sinovels Chapter 444 Diligent Plowing and Fertilization
Chapter 444 Diligent Plowing and Fertilization
Wu Youwei instructed the children to work. In fact, this flower bed is not big. The bricks and stones have been removed, and it has been transformed into a small vegetable garden surrounded by bamboo and wood fences.
The bamboo and wood fence is quite good, neither high nor short, and can even be used as a bean stand and cucumber stand.
The little prince leveled the small vegetable garden for a day, and went to Zhaode Palace to pay his respects at night, just in time for Emperor Xianzong to be there, so he told Emperor Xianzong that the people had a hard time.
"My son has grown up." Emperor Xianzong was very satisfied with Wu Youwei's education method. His prince would not need to rely on the imperial examination to become an official in the future, so his "Four Books and Five Classics" could be learned, but there was no need to strive for perfection.
But you can't "why not eat minced meat", because he will be the emperor in the future.
"Father, why can't the people be less tired?" The little prince was very worried: "Farming is really tiring."
"You just planted a small vegetable garden, and you are tired?" Wan Zhen'er patted the little prince's head: "You are not yet old, and Master Wu will not let you farm, you, you are far away from farming. away."
When the little prince heard this, he was more tired than this?Immediately stunned!
"Don't be afraid, when the father is diligently plowing, I will take you to see it and you will know." Emperor Xianzong decided to take the little prince to see it during the spring plowing.
The little prince is also looking forward to it.
Because the flower bed of Ciqing Palace was changed into a vegetable garden, and the flower bed of Emperor Xianzong’s Qianqing Palace was also changed into a vegetable garden. After that, it became popular in the palace to grow vegetables by themselves.
Even the small garden of the Empress Dowager Zhou was changed into a vegetable garden, and the Empress Dowager Zhou said with emotion: "It's like those years in Nangong."
In those few years, Nangong was basically self-sufficient, where was there any flower garden?They were all turned into vegetable gardens. She and Queen Qian's female relatives wanted to embroider by themselves, and asked Wynn to take them out and sell them, and then subsidize the family.
Empress Qian couldn't embroider, thinking that when she was hunting in the north of Yingzong, she cried and blinded one eye and couldn't see things for a long time.
Empress Dowager Zhou felt emotional for a while, so she made a suit of clothes for Emperor Xianzong, which she made herself, and Emperor Xianzong was reluctant to take it off after wearing it.
"My son is running all over the place, and he is still acting like a child." The Queen Mother Zhou was amused by him.
"I haven't worn the clothes made by my mother for a long time." Emperor Xianzong also expressed emotion. When he was a child, his mother didn't even dare to get close to him, for fear that because of her closeness, the emperor's uncle Daizong would be disgusted and hurt himself. Under the killer.
If it hadn't been for the Queen Mother Sun's protection at that time...
When the mother and son were feeling emotional, Wu Youwei was trying to find a way with the young prince, because the young prince wanted to "reduce the burden on the people" and get some simple farm tools.
In fact, at this time in the Ming Dynasty, farm tools were basically formed.
It's hard to improve.
But the little prince thought, so the nature class became a handicraft class.
It's just that, in a short while, where can I think of a good idea?
"Your Highness doesn't know much about agriculture, so it's better to experience it slowly. When you understand it, you will naturally have ideas to save effort." Wu Youwei said, "How about it?"
The little prince wasted a day and achieved nothing, so he naturally knew that what the husband said was right, so he nodded: "I know."
Wu Youwei is very satisfied that the child is not a bear.
Ding Hai, the palace stopped picking flowers and trees on the grounds of consuming domestic demand.
That's right, it's all been turned into a vegetable garden, who wants to plant flowers and trees?
As a result, it became popular in Beijing, and every household has such a vegetable field.
Gradually, people from all over the world knew about it, and it became popular to have a vegetable patch in their yard.
Later is spring, spring plowing.
The pro-cultivation ceremony is an activity for the emperor to go to the fields in person. Although it is suspected of being a show, every emperor attaches great importance to it, because in the ancient farming society, how did people live without land and food?
