When the governor Hao and the magistrate of Tu County came to Xipo Village, Luo Yong was leading a few children to stew persimmons in his own grocery store. They didn’t have persimmon trees at their own home. Recently, they saw that the persimmons from other people’s houses were ripe, so they exchanged some food for some to eat.

"Master, governor Hao and county magistrate Tu are here. I just saw them coming in from the entrance of the village." Luo Yong's disciples were changing straws for the pigpen this day. As soon as they saw these two people coming, someone immediately went to Luo's yard to report to Luo Yong.

"Hey, here we come." Luo Yong quickly got off the kang and pulled his gray linen shoes. He pulled his heels while walking. When he walked to the gate of the courtyard, the governor Hao and the magistrate Tu also arrived.

Luo Yong bowed to the two of them, and governor Hao told him not to be too polite. Then he followed Luo Yong to the hall.

After taking the seat, the governor Hao first conveyed to Luo Yong the verbal praise of His Majesty the Emperor, and then said that the saint pity his experience and gave him five hectares of good land, asking him to farm well in the future and raise the youngest in the family. Luo Yong bowed and thanked him.

After the business was finished, Luo Yong kept him and the other two at his home for dinner. Both of them didn't respond. They chatted a few more words about Yan'erfei's firewood, and the dirt dung, and then got up and wanted to leave. When they passed by the Luo family's pigpen, they stayed for a long time.

The half-big pigs and pigs in the Luo family are all round and very pleasant. The pigpen has just been cleaned up and is not very dirty and smelly.

"The method of slaying pigs seems to be really good." After carefully observing the growth of the pigs and pigs, governor Hao praised.

"In addition to slaying pigs, what else should I pay attention to in this method of raising pigs?" County Magistrate Tu asked Luo Yong.

"There is no particular thing. It is to cook the pigs before feeding them, and cook wild vegetables, wheat bran, bean dregs, etc. together." Luo Yong replied.

"Very good." After hearing this, governor Hao nodded and praised again.

After the two left, two other officials stayed. After Zou Lizheng came, they measured the land together for Luo.

One hectares of land are 100 acres, and these five hectares of land are 500 acres. Luo Yong never dreamed that one day he would become a big landlord with 500 acres of fertile land. Although the land was vast and sparsely populated at this time, ordinary people also had about 100 acres of land at home.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the equal-field system was implemented, and each household was granted 100 mu of land, of which 20 mu were Yongye fields and 80 mu were guttered land. Yongye fields could be inherited by descendants, but the difference between the land. After the owner passed away, the fields would be taken back by the government.

All the five hundred acres that Luo Yong obtained this time were Yongye fields, which were assets that could benefit his descendants. However, although it was five hundred acres of fertile land, the population here has basically increased and there was no extra good land to be divided into him. In the end, except for dozens of acres of better farmland, the rest were all sloped land, and Luo Yong had to open up land by himself.

After the fields were laid, it was still late. Luo Yong kept Zou Lizheng and the two county officials for dinner. A pot of braised chicken, a pot of corn porridge, a pot of pancakes, and a few side dishes. The food made several people feel oily and satisfied.

After the meal was full, Luo Yong kept the three of them overnight. All three refused. It was the autumn harvest season. No matter it was Zoulizheng or the county officials, no one was free. Go back to sleep tonight and continue to work tomorrow.

"Zou Lizheng, don't hurry to leave now. Recently, people in Xiaohe Village have been pushing pig manure to exchange bean dregs every day. I'll help you see who hasn't returned at this time."

When a disciple of Luo Yong saw that Zou Lizheng said he wanted to go back to Xiaohe Village alone, he quickly said, "It's getting dark now. Zou Lizheng is so old, who can feel at ease asking him to walk so far back at night alone."

"Zou Lizheng, you can stay here for one night. I will leave first, and there are many official duties in the county." The other two were about to say goodbye.

Luo Yong and others took them to the entrance of the village and told them to be careful on the road. After all, it was so far away. It was very desolate to pass through the road, and there were no pedestrians on the road.

"Why do you have to worry? I walk more on this road than you." The two minor officials said, lifting their arms and swaying, and heading towards the county town together.

It is the harvest season now, and all the officials in the county have to go to the countryside to collect taxes and fees. In this season, these people are not getting up early and going to bed late, and they want to break their legs. In this poor place, there are not so many horse and ox carts available in the county government. It is so common for them, such as the minor officials.

"Lin Er, do you think we should have two Yan'er flying to ride together?" The two of them walked side by side on the winding dirt road, with weeds growing on both sides of the road, and occasionally passing by a farmland. It was dark now, and I couldn't see what was planted in the fields, and I could only vaguely smell it.

