"Master Zhu, Master Zhu, please stay! May I ask Sir, when will he return home?"
After class in the school building, Li Zhusheng picked up the book and walked out. He saw a middle-aged man from the village dragging his lame foot at the courtyard gate. He immediately turned around and was about to slip out of the side door, but the man from the village caught a glimpse of him.
He looked back, waved his hands and shouted loudly.
When Li Zhusheng heard the shouting, he could only stop and turn around to walk towards the villager. He said helplessly: "Wang Hu'er, you have asked me five times today. Master Lang went to the Grand Parade and did not predict the return date.
How do I know when I can come back?"
Wang Hu'er, the lame man from the village, said with a silly smile: "My servant is also worried about the master keeping warm outside. The winter snow has already fallen, and it is freezing outside. How can it be compared to the bright and bright big house in our village, where we can keep our food and clothing warm? Tongshenda
The three 箸 and others from Yue have returned, but Master Lang has not heard from him yet. Isn't Master Zhu Sheng worried?"
"Master Lang is young and mature. He has his own plans for where to go and what to do. Just do your own thing well and live your own life..."
Before Li Zhusheng finished speaking, the villager Wang Hu'er's silly smile turned into a bitter smile: "It's because Master Lang is not in the village, life is not peaceful! Everyone remembers the promise made by Master Lang when he first came to the village, and now
The year is coming to an end, and everyone is working hard, just because there is someone in the house to warm their beds..."
Li Zhusheng glanced at Wang Hu'er, and then at the villagers who were huddled in the corner with the same expectant expressions. He felt a headache for a moment. He knocked on Wang Hu'er's forehead and sighed: "You idiots."
Slave, after a few days of keeping warm, are you really looking forward to adding a few mouths competing for food in the house?"
Wang Hu'er rubbed his head, which was sore from being hit by the teaching pole, and still had a naive smile on his face: "There is no need to fight for food. Master Lang is very good at running a family. Whoever is diligent and diligent in the village is afraid that he will not be able to support a few people?"
Population? Besides, those clever ladies in the weaving mill can earn more money from their work than the idiot men. Both men and women work hard, but they are afraid that they will not have a well-off family?"
At this moment, someone in the distance suddenly shouted: "Master Lang is back!"
Hearing this shouting, people from all over the manor jumped out and rushed towards the gate of the manor.
Li Tai, who had just entered the village on horseback, was very pleased when he saw people from the village flocking to greet him. Although they had only been together for less than a year, everyone's support and miss for him was overwhelming!
He waved his hands to greet the people in the village, and said thoughtfully: "In the cold weather, everyone can go to their own rooms to keep warm. There is no need to queue up to greet them!"
Despite his repeated persuasion, everyone was still unstoppable in their enthusiasm and gathered together to send Li Tai into the lobby in the center of the manor, still lingering and refusing to leave.
"I have only been away from home for more than a month, and people in the village miss me so much."
Li Taixing entered the main room, took off his big cloak to keep out the cold, and leaned next to the stove. He looked at the crowded hall outside and couldn't help but sigh to Li Zhusheng.
After hearing this, Li Zhusheng looked a little strange. He came forward and whispered the reason why everyone was so enthusiastic.
After listening to this, Li Tai realized that he had made a mistake. These villagers were not thinking about their master, but their daughter-in-law!
"It's really full of warmth and thoughts xx, you are so arrogant, tell them to get out of here, whoever leaves late will not be allowed to participate this year!"
Looking at the expectant and hungry eyes of the people outside the village, Li Tai was filled with anger. Others could win people's hearts, and his subordinates would follow them loyally and pursue their careers. However, these idiots in his village just want their wives and children to be on the bed! Yes!
Well, why don’t we give each of them a Kang bed?
Although he felt a little depressed, he had to do what he promised. After his hands and feet warmed up, Li Tai asked Li Zhusheng to get the account book of the village and look through it briefly. He saw that the account book recorded that the villagers were full of household workers, many people
It took several months of non-stop hard work, and I was deeply moved.
Regardless of his identity as a time traveler, he is just a new visitor to this pass. He is able to establish himself in this village so quickly. In addition to the care from the upper-class dignitaries, the hard work of the people in these tribes is also indispensable.
Earlier in Chaoyi, when he saw He Basheng presiding over the wedding of his close followers, Li Tai had made a wish to at least make the lives of those who followed him stable. Now that he had spared his efforts, it was natural that he should fulfill his promise.
"Several batches of supplies will be delivered to Jingzhao County in the near future. Uncle Zhusheng arranged for the villagers to clean up the warehouse and take over properly. The grain cakes will be stopped after making 5,000 pieces, and less important matters will be postponed until the end of the year.
Arrange a few elderly and stable villagers to ask each other carefully about their wishes, and start arranging marriages after the winter solstice."
After Li Tai looked through the accounting book, he said to Li Zhusheng again.
Shuuhui refused to accept the dividend of more than two thousand pieces of silk, which became Li Tai's largest surplus at the end of this year. He planned to divide another half to repay the remainder of He Basheng's debt, and the remainder was enough for a family.
If people have a good year, they can have a better start in various undertakings in the coming year.
"Organize a construction team of 80 people to build several courtyards on the east slope and dig several open channels in the village..."
