The Big Landlord

The former magistrate of Qingping Mansion was taken away by the guard command department, so this vacancy must be filled.It just so happened that Chen Jiangui got this opportunity.

Tang Shi was also happy about this, "Then congratulations, brother."

Chen Hong nodded, "My father asked me to ask you to come to my house for dinner at night."

"Okay, I'll be there in a while."

Chen Hong was happy in his heart, seeing Wei Cong in the courtyard also felt that he was not as unpleasant as before, and even smiled at him.

In Wei Cong's eyes, there is not much difference between Chen Hong smiling at him or crying at him, so he just gave Chen Hong a faint look as before.

Chen Hong suddenly became unhappy, why do you still have a dark face even after I smiled at you?This is too much!

"Wei Cong, what's your expression?" He rushed to Wei Cong and asked with a sullen face.

Wei Cong looked at him: "What is my expression?"

"Hmph! I really don't know what Tang Xiao likes about you!" He turned his head to look at Tang Shi who was beside him, "Tang Xiao, can you bear such a boring person?"

Tang Shi smiled, "I think it's pretty good."

Chen Hong couldn't find an ally, and even Tang Shi, who had a life-long friendship, didn't help him, and instantly felt extremely wronged.

"Chen Hong," Tang Shi saw that his eyes were red, and thought that the young master was a bit fragile, so it was better for him to comfort him, "You know, I don't know martial arts, so I can only focus on studying. I will live by 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 felt that this was right, did it have anything to do with what they were discussing?

"So, as my good friend, shouldn't you support all my decisions and take advantage of me?"

Chen Hong nodded.

"It's impossible for me to really let you stab me, but you must support me in studying, right? Whether you like Wei Cong or not, he is indeed the best student in your academy, right? The so-called Near Zhu Zhechi, I want to learn from him."

Looking at Tang Shi's sincere and apprehensive eyes, Chen Hong immediately felt that he was being unreasonable.Yes, Tang Shi is his friend, and he should support Tang Shi's ideals!

"Xiao Tang, I will never bother you to read books with Wei Cong again. Although I am not as good at reading as you, but I know martial arts, and I can protect you in the future!" He finished speaking and looked at Wei Cong who was reading with his head down. Cong, "I will protect him by the way."

Tang Shi held back a smile and patted Chen Hong's shoulder, "Chen Hong, thank you."

After the simple-minded 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 break, right?"

Wei Cong turned his eyes to the place where Chen Hong left, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The next day, Hong Zhong came to Tang Shi again.

Because of the influence of Jin Daiwei, Geng Cailiang's status in the hearts of flower lovers in the county is different. Many people ask him who is the flower grower, and want to buy flowers from this master.

Geng Cailiang told Hong Zhong about this, and Hong Zhong came over to ask Tang Shi for his opinion.

Tang Shi really wanted to make a name for himself with Xiao Jin, but he couldn't just sell the flowers he cared for to others casually.

"Who are the people who want to buy flowers?" Tang Shi asked while watering the flowers in the courtyard.

"They're all rich men who are on good terms with brother Geng, and some officials or scholars, including Mr. Zheng."

Tang Shi glanced at him, "It's not difficult to find out who among these people really loves flowers?" He didn't want the flowers to be bought back but to be neglected or abused.

Hong Zhong smiled "hehe", "I understand the meaning of the young master. 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 composing Fu, as long as they can leave a good work, they can exchange for the flowers they want, and you can decide the price for the rest."

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 vase and walked into the house, "I still need your help with something."

Hong Zhong responded and waited in the courtyard.

But after a while, Tang Shi came out of the house, holding a small wooden box in his hand, and handed it to Hong Zhong.

"Here is 400 taels, of which 300 taels you can help me buy land around the county, and the remaining 100 taels, you can help me go to the dental shop to buy some people. After buying, let Ding Fa three teach them."

"Do you want a man or a woman?"

Tang Shi thought that growing flowers required gentleness and care, and it wasn't physical work, so he said, "Have a half."

Hong Zhong understood.

"However, the wheat is now being harvested. The buyer put it aside in advance and asked Ding Fa and the others to help cut the wheat."

Hong Zhong nodded, "Okay, young master."

Tang Shi looked at the simple-looking 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 hooked up your young master, wouldn't it be like this?

