Green Willow Garden is still the same, with people sweeping it all the time.
Half of the bankers outside the garden are people with registered households, and they are all making a living.
The remaining half is under the management of Pei Shiliu, cultivating the fields and maintaining the daily operation of the manor - and will be released one by one in the future.
Shao Xun rested here for two days. In addition to reviewing some important official letters from Bianliang, he wandered around, looked at the crops in the fields, and talked to a few old farmers, although they couldn't say a few words. If it's clearly organized.
He also specifically looked for traces left behind from that time.
His parents lived here for a long time, and he accompanied his mother to make salty rice.
The eldest nephew got married here.
Over in the west wing, he once put on armor and stayed on duty all night to protect the Sheep Queen.
He held a military meeting in the compound. At that time, many people came, and most of them are now in high positions.
Both Jin Dao and Badger Lang were born here and left behind their childhood memories.
So many wonderful memories...
On July 18th, Princess Xiangcheng Simimao came over with her daughter.
Shao Xun was a little surprised because he didn't call him over at all.
"I invited you here." Under the shade of the tree, Pei Lingyan said while pouring tea.
Shao Xun was speechless.
Seeing Sima Xiu's coat, he thought of Wang Dun, the governor of Jingzhou.
No, theoretically speaking, Wang Dun was dead because the imperial court had dismissed him from his post and replaced him with Tao Kan, the prefect of Xiangyang who had competed with Wang Dun for the position of governor.
No results.
Tao Kan even mentioned Liu Hong's loyalty to the country and cursed the envoy, saying that this was an edict forced by the national traitor Shao Xun to force the emperor to issue it. He refused to obey the edict and expelled the emissary.
When Wang Dun heard the news, he bowed and thanked him.
It was Yu Min who did this, and Shao Xun only briefly asked about it afterwards.
These northern scholars don’t understand what the ultimate pursuit of the southern tycoons is? Separation and self-reliance!
Their overall behavioral pattern serves this goal. Whatever allows them to segregate and self-reliance comfortably, they do it. Anyone who undermines the goal of separatism and self-reliance will hold back or simply kill him.
After so many years of running in, it has basically been finalized.
From this point, we can completely understand why the Northern Expedition was so difficult in later generations. There were always people holding back at critical moments. But once northerners went south and threatened their independent status, they immediately united and fought against the northerners.
There are internal conflicts caused by family relationships and power struggles, but there are also common interests.
This is the reality of the South.
In Shao Xun's view, there is no threat from the south, only harassment.
Up to now, except for Yiyang and Anfeng, which were two counties with southern culture, except Yiyang and Anfeng, which were initially captured with the support of local nobles, they have only captured two counties (Suiguo).
It is completely unworthy to mobilize large armies to attack Wang Dun, Ji Zhan, Gan Zhuo and others, because they will avoid fighting and defend themselves, resulting in a fight lasting a year and a half, delaying war in other directions.
From the current point of view, Runan, Nanyang, Ruyin and other places are defending very well, and the front line has not changed. This is enough.
"See Mr. Liang." Sima Xiu's daughter Hui bowed before evening.
Shao Xun looked at it and it had grown a bit.
Shao Xun felt a little distressed when he was still wearing gorgeous and complicated clothes on a hot day, so he waved his hand and said, "Come here and sit down."
The daughter glanced at Simimao Hua.
Sima Mao sighed softly and said, "Let's go."
Hui Wan walked over.
Shao Xun gently held her hand and said to Sima Maoyao: "You are so old-fashioned at a young age, you——"
"This is what a lady should look like." Sima Maoyao said disapprovingly.
Shao Xun's heart moved and he asked: "What's her name?"
In fact, he already knew his daughter's name when they last met.
"Wang Huiwan." Sima Maoyao said a little nervously.
Shao Xun's face darkened and he asked, "What's your name?"
Sima Mao pulled his daughter over and said angrily: "What? The great general wants to steal other people's children?"
Speaking of this, her voice, which has always been tough, also trembled: "The loneliness in Suyu Palace is unbearable. Without Hui Wan, I would have nothing."
The little girl lowered her head.
She is six years old and does not know everything.
Shao Xun directly held his daughter in his arms and said angrily: "When I conquer the world, what can't you do? Hui Wan is my daughter, and I want her to be a princess. It's best to play with Fu Bao for a few days to get familiar with her. .”
Just when Simimao was about to get angry, he miraculously calmed down when he saw the man's caring eyes about his daughter.
Huiwan also looked up at her father, timidly.
Sima Mao secretly sighed, after all, father and daughter are connected by blood, and the family relationship is unbreakable.
With such a caring father, Hui Wan will surely live a wealthy and worry-free life in the future.
Pei Lingyan gave Shao Xun an angry look, took Simujia by his coat, and went aside to prepare snacks.
Shao Xun watched all this with satisfaction.
In the small farmyard lined with trees, there was a princess of the dynasty and a concubine of the dynasty. They tried their best to prepare food for him. At this point in his life, he was very satisfied!
"A caravan returned from Jiangxia a while ago." Sima Mao's voice came from far away: "I made a lot of money, but it's useless for me to take it. For the sake of your conscience, I used it to compile Let's practice the mule army. They have also helped me guard the pasture for a long time, so it can't be without any benefit."
Shao Xun just looked at his daughter as if he hadn't heard anything, making various expressions.
Hui Wan lowered her head. After a moment, she couldn't help but raise her head, and then lowered it again.
After a while, the corners of his mouth were already raised.
Shao Xun told another joke. Hui Wan wanted to laugh, but maybe she thought it was not serious enough, so she covered her mouth and suppressed it.
