Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 553 "Lianggong"

After Xie En sent off the palace servant who announced the imperial edict, Xue Lang patted his head: "I thought that there would be no reward until next year, and the winter is not over yet, how come the reward came down?"

Xue Lang knew all the suggestions about the locust plague this time, and he deserved credit.With Li Er's style of distinguishing rewards and punishments, he will definitely be rewarded.He also thought that he was already the Duke of the state, and with his meritorious service in resisting the locust plague, he might bestow rewards on Shui Nu.

As the eldest son, Tan Nu will definitely be a prince in the future, so naturally he doesn't need a reward.Shui Nu is the eldest daughter of him and Princess Pingyang. As usual, the princess's daughter has no rank. Now, giving Shui Nu a princess is a great favor from the emperor.Li Er is very generous!

However, Xue Lang still found it strange that it was too early to confer the reward.Princess Pingyang was thoughtful, rolled her eyes, and said in a low voice, "Follow me to the study."

"Ok?"

Although Xue Lang was puzzled, he still followed Princess Pingyang back to the study.When they arrived at the study room, Princess Pingyang took out a wooden box from the cabinet, handed it to Xue Lang, and said with a smile: "Let's have a look first."

With a dazed face, Xue Lang opened the wooden box, which was full of letters.Princess Pingyang said: "When I left Taizhou, I asked Han Jin to keep a few people in Taizhou to observe the effect of the Champa rice trial planting. These are letters from Taizhou, just take a look."

Xue Lang laughed, and asked while flipping through the letter: "I left in a hurry, I thought it was too late to make arrangements, so I had to bear the pain and give up. Who would have thought that you would still remember to make arrangements?"

Princess Pingyang smiled indifferently, and said as a matter of course: "If Champa Rice is as you said, it will be a great contribution to the country and family. Of course, I don't have the time to take care of it, but I will naturally remember the credit of my husband! "

Xue Lang's heart felt hot when he heard it, and he smiled like a fool, rubbing his head, no matter how many times he heard Her Royal Highness's love words, he couldn't get tired of it.Especially her gesture which should be taken for granted really moved him.

Touching his throbbing heart, he poured a glass of water for Her Royal Highness very courteously, and handed it to her before sitting back happily, looking down at the letter——

The letters started last year, after they left Taizhou.The one that takes up the most space is about Champa rice.At the beginning, there was mention of the navy, but later it disappeared, and only focused on the Champa rice.

In the past few years, the generation in Guanzhong has experienced some drought, but the generation in Taizhou on the coast has had abundant rainfall, and the precipitation is more than in previous years. Although it has not caused floods, it is still somewhat waterlogged.

Last year, Pei Ju and Pei Laoshangshu had not passed away, and Pei Yunzhao was still working in Yuezhou. Seeing this, he tried his best to promote Champa rice in the territory of Yuezhou where he was in charge.This promotion really paid off.

When all the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River had a decrease in rice production due to too much rain, the rice production in Yuezhou not only did not decrease, but increased slightly.This yield, for a while, actually had a unique flavor.Therefore, Pei Yunzhao was also honored by the court.

With Yuezhou as an example last year, this year, without too much publicity, all the states have put in their best efforts to promote Champa rice.This year's weather changes are more complicated.The coastal states have more precipitation than last year, and there are even several typhoons; while Yangzhou is a bit dry.Such complicated meteorological conditions are exactly the time when Champa rice is showing its power.

Due to the successive droughts in the north in the past two years, the imperial court has been under great pressure on food.In particular, the drought in Guanzhong, a traditional grain-producing area, is becoming more and more serious, and food security is related to the national economy and people's livelihood.Nowadays, most of the population is still concentrated in the north. If there is a famine in the north... I'm afraid there will be another uprising. Then the Tang Dynasty that has just settled down... is simply unimaginable.

When the court's grain inventory was under enormous pressure, the court was naturally surprised and delighted to hear that the Jiangnan generation had not reduced production due to natural disasters, and even had a bumper harvest!
Xue Lang understood halfway through, and suddenly said: "It turned out to be because of the Champa rice incident. From Rui Guogong to Liang Guogong... not bad, the most important thing is that our water slave has a title."

Princess Pingyang smiled slightly and said: "Not only that, you just look down."

Princess Pingyang's smile was a bit sly.Feeling inexplicable, Sheronton lowered his head and continued to read the letter below——

Due to the introduction of Champa rice, this year's grain production has increased by [-]% compared to previous years.People all over the south of the Yangtze River are grateful for the kindness of the son-in-law and His Royal Highness. Almost every household that grows Champa rice has a shrine for the son-in-law and His Royal Highness at home, and worships day and night to thank the son-in-law and His Royal Highness.

What's more, in private, it is spread among the common people that the crops introduced by the son-in-law, whether it is sweet potatoes, potatoes, or Champa rice, are all easy to grow and high-yielding crops.The people said that the son-in-law must be the god of agriculture in the sky.

"This……"

Xue Lang's face was full of embarrassment.Seeing this, Princess Pingyang smiled and said, "These are just letters from the south of the Yangtze River. As you know, there are rumors among the courtiers that all high-yielding crops come from the hands of the Lord, and he laughed and said that the Lord should change his title to the Lord of the Grain Kingdom." Yes. Presumably Erlang also heard about these rumors, so he named you Duke Liang."

Xue Lang: "..."

Probably because Xue Lang's embarrassing face was too obvious, or because Her Royal Highness thought Xue Lang's expression on Xue Lang's face was very funny. Anyway, she didn't know where her smile was, so Her Highness laughed so hard that she fell on the chair. Up, unable to stand up straight.

Xue Lang silently looked at the roof, this must be his wife!If you're not a real wife, you won't look at your husband's jokes like this!

After Her Royal Highness had laughed enough, Xue Lang asked, "Will there be any bad effects from being erected in a shrine?"

Princess Pingyang knew that he still didn't know enough about the Tang Dynasty, so she couldn't help but be more cautious, and explained to him softly: "It's okay. Since my husband and I entered Beijing, we have never been involved in political affairs. We have no power or soldiers in our hands. It will only benefit us if we look at your virtue and popularity, so don't worry."

Xue Lang nodded, took Princess Pingyang's hand, looked at her apologetically, and sighed: "It's just that, in this way, my highness may no longer be able to put on armor, change into military uniform, and lead the army to conquer all directions." !"

Princess Pingyang didn't expect him to feel sorry for this, her eyes softened, and she looked at him affectionately: "My husband is really different from other people, the other people only think that a woman should be at home, a husband." Godson, my lord is different!"

Xue Lang scratched his head, and said sincerely: "You have become a husband and wife with me and love each other, but it does not mean that you will become my vassal. You are still an independent individual, and you can do what you like and what you want to do , you can still have your own independent space, etc. I can’t say it well, anyway, you respect me, and I respect you too..."

Xue Lang racked his brains to express his thoughts clearly, but before he finished speaking, Princess Pingyang covered his mouth. Her Highness gently leaned her head on his shoulder and whispered in his ear: "I Know! How can a wife not know the heart of a gentleman! However, can you know my heart?"

Xue Lang patted his head in embarrassment, and said frankly: "I'm ashamed to say, your thoughts... If it involves other people or other things, I can still guess a little bit, but if it involves me, I don't guess much. Got it. However, it is enough for me to know that you love me. For the rest, if I treat you well, you will naturally treat me well. The two of us exchange our hearts."

(End of this chapter)