Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 129
For one meal, Xue Lang ate half of a roast goose, two thirds of two side dishes, and a bowl of millet porridge.Su Han eats more than him, not to mention a whole roast goose, two side dishes are also eaten, and three bowls of porridge are eaten.

Xue Lang looked at his own food intake, and then at others', and once again had the inferiority complex of "I'm a weak chicken".Just like that, when Su Han put down the chopsticks, he also said: "For the sake of nourishing the dead, eighty percent of the food is enough."

Xue Lang... Xue Lang is messed up again!Fuck, eat so much to be [-]% full, if you are very full, how much should you eat?Why is everyone in the neighborhood more swollen than he can eat?Wait online, hurry up!
However, after this time, Xue Lang finally understood.Dr. Su, who looks like a cool guy with facial paralysis, is actually a big tease.

Considering the teasing and strange brain circuit, Xue Lang threatened him decisively without hesitation: "Doctor Su, the courtyard wall is used to separate the boundaries. You see, there are maids in my courtyard. In the future, the courtyard wall will not I’m climbing now, let’s go through the main entrance if we have something to do! If you climb the courtyard wall again, I will ask the princess to change your courtyard, and you will never come to my house for dinner again!”

Su Han's eyes were full of shock, he nodded quickly, and almost patted his chest to reassure: "Xue Zhiyi, don't worry, Su Han will definitely stay away from the courtyard wall in the future, and will never climb again."

Sure enough, when facing foodies, you have to use food as a weapon!
I don't know whether it was Xue Lang who took care of Su Han, or Su Han who took care of Xue Lang. In short, Su Han didn't climb the courtyard wall anymore, he just knocked on the door openly to eat.When the salary was paid, apart from silk cloth, money, rice grains, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, etc., he actually sent people to move to Xue Lang directly. Running over to eat without stopping, being proactive and voluntary makes people laugh.Of course, this is all for later.

After the wheat harvest, the rain gradually increased, entering the rainy season.The rainy season at Weizeguan is naturally not as good as the rainy season in the south, and there is no need to worry about floods or the like depending on the amount of rainfall.

Xue Lang just wanted to pay attention to the farm. He only put grass carp into the pond a few days ago, so that the water in the fish pond should not spill out, lest the fish run away.

Naturally, when it rained, he could no longer ride a bicycle. Xue Lang could only take a carriage, went to the farm a few times in the rain, explained clearly what needs to be paid attention to, and stayed at home and never went out.

Now is the season when there are a lot of fruits. Since nothing happened, Xue Lang asked Changjian to go to the county town to buy a lot of sugar and fruits and come back to prepare some fruit wine.

Xue Lang loves to drink, so he naturally knows how to make wine.In the past, in modern times, a lot of wine was brewed every season, including fruit wine and white wine.Every time a batch is brewed, the old father-in-law and brother-in-law will come to take some away when it is not finished, and friends also like the wine he brewed. As long as they hear that he has brewed wine, they will come to take it.Xue Lang brews a lot of wine every time.

Brewing fruit wine Xue Lang only makes pure fruit wine, and does not add white wine to it, so the fruit wine brewed by Xue Lang is very popular among ladies.

Brewing was technical in ancient times. Families with a long history almost all had their own brewing workshops, and they didn’t take out the wine. Most of them kept it for their own drinking or entertaining guests.

Xue Lang doesn't plan to sell the wine he brews, and he doesn't plan to spread the technology to the outside world.If he plans to marry in the future, it may be passed on to his descendants.

Made a lot of fruit wine and hid it in the cellar—

Tingfengyuan has a kitchen, so naturally it also has a cellar.There is no refrigerator at this time, and the cellar is basically the best storage method.

After brewing fruit wine, the time has come to June.Jiang Lin hadn't come back yet, but someone sent a letter saying that his father-in-law's family had forgiven him and was still willing to recruit him as his son-in-law.

Both Jiang Lin and his fiancée are quite old, since it is said, marriage is naturally put on the agenda immediately.The wedding date was set at the end of the year, and Jiang Lin still had to stay in Beijing to go through some etiquette procedures.

