Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

Shaking his head, Tang Cheng stopped thinking about Zheng Lingyi's thoughts, took off the wine pot in his hand, and stretched out his hand to lift her chin.

"Qizhi, together with the Yingwan and Lancao at home, there are four people in the house as a husband. Ling Yi, I am really sorry for you as a husband in this matter." Looking directly into Zheng Lingyi's eyes, Tang Cheng She gestured with her eyes not to interrupt herself, "I know what you want to say, but my husband also knows that there is no woman in this world who is willing to share her man with other women, otherwise Mrs. You would rather die than let the house minister accept the maid given by the emperor. Believe me, as a husband, I really know the grievances in your heart."

As soon as Tang Cheng said these words, Zheng Ling, who was eager to say something just now, silently closed his words, but his eyes were slightly red.

"Hey!" Tang Cheng let out a long sigh, "Passionate is more annoying than ruthless! After all, it is my fault that you have four people working together and one husband. It is not enough to make up for your husband. How can I make you feel wronged again? It’s not okay to drive others away, but Ling Yi, if you feel uncomfortable because of this, you don’t have to bear it, just say it, and you can lose your temper if you want to get angry at your husband. This way, at least you will feel better in your heart, don’t hold back Stop it, let alone force a smile."

Zheng Lingyi's eye circles became more and more red, and finally his eyes became hazy, "Although I dare not claim to know the book, I have always read the "Daughter's Book". The shape marks its head! Even a family in the countryside has the idea of ​​taking a concubine to prosper incense, what is the husband talking about?".

Although he said this, the mist in Zheng Lingyi's eyes had already condensed into tears and dripped down. Husband, you also think that I am a jealous woman; but when I really want to send you to Qizhifang as said in the "Daughter Sutra", the concubine is really... I really don’t want to, and it’s difficult to be left, It's difficult again, it's not that I want to seduce my husband, the concubine really doesn't know what to do... ".

Not allowing Zheng Lingyi to say anything more, Tang Cheng hugged him into his arms, "Forget it, don't say any more, it's all my fault, I'm destined to let you down in this matter! Since I don't know what to do, then Don't do anything, you don't want to see her, and she doesn't want to see you, since you don't want to see, why do you need to? It's not worth it, it's really not worth it!".

"Then...will Qizhi..."

"Will you gossip about you?" Tang Cheng shook his head, "She doesn't think much, even if she really said it, she just complained to me."

"She complained to her husband, and the concubine also complained to you. Isn't the husband being angry at both ends?"

"If that's the case, I can only bear this anger." When he said this, Tang Cheng smiled wryly, "I want three wives and four concubines, but I don't want to be angry, where in the world can I find such a good thing? ".

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Zheng Lingyi felt much better without forcing herself to do something against her will. Since then, she has never said a word about Qizhi, and Qizhi, who is instructing the singing and dancing of the officials in the Jiaofang Division of Longmen County, is very busy. Happy.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were teaching workshops from the imperial court to the yamen of all Daozhou counties. The more busy the teaching workshop became, the more busy they became, Qizhi, who was hired as a "teacher" under Tang Cheng's instruction, was also busy, instructing the performers, arranging songs and dances, and Tang Cheng couldn't see her many times in the past. After all, this little girl is also a restless person, but all her interests are related to singing and dancing.

The days passed day by day. After the twelfth lunar month, the New Year’s Eve arrived day by day. Because Tang Chengcheng had greeted him in advance before the yamen’s holiday, he was extraordinarily relaxed during this New Year’s Eve. No one dared to He violated the prohibition to come to pay respects, so he really had a free time for a while, preparing new year's goods with Zheng Lingyi, occasionally gossiping about wine; Listening to her singing and dancing, this day is really pleasant.

To say that the only fly in the ointment is that family members cannot be reunited together during this New Year's Eve. It takes a long time even for a letter to be reciprocated. Feeling the more and more strong flavor of the New Year, Tang Cheng felt in his heart I really miss those relatives far away in Shannan, I miss Li Yingwan Lancao, Tang and Zhang couples, and even more my chubby daughter Maodaner.