Although the end of the year is approaching, Li Tai still has many ideas for home ownership. When he entered the village just now, he saw many villagers with chapped hands and faces, especially the children with snot and frostbite on their faces, which made him feel a little distressed.
, and planned to carry out a relatively complete and systematic heating project in the manor.
"In the past six months, Alang has been much more thoughtful than in previous years. Even when Lang was in charge of the family, there was no such considerate subordinate as Alang!"
Li Zhusheng recorded everything and couldn't help but sigh.
"Things have happened in the past few years, but now I feel that human kindness is the most precious. Without your unwavering following, Uncle Nagisa, I really don't know how I can survive in Kansai!"
After hearing this, Li Tai also sighed, stood up, patted Li Zhusheng's shoulder and joked: "I brought back a few buckets of good wine from Chang'an, called up some of them, and let's go to Uncle Zhusheng's place to cook old duck tonight.
Drink!"
When Li Zhusheng heard this, his old face suddenly became angry, and without saying a word, he turned around and walked out the door.
That night, more than a dozen old family members who had followed Li Tai all the way from Dongzhou gathered at Li Zhusheng's residence. While drinking scalding old duck soup and wine, they talked about their experiences in the past six months. It was inevitable that they were a little sad, but more importantly
Most of it is about looking forward to the future.
A few days after Li Tai returned home, Zheng Man, who had not been seen for many days, came to visit again.
"It's really comfortable to soak in this hot soup. My husband is worthy of his rich family. Such a taste is what life is like!"
Zheng Man was honored to be the first guest of Shang Yuan Bath. He soaked his whole body in the bath and his face was flushed by the heat. He imitated Li Tai and hit his joints with a wooden mallet, and said with envy on his face.
Li Tai was soaking in a separate bathtub on the other side of the screen. It was not that he was a germaphobe. In fact, he saw that most ancient people did not like to take baths. Hearing Zheng Man's sigh, he laughed and said: "Zheng Zheng, no, it should be Zheng
County Lieutenant, if you are not satisfied with your current position, I have room for you in the village. It just so happens that the affairs of the village are getting complicated, and I also need a smart and capable person to help manage the house."
Zheng Man got the advantage and behaved well. After hearing this, he laughed and said: "The position of county official is called an official, but in reality it is a servant. In my opinion, it is not as comfortable as assisting Lang Jun in the countryside in the summer and autumn! The only thing is not
If you dare to neglect your kindness, you can only do it with all your strength!"
The past six months can be said to be the most important turning point in Zheng Man's life. If he hadn't met Li Tai, he, a county official with no local influence or backing, would probably have been destitute for the rest of his life.
In the midst of chores.
But he just helped Li Tai broker a loan cooperation with the county government. Because he successfully alleviated the plight of the county magistrate, he was recommended by the county magistrate Du Yun.
.
He said he was busy with work, but how could he not be excited after achieving such a class leap?
When he was in and out of the county government office recently, he heard that many of his former subordinate officials were secretly regretting that they were unwilling to travel to the countryside because they hated the smoke and dust on the rural roads. Zheng Man was able to get such a big advantage, and he felt happy and happy.
"The county magistrate has informed me that I have come to visit my husband in the countryside, and he has asked me to ask him whether he is willing to continue our cooperation next year after getting two benefits this year."
Zheng Man bared his teeth and rubbed the dirt accumulated on his body, and asked Li Tai with a smile.
After Li Tai heard this, he waved his hand. He had too much money to burn, so he would continue to engage in this kind of unequal cooperation with the county government!
In the past, there was no local foundation at all, so the county government could only grit its teeth and be slaughtered as a fat sheep. Now, even if the manor's farmland is insufficient, it is better for the big families in the same village to lend money than to cooperate with the county government.
When Zheng Man saw Li Tai waving his hands, he felt a little disappointed. He had witnessed with his own eyes how Li Tai quickly amassed rural capital and did extensive work in turning stones into gold in the countryside, and he also understood that living close to Li Tai had many benefits.
Although he did not want to be taken advantage of again, Li Tai also had other things to cooperate with the county. After a brief pause, he said: "County Master Du will pass the exam next year and be deposed? What are his plans for the future?"
"The county minister comes from a prominent family in Jingzhao. He probably hopes to return to his hometown and govern."
Zheng Man replied after hearing this.
"Serving as an official for one term, doing good deeds, and then returning to your hometown with honor and reputation as a virtuous person is indeed one of the great joys in life. But if the county magistrate wants to return to his hometown to govern, I'm afraid it won't be so smooth. Jingzhao is so powerful!"
Li Tai sighed with emotion at first, and then said: "I have a rural affairs project that I am planning here. If the county magistrate can help me achieve it, I think I can help him decide what he plans to do in the coming year."
"The county magistrate is really lucky. My husband has helped him a lot this year, and I will have a chance to get help from him next year!"
After Zheng Man heard this, he showed his envy for the county magistrate Du Yun without asking what was going on.
"Not only the county magistrate, I also want to help you, Zheng county lieutenant, to make another journey."
Li Tai said with a smile again, and when Zheng Man heard this, he immediately jumped up from the bathtub with excitement, patted his bony chest and promised: "My husband has given me orders, and I must obey them!"
"Just be obedient, sit back and talk!"
Li Tai raised his hand and covered his face with the wet towel. He really didn't want to see Zheng Man's hairy legs dangling in front of his eyes.