Chinese New Year's Eve, the night of the New Year.

On the last day of the twelfth year of Zhenguan, it rained sleet in Mihara County, and it was quite large. Then it slowly turned into goose feather snow, and it fell in the middle of the night.

Anyway, in the middle of the night, Li Yuanjia was woken up by freezing once.

According to his "experience", the temperature must have reached below zero in the first half of the night tonight, and it was even more minus five or six degrees in the second half of the night. Although he was wearing comfortable and soft underwear, and he was also covered with a thick silk quilt, and there were two stoves in the house, this temporary living room was no better than the palace bedroom in Chang'an City, and the walls were extremely poorly insulated, and it was useless to have a few stoves.

So after getting up in the morning, Li Yuanjia asked almost immediately: "It was so cold last night, did everyone sleep well?" ”

"If you go back to the king, it's all right."

While carefully wringing out the hot towel and holding it in front of Li Yuanjia with both hands, Han Lucheng said in a low voice: "Don't worry, although there is no stove in everyone's house, the bedding prepared this time is enough, and everyone can sleep peacefully......

"Well, that's good, that's good."

took a towel and wiped his face, Li Yuanjia was finally relieved.

This place is not as good as Chang'an, he is afraid that the bedding he brings is not enough, and the people will be frozen overnight. You must know that this temperature is not a joke, and it is not a trivial matter if it freezes.

However, after wiping his face clean, he suddenly found that Han Lucheng's expression seemed to be a little wrong, and Li Yuanjia's brows suddenly frowned: "What, what happened?" ”

"Don't worry, it's not a big deal."

After hesitating for a moment, Han Lu said cautiously: "It's just that a little guy who kept vigil yesterday was not too careful, fell in the snow and broke one of his legs." ”

It's not a big deal, but Han Lucheng is a little unhappy.

Today is the first day of the new year, and everyone wants to win a good fortune in peace, but this kind of thing happened, which is really uncomfortable. However, because the timing was not quite right, Han Lucheng didn't dare to hide it, so he had to report it truthfully.

"Huh? Broken leg? Why so careless? ”

After listening to her words, Li Yuanjia's eyes subconsciously widened and his face was stunned.

The so-called unlucky, he doesn't care.

After swallowing and foaming, Han Lucheng smiled bitterly: "It's not that he was careless, it was too dark at night, and he fell three times in a row along the way...... The first two times were fine, but the last time I fell on the edge of the sink and broke my leg. ”

“……”

After listening to Han Lucheng's explanation, Li Yuanjia was also a little speechless for a while.

Fell three times?

How unlucky is that guy?!

"Find him a place to rest for a while."

After thinking for a while, Li Yuanjia opened his mouth and ordered: "Sanyuan County is quite far away from Chang'an, don't let him go back, find someone to stay and take care of him, and wait for the injury to heal...... Oh, that's not right! ”

"What's wrong, King?"

Seeing the puzzled look on the king's face, Han Lucheng's heart suddenly burst out, and he hurriedly asked.

Frowning, Li Yuanjia asked, "Even if it's very dark on this big night, doesn't he know to carry a lantern or something when he goes to feed the horses?" Just touched it? ”

"Oh, he carried the lantern."

Hearing that this was the question, Han Lucheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "But that little bit of light is useless at night, should you see clearly or clearly, especially him, he can hardly see anything at night...... The little one also forgot about it last night, so he sent him to feed the horses, alas. ”

"Huh? Really? ”

Hearing Han Lucheng's sigh, Li Yuanjia's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately guessed a possibility.

Nyctalopia?

This disease was really common in ancient times, especially for ordinary people who lived in poverty, not to mention whether they could eat enough, the daily diet was originally very simple, and vitamin A deficiency was basically a high probability event.

However, what made Li Yuanjia a little puzzled was that the diet of the people in his palace was not bad!

So after pondering for a while, Li Yuanjia opened his mouth and asked, "Han Lucheng, how long has this person been in the mansion?" ”

"Back to the king, it's only two months."

After being stunned for a moment, Han Lucheng hurriedly replied: "Before, we transferred too many people to the workshop outside the city, resulting in a serious shortage of manpower in the house, so I asked some people from the two Zhuangzi to come over, and he came in at that time." ”

"Oh, that's right."

After listening to his answer, Li Yuanjia understood in his heart and nodded secretly.

After several years of operation, the land around Chang'an once again broke through the 10,000-mu mark. Although Li Yuanjia was not interested in hoarding land, under the persuasion of his uncle and father-in-law, he still let Han Lucheng buy a little bit and bought a large piece of land in the two counties to which Chang'an belonged.

The land was bought in pieces and belonged to two Zhuangzi.

These two Zhuangzi Li's peasant households naturally became his tenants, and basically when there was a shortage of manpower in the house, they would pick people from there first, and if there were no more, they would go outside to buy people.

In this way, today's events can be explained.

When Li Yuanjia squinted his eyes and pondered, Han Lucheng was a little unsteady in his heart, and he couldn't understand what was wrong with the king, why he suddenly cared so much about a little guy who broke his leg?

After a while, Han Lucheng heard the king say, "Is breakfast ready?" Serve it quickly. Today, the king wants to accompany His Majesty to the mausoleum, but he can't miss the time. ”

"Yes, my lord, I'll let them send it right away!"

The two people in charge of Li Yuanjia's diet had already started preparing an hour ago, and the gruel and meat buns were still hot on the fire at this time, and they could be sent in at any time.

But as soon as Han Lucheng brought breakfast in and sent it to Li Yuanjia, he heard the king say again: "Han Lucheng, I said something, you remember it well." ”

"Yes, my lord, please."

After putting the gruel and buns away, Han Lucheng hurriedly listened.

After considering his words for a while, Li Yuanjia spoke: "After returning from Xianling this time, you can count the people in our mansion and a few farmers in the Zhuangzi to see how many people can't see clearly at night...... I mean how many people can't see it at all when there's moonlight, or when there's a lantern illuminating it! ”

“…… Be. ”

Obviously stunned, Han Lucheng first responded respectfully, and then asked: "King, what is the use of you asking me to count these?" ”

"Well, it's not a big deal."

After smiling, Li Yuanjia casually picked up a hot meat bun and said indifferently: "It's just that I suddenly remembered a medical book I once read, which is related to the inability to see at night, so I want to find a way to try it......"