I haven't seen her for more than half a year since I left last time. After calculating the time, Maodaner should be able to talk, but I'm not around, and I don't know if this little girl will be called Daddy?Thinking of his daughter's lovely appearance, Tang Cheng's heart ached, and he wished he could spend half a year in one day. In this case, his family rushed from Jinzhou to Longmen. it's time.

After the New Year's Eve, the time passed faster and faster, and it was time to open the office on the eighth day of the lunar new year. After Tang Cheng arrived at the office, he went to the east and west courtyards to pay homage, and then waved his hands to let each department arrange the person on duty. During the nearly ten days after the Shangyuan Festival from August to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, everyone in each department continued to have a holiday except those who were on duty.

As soon as this order came out, all the officials on duty could not help but feel puzzled. After working with Tang Cheng for a few months, his style has always been that he likes to be tight and not like to be loose. Why did you change your nature and give so many fakes again?

After the Shangyuan Festival, these official officials really understand that the county lord's attitude towards his subordinates is to play hard when it's time to relax, and to be busy when it's time to work.

Starting from the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, thousands of farmers who returned home from years ago arrived in Donggu one after another. Caravans gathered, and according to the rumors, a big market no smaller than the two cities of Jinyang, the Taoist city, would be built here.

After last year's foreshadowing, a large number of people, a large number of caravans, and a large number of supplies began to gather within a radius of [-] miles of Longmen County at the beginning of this year. Longmen County has thus entered an unprecedented period of explosive development since the establishment of the county. , even the most ignorant people in the city can clearly feel when they see these noisy and restless scenes: Longmen County is about to change drastically!

Chapter 264 The future No. [-] Gigolo in the Tang Dynasty

The construction of terraced fields in Donggu is still going on. The difference from before is that the farmers brought not only farm tools, but also carefully packed some spring crop seeds in their carry-on packages. Those few heavy snowfalls have accumulated enough moisture, and the ladder fields are the most moisturizing and moisture-retaining. If you sprinkle seeds in those ladder fields that have been built when the season arrives, you will not miss this season's harvest.

For the time being, the land at home can only be left to the old people and wives who stay behind. This year is destined to be an easy year for no one.The men repair the fields here, and plant crops in the ladder fields by the way.The women and the elderly in the family have to manage the slopes, and that's not all.Once the spring planting is over, the women who can hold up half the sky in the farmers' families have to leave for Donggu on the edge of the county.

At that time, Longmenxi and others will return to the grassland, and the ladder field should be repaired. The women have to rush to join the men to help repair the house. Where the field is, the home is there. According to the men who came back during the New Year’s Eve, After the ladder field is repaired, more than 2 people from the Tang Dynasty in Manlongmen County will have to move to Donggu. This matter must not be sloppy, and we must first occupy a good place.

So now the crops in this sloping field can only be thrown to the elderly at home, hey, even the children have to suffer, but there is no way to do it, if you want to live a better life in the future, you have to suffer.In fact, even if the men don't say it, who doesn't understand this truth among women and old people who are also farmers?

The East Valley is in full swing, and Longmen County is not easy at all. Since the first Huren caravan arrived at the end of the first lunar month, these days it seems like a dike has been broken. The Huren caravans that are usually scattered in the northern states and counties are convulsed They seem to be rushing here, and what's even more evil is that these caravans didn't bring much goods at the beginning, but a lot of food, various craftsmen, and materials for building houses. In this way, the Longmen market, which is not much smaller in the two cities of Yangzhou, was built under the noses of the people in the county.

There are many caravans that pull grain, craftsmen, and building materials, and there are many large animals and people. No matter whether it is animals or people, they have to eat. Such a crowd of people squeezed into the city, and it almost wiped out the city in the blink of an eye. The few wine shops were crowded to the brim, but it was barely supported by the temporary development of many residential houses into wine shops and inns.

Changes in the general environment led to changes in Xiaoxiaolongmen County. Almost overnight, many hastily rebuilt wine shops and big car shops appeared in the city. There are suddenly a large number of employment opportunities in Weilan's county town.

The construction of ladder fields in Donggu absorbed all the strong laborers in the countryside, so the laborers for the construction of the big market can only find a way from the city. At this time, as long as you are a young man over 15 years old, you can always work on the busy construction site outside Find a job; it's not just for men, as long as women are willing, they can also find jobs outside cooking and cooking pots. Even the elderly with poor health can find a job of watching the night when they come out.

