The Legacy of the First Auxiliary House of the Tang Dynasty

In spare time, Mrs. Lu and Fang Xuanling talked about their Erlang, and Mrs. Lu repeatedly lamented Erlang's various kindness and progress...

Fang Xuanling did not refute or deny Fang Yiai this time, as for Fang Yiai's doing good deeds, he very much agreed, but the woman's heart was broken, Lu's Huatou finished praising his son, and immediately began to worry again.

"Erlang's life is really hard. Such a good Erlang is short of marrying a good wife." Lu complained.

From the bottom of her heart, she even wanted to marry a flat wife to Erlang, but firstly, no aristocratic family would do this, and secondly, it would be a slap in the face of the emperor Li Shimin, which would be harmful to Fang Yiai and the family.

Fang Xuanling was silent, but Lu Shi glanced at him and couldn't help sighing, "Erlang is now considered 'white body'." There is no lack of meaning to blame the emperor in the words, and once this official position is pushed to the end, Erlang will lose face when he goes out. .

After all, Fang Xuanling couldn't see that Lu Shi was worried, so he had no choice but to comfort him: "My lady, don't worry, Erlang's future is safe." After that, he simply revealed the emperor's intention to let Fang Yiai really join the army.

Fang Yiai himself did not know about this, so as not to make him overjoyed, but Li Shimin did not hide Fang Xuanling's arrangements for this matter.

"...Join the army? If it doesn't work...you'll die! Hey, aren't you Erlang's Aye—" Lu Shi was startled, and glared angrily at Xianggong.

Fang Xuanling frowned, "It's so easy to lose one's life, let alone a saint would not let him really be a vanguard general. Even if he wants to be a general, he doesn't have the ability, hmph."

Not to mention that the emperor was worried, even he, who was Aye, was also worried about Fang Yiai's temperament. A mistake at a critical moment would be a matter of tens of thousands of lives on the battlefield.

Hearing what Fang Xuanling said, Lu's beating heart calmed down for a while, but she became suspicious again, "What kind of officer can Erlang be in the army?"

Pretending to be sleepy and not hearing, Fang Xuanling pulled off the quilt, covered it and closed his eyes to sleep, he did not reveal the emperor's arrangement for Fang Yiai again.

It was Lu Shi who leaned on the head of the bed and pondered for half an hour.

Then she pushed Fang Xuanling, and whispered in his ear: "Are you only in charge of the rear...don't say anything. I guess... our family's Erlang must be in charge of food and grass. He was also in charge of the East Palace. The prince eats food, right? "

Fang Xuanling kept pretending to be in a deep sleep, and gradually fell asleep, but he dreamed of killing enemies on the battlefield with explosives all night.

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What Fang Yiai said to Lu when he came back yesterday was not aimless, he really planned to practice it.

In the early morning, after Mrs. Lu sent Fang Xuanling to the morning court, Fang Yiai came over.

When he met Fang Xuanling and saluted, he was scrutinized, and then Fang Xuanling patted him on the shoulder with a very tender expression.

Fang Yiai was slightly surprised, a little confused.

"Don't worry about you, Aye - he couldn't say he had a good dream last night." Lu Shi was angry, and went to sleep!I don't know if I really sleep or fake sleep.

It's because of his devotion to his duty that he doesn't talk to her about the court affairs, but it's about his own Erlang, and it's nothing more than a favor to reveal a word or two.

Fang Yiai served Lu Shi some tea and water, and talked about his reason for coming.

Mrs. Lu originally agreed. Last night, Fang Xuanling also believed that Fang Yiai's actions were benevolent, so how could she object.

She went to call the housekeeper, and Fang Yiai handed over all the divided gold to Lu Shi for storage, and Lu Shi also added a sum, adding in the three hundred gold that Fang Yiai filially gave her.

After the old housekeeper betrayed last time in the Fangfu, Lu couldn't find a suitable person for the time being, and only asked a female housekeeper from the inner courtyard to take the place, but after all, it was a little troublesome to go out to handle errands.

