Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 90 Unexpected Visitors

Xue Lang's thoughts turned, he hurriedly bowed his head and saluted: "I have seen Your Highness."

Princess Pingyang said: "Youyang, you don't need to be too polite. Come, let me introduce you. This is my family's Erlang, Qin Wang Shimin. Shimin, this is my arm Xue Lang Xue Youyang."

It really is Li Shimin!The future His Majesty Taizong, Li Erfeng, the first emperor through the ages!

Xue Lang bowed and cupped his fists to salute: "Xue Lang has met the King of Qin, and the King is blessed."

Li Shimin stretched out his hand to help him, and said with a smile: "Master Xue, there is no need to be polite. After seeing the power of the bed crossbow sent by my sister, I was looking forward to seeing Master Xue. Now that I see him, it is really better to meet him than to be famous. "

Xue Lang hurriedly said humbly: "My lord, Xue Lang is just a returnee. Fortunately, His Highness the Princess rescued him and saved his life from being killed in the wilderness. Her Highness, Princess Meng, did not give up, and took a fancy to Xue Lang's meager knowledge. , it is Xue Lang's luck."

King Qin laughed and said, "Master Xue is too modest."

Xue Lang was still waiting for a few more words of modesty, but Princess Pingyang interrupted with a smile: "Forget it, you two don't need to be polite. You Yang has been busy all day, so sit down and rest for a while before talking."

Qin Wang also laughed and said: "Look at me, I have been talking to Xue Zhubo all the time, but I forgot to ask Xue Zhubo to sit down, sit down quickly."

"Here. Thank you, Your Highness, King Qin."

Xue Lang went to his seat and sat down.Her Royal Highness said: "A few days ago, Youyang told me that in the battle of Mingshui, Erlang and Liu Thief had already won and lost, and the day of victory was not far away. The battle was indeed as Youyang said, and now Erlang will The class teacher returned to the court, and deliberately came over to take a look at me."

Xue Lang understood in seconds, meaning that this was just a private meeting of trusted people, no wonder there were only these few people.Li Shimin said: "Although the war was won, it's a pity that the thief Liu Heita was not caught and let Liu thief flee to Turkic. It's really a pity."

Xue Lang looked at Princess Pingyang, then at Li Shimin, thought for a while, then clasped his fists and said, "Dare to ask King Qin, are you sure that Liu Heita really fled to Turkic?"

Li Shimin said: "I sent people to chase that guy for hundreds of miles, and I can confirm that the thief fled to Turkic."

Xue Lang said: "If you really fled to Turks, I'm afraid there will be wars in the next year."

Li Shimin hurriedly asked: "Why did Mr. Xue make such a statement?"

Princess Pingyang interjected: "Erlang, you did not know that you led the troops abroad. When Youyang returned to the country, he passed by the territory of the Turks to observe the situation of the Turks. I am afraid that there will be a famine in the coming year. At that time, the Turks will be hard to come down. It is almost inevitable."

Li Shimin looked at Xue Lang with a solemn expression: "Is this true?"

Xue Lang said: "Return to Your Majesty, Xue Lang is [-]% sure of this judgment."

Li Shimin's thick black sword eyebrows frowned immediately, and said: "Liu Heizai has a lot of friendship with the Turkic tribes. At that time, I am afraid that the Turks will be attracted to the south. In addition to the famine, I am afraid that more Turks will come. The increase is huge. My sister is stationed at Weize Pass and other critical passes, can I ask the saint for help?"

Princess Pingyang said: "Not yet. I just asked the sage to garrison the fields. After the spring plowing is over, we will step up military training. Erlang, you are the minister, and the Youzhou Salt Supervision is under your jurisdiction. Can you add [-]% to Weize Pass? Salt supply?"

Li Shimin said frankly: "Yes! I will hand out the handwritten letter after I go back. It's only [-]%, which is not a problem. But, sister, is [-]% enough?"

Princess Pingyang said: "My garrison is in charge, the most important thing to train is infantry, not cavalry, [-]% is enough."

Li Shimin said straightforwardly: "That's good, I'll take care of it for my sister as soon as I get back."

