Tang's dining table

Liang Jianfang, the Duke of Yanmen County, was not a man who understood economics or running a family business. He had done a lot of business in partnership with Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong, but in the end they all lost money and their buttocks were exposed.

In fact, robbers should not do business. The only thing they can do is trade without capital.

Once you wake up and start doing business properly, losing money is inevitable and making money is an accident.

Duke Yi Guo Qin Qiong died young and did not wait for Emperor Taizong to start a foreign war, so he had no chance to make any money from foreign wars.

He could only live off the land he got in his early years.

People like them who lead soldiers in wars, after decades of fighting, will more or less gather around them some disabled people and those who have no ability to support themselves.

With a large population, heavy burdens, and no ability to do business, decline is natural.

When Emperor Taizong was alive, he remembered their past achievements and would take care of them.

After Li Zhi ascended the throne, he hated these useless veterans until they died.

These people occupied some of the most important and noble titles in the Tang Empire. The suppressed Li Zhi was unable to promote those he wanted to promote.

It is natural to be optimistic about the decline of these families.

In Li Zhi's view, a descendant of a distinguished official who can lose his family fortune in food, drink, prostitution, and gambling is a good descendant of a meritorious official.

At this time, Duke Yi Guo has been reduced to a county Duke. After this generation is over, he will become a marquis.

Qin Qiong is a country with two pillars of military merit, which is unique among the generals of the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, his descendants are in trouble. Now, only a small house is left, and they can barely live.

Liang Jianfang was a man from all over the world, and he always responded to his friends' requests for help. Back then, Yun Chu got a lot of money from him by singing "A Man's Journey", and he even generously gave Di Renjie a good horse.

Such a person, with such a temperament, does not need to waste the family's children, he can ruin the family fortune just by himself.

Therefore, when Yunchu was building Chang'anfang City, he asked him to use more than 80% of his family's wealth to purchase many properties.

Then, these properties were rented out, allowing the Yanmen County Duke's mansion to have a sustained and stable income other than farming.

Eating tiles is the most stable industry for these veterans to provide for their retirement.

After the example of Liang Jianfang, those veterans became extremely interested in buying houses, and a trend gradually formed.

Therefore, in Chang'an today, the people with the most rentable properties are these veterans. Even if Xie Rong does not rent the house of Liang Jianfang's family, he will rent the properties of other veterans.

Therefore, Mrs. Cui told the housekeepers of these veterans' families who managed these properties, and Xie Rong, Zhang Hua, and Qu You would never be able to rent a house in Chang'an that matched their status.

The mid-range inn run by Jinchangfang was already full when they wanted to check in, so Xie Rong and the others had to stay in expensive aristocratic apartments.

This will make them truly understand the malice of Chang'an City towards the poor.

After staying in those expensive inns for two days, Xie Rong, Zhang Hua, and Qu You had to move outside the city and live in a remote farm.

Living outside the city does not guarantee peace. Liu Yi, the housekeeper of the Yun family, was originally from Fangzheng, and all the Fangzhengs and village chiefs in Wannian County are familiar with Liu Yi. After greeting them, they did not evict these three families. They left, but it also made their lives miserable.

After hearing Cui's report, Yu Xiurong sighed and said, "Why bother? If they don't find a way to run far away at this time, when spring comes, they will have no chance to run away."

Mrs. Cui hugged the little Yun Er and said, "Madam, you are kind-hearted."

Cui Yao held her son aside and said, "Why are things so awkward?"

Yu Xiurong said: "Di Renjie said that everything this time is because the queen is testing our family to see if it is possible for her husband to be used by her.

I don’t know what the queen is thinking. My husband is a man, how can he be used by a woman? "

Cui Yao said: "There are so many people working for the queen. Not to mention Xu Jingzong, an old man who is not a cultivator, even talented people like Li Yifu are used by the queen. It shows that the queen is not a peaceful person."

Yu Xiurong said: "Tell me, why is the Queen so troublesome? She has such a wise husband and such a good prince son. If she doesn't stay in the harem to have children, she has to mess around."

Cui Yao sneered and said: "Recently, there has been a rumor on the street that the Queen turned Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu into human pigs and tortured them to death.

If she can deal with others in this way, others can naturally deal with her in this way, so there is no need to be careful. "

Yu Xiurong thought for a moment and said, "Rumors!"

Cui Yao sneered: "It must be a rumor. If it wasn't a rumor, I don't know how many people would die.

The emperor and empress had better move to Luoyang as soon as possible to live their lives, leaving us with a clean and easy life in Chang'an. "

Yu Xiurong said: "The emperor and the empress are just going to Luoyang for a while, and they have to come back from time to time."

At this point, Yu Xiurong said to Cui: "If Aunt Chun next to the queen comes to Jinchangfang again, tell her not to leave the palace during this period, and ask Li Si to bring her whatever she wants to eat."

Cui Yao said on the side: "It's best to send someone to keep an eye on those three idiots to see who they will ask for help if they can't survive. We can also know who is harming us."

