just now, Han Du felt that his approach was a bit strange. Since he could directly divide the 200 acres of land into one piece with the current 800 acres, why would he bother to go to the barren mountains?
And the river beach?
Unless there is something weird about these barren mountains and river beaches!
"Your Majesty, please come this way." Hu Dayong smiled, bowed slightly, and walked Han Du and his family towards Zhongshan.
He came to a place and stopped, raised his hand and said: "Master Hou, this is the barren mountain that Xianguan mentioned."
It is said to be a barren hill, but it is actually a hill covered with grass. It is not even a mountain. But do not underestimate such hills. The fertility of the land on these hills is no worse than that of the fertile fields at your feet. It is considered a good place. More
The most important thing is that this barren mountain was given to Han Du by Hu Day in exchange, so this barren mountain alone is much larger than 200 acres. How big is it exactly?
Han Du made a visual inspection and found that the barren hills alone were more than a thousand acres.
Seeing that Han Du was a little stunned, Hu Dayong said with a smile: "This barren mountain looks quite big, but there is almost no place for farming, and there is no production in the land, so Mr. Hou suffered a loss."
What does it mean to tell lies with your eyes open?
The person in front of me, Hu Dayong, the Prime Minister of Yingtian Mansion, is telling lies right now.
If this is considered a loss, then Han Du said that such a loss should be directed at me. I firmly believe that suffering a blessing is a blessing. No matter how many such losses I have, I can bear it.
"Ahem, if you suffer a little loss, just suffer a little loss. Anyway, I don't expect to live on the income from the fields. However, the scenery on this mountain is beautiful, and it would be good to take a look around when you have time." Han Du pretended not to know.
He said, looking at Hu Dayong with obvious closeness and kindness.
When Hu Dayong saw it, his eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly
He nodded frequently and said flatteringly: "Yes, yes, that is to say, Mr. Hou doesn't care, otherwise I really don't know how to take action in this barren mountain, but Mr. Hou saved me from a trouble. I would like to thank Mr. Hou for his integrity."
Although Han Du is experienced in doing things, his face is not so thick as to be incomparable. When Hu Dayong said this, Han Du's face turned red involuntarily.
He waved his hand quickly and said, "Where is the river beach? Please take me there to have a look."
Taking the opportunity to change the topic made Han Du feel better.
Hu Dayong took Han Du and his family to the river beach. Sure enough, the river beach did not disappoint Han Du.
Although this river beach is not as big as the barren mountain, this river beach may be due to land demarcation. The river beach only has a few feet of wasteland close to the water. The remaining area of more than a hundred feet wide is fertile farmland, and it is all close to the river.
Wait for some good farmland.
Others may not be able to buy such fertile land even if they want to buy it, but it was treated as river beach land by Hu Dayong and discounted? Han Du has a clear understanding of the shady operations of the lower class society. Don't look at it
The society at the bottom is not as glamorous as the upper class, but where people's hearts are full of ghosts and ghosts, it is no worse than the overt and covert fights above the court.
Mrs. Liu originally lived at the bottom of the society. After marrying Han De, she crossed the class and came to the upper class. She was very clear about the turbulent behavior of the lower class, so she asked the whole family to come together to demarcate the land.
Relying on the strength of Han Du, the prince, no one dared to cheat.
But Mrs. Liu also forgot that Han Du was now the Marquis of Zhenhai and the consort of the Princess of Anqing. No one dared to take the land of the Marquis of Zhenhai Mansion. On the contrary, the Han family had not spoken yet.
Some people are trying every possible means to increase land for the Han family in disguise.
"If the Marquis is willing, then the official will give these lands to the Marquis. Of course, in this case, the Marquis will suffer some losses." Hu Dayong's face was full of apology, as if he really wanted Han Du to do so.
As if he had suffered a loss, he said, "Of course, if the Marquis doesn't want to, then I can just make up the two hundred acres for the Marquis again."
Han Du was a little hesitant at first. After all, this disguised embezzlement of Lao Zhu's land seemed to be a bit unethical. But when he thought that he had recovered all the imperial seals, Lao Zhu only gave him one thousand acres.
The land suddenly felt confident again.
"If you suffer a little loss, just suffer a little loss. Who makes me a kind-hearted and considerate person? Bring me the land deed."
Hu Dayong smiled and handed over the land deed, "The land deed has been prepared a long time ago. Please take a look at it."