People shouted, horses neighed and animals screamed, and the surrounding area of ​​Longmen County fell into an unprecedented noise and restlessness. It is expected that the vitality in the chilly cold can be clearly felt ten miles away, although some people in the city complain that such a day is too much. Noisy, but most people are happy to face this huge change that almost happened in the blink of an eye. Anyway, life is much better now than before, it is much easier to earn money, and it is easier to buy things. many!While enjoying everything brought about by this change, unstoppable longing surged up in their hearts.

When the hustle and bustle in front of him finally settles down, what will the town of Longmen County, which has lived for decades, look like?

The noise outside did not affect the small courtyard in the innermost part of the Longmen Inn, and the county lord Tang Cheng was having a banquet in the main room of the courtyard.

There were a total of six guests, and the other five without exception were all from the same nine-surnamed Hu people as Ashi Dezhi. These six people were not only the largest merchants among the nine-surnamed Hu people, but also the 20 nine-surnamed Hu people scattered all over the place. The backbone of people surnamed Hu.

After a long negotiation that lasted nearly a day, both parties to the deal were waiting for a feast that was relaxing enough.

Tang Cheng's previous personal explanation to Guan Pingchao played an important role. The dishes of this dinner were indeed dazzling and rich, and the singing and dancing performances accompanying the banquet were beyond Liu Hushang's expectations. The colors are indeed not good, but no matter the songs or dances they perform, they have a unique and attractive taste-the pure taste of the capital and the south of the Yangtze River.This kind of taste is really not easy to see in the north, especially in the remote Longmen County.

Sitting in the main seat, Tang Cheng was playing with the wine bottle in his hand, while watching the green-waisted dancers of Jiaofang Jijia, and at the same time cast his eyes on An Lushan standing behind Ash Dezhi from time to time.

These six Hu merchants brought dozens of family members with them, but the only one who could enter the main hall during the banquet was An Lushan. He was named Jin by Tang Cheng. Obviously this little guy is very excited now.

Seeing An Lushan, who was pretending to be reserved, moving his hands and feet slightly to the beat of the instrument, Tang Cheng suddenly remembered another thing about him.

An Lushan is good at dancing.The dances of the Tang Dynasty are divided into two types: soft dance and healthy dance, each of which has its own branches. Among the healthy dances, there are three most famous ones. In addition to the sword dance that Gongsun Da Niang is good at, Hu Teng, which was introduced from Hudi Hu Xuan dance is the most popular, and An Lushan is good at this Hu Xuan dance.When he holds the Jiedu of the Three Towns in his hand, he will dance for Emperor Xuanzong and the imperial concubine every time he arrives in Chang'an. For this reason, he not only wins the favor of the two, but also the rewards he receives are really big.

Looking at the real person in front of me and thinking about the records in the history books, this kind of illusory feeling of kicking the real and kicking the history is really amazing. Who would have thought that this ugly child in front of him would end the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in the future, who would have thought Now it seems that he is very thin, and he will become a big fat man who is difficult to mount a horse later. Who would have thought that this big fat man who is constantly panting while walking can dance a beautiful Hu Xuanwu?

Tang Cheng couldn't help laughing when the scene of a big fat man dancing Huxuan dance was simulated in his mind. Just at this moment, the pipa in the field stopped playing, and the soft dance "Green Waist" by the Jijia had ended, and he was dancing around. Thank you for leaving.

Hearing the toothbrush rising again, Tang Cheng stretched out his hand and pressed it when another performer was about to play.

Teeth stopped suddenly, Tang Cheng turned around and looked at Ashi Dezhi and said with a smile: "When I was watching the dance of "Green Waist" just now, I occasionally saw An Lushan's hands and feet moving in joints. Knowing that this kid is smart and agile, could it be that he is also good at singing and dancing?" At this point, Tang Cheng raised his eyes and smiled at An Lushan and said: "I like high-spirited young people. If you really have this talent, An Lushan, you might as well dance The last song will help the elders enjoy the wine, how dare you do that?".