Shao Xun was amused by her appearance.
This little old-fashioned daughter, like her mother, likes to pretend.
"Your name is Shao Huiwan, not Wang Huiwan, do you know that?" Shao Xun whispered in her ear.
The younger daughter didn't speak.
"What do you like?" Shao Xun asked.
"There are many birds in Suyu Palace, they are very beautiful." Hui Wan quietly looked in the direction of her mother and whispered.
The name "Suyu" is not without reason.
The palace is built against a mountain, and there are many dense forests nearby. At night, tired birds return to their nests and chirp.
In the early morning, birds sing on the branches and then fly up.
Hence the name "Suyu Palace".
"My grandpa will help you shoot one down." Shao Xun promised: "No, ten of them will do, okay?"
"Master, I don't want it!" Hui Wan shouted out in desperation.
As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I blushed extremely hard.
Shao Xun, on the other hand, was as happy as if he had eaten an ice-cold crispy mountain in the dog days of summer. He said repeatedly: "Okay, okay. Whatever the good girl says, then do it."
Hui Wan lowered her head shyly.
Sima Maobao heard this from a distance and glared at Shao Xun fiercely.
Shao Xun stared back, and finally both of them laughed.
"Let's go, grandpa will take you out for a look." Shao Xun put his daughter down and said.
Hui Wan looked at her mother.
Sima Maoyao said helplessly: "Go ahead, don't get your clothes dirty."
Hui Wan blushed and took her father's hand, following closely behind.
The father and daughter walked along the field ridge next to the irrigation canal and came to the edge of Ru River.
The ships from that time are still moored on the shore.
Pei Shiliu was directing the peasant women to go down to the river to collect lotus. When he saw Shao Xun, he immediately saluted.
Shao Xun looked at him happily and said: "Sixteen, I haven't seen you for several years. Why weren't you there two days ago?"
Pei Shiliu was a little excited and said: "I went to Xin'an to buy farm tools and just came back."
"Oh? But Xin'anye?" Shao Xun asked.
"Exactly." Pei Shiliu said: "Several furnaces have been set up over there, and the first batch of farm tools have been smelted. I have people buy them all for use in Caiguanzhuang and Luliuyuan."
"Without your help back then, Luoyang Sanyuan and Yiyang Sanwu would not have known how to take care of them." Shao Xun said with emotion.
In fact, Pei Shiliu is also an official now: Liang County Cheng.
The county magistrate's deputy had no real power and did not even have any duties. Pei Shiliu felt that it didn't matter and wandered around the Shao family's manor all day long.
"Ming Gong hasn't come back for many years." Pei Shiliu sighed: "Actually, Guangchengze has changed a lot. The market here can't even compare with Xiangcheng. The horses shepherding sheep among the grass and swamps are very impressive. According to Ming Gong's request, the best of the best were selected. The people from Youzhou's Tuqi Du came to see it several times and were very greedy."
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Shao Xun said with a cheerful smile.
"Yongjia Cangcheng stores 700,000 to 800,000 dendrobiums of grain all year round. The newly opened wasteland at that time still had bamboo roots, tree stumps, and stones. After years of farming, it has become a mature field. Backing the pasture, a lot of manure was irrigated on the field. They have all gotten taller." Pei Shiliu said.
"In the year of the locust plague, all vegetation died in Guangchengze. Many years later, deer can be seen everywhere again. In the mountains and forests, there are even sounds of roaring tigers."
"The Caiguan Pi that Ming Gong ordered to be excavated back then has been deepened and widened a lot, with blue waves rippling and lotus roots connecting the sky and the earth."
"We also raised a lot of fish. The teenagers from the martial arts school in Liang County often come here to fish or go into the mountains to hunt."
"Many mulberry groves have also been newly opened. There is one in Green Willow Garden. The relaxed villagers were grateful and said they would weave some brocades for Ming Gong."
Pei Shiliu talked a lot.
Shao Xun was extremely happy to hear this.
Liang County and Guangchengze were his first base and the place where his dream began.
He has really been away for too long, and when he comes back occasionally, he is always in a hurry.
"It's time to come back and take a look." After Pei Shiliu finished speaking, Shao Xun said with emotion: "It's just this year. I don't know where I will be next year."
"Do you want to go to Bianliang?" He looked at Pei Shiliu and asked.
Pei Shiliu's heart moved and he said: "But it's up to Duke Ming to make the decision."
"Go." Shao Xun said with a smile: "I have become rich, how can I forget the old man? From now on, all the villagers in Green Willow Garden will be registered as households. They have worked hard for these years, and they should get what they deserve.
Just leave two to three hundred acres of land in the garden so that those veterans can have a place to stay."
There are several disabled and old soldiers in Green Willow Garden, all of whom were former members of the Yamen Army. They were also warriors when they were young, the kind who dared to charge directly into the enemy's formation.
After he was injured and disabled, he was placed in Green Willow Garden and supported by his family. Each family received sixty or seventy acres of land.
"Ming Gong, all the officials from Sima and above are here. There are also more than 20 people from the martial arts school." Yang Qin approached from a distance and reported.
Shao Xun sighed regretfully.
Hui Wanhan stood there quietly, seeming slightly disappointed.
Shao Xun laughed, took out his dagger, cut off a section of reed diagonally, then scratched it vertically, handed it to his daughter, and said, "Blow on it."
Hui Wan took the reed in confusion and blew into the opening cut by the dagger. She immediately heard a "wuwu" sound and smiled happily.
Yes, children all like to play.
Shao Xun touched his daughter's little head lovingly and said to Yang Qin: "Take them to the backyard, I'll be there right away."
Chapter completed!