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Chapter 1214: The so-called wealth and splendor is just like this

Human beings are actually experiential animals.

If you stay in a comfort zone for a long time, you will be unwilling to move.

It was not until Yu Xiurong groaned in dissatisfaction that Yun Chu began his new journey.

Ever since her youngest son was spotted by the old immortal, Yu Xiurong felt that her belly must be a treasure. Any child born from it would undoubtedly have a bright future.

This feeling should be a woman's ultimate happiness.

Her husband is no longer willing to work as hard as he did in the early days of their marriage, nor is he willing to stick with her all the time. This is the only worry in Yu Xiurong's heart so far.

Too familiar. Although Yu Xiurong believed that her skin was as white as cream, her eyebrows were as red as distant mountains, and except for a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, she looked no different from a young girl, when the two of them were intimate together, not only did Yun Chu treat her as normal, but even she seemed to no longer be as excited as she was at that time when she saw her husband's handsome face and strong body.

At five o'clock in the morning, the couple got up.

In the past, if I woke up so early, I would definitely do something else while the children were still sleeping and undisturbed, and by the time I got up it would have been after noon.

Yu Xiurong thought she looked very pretty and seductive while dressing up in her bedroom wearing a bellyband. The proof of this feeling came from Yun Chu. As long as she dressed up like this, Yun Chu's hands would become restless.

"Ah——" Yu Xiurong sighed sadly. Yun Chu looked at her strangely, then shook his sleeves and went out.

The desperate Yun Luan was wearing a Taoist robe and waiting in the hall for Aye's reprimand.

Yun Chu came to the hall, just glanced at Yun Luan and said: "When you go there, you must listen to the old immortal and don't make him angry. Go."

Yun Luan moved his mouth several times, wanting to tell his father that listening to the old immortal was equivalent to sending his son to the underworld. In the end, he did not say it, and left home with his head hung and went to Prince Ji's Mansion.

Since it was early winter, Yun Jin, who had just come out of the gym, was steaming all over, like a basket of buns just out of the pot.

"If you're not going to take a shower, why are you here?" Yun Chu asked after taking a sip of tea.

"Has the bird gone?"

"Well, he's gone."

"He's very scared, can't Aye see that?"

"He's just pretending. The old immortal is a kind person. What is he afraid of? Go take a shower quickly, or you'll catch a cold."

Yun Jin wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Aye, do you want to withdraw the money from the running water sign?"

Yun Chu took a sip of tea and said indifferently: "If it can be sold, then raise it. If it can't be sold, then don't raise it."

"But Master Kuiji wants a debt."

"He can wait three or two years, and then another three or five years. It won't be a problem."

"Ah? Aye, are you going to default on your debt?"

Yun Chu said in embarrassment, "Master Xuanzang hasn't said anything yet, why is Kuiji, a mendicant monk, so anxious?"

"Master Xuanzang has a set of precepts and never touches money."

Yun Chu spread his hands and smiled, "Then you don't have to pay it back. Da Ci'en Temple will keep the money in the running water sign for a long time, and it will benefit the people for a long time. I am helping them accumulate merits and practice Buddhism, which is exactly in line with the original intention of the Buddha."

Yun Jin asked anxiously, "Then how can we break the stagnant trade in Chang'an?"

Yun Chu said: "Chang'an's trade is not as stagnant as you said. Last year's trade volume increased by more than 10% compared to the previous year."

Yun Jin said puzzledly: "When Aye was here, except for the two years when the Liushui brand was booming, the trade volume increased by more than 50% every year. Now it has only increased by more than 10%. It seems that Aye is very satisfied?"

Yun Chu smiled and said to his daughter, "Do you think the big trade road there has not been opened yet?"

Yun Jin said firmly: "Guangzhou!"

Yun Chu said calmly: "Guangzhou's trade is carried out on the sea. The people near the Tang Dynasty are basically a group of monkey-like savages. What benefit can we get from trading with them? If we go far away, the greedy Arabs will be a hurdle. Therefore, only Arabs come to the Tang Dynasty to trade, and few Tang people go to the Arabs to trade.

The rest of the trade routes are currently operating well, and the trade volume is increasing every year. It's just that due to the mode of transportation, the growth is relatively small. Today, Chang'an's trade volume is astonishingly large. Although it only grows by more than 10% each year, in fact, as long as you look at the numbers, you will understand that the current 10% total volume is much more than the previous 50%.

Simply throwing money into it is actually a means of cheating. It can only be used temporarily but not for a long time. If you want it to last for a long time, you must continuously research new products that can touch people's hearts. Another thing is to make people richer so that they have more money to buy and sell goods.

If you don’t have the time to worry about these things, you might as well work with the craftsmen to research and develop new and better products. That’s better than anything else.”

Yun Jin felt cold all over after hearing what Aye said. Her body, which had just been steaming with heat, suddenly felt cold, so she ran to take a shower.

Before breakfast, Yun Chu drank his tea, picked up a spray bottle, and watered his beloved forsythia. He plucked off the few yellow leaves on the forsythia. The sun came out, but was blocked by the Big Wild Goose Pagoda next to it. A large group of pigeons flew overhead with their whistles, and the clean and tidy square brick floor of the Yun family was covered with many white spots.

“This is a blessing.”

After finishing her makeup, the Yun family mistress came from the back house. Seeing her husband looking at the pigeon droppings all over the floor with dissatisfaction, she said with a smile.

"The Yun Clan can take less of this kind of blessing, and give the rest to others."

"I'm not talking nonsense. The old immortal often uses the pigeon droppings from the Big Wild Goose Pagoda as medicine. He also said that after using it for so many years, the pigeon droppings from the Big Wild Goose Pagoda are the best, especially for treating sores, hemorrhoids, and swelling and pain in the limbs.

