A title is a title given by the monarch to nobles and heroes.
Once you are awarded a title, you can enjoy many special benefits, such as improved status, fame, increased salary, etc. One of them is a fief. No matter how high or low you are awarded a title, you will get a corresponding fief. For example, Tang Ji was granted a title.
As the son of Jingwang County, he owned a fief of 800 acres in the city. The land on this fief was also divided among the people, and part of the annual harvest was turned over to him.
"Master Tang, this is the fiefdom divided according to your requirements. Please take a look."
On the East Street of Jingwang County, a middle-aged man wearing a blue official uniform pointed to the leather map in his hand and explained to the young man next to him in a confused manner.
A few days ago, news came from Kyoto City that Tang Ji was granted the title of Jingwang County Prince. The county magistrate immediately ordered the division of land for Tang County Prince. He originally planned to set aside the more prosperous area to the west of the city, but who knew
The next day, he received a message from Tang Ji, asking him to choose an area that was more spacious and less populated.
Although Tang Xianzi had some intentions in doing this, Wang Fuzheng couldn't bear to violate it, so he circled the east part of the city and several abandoned lanes.
However, after hearing about Tang Jili's resolute methods, he was still a little worried that the place he chose would not satisfy him.
Tang Ji glanced at the map in Wang Fuzheng's hand, then looked at the few inaccessible lanes ahead, and nodded with a faint smile: "Okay, this is the land to the east of the city!"
Hearing this, Wang Fuzheng breathed a sigh of relief, put away the map, spread his hands and said with a smile: "In that case, let me take Mr. Tang to see the Duke's Mansion."
Tang Ji turned his head and glanced at Ye Xiao beside him, then politely replied: "Excuse me, Mr. Wang County Cheng."
"Hahaha, Mr. Tang has met someone else. I have often heard about Mr. Tang's deeds before. Now that I see myself, I am indeed a Yushu Linfeng, a talented person..." Wang Fuzheng didn't care about anything else, he just looked at Tang Ji.
Praise a lot, and express yourself from time to time in your words.
Tang Ji was not surprised by this. In the Hubu Yamen, there were some petty officials who often looked like this. He wished he could carve their names into his mind.
After a while, the three of them walked to a huge mansion. The courtyard was very spacious and the red-brown door looked very luxurious.
Wang Fuzheng turned around and explained with a smile: "Master Tang, this place was originally the residence of a wealthy businessman in the city, but that man committed a crime two years ago and his property was confiscated. This residence happened to be vacant.
It's just right for you to be a lord's residence. Please let me take you in and have a look!"
After saying that, he went inside.
Tang Ji stopped where he was and replied politely: "Sir Wang, I just came to Jingwang County after taking a rest today, so I don't want to waste time viewing the mansion. I can just go around by myself when I have time. I heard that I have been here for the past two days."
There are a lot of affairs in the county government office, why don't you go back and get busy first?"
Hearing this, Wang Fuzheng pursed his lips. He wanted to show off again, but he didn't expect that the other party wouldn't give him a chance, but he didn't dare to say anything more. He squeezed out a smile on his face: "Haha, okay, then I'll go ahead and do it first."
I'm going to say goodbye. Mr. Tang will send someone to the government office to look for my subordinates at any time if something happens."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Tang Ji quickly called out: "Wait!"
"Master Tang, have you figured it out? I just said that this mansion is huge and you can't finish it by yourself..." Wang Fuzheng turned around with a smile, but before he finished speaking, he found Tang Ji walking straight towards him.
And took away the map from his arms.
"Okay, Master Wang, let's go slowly!" Tang Ji said goodbye with a smile.
Seeing this, the smile on Wang Fuzheng's face became stiff, he turned around in despair and walked straight towards the street ahead.
After the other party walked away, Tang Ji handed the map in his hand to Ye Xiao, and attached a few pieces of rice paper he brought: "Lao Xiao, you also know that I am usually very busy, and I will definitely not have time here in Jingwang County.
Please take care of it, I’ll leave it to you.”
Seeing Ye Xiao take the map and check it, he continued to add: "You were born and raised in Jingwang County, so you are familiar with the city. Please help me pick a suitable piece of land to build a printing factory in this circle."
Ye Xiao glanced at the map briefly, then took the drawing and looked at it for a while, thought about it carefully, and then said: "Okay, leave it to me, but it will probably take a lot of time."
"It's okay, we have plenty of time." Some customers in the bookstore have reported that there are too few books released. Tang Ji cannot wait until the printing plant is built before putting it into use, so he plans to transform the abandoned houses in the fiefdom into temporary printing plants.
This was also the reason why he gave up the prosperous area of the city and chose a less visited land.
Thinking of this, he continued to say to Ye Xiao: "Brother Ye, I should need a lot of manpower."
Ye Xiao was not polite and replied calmly: "Leave it to me. The people in my Ye family are very loyal, so you can rest assured."
Tang Ji nodded: "Thankfully I came here with Mr. Sun last time, otherwise where would I find a tool like you... a good brother!"
"What is a tool man?" Ye Xiao heard his words clearly and asked doubtfully.
"You say we have a good relationship!" Tang Ji replied casually, coughing a little guiltily, and quickly changed the subject: "We still have some time, do you want to go in and look around? I haven't even found a servant in this mansion yet.
However, I probably won’t come here often, so I’ll leave it empty for now.”
Ye Xiao was still struggling with what he just said. He followed him towards the gate of the mansion and sighed: "You are also my tool!"
Tang Ji pursed his lips and pretended not to hear.
In this way, the two strolled around the mansion for a while and then returned to Ye's house. After having lunch at Ye's house, Tang Ji explained some details about the layout and construction of the printing factory to Ye Xiao.
The afternoon passed quickly, and Tang Ji led everyone away and out of the gate of Ye Mansion. He put Jiang Ran and Jiu'er on the carriage, turned to Ye Xiao and said, "Lao Xiao, I will leave this fiefdom to you.
Got it, in addition to the printing factory, I will also invest in many new industries in the future. I will ask Shen Ling and Ye Zheng to come over after the temporary printing factory, and you can help take care of them then."
"I will definitely live up to Brother Tang's trust." Ye Xiao replied with a smile.
Hearing this, Tang Ji didn't have any ink marks, so he walked into the carriage and opened the side curtain: "Old Xiao, take care of yourself!"
Ye Xiao waved his sleeves lightly: "Have a nice trip. Come again next time. I hope you can stay for two more days."
Soon, following his order, Cheng Tie whipped the horse on the buttocks, and the two carriages began to move slowly one after another.
After the carriage went away, Ye Xiao withdrew his gaze, turned his head, and ordered Ye Hongling behind him: "Send some people to escort them for a while, and then find all the best craftsmen in the city."