A new round of construction has begun in Shangyuan Manor. Looking at the villagers who were busy digging the foundation and building the framework, Li Tai suddenly discovered that the construction of the manor seemed to have never stopped since he entered the village last year.
The obsession with housing and shelter is really incomprehensible to people who have not experienced Li Tai's era.
At present, Shang Yuan Manor has more than 300 brick and tile houses alone, covering a large area of flat land and sloping hills. It can definitely be regarded as the largest manor in Zujin Township.
The overall area of other people's properties may be larger than that of Li Tai's manor, but when it comes to housing area, it is really hard to match.
The master's residence may still be under construction, but most of the servants are crowded into shacks, and some even live in tents for several years.
The previously married men and women in Li Tai Village live in one house and have their own living space. If they work hard in the coming year, they will also be able to enjoy an independent house and have children.
The singles live in a four-person house. Speaking of the superior living environment, they are unique in the vicinity of Shangyuan and even in the entire Wuxiang County.
Many outsiders are amazed when they come here, and there are even some recruited day laborers who even want to give up their status as free citizens and join the village to become Li Tai's tribe.
The scale and layout of the manor also made Li Tai a recognized rich man in the village. In their minds, what kind of savings in the household would make them willing to allocate such a bright and big house to the tribe?
It was also due to the awareness of the villagers that when Li Tai was preparing to build the canal last year, many local tycoons came here and saw the scale of the manor and agreed to join it. Apart from anything else, at least they had financial resources.
Guaranteed!
Li Tai knew in his heart that although the manor had a slight surplus last year, it was still far from the level of wealth that the locals believed it to be, but he was happy to be misunderstood.
Ordinary people may still pay attention to not showing off their wealth, but Li Tai has no such worries. Not to mention that his family is very powerful. After the grand parade in autumn last year, he ordered people to build a row of military buildings on the south side of the manor.
It was lent to the county and township garrison troops to live in.
At present, Shangyang garrison has been upgraded to Shangyang defense, and although military cities have been built, rural regiments are still stationed in these military buildings. After all, Li Tai has done so much for the establishment of rural regiments, and he is also qualified to enjoy some privileges and care.
After the start of the canal work, the storage and dispatch of materials in the village became more frequent, and it was indeed necessary to strengthen security measures. The strength currently gathered by Shangyuan Village was more than enough to deal with the thieves wandering around the countryside. As long as it was not attacked by an army of thousands of people, it would basically affect
Not involved in the operation of the estate.
Several warehouses were built very quickly. After laying the foundations, they began to ram the walls and build them. The temporary laborers recruited from the countryside were enough to use them, and they could be capped and put into use in just a few days.
People came and went frequently in Shangyuan Village and became more and more noisy, so Li Tai planned to build another villa in the valley on the east hillside to live by himself and entertain guests.
There are clear springs in the valley, there are pine and cypress trees in the valley, and there are fruit trees in the valley. The environment is elegant and quiet, which is completely different from the busy work in the village on the west slope.
After more than half a year of construction work, the village has already cultivated a mature construction team. When Li Tai selected the location and sketched out the sketch, the villagers began to rush to work.
Dozens of thick timbers were driven into ground piles, sand and gravel were filled and leveled, and the foundation was tamped. Then the canal lines were dug and ceramic pipes that had been fired in advance were buried.
Some of these pipes are used for floor heating, and some are used to connect mountain springs to create a water circulation around the house. Because the construction is more detailed than daily construction, Li Tai personally squatted on the construction site to supervise and give guidance.
The scale of this villa is not large, with a main hall of nearly a thousand square meters, and two rows of more than a dozen arc-shaped ear rooms on the outside that serve as guest accommodation.
In addition to the main building, there are several pavilions and watchtowers built according to the mountain. You can hear the chickens dancing, read in the wind, play the piano in the peach forest, and go fishing in the abyss. Just thinking about it makes people feel comfortable.
While supervising the construction of the villa, Li Tai also went to inspect the canal construction site.
The construction of the channel in the northern section of Shangyuan is going very smoothly. Although it is still freezing cold, because the work only needs to be carried out in shallow soil layers, and most of the channel lines have the foundation of old channels and rivers, the overall project volume is
Not too onerous.
In particular, the county has dispatched nearly a thousand additional laborers. Even if the time limit is limited every day and the work is not rushed day and night, there is a strong tendency that this section of the pipeline can be completed ahead of schedule.
Li Tai couldn't help but be a little surprised when he looked at the newly added laborers who were all in ragged clothes and disheveled. They were assigned the heaviest task of digging new canals, but their food and housing were the worst.
When more troops were sent to the county, he did not deduct rations. Seeing those laborers just drinking the thinnest soup, he couldn't help but wonder if someone was taking advantage of them.
When he brought this up to Zheng Man, Zheng Man smiled and said: "Lang Jun is kind and considerate, but he must also classify the tribes. These newly arrived soldiers are the Bu Luo Ji Thie Hu from the north. In winter, North Huazhou
Several generals attacked the bandits and captured a lot of money, and many of the prisoners were distributed to the county officials in the south. The county magistrate, Mr. Lang, was concerned about his affairs and went to the state capital every day to get more than a thousand, all of which were sent here for use!"
Li Tai was also overjoyed after hearing this. Although he couldn't treat human life as trivial, he would not be so kind. He knew that Jihu had been in trouble in the northern border for a long time. Although he looked pitiful now, he would not be lenient when crossing the border to plunder and kill people.