Fang Yiai took Xiaoqi out to do some shopping in person, not only gave away food and porridge, but also brought several carts of goods and medical cloth to the medical aid workshop in the west of the city.

The location of Jibingfang is very remote, it is actually in the outer city of Chang'an City, and the surrounding area is considered a bit barren.

Fang Yiai came over to look around and calculated the distance. It was not too far from Li Laodao's Qingfeng Temple, but Li Laodao always liked quietness, and his Qingfeng Temple was not in the inner city of Chang'an City.

Jibingfang is a charitable organization that existed in the Sui Dynasty. It is a place set up by the imperial court in Kyoto to raise the sick, disabled, old, young and lonely. It only guarantees rations and thin clothing for covering the body.

If it is an orphan, Yuxue is cute and has no disabilities, so he will be adopted soon.

However, some disabled children and widowed elderly can only ask for a bite to eat here, and live together, so the conditions are naturally not very good.

Seeing that it was the lord and his wife from the Prime Minister's Mansion, the management officials of Jibingfang wished that everyone would wash up and greet the nobles together at the door, but this was not the original intention of Mrs. Lu and Fang Yiai.

Fang Yiai couldn't understand these vain gifts. After seeing the owner of the workshop, he was a little worried that the money would be embezzled by him, so Fang Yiai gave up the idea of ​​throwing away the things and leaving. Instead, she personally distributed food, clothes, etc. in personal hands.

Everyone has a share, and some patients were visited. Fortunately, there were no infectious diseases, so he insisted on not letting Lu Shi in here.

Lu Shi was very worried about Fang Yi'ai's body, she was delicate and frail, but it was not good to hinder his kindness, but she couldn't help wiping away tears excitedly, not sure whether it was to touch her son's kindness, or because she didn't want to see those poor people.

Lu Shi couldn't tell in his heart.

Before Fang Yiai left, Fang Yi'ai said that he would patronize him more in the future, implying that the big and small officials in the Jibingfang should not flatter him and embezzle his "money".

After sending the things away, Fang Yiai's heart suddenly felt empty.

This money...is it gone? !

"Aunt...why am I so overwhelmed!" Fang Yiai patted his forehead, he was very heartbroken.

Obviously earning money is giving yourself some private money.

Impulse!

It must have been a spur of the moment!

Fang Yiai felt sorry for his wrists, and looked back at the hospital, but when he saw a crippled baby smiling at him with a doughnut, he somehow turned his face away, coughed uncomfortably, and felt less annoyed .

That's all, that's all!

He will have plenty of money in the future, and there are many ways to get money.

It's not bad! !

Fang Yiai sniffed, looked up at the sky——

He used his brain to think about other ways to make a fortune besides matches, which are suitable for "making a fortune" at this time in Datang.

cement?

Fang Yiai shook his head.

Glass?

Fang Yiai sighed.

Both of these are not easy to make. Datang has glazed tiles, but very few are transparent. Glass requires some other chemical substances to be calcined successfully, and it cannot be made in a day.

Mirrors and soap... The mystery of mirrors lies in the mercury coating behind the glass. There is no good transparent glass, but Datang also has crystals, but the cost of crystals is too high, but they are sold as luxury items—especially It is the concubines and princesses in the palace, as well as wives and girls from wealthy families, they are bound to flock to them.

It cannot be said that a crystal mirror is worth a thousand gold.

Fang Yi's heart was so itchy that he wished to go to Li Chunfeng and let him continue the experiment. The Taoists had a very deep understanding of cinnabar, which is mercury.

As for soap, this can be done, the method is not difficult.

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With the road to riches at hand, Fang Yiai completely let go of the troubles she had just had.

Humph, isn't it just to do something good.

His wife can afford it, he has money!

Lu's car, Fang Yi'ai and his servants rode horses, and someone else pulled an empty car back to the city.

When I was about to pass the moat, I heard people shouting "someone jumped into the river", "suicide", and "falling into the water".