When Chen Jiangui took office as the magistrate of Qingping Prefecture, Yuan Yong happened to be leaving for the capital.

Before he left, he was still a little worried about Tang shi, and asked Chen Jiangui to take care of him.Chen Jiangui was very busy as the magistrate, maybe he didn't have time to take care of him, but Meng Zhen had the time and thought.

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 appreciated the kindness of his brother and sister-in-law.

With the participation of the three of Ding Fa, the Tang family's wheat harvest was soon completed. This year's harvest was bumper, and Tang Qing could not help but smile on his always dull face.

When the wheat was harvested, they came 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 is no one else to talk to besides Tangyue, and Tangyue often goes out, so she can't say a few words, and she doesn't even go out of the house often. .It's all right now, the whole family is here, so it's lively.As soon as she was happy, she prepared a large table of delicious dishes.

During the meal, Tang Qing pondered for a while and asked a question.

"Boss, second child, Shitou, we moved to the county town, what kind of place is this place?"

Tang Shi swallowed a mouthful of rice and said, "Father, you don't need to farm in the future." As he spoke, he took out some land deeds from his pocket 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 getting older, Tang Shi won't let him farm anymore after earning money, and he should enjoy life in peace.

Tang Qing trembled, looked at these land deeds in disbelief, and asked after a while, "Stone, where did you get these?"

Mrs. Liu also asked: "Shitou, I've been here for so many days, why didn't I know you bought the land?"

Tang Shi put on a serious face, "Father, mother, elder brother, second elder brother, to tell you the truth, Xiao Jin was lucky enough to meet the emperor, who gave it to a high official, and I, as the person who raised Xiao Jin, People will naturally be rewarded. I bought part of the money for the land, and the rest will be used as the repair fee for Xiaofeng and the others to enroll next month."

The Tang family stopped eating, and they were all trying to digest Tang Shi's words.

Tangyue was the first to come back to her senses, and she asked softly, "Little brother, can you tell us what the emperor has rewarded?"

Tang Shi glanced at her, "500 taels of silver."

500 taels!As soon as the Tang family recovered, they were almost stunned again.They thought that the 50 taels rewarded by Qingping Mansion was enough, but they didn't expect the emperor to be more generous and gave 500 taels all at once!Here, how much is this?They can't grow so much money in the land they have planted for a lifetime, can they?

Tangyue's ability to accept is higher, but she was still in a daze before continuing to ask: "How much land did my little brother buy?"

"The good ones and the bad ones add up to about sixty acres."

Holding the title deed, Tang Qing still couldn't believe it, "That stone, what are you going to use the sixty acres for?"

"Let [-] acres to someone else to plant, and I will plant flowers for the rest. Daddy, do you think this is okay?"

"Okay! Okay! Let's do it like this!" Tang Qing was very excited, "But do you want to save a few acres for your own family?"

Tang Shi understood Tang Qing's thoughts, he had planted the land all his life, and suddenly felt panicked when he stopped planting it all at once.

"Father, you and your eldest brother and second brother will stop farming in the future."

"But what are you doing if you don't farm the land?" Tang Nian felt that he could only grow crops, and he couldn't do anything else.

"That's right, Shitou, look, my elder brother and I are both illiterate and can't do other things. It's okay for Dad to rest at home when he's old, but my elder brother and I can't rest." Tang Ji also said.

Tang Shi nodded, "I've thought about this question too. Big Brother, Second Brother, you are still young, and there is still time to learn some things. Is there anything you are interested in? And sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, do you have anything you want to do? ?”

Fang's eyes lit up, "Uncle, I really have an idea, but..."

Tang shi looked at her encouragingly, motioning for her to continue.

"Uncle, I think, don't you grow flowers? I saw that the business of the makeup shop on the street is pretty good, so I thought, can I open a shop? I couldn't afford it before. If I opened a shop myself , you don’t need to buy it.” She said with a little shyness on her face.

Fang's outgoing personality is indeed suitable for business.However, those fat powders must have a formula.

"Second sister-in-law, this makeup powder also needs a secret recipe?"

Fang smiled, "Speaking of which, I probably don't know, my mother used to do this, but... so I just learned a little bit, and it's not a problem to do something simple."

"That's right, my in-laws used to sell cosmetics, but it's a pity..." Mrs. Liu didn't say anything here.

Tang Shi thought to himself: So he doesn't know enough about the old Tang family.