This has resulted in the pigeon droppings on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda being in short supply.”

After that, she looked at the yellow leaves of the winter jasmine that Yun Chu had just picked and said, "This is also a good thing. My husband, don't clean up these yellow leaves in the future. The maids are still hoping to collect some of the remaining leaves and sell them to make money to supplement themselves."

Yun Chu said, "I know that the leaves of winter jasmine can promote blood circulation, detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain. They can also be used to treat swelling, ulcers, injuries, traumatic bleeding and other symptoms. They are cheap medicines and are everywhere in Chang'an City. Who would spend money to buy them?"

Yu Xiurong said: "The winter jasmine in our home is an old root, and it was given by the emperor. It has strong medicinal effects and a good reputation. Why is no one buying it? I heard that the supply is in short supply."

Yun Chu looked at the aggrieved maid beside her with some guilt, handed her the yellow leaves she had picked and said, "Okay, don't feel aggrieved anymore, just sell them all."

"So our bamboo is..."

"It's medicine, especially the green bamboo juice, which is a good gift for the injured."

Yun Chu's eyes fell on the withered grass again, and Yu Xiurong immediately said, "That's Centella asiatica, it can be used as medicine."

Yun Chu staggered in shock, raised his hand to hold on to the pillar beside him that was wrapped with vines, and Yu Xiurong smiled and said, "That's green vine, it can be used as medicine."

Yun Chu stood firm and said, "That is to say, as long as it is a living thing of the Yun family, it can be used as medicine, right?"

Yu Xiurong used a small wooden stick to push aside a patch of Centella asiatica, pointed at a few branches and leaves that seemed to be dead, and said, "These ginsengs have been growing for more than ten years. When they are a hundred years old, I will dig them out and make water for my husband to drink."

After that, Yu Xiurong proudly put his hands on his hips and said to Yun Chu: "This is a truly Feng Shui treasure land. Even though it is only a dozen acres, the people there are talented and the things there are good. If you keep the house like this for a hundred or two hundred years, by then, the house alone will be enough for your descendants to enjoy for a lifetime."

"So, what about the septic tank down there?"

"That's a treasure too. The housekeeper dug it out and put it all in the fields outside the city. It's fertile land!"

Yun Chu nodded and said, "It's good to fertilize the fields. It's good to fertilize the fields. We can eat the crops grown there next year."

It seemed that Yu Xiurong took good care of the house, so Yun Chu didn't have to worry about it. In addition, Naha had hidden countless gold, gold sand, jade and other things at home. Moreover, in order to prevent insect infestation, there were several pillars decorated with cinnabar in the house. Yun Chu believed that this was a house full of gold and jade.

"Don't look down at the path. The stones on the path are all paved with stones that Naha found from the Khotan River. The last time Prince Ji came to our house to look for Naha, he dug up several stones because he didn't keep an eye on them."

Yun Chu resisted the urge to identify whether the stones on his own stone path were the legendary seed jade or not, and walked forward with his head held high. To be honest, the stone path that he was used to walking on on weekdays felt particularly comfortable today.

There was a clear call of a magpie. Yun Chu looked at the magpie's nest on the branch of the phoenix tree and said to Yu Xiurong, "Take good care of the magpie's nest and don't let the golden eggs inside fall out. If they hit your head by accident, your head will definitely break."

Yu Xiurong sneered and said, "There are only some things hidden by your youngest son in there. They won't kill anyone."

"What did he hide?"

Yu Xiurong spat and said, "They are things from the copperplate bookstore. They are all pictures of beauties and the like. They are carefully wrapped in oilcloth so they are not afraid of wind and rain."

"It looks like you know everything."

"This house belongs to me. If I still can't figure out my own place, then I'm wasting my time here."

Yun Chu and Yu Xiurong walked around the house again. When they arrived at the stable, the chestnut horse ran out, snorting and bumping into Yun Chu constantly, looking very happy.

Seeing that the sun was shining brightly today, Yun Chu asked the groom to bring some warm water, and together with Yu Xiurong, they wiped the body of the chestnut horse.

I have to say that the chestnut horse is really old. A lot of hair has been worn off where the saddle is placed. Even after resting for such a long time, new hair has not grown, and the scars are very unsightly.

After washing it, it turned out to be an old horse. I opened its mouth and looked at its teeth. I found that the chestnut horse's teeth were badly worn.

"Feed the bay horse more concentrated feed in the future, as its teeth will not last long."

The groom Feijiu said, "My Lord, you can't take special care of it. War horses need roughage to be strong. If you feed them too much concentrated feed, the chestnut horse will start to gain weight but not strength, and will age faster after becoming obese."

Yun Chu sighed and stopped talking. When it comes to raising horses, Fei Jiu is the professional.

"Have you thought about your son's future? Cui Miao has been in the Imperial College for three years. It's up to you whether he wants to become an official or not."

Feijiu and Cui Yao have been having an affair for more than ten years, and they have only one son. Feijiu is still a rebel in the Tang Dynasty, so the child took his mother's surname, Cui, when he grew up.

When he was fourteen, he was sent to the Imperial College by Yun Chu. Now, he is seventeen years old, one year younger than Yun Jin. He is an extremely smart child, but he has a bad fate.

"The child came back the day before yesterday and discussed with me that he doesn't want to be an official, but wants to find a job at home."

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "This child is not a slave. In fact, neither are you. Does your son know that you are cheating him like this?"

Fei Jiu smiled and said, "As long as he is at home, it doesn't matter whether he is a slave or not. The child wants to find a job at home. He thinks it is better than being an official."

Yun Chu looked back at Yu Xiurong and said, "Go ask Cui Yao's opinion again. Fei Jiu's words don't count."

Fei Jiu smiled but said nothing.

(End of this chapter)