This is not the Datang I am familiar with

When the Tang Dynasty was founded, the land equalization system was implemented, and the villagers here all owned land, but later land mergers became more and more serious. Due to various reasons, many people had no land to farm at this time, so they could only rent land from the landlord’s family. landed.

The land here is not fertile, and you have to pay too much rent a year, but in a peaceful and prosperous age, it is not enough to die from cold and hunger.

It was winter at this time, so the land must not be able to be planted, and the lotus naturally had nowhere to be harvested. As for helping passers-by across the river, the river was frozen and could not be ferried.

The villagers are idle and have nothing to do. The winter is long, and many villagers are worried about whether the food at home will last until next year.

"This winter is getting colder and longer!"

"No, I remember that the river hasn't been closed since I was a child!"

"It's a sad day!"

Today's weather is fine and the wind is low. A few old farmers squatted by the river and chatted.

In Guanzhong, people are used to squatting. They can find any place and squat down for half a day.

"It's a pity that there are only small fish in this river, and there are no big fish. Otherwise, we can still dig ice for fishing now!"

"There are big fish in the lake below, but they are all occupied by those people from Jingjiazhuang."

Several old farmers were chatting, and at this time a horse was galloping on the path by the river, and it happened to hear the words of some old farmers.

"Old man, you said that this river is full of small fish!"

A middle-aged man in thick clothes reined in his horse and got off the horse!This middle-aged man naturally carried an imposing manner, and he was not an ordinary person at first glance.

"That's right, we can't keep big fish, or the people in our village can catch fish!"

"Tell me, what kind of little fish it is!"

"I said this official, if you really want to find fish, you may have to go to the lake downstream. There are really no big fish here!"

"I'm not looking for big fish!"

The official didn't say much, and directly pulled out a piece of paper from his arms, which was handed out from above. Well, it was to let these people look around for a small fish in Chang'an.

There are pictures on the paper, and there are descriptions of the small fish.

The old farmer was illiterate, but the fish in the picture were very similar to the fish in the river.

At this time, the officer became interested, and read the description of the fish in the palace to the old farmer. The old farmer nodded, but it matched the fish in the river.

"Officer, we have the fish you are looking for, but what are you looking for for such a small fish?"

"You don't need to worry about this, you take me to see Lizheng now."

Li Zheng was a village official in the Tang Dynasty, like a village chief in later generations.

There is a line in Tang poetry, when you go, you are wrapping your head, and when you return, your head is white and you are still guarding the border.

The old farmer brought people to Lizheng's home, and Lizheng hurried out to greet him. The messenger revealed his identity at this time, and Lizheng hurriedly greeted him.

"Let all the idlers in the village go fishing in the river. As long as they catch fish, they will be charged twice as much as the big fish in the market per catty!"

Li Zheng stayed there at this time, and several old farmers who brought the officials thought they had heard wrong.

Small fish in the river can also be sold for money, which is twice the price of large fish in the market.

"Lizheng, do you think you don't have enough money, or is there no idler in the village?"

Li Zheng was relieved at this time, twice the price of a big fish, how could this be too little? As for the idlers, in this winter, the village cannot farm, and the whole village is full of idlers.

"My lord, I heard correctly just now, you want to buy this small fish in this river?"

"That's right, as much as you want!"

"What are you guys still doing in a daze? Hurry up and tell the people in the village to dig ice and fish for me."

Of course, Chen Fang didn't know that Daxing Village, which had been living in a difficult life, now has a sideline business because of the small dried fish he made.

Even in winter, villagers can fish to exchange for money, and the exchange is quite a lot.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty was in its heyday, and prices were stable. The high prices at the end of the Sui Dynasty had already been suppressed during the Zhenguan period.

Although due to the annual floods and droughts, prices in some places still fluctuate sharply, but in Chang'an, prices have remained stable.

The fertile soil of Qinchuan for eight hundred miles is not for bragging.The land is fertile, the products are abundant, and the water conservancy is convenient.

With fishing as a sideline, Daxing Village will really thrive in the future.

But after a few days in the palace, from the mouths of several young highnesses, the delicious name of this dried fish has spread throughout the palace.The nobles in the palace who were quite satisfied with the new snacks launched by the Shangshi Bureau also yearned for it.

In the past few days, there are quite a lot of court ladies who have come to Shangshi Bureau to inquire about it.Some talented people even asked the palace people to give Chen Fang some small gifts, hoping to taste the delicacy of this small dried fish as soon as possible.

This talented person in the harem of the Tang Dynasty is also a fifth grade.At this time, they are all vying to please Chen Fang. These days they are greedy, but they often ask for things from Shangshi Bureau.