, not worthy of sympathy and cherishment.
Even Wuxiang County was assigned Jihu prisoners to come forward. It can be seen that Shuo Hui's attack on Jihu from the north should have achieved fruitful results. Li Tai was also happy for Shuo Hui.
He originally thought that the matter would end here and had nothing to do with him, but he didn't want to wait until the next day, so he led an entourage to Shangyuan, accompanied by dozens of dejected Jihu Zhuangding.
"I know that you have a lot of work in the countryside and often suffer from work stress. I have returned from hunting thieves today, and these dozens of thieves, Hu Shiwu, have been sent to you for use!"
After Shuhui entered the village, he pointed at the Jihu Zhuangli and said to Li Tai, with a bright look on his face.
Li Tai was also overjoyed when he heard this. Now that his industry is gradually spreading, the demand for young and strong labor force is also better.
"I sent you to travel afar to attack thieves, and your hard work has paid off. I am a lazy countryman who was lucky enough to be cared for, so I accepted it shamelessly."
He raised his hand to signal Li Zhusheng to come forward, collect the records of the Jihu Zhuangding men, and arrange their respective workstations.
Shuhui smiled and waved his hand: "It's not a rare thing at all. You deserve it. If it weren't for Li Lang, who helped me by preparing food, I would never have won a big victory. I traveled thousands of miles and wiped out more than a dozen thieves. Thinking of those
When the thieves saw our troops, they were frightened and ran away. It was so refreshing..."
Thinking of the previous results, Hui Hui couldn't help but get excited.
There are many Jihu tribes scattered among the ravines of the northern plateau. Their whereabouts are unpredictable and they are prone to bandits and raids, which greatly threatens the security of surrounding states and counties.
This time, several Huiqi soldiers came out suddenly, defeated a large army of tens of thousands of people, and killed many Qu commanders and chiefs. It was also thanks to the portable military rations provided by Li Tai, which greatly enhanced the mobility of the troops, that they were able to achieve such fruitful results.
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Hui Hui deeply felt that these military rations improved the combat effectiveness of his troops. It is no exaggeration to say that they could even change and create some new combat methods. Therefore, when he returned to report his merits, he did not have time to return to Huazhou first.
The first stop was to visit Li Tai.
Li Tai listened to Shuo Hui's account of the battle and asked questions about details from time to time, which made him feel itchy.
If he wanted to make great progress in the Western Wei Dynasty, military exploits were indispensable. If he remembered correctly, large-scale battles between the two Wei Dynasties would not break out until the twelfth year of the reign of Emperor Datong, but they only occurred in
Yubi City in Hedong.
At the moment, it seems that Jihu is a more suitable target for gaining combat merit. He is neither too strong nor too weak, and the scale of the battle can be chosen flexibly.
But after all, he still needs an opportunity to obtain the qualification to directly command troops before a series of subsequent possibilities will arise.
Thinking about how his previous meeting with Yuwentai ended on bad terms, Yuwentai must have a bad impression of him now. Although he was given a gold seal later to show that the other party had not completely given up on him, Li Tai wanted to change his unemployment in the short term.
The situation is also difficult.
"Li Lang, you actually have a school in your village. You are worthy of being a son of a famous family. Even in the countryside, you are so respectful and happy to learn!"
While walking through the village to go to school, Shuhui was startled when he heard the sound of reading coming from the school building. He stood outside the courtyard wall and listened for a long time before he spoke again: "I have a request. I hope you, Li Lang, will
I can agree. You have also seen the little Bodhidharma. He is not a stubborn and willful creature. I am away from home all year round and have no time to supervise and discipline him. I would like to foster him in your village."
"Since your Majesty has spoken, of course I will not refuse. But the children in my village are only taught simple basic knowledge, and there is very little profound academic knowledge..."
"It's okay, my son was born into this family. Although I have high expectations for him, I don't expect him to be academically sophisticated. I feel that academics are not as good as scholars. With you, Li Lang, as an example, he only has a desire to make progress.
You will definitely learn from the mistakes!"
When Shuhui heard that Li Tai did not refuse, she also smiled and said.
He was not a strict father like Cui Quan who was accustomed to using sticks. After deciding this matter, he ate briefly at Li Taizhuang and then left, agreeing to send his son back in a few days.
On the third day after Shuo Hui left, his confidant Shu Zhang sent the young master Shuo Feng to the village. The child had a good memory, recognized Li Tai, and was full of curiosity about Shang Yuan Village. Li Tai took him to the village.
After walking around the village for a few times, the nervousness of entering a strange land for the first time was reduced a lot.
When Shuizhang said goodbye and left, Shuofeng didn't make any noise. He waved goodbye to his family, turned around and shed tears. He looked at Li Tai pitifully and said, "Aye taught me that I must listen to my husband's discipline. If I do
That’s not good, sir, please don’t hit me in anger..."
Li Tai was very happy when he heard this. He even admired Shu Hui's tutor a little. He patted the child on the shoulder and said: "I am not a strict bachelor. I will take care of him as soon as he comes. I usually study or play at home.
It’s the same as the owner of the village.”
Not long after his nursery opened, some time later, the first lunar month came, the snow melted and thawed, and He Basheng, who had been recuperating in Chang'an, also came to Shangyuan.
Accompanying He Basheng, in addition to his nephew He Bajing, there were two people who were beyond Li Tai's expectations, namely Yu Wentai's nephew Yu Wenhu and his nephew He Lanxiang.