On the day of the beginning of spring, Luzhou was very lively outside the city.

After the solemn spring ceremony, the next step is a more lively, but slightly more casual, whip spring. And a huge mud cow has long been placed in a large open space, surrounded by colorful flags fluttering, crowds surging, Luzhou officials and hundreds of soldiers outside, I don't know how many people are clustered together, full of black and oppressive human heads.

Dressed in a prince's suit, Li Yuanjia felt awkward all over his body.

It's not that the clothes are uncomfortable, in fact, the set on his body looks ordinary, but the inside has already been replaced with a more accustomed and comfortable appearance that he is used to, such as boxer briefs, autumn clothes and autumn pants, etc., but the eyes of those people around him staring at him made Li Yuanjia very uncomfortable.

Not only the ordinary people on the outside, but even the Luzhou officials at the inside, as well as the soldiers who protected him, secretly looked at him from time to time.

"Sister, why do you look like you've never seen the prince in your life?"

There was some hair on the body that was looked at by these people, and Li Yuanjia was secretly a little unhappy in his heart.

However, the noble king forgot that not to mention the common people of Luzhou, or the gentry and wealthy merchants, even many low-level officials, it was almost the first time they had seen Li Yuanjia - for most of them, it was worth bragging about for half a lifetime to see a living prince.

There are not many people who can see the spring festival in the morning, so everyone is even more reluctant to let go of the whip spring in the afternoon.

So when Chen Lin presided over the ceremony and said loudly, Li Yuanjia didn't listen to a word, he always felt like a rare animal in the zoo, and he was being watched by thousands of people at this moment - if someone dared to take a banana in front of him at this time, Li Yuanjia would definitely kick it over without hesitation!

As for saying that the bananas in the south of our Datang can't be transported to Luzhou at all, it doesn't matter......

The so-called whip spring is a state thorn history to smoke a cow made of mud, and three whips are done.

Just like Li Yuanjia and Chen Lin said before, the important thing in this matter is not whether to smoke a real cow or a mud cow, nor to smoke three whips or how many whips, the key is to make things lively, and the more people you see, the better!

Especially the big mud cow, after being smoked, it will be shown to the public for at least seven days.

Farmers don't have cell phones or calendars to tell them when it's time to plow and when it's time to plant. Even if there were, they basically couldn't read it...... Even for most of the year, they don't even know exactly what months and days they live.

In fact, these official activities are for the purpose of agricultural time.

Taishi Bureau in Chang'an City...... That is, after the Ming Dynasty, the Qin Tianjian would closely observe the celestial phenomena every year, calculate the solar terms, formulate a calendar, and on important days such as the beginning of spring, they would be notified to the prefectures and counties in time after they were determined, and then the local farmers would be told by the assassins and county orders - the way is these methods used today.

When people see that the officials have hung spring flags in their homes, wear spring victories on their heads, and then recite words to worship the god of spring, and smoke mud bullwhips, they know that the lazy days of winter are over, and if they want to eat enough, they must hurry up and start preparing for ploughing......

"So, there is a reason for all these things!"

After wielding three whips in front of thousands of people, Li Yuanjia sighed secretly in his heart and casually handed the whip to the sergeant next to him.

After the three whips are waved, the whip spring ceremony is completed.

Amid the deafening cheers, someone immediately sent someone to carry away the mud ox that had been beaten with three whip marks and put it on display on the main road for seven days. And after this step is completed, Li Yuanjia's matter today will be completed, and the rest will naturally be solved by Luzhou Don't Fight and Changshi.

We all know that the king doesn't like political affairs, and no one wants to trouble him.

However, when Li Yuanjia was hesitating for a while whether to simply go back to the house, not far behind him, several young people were nervously discussing topics related to him.

"Afraid of what? Give it a try! ”

Gently pushing Chen Zhi, a gorgeously dressed young man hurriedly said, "How do you know that the king won't agree if you don't try?" I don't believe he's willing to stay in that office every day at his age! ”

"That's it, go try it!"

Under the prodding of a few friends around him, Chen Zhi's face gradually became firm from the hesitation just now, and finally took a deep breath and nodded: "Okay, then I'll try!" ”

So when today's whip spring was completely over, and Li Yuanjia was about to leave after saying a few words to Chen Lin and them, Chen Zhi hurriedly walked over in small steps: "Xiaguan Chen Zhi, I have seen the king!" ”

"Huh? Chen joins the army! ”

Seeing his old acquaintance, Li Yuanjia's face suddenly showed a smile: "I was thinking just now, why didn't I see Chen join the army today, but I didn't expect this person to be really careless, haha." ”

For this Chen Zhi, Li Yuanjia has a good impression.

Although the 1,000 catties of iron thought had only just been collected until now, he knew that this Chen Zhi should also do his best. And the last time he came to deliver iron, he also expressed that he would continue to provide iron materials to King Xu's mansion, and the speed would be much faster......

Regarding the reason, Li Yuanjia vaguely guessed a little.

The iron pot and coal stove that appeared on King Xu's mansion were not highly secret, and basically everyone knew about it, so it was not surprising that the news leaked out. And Li Yuanjia has never thought of making money from them these years. After all, even if you don't consider the factors that his prince is not good at doing business, you have to consider the factors that iron materials are difficult to make and things are easy to be imitated, and there is nothing to be gained.

Li Yuanjia didn't know if Chen Zhi had copied them, but he knew the usefulness of iron.

The identity of King Yu is too noble, but he is also too sensitive, and he was worried so much before mainly because he was afraid that Li Yuanjia would use these special materials in special places. Therefore, after knowing the use of iron, the Chen family naturally did not have all kinds of worries. So why not use your own iron to get close to and please a prince, and at the same time it is also the history of Luzhou?

Seeing Chen Zhi and Li Yuanjia laughing and talking in a low voice, the other people around them also had different faces.

The little friends who picked up Chen Zhi just now were full of envy, jealousy and hatred, Chen Lin, who secretly glanced at him, was relieved, and the other officials hid a lot of more complicated things under their smiles - some were happy, some were irritable, and some were secretly contempt.

There is no doubt that Li Yuanjia is the center of today's scene, and Chen Zhi, who obviously has a personal relationship with him, has become the only person who can talk to him.

It's just that Chen Zhi didn't know anything about this at this time, and after Li Yuanjia chatted a few words, he finally mustered up his strength and asked with a smile: "King, can you have leisure tomorrow?" I'm waiting for a cockfight, can the king be interested in going and seeing? ”

"Uh...... Cockfighting? ”

Hearing this familiar word, Li Yuanjia's eyes narrowed, and his brows couldn't help frowning.