Yu Xiurong nodded, and Cui went out to make arrangements.

A crisp bell rang, and Li Si walked in from the door. The bell was not on Li Si, but on the neck of a lynx standing on Li Si's shoulder.

Yu Xiurong suppressed his anger and said, "You want to make me angry to death, right?"

Li Si immediately hugged the doorframe and said, "No, it was Big Fat himself who jumped on my shoulders."

"You just carry it when it jumps on your shoulders, right?"

Li Si tried hard to push the lynx off his shoulders, but the lynx was unwilling and grabbed Li Si's hair with one paw.

The golden Ruyi in Yu Xiurong's hand flew over with a whoosh and hit the lynx on the shoulder. The lynx suffered pain and ran away with a scream.

Yu Xiurong came to Li Si in two or two steps and carefully inspected the child's face, neck and hands. No injuries were found, so he slapped Li Si on the butt and said, "If you get caught by this beast, your face will be ruined." what to do?"

Li Si staggered after being beaten, and didn't know how to run away. He even leaned next to Yu Xiurong, folding his arms and saying coquettishly: "A particularly beautiful plum blossom hairpin came out from Jinyu Tower. The stamens are made of gold silk. A Niang ,I want."

After listening to Li Si's words, Yu Xiurong frowned again, looked into Li Si's shining eyes and said, "Who asked you to go to Jinyu Tower?"

Li Si lowered his head and whispered, "I just want to see if there are any new jewelry."

Yu Xiurong raised her hand again, but did not continue to slap Li Si. He turned her little face over, looked at the little girl's eyebrows and said, "I don't know if God is punishing me. Nahaqi is as stupid as a pig, and so are you. They are as stupid as donkeys. None of them can learn well. One likes to eat and the other likes to dress up. What's wrong with that?

I'm sorry, my husband is a talented person, and I can be considered well-educated, but why can't I see any good things in you two?

If Yun Jin and Yun Jin were like you, I would not be able to wash away my sins even if I hang myself. "

Naha never cared about Yu Xiurong's humiliating words. Whenever Yu Xiurong said she was as stupid as a pig, Naha would imitate a pig and bray a few times.

Li Si also didn't care. She wanted to imitate a donkey and bray a few times, but seeing that her mother-in-law looked bad, she didn't dare.

Cui Yao put down the child in her hands, pulled Li Si over, gently kneaded the apple muscles of Li Si's face with her thumbs, and said to Yu Xiurong: "This child is growing slowly, and he is still a baby." Beauty needs to knead these two flesh cords every day. Over time, the lines on the face will become softer.

When the baby loses weight, this face will be almost reshaped. "

Yu Xiurong sighed and said: "I don't know if this child is lucky or not. Ten days ago, this child had a stomachache, so he took her to ask Sun Shenxian for a pulse diagnosis. Sun Shenxian said that the child had injured her Huigen, which made her look like this now. How smart.

What do you think the queen did when she was pregnant with this child? "

Cui Yao scratched Li Si's eyebrows with her index finger and said: "How smart do you need to be? Does it have to be the prince's kind of cleverness that is hated by gods and ghosts?"

I think this is just right. There are more people who can't learn knowledge, and there are more people who can't use it after learning it. As for those who have learned it but don't use it in the right way, there are countless people.

Learning well may not necessarily teach people well, but it is more likely to teach them badly.

This kid might be better off if he were mediocre. "

Seeing that Li Si was enjoying Cui Yao's gestures on her face, Yu Xiurong sighed and ordered Er Fei to go to Jinyulou to get back the plum blossom hairpin that Li Si liked. By the way, he told the shopkeeper of Jinyulou that Danfan would show up in the future. Good jewelry that you can see can be sent to your home for selection.

Yun Jin walked in from the outside with cotton wadding all over her body. As soon as she came in, she complained that her sister had fallen into the cotton wadding and couldn't be found.

Yu Xiurong lamented and found that there was another fool in the family who liked to dig into the cotton wool. Yun Jin had just finished a bowl of lung-moistening pear soup and had fallen asleep for a while, and his silly son still thought that the girl was in the cotton wool. It's waiting for him to find it in the pile.

Seeing his son, Yu Xiurong couldn't help but think of her husband. At this time in the Western Region, there should be strong winds and flying sand all over the sky.

I don’t know if he is still fine?

And Naha, I heard that this child has been promoted to the head of the Buddhist kingdom in the Western Regions. After returning to Chang'an, Master Xuanzang and others will crown the child, and the emperor will also give him a staff.

Although everything looked good, Yu Xiurong felt sour in her heart. God knows how much her husband and Naha suffered in the Western Regions.

Thinking of this, he gave up the idea of ​​teaching Yun Jin a lesson. He pulled the child over and picked up the lint from his hair and clothes.

After all, he gave birth to his own child. He was a bit stupid, but he thought about his sister digging hard in the cotton wool all afternoon.

After picking up the cotton wadding, he kissed Yun Jin on the cheek. This kid was very tough, no matter how he looked at it, he liked it.

See you tomorrow,