Through the mouth of Ashi Dezhi, the other five big merchants with the nine surname Hu knew that Tang Cheng had a special interest in Anlu Mountain, and the fact that he personally named Jin just now further proved this point.Therefore, it is not surprising to Tang Cheng's sudden proposal at this time, it's just that when an adult meets a child he likes, he can't help but tease him.

After all, An Lushan is someone close to him, Tang Cheng gave him blue eyes, and even Ash Dezhi's face was quite radiant, he said with a smile: "It's really hard to say that he is good at two words, but this son likes to dance since he was a child." Hu Xuanwu, in the past two or three years, he has practiced to a certain extent." After saying this, he turned his head and said: "Lushan, Tang Xianzun personally order generals, do you dare?".

For a miscellaneous Hu with nine surnames, the county magistrate's status is really not low, not to mention that An Lushan is only a ten-year-old child. From the last time until now, he is full of good feelings for Tang Chengshi who values ​​him. This kind of goodwill even reached the point of gratitude. At this time, after hearing that Tang Cheng was a general, although the courageous An Lushan was a little timid, he suddenly puffed up his chest and said, "I dare not say whether the dance is good or not, but Since the county lord opened his mouth, the villain should do his best to flatter him."

It is not easy for An Lushan to have such an answer in such a situation. Hearing this, Tang Cheng clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Okay, he is indeed a heroic young man. Come, if you dance well, I will definitely reward you!" .

It was rare for a county magistrate from the Tang Dynasty who was born as a Jinshi to be so fond of and valued the youth of his family. A Shi Dezhi and other Hu merchants cheered up An Lushan, saying that if he danced well, he would be rewarded.

An Lushan's father died early, and he began to live with his widowed mother in the Turkic ethnic group when he was very young. When did he get so much attention when he was usually called "mongrel"?For a while, his whole face was flushed with blood. After taking a deep breath and letting out a long breath, the little guy pulled up his pants vigorously and walked to the dance mat in the middle of the room.

As the name suggests, Hu Xuan Dance was introduced from the Western Regions. The dancer stands on a small round blanket and spins like the wind, stepping across and across, but his feet cannot leave the blanket half an inch. Since it is a healthy dance, the faster and faster the Hu Xuan Dance is. Well, the dancers who dance the best can really reach the state of "with a sound of stringed drums, raise both sleeves, and dance in the snow".

With the sound of the flower drum and the sound of the pipa, An Lushan danced in harmony on the dance mat. After all, he is just a child who has just turned ten years old, and he has not received professional training. The only good thing is that it can spin fast with the flexibility of its body, but it lacks a lot in terms of aesthetics.

While watching the little An Lushan dance in front of him, Tang Cheng tried his best to imagine the scene of the grown-up fat An Lushan dancing the Huxuan dance, and used it as an unspeakable means of self-entertainment. While heh, Qizhi who was sitting next to her suddenly let out a "huh".

In the Tang Dynasty, all banquets must be accompanied by kabuki, and it happened that Qizhi was instructing the kabuki in these teaching workshops, so Tang Cheng took her with him. Hearing her like this, he turned his face and asked: "What's the matter?" ?”.

"This Ann...".

"Anlu Mountain".

"Yes, this An Lushan is really a good dancer." Qizhi stared at the dance carpet without blinking, and there was unrestrained excitement in her low voice, "Look, look , this movement of turning around and lowering the waist is really not very many people can do it. Most of the children are not as low as he is after practicing in the workshop for a year. And...you see when he stretches his arms and raises his eyebrows Although his appearance is not well-mannered, he still has a bit of vigor. Looking at his stance when he was messing around, he was clearly not instructed by a special professor, and he was able to look like this without a professor. This An Lushan is really talented A talent for dancing."

"Oh!", Tang Cheng knew what Qizhi said a long time ago, so he was not surprised after hearing it, and just agreed casually.But just when he turned around and came back to fill the wine bottle in his hand, a sudden thought flashed through his mind like lightning, and immediately he turned around suddenly with the wine bottle in his hand, "Qizhi, take him as your apprentice, lest Ruined this pair of good roots."

"Accept him as an apprentice?" Qizhi was taken aback when she heard the words, then turned her head to look at An Lushan Wu for a while, then nodded, "Idle is idle, I can teach this kid." .

"Since you want to teach, you need to work hard. Three days of fishing and two days of drying the net are not enough."

