The Huaibei Marquis Mansion, receiving the news that Li Wenhao was granted the title of Marquis, also caused quite a stir like a typhoon.
"The fourth lady is here, and I will give you a pair of blue vases with skyscapes!"
"Mrs. Huang Taishou has arrived and will give you a thousand taels of gold!"
"General Wei's wife is here and she is sending you a picture of ten thousand blessings."
The yard of the second wife, Mrs. Huang, was decorated with lights and colorful decorations. A large number of guests came to the door. The servants, wearing new clothes, welcomed and sent them off one by one, smiling from ear to ear.
In the Hou Mansion, the maids and servants in other courtyards were full of envy.
"Look at Chunmei and the others in the Second Madam's yard. They are all showing off. Recently, there have been wedding banquets every three days."
"Isn't that right? Who asked the lady in purple to marry well? Previously, it was only the uncle who won the war. This time it is even more extraordinary. He has become the prince of a county, and the second lady has to hold a wedding banquet for three days and three nights."
"Hey, I just wronged our young lady. Li Wenhao was the first one our young lady took a liking to. Back then, I was still keeping tabs on her. Why were they having a private meeting in the back garden?"
"I don't!" Xiao Taohong, Xuan Hongyi's personal maid, pouted in disbelief.
"Taohong, come up!" On the show floor, Xuan Hongyi showed her pale face.
"Miss!" Xiao Taohong was frightened and hurried upstairs with a very uneasy face.
"It's okay, I don't blame you." Xuan Hongyi looked sick, picked up a letter from the table, thought about it, and took out a yellow silk money bag with body temperature from her arms.
Embroidered with a pair of clumsy fat ducks.
"Give this and this letter to mother and ask her to send someone to Langya."
"Is it for Langya Marquis Li Wenhao?" Xiao Taohong took the purse and envelope with a curious look on her face.
"You're the smart one, go ahead!" Xuan Ziyi's face turned slightly red. God knows how much courage it took for her to write this letter.
The pride and reserve of her daughter's family were all thrown aside. She really couldn't bear it. Her sweetheart turned into a dragon and soared into the sky, while she was still watching stupidly on the ground.
Even if she was looked down upon by him or scolded by him, she still wanted to return to him.
She believed that Li Wenhao cared about her, and as long as she was willing to bow her head and admit her mistake, he would definitely forgive her.
With the relationship between them, how could Xuan Ziyi win over her!
"Miss, you were right to do this a long time ago. Men only want face. If you give him face, all grievances will be gone!" Xiao Taohong hugged the money bag and smiled so hard that her molars were exposed.
"You even dare to make fun of me, get out of here!" Xuan Hongyi became angry and raised her hand to hit her.
"You go ahead and fight. As expected, I have a lover, not a matchmaker!" Xiao Taohong ran away laughing.
An hour later, a sensational news came from the second lady's yard. The eldest lady, who had never set foot in the second lady's yard, unexpectedly came to congratulate her with valuable gifts.
He also personally promised that he agreed with the Marquis to make the second wife his equal wife. I don’t know how many people’s eyes were shocked.
"The eldest lady really went to congratulate the second lady and also agreed to make his wife equal?"
In the study, Huaibei Hou Xuankang received the report from his subordinates. He almost pulled off a strand of his beard and grinned in pain.
"Congratulations, Lord Marquis, for the harmony in the back house, which makes everyone envious!" Fu Baichuan, the military advisor, flattered him at the right time.
"Okay, don't make fun of me. You don't know what the eldest lady's temperament is. There must be something wrong here?"
He didn't believe that Mrs. Liu had suddenly changed her gender. She had already changed her gender long ago, and she wouldn't have been in a stalemate for such a long time for an equal wife.
"Actually, two women marrying one husband is a beautiful story!"
Fu Baichuan was worthy of being called a genius. He rolled his eyes and guessed the answer, and said something that shocked everyone.
"What? Hong Yi also wants to marry Li Wenhao. This, this, is just nonsense!" Xuan Kang looked shocked, stood up immediately, and was about to walk out.
"Master Marquis, this is not a bad thing!" Fu Baichuan stood up, grabbed Xuan Kang, and said with a smile: "Now there are constant wars in the Central Plains. Langya is located at the starting point of the Western Region trade route, which is very important to our commercial transactions.
Especially food, if we can get a lot of food from Langya, we can get rid of the food restrictions of the Zhang family in Sichuan Zhong County, so this is a good thing.
Moreover, Langya Marquis Li Wenhao left the Qingyang Li family because of the blood curse. He had no family support behind him and lacked manpower.
Our Xuan family can send some of their disciples there, and they will definitely be put to good use.
In the future, if the young lady gives birth to a son for Li Wenhao, then half of Langya County will belong to the Xuan family."
"Yes, what Military Advisor Baichuan said makes sense!"
"Master Hou, this plan is very clever!"
"Yes, Miss Ziyi and Miss Red went together, they can take care of each other, and the chance of giving birth to a son is higher!"
"You bastards, why don't you send your daughters away? The two treasures I have worked so hard to raise can't be lost to a pig!" Huaibei Hou Xuankang pointed at these men, extremely angry, but at the same time
Nothing can be done.
"Master Hou, what should I do with the eldest son?"
"No matter what, let the second child write a letter to Li Wenhao, just say it's my intention and let him take care of it, right?"
Xuan Kang waved his hands angrily and left. He was different from Li Longji. Although he had no ambition, he loved and cared for his children and was considered a good father.