Xue Lang didn't understand the etiquette procedures required for getting married in ancient times, but after Her Royal Highness heard about it, she wrote a letter back to Beijing, asking the housekeeper in her mansion to help Jiang Lin take care of it, and allocated a yard for Jiang Lin to marry. .

Not only Jiang Lin was grateful, but Xue Lang was also grateful for being meticulous and thoughtful.Solemnly thank Her Highness the Princess, and Her Highness just said indifferently that it's okay, it's just a matter of convenience.

In June, potatoes and sweet potatoes are ripening one after another.Potatoes are only a few, and Xue Lang can harvest them by himself. Only sweet potatoes need manual digging.

It was still Ma Yuanliang who brought people over to help.The sweet potato field is at the foot of the mountain, and the soil is slightly sandy.Xue Lang first selected sweet potato vines that could be used as seed plants, cut them off and stored them all in the cellar, and then began to dig sweet potatoes.

In order not to damage the sweet potatoes to the greatest extent, the government soldiers used more small hoes and dug slowly.A vine dug out the roots of sweet potatoes, big and small. The soldiers of the government were all experienced people. They weighed them in their hands and could estimate the approximate yield: "Xue...Xue Zhiyi, this...this thing can Do you want to eat?"

Xue Lang nodded: "This is called sweet potato. It can be used as food or vegetable. This is the first trial planting, and it should be popularized in the next year. It is quite simple to cultivate, and it does not occupy fertile land. It is eaten together with food. If you want to go hungry It can be much less."

"Here!"

All the government soldiers responded loudly, they all looked a little excited, and some people saluted Xue Lang: "Thank you very much, Xue Consulting."

Xue Lang understood why they saluted, and hurriedly avoided, saying: "You don't need to thank me. The people in my court are all hardworking, and life will only get better and better. I have this confidence, and I hope everyone has this confidence."

"Here!"

This time the answering sound was even louder.

After this, everyone digs sweet potatoes more carefully, but the speed of digging is much faster.Those in the front are responsible for digging, and those in the back are responsible for removing the soil and putting it in the basket, and then wait for it to be weighed after all the digging is completed.

Xue Lang squatted under the shade of a tree at the side, watching the crowd digging, and didn't notice a few horses approaching from a distance. When he got closer, he realized that it was Princess Pingyang who brought people.Princess Pingyang was followed by Lady Liu and Han Jin.

"I have seen Your Highness the Princess. The sun is shining brightly, why is Your Highness here?"

Xue Lang hurriedly went up to salute, and Ma Yuanliang also hurriedly led others to salute.Princess Pingyang waved her hand and said: "Everyone is free. Don't disturb your work because of my arrival, return to your position quickly."

"Here!"

The government soldiers continued to dig.Xue Lang welcomed Princess Pingyang to the shade of the tree, and poured her a bowl of water——

"The sun is so hot, and His Highness came here on horseback. Please drink a bowl of water. No one has used this bowl yet."

Princess Pingyang took the bowl and drank a bowl of water.Xue Lang poured another bowl for Miss Liu and Han Jin.

Princess Pingyang asked: "Can you finish digging today?"

Xue Lang said: "His Royal Highness, everyone is afraid of digging the sweet potatoes, so dig carefully, so the action is a bit slow, but there are many people and they should be able to finish digging."

Princess Pingyang nodded. She and Lady Liu are both handlers, so they naturally know the information about sweet potatoes.Han Jin was brought here just now after Her Royal Highness said that she had tried to plant the new crops presented by Xue Lang and harvested them today.

Seeing that the sergeant brought over a basket of dug sweet potatoes from time to time, Han Jin counted them silently, his face gradually became solemn, and he couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask Xue Zhiyi, is this crop called sweet potato a grain or a vegetable?"

Xue Lang said: "It can be used for food and vegetables, and it can be used as food to satisfy hunger."

Han Jin took a deep breath, and began to calculate silently in his heart, his expression became more solemn, and he looked at Xue Lang with regret.Seeing that Xue Lang was puzzled, Her Royal Highness saw it at a glance, and said with a smile: "Is it a pity that Mr. Han didn't recruit Youyang as his son-in-law?"

