Chapter 69 Back to Daliang (I)

Early in the morning of June 3, before the sky was completely clear, Hou Dayong, who was eager to return home, set off with his personal guards. It was still early, and there were basically no pedestrians on the very wide and flat official road. More than fifty cavalry galloped and were very happy.

There is a small section of the Xicai River and the official road that is parallel. The Xicai River flows quietly, and the rising sun emits millions of golden lights, reflecting the Xicai River, and the scenery is particularly pleasant.

Hou Dayong walked not far along the banks of the Xicai River, and large pieces of land appeared on the banks of the river. There were no trees on these lands, and some people in tattered clothes were leveling the land. Judging from the location of these lands and the color of the land, this must be the silt field created by Huo Zhixing using the water of the Xicai River.

Looking at these silted fields, Hou Dayong got off the horse.

Hou Dayong is planning to carry out a military farming system in the four prefectures, Feng and Qin. The four prefectures are located in the border area and have wars for many years. Many people have moved in and the land is more deserted, which is somewhat similar to Zhengzhou after the Battle of Gaoping. At present, according to Hou Dayong's requirements, local officials in the four prefectures are conducting detailed investigations on the population and land conditions of the four prefectures. After the detailed investigation results are released, Hou Dayong is preparing to adjust the land policies of the four prefectures.

An old farmer was resting on the ridge, holding a bowl of earth to drink water in big mouthfuls. When he saw a group of men carrying tall horses and wearing weapons coming over, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Don't leave, I have something to ask you." The old man didn't stop, carried the four-toothed rake on his shoulders, and wanted to walk away along the river bank.

Although Chen Meng was promoted to the Lion Camp Captain, in order to ensure that Hou Dayong is absolutely safe along the way, Shi Hu ordered him to lead Hou Dayong's guard himself. Chen Meng followed behind Hou Dayong and saw the old man being rude, he scolded: "Jingduan asked you, come here quickly, you are too rude. Do you want to eat a whip?"

Hou Dayong glared at Chen Meng, took a quick step, and said, "I am Hou Dayong, I want to ask my father-in-law for advice."

When the old man heard the words Hou Dayong, he suddenly turned around and asked hesitantly: "Are you the former Hou Defense Commander?"

During the Tang and Five Dynasties, the relationship between people was much higher than that of the Yuan Dynasty, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Lower officials met higher officials or the common people met officials. They were not as servile as later generations. They were mostly called positions directly. From the Yuan Dynasty, the social hierarchy gradually became stricter. By the Qing Dynasty, the descendants of the Han family kept saying "slaves, slaves" and had already considered themselves inferior to others from the bottom of their hearts.

Hou Dayong said: "It's Hou Dayong."

The old man put the four-toothed rake on the ground, regardless of whether the ground was clean or not. He knelt in front of Hou Dayong, held his hands together, bowed his head until his hands were calm, and bowed twice in a row. This was a very important etiquette at that time.

Hou Dayong hurriedly reached out and pulled the old man up. Seeing that his father-in-law was arrogant and then waited respectfully, he knew that there must be a reason, and said, "Why did the father-in-law give this great gift?"

The father-in-law did not answer Hou Dayong's question and shouted a few words to the distance: "Come here quickly. Your benefactor is here."

After hearing the shouts, some people working in the land came to this side.

The father-in-law bowed and replied, "We all escaped from Zezhou the previous year. The benefactor opened a porridge shop in Zhengzhou City. We did not starve to death. We are so kind and great virtue, and we will never forget our age."

Hou Dayong remembered that all the refugees in Zezhou had land, but their land was not on the Xicai River, so he asked: "I remember that the land distributed to you by Zhongmu County was at the south bank of the Yellow River. It was not here. These silted fields should have been built last summer. How much did you allocate?"

The father-in-law said angrily: "These silt fields are so fertile that we can get there. Even the land that the defender has allocated us, we refugees have not much left in our hands."

