This is a real fief, which means that these fiefs are personally managed by the Hou Mansion.
It's not like the virtual enfeoffment in the future... You will be granted a certain number of households in name, but you can only take out how much money you can take from the fief each year.
Moreover, this money is converted to you by the government.
Therefore, this era can actually be called a princely state.
The fiefdom of Marquis Yangfu is almost equivalent to an independent kingdom!
Therefore, officials who govern each country are needed.
Of course, up to now, the imperial court has continued to weaken the power of the feudal princes and princes.
The power of princes to govern the people has been greatly weakened, and many powers have been deprived of local officials.
However, no matter what, the Hou Mansion still has a lot of power.
Especially Yang Fuhou, the emperor's uncle and maternal relative.
Not long after the emperor ascended the throne, he was eager to grant a title to his uncle, even though it was a title to a relative, thinking that the emperor's wings would secure the country and emphasize the country's system.
But this is enough to show that today, people value Yang Fuhou very much!
Faced with such a powerful relative, what local official dares not to be dissatisfied?
Therefore, when Tao Xiaowu arrived at the Yangfuhou fiefdom, he saw a completely different scene.
It was already winter and the fields were deserted, but many people were building canals and other water conservancy facilities.
This kind of scene is rarely seen elsewhere!
Because other places are full of small farming families. A family with five or six people and dozens of acres of land is quite impressive.
It simply cannot afford to organize large-scale water conservancy construction.
Usually, there are only government organizations!
However, nowadays, the government is lax and overstaffed, so it is rare to organize such large-scale construction.
However, it is different in this princely state. There are two thousand households and hundreds of thousands of acres of land, all of which are privately owned by Yangfuhou.
He is naturally able to mobilize manpower and has sufficient financial resources to carry out large-scale water power construction and even carry out farm-like production and management.
Of course, these should also be people under Yang Fuhou, who are capable and good at management.
Tao Xiaowu's heart moved and he deliberately praised a few words.
Sure enough, I saw a smile on Chen Dao's face...
As the family magistrate of the Hou Mansion, he is equivalent to the Prime Minister of the Hou State. This is of course his contribution!
Tao Xiaowu pretended not to know and flattered him a few words.
As expected, being unintentional in flattering is the most satisfying thing. When Chen Dao looked at Tao Xiaowu, he was even more kind.
Tao Xiaowu thought, indeed, the nobles of this era were not all dandies and losers.
Due to the monopoly of knowledge, among the nobility, there are all kinds of talents who are good at business, farming, etc.!
Tao Xiaowu's compliments tickled Chen Dao, and he immediately thought he had met a close friend and started talking about his various plans.
It can be seen that this talent was cultivated by the Chen Dao family, but it seems that this is his first time to go out for real training.
The whole person still has a bookish air and a bit of kindness.
In a place like this, he had a lot to talk about and wanted to share it with others. However, it was a rural place after all, and no one could understand his planning and layout.
Of course, it can be said that no one is qualified to talk to him about this!
Tao Xiaowu was obviously a good listener. He nodded from time to time and occasionally said a few words at key points, but he happened to express what made Chen Dao proud of his planning and arrangement.
This immediately gave Chen Daosheng the feeling of being a close friend, and he felt that the more he chatted with Tao Xiaowu, the more opportunistic he became.
But Tao Xiaowu calmly gave Chen Dao some suggestions, but also helped Chen Dao fill in the gaps, making Chen Dao sigh, why did Tao Xiaowu want to be a wizard offering wine?
Otherwise, you can completely be your deputy and help yourself!
Tao Xiaowu was also silently observing this Marquis of the Hou family along the way, and he became more and more aware that this person had an extraordinary origin.
Marquis Yangfu is a newly ennobled Marquis. The Marquis Mansion is still under construction and its area is very large.
In this princely state, one side is building the prince's mansion, and the other side is organizing the construction of water conservancy projects.
However, everything is in order and there is no chaos at all. It is obvious that it is all the credit of Chen Dao.
This man is very talented!
As far as Tao Xiaowu knew, Chen Dao, the family leader, was not from Heng County.
"It should be an elite child trained by a certain big family. In order to make good friends with Marquis Yang Fu, he was sent as the family commander!"
Tao Xiaowu made a guess in his mind.
Soon, Tao Xiaowu met Liang Xiu, the Marquis of Yangfu.
This man was not originally a noble, but a businessman...
The current new emperor, the Marquis of Xieyun County, was originally just a marquis who was not taken seriously.
Although he is a clan member, he is not even a vassal king, he is just a marquis.
In the world, there are not only a thousand such clans and princes, but also five or six hundred!
Some such marquises were still very miserable and could not maintain their dignity.
Therefore, marrying a wealthy businessman is the most normal thing!
This Liang Xiu was originally a businessman, but now he has soared into the sky and became a relative of the county. He has to give birth to a feeling that makes parents all over the world feel that they will not be reborn as a boy and be reborn as a girl.
But think about it, this Liang Xiu was born as a big businessman with a fortune of tens of millions, which is already pretty good.
In the original world, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, He Jin, the great general who almost single-handedly conquered the Han Dynasty, was also a butcher!
However, if Tao Xiaowu thought about it, He Jin couldn't be a real butcher.
He must have been a big businessman, selling livestock, meat, etc. He was derogatorily called a butcher...
Otherwise, it would be impossible for a real butcher's daughter to become a queen, let alone enter the palace!
Liang Xiu, the Marquis of Yangfu, looks quite mediocre, like a doughy rich man.
It’s no wonder that although the Yangfu Marquis was just a businessman in the past, a businessman who can marry the Marquis has also been rich and noble for many generations.
This is obviously the case for this Marquis of Yang Fu. His personality does not seem too strong and he appears to be quite kind.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Tao Xiaowu is the current master of Wuli!
The Wuli lineage, not only in Hengyin County, but also within hundreds of miles nearby, has been a prominent wizarding family for generations.
Liang Xiu, the Marquis of Yang Fu, was also from Heng County. He was not far from Hengyin, so he had naturally heard of Wuli's reputation.
Moreover, he was born as a businessman, and he was not like those Confucian families who thought too highly of themselves and did not put wizards in their eyes.
At this time, Tao Xiaowu felt even more grateful that he had been accepted as a disciple by Wu Cheng.
If he hadn't been famous in the Wuli lineage era, how could Yang Fuhou have heard of his name, Tao Xiaowu?
Where else would Tao Xiaowu be asked to be the household magistrate of the Hou Mansion?
It's a pity that I don't know how my master is doing now?
The ghost uncle of Hengting had bad intentions. After my master died, he entered the city of Hengxia. I don’t want to fall into the hands of the ghost uncle of Hengting.
Maybe……
I can use the power of the Hou Mansion to rescue the master!