"Then the swallow flying is not cheap." The other man shrank his neck with his hands in his sleeves. Here they started to cool down in September. When today comes, they are afraid that frost will start at night.

"It's a disaster to just walk on two legs." The man just said.

"Isn't it just a pain?" He walked for a few hours and ran outside all day long, so how could he not suffer?

At least these two people could go back together, but Zou Lizheng didn't even have a companion, so he didn't dare to ask him to walk alone at night. In the end, Luo Yong's two disciples drove him back in a donkey cart.

After seeing off the two groups of people, it was already dark. Luo Yong returned to his yard and saw that there was an oil lamp in the grocery store.

"Brother, these persimmons have not been stewed yet." Si Niang Wuro and the others were still waiting there.

"But they were all put in?" Luo Yong smiled and entered his own grocery store.

"It's all set up." Several children moved to the side and made a seat for him.

"Let's take a look." Luo looked into the jar with his head and saw that half a jar of orange-red round persimmons were arranged neatly inside, so he said, "Let's light the fire and simmer it."

The brother and sister took the jar to the kitchen. They first took a handful of hay and lit it, then threw the burning grass into the tank, quickly covered the jar with a piece of oil paper, quickly tied the piece of oil paper tightly on the jar with a thin rope, and covered it with a few pieces of old cloth.

In this way, even if the persimmon is stewed and sealed, there is no fresh air in the jar, the fire will be extinguished quickly, leaving most of the thick smoke in the jar. Luo Yong them used these thick smoke to ripen the persimmons. Most of the villagers in Xipo Village ripen the persimmons in this way, and some use turbid wine to ripen, but after all, not every household has wine.

The Luo family has wine, because they want to make fermented bean curd, and their family has never stopped making turbid wine. The reason why they do this is to add freshness to these children.

Luo Yong is quite familiar with hatching persimmons. When Grandma Luo was there, she would buy a lot of new persimmons at home every year. They would store them well and be able to be enlarged for half a winter. When she wanted to eat, she would take a few out and hatch it.

There were also many fruits in that era, and banana apples were very common. Grandma Luo was reluctant to put bananas or apples in directly. Before hatching persimmons, she went to the fruit stall to buy a few bananas. The two grandparents and grandchildren ate the bananas first, left the banana peel, packed them in plastic bags, put them with the persimmons, and found a paper box to put them under the bed. After about ten days, the persimmons were all ripe and soft.

Now that the seventh century is the seventh century, banana apples, not to mention the persimmons used to hatch persimmons, these small ones at home don’t even know what they taste like.

Apple is probably still growing in the royal garden now. It seems to be the name Pinpo fruit. As for bananas, I think there should be bananas in the south, but the transportation was really inconvenient at this time. It would take a month less to walk from them to Chang'an. From Chang'an City to the southern tropical areas, I don't know how long it will take. The regenerated bananas will be cut down and transported to them will be broken.

"Sanlang, what do we use to plant those 500 acres of land?" Compared to this jar of persimmons, Erniang was obviously more concerned about the 500 acres of land she had obtained. As the daughter of a native farmer, she also valued land very seriously. In addition, she had a difficult life before when she had to sell land and exchange grain, so she became more persistent about the land.

"Yes, what should you say to plant something?" Luo Yong said with a smile.

Speaking of these 500 acres of land, Luo Yong thought of what governor Hao said before. The emperor gave him five hectares of good land and asked him to farm well. Is there any secret intention in this?

Perhaps, it would be better to postpone the branch in Chang'an City...

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In Chang'an City, Du Qilang had not returned yet, and the peony cushion that Luo used had not yet come to the city.

Yan Erfei, who was brought from Lishi County, has been increasingly deeply rooted in the lives of Chang'an people over time.

Early this morning, the morning bell had passed and the morning drums had not stopped. All the yards in the city were also open to the time to lift the ban. In addition to those vendors who got up early to do business, there was another group of people who also had to get up very early, that was the officials who went to court.

In order to facilitate court visits, many officials chose to live in places close to Tai Chi Hall. Correspondingly, the housing prices in that area are naturally very high. Those who do not have high positions and do not have much salary and have poor family background, so they have to go far. This far away, the journey is naturally far when they go to court in the morning.

"What a coincidence, Lu Taishi."

In the early morning, the sky was still dark, and the air was already filled with autumn. At an alley far from the palace gate, a Yan'erfei turned out lightly. The rider saw someone on the other side wearing official uniforms and riding Yan'er to the side. When he looked closely at the lights, he found that he was an old acquaintance.

"It was Chen Nei." The other party also greeted him.
Chapter completed!