Walking into the home, Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui, as well as Li Yue and their aunt were going to clean up the house together. Xiao Qingqing was sitting next to the stroller, watching his younger brother sitting by himself and playing with coins.
The autumn rain in West China was coming. Zhang Yang climbed up the ladder to the roof of his house to check the situation.
This little home is the same as before, but there are a lot of things that need to be tidied up.
After replacing a few tiles on his roof, Zhang Yang got off the ladder and sat next to his daughter and asked: "Is this small home good?"
Xiao Qingqing looked aggrieved and said in a sweet voice, "Did daddy really make a fortune here? It's very good here. Chang'an City is not good at all."
Children will always be resistant to unfamiliar environments. In fact, it is better to take her out to relax and get to know the outside world.
This time I came to Chang'an City, and I will go to other places in Guanzhong in the future. When I have time, I will take my son and daughter to see the Hexi Corridor.
Let them broaden their horizons and let them appreciate the scenery of various places.
Xiao Qingqing whispered: "Chang'an City is very crowded, there are many people, it smells stinky, and it's very messy."
To say that children's words are unbridled, children speak from their most intuitive feelings.
Now she said that Chang'an City is full of people, chaotic, and smelly, which is true.
Nowadays, Chang'an City is a city where every inch of land is precious, and coupled with the effect of the imperial examination, more and more people are traveling to and from Guanzhong, making Chang'an City even more crowded.
The reason why people feel crowded is because of the city wall. If the city wall is demolished and Chang'an City is expanded and transformed into urbanization, the current problem can be solved.
Of course, it is also very difficult to govern a large city with a population of millions.
Not to mention changing people's living habits.
Even if Chang'an City uses the same trash cans as Lishan, with such a large flow of people, these trash cans will be filled quickly.
She said the smell was also because there was a team of camels at Chunming Gate. Those camels were very smelly and they were particularly easy to attract flying insects.
When she was three years old in Lishan, she naturally preferred to be clean, because her new home in the mountain was always kept very clean, even in the village.
Xiao Qingqing added: "I don't want to make a fortune in Chang'an City now."
"I'm glad that you can change your mind as a father." Zhang Yang was really pleased that his daughter finally no longer wanted to make a fortune in Chang'an City, which made her growth process much less risky.
The daughter-in-law is a big-hearted person. Although she strictly controls her daughter, Li Yue and Xiao Qingqing's idea of getting rich is just a joke for children when they are playing around. Maybe she will forget it after a few days.
But when his daughter talked about it again and again, Zhang Yang felt that he should pay more attention to it.
But now that she said this, Zhang Yang felt relieved.
Xiao Qingqing said again: "Dad, I want others to come to Chang'an City and help me make a fortune."
Shaking the fan in his hand, Zhang Yang frowned and crossed his legs, lost in thought again.
It suddenly occurred to me that the family came to Chang'an City and didn't prepare meals. They couldn't just eat solid food tonight.
After cleaning the stove at home, Zhang Yang thought that he had not been to Dongshi for a long time and took a chance to visit Dongshi. However, when he walked to the door of his house, he found that his sleeves were empty and he had no money bag.
Holding his forehead in distress, he realized that he had no money on him.
I haven’t felt like spending money for a long time. I thought that I never spend money in Lishan and there is no need to spend money.
Suddenly there is an additional need, and I feel very uncomfortable.
There is a kind of person who leaves this world for a long time and then returns to it.
Looking at his wife who was cleaning the house again, Zhang Yang pulled her sleeves.
Li Yue asked curiously: "What's wrong with my husband?"
"What, cough..." Zhang Yang coughed first, then glanced at Xiao Wu and Xu Hui who were busy at the door and whispered: "I was going to buy groceries, and I found that I didn't have any money with me.
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Looking at her husband suspiciously, Li Yue smiled brightly and said, "My husband and I will go together."
Nodding slightly, Zhang Yang sighed: "That's fine."
The East Market in Chang'an City has always been very lively. From the fourth year of Zhenguan to the current eleventh year of Zhenguan, the East Market has expanded several times and the shops have also changed a lot.
The couple walked into the streets of Dongshi. The most lively period of Dongshi has passed. Now there are not many pedestrians. The ground is full of messes, and there are all kinds of smells, including the smell of mutton, blood, and the unique smell of poultry.
This taste rarely feels familiar.
The couple looked at the vendors on the street, and Li Yue made a surprising discovery, "Why are the streets in Dongshi so long?"