Qizhi knew that Tang Cheng was a serious person, so she didn't think too much about it after hearing this, and said with a bright smile, "Don't worry, Ah Cheng, I will definitely teach him."

"Then what do you think of his future in dancing?".

"Soft dance doesn't need to be practiced anymore. If you only attack strong dance, he has such roots and a famous teacher like me." When Qizhi said this sentence, she looked confident, "In three years, I will definitely be famous in Hebei. Dao, if you have five years, you can go to Chang'an as much as you want, if you can work hard, after ten years, all the teaching workshops in the world will mention the name of Anlu Mountain when talking about fitness dance."

"Oh, so if he is taught by you, wouldn't he be able to become the number one gigolo in the Tang Dynasty in ten years' time?".

"Gigloman? This title sounds really fresh." Qizhi pursed her lips and smiled, "Who can say for sure what will happen ten years from now? But if he is willing to work hard, there is great hope."

"Okay!", Tang Cheng suddenly slapped the table in front of him and laughed loudly: "That's it!".

At that time, the Hu Xuan Dance danced by An Lushan was coming to an end, and it was time to close the momentum. Tang Cheng's pat on the table immediately disrupted his closing momentum, and he stood there looking at Tang Cheng with a worried face.

The flower drums and pipas in the hands of the musicians stopped in response to the sound, and all six of them turned their faces to look at Tang Cheng, wondering why he was like this.

"Dancing well! Although it is inevitable that there are some deficiencies, but the talent has been fully demonstrated, this is for you, take it away!" Tang Cheng looked at An Lushan and said kindly, while taking off the jade pendant on his waist When they got down, seeing him so many Hu merchants faintly changed their expressions. They are all big merchants with great eyesight. Naturally, they can see how much this pure dark green jade pendant is worth, but they didn't expect Tang Chengzhen to reward it to An Lushan, that Ashtek even waved his hands again and again, saying he didn't dare.

"This son is very talented in fitness dance. It's a surprise to find such a talent in the original entertainment. Talent is rare, and a mere accessory is nothing. Here, take it," Tang Cheng stood up while speaking Walking up to An Lushan, he personally stuffed the accessory into his hand, then reached out and touched his head, then turned to Ashi Dezhi and the others and said with a smile: "Everyone is rich and powerful, I can see you today." How can there be no rewards for talented young people in the clan?".

As soon as he made this statement, Ashdezhi and others laughed, and the magistrate of the Tang Dynasty said that they had nothing to say. Everyone is rich and wealthy, and they really don't care about the small money. Kung fu, the tray in front of An Lushan was already filled with all kinds of objects, and they were all worth a few dollars. Even though An Lushan was young, he finally followed Ashi Dezhi for a while, even though his eyesight was still poor. It is also estimated that these objects can be worth at least a few dozen coins.

What is the concept of tens of pennies to a ten-year-old from a poor family?When this number popped up in his mind, An Lushan felt dizzy as if he had been struck by lightning. He didn't expect that Hu Xuanwu, who was trained just out of hobby, could give He brings so much value and gain!

After Ashide gave the reward, he smiled and asked Tang Cheng a question that was of great interest to the other Hu merchants, "Master Tang, does An Lushan have such a talent for dancing?".

"This county is also a layman in singing and dancing musical instruments, but I didn't discover this talent." At this point, Tang Cheng turned around and said with a smile: "Qizhi, you have the heart to accept disciples, so you have to take them anyway. Come up with some skills for An Lushan and all distinguished guests to see."

Qizhi smiled sweetly after hearing the words and went to change the dance clothes without mentioning it. When Ashidzhi opened the banquet, he felt that the woman was so beautiful and eye-catching. Although he was curious about her identity, since Tang Cheng didn't mention it, he couldn't ask. At this time, when I heard Qizhi's weird name, I immediately felt a little familiar, but I couldn't remember where I heard it.

Just as he was thinking to himself, there was a Hu businessman beside him and said in surprise: "Master Mingfu, could this be the number one lady Qizhi in Yangzhou Happy Building that day?".

Hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled and nodded, "Exactly."

