Chapter 1205 Two Groups of People Gradually Separated

Chapter 1205 Two Groups of People Gradually Separated

Chapter 1205: Two Groups of People Gradually Separated
People go south for the winter in batches.

The first group was the baggage train, which set out a few days in advance.

The second group consisted of the emperor, empress, three wives and kings, who set off the day after Shao Xun's family banquet.

The third batch is scheduled for the 24th, which is tomorrow.

Wu Gong Shao Yong seized the last time and went to a village southwest of Luoyang.

The officials all had holidays, but the common people did not.

Shao Yong met Dong Le, the deputy governor of the Heilongjiang Right Camp, at the entrance of the village and went home with him.

"Mr. Wu is here to discuss business again?" Dong Le said helplessly.

He was the deputy commander of the Heilongjiang Right Camp and had a house in Luoyang and Bianliang, both of which were granted by the emperor.

This villa outside the city was built with my own money, but there is not much land.

Luoyang once had a large amount of wasteland, which reached its peak after the land survey was completed, but is now becoming less and less. Especially after the Heilongzhongying and Youying settled in the suburbs of Luoyang, more than 10,000 households were allocated land, at least 30 mu, and the wasteland was divided up.

Generally speaking, the closer to Luoyang City, the less land there is and the more expensive it is. With Dong Le's ability, he could only get more than two hectares, so he asked someone to buy six Diqiang slaves from Diaoyin, and let them do odd jobs for the other courtyard while cultivating the two hectares of fertile land.

Near the Dong family compound is the distribution area of ​​the Heilang Youying family members.

Naturally, they existed in the form of villages rather than fortresses and manors, because they were registered citizens and the tax base of the imperial court.

The treatment of the imperial guards was good. According to the latest standards, they received 30 hu of grain per year, which was distributed in several installments.

Every year, he could receive a certain amount of reward, usually four pieces of silk and two strings of money. But sometimes it could be more, such as going to war, military drills, etc., or simply because the emperor was happy and wanted to give more.

The family usually has 30 acres of land.

Luoyang has complete water conservancy facilities and a dense irrigation canal network. The soil fertility is also well maintained, and the fields are basically cultivated, with high yields per mu. As a result, the lives of the imperial guards are actually very good, so it is no wonder that others are trying their best to get in.

In addition to military pay and the thirty acres of farmland cultivated by their families, the imperial guards' families also had another important source of income, which was the increasingly popular rural handicraft industry - most of which was related to war.

"After your majesty distributes military supplies to the ten battalions of new troops, the Luoyang armory needs to be replenished." Shao Yong said, "I got a bran bag business, a total of 2,000, can you do it?"

Dong Le was even more helpless, and said, "Why should Lord Wu worry? Which of the imperial guards doesn't have a bran bag? Sometimes when it's broken, they just mend it themselves. If it's lost, they ask someone to make a new one. Is it still a bran bag made of fur?"

"Wei" refers to the leather that has been processed to be more flexible. For example, "Weibian Sanjue" is bamboo slips woven together with Wei leather.

"Leather" is also processed leather, but it is harder and can be made into leather belts to tie clothes.

Common people usually wear leather belts to tie their clothes, and there is a saying of "cloth clothes with leather belts". There are no decorations on the belts, which are relatively simple and reflect the class division. Officials use leather belts. During the Later Han Dynasty, scholars who were preparing to become officials also used leather belts, such as Zhou Pan, who "untied his leather belt and acted as a filial and honest official."

Because the leather is relatively flexible, it is a very good container for portable food.

The Daliang Imperial Guards are now becoming more and more regular, and their equipment is becoming more and more advanced. Each person is equipped with a bran bag with a capacity of four dou and five liters, which can be wrapped around the body and provide food for five days during marches and battles.

When Dong Le asked if it was the bran bags made of reed bark, Shao Yong immediately said, "Of course it is reed bark. The Luoyang armory is full of good stuff. The court needs it urgently, and the general director is too busy to handle it. I took 2,000 of them. How about your village making 400? Someone will deliver the reed bark, needles and thread, etc. tomorrow. I will collect the bran bags in early February."

"How much for each one?" Dong Le asked.

"Ten cents."

"Well, I'll just let you know." Dong Le said.

"Hurry up and make the sheath I made earlier. I need it by the end of the month." Shao Yong said again.

Dong Le was speechless and could only nod.