Zhang Yang looked around, "After the growth of the past two years, the population of Chang'an City has become a big city of one million people. With a larger population, more resources are needed to maintain the survival of people in the city. The expansion of the East City is also expected.
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With the experience of running Lishan, Li Yue has experience in the use of population and resources. Chang'an City has a population of one million and Dongshi alone cannot meet the production needs of Dongshi.
There is also a Western Market in Chang'an City, and maybe the Western Market has also expanded.
The place has changed a lot in the past two years, and the couple felt a strange feeling walking on the street.
The vendors here also had unfamiliar faces. Zhang Yang held his wife's hand and walked, scanning the streets on both sides. The familiar aunts and old men who had gone before didn't know where they were.
Li Yue's expression was not flattering. She thought that Dongshi was still the same as before. She remembered that when we came to Dongshi together, there were a group of uncles and aunts saying hello, but now these people are not here.
Things have changed and people have changed. Dongshi has changed its appearance and a group of people.
Zhang Yang noticed a familiar face and walked to a stall selling ducks. An aunt was carrying a live duck and planned to kill it.
"Auntie, please give me some duck blood."
Hearing this, the other party was stunned for a moment, then looked up and saw the couple in front of him, speechless for a long time.
Then she quickly slit the duck's throat, turned it upside down and bled it out.
Auntie smiled and said: "Xiao Zhang, you haven't been here for a long time."
Zhang Yang replied: "I have been living in Lishan all these years. Where are the other people? The pork sellers and the rice noodle sellers are gone."
The aunt filled a pot of duck blood and handed it over, looking helpless and saying: "The years have changed, and those people have left. It is not easy to make a living."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Seeing that there are no customers now, my aunt plucked the duck's feathers and said: "To do business here, you have to pay 20 yuan a day, and you have to pay another 20 yuan a day to enter the market.
Give me five cents, but everyone can’t afford it. It costs twenty-five cents a day. My aunt is still doing well and lives in Dongshi, but it’s even more difficult for others.”
As Chang'an City has prospered in the past two years, the location of Dongshi has also changed.
In the city of Chang'an where land is at a premium, prices are naturally high, not to mention the rent in Dongshi.
The ancients were no worse than the people of later generations in this aspect of planning. There must be many people keeping an eye on such an important East Market.
Zhang Yang asked curiously: "Who is collecting all this money?"
The aunt peeled the duck open and said, "They are from the government. They have the village chief, Li Zheng, and the land. There are many people in Chang'an City, but our life is not much better. The village chief wants to charge 20 yuan.
Zheng also has to charge each vendor three cents, and they also have to pay silver when they come to the land."
She said earnestly: "As long as we pay money, we can have a place here. Of course, if we pay every day, no one will compete with us. But we have to pay every day. In the past, it only cost five yuan, but now we have to pay."
How can I persist with twenty dollars?"
For ordinary people, six hundred dollars a month is not a small amount.
The vendors here today are all big traders with some background.
Zhang Yang took his wife and bought some more celery before returning home.
The house has been tidied up. Aunt Yang sprinkled some stone powder in the house to repel insects, and hung some patchouli and mugwort in the corners of the house.
Dinner at home is very simple, just a bowl of duck blood soup, a pot of fried celery, and each person holds a bowl of noodles and eats it.
Zhang Yang ate noodles and whispered: "Xiaohui, go to Chang'an City to see your parents after dinner."
Xu Hui nodded slightly, "That's fine."
After the meal, Li Yue took Xiao Qingqing and the family out the door with their daughter in their arms.
Xiaohui and Xiaowu walked in front. Xu Xiaode's home was not far away, and it was in the same place as before.
When passing by Chongde Square, Zhang Yang saw that the place was very lively, took a second look, and then followed it to the door of Xu Xiaode's house.
The door is open, indicating that the owner is there.
"Father, mother!" Xu Hui shouted at the entrance.
An old woman hurriedly walked out. When she saw the guests in front of the door, she saluted and said, "I have met the county prince, and I have met the princess."
Li Yue hugged the child and returned the greeting: "I've met Mrs. Xu."
"Your Highness, please come in quickly." Mrs. Xu kindly pulled Li Yue and Xiao Qingqing into the house, and Xu Hui also walked in with Xiao Wu.
It had just passed dusk and was now dark. People were coming and going in this alley. Zhang Yang put his hands in his hands and said, "I didn't see so many people in this alley before."
Xu Xiaode nodded and said: "There have been more and more people in the past two years, and the city of Chang'an is also crowded. Zhang Shangshu should go and sit at home."
With a sigh, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Just sit at the door for a while and see more of these people."
