Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 21 The Consciousness of Poverty

Her Royal Highness told Ma Yuanliang roughly what he was going to do. When Ma Yuanliang heard that it was a trial planting of high-yield crops, his honest and honest face immediately became serious, his eyes were so bright that they almost caught up with the searchlights, and he respected Princess Pingyang even more. , frequently responded, and solemnly expressed that he would cooperate well with Xue Lang.

After roughly discussing the process, Princess Pingyang allocated a spare garden for Xue Lang to breed.

It was a yard with a garden, and the space was quite spacious, but there were few houses. It used to be used for raising seedlings and accommodation for gardeners, and the conditions were not good.After Princess Pingyang came to Weizeguan, these vacant houses were requisitioned and converted into a princess mansion.

Yuanzi is not far from Tingfeng Courtyard where Xue Lang lives, and he is a person who has something to do and wants to finish it as soon as possible.Immediately, he took Ma Yuanliang directly to the garden, and as soon as he walked out of the arch, Chang Jian, who was waiting, followed immediately——

"Uncle Xue!"

Ma Yuanliang gave Chang Jian a pointed look.

That's right, before the matter comes to fruition, it needs to be kept secret.Xue Lang nodded and told Chang Jian to go back first.Chang Jian's eyes were a little dim, presumably he understood that he had not yet gained Xue Lang's trust.

Xue Lang doesn't care what he thinks, and he can't do it because he has been confiding in others from the very beginning.The matter of breeding and trial planting is very important, so it is obviously inappropriate for Changjian to join in hastily.

Go to the idle and barren garden with Ma Yuanliang. This garden has not been taken care of for a long time. The vegetation in the garden is messy and lush. Correspondingly, there are also a lot of weeds. However, it can also be seen that the soil quality here is good .

"Cavalry Zheng, are the sergeants under your command a military background?"

Xue Lang asked.Ma Yuanliang said humbly: "Uncle Xue can call me Yuanliang or Shiro. The soldiers under my nephew are all from the army. They are good at marching and fighting, and farming and farming."

Being called uncle by a boy with an uncle face, Xue Lang felt a little complicated, so he could only comfort himself, he just got used to it.Glancing at the lush seedlings and weeds in the garden, he asked, "How many people do you have under your command?"

"Exactly 50 people, Uncle Xue, are these people still enough? If not, my nephew can apply to the lady and assign more people to come over."

Ma Yuanliang also seemed to want this achievement, and his attitude was very serious and positive.Xue Lang smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "No, 50 people can't be used up. Since you have enough people, you don't need to bother the second master. You will bring people over this afternoon to remove these seedlings. The soil needs to be dug up." It should be deeper, and when the sun is good, expose it to the sun for a few days, and get some lime, sprinkle lime on the soil after digging, and expose it to the sun for a few days.”

"Here! My nephew will do it now."

After that, Ma Yuanliang went to call someone.Xue Lang didn't know the way, so he could only wait for him to bring someone over. Fortunately, Ma Yuanliang did things very neatly, and he brought a group of people over in a short while, pointing at Xue Lang: "This is Master Xue, the person sent by the general to take charge , from now on, including me, everything will follow Master Xue’s command.”

"Here!"

The 50 people suddenly responded, and they saluted Xue Lang in unison. Xue Lang hurriedly said: "Soldiers, please forgive me. From now on, we will all be on the same boat. I don't want to say anything else. Let's work together to get things done. At that time, everyone deserves the credit, and we will not let everyone's hard work be in vain."

The eyes of all the sergeants are a little bit brighter, and they are busy and hard every day, isn't it for the credit!This Xue Zhubo is really serious in his words, he is not the kind of person who fools people with his head.

"Uncle Xue, I don't have any convenient tools, I have to find some convenient tools."

"Don't worry about this. The general is considerate and will definitely be sent."

