Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 327 Infrastructure Construction
The consequence of everyone getting drunk is that when they wake up to work the next morning, they are a little sluggish, but the tenacious biological clock still wakes everyone up!
Sitting at the table waiting to eat the breakfast Xue Lang provided, seeing Xue Lang looking refreshed, Pei Ju smiled wryly, and Wang Shilang gritted his teeth a little, but wondered if there was a villain in his heart shouting that it was unfair!
Well, I feel like this imagination is a bit secondary!
Smiling, he drank porridge with salted duck eggs and pickled vegetables. Xue Lang drank two bowls with a good appetite, while the others barely drank one bowl.

The servants of each family have been waiting early, waiting for their masters to change their clothes, and then they all go out to work together.Pei Ju went to court, while Xue Lang and the others went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

When they arrived at the yamen and were about to go back to their respective offices, Wang Shilang stopped suddenly, hesitating in his steps, as if he was thinking twice, then he turned to Xue Lang who was walking behind: "Thank you, Xue Lang, for the hospitality yesterday. Greedy, what's wrong with you?"

This is... a drink?

Xue Lang looked at Wang Shilang suspiciously, his heart moved, his expression pretended to be hesitant, and he hesitated to speak.Wang Shilang's face, which was a little pale from a hangover, turned even paler now, and he asked in a low voice, "But Wang's words and deeds are inappropriate?"

"Ugh!"

Xue Lang sighed, and patted Wang Shilang on the shoulder: "It's okay, Wang Shilang, please don't think too much, and just go to work with peace of mind. Xue still has something to do, go get busy first!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, leaving Wang Shilang's expression changing, hesitating——

What the hell did he do last night? !Do you want to ask someone?

Xue Lang suppressed a smile and went to his office. Unexpectedly, Wang Shilang had a drink, so he got nervous and played tricks on him. In fact, he didn't say anything, and he wasn't afraid to pursue it in the end.Let him pretend to slap his face again, let him panic first before speaking.

After finishing the banquet happily, the feedback I got was quite good.Xue Lang also took this opportunity to identify all the people who could be named in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Not long after he worked in the office, someone came from the palace and told him to enter the palace with Wang Shilang to discuss matters.

After entering the Xuanzheng Hall, all the officials from the six ministries were there.After the salute, sure enough, because of the Tuyuhun incident, the six officials came to report on the preparation of food and grass.

"Fu Yun is an ambitious man. A few years ago, he took advantage of the chaos in the world and lost all his land in previous years. This year, we saw that our dynasty was fighting with the Turks, and there were bandits in the territory. I think he came here with the intention of taking advantage of it?"

"Come as soon as it comes, beat it when it comes, and beat it once and let him rest for several years."

"This battle must be fought!"

"However, how to fight? Who will be sent as generals? To what extent? These all need to be carefully considered."

The ministers of the political affairs hall reached a consensus and called the officials of the six ministries one by one to go to the court to inquire about the situation of food and grass raising.Xue Lang stepped forward, Lang Lang opened his mouth to answer, the army set out, how much money and food would be spent on the march every day, how much money and food would be spent every day after the war started, and how much the total was expected to be, all of them were calculated clearly.

Xue Lang answered all the money, food, salt and other materials needed, and where to gather them.The sage nodded while listening, and said after listening, "Good! Very good!"

After finishing the discussion in the Xuanzheng Palace, the sage left Xue Lang behind, and the monarch and his subjects went to the Zichen Palace together.While walking, the sage asked, "Is Xue Qing's family doing well in the Ministry of Civil Affairs?"

Xue Lang said: "Returning to the saint, everything is fine so far."

The saint said: "Two days ago, Pingyang entered the palace and presented a military training method called queue training. She said it was written by you?"

It turned out to be this.Xue Lang said: "Returning to the saint, this method is indeed from the hand of the minister, but because the minister has no knowledge of military affairs and only understands superficially, it is the princess' credit to really perfect this method and make the method of formation applicable to the Tang military system."

The sage nodded and said: "Xue Qing doesn't need to give in. You and Pingyang are both good boys. They shared my worries and labors and never spared any effort. It's a pity to transfer you to the Ministry of Civil Affairs at this time."

On the contrary, Xue Lang comforted the saint and said: "I think the Ministry of Civil Affairs is also good. I don't know much about the regulations, customs and customs of our dynasty. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is a ministry department, and I can learn a lot from the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

The sage stopped suddenly, turned around, and said to Xue Lang who was three steps behind him: "I only let you take charge of the Ministry of Finance, that's what I mean. Do you know why?"

Xue Lang thought for a while, and said: "I think this year, the minister will also be in charge of the planting and promotion of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and cotton, as well as the experiment of salt-making technology. Bamboo paper manufacturing should also be put on the agenda, and the gold department should also be taken care of. If I take charge of other departments, I am afraid that I will be exhausted, after all, my energy is limited."

The saint nodded approvingly: "It's good if you can figure it out. This year, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders."

"I will do my best to live up to the grace of the saint."

As he said that, he had already arrived at the Zichen Hall, and the saint raised the dragon chair high and asked Xue Lang to sit on the chair beside him.The two monarchs and ministers sat down separately, and the sage said: "I have issued an edict this morning, ordering Pingyang to be the Shaofu Supervisor, the Shaofu Supervisor, the salt making technique and the bamboo paper production, which will be temporarily supervised by the Shaofu Supervisor, and will be assigned after the test is successful. .”

"Here!"

Xue Lang answered loudly, now he has an excuse to visit the residence of Her Highness the Princess, and there is no need for the princess to come to his residence secretly, she can come here in a fair and honest manner.

The cheerful look made the sage stroking his beard and chuckling, and said: "I have selected people for salt making to go to various places along the coast to choose suitable places to dry the salt. You are in Beijing and Pingyang to make paper first."

"Here."

After talking about official affairs for a while, the saint encouraged Xue Lang more, and then let Xue Lang out of the palace.When Xue Lang left the palace, he didn't even have time to go back to the mansion, so he ran directly to Princess Pingyang's mansion.

The maid led him to the side hall where he often went. Princess Pingyang was reading a book with a blanket under her smoker cage. When she saw Xue Lang coming, she put down the book and gave him a faint smile: "Here you are?"

Xue Lang nodded: "I just came out of the palace, and I heard from the saint that the edict has been issued, asking Jianling to go to the Shaofu Prison?"

Princess Pingyang nodded, and said: "The sage asked me to lead the Shaofu Prison, but the current Shaofu Prison is old and frail, lacking in energy, and has been sick for many days. In fact, it is my responsibility to go."

Xue Lang laughed and said, "That would be much easier! We can combine papermaking, movable type printing, and silk-cotton blending together."

Artisans belonging to the state, those related to the construction of weapons and buildings, and tailors, embroidery workers, etc., are under the supervision of the Shaofu Supervisor.Now that the Shaofu Supervisor is under Her Highness the Princess, it is really convenient for the two of them to do things.

Princess Pingyang nodded: "Yes! I will arrange craftsmen tomorrow to start trial production."

Xue Lang said with a smile: "After talking about official business, let's talk about private matters."

Princess Pingyang gave him an interesting look. Although she didn't say anything, her beautiful eyes seemed to ask "what's a personal matter". Fortunately, Xue Lang didn't have any dirty thoughts, otherwise, under such gaze, he would really feel ashamed.

"Cough... I heard that the imperial court has recovered the Lingnan area? What about Jiaozhou? But it is within the control of our court?"

Princess Pingyang gave him a strange look: "Jiaozhou has always been under my administration. Why do you ask this?"

(End of this chapter)