Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 203 One Hundred Acres of Fertile Land
Liang Xiao frowned and pondered for a while. "What happened to King Jiangdu?"

"The King of Jiangdu had a quarrel in Shanglin Garden today..."

When the Son of Heaven hunts, the kings who come to court will naturally accompany him, and the king of Jiangdu is no exception.According to the custom, the kings came first and waited for the emperor.As a result, the emperor asked Han Yan to marry the auxiliary car first.Seeing the hood of the emperor's chariot from a distance, and seeing the columns of riders like clouds, the king of Jiangdu thought that the emperor had arrived, so he immediately bowed down, and waited for Han Yan to drive past, only to find out that he had made a mistake.

King Jiangdu was angry at that time, accused Han Yan of being rude, and asked the emperor to resign from the throne and return to Beijing as a man.

"Don't you think this is stupid?" Dongfang Shuo said with a wry smile, "He just relied on the fact that he and Gaihou became in-laws, and he wanted to take advantage of the empress dowager's prestige to relocate to Kuaiji. A Xiao, your suggestion is good, but why do you Have you forgotten the imperial court’s consistent national policy of strong stems and weak branches?”

Liang Xiao smiled and said, "Speaking of it, this is quite interesting. The King of Jiangdu and the Son of Heaven are brothers, but they are in-laws with the Son of Heaven's uncle..."

"Liang Xiao!" Dongfang Shuo lowered his face and interrupted Liang Xiao. "If you still want to avoid the important and take the light of the matter, we don't need to talk anymore."

"Uh..." Liang Xiao smacked his lips in embarrassment. "Manqian, you are being serious, how could I..."

Dongfang Shuo interrupted Liang Xiao again. "Have you ever thought about how the King of Jiangdu knew your suggestion?"

Liang Xiao was taken aback, and immediately realized that there was something in Dongfang Shuo's words.

He suggested to Yan Zhu that the king of Jiangdu be transferred to join the war, and he also suggested that the king of Huainan be moved to Kuaiji, but he never suggested that the king of Jiangdu move to the frontier.How did the king of Jiangdu think of relocating?King Jiangdu made a big name for him in the capital. When these two things are connected, others will naturally think it was his proposal.

Given Jiangdu King Liu Fei's IQ, it can't be groundless, someone must have mentioned this matter to him.

Once he figured this out, a gust of cool wind blew across the back of Liang Xiao's head. "Liu... Ling?"

Dongfang Shuo snorted, "Isn't it scary?"

"It's too scary." Liang Xiao was furious. "Is she hurting me?"

"The idea of ​​throwing stones to ask for directions may be there, but there is no possibility of harming you." Dongfang Shuo said: "The king of Jiangdu is very brave, he is the emperor's brother-in-law, and he is related to Gaihou's family. If he is moved to Kuaiji, he is indeed a good one. The candidate is at least more suitable than King Huainan. If you can make some adjustments to form a routine, the effect may be no less than the strategy of cutting down the Tibetans. Even if your suggestion is not a genius suggestion, it is still a very smart strategy."

"Really?" Liang Xiao raised his eyebrows. "You think so too?"

Dongfang Shuo nodded. "I'm afraid the Son of Heaven thinks so too, otherwise the King of Jiangdu has been talking for so long, and the Son of Heaven would not have reacted at all."

"Actually, my initial suggestion was to relocate Huainan instead of Jiangdu."

"This is where you are not as good as the Lord Huainan." Dongfang Shuo sneered: "In terms of closeness, Jiangdu is closer than Huainan; in terms of bravery, Jiangdu King is more suitable than Huainan King. In terms of in-laws, Jiangdu King's daughter married Gaihouzi , Huainan King's son married Xiu Chengjun's daughter, which is even better. If the Jiangdu King succeeds, then Huainan still has a little hope. If the Jiangdu King has no chance, Huainan is even more impossible."

Liang Xiao nodded.This is probably what Liu Ling meant by throwing stones to ask for directions.However, he didn't suggest King Jiangdu, not because King Jiangdu was bad, but because Prince Jiangdu Liu Jian was not a thing.Dongfang Shuo shook his head after hearing Liang Xiao's explanation.

"Because of this, it seems that you are out of public interest. Not only the King of Jiangdu appreciates you, but the emperor also appreciates you. Compared with your suggestion of moving to Huainan, I don't know how many times better."

Liang Xiao was speechless.After savoring the difference carefully, he realized how simple he was.Whether it is Liu Ling or Dongfang Shuo, they are more thoughtful than him.His wrist is indeed not smooth enough for this kind of superficial writing.

Suddenly, he felt something was wrong. "Who told you that I suggested relocating Huainan?"

Dongfang Shuo cocked his mouth and smiled triumphantly. "You finally understand. If you don't respond, I'm leaving. I'm such a smart person, I can't make friends with pigs."

"You went to Huainan?" Liang Xiao jumped up and grabbed Dongfang Shuo's collar. "How is Lord Huainan doing now?"

The smile on Dongfang Shuo's face froze.He stared at Liang Xiao for a while, then pushed Liang Xiao away angrily. "I overestimated you. You are worse than a pig. The Lord Huainan still knows how to keep a secret, but you don't know how to hide it."

Liang Xiao laughed dryly twice in embarrassment. "Tell me, how is she now?"

"She..." Dongfang Shuo squeezed his eyes and said with a smirk, "I'm pregnant."

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With hands behind his back, Liu Ling slowly walked away from a group of alchemists.

Every alchemist holds a piece of colored glaze in their hands, some are dark yellow, some are light green, and some are dark brown, but they all have one thing in common, there are large and small bubbles inside, cloudy and unclear.

