Tang's dining table

There are people in Jinchangfang who put up Kongming lanterns in exchange for money.

After Yunchu arranged the matter, he left it alone. He didn't know how to pierce Kongming lanterns, so even if he came up with an idea, it would be unreliable.

Such a huge sky lantern is an unprecedented challenge for Zhang He's family. Their family has been doing this job for three generations, and this is the first time they have to build such a large sky lantern.

Zhang He looked at the money piled on the table and wanted to give up the job several times. However, seeing the glowing eyes of his family members looking at the pile of copper coins, he decided to give it a try.

In the next four days, my whole family should stop thinking about sleeping.

A lamp, thirty dollars!

When Yunchu returned home, Mrs. Cui also came back from outside the city. The news she brought back was not good. The tenants responsible for managing the nearly two hundred acres of land were unwilling to serve a small family like the Yun family. After the Marquis gave it to the Yun family, the tenant households followed him to Dazhuangzi, which was less than ten miles away from this small village. It was also the property of Liang Jianfang.

"Those families said things that would make people angry to death. They all put themselves in the position of loyal servants. What they said was that they would starve to death and not come to our house.

No matter how good the conditions are, it's useless. Even if I say that I'm going to buy two cattle for their use, I can't win their hearts.

I really don’t understand. They are just a few tenants, they are so thin from hunger, their clothes are patched and patched, and they are treated like livestock by Liang Hou’s family, and they are treated with kindness.

As soon as I arrived, those people left Zhuangzi with their wives and children carrying their tattered belongings. I had no choice but to leave Fei Jiu to look after me.

Mr. Lang, do you want to recruit some more tenants? "

Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said: 'The question is where do you recruit tenants from? "

Ms. Cui smiled and said, "Jinchangfang."

"These people are used to living in the city. I'm afraid no one wants to be a farmer, right?"

Mrs. Cui chuckled and said, "As long as Lang Jun agrees, I will go to Fang Zheng to ask for an idea. In this city, not all people living in the city are city dwellers." "

When Yun Chu saw Cui's confidence, he nodded and continued to carve his chess piece with a knife. He wanted to teach the little girl how to play chess when Naha came back.

Chess also existed in the Tang Dynasty. It was called Xiangxi, but it was just a junior version of chess. It had no horses, cannons, or soldiers, and the rules were very simple. It was almost like a wolf eating a baby, and it was no fun at all.

Yunchu immediately surpassed a junior prime minister of the Tang Dynasty named Niu Sengru and directly played the ultimate version of chess.

A different kind of socialite should have one or two tricks that others can't match. Although Naha is about to become a top-level Buddhist lady, Yun Chu doesn't mind letting her level get higher.

Mrs. Cui was very efficient in her work. She went out in the evening and came back when it got dark. When she came back, she brought back sixteen gardeners.

"Mr. Lang, it is not cost-effective to grow grain in our family's grain plot, nor is it cost-effective to plant fruit trees. I am going to use all of it to grow flowers."

"Growing flowers?" Yunchu was a little surprised when he heard what Cui said. Could it be that the poor people of Tang Dynasty had begun to evolve to appreciate freshly cut flowers and trees?

"I have asked people. In April next year, the price of peonies and peonies will be very high."

Yun Chu nodded and said: "It's okay for peonies to bloom the same year they were planted. Peonies don't mean they are harvested the same year they were planted.

Moreover, there are two hundred acres of land. You want to grow flowers and trees. Have you asked me if Wannian County is in Wannian County? Do you know that the law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that first-class fields must not be abused. I heard that there are problems with growing vegetables, but you still want to grow flowers. ? "

"Oh, sir, there are rules for growing flowers. You and Naha's Yongye field, Koufen field, and the official field at home are all used to grow food. The whole family only has these two hundred acres of private land, even if they are all used It’s also appropriate to plant flowers.”

Yun Chu scratched his head and said, "I don't know where my Yongye Field, Koufen Field, and Guan Field are."

Cui curled her lips: "It's in Fengxiang. I heard it's in the mountains."

Yunchu nodded. He was familiar with Fengxiang. If his Guantian, Yongye Field, and Koufentian were all on the mountain, then they must be on his mother's Taibai Mountain. No wonder the harvest there had been poor year after year. In his era, , without tourism, people in Taibai Mountain would probably still not have enough to eat.

How can there be decent agriculture in a place where the summer temperature never exceeds 20 degrees?

Liang Jianfang lived with Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, at the age of twelve, and later with Emperor Taizong. He established his career early, so his family's fields were all near Chang'an.

Unlike Yun Chu, who jumped out of the cracks in the rocks, Fang Zheng and the others deliberately brought him to a place like Taibai Mountain where the village was massacred by wild beasts all the year round in order to make him safer. Therefore, his Yongye Fields are divided into fields by mouth, and official fields are naturally all located in Taibai Mountain.

After feeling sad for himself for a moment, Yun Chu said: "Since the court has this rule, you can plant flowers and trees in our land. However, you must make it clear to the county government and register it in the register. The rules must not be broken."