Fang Yiai took a closer look, and saw that the surface of the moat was rippling, and a human head was bobbing and struggling inside.

Fang Yi's heart moved, his actions were faster than words, he threw off his whip, jumped off the horse without waiting for anyone else, and directly jumped into the moat with a carp.

The moat is wide and deep——

In autumn, the water is very cold.

Fang Yiai didn't care about these things at all, and there was an uproar on the bank at this time, especially Lu Shi who was sitting in the carriage, when he heard Xiao Qi talking about this in a hurry, he almost didn't faint.

She was rushed to the shore and ordered Xiaoqi and the others to rush to save people, mainly to save her own Erlang.

With a bitter face, Xiaoqi asked the servants around who knew how to swim. He was a landlubber—but he could, but he knew the depth of the moat, and the cold weather made it easy to cramp when entering the water. If it wasn't for his excellent water skills and great strength , I am afraid it is easy to miss.

Fortunately, none of Fangfu's domestic servants are so heartless. There was a healthy servant who took off his shoes and wanted to jump off——

But at this time, Fang Yiai, who was submerged in the water, finally caught the person who fell into the water.

He strangled him from behind and swam towards the bank with all his strength. At this time, the servant of the Fang family who could swim also swam towards Fang Yiai's side to meet him, and the two of them worked together to rescue the man ashore.

Fang Yiai sneezed.

Lu's eyes were blurred, he beat him, and angrily said: "Unfilial son! You don't want to die? What can you do..." This silly boy has a kind heart, so why can't he let the servants save him, and go into the water by himself.

Fang Yiai smiled, her teeth were shining brightly, and she said brightly, "Mother, saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. It's not like I'm fine, but I'm surprised by my mother, it's not true." He said After that, he bowed deeply.

Before Mrs. Lu could speak again, the people who were watching from inside and outside the moat and those who entered and exited the west gate of Chang'an City all came to surround them, and praised them all: "Great act of kindness!"

"Good man."

"Who's son? What a nice man!"

"...I know, that is Fangfu's second son-in-law's husband, who is the captain of Princess Gaoyang's son-in-law."

"..."

"..."

A bunch of people were chattering, and everyone figured out that the rescuer was Fang Xianggong's second son, Fang Yiai.

"As expected of Fangfu, the family tradition is clean and upright, and the virtues are noble."

Everyone sighed, mentioning Fang Xuanling's admiration.

Even the eyes that looked at Fang Yiai were very "gentle", some people even saw Fang Yiai shivering from the cold, without any extra clothes, a wealthy businessman took out a fox fur with shiny fur from the goods and asked for it. Put on Fang Yiai.

But Fang Yiai was wet all over, and his whole body was cold from the cold, and he sneezed again, but at this moment, he touched the neck of the dirty old man who was rescued, and the man was out of breath!

Fang Yiai's heart skipped a beat, she didn't care about putting on clothes to keep warm.

He hastily dispersed the crowd.

"Erlang?" Lu Shi frowned, but it's not easy to disturb at this time, and just now the rich businessman was holding a fox fur, so it's not easy to put it on Fang Yiai who has been doing weird things.

Fang Yiai was giving first aid to the drowning old man, but at this moment he judged that the man needed artificial respiration and could still be saved.

But Fang Yiai opened the opponent's mouth, and leaned over to give him artificial respiration——

Lu Shi hastily stretched out his hand to stop him, "Erlang, what are you trying to do? What's the matter?!" Lu Shi was anxious.

Only then did Fang Yiai realize that they didn't understand, and then remembered her own identity, and felt awkward for a while, but it was still important to save people.

Human life is greater than face and cleanliness.

Fang Yiai was so cruel, she turned her head and asked Xiao Qi to do that—artificial respiration!

Xiao Qi wanted to cry but had no tears, but still followed the master's instructions, blowing "yang energy" to the old man step by step... After a while, the other party coughed and spit a few mouthfuls of water, and unexpectedly "lived" back to life.

Everyone was amazed!