The siblings agreed in two or three sentences, and it was obvious that their relationship was really good.

Princess Pingyang turned to Xue Lang, "Youyang, how is the preparation of the farm going?"

Asking this question does not shy away from Li Shimin, it seems that Li Shimin has full trust.Xue Lang said: "Your Highness, because it's spring plowing, it's not easy to recruit workers. Therefore, the people in the cook camp can only do it themselves in their spare time. At present, they only build the pig house and are rebuilding the reed marsh. After the reed marsh is rebuilt, they will start building chickens." Houses, duck houses, by then, the spring plowing should be over, and we can ask someone to open a short canal."

Princess Pingyang said: "It seems that the progress is gratifying, how much progress is left?"

Xue Lang patted his head, and said: "It's hard to talk empty words, my subordinates have drawn the overall plan, so let someone fetch it."

"Go quickly."

Xue Lang asked Miss Mu Xue to send someone to go out and send a message to Chang Jian who was waiting, asking him to fetch the plan hanging on the wall of the outer study.

After Mu Xue went out to spread the word, Li Shimin interjected: "Sister wants to build a Zhuangzi?"

Princess Pingyang did not shy away from him: "In order to deal with the Turkic invasion next year, Youyang taught me a method of training soldiers, which can train elite soldiers. However, this method is quite expensive, so Youyang suggested that I build a garrison. The farm is currently under urgent preparation.”

Li Shimin was puzzled: "The farm?"

Princess Pingyang said: "Exactly. Youyang's military training method consumes a lot of physical strength, and the food must be good, otherwise the soldiers may be damaged. Youyang proposed to build a farm dedicated to growing vegetables and raising chickens, pigs, ducks, geese and fish. It can just make up for this hidden worry. Youyang's farm is very ingeniously conceived, and with Youyang's style of doing things, Erlang will understand when the planning map arrives."

"Print plan?"

Li Shimin is very good at focusing.Princess Pingyang said with a happy expression: "Young Yang is good at the method of diagrams. Some extremely complicated things can often be explained with a single diagram. It is simple and clear, and can be summarized completely."

Li Shimin showed an interested look: "So, let's take a look."

After a while, Changjian brought the picture, and Mu Xue passed it in. Xue Lang stood up and took it, and spread it out on the ground. The biggest one was a sketch of the whole farm after it was built, and there were some small drawings for each building. Style drawings, such as what kind of pig house should be built, what kind of duck house should be built, the style of stone trough for raising earthworms, etc.

Xue Lang pointed to the pictures and explained them one by one, which ones had been covered, which ones hadn't been covered, which ones needed to be covered first, and which ones could be covered later. After the explanation, King Qin's eyes brightened, and he admired Xue Lang's gaze.

Xue Lang said: "After the completion of the farm, it will be a comprehensive farm built on the basis of earthworm breeding and vegetable cultivation, including fat pig production areas, poultry egg production areas, and fishery production areas. The farmland is ready-made, and the vegetables have already been planted. The stone troughs are also It has been done, and I asked Wanfu to publicize it in the nearby villages, buying earthworms for two cents a catty. At present, the children in the nearby villages are doing the work of digging earthworms, and I think they will buy enough earthworms soon.”

The pig house is built slightly higher than the ground, and the stone trough for earthworm breeding is placed under the pig house, and the pig manure can be swept directly into the earthworm breeding stone trough placed on the lower floor.Chicken coops, duck coops, goose coops, etc. are built by the water, and the feces are discharged directly into the water, which can be fed to fish.

Grown-up earthworms, leftover fish bones eaten by the garrison, and leftover vegetables can all be used to make pig feed.A fattening pig can be grown in half a year at most, which greatly shortens the time spent on fattening.

Xue Lang said: "When I asked people to purchase the youngsters of this livestock, I used a step-by-step procurement method, from suckling pigs, young pigs, semi-finished pigs to the final sows for breeding suckling pigs, etc., so that they can be supplied for this year as soon as possible. The cost of military training. Chickens, ducks, and geese are also purchased in a similar way, and at most half a month, they should be able to eat the poultry eggs produced by the farm."

(End of this chapter)