made up his mind, Xue Lang found a vacancy on the second day and went to Princess Pingyang's mansion to ask for someone. If you want to requisition the people in her house, you must always say hello to her.

When Xue Lang passed, it was noon, the sun was high, and it was hot in the sky, and it was the autumn tiger at this time, although the sun was not as good as the sun in summer, but it was still there.

Xue Lang was directly led to Princess Pingyang's small courtyard, Princess Pingyang was leaning on a soft couch, and Chunxue was fanning her behind her, but there was not a single ice basin in the house.

Xue Lang couldn't help but ask strangely: "Why don't you put two ice basins?" ”

Princess Pingyang seemed to have a look of shame on her face, Xue Lang was waiting to take a closer look, and returned to his former calm expression, so he was definitely wrong, right?

With so much doubt in his heart, he listened to Princess Pingyang say: "Mama won't let it go, it's getting closer to autumn, that is, it's hot for the past two hours, it's nothing." ”

Mama won't let it go? Princess Pingyang also agreed, thinking that she agreed with Mama's point of view. Could it be some strange custom of the ancients?!

Xue Lang couldn't think of a reason, so he simply threw it away, ran to the side of Princess Pingyang, moved a stool and sat down, and said: "The sage ordered me to be responsible for preparing for the establishment of a lecture group to train sweet potato and potato sowing techniques, and the personnel have been almost selected, and there is still a leader missing, I want to transfer Wan Siming over, is Your Highness willing to release people?" ”

Princess Pingyang didn't think much about it, and agreed: "Yes! If you need people, you can transfer them. ”

The princess asked someone to serve him a bowl of chilled sour plum soup, and after Xue Lang took it and poured it, he couldn't stay longer and was about to leave in a hurry. Seeing this, Princess Pingyang asked, "Why are you so busy?" Can't even sit for a moment? ”

Xue Lang smiled bitterly, quite a little indescribable: "The officials of the Ministry of Rites are waiting for me at home. ”

As soon as Xue Lang said this, Princess Pingyang understood, and smiled: "Hard work!" ”

Xue Lang was dazzled by Princess Pingyang's smile, thinking about the princess's flower-like smile, he no longer felt that practicing the etiquette process was painful, and instantly felt like he had been beaten with chicken blood, and his mouth was very honest: "It's not hard to think of the princess!" ”

"Poof" –

It's the first snow, and I can't help but laugh! Princess Pingyang looked at him with a smile, her eyes flowed, quite charming and moving, Xue Lang couldn't help but cover her chest, and secretly called out "I'm obedient", how can there be such a good-looking person in the world!

Princess Pingyang was seen red, and gently patted the table: "Don't leave yet!" ”

"Oh, yes! I'll go first! People who don't go to the Ministry of Rites are going to cry with me again, and they will come to see you when they are done. ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked away. Princess Pingyang looked at him like that, and couldn't help but laugh out loud, seeing that the master laughed, the first snow was a few hard, and finally didn't have to endure it, and laughed out, the spring snow was narrow, picked up the bowl of sour plum soup that Xue Lang had just drunk, and learned Xue Lang's appearance of turning back one step three times just now, Princess Pingyang made a big red face, and the maids in the house laughed, and their eyebrows were full of joy.

Xue Lang returned home bitterly to receive etiquette training from the Ministry of Etiquette. Xue Lang's demeanor is good, and his waist has always been straight, but in the eyes of the Ministry of Rites, these are not perfect enough, in order to make the wedding ceremony perfect in the coming year, the people in the Ministry of Rites can't wait for Xue Lang to take out the training for twelve hours a day, and he will never tire of it, and he must not make any mistakes. This made Xue Lang bitter, no wonder when he mentioned etiquette training, his face was like a bitter gourd, as long as he pinched it gently, it was all bitter juice to the bottom of his heart!

"Da Lang, Wan Siming asks to see you."

Xue Lang was trained by the people of the Ministry of Rites so much that he could frantically swipe the screen with the complaints in his heart, and the next person came to report Wan Siming to ask to see him. It was probably Wan Siming who received the transfer document from the imperial court to thank him.

Xue Lang took the opportunity to stop training quickly, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites didn't dare to say, "Don't worry about your business, concentrate on training", so they could only look at Xue Lang with tears and run away like a vicious dog chasing after him.

"Xia Guan has seen Xue Jungong, the county prince has not seen him for a long time, and his demeanor is better than in the past."

Xue Lang met Wan Siming in the living room, and Wan Siming saluted respectfully as soon as he came up. Xue Lang waved his hand: "Okay, we are not strangers, don't use these false courtesies, have you received the order?" ”

Wan Siming hurriedly said: "Back to Xue Jungong, I just received the order, and Xia Guan just came out of the princess's mansion. ”

It means that Princess Pingyang has also explained to him! Xue Lang nodded and said: "When I was in Weize Pass, we worked together, I know your foundation and ability, when I tried to plant sweet potatoes and potatoes in Weize Pass, you also followed, you understand the general things, and Yu Agricultural Affairs is not unfamiliar, so, this time to prepare for the speech group, I recommended you as the team leader, I hope you will do a good job and don't live up to my expectations." ”

Wan Siming was a little excited: "The lower officials must do their best!" ”

Xue Lang nodded, thought about it, and told him in detail the intention and purpose of his proposal to set up this lecture group, and after finishing speaking, he told him: "The sage attaches great importance to the promotion and planting of sweet potatoes and potatoes. If you don't understand, you can ask, and if you feel that those people can't answer clearly, you can write down the questions and come back to me. In short, if you have studied the technology thoroughly and learned it steadily, this is the fundamental, understand? ”

Wan Siming replied solemnly: "Understood! Please rest assured that the lower officials should learn seriously. ”

told Wan Siming a few words and asked him to bring back the gift he sent. Xue Lang's current economic level is no longer the embarrassment when he first entered Chang'an. The income from selling ice cubes in the summer, as well as the continuous profits from selling sugar, have been accounted for, and after the summer harvest, there is no need to subsidize the ministry, and the expenses of his house are not large, and his life is much more comfortable all of a sudden, and he will no longer be embarrassed when he first came.

After determining the candidates for the lecture tour, Xue Lang kicked Wan Siming out of Beijing and asked him to go to various places with potato seeds to supervise the situation of potato autumn planting, and train personnel by the way. There is still a period of time before the cotton harvest, Xue Lang goes every day to see the production of vermicelli, the work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the training of the officials of the Ministry of Rites for the big wedding ceremony, and he is still a little busy.

The ministers of the imperial court were still relatively efficient, and after several days of discussion, the proportion of vermicelli included in taxes was finally revealed. The result of the court meeting is that the maximum is not more than 30%, there is no lower limit, and the specific proportion is determined according to the land situation in various places.

The ratio is out, and the next step is to determine the proportion of vermicelli when paying taxes in each region according to the situation in each region. This is mostly according to the records of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the first thing to determine is the area designated as the autumn potato planting, which can sow two crops of potatoes, and the proportion of vermicelli included in the tax in these areas is the highest 30% and the lowest 20%, depending on the situation in each locality.

As soon as this ratio came out, Xue Lang ordered someone to issue a document and send it to all places in an expedited manner of 800 miles, asking local governments to vigorously publicize the auction and start a month-long auction publicity campaign.

Xue Lang thought about it, handed a note to the sage, and asked the sage to transfer the scholars from the Hanlin Academy to help. At this busy stall, Pei Ju announced the meeting, announcing that the warehouse would be placed under Xue Lang, and he would be in charge.