Hou Dayong was a little surprised when he heard this. After the Battle of Gaoping, the land was deserted from northern Zhengzhou to the south bank of the Yellow River. Many refugees who escaped war and flooded into Zhengzhou, Zezhou and Cizhou successively poured into Zhengzhou. Hou Dayong gave all the wastelands on the banks of the Yellow River to these refugees, and also raised food, seeds and farm tools for the winter. Finally, the refugees were resettled. Afterwards, His Majesty also implemented a similar system across the country.

"Didn't those wasteland be distributed to you, why do you say that there is not much left? Didn't Huo Ming's Mansion be transferred from Zhongmu County?" Hou Dayong asked in confusion.

At this time, the people around you started to speak in words.

"Huo Ming Mansion is also a good person, but after the silt field was built last year, Huo Ming Mansion was transferred. He left Zhongmu County Magistrate Wang Tingxiang. Last autumn, many people came from somewhere, saying that the wasteland was originally theirs, and they also took out a book of accounts for several years and asked us to return the land to them. These people were very arrogant. We worked hard to plant wasteland, and they were going to rob our land. Without the land, what would we do to live?" An old man said, and began to burst into tears.

Hou Dayong thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "There was a rule to open this wasteland, and all the land without a master was given to refugees; if the land with a master was desolate for more than five years, it would be used as a land without a master and distributed to refugees; if the land had been desolate for three to five years, the master would return it to one-third of the master; if the land had been desolate for less than three years, the master would return it to half. You will not have no land at all. Your Majesty issued a similar edict in the second year of Xiande. You can go to the Zhongmu County Government Office and ask him to uphold justice."

"It's useless. The new Wang Ming Mansion is a local clan. He is unfair. After we refugees fought with those who robbed land, the Zhongmu Yamen arrested many of us. In order to survive, we had to come and rent out these newly opened silt fields."

Hou Dayong said in surprise: "It turns out that these newly opened silt fields are not yours. You are just tenants. So who are you giving these silt fields?"

"These newly opened silted fields are sold at the price of Wang Mingfu. Whoever sells them at the highest price will be sold to whom. Where can we afford them, we can only come and rent some land to plant them."

At this point, Hou Dayong understood that Huo Zhixing had built the silt field and was transferred away, and the new county magistrate completely changed his previous policy.

Hou Dayong turned around and said to Qian Xiangnan softly: "Now the Zhengzhou defense envoy is the nephew of Wang Rao, the governor of Zhangguo Army. The Wang Rao family is a wealthy family in Zhengzhou. I don't know what the relationship between the magistrate of Zhongmu County and Wang Rao is. You will not be able to Daliang first, and go to Zhengzhou to find the chief Fu Yanhui and ask what happened. After asking clearly, write a note. If the conditions are right, I will study them."

Hou Dayong wrote a compilation to the people surrounding him and said, "I am no longer a defensive envoy in Zhengzhou. If the affairs here are under the jurisdiction of the local government, I don't have much money here. I have a hundred stalemates. I don't have much money. You family can share some of them and buy some salt." Hou Dayong was unwilling and could not interfere in the local affairs outside the four prefectures of Shi, Feng and Qin, but seeing the people looking at him enthusiastically, he felt a little reluctant, so he took some coins and expressed his feelings.

After Hou Dayong stepped onto the war horse, the people followed behind and wanted to send him a party. People continued to join the farewell site. When they reached the Zhengzhou border, there were already a thousand people seeing him off.

In the Hou Mansion of Daliang City, in order to welcome the male owner Hou Dayong who returned home for the first time, the whole mansion mobilized all the people, some cleaned the yard, some cut the dead branches in the yard, and some killed chickens and sheep in the kitchen, which was full of joy.

Xiao Lianzi is the personal maid brought by Fu Ying from the Fu family. She has followed Fu Ying since she was a child. The two are like sisters and are half a housekeeper in the Marquis' Mansion. She stood in the yard and kept directing the servants and maids to do this and that.

Du Gang heard that the Jiedushi was about to arrive at Daliang. Early in the morning, he came to the Marquis' Mansion. He was wearing a green round-necked gown and a headscarf. He sat on the stone bench beside the yard, biting a leaf, watching Xiao Lianzi busy himself, while his apprentice Xiao Wu loyally guarded him.

