Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 395
"There's one thing I've been wondering about..."

Xue Lang was not angry, nor did he pretend to be magnanimous and intentionally forgive, but looked at Wang Shilang suspiciously with a puzzled look on his face, with a serious expression on his face: "Before I joined the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I had a relationship with Wang Shilang. The servant is a total stranger. In the past, there should have been no enmity, but on the first day I arrived at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, you didn't like me. Today, I even brought my nephew to apologize, but in fact, I didn't like the joke. I see, there must be a reason, right? Why?"

Wang Shilang was startled, as if he didn't expect Xue Lang to be so straightforward, so he asked directly. After a moment of stunned, a trace of sarcasm flashed in his eyes, he looked at Xue Lang with a half-smile, and said: "Wang and Xue Lang The servant has been a colleague for more than half a year, but he doesn't know that Xue is such a straightforward person."

Xue Lang nodded seriously, and said frankly, "That's the kind of person I am! Say what comes to mind, I'm not good at guessing riddles, and I don't like guessing riddles either!"

Wang Shilang laughed loudly, and after laughing, he cupped his hands towards Xue Lang, and said: "The apology has already been brought, and Wang is leaving. Liulang, let's go!"

Wang Liulang was obviously stunned by the conversation between the two, and his reaction was a little slow. His uncle yelled twice before he stood up and saluted Xue Lang before he left. He still remembered his dignity.

Xue Lang just sat there, didn't get up to see off the guests, but just glanced at Changjian, and said, "Let the housekeeper see Wang Shilang off."

"Here."

Changjian took the order and left.

Wang Shilang's uncle and nephew were seen off by Steward Xue, and only after they left the gate of the county mansion, Wang Liulang quickly caught up with his uncle and asked repeatedly: "Uncle, uncle, didn't we come to apologize? Why? You actually quarreled with Duke Xue?"

"Silence!"

Wang Shilang's expression was very bad, his face was ashen, obviously not in a happy mood, he looked back at the gate of Xue Mansion, and said coldly: "I misread Xue Lang!"

After a pause, he suddenly said: "It's also because I don't know people well. I should have known. If I hadn't been a person with a bit of a temper, I wouldn't have spoken like a knife that day, ruining Lu Lang's reputation!"

After finishing speaking, he sighed and said, "Go back! You will set off home early tomorrow morning, study hard behind closed doors, and stop wandering around in Chang'an City."

"what?"

Wang Liulang was like a flower beaten by frost, he was stunned in an instant: "Uncle, don't you teach my nephew?"

Wang Shilang stopped, and looked back at his nephew: "Teach? I made a mistake today, misjudged the situation, and misread Xue Lang. Uncle's life in Beijing may be difficult. You go back first, lest I lose sight of one and miss the other, and fail to take care of you." !"

Wang Liulang wanted to say something, but he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything after being glared at by his uncle.

In the Xue mansion, seeing off the guests, Xue Lang went back to the backyard, soaked comfortably in the tub, sighed comfortably, sank into the water, only his head was exposed, and the neck was completely submerged in the water, enjoying the pleasure of taking a bath. pleasure.In addition to the swimming pool, Xue Lang is a person who takes hot baths all year round.Even in such a hot season, he also likes to take a hot bath, even if he is sweating all over, he will never tire of it.

Still can't figure out why Wang Shilang wanted to turn against him.There is no love for no reason in the world, and there is no hatred for no reason. He can't figure it out now. It should be because he didn't grasp some key information points. This is the shortcoming of outsiders. Unfamiliarity and information asymmetry lead to ambiguity.

However, Xue Lang was not in a hurry. Looking at Wang Shilang's methods, he was disgusted with him. He couldn't use other methods at all. Obviously, he also had scruples.

Today, after Xue Lang scolded him so outspokenly once, he should restrain himself a little. If he doesn't restrain himself... Xue Lang is not afraid, the so-called crisis means that there is still opportunity in danger. There will only be more things, and the more he will understand.Xue Lang has never been impatient.

After the sweet potatoes were harvested, Xue Lang still had to supervise the making of vermicelli, and there were not many opportunities to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Afterwards, when he met Wang Shilang again, Xue Lang greeted Wang Shilang as always, and looked at Wang Shilang calmly every time. He didn't shy away from his own exploration and puzzlement, which made Wang Shilang feel a little bit pained. Every time he saw him, his smile seemed to have a bit of a toothache. "a feeling of.

