Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 70
After Qin Wu stopped clamoring to go into battle to kill the enemy, the Qin Family Village finally became a little more peaceful.

Qin Wu is responsible for the escort of toilet water every day, and he is more concerned about this job than before.

In the past, he just took this job as a temporary thing. What he wanted was to go into battle and kill the enemy.

But after listening to Qin Tian's words that day, he understood that many things had to be done step by step.

As long as he follows Qin Tian, ​​he will get what he dreams of.

And when Qin Wu was busy doing these things every day, besides making wine, Qin Tian was making benches, tables and chairs.

These things are what he has always wanted to do, but some time ago, in order to make money, he never put them on the agenda. Now that he has money and is not so busy, he can finally do it.

bedroom.

Tang Rong was sitting in the room drinking tea. After she took a few sips, she smacked her mouth with unfulfilled desire.

"I really don't understand what Xianggong thinks. He has to say that such delicious tea is bad, and he never wants to drink it. Xiaoqing, do you think it's strange?"

Xiaoqing nodded, and then greedily poured all the remaining tea in the teapot into her own cup, so that she finally spoke up after she finished drinking, "Miss is very right, this tea is really delicious Yes, my uncle doesn’t like it, there’s something wrong with it.”

Tea was a very precious thing in the Tang Dynasty, and ordinary people couldn't drink it at all. Xiao Qing and Tang Rong really couldn't figure out why Qin Tian thought it was bad to drink.

However, Tang Rong only complained a few words, and after she finished speaking, she asked, "What has Xianggong been doing lately?"

"I heard from Xiaodie that my uncle is going to make tables, chairs and benches."

"Tables, chairs and benches?" Tang Rong was very surprised. She could understand the table, but what were chairs and benches?
"Yeah, I haven't seen it either, but it's not good for my uncle to be a carpenter. The lady will talk about him in the future."

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and craftsmen are just a bit higher than businessmen. Xiaoqing thinks that his uncle is an official anyway, how can he do carpentry work by himself?

Tang Rong smiled slightly, she didn't take it seriously, she knew her husband well, even if Qin Tian was a carpenter, he wouldn't just be a carpenter if he really said it.

Besides, didn't Qin Tian's Captain Xuanjie come here because he was a carpenter?

Isn't the automatic waterwheel just a carpenter's job?

She believed in her husband-in-law, so she didn't say anything.

The master and the servant had already drank a pot of tea, and their legs and feet felt a little numb when they were sitting. Tang Rong wanted to stand up and move around, but just as she was about to stand up, she suddenly felt cramps in the soles of her feet and she couldn't move.

"Oh My God……"

"Miss, what's the matter with you?"

"Sitting for too long, my feet are numb and cramped, please give me a pinch."

Xiaoqing hurried over to pinch Tang Rong's feet, and it took a long time before she finally got better.

And at this moment, Qin Tian asked someone to walk in with a chair.

"Ma'am, look what I did for you!"

Tang Rong glanced at that thing and realized that she had never seen it before, but she still guessed a little bit.

"Is this the chair that Xianggong made these two days?"

Qin Tian nodded: "That's right, this is a chair. If you want to sit and rest in the future, just sit on it. It's much more comfortable than sitting at a table with your legs crossed. Try it, madam."

Tang Rong sat on it dubiously. The chair was made smooth, and there were armrests on both sides, and the back could be leaned on. After sitting on it, she felt relaxed.

"Sir, this chair is really comfortable to sit on. You don't need to wrap your legs, and your legs won't be numb anymore."

As she said this, Tang Rong admired Qin Tian more and more in her heart. This chair looks very simple, but why has no one discovered it for hundreds of years, and it was amazing that her husband made it.

Sitting on the chair, Tang Rong swayed her legs, and said, "Master, Zhang Yuanwai from the neighboring village came to ask again today, do we still want the several hundred acres of land, and if not, he will find someone else."

Hearing this, Qin Tian immediately patted his head: "Oh, these two days I've only been focusing on making chairs, and I forgot about buying the land. I'll go and have a look."
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Chang'an City, the third day after Prince Li Jiancheng led the troops to leave.

Early in the morning, Changsun Wuji hurried to Prince Qin's mansion.

Changsun Wuji was only a few years older than Li Shimin, but he seemed to be quite stable. Li Shimin was willing to tell him many things.

Even, things that cannot be said to Li Ji, can be said to Changsun Wuji, who made him his uncle.

"My lord, the situation of food and grass has been calculated, and I'm afraid the situation is not good."

Changsun Wuji showed Li Shimin an account book. After reading it, Li Shimin frowned and said, "Is there no food in the household department?"

"In recent years, my Tang Dynasty has pacified many places. In order to stabilize the people in these places, the imperial court has reduced their taxes for three years, so my Tang Dynasty has not recovered much grain. All the grain harvested this year was given by the prince. His Highness was taken away, food is scarce now, and the price of food in the market is very expensive, not to mention we can’t afford it, even many people can’t afford it.”

Li Shimin frowned even more when he heard the grain price increase in the capital.

Food is related to the stability of a place. If the common people cannot afford food, it may not be conducive to the stability of Chang'an.

"As far as I know, the imperial court doesn't collect much grain, and there should still be a lot of grain in the market. Why is grain scarce?"

Changsun Wuji smiled wryly: "My lord, how much food can ordinary people have in their hands? They have paid taxes and left enough for them to eat for a year. It is not bad that there is not much food left to sell. The food is all in the hands of the rich and powerful. However, they still want to sell it for a price, the more no one sells it, the higher the price of the grain will be.”

Speaking of this, Changsun Wuji shook his head again: "There is one more thing. When the grain was just harvested, that Qin Tian in Qinjia Village bought grain without hesitation. I wonder if someone told him that the Tang Dynasty was about to go to war. Then this kid wants to make war fortune?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin was furious immediately, and said, "What else is there?"

"That's right, more than 1 stones of grain have been harvested. I heard that the warehouses in Qinjia Village are full. This amount of grain is enough for us to transport it."

After Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Li Shimin suddenly yelled: "A thief who has wronged the country, a thief who has wronged the country, I thought this kid was a good man, but unexpectedly he plotted against the imperial court, so he asked Duke Lu to go with me to the Qin Family Village. "

Li Shimin led people to rush to Qin's Village. Neither Li Shimin nor Qin Tian thought that the first meeting between the two would be under such circumstances.

(End of this chapter)