Originally, in history, Wu Meiniang was also a talented person, but in the history of this world, Wu Meiniang had never done so. Instead, she went straight into the palace and was sealed as a beauty of the fourth rank. After that, she was Zhaoyi, who was already a second-rank beauty. up.

And several concubines and maids who are of the first grade and the second grade even go to Shangshi Bureau every day.Several court ladies jokingly said in private that they spent more time in the Shangshi Bureau than in the palace serving the empress.

During the period, Taohong even came to Shangshi Bureau once. It seems that Taiping must have given Xiaoyugan a commercial blow at her mother's place, and even Wu Meiniang sent Taohong to ask.

At this time, Chen Fang wanted to wait for the dried fish to be ready to satisfy the wishes of the nobles in the palace. After all, whoever can come to ask for it is not a noble in the palace, and has a very rich family background.

The concubines of the Tang Palace, and even those imperial daughters of the eighth and ninth ranks, are not from famous families, ministers and powerful families.It wasn't for these powerful and famous families, and they couldn't be nobles in the palace.

This is an era that pays attention to family background. A woman from a poor family is at most a maid in the palace. Even if she is favored by the emperor and conceived with a dragon seed, she will not be able to integrate into the circle of nobles in the palace. That's all.

The nobles in the palace like to press for it, so Chen Fang naturally wants to finish the dried fish as soon as possible, but something happened this day.

There was a maid who Chen Fang didn't know came to Shangshi Bureau in a hurry. She thought it was just an ordinary court lady who came to beg for snacks, but when the maid came, she asked Chen Fang by name.

Looking for Chen Fang, the maid said that she was entrusted by Meng Fei to look for her, and immediately Chen Fang asked her to take her to the residence.

He originally lived not far from the Shangshi Bureau, and he was anxious at this moment, and Memphis sent someone to look for him, but there must be something big going on.

Seeing Chen Fang, the court lady quickly took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to Chen Fang.

The letter still carried the residual heat in the maid's arms, and Chen Fang had already recognized Meng Fei's handwriting on the envelope. .

Chen Fang quickly opened it, took a look, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Well, you Gao An, spilled it in my oil workshop.

Chapter 68 Princess Sapo

It turned out that the two princesses Gaoan of Yiyang were detained in the oil workshop. The first two days were fine, but many things happened in the past two days, especially Princess Gaoan, who went too far.

Gao An wanted to take a bath last night, but the oil shop really didn't have the conditions. Putting a big wooden bucket in winter, the water would cool too quickly.

Meng Fei remembered Chen Fang's instructions, so she asked the two healthy women to accompany Gao An to the place in Ye Ting Palace for the maids to bathe.

Who would have thought that Gao An went to see the maids taking a bath inside, chased them away on the spot, leaving only two maids to wait on him, and insisted on occupying a large bathhouse by himself.

Only this savage princess can do it all by herself in the bathhouse of Ye Ting Palace.

From the letter, Chen Fang could see that last night the bathhouse of Yeting Palace was full of chaos. There were palace ladies kicked out by Gao An, some of them didn't even have time to get dressed, and ran outside after hugging their clothes. That picture shouldn't be too beautiful.

Originally, the palace had requirements for the maids to bathe. The maids here serve the nobles in the palace, so naturally they should not be too dirty.

Moreover, there has always been a puzzling phenomenon in the Li Tang royal family, that is, the emperor and princes love and favor court ladies.

This can be seen from the fact that Li Zhi's first three sons were all born to court ladies.It seems that these emperors can taste something different from the concubines and maids from the maids.

People in the palace usually dare not say anything about this hobby of the emperors, but since the emperor has this hobby, naturally it is impossible to give advance notice like favoring the concubine, and it is all temporary.

Naturally, for the emperor's enjoyment process, the court ladies must also be clean, otherwise the emperor's body will be dirty.In case the smell on the body is strong, the emperor will be unhappy.

The maids living in Ye Ting Palace must ensure that they take a bath every two days, even in winter, and in summer they must take a bath every day.

When Gao An went to the bathhouse, he could imagine how many court ladies there were, so many court ladies were driven around by Gao An, it was like a tiger joining a herd of sheep.

And this morning, Meng Fei asked someone to deliver the food, and this savage guy even dropped the bowl and chopsticks, saying that the oil shop was feeding pigs, and directly slapped the healthy woman who delivered the food.

That's all, at noon, he was even more sapo, went directly to Meng Fei, saw Meng Fei was eating, and directly lifted Meng Fei's table.

Meng Fei really didn't know what to do. After all, the other party was a princess. Although she was in custody at the oil workshop, her identity was there.