Han Jin's face was filled with grief: "I knew that Xue Zhiyi was not a bird in the forest, and sooner or later the roc would spread its wings. It's a pity that I can't recruit a husband, and I missed a good talent and beauty!"

Both Her Royal Highness the Princess and Lady Liu laughed out loud, but Xue Lang looked embarrassed.

Just like what Xue Lang said, because of the large number of people, the sweet potatoes on a mere one-acre field were harvested in a short time. After harvesting, they were dragged to the field to weigh and count——

As the baskets were weighed, the expressions of Han Jin and Miss Liu became more and more excited. Only Princess Pingyang was still as stable as Mount Tai. At first, she would clench her fists to calm her emotions. Later, she was almost like an old monk in meditation. Standing under the tree, looking at the nose, nose and heart, with a calm expression, no emotion can be seen at all.

After the weighing was over, Xue Lang calculated the numbers in his mind, and the people who weighed at the side were waiting to use their calculations, Xue Lang said: "Your Highness, why don't you let your subordinates do the calculations?"

"Can!"

Her Royal Highness agreed in a steady voice.Xue Lang pulled a piece of paper, took out the pen, and began to scribble numbers. Han Jin worriedly took the numbers he had written down to proofread, and found that Xue Lang was correct in every number. He said in surprise: "Xue Zhiyi Have you never forgotten it?"

Xue Lang thought it was the golden finger that comes with crossing, smiled at Han Jin, nodded, and concentrated on the calculation of the formula, but after a while, the calculation has already been done: "His Royal Highness, the total yield per mu is 1425 catties!"

Why are there so few? !
Xue Lang was a little puzzled.

Han Jin was so excited that his voice changed: "How much?"

Miss Liu covered her small mouth with her hands, and she couldn't hide her shock. Her beautiful eyes were fixed on Xue Lang, as if she was waiting for his confirmation.Only Her Royal Highness was all eyes wide, and asked almost word by word: "One thousand four hundred and twenty five?"

Xue Lang nodded, and said: "The subordinates were negligent before. The counting method of the foreign country is slightly less than that of the Tang Dynasty, so the number of catties per mu is more. The foreign country has 18 taels per catty, while the Tang country has [-] taels per catty. "

Princess Pingyang silently counted in her heart and said: "If according to the counting method of foreign countries, the yield per mu is about [-] catties, right?"

Xue Lang nodded: "That's a lot."

"Good! Good! Good!"

Her Royal Highness said three good words in a row, pulled the whip in her hand out of thin air, and said, "Han Jin!"

Han Jin hurriedly bowed and said, "This subordinate is here!"

Princess Pingyang said: "Immediately report to the sage, good news! I, Weizeguan, tried to plant the new crops donated by the stranger Xue Lang. I wrote this letter myself! I will serve you with pen and ink!"

"Here!"

When Princess Pingyang gave the order, someone quickly prepared it.Han Jin bent down and asked someone to spread the paper on his back, so that Princess Pingyang could use it as a table for writing memorials.

Princess Pingyang pondered for a while, almost without a click, and almost overnight, the pen quickly wrote a melody.After finishing writing, check it calmly, and order someone to send it directly to Beijing, and send it to the sage Li Yuan!

Princess Pingyang raised her head and said loudly: "This is the destiny of Tang!"

Han Jin immediately knelt down: "Long live Datang, long live long live!"

Xue Lang quickly knelt down after realizing it, and Princess Pingyang came over, no longer caring about the suspicion of men and women, and helped Xue Lang up personally: "Youyang, please get up quickly, your merits are in Sheji, and you are going to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit." Bar."

But Your Highness, you have not passed the life-and-death crisis. Before that, Xue Lang had no intention of going to Beijing at all.Xue Lang was thinking about how to express his meaning, so he called out from a distance——

"Report! Urgent report at eight hundred li! Urgent report at eight hundred li!"

Princess Pingyang's face was filled with joy: "Quick report!"

The messenger jumped off his horse and knelt in front of Princess Pingyang: "Report! The rebel Liu Heita led the Turks to invade Shandong!"

(End of this chapter)