Xiao Lianzi and Du Gang have already set a wedding date. They just waited for Hou Dayong to come back and changed their thief to Liang and officially got married with Du Gang. Although Xiao Lianzi is fierce, she is an unmarried girl after all. She is embarrassed to talk to Du Gang in front of everyone. She kept looking at Du Gang with the light of her eyes. Xiao Lianzi didn't think Du Gang was different from other men before, but now she looks left and right, looking horizontal and vertical, Du Gang is so elegant.

Fu Ying woke up quite early. She was afraid that the maids would see her excited and happy, so she did not get up immediately. She lay on the bed, recalling the sweet details of being with her husband. It was not until her son's loud cry echoed in the yard that she lazily got up from the comfortable and spacious bed.

Two close-fitting maids sat quietly in the outer room, waiting for Fu Ying to get up. Hearing Fu Ying's greeting, the two maids hurriedly held the clothes they had chosen last night and went to the inner room to dress up Fu Ying.

When Fu Ying walked to the yard in her dress, her son Zong Lin had fallen asleep in the arms of a middle-aged maid. The early spring sunshine shone softly on her son Zong Lin's face. Fu Ying was dressed in her dress and never hugged the child, but she couldn't help but lean over and kissed her son a few times on her face, and said to her son: "Zong Lin, Dad is going home today, you can see Dad."

At noon, the yard was filled with the fragrance of stewed lamb stewed in water. The servants and the maids were busy all morning. Under the temptation of the scent of the mutton wandering everywhere, they all felt that their backs were close to their backs.

Seeing that everyone was hungry and had not seen Hou Dayong yet, Fu Yingyi was in front of the window, with some tears hidden in her eyes. She asked Xiao Lianzi for the fifth time: "How long does it take to come from that inn in Zhongmu County?"

After Xiao Lianzi and Du Gang came on, they understood Fu Ying's feelings very well and said, "The person who reported the news said that the Jiedushi passed Zhongmu County yesterday. If he had come from the inn east of Zhongmu County early in the morning, he would be able to reach Daliang in half a day at most. Du Gang has walked many times, so there would be no mistakes."

Fu Ying said angrily: "Why is there any more?"

While he was talking, a servant ran in from outside the courtyard gate and shouted, "The Jiedushi has arrived, the Jiedushi has arrived."

Fu Ying's tense heart finally relaxed, and tears flowed out without any competing.

When the servants and maids of the Marquis' Mansion heard the shouts, they hurriedly ran out of each room, stood in the yard, and waited for the governor.

Fu Ying suppressed her excitement and walked from the main courtyard toward the gate. As soon as she arrived at the outer courtyard, she saw Langjun walking in through the gate with four personal guards following her.

Hou Dayong did not wear official uniforms, and wore an extremely ordinary long gown at that time. The long gown was made of the best Hangzhou thin silk, with a belt tied in the middle and a waist knife hanging around his waist. After Hou Dayong entered the yard, he just glanced at everyone with his eyes and focused his eyes on his wife Fu Ying.

Fu Yingxian was dressed up carefully, with a high bun, a slightly exposed chest, a red silk shoulder, a yellow wide-sleeved short shirt, and a green long skirt with a green belt hanging down. He stood in the courtyard. Hou Dayong quickly walked to Fu Ying, without saying anything or making any other moves, just looking at Fu Ying.

Fu Ying finished her salute and whispered, "My husband is tanned." He said to the people in the yard, "Let's go, there will be wine and meat at noon today. Let's drink it."

Everyone in the yard had been looking forward to this sentence for a long time. After everyone agreed, they ran towards their respective rooms. After a while, delicious food was passed from the kitchens to each room.

Du Gang walked towards four personal guards. One of the personal guards was Du Gangdi. When he saw Du Gang approaching, he stood attentively and performed a standard hand salute. Seeing this, the other three people also followed him to salute. When Du Gang was in Zhengzhou, he saw a student from Songshan Academy performing a military salute, so he copied a military salute. However, he had not been trained and the military salute was not standard at all. Du Gang sighed: "I have fallen behind for a year after leaving the Black Eagle Army. After dinner, you can teach me this new military salute."

