Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 399 Busy Autumn

After making up his mind, Xue Lang found a free time the next day and went to Princess Pingyang's mansion to ask for someone.If you want to recruit people from her house, you always have to say hello to her.

When Xue Lang passed by, it was noon, the sun was always high, and it was hot in the sky. At this time, it was the autumn tiger. Although the sun was not as good as the sun in summer, it still had a lingering majesty.

Xue Lang was led directly to Princess Pingyang's small courtyard, where Princess Pingyang was reclining on a soft couch, with Haruyuki fanning her behind her, but there was no ice basin in the room.

Xue Lang couldn't help asking strangely: "Why don't you put two ice basins?"

Princess Pingyang's face seemed to be ashamed, Xue Lang was waiting to take a closer look, and returned to his usual calm expression, so, he must have misread it, right?

With such doubts in my heart, I heard Princess Pingyang say: "Mama won't let it go, it's getting closer to autumn, that is, it's hot in one or two hours, it's nothing."

Mammy won't let it go?Princess Pingyang also agreed, presumably agreeing with Mammy's point of view.Is it some strange custom of the ancients? !
Xue Lang couldn't think of a reason, so he simply threw it away, ran to the side of Princess Pingyang, moved a wooden stool, sat down, and said: "The sage ordered me to be in charge of preparing a lecture group for training sweet potatoes and potato seeding techniques. The selection is almost done, and there is still a leader missing, I want to transfer Wan Siming over, is your Highness willing to let him go?"

Princess Pingyang didn't think much, and agreed: "Yes! If you need manpower, you can transfer them there."

The princess asked someone to serve him a bowl of chilled sour plum soup. After Xue Lang poured it down, he was too busy to stay for a while, and was about to leave in a hurry.Seeing this, Princess Pingyang asked, "Why are you so busy? You can't even sit down for a while?"

Xue Lang smiled wryly, and was a bit speechless: "Officials from the Ministry of Rites are waiting for me at home."

As soon as Xue Lang said it, Princess Pingyang understood, and smiled sweetly: "Hard work son-in-law!"

Xue Lang was dazzled by Princess Pingyang's smile. Thinking of the princess's flowery smile, he no longer felt that practicing the etiquette process was painful. It was as if he had been beaten with chicken blood in an instant, and his mouth was very honest: "I don't want to think of the princess." Thanks for your hard work!"

"Puff"——

This is Chuxue and the others couldn't help laughing!Princess Pingyang looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, her eyes rolled, she was quite charming, Xue Lang couldn't help but clutched his chest, and secretly called out "I'm a good boy", how can there be such a good-looking person in the world!
Princess Pingyang's jade face was flushed, and she patted the table lightly: "Don't leave yet!"

"Oh, yes! I'm leaving first! People who don't go to the Ministry of Rites will come to me and cry again. I'll come to see you when I'm done."

After speaking, he walked away step by step.Seeing him like that, Princess Pingyang couldn't help laughing out "puchi". Seeing the master laughing, Chuxue and the others had been holding back hard, and at last she didn't have to bear it anymore, so she laughed too. The old bowl of sour plum soup, imitating Xue Lang's way of turning back three times at a step just now, Princess Pingyang blushed, the maids in the room laughed together, and their brows were all beaming with joy.

Xue Lang bitterly returned home to receive etiquette training from the Ministry of Rites.Xue Lang's demeanor is good, his waist is always straight, but in the eyes of the Ministry of Rites, these are not perfect enough. In order to make the wedding ceremony perfect in the coming year, the people in the Ministry of Rituals wish that Xue Lang could stay upright for twelve hours a day. Take it out for training, take the trouble, and make sure there is no mistake.This made Xue Lang suffer, and it was no wonder that when he mentioned etiquette training, his face was like a bitter gourd, as long as he squeezed it lightly, it would be the juice of bitterness to the bottom of his heart!
"Da Lang, Wan Siming is asking to see you."

Xue Lang was drilled by the people in the Ministry of Rituals to the point where he could scramble the screen with complaints in his heart, so he sent someone to report to Wan Siming for an interview.Probably Wan Siming came to thank him after receiving the transfer letter from the imperial court.

Xue Lang took the opportunity to stop the training quickly, and the officials of the Ministry of Rituals did not dare to say "the son-in-law don't worry about business, just concentrate on training", they could only watch Xue Lang wanting to cry without tears and running away like chasing a vicious dog.

"The lower officials have met Duke Xue, but the Duke has not seen him for a long time, and his demeanor is even better than before."

Xue Lang met Wan Siming in the living room, and Wan Siming saluted respectfully as soon as he came up.Xue Lang waved his hand: "Okay, we are not strangers, so we don't need to use these vain gifts, have you received the transfer order?"

Wan Siming hurriedly said: "Back to Duke Xue, I just received the transfer order, and the officer just came out of the princess' mansion."

It means that Princess Pingyang has also confessed to him!Xue Lang nodded, and said: "When I was in Weize Pass, we worked together. I know your foundation and ability. When you tried to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes in Weize Pass, you followed. I understand, and I am no stranger to farming, so I recommended you as the leader of the speech team, I hope you will do well and don't disappoint my expectations."

Wan Siming was a little excited: "The next official will definitely do his best!"

Xue Lang nodded, thought for a while, and told him in detail the intention and purpose of his proposal to build this lecture group. After speaking, he told him: "The saint attaches great importance to the promotion and planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes. This time you bring People follow the people who planted potatoes in autumn. You are here to learn. Be open-minded, don’t point fingers, and don’t distinguish between priorities. If you don’t understand, you can ask. If you think those people’s answers are unclear, you can write down the questions and come back to ask me. In short, it is fundamental to have a thorough understanding of the technology and solid learning, understand?"

Wan Siming replied solemnly: "Understood! Please don't worry, the county magistrate, I will definitely learn from you."

I told Wan Siming a few words to take back the gift.Xue Lang's current economic level is no longer the embarrassment he had when he first entered Chang'an.The income from selling ice cubes in summer, as well as the profits from selling sugar continuously, have already been entered into the account. The embarrassment when I first came back.

After confirming the candidates for the speaking tour group, Xue Lang kicked Wan Siming out of Beijing, and asked him to go to various places with the potato seeds to supervise the autumn planting of potatoes and train personnel by the way.There is still some time before the cotton collection, Xue Lang just goes to see the production of vermicelli every day, the work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and being trained by the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette in wedding etiquette, and he still feels a little busy.

The ministers of the imperial court were relatively efficient. After several days of discussions, the proportion of vermicelli included in the tax was finally announced.The result of the court discussion is that the maximum does not exceed [-]%, and there is no lower limit. The specific ratio depends on the land situation in various places.

The ratio is out, and the next step is to determine the proportion of vermicelli when paying taxes in each region according to the situation in each region.This is mostly verified according to the records of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The first thing to determine is the area designated as autumn planting potatoes, where two seasons of potatoes can be planted. In these areas, the proportion of vermicelli included in taxation is [-]% at the highest and [-]% at the lowest, depending on the situation in each region. depends.

As soon as this ratio came out, Xue Lang ordered people to issue a document, and sent it to various places in an expedited way of [-] miles, asking the local governments to vigorously publicize the auction, and started a month-long auction publicity campaign.

The work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was almost coming to an autumn harvest, so naturally it was impossible to recruit people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Xue Lang thought for a while, and handed over a melody to the saint, requesting the saint to dispatch the Jinshi from the Imperial Academy to help.At this very busy stall, Pei Ju announced the agenda, announcing that Cangbu would be assigned to Xue Lang's subordinates and asked him to take care of it.

(End of this chapter)