Settle Down In Tang Dynasty

In the fifth year of Wude in Tang Dynasty, the first day of August is auspicious. All kinds of things are suitable.

Li Gang took Xue Lang to Hanyuan hall, and there was a small yellow gate: "but Li Shangshu and Xue consult?"

Li Gang replied, "it's just me."

Xiao Huang said: "the sage calls, please meet with me. Come with me, please

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Li Gang and Xue Lang follow behind xiaohuangmen into Hanyuan Hall -

Xue Lang follows Li Gang with his head down, three steps away from him, always paying attention to whether li gang stops. When he stops, stop immediately. Listen to Li Gang's way:

"Minister Li Gang has met the sage, the sage Wan'an."

Immediately followed the salute: "micro minister Xue Lang to see the sage, Saint Wan'an."

A man's voice in the upper part said: "Qing's family is flat. Sit down, Li Qing. Is Xue Lang coming with you

Li Gang replied, "exactly."

Xue Lang immediately said: "Dear God, my humble minister Xue Lang traveled thousands of miles in the early spring of this year and returned to the Tang Dynasty. Princess Meng took a fancy to him and employed him as an official in the government. Xue Lang brought two kinds of seeds of sweet potato and potato from foreign countries and presented them to the princess. The princess was wise and believed in Xue Lang and planted them in weizeguan. However, after the trial planting, the seeds sowed all sprouted, and the tender buds grew into seedlings, rooting and sprouting, and bearing great fruits. The yield of sweet potato per mu was more than 20 stones, and the yield of potato per mu was slightly more than that of sweet potato. Such a high yield proves that China's Middle Earth Tang Dynasty is a land of geomantic omen, the son of God, and the blessing of heaven. In this way, we have good weather and good weather in the Tang Dynasty, and we have a good harvest! Auspicious news appears in the world. Do you dare to honor the sage? Because the princess was in an important position and did not dare to leave without permission, Fang ordered Xue Lang to lead his team to Beijing to report good news to the sage! "

"Good! Pingyang is my son's heart, and Pingyang and Xue Qing are both meritorious! "

Li Yuan's voice, unable to hide the excitement, tone is quite high. Xue Lang even said in a hurry: "I dare not make contributions. This is the destiny of the Tang Dynasty. It is a sign of the blessing of the sage."

Prince Jiancheng immediately said in a loud voice: "Saint Wanfu!"

Seeing the situation, the officials also congratulated him: "Blessed are the saints!"

"Good, good. You are welcome. On this occasion, Xue Lang, where are sweet potatoes and potatoes? I would like you to share the grand event with me. "

Xue Lang said: "the caravan of sweet potatoes stops at the gate of the palace and asks the saints to order them to carry them in."

Li Yuan nodded and ordered xiaohuangmen to go out to preach. In a short time, two soldiers carried in baskets of sweet potatoes, one basket after another.

the Hanyuan hall is the place for holding the great dynasties and important ceremonies. The place is quite broad. In such a wide area, sweet potatoes of more than 20 stones are also filled with a large area in the hall.

Because of the lack of seeds, there is only one basket of potatoes. However, Xue Lang, as tactful as Xue Lang, specially left a potato seedling. The potatoes on the roots, no matter how big or small, are not removed. Even the plants and rhizomes are packed in a wooden box, you can see at a glance that this is the yield of a plant -

there are already so many potatoes per mu The output is almost at a glance. Although slightly inferior to the almost mountain of sweet potatoes, but it is not much worse.

Xue Lang said: "to the sage, these are the amount of sweet potatoes produced in one mu of land. Because of the lack of seeds, potatoes only planted half of the land and got more than 80 Jin. Weizeguan left 15 Jin as seeds for the coming year. The rest are here. Please have a look at them. "

With the sound of footsteps, the sage Li Yuan directly came down from the throne and quickly walked over. He first looked at the box containing potatoes in xiaohuangmen's hand, and then went to see the sweet potatoes in the basket. Regardless of the soil on the sweet potatoes, he took them up to watch them.

At this time, Xue Lang relied on his height to see clearly what Li Yuan looked like. His majesty Li Yuan is dressed in the crown of the emperor. Like all the middle-aged and old men nowadays, his majesty Li Yuan also has a beautiful beard and a dark beard. Only the hair roots exposed under the crown can be seen as gray and white, with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes. His appearance is not as powerful as Xue Lang imagined, but rather kind.

