Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 92 Preparations
The imperial capital Chang'an, the Prince's East Palace——

Rugui bowed respectfully, maintaining a posture of saluting, and the prince remained motionless without speaking.

The prince was silent for a while before he said in a deep voice: "Bring it here!"

Rugui hurriedly handed over the letter.The crown prince said: "What else can Third Sister say?"

Rugui hurriedly said: "Prince, when the princess came, she only ordered the servants to bring the letters and things before returning, and she didn't have anything to say."

The prince's face was serious, he glanced at Rugui, Rugui quickly bent down a little more, the prince said: "If that's the case, just go back and return to your order."

"Here! The servants will leave."

Rugui withdrew respectfully.The prince looked at the wooden box on the table for a long time, and then said contemptuously: "I don't know how to praise, it's a waste of my thoughts."

After a pause, he picked up the brush on the case table, and the attendant immediately sharpened the ink and prepared the paper.The prince dipped a brush in ink, wrote a letter, put it in an envelope, and handed it directly to the attendant: "This letter is addressed to King Qi."

"Here."

The attendant took the letter respectfully and left quickly.

Weize Pass——

After Xue Lang had lunch, he returned to the farm again. Zhuang Dahai and the others had already put down a piece of reed stalks together, and they were continuing to cut the rest.There is a basket on the bank, and the basket contains many eggs, big and small, which are wild bird eggs and wild duck eggs picked out from the reeds.

Xue Lang laughed and said, "Is this an unexpected harvest from cutting reeds?"

Zhuang Dahai smiled flatteringly and said, "Exactly, taking it back is not enough to share. The brothers discussed it. If Mr. Xue doesn't mind it, then take it back and try it."

Xue Lang glanced at it, guessing that there were at least thirty or forty eggs in the basket, and said straightforwardly: "Okay, I'll pick a few duck eggs and take them back later."

Zhuang Hai said: "Master Xue, this wild duck egg smells fishy, ​​so it's not as delicious as bird's eggs. Why don't you take the bird's eggs home and make egg drop soup, it's very fragrant."

Xue Lang smiled and said: "No, save the bird eggs for you to eat, I will ask Changjian to send you some noodles later, you can cook and eat yourself, I want duck eggs, go back and make pickles, I have an exclusive secret recipe. "

When he heard that it was an exclusive secret recipe, Zhuang Dahai immediately kept silent.Xue Lang laughed secretly, this method is easy to use, and he still has to listen to Zhuang Dahai's noise.

After leading this group of guys to work for a few days, Xue Lang could tell that this Zhuang Dahai is obviously a thick and strong man, but his words are very long-winded. For a very simple thing, he can tell you at least three times upside down. It's because of being stopped, if he doesn't stop him, he won't know how many times he says it, Xue Lang doesn't want to experience it at all.

Although Zhuang Dahai is talkative, he is a good hand at work, and he is not afraid of hardships. He leads people and dries through the water. First, he cuts off the shallow water area near the shore. After digging and draining the water, you can go to cut.

This small reed marsh is said to be small, and Xue Lang's visual inspection has at least ten acres. It is only to cut the reeds in the shallow water area. Ten people may have to work for two or three days.Fortunately, the spring plowing is coming to an end. When the spring plowing is over, the surrounding strong labor force can be hired to do the work. The more people there are, the faster the work will be completed.

After harvesting for a day, Xue Lang harvested a basket of eggs. Before the end of work, Xue Lang picked up twenty wild duck eggs and took them back. He was going to let Xiu Niang marinate the salted duck eggs and serve them with millet porridge. He felt that he could drink two more bowls of porridge.

The next day, before Xue Lang went to the farm, he was summoned by the princess to discuss matters.

Xue Lang went into the main hall, and there were already many people sitting in the hall, including Dong Sima, Han Changshi, and Lady Liu from the Princess Mansion, plus him, and Ma Sanbao, General Xiong Lang, and Yi Canjun from the Military Guard of the Mansion were also present .

Seeing people arriving in Qi, Princess Pingyang said: "The King of Qin conquered Liu Heita and returned with a big victory. Unfortunately, Liu Heita was not captured, and Liu thief fled to Turkic. Combined with the previous information that Youyang would cause a famine in Turkic, Turkic Going south to invade the counties and counties is almost a certainty. King Qin has returned, and King Yuanji of Qi is still staying to conquer Xu Yuanlang, king of Lu. When Liu Heitai invites the Turks to attack the pass, I am afraid that King Qi will have no time for him."

Her Royal Highness paused, glanced down, and looking at the generals, Dong Sima said: "It seems that we must prepare for the battle at Weizeguan. The so-called soldiers and horses are not moved, and the food and grass go first. This is the first priority." Things."

Princess Pingyang nodded lightly, and said: "Sima doesn't need to worry about the food and grass, the food and grass allocated by the imperial court are enough."

Ma Sanbao said: "General Qi, the Turkic famine, once they go south to invade Kouguan, I'm afraid not only looting teams will come, some tribes with weak ability to resist disasters, I'm afraid they will come with the strength of the whole family. At that time, the nearby states It is good for the county to guard its own city, so why worry about me at Weizeguan in your spare time?"

Princess Pingyang nodded again, and said: "Ma Sanbao is right. Therefore, the general decided to train troops. On the basis of Wei Zeguan defenders, he trained a team of elite soldiers. The number of five thousand is enough. Wei Zeguan will obey the order !"

"Here!"

The officers all do the warrants.Princess Pingyang Su Rong said: "From now on, soldiers will be selected from among the best soldiers. Those who are skilled in swords and bows will be recruited based on the best. There is no limit to the number of soldiers. Do you understand?"

"Here!"

The generals take orders.

Princess Pingyang said again: "Is the battalion already familiar with the queue training method introduced a while ago?"

"General, this method is simple and easy to implement, easy to learn, and the soldiers are already familiar with it."

"Very good, from now on we will use the method of queue training to advance."

"Here!"

Princess Pingyang issued a series of military orders, all of which revolved around military training, which is a major event.

Han Jin said: "Dare to ask the princess, is it still too late to train elite soldiers? Also, is the cost of military training allocated by the court or the government? Where should it be spent?"

Princess Pingyang said: "I have handed over the cost issue to Youyang. Youyang has already solved this worry. You don't need to worry about spending. Youyang has everything. Han Changshi must take care of the overall affairs and pay attention to coordinating all parties. Someone needs to be slack, so as to delay the military plane."

Han Jin recalled Her Royal Highness's warrant appointing Xue Lang as Quartermaster a few days ago, glanced at Xue Lang, and said yes.

The orders are dispatched in an orderly manner.Xue Lang was doing logistical work, and didn't have the sense of urgency of the officers on the front line, but, for some reason, she always felt that Her Royal Highness seemed to attach great importance to this matter, as if something was urging her.

Frowning and thinking for a long time, Xue Lang couldn't figure out why.With too little information, no matter how high the IQ is, it is impossible to deduce the overall situation.Although I don't understand Her Royal Highness's sense of urgency, doing his own job well is probably the greatest help to Her Highness.

Xue Lang secretly made a decision, went through the matter at hand silently in his heart again, thinking about what could be improved, and hoped that things could be done "there is no best, only better", so as to repay Princess Pingyang's love for him. big favor.

"Youyang."

"Subordinates are here."

Her Royal Highness suddenly called him.Xue Lang quickly returned to his senses.

Princess Pingyang said: "You come with me."

"Here!"

Xue Lang got up quickly, followed behind Princess Pingyang, and left the mansion.

(End of this chapter)