Chapter 250 Wei Que has a nest, and Wei Jiu lives in it
Since Shang Yang's Reform, in order to match the military merit and title, the Qin State has implemented the system of "the Ming Dynasty has a hierarchy of nobles, nobles and nobles, and their fields and houses are named according to their differences, and the clothes of ministers and concubines are ranked according to their families", which is called the "named fields and houses" system.
, that is, according to different titles, they occupy different lands, houses, and slaves.
Among them, Heifu, as the seventh-level "Gongfu", can occupy 9 hectares of fields and 9 houses.
One house is 30 steps square, and one step in Qin is about 1.3 meters. Nine houses are more than 10,000 square meters of homestead, nearly 30 acres, far exceeding the "five acres of house" of ordinary people.
It would take at least a year and a half to build such a large house from scratch. Fortunately, the biggest shortage in Anlu County these days is empty houses.
The Yun family has been based in Anlu for hundreds of years, and there are manor houses everywhere. After the fall of Yunman, all these real estates were confiscated and returned to the public. The main house in the county was expropriated by the government, and a manor on the outskirts of the city was just the right size.
Hef's standard.
So, their family occupied the magpie's nest and moved in...
This manor stands in a fertile field on the eastern outskirts of the county. From a distance, you can see the yellow and black outline of its tall building. The yellow ones are the walls and the black ones are the roof tiles.
"This field is the field that will be exchanged for my family."
Zhong was already in his thirties, had grown a long beard, and was wearing the official uniform of a field official. Although he still looked so kind, his speech and behavior had become somewhat official.
He and Heifu were riding in a car together, and when they passed this field where the rice was just blooming, they pointed at this vast paddy field and said this. The rice in the field had just set ears, and there were still more than a month left before harvesting.
Legally, Zhong and Heifu have separated, but as long as they pay two taxes, it will not be investigated whether the two brothers live together.
The land in front of me also belongs to the Yun family. According to the famous land housing system, Heifu can own 900 acres of land, while Zhong is 300 acres. If Heifu helps him to "take the title of Nasu"
The title of Duke he received was as much as 13 hectares, making him a real big landowner.
"However, this year's harvest will still be returned to the government and collected in the county warehouse. Starting from January next year, it will be officially transferred to my family."
In the same way, their family's fields in the sunset can also be used until next year. In addition to rice and corn, Heifu also confiscated hundreds of acres of sugar cane!
However, Heifu no longer cares too much, because during the six months since he went to Jiangling City, he often asked people to search for sugar cane grown in various palaces and gardens of the Chu royal family. The hard work paid off, and he actually found a few sugar canes for him.
Mu's relatively sweet black sugarcane was indeed used exclusively for the Chu King's chefs to squeeze juice back then, and was superior to the home-grown varieties.
Heifu plans to wait until next year to ask someone to help transplant it and plant this cash crop on a large area near his home. He will also ask his aunt's son, who can make caramel, to set up a brown sugar workshop nearby. This may become the mainstay of their family in the future.
financial resources...
Seeing that the family fortune is getting bigger and bigger, but the places where money is needed are also increasing, it is not enough to just expect the salary to reward money.
Turn off the official road and walk for half a mile along the path beside the field that can accommodate a car, and you will arrive in front of the village. This is a three-entry courtyard. In Heifu's opinion, compared to the county guard,
What is the mansion of a county lieutenant? Even Zhang’s residence in Yangwu County, Wei Dynasty, is twice as big as this!
But in the eyes of his mother, sister-in-law, nieces and nephews, who rarely leave the setting sun, it is already a "mansion"!
Heifu had come to visit before, so he took his family into the gate of the mountain-style courtyard. The first thing that caught his eye was a four-story watchtower. On the top of the building were sentry pavilions protruding from all sides. There were built-in drums on the pavilion.
For the purpose of calling the police.
"This is to warn thieves."