Fang Yiai briefly explained the principle of saving lives, but the people of Datang didn't think he was a heretic, they suddenly understood, and praised and boasted about Fang Yiai.

Fang Yiai was wearing wet clothes at this time, the rich businessman with the fox fur hurried over and offered the fox fur for Fang Yiai to put on.

Mrs. Lu paid great attention to this matter when she was away. This fox fur is very valuable, although it is nothing to the Fangfu, but it is absolutely not good to want this thing, so she hastily declined the matter.

"Madam still accept it, it's not worth any money, not to mention it's a damaged thing." The businessman moved quickly and deliberately tore a hole in the fox fur.He smiled and said: "You can't let the Erlang of Guifu who saved someone's life freeze to death. Doesn't that mean that good people are not rewarded."

Lu felt sorry for his son, and seeing that the fox fur was really bad, he wanted to accept the kindness first, and then find a chance to return the money to the other party.

They didn't bring much money with them, and they just went to the medical aid workshop. Under the auspices of Fang Yiai, they wished to give them all the money of the Fangfu people.

The businessman smiled, drove into the city with his goods, and said nothing.

Fang Yiai understood the wealthy businessman's deliberate act of tearing the fur, and he refused to accept the other party's intentions, "I will never take the common people's stitches! This is my Fang family's family tradition, I hope you will be sympathetic. "

After finishing speaking, he took off the fox fur and handed it back to the rich merchant.

The wealthy businessman sighed, "Fang Erlang is really a benevolent gentleman."

But in his heart, he couldn't help but regret that he didn't flatter Fang Xianggong's family, but he couldn't force it at this time, and he was very good at being a man. He actually went to the city later, and along the way, he had to publicize Fang's Erlang's "good deeds" without mentioning it.

After the old man was rescued, Fang Yiai didn't care about it. After asking about his name and place of origin, he realized that the other person had really "committed suicide" rather than accidentally drowning.

Fang Yiai frowned, and when he knew that the old man was a veteran who had fought in battle and was disabled, he couldn't help asking: "Is the world so difficult?" Soldiers like the old man, returning to their hometowns to farm should be given by the imperial court. After making enough military achievements, ordinary officials dare not be greedy for ink.

When the old man mentioned the field, he sobbed and cried.

In the intermittent narration, the onlookers, Fang Yi'ai, Lu Shi and others knew that it was because his wife was seriously ill and when she was still young, it was not enough to sell the land to treat her illness, so she actually borrowed a usury-but this usury is a no-nonsense loan. The bottom of the black hole... His family was reduced to the point of selling their sons and daughters.

"I'm sorry for my daughter and old wife—the big girl was forced to prostitute herself..." the old man thumped the ground and cried. "It's all my fault that I borrowed four pennies of money from the Yisi of the princess's mansion four months ago... and now the interest rate is now forty pennies. How can my family afford it—" He cried loudly and collapsed.

This amount of money is nothing more than pocket money in Xungui's family, but in ordinary people's family, the forty pennies are spent for several years.

"Which princess's mansion has such a high interest rate?" Someone calculated and found that the interest rate of this usury loan was unprecedentedly high, and couldn't help asking in disgust.

The old man choked up and said something.

After listening, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

The onlookers just now praised Fang Yiai as a benevolent gentleman, friendly and benevolent, and a man of great kindness... At this moment, they looked sideways, their eyes flickering.

Fang Yiai gritted her teeth, Lu Shi also glared angrily at this time, her face flushed, she was ashamed and angry.

"Old man, you don't have to pay back the forty strings. Your aunt's house will also redeem them for you—"

Fang Yiai's face is full of righteousness, he wants to uphold justice for this old man, and destroy his "pro" with righteousness!

He turned his head and asked Lu Shi: "Aniang, I remember whether there is a law in the "Miscellaneous Orders" of this dynasty that the interest on loans shall not exceed six cents per month—"

Fang Yiai's eyes were scorching, looking in the direction of the palace of Chang'an City.

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