Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

When Li Tai returned to Longshou Village from Weibei, it was already late at night.

After running around for several days, he was very tired. He told Li Xiaoyong in the village to prepare carriages and horses and go to Xianyang tomorrow to bring everyone back, and then he fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Li Tai was woken up by a series of bells in a daze. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and put on his clothes and went out. He looked in the direction of the bells and asked with a frown: "What happened? Why is it so noisy?" ?”

The villagers were also very puzzled, and while listening to the bell, they replied: "This is the soul crossing bell of Baohua Temple in the south of the city. It can soothe the soul and protect the dead from evil spirits. When the bell rings, there must be someone in the capital. When a noble person dies, the sound of a bell costs thousands of dollars. How much protection should the deceased receive from so many bells?"

Hearing the sighs of emotion from the villagers, Li Tai didn't say anything more. He washed up briefly to eliminate his sleepiness and practiced some exercises in the morning light. When he returned to his house for breakfast, Li Xiaoyong came in to report that the carriages and horses were all ready. Ready to go at any time.

Li Hu had already clearly divided the workshop personnel yesterday and returned all the hundreds of craftsmen paid to him by Dugu Trust. He also said that if Li Tai is willing to continue operating in Weibei, he will help choose a place to resettle in Xianyang.

However, Li Tai had his own power and scope of influence, and he had no intention of developing further around Gyeonggi. He still preferred to lead the craftsmen back to Baishui Village for resettlement.

Li Hu did not dissuade him from this. In addition to returning all the craftsmen, he also broke other miscellaneous items into swords, arrows and other weapons and staffs as compensation, and provided Li Tai with a thousand sets of light weapon equipment, which also allowed Li Tai to Tai was very grateful.

They had already decided that Li Tai did not need to go to Weibei today. He just asked Zhang Shinu and other entourage who were with him yesterday to lead the people and goods back today.

Li Xiaoyong did not go with him, but accompanied Li Tai to inspect the management of the manor.

Because the terrain of Longshou is quite high and water conservancy is inconvenient, it is not suitable for farming and production. Although the villagers work hard, they can only barely maintain a living. The most important use of this manor at the moment is as a warehouse on the outskirts of Beijing, used to store various commodities shipped from the Luoshui River in Huazhou.

"It's also strange recently. The number of visitors coming here from Beijing has suddenly increased several times. They don't talk about anything when they come to ask questions. They just keep asking about a few personal matters of Alang. There are also several villagers nearby, and they have also been in recent times. They are starting to purchase things one after another. Longshouyuan, which is usually rarely visited, is becoming more and more lively!"

Li Xiaoyong talked about some strange phenomena in recent times, with a look of confusion on his face.

After Li Tai heard this, he was a little bit dumbfounded. He was originally unhappy that several neighbors suddenly appeared nearby, but according to Li Xiaoyong, these people seemed to be attracted to him?

If this is the case, it can be seen that his virtues are outstanding and he is increasingly appreciated by the current generation. In ancient times, Shun lived in Chengju in one year, established a town in two years, and Chengdu in three years. He doesn't live here often. If he really wants to settle here for a few years, the popularity of Chang'an City will attract him!

He was complacent about his charm here, but there was a loud noise outside the door of the manor, as if someone wanted to break in. After the villagers heard the sound, they all gathered at the door with their weapons and sticks in hand.

Seeing this, Li Tai was not willing to lag behind. Surrounded by the villagers, he walked towards the door. From a distance, he saw a group of strong and sturdy monks outside the door, who were about to rush past the villagers to block the entrance to the village. He couldn't help but be stunned.

He has built a lot of temples by himself, but he didn't expect that monks would come to his house today. As expected, he would always have to pay back the money if he came out to fool around.

Seeing the anxious and angry roars of the monks, he took out his sword and held it in his hand. He sneered and ordered the villagers: "Don't bother with these monks and slaves. Anyone who dares to come in will be chopped directly!"

After the villagers heard this, they felt confident and showed their weapons. The monks were quite arrogant at first, but after seeing this, they all showed awe-inspiring expressions, and the situation suddenly became tense. Stalemate.

Just as Li Tai was about to scold these monks for knocking on their doors and harassing them, an exclamation suddenly sounded from behind the crowd: "Boshan, when will you enter Beijing?"

Li Tai followed the sound and saw a dozen riders running towards him in the distance. The first one was Nianhua, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. At this time, Nianhua was dressed in plain clothes. Li Tai was stunned when he saw this, thinking, has this guy's father died again?

Nianhua quickly came to the door of the manor, repelled the monks first, and then got off his horse and walked towards Li Tai. Seeing Li Tai's curious and confused eyes, he pointed to the plain robe on his body and sighed: "The prince of the mansion passed away this morning. …”

When Li Tai heard this, he realized that Nianhua was a mourner for his boss. After Gao Zhongmi was dismissed from the post of Taiwei years ago, Nianhua, the chief of the Taiwei Palace, was transferred to the office of Taifu Wangmeng. Wangmeng was Yuwentai's uncle. It turned out that this morning's death knell was for him. Ming.

Li Tai first sighed to Hua Hanxuan together, and then asked curiously: "The family is suffering from the pain of farewell, so it must be busy with affairs. Brother Nian, what are you doing..."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Nianhua's face, he turned back and pointed at the monks, and whispered: "It's not that Master Baohua Temple is making trouble for nothing. He said that Taifu Wang has been lying in bed for many years and has suffered too much from evil diseases. He needs to be recruited to cure the disease." Capital…”

When Li Tai heard this, he realized that even Yile, these monks were bold. They were blackmailed severely by Yuwentai last year. He thought life was very difficult. This year, they dared to take advantage of Yuwentai's uncle. Making money during a funeral is really a waste of money rather than life!

