Datang first village

"It's too much, it's really too much." Empress Changsun told the truth, there were only seven people in her palace including maids and eunuchs, and including her and the maids, there were only ten people in total.

One thousand catties of cold melon for ten people means more than three catties per person every day.

This is eaten as food, and it can't be eaten up.

"The queen's wife is the mother of a country, so naturally there should be more. Small cold melons are extremely sweet, and it is also necessary for the emperor's wife to reward some noble ladies. The number of four concubines is also determined by the emperor's wife. This time, the concubines shipped six thousand small cold melons." Jin, [-] catties of big cold melon, presumably by this time the eunuch in charge should have finished counting and is ready to put it into storage."

One hundred thousand catties of cold melon, Empress Changsun could only accept it with a smile.

One hundred thousand catties, piled up at the side gate of the imperial palace would be a small mountain of cold melons. If there were no trains, just transporting them from Qinwangzhuang to Chang'an City would require two hundred horse-drawn carriages.

The eunuch in charge heard that this was only for this month, and his first thought was not to benefit from it, but to worry about whether these cold melons could be preserved well.Such a huge number of eunuchs in charge of the upper eunuchs will definitely check the accounts, even the imperial concubine who manages the accounts in the harem will also check, and even the queen will intervene.

Sure enough, before the storage was completed, the queen's warrant had already arrived.

"There must be damage when entering the warehouse. First pick a thousand catties of damaged cold melons, and reward the guards on duty for food. Then choose five hundred catties, and the palace people will share the food. Each of the four concubines will send ten catties of small cold melons, and one hundred catties of big cold melons." Jin, nine concubines will be reduced by [-]%, and they will be pushed successively. After distribution, report the balance."

Empress Changsun personally intervened, and the eunuch in charge became even more nervous.

Who would have thought that even Li Er would be alarmed by the one hundred thousand catties of cold melon, and went to the palace of Empress Changsun himself.

"Wu Lang is really generous. Last year, the imperial palace didn't have ten thousand catties of cold melons. This year, they even brought in one hundred thousand catties!"

"It's only for July!" Empress Changsun replied calmly.

Li Er was stunned.

Empress Changsun said: "The yield of small cold melons is only two mu of land, and the yield of big cold melons is only fifteen mu of land. Erlang really doesn't know that no matter what is planted in Qinwangzhuang, the yield per mu is more than that of Sinong Temple. Are the officials crazy? One mu of big cold melon is seven thousand catties."

Li Er smiled and shook his head: "Ask Wulang, what else is new!"

Empress Changsun motioned to take out two boxes, one with strawberries and the other with grapes.

"This one is early ripening and not sweet enough. It takes about ten days for strawberries to mature, and one month for grapes. The grapes in Wulang Qinwangzhuang are enough for everyone in Chang'an to eat a catty. These two kinds of fruits have the lowest yield per mu. It is two thousand catties, and Goro has planted more than 1 mu of grapes and [-] mu of strawberries."

Li Eryi waved his hand: "Don't waste it in the palace!"

After finishing speaking, Li Er turned around and went to the study. Empress Changsun motioned for the maid beside her to wash some and send it to Li Er immediately.

Cui Yingying left the palace, but did not go to General Tiance's Mansion.What happened to Jin Manqing has nothing to do with her. More importantly, Li Yuanxing has stated that no one should have too much contact with Jin Manqing, and don't affect his next plan.

Cui Yingying returned to Qinghe Cui's mansion in Chang'an.

This can be regarded as returning to her natal family. Cui Yingying brought [-] catties of cold melons, [-] catties of strawberries, and [-] catties of grapes.

Cui Junsu, who was on duty at the household department, received a report from the family steward and rushed back immediately after arranging errands for the household department.

"Uncle!" Cui Yingying waited in the main hall, and when she saw Cui Junsu came back, she immediately stood up and saluted.

"Princess Ying!" Cui Junsu's bow was bigger than Cui Yingying's, and his waist was bent deeper.

Cui Yingying's current status is Qin Wang's concubine, which is equivalent to a second-rank imperial order, and naturally has a higher status than Cui Junsu, who is a third-rank Hubu Shangshu.

"Some small things, can I go to my uncle's study?" Cui Yingying was not asking, but telling Cui Junsu that there are some important things that we need to discuss behind closed doors.

Cui Junsu's confidant stood guard outside the study, and Cui Yingying first asked, "Does Uncle know about Yaozhou medical girl Jin Manqing?"

"Who doesn't know Chang'an rank four or above?"

"What do you think, uncle?" Cui Yingying asked.

Cui Junsu shook his head: "Let's not talk about how to look at it, just talk about the consequences of this matter. You should come here under the instruction of His Royal Highness King Qin, what is King Qin's plan!"

"There is a plan!" Cui Yingying recalled what Li Yuanxing said, and after repeating it several times, she finally thought that she had understood everything clearly, and Li Yuanxing's confession would definitely not miss anything.

After Cui Junsu listened, he said with emotion: "In the hands of His Royal Highness King Qin, everything is a soldier!"

"What do you think, uncle?" Cui Yingying asked with concern. What she is most concerned about right now is whether this matter can be handled well.

