The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"In the past few days, there are Ma Zhou, the chief official in His Highness's mansion, and even Du Gou, who has just been here for a short time." Jiang Que listed them one by one: "They are changing all the time, and it is a change in mentality. Old Yan, tell me, what magical way is there in this village that makes people bewitched?"

Yan Lide smiled and shook his head.

"This village is normal, but we are not. We are a bunch of lunatics if we work hard towards the beautiful dream you mentioned." Yan Lide said, "However, Xingben, this is not a dream. When we see the plans and various drawings that His Highness has taken out, and when he spends all the money he earns from tea trading, we know that this is not a dream.

The difference is the effort we have put in.

Besides, this is just the beginning?"

"Next spring, we will have time to go to Linying County to explore. It is a good thing to do for the people of the Tang Dynasty. If we succeed, the local people will remember us for the rest of their lives."

"From disaster relief to post-disaster reconstruction, and then to find a way out for them after a year, and build a place for them to make money and live, we will leave our names in history!" Yan Lide looked serious and his eyes were burning.

As an official, who can refuse these four words?

The history books are vast, and even leaving a line of words and a name is incredible.

In the future, in the county annals of Linying County, each of them will have a separate page.

"With this opportunity, let's do what we want to do and make a name for ourselves within this scope." Yan Lide said with a smile: "If I am not good at being in the court and handling national affairs, what am I compared to the prime ministers in the court now? But when it comes to these things in Zhuangzi and the things that Huairen will plan in the future, I already know them clearly. Things here are what I am best at!"

Everyone is confident in the field they are good at.

Why do you have to squeeze into places you are not good at?

Jiang Que sighed.

"Old Yan, you are right." Jiang Que smiled and said, "But I think I really need to go back to Chang'an for a while. Don't forget that Chang'an City still has our hard work. At present, other colleagues of the Craftsman Supervisor are watching. We must send someone to see how it is going.

You and Your Highness made the drawings, but I have also read them many times and heard you talk about them many times. I have to go back and see if the construction is as we expected."

What Jiang Que said was the athletic stadium under construction in Chang'an City.

They estimated that it would take until next year to complete the construction.

Yan Lide nodded.

"Okay, when do you plan to go back later?" Yan Lide asked.

"When the women in the manor return to Chang'an this time, I will go back with my family." Jiang Que said with a smile: "But Old Yan, I see that this time your wife and my sister-in-law will bring their children to the manor. I see that your Wan'er and my boy are about the same age..."

"Go away, what do you mean by about the same age? My Wan'er is older than your boy."

"A girl three years older than her husband will bring you gold bricks." Jiang Que said with a smile: "Consider it, let's become in-laws?"

"Oh, wait until your boy can walk well before we talk about it."

Jiang Que's eldest son Jiang Jiao is not very old, much younger than Yan Lide's youngest daughter Yan Wan. He was brought to the manor because Mrs. Jiang wanted to take care of him all the time. The child was at home and just reached the age of enlightenment.

"After my boy has been enlightened, let him come to the manor and worship under Dr. Lu." Jiang Que said with a smile.

"Oh, Xingben, you are a good kid, you think long-term." Yan Lide's eyes lit up.

Can it be like this?

Isn't it possible for my kid to be like this?

In this case, let's see how the academy can develop after this year. If possible, it is not impossible to send my kid to the manor to study. I will stay in the manor for a long time, and I can teach him at any time under my nose.......

Compared with other families in Chang'an City, the Yan family cannot be regarded as a family of learning. When the children are enlightened, they can invite teachers to teach at home, but as the children grow up, they still have to be sent to the school.

When they are teenagers in the future, the best place to go is nothing more than the Imperial College.

The doctor of the Imperial College is in the manor, isn't it ready?

Tiezhu has already worshipped Dr. Lu. The child is smart, down-to-earth, and diligent. In a short period of time, it seems that compared with the past, there has been a lot of changes.

It's good to have changes.

Yan Lide's mind also became active.

He studied in the academy and waited until he returned home., and then teach them. Not to mention becoming a talent for managing the world, but after careful teaching and some positive influences from the surrounding environment, they will definitely be able to inherit the family business in the future and bring the Yan family to a new height.

Yan Lide also knows how the environment affects a child.

Where did he know it from?

He learned it from the Crown Prince Li Chengqian, the Prince of Wei Li Tai, and the Prince of Shu Li Ke.

These three children were not like this when they were in Chang'an City before.

And this change is positive and positive.

Even the children of your majesty can be influenced in a good way, so can your own children!

Yan Lide and Jiang Que talked and laughed, sweeping away the serious and gloomy atmosphere just now.

The next day, Li Fu and Yan Lide still made time to take the women who came to the manor to walk around the manor and see some of the newly built facilities on the manor.

"This academy covers a lot of land." Lady Yingguo said with emotion: "It can accommodate many students in the future. Huairen, can this academy recruit so many students?"

"Of course it can, aunt. The craftsmen used here are hired from all over the country. They earn money here, improve their family's life, and have extra money. They always plan for their own children. Pick a smart child from home and send him to school. Isn't it that there are students?"

"In this way, isn't it that the money spent on building the academy is earned back?" Yan Lide's wife widened her eyes and couldn't believe it.

"Yes and no, money is indeed circulating, but everyone gets what they need." Li Fu said: "You always get something when you spend money."

"If the children in the family study well in the future, it will definitely bring more benefits to the family than not studying, right? Moreover, even if they are not so promising, they can study and learn to read, and they can find a good job to earn money to support their families in the future, whether they are in the farm or in Chang'an City."

"If you want the people around you to live a good life, you can't just let them all farm." Li Fu said: "It's not nice to say, but it's also realistic. How much money can you make from farming?"