Moreover, she is only the steward of the oil workshop appointed by Chen Fang, and her true identity is still a convict woman in the palace, how can Gao An be managed.

There is a huge difference in status between a criminal woman and a princess.

As a last resort, I had to write a letter and send it to Chen Fang by the maid of Yeting Palace.She has a special status, so she must not be able to leave the Yeting Palace, and the same is generally true of the people in the Youfang.

At this time, Chen Fang finished reading the letter, and slammed the letter paper together into a ball.His knuckles were clenched a little white.

Good you Gao An, you are also such a shrew in my place.You are also a dignified princess, why don't you look like a princess at all.

"Go back and tell Meng Fei to lock up Princess Gao An alone. Don't you think the food in the oil workshop is pig food? Then don't eat it!"

The court lady stared at Chen Fang with wide eyes, unable to believe every word Chen Fang said.

Gao Anna is a princess. Although she is in custody at the Youting Palace oil workshop, her status is aloof. Chen Fang actually wanted to lock her up and not give her food.

If it wasn't for this maid who heard every word clearly just now, she would really wonder if she heard it wrong just now.

"My lord, is this appropriate?"

This court lady is considered to be familiar with Meng Fei, otherwise she would not be entrusted by Meng Fei.At this time, Chen Fang and Meng Fei were naturally also considered.

"Since Your Majesty asked the Youfang to guard her, then her freedom will be decided by the Youfang. Since she doesn't want to eat the food from the Youfang, I will do as she pleases!"

The maid listened, but at this moment she didn't dare to go back and really tell Meng Fei that.

Lock up Princess Gao An and give her no food, not to mention the oil workshop in the small Yeting Palace, even places like Dali Temple and Zongzheng Temple would not dare to do this!

"Just tell Meng Fei as I say, don't miss a single word!"

"My lord, if you really want to do this, the servant thinks it's not right!"

"Just do as I say."

"That Princess Yiyang didn't mess around too much, she's pretty good. I'll go to Shangshi Bureau to get some things and give them to Meng Fei, so she can give it to His Highness Yiyang!"

"Okay, servant girl, go get it now!"

This court lady also had no choice, but she was not from the oil workshop after all, since Chen Fang persisted after persuading Chen Fang, she would stop meddling in other matters.

After the maid took a bag of things and left, Chen Fang looked in the direction of Yeting Palace, she couldn't cure you, a down and out princess.

Chen Fang had already figured it out, the two princesses would be imprisoned in their own territory for three years, if they didn't give Gao An a blow today, how would they deal with this savage in the future.

If she really felt that everyone in the oil workshop could be bullied, she would really have a hard time living in the future. Who knows if this savage princess will tear up the Yeting Palace.

Chen Fang is going to give Gao An a warning at this time, and let her know his current identity and what he is doing in the oil workshop.

At this time in Ye Ting Palace, the maid gave a bag of things to Meng Fei, and Meng Fei confirmed what Chen Fang asked the maid to bring.

After confirming that it was correct, Meng Fei opened the package, and it was a few popular snacks in the palace these days.

I heard that the nobles in the palace like it very much these days, but at this time the adults asked to bring it, but only for Princess Yiyang.

"Do whatever your lord tells you to do!"

Meng Fei wrapped the paper bag again and sent it to Princess Yiyang's residence in person.

When they went out, they called two of the strongest women in the oil factory, and asked Princess Gao An to be locked in a room alone.

The two healthy women were strong and strong, and they rushed into the residence of the two princesses at this time, and directly grabbed Princess Gao An.

"What are you going to do?"

The two healthy women didn't explain at all, just do what Director Meng ordered.Director Meng has said that this is Master Chen's order.

No matter what kind of princess and prince you are, you can be locked up if your lord tells you to.The people in this oil workshop can recognize a little bit, and do whatever the adults tell them to do.

The two healthy women didn't explain, they just arrested people, Gao An struggled, how to escape, Yiyang wanted to help his sister, but saw Meng Fei push the door and enter.

"Meng Fei, what are your people doing?"

"The higher-ups ordered the two Highnesses to be placed separately!"

Meng Fei said something, and the two healthy women had already carried Princess Gao An out of the room like a chicken.

Gao An's anger, since he came out of his mother's womb, he has never felt this anger.He was dragged out of the house by two healthy women.However, these two healthy women were really too strong, and she couldn't break free at all.

"Meng Fei, do you know what you are doing?"

"Meng Fei naturally knows that these are passed on to Your Highness by the adults!".

"I don't want these things!"

"In the oil workshop, everything is up to Mr. Chen!"