"It really is her! No wonder she looks familiar." It was another Hu businessman who answered the conversation, "I heard that Qizhi girl went from Yangzhou Happy Building to Chang'an Yazheng Garden in Jinyang Flower Street last time, and then went to Zhenguo Princess During the banquet in the mansion, she overwhelmed Liang Panpan and sat firmly on the oiran seat of the imperial capital. Even though the name of colorful singing and dancing is far away in the north, she can still hear it! But I don’t know how Miss Qizhi was born in Longmen?”.

Among the banquets, this kind of topic attracts the most interest. After Hu Shang asked, several other people looked at Tang Cheng with interest.

Qizhi's reputation is indeed not small!Tang Cheng chuckled, "To tell you the truth, these Qizhi are my official's concubine, and they are now residing in Longmen County."

"Ah... oh... congratulations!" When the Hu merchants said this, they couldn't hide the envy and jealousy in their eyes.

With just a few gossips, Qizhi, who had changed into her dance clothes, had already arrived on the dance carpet in the room. She was already stunningly beautiful, but now she was wearing a gold-embossed jacquard dance dress The last one is even more glamorous, the ripples in the eyes immediately make the whole main room silent, and you can hear the needle drop.

An Lushan was sitting next to Tang Cheng. This was Qizhi's seat just now. His heart was still beating so fast that he didn't even dare to look directly at Qizhi's face. She was so beautiful, so she looked at her so beautifully. feel dazzling all the time.

The flower drum and the pipa played again, and Qizhi danced the same Huxuan as An Lushan, dancing with her sleeves flying up, and flying back to the snow. Burr chasing flying stars, rainbow halo and light towel spark current.The submerged whale secretly sucks the waves of the sea, and the returning wind dances wildly in the sky.In case of anyone who can distinguish the beginning and the end, the four seats can be divided into the back.When the dance reaches its height, the intermittent sound from the golden bells on the wrists and ankles is connected into a line of crisp and clear sounds, and the combination with the dancing posture is really enjoyable for the eyes and ears.

The flower drum closed the hammer, the pipa stopped playing, and even the clear sound also stopped for a long time before all the Hu merchants came to their senses and clapped their hands and applauded.

"The weather is too cold, and the dance clothes are too thin. Go and change your clothes before you talk." Tang Cheng greeted Qizhi and at the same time glanced at An Lushan beside him. A pair of eyes were shining on his face, and his hands under the case were clenched more tightly.

"A child is a child, and he should be given positive encouragement and guidance for the things he is interested in! Let him focus on singing and dancing, which is better than fighting and killing!" Tang Cheng came from An Lushan with a knowing smile. She withdrew her gaze and said to Ash Dezhi and the others: "This son's talent for dancing was discovered by Qizhi, and then she became more sympathetic to accept disciples. She just said to a certain person that as long as this son If you work hard, ten years later the name of Hu Anlushan, the nine surnames, will surely spread throughout the world. As the leader of the team, I don't know what you want?".

Hu people with the nine surnames have always been contemptuous because of their blood, and there are not many backgrounds, so they naturally don't have many worries like Tang's parents. In addition, An Lushan's background is far from good. With such appreciation, Qizhi, the oiran of Chang'an, can personally teach her, and besides liking me, there is a world-renowned future waiting for her, how can one refuse it?

After seeing Ash Dezhi nodded and promised to tell his mother on his behalf, Tang Cheng turned his head and looked at An Lushan with a smile, "Would you like it?".

The flush of excitement on An Lushan's face hadn't faded away. He looked at the precious things on the tray in front of him, and then at Qizhi who came after changing clothes. The little kid changed from sitting to kneeling on Tang Cheng's face In front of him, he tapped his head three times in a row, "Thank you, my lord, for your fulfillment!".

"Okay", Tang Cheng's long laugh was really very comfortable, "An Lushan, everyone here today has high hopes for you, so don't let me down!".

Chapter 265 Cyclonus and the upcoming farewell!

Time passed day by day, but the hustle and bustle in Longmen County showed no signs of relaxing.Three months after the season passed, although the construction of the East Valley Ladder Fields had begun to take shape, the number of people in the valley not only did not decrease, but increased. Almost all of them are strong and strong peasant women. Apart from building terraces and growing crops, the latest hot spot in Donggu is building houses.

