The former prefect of Qingping Mansion was taken away by the commander of the guard, so this vacancy must be filled by someone. It just so happened that Chen Jiangui got this opportunity.
Tang Shi was also happy about this, "Then congratulations to senior brother."
Chen Hong nodded, "My father asked me to call you to go to my house for dinner at night."
"Okay, I'll go in a while."
Chen Hong was happy in his heart, seeing Wei Cong in the courtyard, he felt that he was not as unpleasant as before, and showed him a smile.
In Wei Cong's eyes, it didn't make much difference whether Chen Hong smiled at him or cried at him, so he just gave Chen Hong a light glance as before.
Chen Hong was suddenly unhappy, why did I even smile at you and you still have a dark face? This is too much!
"Wei Cong, what's your expression like?" He rushed to Wei Cong and asked with a small face.
Wei Cong looked at him: "What is my expression?"
"Humph! I really don't know what Tang Xiaoxiao likes about you!" He turned his head to look at Tang Shi who was beside him, "Tang Xiaoxiao, can you stand such a boring person?"
Tang Shi smiled, "I think it's pretty good."
Chen Hong couldn't find allies, and even Tang Shi, who had a life relationship, didn't help him, and instantly felt extremely aggrieved.
"Chen Hong," Tang Shi saw that his eyes were red, thinking that this young master was a little fragile, he might as well comfort him, "You know, I don't know martial arts, so I can only focus on reading, I will live on this in the future, you are different, you have the talent to learn martial arts, maybe you can become a hero in the future, don't you think?"
Although Chen Hong thinks this is right, does it have anything to do with the issues they discussed
"So, as my good friend, shouldn't you support all my decisions and cut a knife for me?"
Chen Hong nodded.
"It's impossible for me to really let you stab at both sides, but you must support my study, right? Whether you like Wei Cong or not, he is indeed the best student in your academy, right? The so-called so-called Jin Zhu Zhechi, I want to learn from him."
Chen Hong looked at Tang Shi's sincere and uneasy eyes, and suddenly felt that he was a little unreasonable. Yes, Tang Shi is his friend, and he should support Tang Shi's ideals!
"Tang Xiao, I will never disturb you and Wei Cong to read books in the future. Although I can't compare to you in reading, but I know martial arts, I can protect you in the future!" After he finished, he looked at Wei who looked down at the book Cong, "I will protect him by the way."
Tang Shi suppressed a smile and patted Chen Hong on the shoulder, "Chen Hong, thank you."
After the innocent Chen Hong was fooled away by Tang Shi, Wei Cong suddenly raised his head and asked Tang Shi, "Do you really dare to let him protect you?"
Tang Shi smiled, "I have to give him a head start, right?"
Wei Cong turned his attention to where Chen Hong left, not knowing what he was thinking.
The next day, Hong Zhong came to find Tang Shi again.
Because of the influence of the golden belt encirclement, Geng Cailiang's status in the hearts of flower lovers in the county is different. Many people have asked him who the flower grower is, and they want to buy flowers from this master craftsman.
Geng Cailiang informed Hong Zhong about this, and Hong Zhong came over to ask Tang Shi's opinion.
Tang Shi really wanted to make a name for himself with Xiao Jin, but he couldn't just sell his carefully maintained flowers to others.
"Who are the people who want to buy flowers?" Tang Shi asked while watering the flowers in the courtyard.
"They're all wealthy owners who are friends with Brother Geng, as well as some officials or scholars, including Mr. Zheng."
Tang Shi glanced at him, "Is it not difficult to find out who among these people really loves flowers?" He didn't want the flowers to be bought back and then be neglected or abused.
Hong Zhong smiled "hehe", "I understand what the young master means. But does the young master have any ideas about this price?"
Tang Shi thought for a while, "In this way, for those who are capable of reciting poems and poems, as long as they can leave a masterpiece, they can exchange for the flowers they want. For the rest, you can decide the price."
Hong Zhong thought to himself: What does this mean? But he didn't ask much, just nodded.
"By the way," Tang Shi put down the flower pot and walked towards the house, "I still need your help with something."
Hong Zhong responded and waited in the courtyard.
After a while, Tang Shi left the house, holding a small wooden box in his hand, and handed it to Hong Zhong.
"There are 400 taels here, of which 300 taels, you can help me buy land around the county town, and the remaining 100 taels, you can help me buy a few people from the Jamboree. After buying, let Ding Fa teach three people. them."
"Would you like a man or a woman?"
If Tang Shi wanted to grow flowers, he needed gentleness and care, and it was not physical work, so he said, "It's half and half."
Hong Jong understood.
"However, the wheat is being harvested now, so let the buyers put it aside beforehand and let Ding Fa and the others help cut the wheat."
Hong Zhong nodded, "Okay, young master."
Tang Shi looked at the simple and honest Hong Zhong in front of him and smiled, "Thank you, Brother Hong."