The ministers gathered around. Li Jiancheng, the crown prince, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who had already served in the imperial court, also gathered around. They were all looking at the sweet potato surrounded in the middle --

potato seeds are rare, so it is certainly impossible to promote this year. There are so many sweet potatoes, maybe some seeds can be distributed. I don't know whether this idea was made by the ministers. Someone asked, "counsellor Xue, how many catties do you need to plant this sweet potato per mu?"

Xue Lang, looking at the questioner in a purple dress, replied, "my Lord, sweet potatoes are different from potatoes. In the first year of planting, tubers are needed for planting, and about 15 Jin of sweet potato is needed for seeds per mu of land. In the second year, strong and well-growing vines can be cut from the plants of the same year to grow seedlings and seeds. No sweet potato tubers are needed. And potatoes can only be grown by tuber breeding. "

Li Yuan asked, "Xue Qing, it is said that sweet potatoes and potatoes are easy to preserve and can be stored in the cellar until the next year. Li Qing reported yesterday that Xue Qingzhi had a way to keep sweet potatoes and potatoes for years after processing. Is that true? "

Princess Pingyang's sparse play only focused on the discovery of high-yield new crops, the yield of new crops, detailed information is not stated. Li Gang came back yesterday and went into the palace all night to report to the sage, but he didn't know how to report it. However, when the sage asked questions, Xue Lang would answer them as he should!Therefore, Xue Lang said: "to the sage, about this matter, Wei Chen has written a Shuo, and is about to present it to the sage. Please have a look at it. It's just

"It's just what?"

Xue Lang was embarrassed and said: "Wei Chen is good at writing in foreign countries, and he is used to writing in vernacular. In my dynasty, he was not proficient in classical Chinese writing. Although he was instructed by the princess, he had no choice but to get used to it. What he wrote was too colloquial and he was afraid to hurt the sage's dragon eyes How about an oral report from Wei Chen? "

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Li Yuan laughed, and Xue Lang's face turned red. Standing in the middle of a group of ancient people, he felt like an illiterate and ashamed to meet people.

Li Yuan said: "the Qing family's growth environment is different from that of my Tang Dynasty. This is an excusable matter. It's OK to present the sparse music."

"Thank you for your burden. I'm ashamed of you."

Xue Lang from the sleeve cage of the big sleeve to take out that write all day's sparse play, want to pass out and some guilty, look at Li Yuan, some hesitation.

Li Yuan smiles and takes a look at the little yellow gate beside him. Xiaohuangmen immediately gets to know him and reaches out to Xue Lang: "Xue counsellor, please give the sparring to the maidservant, and the maid will present it to the saint."

Well, you don't have to struggle. You won't have the weakness of classical Chinese. Sooner or later, you'll be exposed. You'll die sooner or later. Xue Lang comforted himself so much that he handed the sparse music to xiaohuangmen, and he stopped.

Li Yuan took the Shuo from xiaohuangmen and opened the first page to see the explanation of Xue Lang's punctuation. After reading it again, he handed the paper to the prince on one side, and then watched Xue Lang's recitation.

Li Jiancheng takes over the paper handed over by the sage's father, but there is still some inexplicable color. When he sees the contents above, he looks at Xue Lang with regret. Then he handed the paper to the king of Qin who was obviously waiting to see.

The king of Qin took a look, his eyes were bright, and he looked at it carefully and thoughtfully. On one side, a minister in a red purple dress said, "can the king of Qin let the old minister have a look?"

Li Shimin recalled himself and handed the paper to him in a hurry: "please see the internal history order."

When the paper reached Xiao Xuan's hand, a group of Ministers immediately gathered around to watch. Xue Lang wrote succinctly and to the point. These ministers were erudite people. Naturally, they could understand and see the benefits at a glance.

Xiao said: "this punctuation mark is quite wonderful. It is convenient for both enlightenment and writing. However, it costs a lot to print books. It takes time to make use of this punctuation mark. "

This is the old saying of seeking the country. Xue Lang admires the arch hand way: "the internal history makes the high opinion."