Chapter 539 Cao Dan’s Brother-in-law
After fighting all night, Wu Meiniang lay slumped on the kang to catch up on her sleep, but Fang Jun was in high spirits, which made his vanity unprecedentedly satisfied, and he walked with vigor...
I simply freshened up, changed into a set of royal blue brocade robes, and went to the front hall to meet the guests.
As soon as he entered the front hall, Fang Jun glanced at the guests sitting on the chairs and said lukewarmly: "Your Majesty's visit really brings glory to the humble house. The common people have not come far to welcome it. It is a capital crime! It's just this!" Early in the morning, the prince was not at home with his beautiful concubine in his arms, and went to Wushan to play music and music, and came to disturb people’s dreams. I don’t know why.”
After saying that, he sat down on his own, picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip, squinting at the thousand-year-old King of Han in front of him.
King of Korea Li Yuanjia looked embarrassed...
Listen, is this what the brother-in-law said to his brother-in-law?
In the entire Tang Dynasty, how could a brother-in-law talk to his brother-in-law like this, not to mention that this brother-in-law was a prince and a member of the royal family?
But, Li Yuanjia was helpless...
Regarding this brother-in-law, Li Yuanjia suffered from a severe headache and couldn't hit or scold him. As a last resort, he had no choice but to lower his voice and try his best to win over him...
"My king is here, so I naturally have the advantage to take care of you." Li Yuanjia said with a smile, not feeling at all that his smile looked a little lowly and insulted the royal family's majesty...
Fang Jun rolled his eyes and was noncommittal.
In fact, Fang Jun didn't particularly dislike this brother-in-law, but he just felt that this guy was a bit soft, whether in court or at home.
Originally, Fang Jun did not object to Li Yuanjia taking a concubine. Now in the Tang Dynasty, three wives and four concubines were the trend, and even the head wives themselves didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. Of course, the old woman in Fang Jun’s family is the only exception...
But you took a concubine and forgot your main wife. It is too much to allow a concubine to ride on top of the head wife and dominate her!
That's why Fang Jun, after learning that his eldest sister had been offended in Prince Han's Mansion, got angry and rode on Prince Han's Mansion. He smashed Li Yuanjia's concubine Cao's boudoir to pieces, and humiliated Cao's two brothers and whipped them. A whipping.
He was warning Li Yuanjia, it's okay if you like young and beautiful girls, but if you dare to make my sister suffer, it's definitely not okay!
In fact, after Fang Jun went crazy that time, Li Yuanjia probably realized his mistake. Although he never divorced Mr. Cao, he was considerate and respectful to his wife Fang.
It was Li Yuanjia's behavior that gave Fang Jun the feeling that "this guy is a donkey, and he will go backwards if he is not led away." He had to maintain pressure on him at all times. This pretty boy shouldn't be acting recklessly. Wronged!
Therefore, today, when Li Yuanjia came to visit in person, Fang Jun not only showed no courtesy or respect at all, but instead made sarcastic remarks and looked like he didn't want to see him.
Hearing that Li Yuanjia was sending benefits, Fang Jun didn't seem to care. He yawned and said casually: "Did it come? If it did, then please come back and I won't leave any food. If not, There is no need to send it, we don’t care about it..."
When Li Yuanjia heard this, he seemed to be struck by lightning and froze there.
The anger in my heart is overwhelming!
Mother!
Let’s not talk about brother-in-law and brother-in-law. We are still a prince after all. We will show you our way eagerly. Is this your attitude?
This is simply unreasonable!
But he was so angry that he really didn't dare to fight back.
Why?
This guy is a stick! Li Yuanjia couldn't guarantee that if he pissed off this guy, he would beat him up and throw him on the street...
I'm a bitch myself, my brain was caught in the door or something, why do I have to chase after him and send him to the door?
But think about the emperor’s hints, and then think about his wife’s instructions...
Li Yuanjia had no choice but to touch his nose, automatically filtering out the kid's bastard words, and said in a sullen voice: "Li Yuanchang was executed for his rebellion. All the adult men in the mansion were sent to Lingnan, the female family members were transferred to the Jiaofang Division, and all the family property was confiscated. My king yesterday The land account books of the Han Dynasty were being cleaned up, and they were going to be put up for sale later in the year. I saw that there was a piece of land right next to you, Yi Ai, Zhuangzi, so I wanted to keep the wealth out of other people's fields, so I came to ask if you were interested in buying it. ”
Fang Junqi asked: "Is there such a good thing?"
King Li Yuanchang of the Han Dynasty was the biological son of the great ancestor Li Yuan and a serious royal nobleman. Regardless of whether Li Er wanted to see him or not, the fiefdom under his name must be excellent and high-grade farmland. When Li Yuanchang rebelled and was executed, this family property must be confiscated. Either the emperor would reward meritorious ministers with it, or it could be sold publicly to fill the national treasury. No matter which path you take, it’s for sure that people will flock to it.
Li Yuanjia was hurt by Fang Jun's suspicious eyes, and said helplessly: "Is this a lie? You are also close relatives after all, and I am within my authority as the Prime Minister of Zongzheng Temple. With such a good thing, how can I not think about Erlang? ? In your village? Although there is a lot of land, most of it is dry land in the mountains, and the yield is not high. It is really difficult for you to feed so many victims. Li Yuanchang, these fields are all high-quality paddy fields, and they can be produced as soon as they are taken over. "< br>
He said this, but he was thinking in his heart that the emperor didn't know what he was up to. Since we want to compensate Erlang for his grievance of being dismissed from office and reduced in rank, why not just give these fields to Erlang? Why bother to let yourself sell out personal favors?