Especially the little prince's small vegetable garden, Wu Youwei asked him: "It's the first time to plant some fast-growing ones, small cabbage, small coriander, small water radish, how about it?"
"Father likes to eat vinegar pepper cabbage, this is for father, coriander can be used as a side dish, you can eat it! Little water radish is for sisters and younger brothers." The little prince divided it carefully: "The imperial grandmother likes to eat spinach, Plant some spinach to make soup for her old man!"
Spinach and egg soup, the favorite soup of Queen Mother Zhou.
"Okay." Wu Youwei nodded, it's already very good for the little prince to think about his family members, with such a small child, do you expect him to be considerate of everything.
So, the chief eunuch of Ciqing Palace went to Qingfeng Division and asked for Caizier.
But no seeds were planted, because the spring plowing was about to start.
As expected, Emperor Xianzong took the little prince with him, and the father and son also divided the work.
Emperor Xianzong helped the plow to plow the land, and the crown prince was just like ordinary farm children. The queen made lunch. The crown prince brought a bunch of princes and daughters who could walk and jump, and gave lunch to the father.
Wu Youwei told the little prince: "You must take the food box and hand it over to the emperor in person. Your Highness, this is the first time you have faced everyone alone."
When worshiping the ancestors, at least Emperor Xianzong was with him, but this time, Emperor Xianzong was waiting for him.
"I know." The little prince nodded.
The little prince was really carrying the food box. After getting out of the car, he walked up to Emperor Xianzong step by step with the food box: "Father, it's time for lunch."
All the relatives of the emperor were confused, but the ministers were very satisfied with the actions of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Originally, they also thought that it would be the eunuch carrying the lunch box, and His Highness the Crown Prince leading the princes and daughters, but they found that it was not the case.
The crown prince was a child, carrying two small lunch boxes, and the second prince following behind him was carrying a small soup bucket, and the third prince behind him was still young, only holding a small towel.
The fourth and fifth princes each took a chopstick...
The sixth prince was too young to come; by the way, the seventh prince was born, and his biological mother was Concubine Shao.
The eldest princess and the other princesses dressed up like "village girls". The eldest princess held a blanket, the second princess held a straw futon, the third princess held a spoon and spoon, and the fourth princess held a Bowl, the fifth princess is a food plate, the sixth princess is carrying a small water bottle, the seventh and eighth princesses are each holding a napkin, the ninth princess is too small, she just walks behind, the tenth princess is Fengyang princess, Too young to come; Princess Eleven and Princess Twelve are still drinking milk.
Compared with the princes, there are more princesses, almost twice as many.
Even the princesses are generally older than the princes. The eldest princess is 14 years old, and she is a big girl.
Seeing so many princes and daughters, the ministers also felt...it's so interesting!
Li Dongyang even joked about Emperor Xianzong: "After some years, the emperor will get drunk just from the toast of his son-in-law!"
"The eldest princess is about to reach her age, I... can't bear it! Emperor M Xianzong looked at his sons and daughters approaching from a distance.
To say that what he cares most about is of course the four children from Zhaode Palace.
Zhen'er has a good stomach, and the children are also smart. The most important thing is that Wan Jia has no ambitions.
What Ming Dynasty was wary of was the dictatorship of foreign companies, corrupt officials who love power, and weak rulers and strong ministers.
But I didn't think much about eunuchs, I think people who have lost their roots don't need to care too much, they are all slaves of their own family.
Speaking without intention, the listener is intentional.
Everyone heard it, didn't they!
The princess is about to reach the point, so it is time to choose a son-in-law!
At this time, the princes and daughters arrived, and the little prince came over with a food box first: "Father, my son has brought you a meal."
"Good." Emperor Xianzong patted his head.
The little prince grinned, the eldest princess stepped forward and spread a blanket, the second princess put a futon, and the second prince put a bucket of soup on the blanket...
The things they brought could be used by Emperor Xianzong when he was eating. When the little prince opened the food box, Emperor Xianzong smiled when he saw it: "This is the queen's handicraft."