He didn't make a penny from this, but he still had to go and say hello, which was really awkward.

If Mr. Wu had a future, it would be worth approaching him, but seeing that he looked like he was seeking wealth, it was obvious that it was impossible, and I felt helpless.

"Do you have any other work on hand?" Shao Yong asked again just as he was about to leave.

"No." Dong Le's face became even more bitter, and he said, "But the Duke of Shu sent someone to ask if there is anyone who can weave fur."

"Whom did he send?"

"So the youngest son of Ru'nan prefect Fei Gong, Fei Chen, was humble himself."

"Who in Luoyang knows how to weave furnishings? There isn't even a loom." Shao Yong asked in surprise.

"That's what I said. Fei Chen didn't get angry, he just left and said he was going to find someone to make a loom, the kind from Sangziyuan. He would make 20 looms first and distribute them to the families he knew in Taiyuan so that they could learn to weave during their spare time."

"Are you familiar with him?"

"I am from Runan, and I have met you several times when I returned to my hometown."

Shao Yong nodded.

In the past, Fei Li was the governor of Runan. He was known as a "cruel official" and tortured the local wealthy families. I didn't expect that the Fei family would settle in Runan. They were really not afraid of revenge.

Eighth brother, haha, you will have this day too. Shao Yong laughed happily, and the Shao family had one more male who was "not doing his job properly".

But it is indeed a good idea for my eighth brother to find someone to weave the fur.

Mrs. Yang controls a large ranch, and the number of cattle, sheep and horses raised is astonishing. The largest ranch is located near Loufanjian, which may have thousands of horses and more than 100,000 cattle and sheep.

There is also one in Runan, which mostly raises horses, donkeys, mules, and a large number of summer sheep.

Summer sheep are also called goats, most of which are black. The ram is called "羖羊" and the ewe is called "羭羊".

Both types of sheep produce a fine wool called "cashmere", which grows before winter and sheds in spring. Cashmere is fine and soft, and if it is woven into velvet cloth, it may be more valuable than fur.

As expected of her mother's surname being Yang! Shao Yong thought angrily.

He wanted to see his eighth brother doing business with him and share the burden, but he also didn't want to see his eighth brother get rich. It was really contradictory.

However, this emotion only flashed through my mind, and I was generally very happy.

After bidding farewell to Dong Le, Shao Yong returned to his mansion. At this time, his subordinates had also returned, and the two thousand bran bags had been delivered, so he felt relieved.

On the 24th, the four dukes of Wu, Shu, Ba and Jing went south together. The tenth prince Shao Gong was canonized as the Duke of Jing. He was twelve years old this year. His mother was Liu Ye Na, and her nickname was Huangtou.

The Right Cavalry Guard sent out 2,400 cavalrymen to escort the imperial concubines, palace maids, and the young men of the Tuoba Xianbei tribes who had recently moved south, and they headed to Guangcheng Garden to spend the winter.

Shao Yong looked around in the team and saw Yuan Zhen and A Liudun, brother and sister.

They accompanied their father to Pingcheng and then returned, but the other two did not seem to come to Luoyang and remained with Lady Wang to be raised.

Chou Nu brought a group of Zhonghuangmen guards to guard him. At the beginning of the year, he was nineteen years old, and Shao Yong vaguely heard that his father had arranged a marriage for him: the granddaughter of Wu Qian, the former county magistrate of Chengji, and the sister of Wu Li, the captain of the material officer.

He also has a younger sister, Chunkui, who is seventeen years old this year and will marry Cao Hun, the son of Cao Yin, the Duke of Dangyang County and the Prefect of Dai County, next year.

Shao Yong felt it was a pity. He often hung out in the palace and had met Chunkui quite a few times. He had a good impression of her, but it was a pity that she was his father's adopted daughter and his "sister". What could he do?

While he was thinking, he saw Shu Gong Shao Hou approaching, and a moment later, he got on the carriage of Yuan Zhen and A Liudun.

Shao Yong thought about it and decided that he was going to discuss the matter of weaving fur.

At this moment, Jing Gong Shao Gong also came over, and after some discussion, he also squeezed into the carriage.

This is bad! They are going to make this business bigger and stronger.

The three kingdoms of Liangcheng, Wuyuan and Yuyang provided them with wool, and there was also a lot of wool in the areas controlled by the Liu family of Shangdang. If they were allowed to open a workshop, it would be a huge success.