But he actually disliked his eldest son Xuan Mochen the most. He had already lost 20,000 troops and horses before, and he felt that was enough.
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"Women are indeed the biggest stumbling block in a man's growth!"
In the early morning of Langya Palace, Yucha did not attack the city. Li Wenhao rarely had a day off. At this time, he was lying on a soft couch in the palace, shaking his head and sighing: "Look, with you, I am becoming more and more powerful."
Too lazy!"
"Humph!" Tiangang was lying on the table, holding a pen in his hand, sticking out his little head from a pile of documents, and clicked his little tiger teeth angrily.
Li Xiangxiang sat in a soft corner and turned her little hand that was massaging Li Wenhao 180 degrees with great force.
"Hiss!" Li Wenhao took a breath of air, and then said with a relieved face: "Yes, yes, this is the strength, don't stop, continue!"
Li Xiangxiang took a deep breath and felt her chest expand again.
"There are little fairies to help with the work, and there are little witches to help rub the legs. These days are so corrupt!"
Li Wenhao stretched out comfortably: "Have you remembered what I said about issuing food stamps?"
Although his body was resting, his mind was still arranging some things.
The Langya area has developed commerce and is a commercial hub for countries in the Western Regions leading to the Central Plains. Porcelain, tea, silk, and other commodities are traded here.
Especially for grain, Zhongyuan purchases a large amount. It is not feasible for him to forcefully control grain prices. Transportation is currently interrupted. Once transportation is restored, grain prices will inevitably rise sharply.
Blockage is worse than sparseness, so he thought of a good way for later generations. Langya people, soldiers serving, and craftsmen working can receive food stamps on a monthly basis and buy cheap food.
At the same time, bulk grain transactions in the market can still be handled in accordance with market rules.
The people have cheap food to eat, and merchants can buy high-priced food in the market as long as they are willing to spend money. In this way, there is no impact on each other.
The people are satisfied, the businessmen are satisfied, and he, Li Wenhao, is also satisfied with his softness in collecting taxes!
"The issuance of food stamps, the expansion of each battalion's troops by 10,000, and the establishment of 10,000 new military camps in each city are all easy to understand. After all, we are not short of food now.
But if you require people to go to designated slaughterhouses to slaughter large animals, what's the point of giving subsidies?
Haven't we already purchased cattle, sheep, donkeys and horses from everywhere to supply food for the army?" Tiangang frowned, very puzzled?
"You can write whatever you want. Why are there so many? There are also things like establishing a breeding farm and preparing for the Chinese Military Academy. You have to prepare in advance." Li Wenhao waved his hand impatiently.
The designated slaughterhouse must be to collect animal taming food. Gale wolves and wildebeest are eating this stuff, and they consume a lot of it.
Donkeys and horses are slaughtered not only for meat, but also for wildebeest. Nowadays, there are many cavalry, but most of them are plain horses and inferior horses.
If there is a war with the Turks in the future, it will not be possible to rely on these horses.
He has not forgotten that the former Tuke City was turned into an abandoned city by the Turks. Although the Western Turks have now begun to build cities and do business, wolves are wolves. When they see a fat sheep, they will one day show their sharp claws.
It must be guarded against.
"Humph!" Tiangang glared angrily. Although he was dissatisfied with Li Wenhao's arrogant attitude, he admired these fantastic ideas.
Things like food stamps, banks, a white line drawn in the middle of the street, keep on the right, public toilets, etc. I don’t know how I came up with them, it’s incredible.
"Woo," the little fat man got out from a hole under the treasure house. He ran into Li Wenhao's arms with his short legs and thrust his little head hard.
On the little guy's plush head, a little golden horn actually grew.
I don't know whether it was because it was itchy or because he was not used to it. He looked aggrieved. He used his little paws to claw back and forth on the golden horns and grabbed a handful of small golden retrievers.
"Stop it now, don't dare to scratch it badly. This little golden horn is a symbol of your status and it is very valuable!" Li Wenhao stood up nervously, opened the little chubby little paw, and touched it carefully. It was okay.
The little golden horn is very hard and has not been scratched.
He then breathed a sigh of relief and reprimanded in a low voice: "With this little golden horn, you are a very valuable mythical beast!
Without this, you are just a worthless little bitch. Do you understand, if nothing happens, just deduct it!"
"Woo!" Little Fatty bared his teeth, his breasts were fierce, he stuck out his butt, jumped down, and ran to Tiangang's arms, whining for comfort.
"Really, kids cry when they have teeth. What's more, it must be uncomfortable to have such a hard horn on the head. Why don't you try growing one!" Tiangang picked up the little fat man dotingly and gave it to him.
Li Wenhao rolled his eyes.
"Tsk, I don't know how blessed I am, but I want to grow up!" Li Wenhao muttered unhappily.
Ever since he discovered the secret spiritual plant garden under the treasure house, Xiaopangdun dug a small passage by himself and ran into the spiritual spring to soak in it.
Who would have thought that in one day's work, not only would he grow bigger, but he would also grow golden horns on his head.
After Li Wenhao found out, he also went to soak for a night. Unfortunately, apart from his skin becoming fairer, his butt didn't change at all, and he felt very disappointed.
"Report, Lord Marquis, Yucha sent someone to shout outside the city, saying that they would give one hundred thousand bags of food. They would give up the siege and withdraw the entire army to Heigu City?" A sentry came in to report.