How many people have made a fortune from farming?

It's a problem to have enough food and clothes to wear just by farming, let alone to support a whole family.

There are several children in a family. In the early years, the children of the farmers in the farm didn't even have clothes to wear. They hid at home in winter and ran around outside naked in summer.

Even if there were clothes, they were for adults and could not be mended. The better cloth was cut and mended to make clothes for the children.

A piece of cloth should first be used by the men in the family, because the men had to go out to work, and during the slack season, they had to go out to work hard.

After that, the women and children in the family were given clothes.

There was no good clothes, and the clothes on the men were all patched.

You say that farming can make you live a good life, can it?

First of all, it depends on the mood of God.

"The development of Zhuangzi cannot be separated from everyone." Li Fu said: "If there is only the house of King Jingyang, standing on this Zhuangzi, with a large piece of land and no one around, what's the use? It's useless. It still needs more people to develop well."

After wandering outside for a while, everyone returned to the restaurant again after seeing the Zhuangzi almost the same.

It was time for lunch.

"There is a wine workshop in the workshop area. All the wine produced in the farm comes from the workshop. There are many kinds of wines. Although a lot of wine was served during the reception yesterday, there are still many flavors. Today, if you are interested, you can taste them all. If you think any of them taste good, I will ask the wine workshop to prepare some when you go back, and you can take them back to enjoy."

"It's hot in the afternoon, and there are no activities, so it's okay to drink more."

After that, Li Fu asked Zhou Zhuang to prepare lunch. Before lunch, he asked the waiter of the inn to take iced fruit wine for everyone to taste one by one.

Except for high-proof liquor, the rest of the sake has a different taste after being chilled for a long time.

There is also homemade wine.

But don't dare to drink too much of this stuff, because it has sugar in it, and it tastes like a small sweet wine, but the degree is not much lower than Wude wine.

After drinking it, you may lie in someone's field when you go out.

I just came back from outside and entered the restaurant. The heat on my body has not yet dissipated. The maids fanned me gently with palm-leaf fans. Everyone sat in the hall. Zhou Zhuang quickly asked someone to bring ice cubes over.

The maids stood beside the alley where the ice cubes were placed and fanned me. It was much cooler."This wine is good, sweet and elegant, and leaves a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth."

"This is plum wine."

"Isn't this wine? After being chilled, it really has a different flavor."

Several ladies praised these fruit wines, which were rare in Chang'an City, especially wine, which was very precious. In the past, people only ate some fresh grapes during the grape season, and no family had the luxury of using grapes to make wine.

At noon, everyone planned to sit together in this hall to eat.

After a day of getting along, everyone became familiar with each other. Naturally, they didn't have to sit at separate tables like when they had dinner here for the first time. Sitting together and toasting each other was more lively.

Many female relatives stayed in the farm for only three days. After seeing all the scenery on the farm, they returned to Chang'an with the gifts prepared by Li Fu for them, led and escorted by Jiang Que.

Before leaving, Li Fu and his family guards escorted them all the way to the intersection.

"After a while, when the farm is finished, I will invite you to visit the farm." Li Fu said, "The scenery of the farm is different in each season, so it won't be too boring. In other words, if you are tired of living in Chang'an City, you can relax in the farm."

"Thank you Huairen for your hospitality. We are all very comfortable on this trip." Lady Yingguo replied with a smile.

"Yes, yes, this farm has really been made into a paradise by your highness."

The children also like it here.

Because living here has delicious food and fun, and you don't have to study and go to class.

Isn't it a paradise?

"Just enjoy yourself, I'm afraid I can't entertain you well enough." Li Fu smiled and bowed.

After saying goodbye, Li Fu and Yan Lide and Yan Liben watched the team leave and walked away.

"Next, we still have to work hard for the manor." Yan Lide smiled and said, "When they come next time, they will see a manor that is changing with each passing day."

"Old Yan is full of fighting spirit." Li Fu looked at Yan Lide with a smile.

"Of course." Yan Lide said, "I just feel that something seems to be different from before, but I can't say what it is. Anyway, just work hard."

"But then again, Huairen, although you invited Lady Yingguo and Miss Li Shao to the manor this time, you didn't spend time with Miss Shao alone, right?"

"It doesn't matter, because the important intention has been received." Li Fu had a smile on his face.

The exquisite leather belt around his waist, with the gems on it, sparkled in the sunlight.

This is the Tang Dynasty. Even if a marriage contract is made, men and women can go out to play together with servants, but only during the day.

Inviting people to live in the manor was already a great effort. If they were to stay in the manor and be alone together, and not in a certain place, if the rumors were to spread, it would be a face problem for both families.

"Xingben has returned to Chang'an City. After returning to the Craftsman's Supervisor, he must go to the place where the competition hall is built. With Xingben watching over there, Huairen should be relieved." Yan Lide said.

"Well, indeed, let him stay in Chang'an City for a while. Let's finish the things in the manor this year first, and then plan other things later. Otherwise, he will bite off more than he can chew. I am a person who thinks of things, but I can't do everything I think of, especially these big projects."

"The staff can't keep up, and the warehouse of the palace can't keep up. This winter, we have to take a breath first." Li Fu said with a smile.

The words were not said explicitly, but the meaning was very clear. Winter is a good season to save small money.

"When the academy opens in the fall, there will be a lot of things to do. But by then, it will be old man Lu who will be busy. I have already told him to take care of the academy's affairs." Li Fu said with a smile.

"Dr. Lu is so old, and he didn't do much in the Imperial College. But when he comes to your farm, he has so many things to do." Yan Lide smiled and shook his head: "Don't tire the old man out."