Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 294
"Mr. Xue, please."

The concierge had obviously received the message that Xue Lang was coming to visit, and someone was waiting for him at the concierge.Follow the guides all the way in, and it's the same yard that was not too big last time, but there are flowers and plants in the yard.

When Xue Lang went in, he saw Princess Pingyang holding a scroll, and there was a short table in front of him, and a chessboard was placed on the short table.

"I have seen Your Highness."

Princess Pingyang dropped the chess pieces and scrolls in her hand: "Here you come? Sit down."

Although he didn't smile, there was a gentle look between his brows and eyes.Xue Lang smiled at people, but he was not polite, and sat down directly opposite Princess Pingyang, and conveniently put the drawings he brought on the lower table.

Princess Pingyang reached out to take the blueprint and looked at it: "Is this a furniture blueprint?"

Xue Lang replied: "Yes. After parting from His Highness yesterday..."

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but look up at Princess Pingyang. Princess Pingyang's expression remained the same. Seeing him looking up at her, she couldn't help but smile: "What are you looking at me for? Go ahead!"

"oh oh!"

There's nothing wrong with a woman, but he's shy as a man. This coward is worthless!

Silently complaining about himself, he continued: "I happened to meet a saint, and I went shopping with the saint for a while at the lantern market. Later, seeing that the weather was cold, I invited the saint to my house for some snacks. The saint saw that the style of furniture in my house was novel. The low couch is comfortable, so I promised to draw blueprints and give them to the saints. That's what His Highness saw."

Princess Pingyang didn't speak, but carefully looked at the blueprint again. Xue Lang had marked on the blueprint, where the furniture is usually placed, and what the name is, basically at a glance.

Xue Lang said: "When your highness enters the palace, please help me bring the blueprints in. The other thing is..."

It feels a little hard to say.

Princess Pingyang raised her head from the drawing: "What's the matter?"

Xue Lang thought about his shriveled purse, and felt more frank, so he smiled shyly and said, "Your Highness, are the master craftsmen in your house free?"

Princess Pingyang raised her eyebrows. Although she didn't speak, she expressed the meaning of the question very clearly.Xue Lang rubbed the back of his head, and said embarrassedly: "I want to say, if the saints use these furniture first, presumably the dignitaries will also use it? I want to make some and sell them, but I don't have any familiar people in Chang'an City. I don’t know which craftsman is good, and I’m afraid that the master’s craftsman I’m looking for will fall short. Therefore, I have the audacity to borrow a few craftsmen from His Highness.”

Princess Pingyang suddenly asked: "But you don't have enough money? Because of the trilogy?"

Xue Lang nodded honestly: "I don't have much property in Beijing, and I haven't had any harvest in Yongye Field. Money is really tight, so..."

Embarrassed smile.Princess Pingyang said: "My family doesn't know how to make furniture recently, you can bring the craftsman Youyang as much as you want."

Xue Lang quickly thanked: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Princess Pingyang pondered for a while, and said: "Youyang also knows that good soldiers are all made of money, and all the songs are related to Youyang's family and life, so you can't be careless. Raising soldiers has always been expensive, and Youyang's situation... If things go on like this, I'm afraid it will not be the right way .”

Xue Lang said: "Thank you for reminding me, Your Highness, I also know that this can't be done like this. But you know me, I have a profitable business, but it takes time, at least it will take next year to produce results, just survive this year. So, Only then can we use our brains on furniture."

Princess Pingyang knew that he had always done things in a safe manner, so she stopped asking questions, but said after a moment of pondering: "So and so... I know Youyang is a down-to-earth person, but if there is anything you don't agree with, don't learn from him." Those who are trying to save face can talk to me as much as they want, okay?"

Xue Lang smiled and nodded.Although his emotional intelligence is low, he knows that Princess Pingyang knows that he is unfamiliar with the situation in Beijing, and really wants to help him. There is nothing to look down on him, and he just wants to help him.Xue Lang is not a person who wants to save face and suffer, nor is he ignorant of good and bad, so naturally he readily agreed.

Princess Pingyang couldn't help smiling, with a satisfied expression on her face, she said: "I knew that Youyang was different from other men, and would not waste my good intentions by doing things that forced me to do so."

Xue Lang smiled, but did not deny it. He scratched his head, looking for something to say: "By the way, Your Highness, have you found someone to study the silk-cotton blend?"

Princess Pingyang glanced at him and nodded: "I have told Rugui to do it, it may take time."

Xue Lang said: "Since there is an internal servant to do it, let's study the matter of movable type printing first. To be on the safe side, first use clay to burn a furnace of fonts, and then burn the metal fonts after the size is determined. In this way, it should There won't be too much waste."

"can."

Princess Pingyang pondered: "I will choose someone to do this myself."

Xue Lang stared at Princess Pingyang, suddenly remembered something, and said quickly: "Your Highness, can you lend me some paper?"

Princess Pingyang looked at him suspiciously, but still asked Chuxue to bring him paper.Xue Lang didn't know how to use a brush, so naturally he didn't need a brush, he just took out a pen and started drawing casually——

"What is this?"

Princess Pingyang watched Xue Lang finish his painting with two strokes, but she couldn't see what it was after looking at it for a long time.

Xue Lang replied: "This is a horseshoe, also called a horseshoe!"

Her Royal Highness is extremely smart, and knows ten things after hearing it: "Things related to horses?"

Xue Lang looked around, Princess Pingyang understood, and calmly ordered: "Everyone go out, don't come near without my call!"

"Here."

The attendants responded and went out. Chuxue brought a cup of hot jujube tea to the two of them, then got up and went out, and stood at the door before walking far.

Xue Lang said: "His Royal Highness, these are called horseshoes, which are nailed on the horseshoe, which can reduce the wear and tear between the horseshoe and the ground, not only protect the horseshoe, but also enable the horseshoe to grip the ground more firmly, increasing the safety of riding and carriage! "

Princess Pingyang was startled, turned her head suddenly, and looked at Xue Lang with burning eyes.However, Xue Lang was busy explaining the horseshoes he drew to Princess Pingyang seriously: "Your Highness, I have observed for a long time, and found that there are no protective measures on the hooves of horses when they are free. A layer of leather is put on the horseshoe. Although leather can also protect the horseshoe from damage, I think leather is not the best in terms of safety. Horseshoes are put on horseshoes by florists. After extensive and long The practice of time benefits both the horse and the rider."

Before the Ming Dynasty, horseshoes did not appear. It was not easy to train a war horse. In order to protect the horse’s hoof and reduce the wear and tear of the horse, the most common method was to put a leather sheath on the horse’s hoof in the shape of a horse’s hoof. Commonly known as leather.

Xue Lang thought about it for a day. Now that Her Highness the Princess does not lead the army in battle, she will naturally not go to the battlefield, and the threat from the battlefield will naturally disappear.However, as a nobleman, Her Royal Highness, horses are indispensable for traveling.What Xue Lang wanted to do was to find solutions to all possible threats.Thus, the horseshoe came into being.

(End of this chapter)