Hou Dayong and Fu Ying had not seen each other for a year. They both spoke thousands of words, but they didn't know where to start. They politely entered the main yard. Their son Zong Lin played for a while in the morning and slept heavily.

Including the daughter of another world, Zong Lin is Hou Dayong's fourth child. Hou Dayong gently touched Zong Lin's face with his fingers. Zong Lin turned around, continued to sleep loudly.

Hou Dayong bent down, kissed Zonglin, and said to Fu Ying: "My son looks like you. Look at your mouth and nose, exactly the same as you."

When they came out of their son's room, the two were not embarrassed at first meeting. Fu Ying said, "You have been walking for a long time. Are you tired too? Are you hungry? Let's have a meal."

Fu Ying's two close-fitting maids had long prepared exquisite Zhengzhou dishes in the small hall of the main courtyard according to Fu Ying's arrangement, and put on a pot of old wine. Hou Dayong said to the two maids: "You go outside the main courtyard and guard the door, and no one will see you today."

Fu Ying blushed when she heard what Hou Dayong said. After the two maids withdrew, Hou Dayong looked at Fu Ying with a smile and said, "I went to the shower room to rush, and walked all morning, and was covered in sweat."

Fu Ying smiled strangely when she saw the husband laughing, and said, "What are you looking at me? I'll ask someone to boil water."

Hou Dayong smiled and said, "No, I'm very hot now, so I'll use cold water to cool down." Hou Dayong made up his mind to do it with Fu Ying. He had a habit before doing it, which was to take a bath. This is a good habit developed in modern society. Cleaning and hygienic before doing it can greatly reduce the chance of a woman suffering from gynecological diseases. However, there was no antibacterial medicine at that time, and it was really painful and troublesome to get gynecological diseases.

Hou Dayong arrived at the bath room, rinsed it quickly with cold water several times, and then returned to the small hall with great energy.

When Hou Dayong sat down, Fu Ying lifted the wine pot and poured the wine for the husband himself. However, before the wine glass was filled, Fu Ying's hand holding the wine pot had been captured by Hou Dayong.

Fu Ying said angrily: "What are you doing?" These words are like whispers.

Hou Dayong held Fu Ying's hand and stood up. Hou Dayong liked Hu chairs, so Fu Ying's main courtyard mostly used Hu chairs, including dining tables and chairs, all of which were Hu chairs. When Hou Dayong stood up, he used a little force on his hand, and Fu Ying also stood up.

Hou Dayong hugged Fu Ying firmly in his arms. Fu Ying looked out the door. The gate of the main courtyard was closed tightly. She murmured: "Mr., I miss you so much."

Hou Dayong put his face on Fu Ying's face, and felt that Fu Ying's face was hot.

"Do you really miss me?"

"Um."

Hou Dayong suddenly bit Fu Ying's earlobe and added a little force. Fu Ying screamed "ah" and hugged Hou Dayong tightly.

"In the future, when the husband goes there, I will follow you. If you separate for a year, I feel like a hundred years."

"I miss you too." Hou Dayong loosened Fu Ying's earlobe, and then slid down his tongue around Fu Ying's snow-white and delicate neck. Although Fu Ying had given birth, she was still not very proactive in matters of husband and wife. She breathed a little tightly under Hou Dayong's invasion.

Hou Dayong stroked Fu Ying's back with one hand and said, "Xiaoying, you have gained weight." Xiaoying and Dayong are the names agreed by Hou Dayong and Fu Ying on the wedding night.

"If I get pregnant with my son, I will gain weight." The Five Dynasties inherited the Tang system, including aesthetics, and also inherited the tradition of the Tang Dynasty. Its plumpness is beautiful. Fu Ying was quite proud when she said this.

"Your clothes are so generous, I can't tell how much you have gained. I'll help you take off your clothes." Hou Dayong made a suggestion with a wicked smile.