Every time he saw Wang Shilang look helpless against him, Xue Lang felt inexplicably happy, and at the same time knew in his heart that Wang Shilang had more worries than him, that's why he felt so timid.

In the face of absolute strength, all intrigues and tricks are paper tigers!

Xue Lang was not obsessed with the rivalry with Wang Shilang, but focused more on the matter at hand.Arrange the affairs of the sweet potatoes. After the first batch of vermicelli is made, it is almost time to dig the potatoes.

Compared with the planting area of ​​sweet potatoes, the planting area of ​​potatoes is pitifully small because of the small number of seeds, which can be planted with four acres of land.Because of the scarcity and the different ways of saving seeds, Xue Lang paid more attention to potatoes than sweet potatoes when managing farming.When harvesting, it is still one acre and one acre, and it is weighed when it is dug out, so as to calculate the yield per mu.

Good land was chosen for growing potatoes, and enough fertilizer was given, not only earthworm fertilizer, but also livestock manure was added several times, and the management was very meticulous.Such meticulous management has yielded rich harvests during harvesting. The four mu of land has been harvested. After a rough calculation, the average yield per mu has reached 1 kilograms, and the four mu of land has easily harvested more than [-]. kg of potatoes.

Probably after the shock of harvesting more than [-] catties of sweet potatoes, Yang Zhengqing's performance was much better than when he harvested sweet potatoes. After Xue Lang reported the yield per mu, Yang Zhengqing could still roughly calculate in his heart that if he could plant tens of mu like sweet potatoes , that harvest...

Yang Zhengqing couldn't help taking a deep breath, and said with a trembling voice: "Come on, prepare the horse, I will personally report this matter to the saint!"

Then he wrote the melody on the spot, rushed to the Renzhi Palace, and went straight to the Renzhi Palace to announce the good news to the saint!

Xue Lang calmly asked Changjian to send a message to Princess Pingyang, and then began to choose the most suitable potatoes for the next year to plant.

Princess Pingyang came faster than the saint.On the day of harvesting, when Xue Lang came home, he saw Princess Pingyang waiting for him in the study. As soon as he saw the princess, Xue Lang put a smile on his face and asked, "Jianling, have you eaten yet? "

Princess Pingyang said with a smile: "No, I kept my stomach on purpose to wait for you, Youyang."

Xue Lang smiled and nodded: "It seems that we still have a good understanding. When we were digging potatoes and weighing them today, we specially left a bag of small potatoes. I just handed them to the kitchen when I got home. We will eat them together later. .”

"There is a connection between the hearts? There seems to be an allusion? What do you mean?"

Princess Pingyang asked suspiciously.Xue Lang silently supported his forehead in his heart——

Li Shangyin has not yet been born, how to explain it!

Not wanting to copy poems, Xue Lang explained dryly: "It means that we share the same mind and have a tacit understanding. It is a word that is often used!"

Princess Pingyang glanced at Xue Lang, nodded, didn't ask any more questions, looked at Xue Lang intently, and said: "It's hard work, Mr. Lang, I haven't seen you for a few days, and I have sunburned a lot. Before we get married, I have to come back in vain."

Xue Lang rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly, and said, "I'm afraid it won't work in a short time, and the cotton will be confiscated."

The two exchanged a few homely words, and Princess Pingyang said: "Just now Changjian came to report, saying that the harvest of potatoes on the four mu of land is actually better than that of the potato.
Speaking of this, Xue Lang felt a little ashamed. After thinking about it, he simply confessed: "There are several reasons. First of all, potatoes are a crop with a higher yield than sweet potatoes. Then, in terms of the yield of potatoes, I actually had some problems at the beginning. What has been preserved leaves room for growth. When planting in Weizeguan, it is difficult to manage and fertilize because of the small amount. When planting in Chang'an, because the planting area is large, fertilization and management are much more convenient. Proper production will naturally increase!"

Princess Pingyang was very thoughtful, and Xue Lang understood his original thoughts as soon as he said it. He looked at Xue Lang gently, with a comforting look in his eyes. Obviously, he didn't have any thoughts about Xue Lang because of this. The reason why Xue Lang did that was because of Human nature.

Princess Pingyang pondered for a while and said: "Last year when I offered auspiciousness, there was only the production of sweet potatoes, but the production of potatoes was roughly estimated. A few days ago, when Youyang harvested sweet potatoes, although there was an undercurrent in Beijing, but Some people are just waiting and watching, now that the production of potatoes has come out...the sage should be returning to the palace!"

(End of this chapter)