"I understand." After hearing that the head of the family once again handed over the power to her, Ms. Cui left with a group of gardeners with some pride.

Yun Chu looked at the Cui family who was leaving and shook his head. There was nothing he could do. This woman from the Cui family in Qinghe was really powerful.

Yun Chu knew that the reason Cui wanted to plant flowers and trees in the fields was because he was interested in the large-scale flower and tree planting project that would be carried out immediately after the spring in Jinchangfang.

It was too late to plant any flowers this year, but after having this farm dedicated to planting flowers and trees, she dared to buy flowers and trees from other places, and then sell them to Jinchangfang and Daci'en Temple to earn a lot of money.

People of the Tang Dynasty used to like orchids, and almost all the beautiful wild orchids in the Qinling and Zhongnan Mountains were dug up.

In recent years, because Emperor Taizong and Queen Seondeok of Silla liked to use peonies to express their affection, people in the Tang Dynasty suddenly fell in love with peonies and peonies, which have more flowers than leaves.

Ever since Emperor Taejong and Queen Seondeok of Silla used peonies to flirt with each other, Queen Seondeok didn't know what to think. Because there were no bees or butterflies in the peony picture given to her by Emperor Taejong, she ended up with a peony without fragrance. in conclusion.

Then, Queen Seondeok thought that the meaning of Emperor Taizong's gift of this fragrant peony picture was - you are my woman, you must not attract bees or butterflies!

Then, Queen Seondeok really didn't marry anyone and firmly held the power of Silla. Once she was threatened by powerful ministers or bullied by Goguryeo, she would immediately embroider a few words on a handkerchief with needle and thread and send it to her. Shout out—husband, help me!

Then Emperor Taizong would be furious, instead of issuing an edict to reprimand Goguryeo and ask them to keep their duties. That is to send powerful generals to act as envoys, taking thousands of Tang Dynasty warriors by boat to Silla to support Queen Seondeok...

Since the death of Emperor Taizong, Queen Seondeok began to embroider handkerchiefs for Li Zhi. It seems that Queen Seondeok has determined that she is destined to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in this life.

Therefore, peonies sell well in Chang'an and Luoyang. As long as the peonies are in full bloom, anyone with a little spare money at home will buy peonies in order to gain a little nobility.

Thinking of this, Yun Chu was once again grateful that he spent so little money to get such a good housekeeper for his family.

Yun Chu had carved the chess pieces and was about to color them when the old monkey came. Yun Chu looked at the cold moon in the sky and asked, "How did you get into my house?"

"Climb the wall."

Seeing the old monkey answering so confidently, Yun Chu found that he was speechless.

"Why didn't you bring Naha?"

"Naha is fasting and bathing and can't come out."

Thinking that the lustful Naha was suffering now, Yunchu couldn't help but said: "Can you ask Cui to deliver food to Naha tomorrow?"

The old monkey thought for a moment and shook his head and said: "That child has been pestering me for chicken legs, beef, and mutton these days. She also used some tricks and violence. I still didn't agree to her. Now, she has finally accepted her fate. You can Don’t harm her holy life any more.”

Yun Chu sighed slightly and said, "Did you win the battle with Dao Yue's disciples?"

The old monkey shook his head and said: "The Zen courtyard was burned down, but the large amount of money left by Daoyue was not found."

Yun Chu said in surprise: "You burned down someone else's Zen monastery for money?"

The old monkey said: "If it's not for money, is it for Buddha?"

Yun Chu leaned back and said strangely: "Isn't it a dispute between Taoism and Dharma? Isn't it a dispute between sects?"

The old monkey shook his head and said: "The symbol of the prosperity of Buddhism is the number of temples and believers. Both temples and believers need someone to build and preach.

You don’t really think that you can build a huge temple and groups of devout believers just by asking for alms from the people, do you?

We didn't think about how much money we could get from Daoyue's disciples and grandchildren. We just wanted to let the people know how much money Daoyue had. "

"It seems that ruining Daoyue's reputation is also ruining your reputation. As far as I know, Xiangji Kitchen is really a good place to make money.

Do you still remember the footprints of Buddha that Ding Dayou brought back from the Western Regions? "

The old monkey smiled proudly and said: "It has been placed in the Daci'en Temple. It will appear together with the Buddha's bone relics at the Water and Land Conference on the first day of this year. As far as this matter is concerned, Ding Dayou has done a great job." really not bad."

"Jinchangfang is planning to build a huge Kongming lantern, which will be released on the Lantern Festival. By then, this Kongming lantern will light up the entire Jinchangfang. Do you want to get one and keep it for the Land and Water Dharma Ceremony? "

"How big is it? Can it fly?"

"It's as big as a house. It can definitely fly."

The old monkey thought for a while and said, "How much money do you want to make from this?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "For Naha, I only charge the cost price, one hundred guan."

The old monkey said sadly: "Do you and I have to plan clearly like this?"

Yun Chu whispered: "I threw a stone in the Imperial College, and it almost became the biggest stain in my life."

"You've killed a lot of people before."

"Everyone I killed before was someone I wanted to kill, but that time, you forced me to do it."