Hong Zhong scratched his head, "What did the young master say? Isn't this what I should do?"
Tang Shi thought to himself: If you knew that I had hooked up with your son, I wonder if this would still be the case
When Chen Jian returned to serve as the prefect of Qingping House, Yuan Yong happened to be leaving to go to Kyoto.
When he was leaving, he was still a little worried about Tang Shi, and asked Chen Jiangui to take more care of him. Chen Jiangui was very busy at the prefect of Dangfu, and he might not have time to take care of him, but Meng Zhen had the time and mind.
Qingping Mansion is not far from Nanfeng County, Meng Zhen and the others are still able to take care of one or two. Although Tang Shi didn't need it, he still accepted the kindness of his brother and sister-in-law.
With the participation of Ding Fa's three people, the Tang family's wheat was soon harvested. This year's harvest was bumper, and Tang Qing's always dull face couldn't help showing a smile.
After the wheat was harvested, they went to the county town together.
Liu was very happy to see them. She is not used to staying in the county these days, and there are no other people around her who can talk to Tang Yue, and Tang Yue often goes out, so she can't say a few words, and she doesn't even go out of the house very often . Okay now, the whole family is here, it's lively. As soon as she was happy, she prepared a large table of good dishes.
During the meal, Tang Qing pondered for a while and asked a question.
"Boss, second child, Shi Shi, we moved to the county town, what kind of land can we grow here?"
Tang Shi swallowed a mouthful of food and said, "Dad, you don't have to farm in the future." He took out some land deeds from his arms and handed them to Tang Qing.
Before eating, he knew that his father would have this question, so he prepared the title deed. Tang Qing has been farming for most of his life, and now that he is old, Tang Shi will naturally not let him go to farming again after earning money. He should also enjoy the happiness.
Tang Qing shook his hands and looked at these land deeds in disbelief. After a while, he asked, "Stone, where did you get these?"
Liu Shi also asked: "Stone, I've been here for so many days, why didn't I know that you bought the land?"
Tang Shi said with a serious face, "Father, mother, eldest brother, second brother, let me tell you the truth, Xiaojin was fortunate enough to meet the emperor, and the emperor gave it to a high official, and I was the one who raised Xiaojin. People will naturally be rewarded. I bought a part of the money, and the rest will be used as a training fee for Xiaofeng and the others to enter school next month."
The Tang family stopped eating, and they were all trying to digest Tang Shi's words.
Tang Yue was the first to come back to her senses. She asked in a soft voice, "Little brother, can you tell us what the emperor has rewarded?"
Tang Shi glanced at her, "Five hundred taels of silver."
Five hundred taels! The Tang family almost fainted again as soon as they slowed down. They thought that fifty taels from Qingping Mansion would be enough, but they didn't expect the emperor to be more generous and gave five hundred taels all at once! This, how much is this? They can't grow so much money in a lifetime of land, right
Tang Yue's ability to accept is higher, but she was still stunned before continuing to ask: "How much land did my brother buy?"
"The good and the bad together are about 60 acres."
Tang Qing held the title deed, still a little unbelievable, "That stone, what are these sixty acres going to be used for?"
"Fifty acres are rented to others to plant, and I will plant the rest. Dad, do you think this will work?"
"Okay! Okay! Just do it!" Tang Qing was so excited, "But do you want to leave a few acres for your own crops?"
Tang Shi understood Tang Qing's thoughts. He had been planting the land all his life, but suddenly he felt panic when he stopped planting.
"Father, you and the eldest brother and the second brother will stop farming in the future."
"But why don't you grow the land?" Tang Nian felt that he could only grow crops, and nothing else.
"Yeah, Shito, you see, my eldest brother and I are neither literate nor do other things. It's okay for my father to rest at home when he is old, but my eldest brother and I can't rest." Tang Ji also said.
Tang Shi nodded, "I've thought about this too. Big brother, second brother, you are still young, and there are some things that you still have time to learn. Do you have anything that interests you? And sister-in-law and sister-in-law, do you have anything you want to do? ?"
Fang Shi's eyes lit up, "Uncle, I really have an idea, but..."
Tang Shi looked at her encouragingly and motioned her to continue.
"Uncle, I think, don't you grow flowers? I saw that the business of the powder shop on the street is quite good, so I thought, can I open a shop? I couldn't afford it before, if I open my own shop , you don't need to buy it." She said with a little shyness on her face.
Fang is an extrovert and is indeed suitable for business. However, those fat powders all have formulas.
"Second sister-in-law, do you need a secret recipe to make fat powder?"
Fang Shi smiled, "Speaking of which, my uncle probably doesn't know that my auntie used to do this, but... so I learned a little bit, and it's not a problem to do something simple."
"That's right, my in-laws used to sell fat powder, but unfortunately..." Mrs Liu didn't say anything else.
Tang Shi thought to himself: It turns out that he doesn't know enough about the old Tang family.