Chapter 60: Spring Planting
Next.
Li Tai, who was early, got up early and took Yan Wan to the palace.
However, when he arrived at the palace, Li Tai found that he was the last to come.
There are already people waiting for him in the palace.
In addition to some ministers, there were also some concubines, even the eldest grandson queen came, and as for the prince and princess, everyone who could move around also came.
A group of people were waiting in the main hall.
"Are you lining up to welcome me? You're welcome, you're welcome. Li Tai said with a smile, and then stepped forward and said, "Father, mother, where are you going?" ”
"Let's go!" Li Shimin glanced at Li Tai, and then walked outside.
A group of people started from the palace and headed out of the city.
Out of the city, I walked to the old Li family's private land, of course, this old Li family's private land is relatively large, and the name is also more domineering.
Everyone else calls the land of Lao Li's family Huangzhuang.
The land, the same land.
It's just a different name.
At this time, there were already farmers from Huangzhuang waiting in a piece of land, and when they saw Li Shimin's arrival, they hurriedly walked up.
The chubby body is like a ball of meat, but the speed coming forward is not slow at all.
When he got closer, he realized that the person in coarse cloth was none other than the eldest grandson Wuji.
"Uncle, are you role-playing?" Li Tai walked up to him and asked weakly, "Uncle, uncle, I didn't expect you to have this hobby." ”
"What's with what? Go and lead the old scalper! Li Shimin glared at Li Tai and said, this kid is really getting more and more presumptuous.
"What are you doing with the old scalper?" Li Tai suddenly quit, and asked me to come and make a horse early in the morning?
"If you are told to take you, why are you so long-winded?" Li Shimin said with a pair of eyes. I don't know if he is tired from staring at his eyes every day.
Yes, you're my daddy, listen to you.
Li Tai didn't like it very much, and went forward, leading the ox, while Li Shimin was holding the plow, and the father and son cooperated and began to plow the land in the field.
A group of ministers stood on the ridges, smiling and holding their beards.
For arable land, Li Tai is no stranger to it.
As a child from the countryside, he also helps the family grow corn when the farm is busy.
Back then, he was also a man who planted corn.
Many people who have never planted corn must have not experienced the idea of plowing the ground with oxen, then putting in seeds, then sprinkling cow dung or other fertilizer into it, and then burying it.
It seems easy, but the process is a bit of a past that is unbearable.
Because the fermented cow dung is packed in a dustpan, and little by little, some of the cow dung is not dry or there are insects, and you can see the fresh cow dung with the fragrance of a kind of wild grass coming to your face, and the small insects are the life in the cow dung.
As for growing rice, it's a bit harder.
Not only did you plow the ground, but you had to use a toothy plough to crush the earth and mix it with the water into something like mud.
Then put the cow dung directly inside, and the cow dung is directly cow dung, and it does not need to be fermented.
When you plant rice, you have to go down, one by one, and the feet are either dirt or cow dung, and the grasshoppers that have eaten cow dung for a few days are like eating hormones, which is really big.
Therefore, farmers are really hard-working, and a grain of rice is hard-won.
Holding the cow, Li Tai couldn't help but recall those years.
A listless look.
I thought you would take me to the waves, but I didn't expect you to let me come to plow the land.
The princes not far away, but there was envy in their eyes.
And some other ministers looked at Li Tai and nodded, not knowing what these guys were trying to do.
"By the way, Daddy, why don't you put a rope on the cow's nose?" Li Tai asked with some curiosity.
"Huh? Why is that? Li Shimin was puzzled.
"Daddy, put a rope on the cow's nose, and you can firmly control the cow, and if you don't obey and pull the cow rope, the cow will be as obedient as a puppy."
"Huh? Is there still a way to do this? ”
"I don't believe it, you can give it a try, even if you try to die, we just need to add food." Li Tai said with a smile. It is very difficult to eat a meal of beef in Datang.
As for the matter of Jingyanggang three catties of sauced beef, just think about it.
"You foolish child, you know how to eat, don't take care of your cow quickly." Li Shimin glared at Li Tai angrily. It seems that staring has become Li Er's patent.
"Daddy, why don't you use a better plow?"
"A better plow?" Li Shimin's brows couldn't help frowning slightly.
"Yes, there's a plow that plows the ground very quickly." Li Tai smiled slightly: "My master told me." ”
"Since it was your master who said it, I think it should be true." Li Shimin smiled slightly and said, "Tomorrow, you will send the drawings to the palace and be made by celebrities." ”
"Whoa!"
Li Tai said.
The father and son were busy for a while, and when they were tired, they put down the oxen and the plow, and the farmer, who had been waiting by the side, hurried forward and ploughed the rest of the field.
"Daddy, why do we plow the land today? And with such a large group of officials. Li Tai asked puzzled.
"Today is the spring ploughing day, and the royal family, as a model in the world, is naturally going to cultivate it himself, and I brought you here to let you understand that a grain of rice is hard-won." Li Shimin said.
Yes, Li Tai can be heard that today is the show day of the old Li family.
"It's a porridge and a meal, and it's not easy to think about where you come from; Half a thread and half a thread, the constant thought of material resources is difficult, right? Li Tai glanced at Li Shimin with disdain, and the emperor couldn't even remember this sentence.
"Huh?" Li Shimin's eyes showed a gleam, and he said, "You said this yourself?" ”
His own son has grown!
"Didn't you just hear and see it? Who else could I say? Li Tai was proud and said, "Of course, I heard Wan'er say it." ”
"No wonder, no wonder." Li Shimin shook his head.
"I'll go, I'm your son, I'm your son, can you give me some encouragement?" Li Tai secretly despised his father, and said, "What about the doting? What about tolerance? ”
"By the way, Dad, our family has so much land, what are you going to plant this year?" Li Tai asked.
"White stacks."
"What?"
"Cotton!"
"Cotton is good, if this thing is made into cotton cloth, it will definitely be profitable, and our old Li family will definitely be the number one wealthy family in the world at that time." Li Tai said with a smile.
After cultivating a piece of land, Li Shimin took a group of people to worship the heavens, and worked all day, but Li Tai was hungry enough.