Before my father left Luoyang, he asked someone to bring dozens of pieces of fine fur and flowery fur and spread them on the table, just like the stories of dukes and marquises in the Han Dynasty. It was obvious that he was going to vigorously promote this product.

Once a trend is formed, the demand for fur will exceed the supply, and the price will rise sharply. Although it is unlikely that Dou Gu spent 800,000 coins to buy more than ten pieces of fur in the Han Dynasty, it is very possible that one piece cost 10,000 coins. Even if there are more furs on the market in the future and the price goes down, the quantity will also increase, so it is still a good deal.

Think about it, I only make tens of thousands of dollars from two thousand bran bags, there is really no comparison.

It’s a pity that I don’t have this opportunity, and can only earn some “hard-earned money”.

If he has connections in Shangdang or Taiyuan, he can ensure that every household has a loom, so that they can weave fabrics for me during their spare time.

I harvest once in summer and again in winter, harvesting tens of thousands of horses each time and selling them all day long. Even Shi Chong is not as rich as I am.

With so much money, isn't it better than the kings fighting each other?
No matter who becomes the emperor, they won't do anything to me. At most, they will offer a batch of money and silk to shut up my brothers when the court is short of money. They also want to have face. I am a brother who poses no threat and sends you money from time to time. You can't find me even if you search with a lantern.

The large group of people marched very quickly. Three days later, at dusk, they could see Guangcheng Palace on Kongtong Mountain from afar.

Shao Xun had already settled down in the garden at the foot of the mountain.

This is where "Empress Hui" Yang Xianrong lived after she fled, and it was given by the Divine Turtle Emperor.

Shao Xun left a good impression here, especially the first time he went deep into Empress Hui's urgent tolerance and desperately sowed seeds. The great psychological satisfaction he felt even exceeded the physical pleasure, as if he had defiled something beautiful.

The aunts around Shao Xun were generally not young, many of them were over 50. Yang Xianrong was relatively young, but she was also in her 50s, but compared to other women of the same age, her appearance had faded the least, as if she was gifted, and even her figure had not changed.

When Shao Xun was half lying by the pool, he was still amazed when he saw Yang Xianrong playing in the water.

It’s a pity that their daughter didn’t survive, otherwise she would have been a great beauty.

"Your Majesty." A soft call came from outside.

The female official Cheng put on a gauze dress, lifted the beaded curtain, asked in a low voice, and then took back a wooden box.

"Just say it." Shao Xun glanced at Yang Xianrong who was glaring at him and smiled.

Cheng took out the military report and read it, saying, "General Zhang has appointed Pugu, a loyal official, to lead the four battalions of Hengchong, Tieqi, Huangjia, and Shesheng to attack Liyang and go straight to Guabu."

"Su Baochen was also ordered to lead the three battalions of The Eagle Shooting, Victory Fighting and Frontal Camp to Hefei and head towards the East Gate."

"Han Zhongzhi (originally named Po Liu Han Guoluo) led the three battalions of Zhenwu, Xuanjia and Maqian to cross Shaobi and suddenly enter Lujiang."

"The army has already set out. General Zhang is still organizing the soldiers to farm and wait for the right moment to move."

Shao Xun nodded slightly after listening and said, "Put it away. I have no order to issue."

Cheng then put away the military report and gave it to the female historian to take out. Then she glanced at Yang Xianrong. In the end, she did not dare to go into the water to serve Shao Xun, and left quietly.

Shao Xun closed his eyes and thought quietly.

After a moment, he noticed something was wrong and saw that Yang Xianrong had swam close to him without him knowing, staring at him with murderous eyes.

"Are you so impatient to get my niece?" Yang Xianrong asked, "You came to the hot spring with me, but you are still so indecisive."

"How could that be possible!" Shao Xun said awkwardly, "I was thinking whether I should let Zhang Shuo mobilize all the soldiers and people from the noble families in the four counties to cultivate the land. If the battle goes smoothly, it is not impossible to seize all the land north of the Yangtze River."

The words were half true and half false, because Shao Xun really wanted to see how far he could go.

The first step is cavalry harassment, which has a special military term in later generations: fire reconnaissance.

After the reconnaissance is completed, the enemy's deployment, combat power, and morale are almost clear, and the next decision can be made.

(End of this chapter)