He smiled and said: "But I think that within a radius of a hundred miles, no thief would dare to invade the county captain's house."
Further forward, there is the second gate. The second gate also has two three-story turrets facing each other, from which you can not only look far, but also shoot arrows and fire crossbows.
Heifu couldn't help but wonder as he looked at these buildings. Yun Man had indeed built his manor to look like a fortress. Fortunately, Li Xian planned to trap him that day, otherwise the government would have paid a lot of casualties when they stormed various manor houses.
After entering the second gate, they arrived at a longitudinal main courtyard, with an open hall facing south on the front. After everyone entered, they found that the windows inside were open, empty and very bright.
"This is a place for entertaining guests or banquets. The bronze lamp stands, couches, tables, etc. placed inside were all confiscated by the government. We had to go to the workshop to order a batch..."
Heifu's mother led her grandchildren and walked in the hall. They walked very carefully, for fear of stepping on the smooth floor. She also stretched out her hand to touch the thick pillars painted with fine red paint. They held up the
The tall room, and then subconsciously wiped it with his sleeve, as if he was afraid of getting dirty.
The mother couldn't help but sigh: "I have never even entered such a big and high house, let alone live in it..."
Hei Fu couldn't help laughing and said with a smile: "Mother, you will live here forever. When I host a banquet for guests, I will invite you to sit in the middle of the hall as the birthday boy!"
The mother waved her hands quickly, still a little timid, but she couldn't believe that this place was really going to be her "home". The second son's rapid rise in recent years was far beyond what they could accept, and now she just felt that this was a "home".
It's a dream, I'll wake up at any time.
Verandas are built on the east and west sides of the main hall, and behind the hall is the backyard. First of all, there is a spacious patio, where trees are planted, pavilions are installed, and a small pond is dug.
"There's fish in it!"
A pair of Heifu's nieces and nephews ran to the pond in surprise and looked at the fish and turtles inside, which was very interesting. This is a garden for sightseeing, and separated from the garden by a wall are several small courtyards for people to live.
This is the owner's residence. Basically everyone can be assigned to a small courtyard, and there is still a lot of room...
In addition to the front and rear courtyards where the owner lives and dines, there are many ancillary buildings on both sides of the courtyard and at the rear, such as the kitchen, warehouse, and well built on the east side. The warehouse is very tall and can store thousands of stones of grain!
To the west, there are mulberry forests, orchards and vegetable gardens. There are nearly a hundred mulberry trees. It is conceivable that in the spring, silkworms are raised and silk can be completely self-sufficient. There are also dozens of orchards, including pears, dates, plums, etc.
Common fruit trees will be ripe in a few months...
Hei Fu asked his nephew and niece to come over and told them the story of "swallowing jujubes". The two children burst into laughter after hearing this. Then Hei Fu asked them if they liked their new home.
"like!"
The answer is of course yes. The house itself is much more interesting than the rural village they lived in before, not to mention Heifu promised them that after coming here, they can stay away from dirty work such as picking up excrement.
Alive.
The two children were very happy, but they didn't know that Hei Fu had arranged a literate wife for them, and their days of carefree play were not long...
On the other side, Heifu's mother and sister-in-law were standing at the other end of the orchard, looking at the vegetable gardens with neat borders and ditches, talking in low voices. Until now, they had stopped wandering around in other people's houses.
Feeling strange, I started to think about what to plant here.
"July is a good time to plant mallows." Mother squatted down and touched the moist and fertile soil, smiling.
After a summer, the humus evaporates and ferments in the soil, and the newly plowed land appears fat and black, exuding a pleasant earthy fragrance.
In addition to the mallow, plant onions and leeks, cover them with empty soil, and then cover them thickly with melon and vine straw. Before and after winter, the green onions and leeks that grow are so fragrant. Then I put a bag of them brought from home in the sunset.