Adjacent to the valley under the ladder field, three to two feet, four to five feet of earth walls sprung up like mushrooms after rain.Drawing on the experience of repairing terraced fields, the farmers also adopted a collective cooperation method when building houses. The situation is similar to that of cooperatives in later generations. Good work, after everyone went to battle together, the process of building a house, which was extremely difficult for each family, seemed a lot easier.

To say that during this period of time, the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty in Longmen County were really hard. They were busy building houses in the fields, and they started doing heavy work almost every day from the moment they opened their eyes, and they worked until it was dark. Just call it a day.The labor intensity is high and the duration is long. Even the most hard-working farmers grin their teeth tiredly, and often don't want to get up after falling down.

Not only are they strong people who are in their prime, but the old people and children who are still staying at home in the country are not easy. The sons and daughter-in-laws are gone, and the old people who are old and frail can only grit their teeth again and squeeze out the blood. Every energy in the body supports the whole family. The slopes on the mountain have to be managed, the children in the house have to be taken care of, and the livestock and poultry have to be taken care of. Neither of these is an easy way of life.

There is too much work to do, and even children who are playing have to go to battle in advance. Looking at the entire Longmen village, during this period of time, six or seven-year-old children carry bamboo baskets taller than they are playing. There are many scenes of seven or eight-year-old children stepping on wooden sticks to reach the stove to cook, and it is very likely that their younger siblings are only four or five years old to cook the pot for them.

All in all, Donggu on the edge of the county seat is like a giant absorber, which not only absorbs the strong labor force of the entire Longmen village, but also sucks up all the energy that can be accumulated in the entire Longmen village, even the gray-haired old monk The same is true for young children.Or this Donggu is more like a gigantic beast, requiring all the strength and blood and sweat of more than 2 Tang people to barely feed its insatiable appetite.

Tiredness is really tiring, suffering is also really bitter, but the strange thing is that even though they are so tired and so bitter, not many people complain. In the morning, they would still wake up in high spirits, and the enthusiasm for repairing the terraced fields and the sound of building walls and tamping in Hang 哊 Hang 哊 would not be any less than the day before.

When the work is extremely tiring, farmers and their wives will involuntarily turn their heads to look at the neat terraced fields and the rammed earth walls that are raised inch by inch. The patience that has been inherited in the bones for a century will burst out the most dazzling light. As long as there is hope, as long as there is a real hope that life can be improved, they are willing to exert the virtue of hard work to the extreme, like cattle and horses, Even more capable than oxen and horses, and more able to endure hardships.

This is where the true backbone of a nation lies, the source of inexhaustible power with unlimited potential.

The construction of the Longmen Market is much faster than that of Donggu. After all, it is just building houses. After all, the people who built this market have enough money and food. At one time, many people in Longmen County looked at the contiguous houses that were about to be built. Worry - once this big market is built, the days of easy money and good living will be over during this period of time!But what happened next quietly dispelled their worries.

Just when the construction of the big market was just coming to an end, caravans flocked again. This time the caravans brought all kinds of goods, not only a lot of goods from South Korea, but also some sea goods from Persia. Bundles of boxes were stuffed into the newly built house in front of them. With the arrival of these goods, there were many merchants. Seeing them, the people in the county town were really puzzled. Why did the news spread so quickly? As fast?How long did it take for these merchants to know the news about the construction of a large market in Longmen County?

The caravans and merchants in the distance here have just arrived, and the Xiren ox carts that the people of Longmen have been very familiar with for a while have arrived. Leather goods, medicinal materials, livestock, etc. are produced.

The transaction started in the large market that had not yet been fully built. Various trading methods were used to buy goods with money and barter, and then saw the Xi people who had just unloaded the leather goods and animals began to load them on the ox carts again. They picked up ingots of cloth, silk, tea, porcelain, ironware, etc.; while those caravans carrying southern goods loaded up bundles of leather goods and medicinal materials, and drove them to sell well in the pass. Good horse for the price.

There is no exchange between the south and the north. As soon as the market opened, the Longmen Market showed a huge cargo distribution and trading capacity. , Some counties farther away also heard the news; this was already the case in the south, and the performance in the north was even stronger. First, people from Longmen Xi came, and then I saw people from Raole Grassland also arrived, and slowly Even the Khitan people in Songmo would come here on horseback for several days. They were no longer satisfied with the southern goods sold by Tu Yezhuo, and wanted to come here to see what this place was like. Before that, if they wanted to buy some precious Tang goods, they had to go to Huairong City recently.

