Early the next morning, Lin Xuan got up early, finished his martial arts practice, had breakfast, and was ready to leave for Zhuangzi.
"Xuan'er, the people in Zhouzhuang are all servants of our family now. You have to be polite to them and don't offend their hearts, you know?" Lin Dongyang explained.
"Dad, how much land does our family have now?" Lin Xuan asked curiously.
He only remembered that his family seemed to have more than a thousand acres of land before, but he didn't know how much land it had now.
"There were more than 1,000 acres before. Some time ago, I bought the remaining land in Zhouzhuang from others, totaling more than 3,000 acres." Lin Dongyang said.
Lin Xuan secretly smacked his tongue. He didn't expect that his father was very fast and knew that it would be easy to manage the entire film.
"Dad, don't worry, I'm leaving." After Lin Xuan finished speaking, he got on his horse.
Liu Da followed Lin Xuan with twenty soldiers.
Butler Lin and his servants drove five large carts, loaded with things for the servants, and followed behind.
The group of people left Chang'an City through Jinguang Gate.
As Lin Xuan rode his horse on the road, he couldn't help but miss Lion Cong. His own horse could only be considered a good horse, but it was far behind compared with Lion Cong.
When Li Shimin asked him to make a request, he should have asked him for the lion. What if he gave it to him?
…
Cui Xu received the news that Lin Xuan was out of the city, found Cui Hao, and said with a ferocious expression: "Lin Xuan is out of the city, should we send someone to let him die outside?"
"Are you crazy? This is Chang'an and he has soldiers. How many people do you need to send to kill him?" Cui Hao looked at Cui Xu in surprise.
He didn't know what Cui Xu was thinking. If he assassinated Lin Xuan at this time, even a fool would know that it was them.
"What happened to Chang'an? And didn't he leave the city? He brought more than 20 people with him, so it was easy to succeed." Cui Xu said.
Cui Hao shook his head and said: "No, the risk is too great. Even if we want to assassinate him, it is not now."
"But…"
"Stop it, I'm the person in charge of Chang Ande. If I say no, it won't do!" Cui Hao interrupted directly.
He is not as simple as Cui Xu thought.
To assassinate an earl near Chang'an would be a slap in Li Shimin's face.
With Li Shimin's control over Chang'an City, how could he not investigate it?
By then, everyone in the Cui family of Chang'an will die under Li Shimin's wrath.
Although Li Shimin wouldn't attack the entire Cui family because of Lin Xuan's death, he still had no problem killing a few people.
"Humph!" Cui Xu snorted coldly, tossed his sleeves, and walked away angrily.
Cui Hao didn't care, if he had been polite to Cui Xu before.
Now he doesn't take Cui Xu seriously at all, he is just a candidate for the patriarch who is about to expire.
"Damn it, that old ghost Cui Hao doesn't even take me seriously."
When Cui Xu returned to the room, he became more and more angry. Cui Hao was so polite to him when he first came here.
But since losing to Lin Xuan, Cui Hao's attitude has changed.
If the family's personnel in Chang'an were not in Cui Hao's hands, why would he go to Cui Hao? He would do it himself.
Now that Cui Hao doesn't help him, he can only give up.
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royal palace
Li Shimin also received news that Lin Xuan was leaving the city.
"Li Mu, did the family members in Chang'an do anything?" Li Shimin asked.
Li Mu said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the people from the aristocratic family have not done anything."
Li Shimin was a little disappointed, he didn't expect people from the aristocratic family to be so patient.
"Tell people to monitor them closely. If they take action, kill them!" Li Shimin said coldly.
"yes!"
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Lin Xuan didn't know that he would attract so many people's attention when he left the city.
Zhouzhuang is not far from Chang'an City, only more than ten miles away in total.
It was fine at first on the official road, but after turning north and leaving the official road, the road became increasingly difficult to walk.
"Uncle Lin, tell them to drive the car slower and make sure it doesn't overturn." Lin Xuan stood up on his horse and turned around to explain.
"Don't worry, sir, nothing will happen." Butler Lin said with a smile.
Along the way, looking at the green wheat fields on the roadside made me feel much better.
In this way, everyone walked for nearly an hour for a total of more than ten miles.
"Sir, Zhouzhuang is ahead of you." Butler Lin pointed at Zhuangzi in front of him and said.
"Well, let's go in directly!" Lin Xuan said.
"Sir, let's go directly to Li Zheng's house. He usually helps with rent collection." Butler Lin suggested.
"Okay, Uncle Lin, please lead the way." Lin Xuan nodded and said.
It was winter and the weather was cold, so Murakami didn't see anyone.
However, there were more people like Lin Xuan and there was a lot of noise. Many people heard the noise, opened their doors and saw soldiers in armor, and closed the doors again in fright.
Lin Xuan had no intention of explaining. They would naturally know their identities when they distributed the things.
Lin Xuan was still very interested in the ancient villages. He looked around here and there along the way. But as he looked, Lin Xuan lost interest. It was too shabby.
Lin Xuan had a deeper understanding of the life of ancient people.
Not long after, Lin Xuan and the others, led by Butler Lin, arrived at a house.
Although this family is much better than other families, it is not much better.
Lin Xuan was a little surprised. How could Li Zheng be a village chief in later generations? How could he be so poor?
Zhou Mancang heard some movement outside the courtyard, opened the door and went out to check. He was startled when he saw a group of soldiers in armor.
When he saw Butler Lin, he was relieved and said enthusiastically: "Oh, Butler Lin, you are here!"
"Zhou Lizheng, this is my young master, the uncle of Jingyang County personally named by His Majesty. He came to Zhuangzi specially to see everyone." Steward Lin pointed at Lin Xuan and introduced.
Butler Lin's tone was full of pride. He used to be the butler of a merchant's house, but now he is different.
When Zhou Mancang heard this, he saluted respectfully and said, "I've met my uncle!"
Lin Xuan waved his hand and asked: "How many people are there in Zhouzhuang now?"
"Back to uncle, there are currently 2,532 people in Zhouzhuang." Zhou Mancang answered without thinking.
Only so many people?
Excluding the elderly and children, there are probably not even 2,000 people.
And his family has more than 3,000 acres of land, and the people also have some at home, doesn't it mean that each person has to cultivate one or two hundred acres?
Lin Xuan frowned and asked, "Can you plant so much land?"
"Uncle, we have grown it. If you don't believe me, ask Butler Lin. Our rent has not been reduced at all." Zhou Mancang was startled. He thought Lin Xuan was going to take the land back.
"Sir, Zhouzhuang has indeed been able to plant crops and has not left the land unused," Butler Lin said.
Lin Xuan knew that he was overthinking it. If Zhouzhuang couldn't plant it, Lin Dongyang wouldn't give them all the land.
Moreover, wheat can be spread on the ground, and it is not as troublesome as rice.
"I am worrying too much, Zhou Lizheng. I have brought some things to distribute to the people. You inform the people to send someone from each family to pick up the things." Lin Xuan said.
"Uncle, please sit inside first, and I will inform them immediately." Zhou Mancang said happily.