Xu Sheng, Wu Zhong and the little maid led the horses into the flowers, and everyone was relaxed and happy when they saw this scene.

Xu Sheng and Wu Zhong spread a piece of silk cloth on the ground, filled it with food, and took out the iron frame, beef, and mutton for the picnic.

Zhu Cihong took matters into his own hands, found some dry firewood, set up a fire next to it, and barbecued beef and mutton.

In ancient times, although it was important to cultivate cattle, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, also introduced some policies not to kill ploughing cattle, but folk beef was still selling hot.

During the Wanli period, Yang Sizhi, the Jingshi patrol of the city, banned the killing of cattle, and also raised the banner of Taizu, and the violators wanted to fill the army, but the butchers who were killed cattle for the industry surrounded the city gate and played, and finally put away the list notice in fright.

In Beijing, this is still the case, and the Qingliu generals in the court are all like this, not to mention the Ming Dynasty.

Not only beef is eaten everywhere, but the price of beef is not expensive, and the price of mutton is basically the same, which is much cheaper than pork.

In the second year of Tianwu, after several years of recovery, the prices of rice, vegetables and meat in Jiangnan, which has not been war-fought all the year round, have basically recovered to the level of the 20th year of Wanli.

A stone of grain is 0.6 taels of silver, a catty of pork is 0.02 taels of silver, and a catty of beef or mutton is 0.015 taels of silver.

Although eating meat is a bit extravagant, at least it is no problem to buy a few catties of beating teeth during the New Year's holidays.

Last year, because of the Northern Expedition, the prices in the south of the Yangtze River doubled, but fortunately, the war stopped, and large-scale cultivation began in various parts of the north.

Zhu Cihong flipped the beef from time to time, sprinkled with various ingredients from time to time, and after a while, it emitted a tempting fragrance that seduced people's appetite.

Xu Chenyun, who was on the side, said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Zhu Gongzi still has such a hand, and he is really versatile." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled when he heard this, and said: "Traveling all year round is a necessary skill. ”

"You're in the military?" Xu Chenyun was very surprised.

The son in front of him is dignified and knowledgeable, but he didn't expect to be a soldier who has been on the battlefield, no wonder there is a strong masculinity in his words and deeds......

Zhu Cihong had no choice but to nod and said very seriously: "It can be said that I am an officer student of the Huangming Military Academy, and when I went to the Northern Expedition, I followed the Son of Heaven's imperial army. ”

"I can't really see it." Xu Chenyun blinked her eyes wide.

Zhu Cihong explained: "The cultural level of the officers in the Tianwu Army is very high, and ordinary soldiers are also required to be literate. ”

"Your Majesty also said that the future Daming will implement a voluntary recruitment system, and the soldiers recruited must at least be Xiucai who graduated from primary school!"

At this moment, Xu Chenyun was really shocked, and secretly said that the young emperor's courage was so strong, he actually wanted to develop the illiterate army into a talented army, who could do it through the ages?

Seeing her expression, Zhu Cihong was a little fluttering, and asked tentatively: "I have met Your Majesty a few times, do you want to know what he looks like?" ”

Xu Chenyun shook her head and said, "I don't want to know ......"

"Why?" Zhu Cihong was a little surprised, and at the same time nervous, why was he not interested in me? That's not a good thing!

The maid Qiuyue saw that Zhu Cihong had flirtatious about her own young lady several times before, and said a little dissatisfied: "Haven't you seen the world as my young lady?" Today, the saint still lived in our house! ”

Xu Chenyun scolded: "Qiuyue, don't talk nonsense!" ”

"Stayed in your house? Really? ”

Not only Zhu Cihong, but even Xu Sheng and Wu Zhong were at a loss, as if to say: "As the parties concerned, how come we don't know that there is such a thing?" ”

Xu Chenyun said softly: "What she said nonsense, don't take it seriously Zhu Gongzi." ”

Qiuyue's face was full of grievances, and said: "Miss, why am I talking nonsense, a few years ago, when the saint was still the crown prince, he did live in our house for a few days, and the lord has seen it a few times, who doesn't know in the whole Zhejiang!" ”

"Zhejiang?"

Zhu Cihong seems to have the impression that she once went to Zhejiang during Chongzhen's fourteenth year of southern tour, and also lived in a maritime merchant to recuperate, could it be her home?

But isn't she from Yingtianfu? It's amazing......

didn't think much about it, seeing that Xu Chenyun frowned and was dissatisfied, Zhu Cihong handed a roasted beef to her, changed the topic, and said, "Come and try the craftsmanship of Brother Fool." ”

"Thank you!"

Xu Chenyun took it politely, only to see that the beef was roasted to brown, but there was no trace of greasy, and a refreshing aroma of meat went straight to people's hearts and aroused people's appetite.

She took small bites of barbecue and looked at Zhu Cihong's face was slightly red.

Zhu Cihong divided the barbecue meat among several people, chatting while eating, and at the same time enjoying the beautiful scenery around him.

Having beautiful women by your side is indeed a great pleasure in life.

Among these people, Zhu Cihong and Xu Chenyun are naturally the mainstays, and the two sometimes talk about poetry and sometimes about endowment.

Xu Chenyun was amused by Zhu Cihong's words from time to time, but fortunately, it was not goose laughter.

Xu Chenyun herself doesn't know why, when she is with this Zhu Gongzi, she always feels happy, happy, and has a sense of dependence.

Perhaps it is this Zhu Gongzi who is erudite, knowledgeable, and has a sense of humor, always unconsciously making people happy, and his magnetic voice that makes people intoxicated......

When talking about Xing, especially mentioning the new policy, Xu Chenyun suddenly had a feeling: "I heard that today we are going to prepare to move troops and expand the maritime frontier, which is really worrying." ”

She has always advocated the restoration of people's livelihood, and the imperial court should not start any war, at least for a few years before raising troops again.

However, Emperor Tianwu seems to like war very much, especially after ascending the throne, the war can hardly stop, and it is about to start again after just half a year of rest.

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "My Da Ming seems to be powerful now, but now I am in danger. ”

"How?" Xu Chenyun cast a puzzled look.

Zhu Cihong said as he drew a simple map of the world on the ground and marked the main countries.

He pointed to a piece of the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty and said: "The north of my Ming Dynasty is Russia, this is a greedy woolly bear, they took advantage of my Ming Dynasty to compete with the Taqing last year, and have set foot in the Heilongjiang territory, so I will have a life-and-death battle with Russia sooner or later!" ”

Zhu Cihong said again: "Look at the southeast sea again, the Dutch and the big Buddha Lang are wolf ambitions, secretly colluding with the Tatar Qing, the Dutch people have occupied my east for decades, and they are still unwilling to accept the status quo in the treaty with my Ming Dynasty, and frequently make small moves, if I Da Ming repeatedly tolerates it, they will inevitably gain more inches!" ”