"Dayong, this is daytime." Fu Ying's face turned red.

"Let me see if my wife gains weight? Do you still need to care about day or night?" Hou Dayong sniffed Fu Ying's hair, "Your hair smells so fragrant. I haven't smelled this fragrance before."

"What does my wife mean? Is it the wife mean? It must be the local language in Fengzhou, which is so ugly. You said this fragrance is this Western perfume from the Western Regions sent by the Uighur Khan Renyu of Ganzhou. There is only such a small bottle. It is said that the price is more than gold. My elder sister doesn't want it, so I gave it all to me. Mr., is this fragrance good?"

"There are some good things in Ganzhou Uighurs. The left prime minister of Ganzhou Uighurs also gave me a beautiful Uighur girl." Hou Dayong had known that the Ganzhou Uighurs had sent two teams of envoys some time ago, Fengzhou where the left prime minister Ashan arrived, and Daliang where the right prime minister came.

When Fu Ying heard this, she raised her head and said with a sour feeling: "Is that woman beautiful? Why didn't you bring it back?"

"I'm not a stallion, I have to go up to all kinds of women. This Uighur woman has been let go by me. Now I may have returned to the Western Regions. Look, how great your husband is." Hou Dayong was talking, and his hand did not stop. His hand reached into Fu Ying's wide sleeve.

"Now, Xiao Lianzi likes to say one thing the most: men eat it and think about the pot. I don't know where Xiao Lianzi heard it, but her image was tight. Ah, ah." Fu Ying was just talking, when Hou Dayong's big hand had touched her, she couldn't help but moan.

"I heard that you did a good thing and married Xiao Lianzi to Du Gang. This is a good thing. However, I have another request. I wonder if you can do good things to the end."

"If you have something, just say it. Can Xiaoying do something that Mr. Husband can't do? Ah, ah, let go of the matter."

Hou Dayong sat back on the chair and Fu Ying sat in Hou Dayong's arms.

"You married Xiao Lianzi to Du Gang. I also have Chen Meng, Tiechuanyuan, Liu Heigou, Wu Jiaqiang and other captains who are like wolves and tigers. The team is in charge. When they see Du Gang gets married, they will feel a sense of mortality. You are shaking the morale of the Black Eagle Army, so you have to compensate me."

"How do you want me to compensate?" Fu Ying asked with her arms around Hou Dayong's neck, blushed and said.

"Just pay for it like this." Hou Dayong hugged Fu Ying with his left hand and gently pulled Fu Ying's belt with his right hand. Fu Ying's dress dispersed. Hou Dayong picked up Fu Ying, walked out of the hall, and walked towards the bedroom. Although Fu Ying knew that no one dared to enter the main courtyard without her order, he was not dressed in a broad daylight, which was indeed a embarrassing thing for Fu Ying, who had always been dignified. However, Fu Ying was looking forward to the husband carrying him into the bedroom.

Hou Dayong gently placed Fu Ying on the bed, then turned around and closed the wooden door outside.

Fu Ying closed her eyes tightly, grabbed the silk quilt with her hands, and had completely given up resisting, with an expression of refusal. Hou Dayong swallowed his saliva, and first took down all kinds of ornaments on Fu Ying's head, and placed them on the table in front of the bed. After taking off the ornaments, Fu Ying's carefully combed hair naturally dispersed. When only the last little dress was left, Fu Ying opened her eyes and whispered: "Dayong, I'll serve you." After that, she sat up slowly.

When Fu Ying stood up, Hou Dayong took off Fu Ying's last little dress, and Fu Ying's plump and white softness leaped into Hou Dayong's eyes.

Fu Ying carefully removed Hou Dayong's clothes like a maid. Since ancient times, Hou Dayong has been training for three years, and his body has not had any extra fat. His abdominal muscles and chest muscles have smooth lines and distinct pieces. Although the scars on his shoulders and feet look a little hideous, it adds to the charm of a man. Fu Ying gently stroked several wounds, his eyes were a little sad and confused.

The two stood face to face, admired each other for a while, and then hugged each other tightly.
Chapter completed!