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Miss Liu brought various tools, saws, machetes, hoes, and even a farm ox with a plow.However, this plow is quite different from the ones Xue Lang has seen. The plow shaft is straight and long, making it look very cumbersome——

Xue Lang patted his head, remembering that he learned in history class that the quyuanli would not be invented in the Jiangdong generation until the late Tang Dynasty. It is still in the early Tang Dynasty, and plows with straight and long shafts are still being used.

After taking history class, Qu Yuanli and Xue Lang can draw.As spring plowing approached, it was the time when the farm work was busy, so I drew Qu Yuanli when I returned home, and asked Her Royal Highness to send people to do it, just in time to promote spring plowing.

Ma Yuanliang immediately led the people to work in full swing.Xue Lang wanted to go back to get the seeds, but he didn't know the way, so he happened to go back with Mrs. Liu.

Seeing that Xue Lang was alone, Lady Liu immediately asked, "Why didn't Changjian follow?"

Xue Lang smiled embarrassedly: "Isn't this coming to do something? Your Highness attaches great importance to it, so I don't want to bring people here."

Lady Liu said euphemistically: "It's my slave's fault. I forgot to tell Master Xue the rules of the mansion. Your Highness is quite strict with the rules. All the servants in the mansion can abide by them. Master Xue can rest assured."

Xue Lang understood in seconds: "Since that's the case, let Changjian follow from now on, so that I don't know the way and can't find the way back."

Lady Liu nodded with a smile, because she was not on the same road with Xue Lang, she sent a maid beside her to lead the way for Xue Lang.Xue Lang saw the plaque of Tingfengyuan, thanked the maid, and went back by himself.

"Lang Jun!"

Changjian thought that he had been waiting at the door all the time, and when he saw Xue Lang came back, he immediately came out: "But the sister from Miss Liu sent you back?"

"Yeah, I'll go there later, Changjian, follow along."

Changjian's expression brightened immediately, and he said a thousand words almost ecstatically: "Changjian will definitely do things with his heart."

Xue Lang nodded.Chang Jian cautiously reminded: "Sister who sent you back just now, did you give me any money?"

Xue Lang was startled, and patted his head: "I forgot, did you remember the girl's appearance just now?"

"The little one recognizes her, she is Sister Luyin who is next to Mrs. Liu."

"You help me remember her."

"Here."

Xue Lang went into the inner courtyard, Mo Zhu and Lamei were guarding the door of the bedroom doing needlework, when they saw Xue Lang enter the inner courtyard, they immediately threw away the needlework and came to dust him off, pour water on him, Xue Lang just had to stand still Whenever he moved, someone would bring him hot water at a suitable temperature for his mouth, and make everything smooth for him.

This is the benefit of having slaves, but it takes money to raise these slaves.Now Mozhu is from Princess Pingyang's mansion, including himself, and his salary is paid by Princess Pingyang.

When walking in this mansion, one has to follow the rules of the mansion, it is impossible to follow the modern standard.Changjian reminded him well, he is an outsider, and the servants are from the princess' mansion. Except for the people assigned to him, he has troubled others, and according to the rules, he has to give rewards, and the rewards cannot be returned to Princess Pingyang for help!

Rewards should not be given indiscriminately, and the timing of giving should be measured.Like Changjian and others, if you do a good job helping him, you are meritorious and can be rewarded, which is not needed on weekdays.

The so-called not getting rewarded for meritorious deeds, throwing money at random for no reason or reason, I am afraid that people have to think about it, what are you doing?Is it to buy someone else's servant?It was taboo for a servant to betray his master in ancient times.

Thinking about it this way, Xue Lang only had one feeling——

Poor!

In the morning, I felt that my basic necessities, food, housing and transportation were all prepared, and I had no place to spend the [-] guan settling-in allowances. Now I feel that I am poor!It seems that no matter where you are, building a home is not an easy task.

Make money, find a way to make money!Time to get on the agenda!

(End of this chapter)