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Chapter 149: One set in front and one set behind

Yuan Man walked to the low wall beside the backyard and looked at the farmers working in the fields outside. "Hui Chengyuan, after you build the granary, will the taxes increase?"

Hui Chengyuan shook his head, "No, my father has already issued an order to reduce taxes for three years to allow the people to recuperate."

"Then how do you store the grain in your granary?" Yuan Man looked at him.

Hui Chengyuan also looked at her and smiled, "Use your betrothal gift."

"Two million catties of grain. Ten granaries will be built in the north. Each granary will hold two hundred thousand catties of grain. When the local harvest is good, we will gradually fill them up."

Yuan Man nodded, "That's one way."

After a while, someone brought the dishes Ling Feng ordered, as well as licorice wine.

Hui Chengyuan took Yuanman to sit down, picked up some dishes for her and said, "Ah Man, eat some dishes first, and then you can enjoy the licorice wine slowly."

Yuanman nodded.

Yuan Er came just as they finished their meal.

"Master, I have found out part of what you asked me to investigate."

Yuanman drank the licorice wine and narrowed his eyes slightly. This wine was good. It didn't burn the throat and had a light licorice fragrance.

"Talk about it."

Yuan Er said: "Tang Nuoxi, the second young master of the Tang family, has been in contact with the Jingning Mansion in Jingdu City. He provided gold, silver and money to Jingning, and Jingning promised to find him an official position in Jingdu."

"Tang Nuoxi seems to be looking for something and keeps forcing Madam Tang to hand it over."

"In addition, I heard that Tang Nuoxi is not the biological son of the Tang family, but the son of Madam Tang's adopted cousin."

Yuan Man looked at Hui Chengyuan and asked, "Isn't Lord Jingning my aunt's husband's family?"

Hui Chengyuan nodded, "When my aunt married him, he was still a newly promoted top scholar. After he married my aunt, my father bestowed upon him the title of Duke Jingning, but it was just an empty title without any real job."

"The Jingning family is not a big family. It is just a little richer than ordinary farmers."

So Hui Chengyuan was not surprised that he was greedy for money.

"So the official position he promised to Tang Nuoxi, he actually couldn't do it?" Yuan Man drank some licorice wine tea.

I hope this is not a story about a Phoenix Man.

Hui Chengyuan shook his head, "It depends on what official position it is. If it's a small official position, it's still okay for Duke Jingning to move around."

"But above the seventh rank, it is impossible."

Yuan Man sighed, "Do people need to spend so much money to buy an official position of the eighth or ninth rank? You have to be an eighth or ninth rank official to buy an official position here."

“Although it is somewhat different from Kyoto, when the input and output are not proportional, there will definitely be a backlash.”

"Tell me, does Tang Nuoxi know that he is not the Tang family's biological son, so he is in a hurry to ask for an official position?"

Yuan Er shook his head, "I can confirm that Tang Nuoxi knew about it at the same time as I did."

Hui Chengyuan took a sip of wine and said, "He is very ambitious. Judging from the fact that he concealed the news of Patriarch Tang's death, he must have thought of taking advantage of the relationship between Patriarch Tang and my father before this."

"But maybe he didn't have a way to contact the emperor, so he contacted Duke Jingning as a second choice."

"And Miss Tang came to ask for shelter, which must have been his intention. Since I'm here, he naturally wants to seize this opportunity."

Yuan Er recounted the conversation between Tang Nuoxi and Mrs. Tang.

Yuan Man drank another glass of liquorice wine and said, "It sounds a bit contradictory and strange."

"What on earth happened to the Tang family?"

Hui Chengyuan saw her drinking cup after cup, her face turned red, and she was obviously a little drunk.

"No matter what happened in the Tang family, you can't drink now. You're almost drunk."

Yuan Man was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the wine glass in his hand, "Ah, I do feel a little dizzy."

"Yuan Er, please work harder and find out what happened to the Tang family."

"It feels like the Tang family is almost finished without me having to do anything. Do I still need to teach them a lesson? It seems like I don't need to teach them a lesson." He was a little confused when he spoke.

Hui Chengyuan carried Yuan Man to the guest room on the farm and said, "Yuan Qi, take care of A Man and Yuan Bao. I'm going to go out for a while."

"Yes." Yuan Qi responded by placing the Yuanbao next to Yuan Man.

Seeing that Yuan Er had not left yet, Hui Chengyuan stepped forward and asked, "Is there anything else you haven't said about the Tang family?"

Yuan Er nodded, "The Tang family is a little strange. Everyone is weird, but you can't tell what's going on on the surface."

"Tang Nuoxi's behavior is also very strange, and so is Mrs. Tang."

Hui Chengyuan thought for a moment and called Ling Feng over, asking, "When you went to warn Tang Nuoxi before, did you find anything wrong?"

Ling Feng shook his head. "I met Tang Nuoxi outside. I told him what you meant and then left."

"Your Highness, I'd better go and check out the Tang family first." Yuan Er said and left.

Hui Chengyuan looked at Ling Feng and said, "Send a message back to Kyoto and arrange for someone to check on Lord Jingning to see what he has done."

"Yes," Ling Feng stepped out.

Hui Chengyuan came to the front yard of the manor where guests were received. The officials had not left yet and were gathered in groups of three or four, talking about something.

When they saw him coming out, they all stood up and saluted, "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"No need to be polite." After Hui Chengyuan sat down, he looked at Chen Yu and asked, "Master Chen, if you have anything to say to me, you can say it now."

Chen Yu was stunned for a moment, then he said, "Your Highness, the granary needs to be built on the hillside, so do we need to dig the hillside flat first?"

Hui Chengyuan looked at him, "Wasn't it clear what I said yesterday?"

"The granary needs to be built on high ground to prevent flooding. Why should we choose to level the hillside?"

Then the group talked about the materials for building the warehouse.

Yuanman slept until the end of the afternoon, and Yuanbao asked Yuanqi to take him out to play early.

Yuanman still remembered some of the previous events. Looking at the time, he decided to go to Xunxian Tower later.

As for the Tang family’s affairs, we’ll talk about it after Yuan Er comes back from investigation.

She didn't say let it go, but she didn't want to keep staring at it either.

Yuan Man asked Yuan Yi to say hello to Hui Chengyuan, then took Yuan Bao back to Le Xiangshan, changed his clothes and went out to Xunxian Tower.

Di Cang knew she was coming and immediately welcomed her in.

"master."

Yuan Man nodded and looked at the Xunxian Tower in Beizhou. The other three Xunxian Towers in Anguo were similar in style. "How is business lately?"

Di Cang said: "After the prince came, the number of people coming has decreased a little."

"It has become less after the prince came?" Yuan Man raised his eyebrows.

Di Cang nodded, "Yes, business has been good before."

"That is, after the prince came, those officials, officials' children, and people from major families did not want to attract the prince's attention, so they all went to the manor in the south city."

"The manor was actually opened by my subordinates to prevent this kind of situation."

Yuan Man looked at Di Cang with new eyes, thinking he was so smart.

However, this also shows that those officials were just saying one thing in front of Hui Chengyuan and another behind his back.

"Have you gathered any intelligence here?"

Di Cang nodded, "Please wait a moment, I will go up and get it."

"It's okay, I'll go up with you." Yuanman said as he walked towards the stairs.