"It's feasible, this matter is indeed feasible. It's just a mere Baekje. His Royal Highness Qin is too lazy to do it, so he let the common people have fun with him. After thinking through the details, I will print a newspaper tonight. Are you in Stay in the mansion for one night, or hurry back to Qinwangzhuang today!"

Cui Yingying thought for a while: "I'll go back tonight. Did my uncle send someone to check the cotton harvest? Seeing the day of harvesting, some peaches in Qinwang Farm have already started to split, but the quantity planted in Qinwangzhuang is too small. The real saving of seeds still depends on Hebei!"

"This matter..." Cui Junsu thought for a while, but still didn't continue: "Go back after you have some snacks!"

Cui Yingying saluted and left Cui Junsu's study.

Desserts are just polite words. Cui Yingying will naturally make arrangements if she wants to stay. Since she doesn't live, considering the curfew in Chang'an City, it's better to go back earlier.

After Cui Yingying left, Cui Junsu got up, picked up a letter from the bookshelf, opened it, read it, and shook his head lightly: "His Royal Highness, you know that the Turks are capricious. The Western Turks have enemies from the Western Regions before them, so they have nothing to do with Dafa. Tang formed an alliance, but five or ten years later."

Cui Junsu thought that the tens of millions of acres of cotton fields would be placed in the Tianshan Mountains, where the Western Turks could completely control the area.

Cui Junsu didn't know much about cotton before, but now he knows that cotton is a treasure, from flowers to seeds, to stems, roots, all are treasures, and the utilization rate is beyond his imagination.

It is meaningless to tell Cui Yingying about this matter, but what Li Yuanxing said can be done now.

"Come on, come here from the treasurer of the recruitment office, and pick two more clever writers to come over at night." After Cui Junsu ordered, he got up and ordered the car to be prepared. He was still on duty at the household department and could leave, but he couldn't stop going in the afternoon. So we have to rush back to the household department.

The next day in Chang'an City, there was a sketch on the front page of Chang'an News.

Don't underestimate the painters of Tang Dynasty, their painting level has reached a very extraordinary height.

The people of Baekje beat the people of Tang Dynasty!

That’s right, it’s a person from the Tang Dynasty, because the painter made minor adjustments to Jin Manqing’s costume. The original Goguryeo costume was influenced by the Han nationality. , This is a Datang man.

And it's a man hitting a woman.

There are more than ten writers around Honglu Temple, and there are more than 30 writers in Yingbin Garden, and there are many young scholars.

"We are the writers of Suzaku Long Street News...

"We are the writers of Dongshi Business Daily...

"We are the writers of Xinglong Newspaper...

"We are the writers of Chang'an Newspaper...

Penke is equivalent to the reporters of later generations. These penkes are much more ruthless than the reporters of later generations, because they are scribes, and many of them have even passed the county examination or even the state examination in the official examination.

I don't want to be a small official of the eighth and ninth ranks in my hometown, but come to Chang'an to find an opportunity.

Newspaper writer, this is a popular occupation for young students, even surpassing the six foreign officials.

(Note: Small officials who are out of the country refer to those who have no rank, which is equivalent to the level of a clerk. After working for a year or two, if you do well, you can become an official with a rank after passing the assessment. This is the real official. .So this is a path to become an official in the capital)

Speaking of the writers, they were also scholars from the ninth rank, who really blocked the gate of Yingbin Garden, and the guards at the gate were helpless.

Baekje's envoys were also helpless.

And at this time, Honglu Siqing was sitting in front of him, sipping tea while casually flipping through the newspapers of the day.

Newspapers, this kind of miraculous business, will be read by all envoys who come to Datang, and every newspaper will not be missed. The most stable sales of Chang'an newspapers are in two areas, one is the newly built embassy area, and the other is The Yingbin Garden of Honglu Temple.

In the Uighur embassy, ​​there are only seven permanent staff members, and there are only 23 servants and servants.But they have thirty copies of each kind of newspapers in Changan every day, and they will not be reduced under any circumstances, and the number will be doubled especially if there are major events.27 of these newspapers can be said that no one has read them, and they were packaged and shipped back to their Huihe tribe.

This is a way for foreigners to understand Datang.

Baekje is no exception. They don't order so many, but they also have ten copies every day. .

"Honglu Temple should stop the newspaper, they will tarnish the reputation of Dabaekje!" The Baekje envoy's tone was filled with anxiety.

The Minister of Honglu Temple was still drinking tea in a leisurely manner: "The one who cleans up cleans himself!"

"Then please drive away the idlers outside our Dabaiji courtyard in the Yingbin Garden."

"Of course it is possible!" Putting down the teacup, Honglusi stood up slowly: "Since Baekje has nothing to say, the idlers outside will naturally not bother you again, and I will not let them Within fifty steps, farewell!"

Baekje envoys still have the necessary etiquette, and they got up and said, "Thank you!"

The Minister of Honglu Temple went outside, signaled the guards to drive the few people near the courtyard gate to the steps, and then waved: "Let's go, there is no interesting news here."

After all, the secretary of Honglu Temple stretched out his hand and gently pushed one of the writers: "You are all focused here, is there no more interesting things in Chang'an? Honglu Temple has been visited by envoys from many countries in the past few days. You can't wait for it within seven days." Get a hundred steps closer to here, retreat!"

It seems that Zhongbike is still unwilling. (To be continued.)