Xu Xiaode looked for the sound, and all he saw were pedestrians passing by. He whispered: "Brother Da'an will be back soon. It stands to reason that such a big thing happened in Liaodong, and Goguryeo took it down. I heard the report from the Ministry of Rites
Da'an plans to bring the King of Goguryeo to Chang'an City before the start of the new year."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "I haven't asked about the affairs of the court for a long time. How is your health lately?"
"Everything is good. The Yushitai has been very busy in the past two years. Zheng Gong has accepted the education from the Ministry of Rites. Now he has no intention to take care of the Yushitai. It is all arranged by his subordinates."
"It's a good thing, you can also take on big responsibilities."
Xu Xiaode looked worried, "There are more things in the court, and there are more people. When His Majesty spent the summer in Lishan Mountain, he talked about the strategy of enlightening the Western Regions. We have seen many of the enlightenment strategies, but Zhao Guogong objected.
The policy of the county prince."
"Later, Duke Zheng was very angry about this. The two of them had an endless quarrel in the Manlu Palace. The prime minister came out to smooth things over, saying that he was going to see the situation in Tibet. As for the Anxi Uighurs and Xue Yantuo, they went to do things according to Duke Zhao's arrangements."
While listening to him talk about what is happening in the court now, I have not been to the court for three years, and there have been many changes in the court.
Sun Wuji, the eldest son of the court, became more powerful, and Duke Zheng became more and more powerless in doing things.
Although Xu Xiaode didn't say it explicitly, he was just talking about whether you had offended Changsun Wuji and why he was so targeted.
Zhang Yang was also very distressed. Fundamentally speaking, Changsun Wuji was also a man who devoted himself to serving the country.
At least that's how he is now.
Making enemies of Changsun Wuji is an unreasonable disaster. Even if we have conflicts, we should sit down and have a good chat, and learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses. This is the way for people to get along with each other.
If you think about it more carefully, you will understand that the emperor is mentally twisted. He does not want the court to be harmonious, otherwise the alliance of ministers will threaten the imperial power.
Therefore, the court needs to have enemies, even if it is just a minister from the Taifu Temple, he still needs to have enemies.
The emperor understood the catfish effect earlier than many others.
It's just that this kind of thing will inevitably make people think that the emperor is a psychologically twisted person.
Xiaohui can live at home these days, and Li Yue chatted a lot with Mrs. Xu about tea planting.
The two families agreed that Lishan would account for 30% of the future tea business.
A daughter-in-law can still negotiate a business in this kind of thing. After Xu Hui made a break with her father's family, everything is now taken care of by her mother's relatives.
And Xu Hui is just a distant leader, and most of the time it is Xu Hui's mother who arranges it.
I also plan to ask some people to come to Chang'an City and use the Lishan trade route to sell tea outside the customs.
Originally, the two families were supposed to be in harmony, but Xu Hui's rare visit home should not be to discuss business.
After the conversation, it was already dark.
Xiao Wu walked in front holding a lantern, and she whispered: "Junior sister can definitely grow a lot of tea and sell it for a lot of money."
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Your talent is not bad. When Lishan Academy is built, you and Li Zhi will manage it together."
"really?"
"Well, someone needs to watch."
Xiao Wu was very happy to hear Master's arrangement. She felt that she would have a career to work hard for in the future.
The son was sleeping soundly in his infancy. Every time he slept soundly, Zhang Yang felt that tonight was going to be uncomfortable again.
After returning home, Aunt Yang tidied up the house again and even brought Lishan's bedding so that the family could sleep warmer.
As expected, soon after he lay down, his son started crying.
Zhang Yang had no choice but to put on his coat, light the oil lamp to brighten up the room, and put on his diapers before he stopped crying.
Li Yue, who was on the bed, opened her eyes slightly and then fell asleep again.
Although my daughter-in-law's health has improved, her vitality has not been fully restored, especially she needs more rest at night.
Zhang Yang was sleepy, so he sat by the cradle and rocked him until he calmed down again.
My daughter was fine when she was first born, but now my son is really noisy and hasn't had a good night's sleep in a long time.
Looking at his son numbly, he supported his chin with one hand and slowly rocked his cradle.
When he stopped making noises, Zhang Yang became drowsy, his eyelids trembled, and he fell asleep while sitting.
When he felt his hair being pulled by something, he suddenly woke up. He didn't know when this kid was grabbing his hair.
Zhang Yang took the hair back from his little hand, looked up and saw that the sky was getting dark, and he didn't know what time it was.
Stand up slowly, hold your waist, stand up, and relax your legs for a while.