"Everyone has worked hard and made great progress." Liu Ling nodded appreciatively. "However, we are not satisfied with this, we still need to continue to work hard."

The alchemists looked at each other, showing fear of difficulty.

"I also know that everyone has been working hard during this time." Liu Ling waved his hand, and a group of maids came over with trays, each of which contained varying amounts of gold cakes and silk. "These gold and silk are thanks to you all. You can rest for a while. If you are interested, you might as well go to Guangling or Wu County to relax and see the colored glaze brought by the Hu merchants. Maybe you can open your mind."

Seeing the gold and silk, the alchemists immediately changed their smiles and thanked each other, expressing that they would continue to work hard and complete the task assigned by the Weng Lord.At the same time, they secretly made up their minds that they must do better than others next time.Because the amount of reward is obviously related to the quality of the colored glaze produced.

The alchemists retreated, and Liu Ling returned to the bedroom, folded his hands behind his head, and fell down on the bed.She thought for a while, then turned her head, looked at the colored glass statue of Cupid holding a bow on the bedside, and laughed silently.She took Cupid over and held it up in front of her, like holding a baby in her hands, her face suddenly turned red.

Suddenly footsteps came from outside the door, a figure blocked the sunlight outside the door, and the room suddenly darkened.

Liu Ling quickly put down Cupid, turned over and sat up. "Father?"

Liu An arched his hands and stood at the door.He glanced at Liu Ling, walked in slowly, walked to the dressing table, and put the colored glaze in his hand in front of Liu Ling.It was the few pieces of colored glaze that the alchemist had just refined.

"Ling'er, after spending so much money, you can refine these few pieces of colored glaze, which are more valuable than gold. How long are you going to mess around?"

Liu Ling smiled. "Father, why are you messing around? This is a necessary investment for me. Once it succeeds, the return will be more than ten times."

"What if it doesn't work?"

"If this fails, there is only one possibility." Liu Ling was full of confidence. "Man can't make glass as pure as crystal."

"Are you so confident?" Liu An reminded: "Ling'er, don't forget, too much self-confidence is conceited. Whether it's learning or studying the skills of hundreds of crafts, the most feared thing is conceit."

"Father, don't worry, my daughter has written it down." Liu Ling smiled and shook Liu An's arm. "Father, give me some more alchemists."

"More? Are you going to invest all the profits from the double-faced brocade into the research and development of colored glaze?"

"Father, time doesn't wait for me. Don't you want your daughter to open up new sources of income as soon as possible to provide funds for you to recruit talented people from all over the world?"

Liu An sighed helplessly. "Okay, I'll arrange it."

"Also, don't tell brother for now, lest he laugh at me again."

Liu An glared at Liu Ling, annoyed and funny, turned and left.Liu Ling sent Liu An out the door, and then turned around twice proudly, with a wrong finger, snapped his fingers lightly, and giggled.

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According to Dongfang Shuo's suggestion, Liang Xiao made a report to settle down in Maoling, and applied to move Tu Niu'er's family to Maoling.

Prior to this, the Liang family had always been a black household, and the amulets passed on when they came to Chang'an were specially prepared by Jiangdu Guoxiang Zheng at that time.Now that you want to be naturalized and settled down, you naturally have to apply.Fortunately, by chance, Liang Xiao already had the status of a Lang Guan and had a good friendship with "Marquis of Pingyang", so this matter was quickly completed.

Maoling is a newly established county. Apart from craftsmen, there are not many household registrations. Liang Xiao is relatively early.With Li Guang's big signboard in the light and the "Marquis of Pingyang" in the dark, Liang Xiao successfully owned one hundred acres of good farmland and five acres of homestead beside Chengguo Canal.

Counting from Qin Xiaogong moving the capital to Xianyang, Guanzhong has been developed for more than 200 years. The water conservancy facilities are complete, the ditches are criss-cross, and the land is fertile.Liang Xiao entered the household early, and the land controlled by the government was awarded to him. If he came too late, there would be no such good thing, and it might be greatly discounted.

In early March, Tu Niuer's parents and sister came to Maoling.In order to report one more mouth and share more land, Tu Niuer falsely reported his age.There was no detailed birth registration in the Han Dynasty, and the age was reported by oneself, as long as it didn't look too much.Although Tu Niu'er is only 17 years old, she is tall and strong, and looks no different from 20 years old. She has successfully obtained her citizenship and became a Dingkou, and the Tu family has also been allocated [-] acres of good land.

The Liang family and the Tu family had a total of [-] mu of good land. Liang Xiao had to work on errand and had no time to farm, so he handed it over to Tu Niuer's father, Tu Tian, ​​to take care of it.

Tu Tian used to be Litian, and he was a good farmer. With [-] acres of good land to tend, he was smiling from ear to ear all day long, and all the wrinkles on his face were smiling.However, no matter how capable he was, it was impossible for him to plant [-] acres of land by himself. Liang Xiao bought a few slaves, three cows, and built a new iron plow.

With these new farm tools and domestic slaves, Tu Tian is able to properly maintain the [-] mu of land. There is an old lady in charge of the family, Li Rongqing and Tu Huaer cooperate, and Liang Xiao doesn't have to worry about it.Liang Xiao can work on errands with peace of mind.

Spring was not over yet, Liang Xiao received another business trip mission.This time, he was on an envoy to the Xiongnu, and the envoy was Meigao, the son of the famous fu family Meicheng.

More importantly, this time Liang Xiao was not an ordinary attendant, but a deputy envoy.
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