When Fang Jun heard this, he thought this was a good thing!
There are more and more people under his command, but the original fields are not enough. Although the land bought from Xinfeng County is cheap, it is mostly on mountainous slopes and the land is barren, so only fruit trees can be planted.
Fruit trees are different from large fields. They are very convenient to manage and require very few manpower. This results in a waste of manpower. If there is more land, the advantages of manpower can naturally be fully utilized.
Then he said: "Okay, to give you face, let's go and see the land right now?"
Li Yuanjia almost twisted his nose with anger!
I brought you the benefits that I coveted, but you still reluctantly gave me face?
What's even more outrageous is that we are the prince and your brother-in-law, and we came to your house and why don't we have a nice cup of tea and a meal?
This stick is out of control...
Li Yuanjia stood up with a dark face and flicked his sleeves: "Then let's go!"
Fang Jun squinted his eyes, looking at Li Yuanjia's angry look, he couldn't help but feel suspicious.
The so-called showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing!
As the Prime Minister of Zongzheng Temple, Li Yuanjia was in charge of royal affairs. Li Yuanchang conspired to confiscate the family property and now sell it to the public. Li Yuanjia thought of giving some benefits to his brother-in-law. This is reasonable and understandable.
But Li Yuanjia didn't take it seriously when he was stimulated by his cold words and still enthusiastically wanted to help Fang Jun buy a good piece of land. If there was no hidden secret in this, even Fang Jun wouldn't believe it!
But if you think about it carefully, although Li Yuanjia has a softer temper, he has always been decent and honest, and he would not dig a trap for himself. So what is the hidden secret in this?
Fang Jun thought for a while and couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't think about it.
It's not his style to refuse to eat the meat that's put in his mouth...
The two came out of the front hall. Fang Jun told Xi Jun to buy a horse, and Lu Cheng came over from a distance.
Seeing Li Yuanjia, Lu Cheng was stunned for a moment. Apparently he didn't know when the eldest uncle of the Fang family came to Zhuangzi. He quickly saluted and said hello: "I have seen the prince!"
Li Yuanjia said: "Old housekeeper, you don't have to be polite, you are getting more and more handsome!"
They were all old men from the house, so Li Yuanjia naturally recognized them and exchanged greetings with them. It was obvious that Li Yuanjia was always very approachable and not aloof and untouchable.
Lu Cheng said with a smile: "Oh, Your Majesty, you have done a good job for this old slave. Speaking of it, it is also comfortable to follow Erlang. There are not so many miscellaneous things, and he eats more and sleeps well. This can be regarded as what the old slave has cultivated in his previous life. Blessing.”
Fang Jun was a little flattered by this little flattery, and couldn't help but look at Lu Cheng with admiration. When this happened, Lu Cheng's face looked as if it had been burned with an iron. He just missed writing the words "I have a good master" on his face, which made Fang Jun look bad!
After a few words of greeting, Lu Cheng didn't ask Li Yuanjia what important matter he came to. That was the family's business. He would tell him what he should know, and he couldn't ask what he shouldn't know. How could Lu Cheng follow this rule? I don’t know.
He asked Fang Jun for instructions: "Zhuangzi has made preparations. There are thirty fat pigs in total, which will be slaughtered later. I wonder if Erlang has any other orders?"
A few days ago, Fang Jun decided to kill the New Year pig today.
If you don’t kill pigs during the New Year, the flavor of that year will be a little worse. Now that you don’t need money, you will naturally make it lively.
"There is nothing more to say. You can inform me that the rebellion a few days ago caused heavy casualties in Zhuangzi. We are all thinking about it! This year's New Year, each household will have five kilograms of pork, a lot of money, and a lot of money at home. Those who died in this conspiracy will be doubled! The rest will be slaughtered and eaten, so that everyone in the village will be happy!"
Lu Cheng smiled brightly and nodded: "Okay! Looking at the world, there are not many masters who are as generous as Erlang, and they treat the servants in the village first-class! A house that accumulates good deeds must be happy, let's The Fang family is like this in the whole Guanzhong!" Old Lu Cheng raised his thumb!
For this Erlang, there is only one word: convinced!
Don't look at this guy who can do a lot of work, and when he spends money, it's like running water, but in the same way, this man can also make money, and when he makes money, it's even louder! The most important thing is that this man is willing to spend money for the bankers and tenants!
Those villagers and tenants are not the servants of the Fang family. If they are in your house this year, they may pack up their clothes and go to another house next year! Even so, Erlang has never been stingy with money and food, and the benefits he should give are not bad at all!
Nowadays in Zhuangzi, everyone almost only knows Fang Erlang but not Fang Xuanling...
Li Yuanjia glanced at Fang Jun, and the anger in his heart inexplicably dissipated a little, and then said: "Hurry up, go see the land as soon as possible, and make a decision as soon as possible, so as not to have someone with sharp eyes and quick hands intervene and cause trouble!"
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Fang Jun looked sideways at Li Yuanjia and hummed: "Why, your majestic prince is in charge of Zongzheng Temple, and you have to be careful not to be robbed by others even if you give your brother-in-law any benefits? Look at your potential!"
Li Yuanjia almost fell down in anger!
Staring at Fang Jun angrily, he thought to himself, is this little bastard my brother-in-law? You are so damn unlucky for eight lifetimes!
The good feeling that had just arisen suddenly disappeared!
This guy is so useless...(End of Chapter)