"Yes, the queen mother cooks in person, the concubine mother cuts the dishes, and the emperor's grandmother picks the dishes." The little prince said with a smile: "The sons and officials have already eaten, and the emperor's grandmother said that it was all eaten by the family members, so we can eat them." Bringing food to the men working in the fields...."
Emperor Xianzong pinched his cheek: "Well, your grandmother is right."
In fact, the dishes are not luxurious. The soup is spinach and egg drop soup, the dishes are stir-fried shredded potatoes, black and white vegetables, and a shredded chicken and chopped lamb in sauce.
This is already a very rich dish, and the staple food is big white steamed buns.
It is light, but it is very suitable for eating when doing farm work in spring. Emperor Xianzong ate his fill, and the ministers naturally had corresponding meals, but what they ate was relatively ordinary, not the love lunch made by the empress.
It's just white steamed buns, mutton in sauce, black and white vegetables, and spinach egg soup.
After eating, everyone started to plow the fields, because the emperor had finished plowing the fields, so they should be relatives of the emperor, and then the ministers, even Wu Youwei, went to help the plow to plow two ridges of land.
After finishing the work, he went back to the Qianqing Palace in a mighty way. This is a ceremony. The dragon plow used by the emperor was preserved, and the cattle for plowing the fields were rewarded to the poor farmers in the suburbs of Beijing. This is a great honor for the poor farmers .
The little prince's small vegetable garden also planted seeds, all done by the little prince himself, no one is allowed to help, but...
The head of the East Palace went to Wu Youwei while the little prince was taking a nap: "Master Wu, Your Highness can grow vegetables, but fertilize...what should I do?"
Wu Youwei choked when asked.
In ancient times, there was no such thing as chemical fertilizer, and some were soil fertilizer, that is, farmyard manure. To put it bluntly, it is not afraid of people's nausea, it is all kinds of feces, including human feces, piled up and fermented, that smell!
It can stink for three miles against the wind!
After fermentation, it is sprinkled on the farmland.
How noble is the crown prince, how could he be allowed to touch those dirty things?
But Wu Youwei insisted that the little prince do it himself, to let him know the hard work of farming.
Even if it requires less fertilizer, the growth of vegetables with fertilizer and without fertilizer is different.
"Use dried cow dung instead." Wu Youwei gritted his teeth: "Your Highness must not be ignorant of grains and the principles of fertile land."
This time it was the turn of the Eastern Palace Chief to be dumbfounded!
Master Wu is really not afraid of offending people!
How dare the little prince... how dare you!
So a few days later, during the practical class, Wu Youwei let the little prince see dried cow dung.
"Is this fertilizer?" The little prince wanted to touch it curiously, but the little eunuch who was holding the dried cow dung was scared and hid.
Wu Youwei pointed to the dried cow dung and introduced it, emphasizing the principle of fertile land: "...So, Your Highness, if you think it's dirty, don't the common people think it's dirty too?"
The little prince frowned: "Is there no fat that is not dirty?"
"No, this is already the cleanest." Wu Youwei said with a straight face, "There are also sheep dung, horse dung and human dung...."
"Wow!" The little prince didn't vomit, but the person next to him did.
The little prince is still a child, so he can't feel the mess. He just knows that it is dirty, but he doesn't know how it is dirty.
Wu Youwei looked at the person next to him who was throwing up in a mess, this person...has a dirty heart?
But the little prince took the initiative to go forward and took the dried cow dung from the little eunuch's hand: "I'm not afraid of getting dirty."
So, the little prince worked hard to fertilize his small vegetable garden, Wu Youwei was very pleased, why doesn't the child feel that his poop is dirty and smelly?Because their hearts are clean; grown-ups will feel dirty because their hearts are dirty. The older they are, the less this innocence will disappear, and finally disappear.
Wu Youwei went to class for a day, and he left after class. The little prince was washed three times by the head of the East Palace, and a lot of flower petals were put in each time...
While rubbing petals for the little prince to take a bath, he said in his heart: "Little prince, little prince, you can't go and say hello to me with a stinky smell!"