The opening of the big market has brought a huge floating population to Longmen County. The number of wine shops, cart shops, tea shops, and fireworks brothels has experienced a second explosive growth on the basis of the previous big market at the beginning of its construction. Li has basically reached the point where as long as you dare to open a store, you will not worry about no business, let alone others. Guan Pingchao, the shopkeeper of Longmen Inn, has opened three branches in just a few months. Ambitiously preparing to open a fourth one, and now the shopkeeper Guan Da, who counts the money until his hands are soft and can wake up with a smile in his dreams, has never spat on the county official Tang Cheng behind his back, let alone scolded the "dog official". If it weren't for the fear of being blamed by the gods in the sky, he would have wished to replace the God of Wealth invited by the family with a portrait of Tang Xianzun.

In the face of such a huge wave, Xiaolongmen County has been impacted and affected in all directions, and the people in the county are just like dreaming, watching their worthless houses that they have lived in for decades and the Kongming lanterns on Yuan Ye The price is also rising steadily, the house price has gone up so much that they can't believe it when they hear the price.What's wrong, what's wrong with this!The house is still the original house!

In the face of such a soaring housing price, they suddenly realized that the worries about the imminent completion of the big market were so ridiculous, worried that there would be no work to do?As long as they tidy up the house at home and rent out a few rooms, the rent alone is enough for the family to eat and drink, so what kind of work are they looking for?

The shock of surprise came too fast and too big, and the feeling of becoming a rich man without doing anything was so good that the people in the county town almost entered a state of collective unconsciousness at the same time during this period.

The state of the people is like this. Compared with their longing for hope and happiness, the people in the county government are much miserable.Donggu is busy, there are more and more complicated things in the big market, and there are tens of thousands of people with the surname Hu moving in. These tolerance officers and clerks feel that they are going to explode in a hurry, and their voices are early. He was hoarse from talking too much, and his legs and feet were sore from running. At this moment, thinking about the relaxed life in the Yamen before Tang Xianzun came, any old man in the Yamen would suddenly feel as if he had passed away.

In the past few months, the Longmen County Government has posted recruitment notices twice. In terms of the number and size of the county government at this time, it has already jumped to the first place among the six counties under the jurisdiction of Guizhou, which is just the opposite of the previous ranking. All of them changed from countdown to countdown.Even so, there is still a shortage of personnel, and now Yang Jiao, the big shopkeeper who is not holding a post in the yamen, is preparing the third recruitment announcement. When he thinks of this problem, he himself is worried-it is impossible not to recruit, but if we continue to expand like this, This yamen is also called a "county" yamen!

At this time, Longmen County is like a horse-drawn carriage pulled by thousands of miles. After more than half a year of preparation and preparation, it has completely entered the fast lane. Its inertia has disturbed everything in the surrounding area. Involved in this rushing tide, the influence is so great that it continues to expand around with the passage of time.

After a stone is thrown into a calm lake, it will inevitably cause a circle of gradually expanding ripples.Longmen County is a calm lake, and Tang Chengcheng, who was parachuted here to be an official, is that rock. As for how far the circles of ripples can travel and how far they can reach, it is still too early to say, everything needs Time will give the final answer.

When Yang Pai was worrying about the recruitment notice, he suddenly heard the office door creak.

"Who? Go out, so-and-so doesn't talk about anything when he doesn't see any visitors!" It's really no wonder that Yang Jiao has a bad temper. He has been chased and intercepted enough these days. Now everyone knows that he is the real man in Longmen County. The No. [-] person here, so he likes to come to him for anything, not to mention the complicated affairs in the yamen, even merchants who are thinking about some benefits and ordinary people who want to expand their houses in the city. Basically, from the moment he arrived at the yamen, not to mention the normal time to go to the yamen, he even wished for someone to follow him when he was eating and going to the bathroom. He said harsh words.

"As soon as I heard Mr.'s voice, I knew I was in a hurry." Tang Cheng smiled and closed the door of the office room with his backhand. Some people boil some for the husband, so that he can go to the fire."