Although Li Tai didn't believe these lies, seeing that Nian Hua and other government officials followed these monks to go out to raise funds, the family members who wanted to come to Wang Meng also wanted peace of mind. He couldn't bear to cause trouble for others in their sad moment, so he asked the villagers to bring out ten pieces of plain silk to express their feelings, and asked when the Nianhua and Wang families would accept guests' condolences.

He and Wang Meng's family did not have much friendship, but now that he happened to encounter this incident in Chang'an, it was only polite to go to express his condolences.

The next morning, Li Tai took his entourage into the city, intending to go to his cousin Lu Rou's house to express condolences with him. After all, he was not too familiar with Shiliu in Beijing, so it would be less awkward to have someone with him.

But not far after he entered the city, he encountered a large honor guard team, so he and his entourage immediately moved to the left of the road to avoid it.

But when the procession was passing, a slave came out of the procession, trotted up to Li Tai's horse and cupped his hands, saying, "May I ask if Li Boshan is the governor of Li? My lord, King Feng Yi, would like to invite the governor of Li to accompany him to narrate the story."

The city of Chang'an is not big, but there are many powerful people. You can bump into a clan king casually on the street. Li Tai originally did not want to have anything to do with the Yuan family clan, but Feng Yi Wang Yuan Jihai was different from the others, so it was not easy to refuse him directly.

Li Tai dismounted and walked towards the team. Yuan Jihai did not ride a horse, but rode a carriage. When Li Tai came to greet him, Yuan Jihai poked his head out, showed a slightly haggard face, pointed at him and smiled. He said: "I just took a brief look at him, and I already feel familiar. He is so handsome and charming. It is really unusual. Thinking about it carefully, he is indeed a handsome young man from my family."

Although Li Tai didn't care much about Yuan Jihai's rank, his wife Li Zhihua and he wanted to call her aunt in a serious manner, so he didn't dare to neglect it. When Yuan Jihai said this, he quickly bowed in greeting.

"Boshan, you don't work in the capital. Although you have heard about your reputation for a long time, it is rare to see you. Unexpectedly, we happened to meet you today. If you have nothing important to do, can you follow me back to your residence and introduce some relatives to you? ?”

Yuan Jihai had a good attitude towards Li Tai and said with a smile.

"I should have visited my elders in person a long time ago. I am often busy with work and have no time to spare. Today is an unfortunate coincidence. I originally wanted to go to the Prince's Mansion to express my condolences..."

Li Tai smiled dryly after hearing this.

After Yuan Jihai heard this, he laughed again: "What's the coincidence? What a coincidence. I was also going to Wang Taifu's house, and I happened to be traveling with Boshan!"

Having said this, Mr. Li Tai had no choice but to go with Yuan Jihai. Yuan Jihai was very interested in him and directly invited him to ride with him in the car. He kept asking questions along the way, which had nothing to do with current affairs, just some family matters, but it also made Li Tai a little embarrassed and nervous.

At this time, there was already a lot of traffic in front of Wang Meng's house, and the guests who came to express their condolences blocked the streets in the city that were not very wide, which showed that his family had a distinguished family background.

Wang Meng is not only Yu Wentai's uncle, he holds a high position as the Grand Duke, but he is also the in-laws of He Bayue. His grandson is also married to the princess of the current dynasty, which is quite impressive, so the guests who came to express their condolences today are also Very much.

Most of the guests lined up on the street to enter, but the Wang family also prepared a special passage to guide the dignitaries into the house to express their condolences.

If Li Tai came by himself, he might have to queue in the street, but because he was traveling with Yuan Jihai, the car drove smoothly into the house.

At this time, the mourning hall tent had already been set up in the Wang family's house, and guests lined up to enter to express their condolences.

When Yuan Jihai entered, several other members of the Yuan clan and other guests from the time came to greet him, and Li Tai left Yuan Jihai's side. After looking around in the crowd, I saw that my cousin Lu Rou had already arrived in advance.

"Apan, when did you come to Chang'an?"

When Lu Rou saw Li Tai, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then she said with a smile: "Since you are already here, if there is nothing urgent, you have to stay for a few days. This morning, during the meeting, the funeral of Taifu Wang was discussed, and His Highness the Crown Prince suggested Anyone with a rank of five or above in the capital must set up a tent to offer sacrifices..."

After Li Tai heard this, he cursed secretly, "This prince is so idle, it's not your father who died, so why bother everyone?" Look at the whole process of the Wang family's funeral. If he really had to wait until the funeral ceremony, it might take how many days. How could he have the time?

He was still slandering and complaining, but Yuan Jihai, who had taken the opportunity to get rid of him before, shouted his name loudly in the crowd and waved him over. Li Tai looked at the Yuan family clan kings around him. He didn't want to deal with any of them. Unexpectedly, they even made a big gift package.

He bravely walked over here, but Yuan Jihai's words scared him so much that he almost ran away: "His Royal Highness will be arriving soon. Knowing that you are here, he specially told me to let you see me."

Today is another chapter. I’m not lazy. This withdrawal reaction is really frustrating. I also advise everyone not to indulge in bad living habits too much. Health comes first. . .