Settle Down In Tang Dynasty

"Dad

Xue Lang came back from the outside and immediately got a warm hug and kiss from shuinu baby.

Xue Lang picked up his daughter with a smile and kissed her. He asked with a smile, "is shuinu good today?"

"Good! My brother is good too

That small appearance amuses Xue Lang to kiss her again, embrace a son to go in.

On the first day of August in the ninth year of Wude, the sage Li Yuan offered sacrifices to his ancestors in the imperial temple, and held a ceremony to celebrate the establishment of the prince's book. Ten days later, the sage Li yuanchan was located in the prince and in Daxing palace. Li Shimin ascended to the throne as emperor. In the next month, he established the eldest son of the crown prince, Chengqian, as the crown prince and Zhenguan of the Yuan Dynasty.

In the same year, he was deprived of the position of commander of Pingyang, the prince of an state, with a salary of three years, and Xue Lang, the Duke of Rui, was given a salary of one year and dismissed! In the spring of the first year of Zhenguan, Xue Lang and Princess Pingyang's nickname tannu were born, and the eldest son of Xue Jingpu was born. Xue Lang lived at home and did not serve in the imperial court.

Xue Lang came back just after he went out to check on the farm.

In the ninth year of Wude, it was a warm winter with hot summer and little rain. The Yellow River Basin was dry, including Guanzhong, where grain production was reduced due to less rainfall. In the first year of Zhenguan, it was also a warm winter. The water surface along the Weishui River dropped more than in previous years. If the rain is still scarce when the rainy season comes next year, the drought will continue.

Xue Lang went out to have a look. Many water trucks have been built around Chang'an city. Due to the developed water conservancy facilities, it can be expected that the grain production will be reduced, but it is not to the point of no grain.

However, Xue Lang is worried about another thing, which is also recorded in history. In order to have something to say, he also went to the field to squat for several days. After careful inspection, he could confirm.

Looking at Xue Lang's frown, Princess Pingyang put tannu in the cradle and asked, "Why are you so worried?"

Xue Lang said, "Jianling, have you heard a word?"

"What words?"

"If there is a long drought, there will be locusts."

Even the Pingyang princess looked dignified: "you mean, the next year may outbreak of locusts?"

Xue Lang nodded and asked people to carry the soil he had dug up from the field to the eaves of the porch. He waved to Princess Pingyang. Princess Pingyang immediately came out to see him pick up the soil: "see? These are locust eggs

Princess Pingyang took a look, but her expression did not change. She only had some doubts: "is this locust egg? really? I heard people say that locusts are formed by fish and shrimp eggs. Should they be in water? Why in the earth? "

Xue Lang is a little silly for a moment! "My highness, this locust belongs to the insect family. The fish and shrimp belong to the animal class. The fish is notochord, and the shrimp is arthropod. It is different from the locust. This locust is the egg of fish and shrimp Who has misled the children and taught them so badly? "

Princess Pingyang moved her eyes twice and asked quietly, "what about insects, notochord and joints? How are they different? "

"This is a biological classification of species," Xue Lang immediately explained. Let me tell you... "

Xue Lang slowly explained to her what is biology, what is the classification, and what is the standard. While listening, Princess Pingyang quietly breathed.

After listening, he took a close look at the eggs in the soil, and looked dignified: "there are so many eggs!"

There's a couple of eggs in the basket. It's just a basket of soil. If it's per mu of land, it doesn't need more than one third of it Princess Pingyang didn't dare to think about it. Her scalp felt numb.

Xue Lang patted the earth on his hand, then he cleaned his hands with the water from the servants, and said, "follow me!"

He took Princess Pingyang to the ear room. When he got to the ear room, he opened the door. All the baskets were filled with earth. Xue Lang squatted down and began to pick up the earth. He raised his head and called to Princess Pingyang. He said, "this is what I dug last year. Come and see!"

The soil was dry and the eggs inside were shriveled, but the locust eggs could be seen. Xue Lang said: "last year, there was less rain. I was afraid of locust plague, so I paid special attention to it. The soil in this house is collected by me from the fields near our farm and our farm. There are not many insect eggs in it. So last year, I just asked people to turn the soil deeper, burn it and sprinkle lime powder. This year's continuous drought, not to mention, the temperature is warmer. I paid attention to it. Sure enough, there are more insect eggs in the soil than last year. This density There will be a plague of locusts in the coming year

Princess Pingyang looked serious: "this Are you sure? "

Xue Lang patted the earth on his hand and said, "eight nine does not leave ten! You have also seen the comparison of the eggs in the soil. With the density of this year, when the eggs hatch next spring, it is almost certain that there will be a locust disaster! "

Princess Pingyang thought a lot for a moment. She laughed bitterly and said, "so Do you have any idea how to do it? "

Xue Lang did not hesitate to say: "since I have worm eggs in the soil to testify, it is not empty talk. It is natural for me to report to the sage."

Princess Pingyang sighed and said, "now it's the first year of Zhenguan. When it comes to spring, it's just the second year of Zhenguan. It was only two years since the sage ascended the throne, but without mentioning the drought in successive years, it seems that there will be another plague of locusts... "Although the words are not finished, but the meaning is clear. In fact, the title of Erlang's throne was not right and his words were not smooth. After he ascended the throne, he was not so smooth. Judging from the ancient feudal superstition, I'm afraid it would be regarded as a curse from heaven.

Princess Pingyang replied: "Youyang, you are a public minded person. If you are framed by a villain, if Erlang wants to punish you because of all kinds of considerations How about it? "

Xue Lang resolutely said: "we can't treat it as if we don't know! If it can be prevented in advance, the locust disaster is not terrible. If it is allowed to happen, it is careless of human life, and my conscience is uneasy. What's more, natural disasters are natural disasters. The causes of natural disasters are complex and have nothing to do with people? This natural disaster is related to the virtues of those in power. I think it's just playing the piano in disorder! "

This is the sound of the appearance, Pingyang Princess heart a warm, this is her young Yang. After a slight smile, he asked, "you just said that if the disaster is prevented in advance, the plague of locusts is not terrible But there is a solution? If you have it, you will submit it together tomorrow. This is the best way, so as not to have villains to trap you and mislead the public. "

Xue Lang nodded.

For more than a year, he stayed at home and did not go to court except for the feast of saints and princes. However, they went to the palace more often, either with Princess Pingyang, or with water slaves, or alone. All of them went to accompany the old father-in-law. They took him with him. The two of them either went fishing or chess, or wrote paintings and poems Of course, the painter is Xue Lang, and the poet is Comrade Li Yuan, the old father-in-law.

Although Lao Li's poetry writing level is not very good, he is much better than his dumb son-in-law. As for the question of who sings the poem, after listening to Xue Lang sing once, Lao Li realized that he would sing every time he wrote it. If Princess Pingyang was present, he would let Princess Pingyang sing and let Xue Lang sing Lao Li said he wanted to live a few more years.