Scatter Hailtu (radish) seeds in the ground, stamp them firmly with your feet, and fertilize carefully. After a few rains, Hailtu will grow two cotyledons. By late autumn, the three sons and grandchildren will have green skin and red hearts.
Eat the watery and sweet Hailudu...
Thinking like this, they can't wait to loosen the soil and sow seeds here, and fill the open space near their homes with green vegetables to make the chickens and pig pens lively. This is an instinct that rural women cannot stop.
Hei Fu was a little helpless: "My mother suffered too much in the past. After coming here, just enjoy the good things. Whatever you want to eat, you can buy it directly from the county town. My uncle and sister-in-law don't have to get up early to grind rice. They can just let the servants do it."
Zhong Ze smiled and said: "Heifu, just let your mother do the hard work. If not, they will feel uncomfortable."
Heifu had no choice but to let his two children play in the orchard, and let his mother and uncle continue to discuss growing vegetables, raising chickens and pigs, while he walked back to the manor in good faith.
Behind the backyard, connected to the kitchen and granary, there are some low buildings. In addition to stables and cattle pens, there are also some dim mud houses. They are all empty now. They are used for the slaves of the manor.
"I know that Mr. Hei doesn't like to use concubines."
Zhong worked as a minor official in the past few years and gained experience. When he went to and from Tian Shifu and Cang Shifu's houses in the county, he also secretly observed their family's business methods and remembered them all in his heart. He said: "But this manor is too big."
It's so big that our family can't take care of it. We do daily cleaning, raising cattle and horses, sericulture, and pounding rice. It's really hard to do without twenty or thirty people. In my opinion, we still have to buy a dozen concubines from the market.
It’s enough.”
What Zhong said makes sense. Heifu nodded. With the temperament of his brother, mother, and uncle, he would definitely treat those who were good servants and concubines, observe them for a few years, and restore personal freedom to those who performed well, and then let them
Those who want to stay stay and those who want to leave can be regarded as saving them.
In addition to the purchased concubines, according to the famous land housing system, Heifu could also have nine "concubines" allocated by the government, that is, nine servants, so he could fill this large courtyard.
Zhong said again: "In addition to the concubines, there are several people who want to come to this manor to work..."
Heifu frowned. Although the Qin State does not advocate raising food guests and scholars, local tycoons, such as the widow Qingjia of Bajun, the Yun family and the Li family of Anlu, often have people to rely on them. High-level dependents are called "
"Guests" are scribes and warriors with some abilities who help you look after your home, care for your home, and run your manor. The low-level ones are called "tufu", who are actually slaves.
It's okay in Nanjun. In the newly conquered Wei, Yanzhao and other places, as well as the Bashu region, it is quite common for wealthy people to have hundreds of houses, fields full of nurturing fields, thousands of slaves and maidservants, and thousands of plans.
Hei Fu was more cautious. He knew that the King of Qin and the government did not like this, so he shook his head and said: "I don't want to accept guests or disciples for the time being..."
"Not a guest, nor a mere follower."
Seeing that Heifu had misunderstood, Zhong said hurriedly: "They are just some of your old friends. I hope to hire them so that they can have the opportunity to repay their kindness..."
"Repay a favor?"
Hei Fu was a little confused. Seeing him like this, he smiled and said: "My brother, you don't even remember the kindness you have given me! Come on, follow me to the stables and you will know."
While they were talking, they had arrived at the cattle and horse stables at the back of the yard. Here, a gray-haired old man was instructing the old men of Heifu who came to help move the cattle and horses to move in the objects on the cattle carriage and then put the cattle and horses into the stables one by one.
Seeing Brother Heifu coming over, the old man hurriedly came over and bowed: "I've seen the county captain! Thank you so much for the county captain's kindness in rescuing my little girl!"
When Hei Fu took a look, he turned out to be an acquaintance!
It was Ju who was the father of the woman "Kite" whom he rescued in the blind mountain when he was the director of the pavilion.