"My dear Edward, I am about to meet your uncle Thomas on the 3rd of May. Baron Seymour is married, and we hope you will be able to come to Fort Hudley in Gloucestershire for our wedding – love you Catherine. Pal! Edward's heart was mixed when he saw this letter, even though he had expected it, but he still felt uncomfortable.

It's like your dad married you a stepmother, and when your dad died, your stepmom married your uncle, which made Edward a little embarrassed.

Thomas. Seymour was Edward's uncle, John? Son of Sir Seymour. Also Edward's mother, Queen Jane Seymour, and Duke of Somerset, Edward. Seymour's younger brother.

By the east wind of Queen Seymour, Thomas. Seymour also succeeded in becoming commander of the Channel Fleet in 1544. After Edward ascended the throne, in order to thank Queen Seymour for her nurturing grace, he made him a baron.

Seeing that he had mixed up in the navy, Edward consulted with Duke Seymour, and made him Lord of the Admiralty, and also put him in the Privy Council.

In fact, Edward estimated that his second uncle was still married to Queen Catherine, not only because of the revival of the old relationship, but also probably because of her huge dowry.

At the age of 17, she married Edward Borough, Baron II of Gainsborough. Edward died in the spring of 1532.

In 1534 she married John Neville, Baron Latimer of Snape of North Yorkshire. John Neville died in 1543.

If you think about the inheritance of the two nobles, plus the accumulation of her years as queen, it is conservatively estimated that there is a dowry of at least 30,000 pounds.

And while in Henry VIII and Aragon. In the home of Catherine's daughter, Princess Mary (later Mary I), Catherine Parr attracted the attention of the king. After the death of her second husband, the wealthy widow developed a romance with Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour I of Hudley, the brother of Queen Jane Seymour.

But the king liked her very much, and she had to accept the king's love and marry Henry VIII.

In fact, marrying a wealthy widow was a very popular way of development among the aristocracy. Thomas. Seymour's behavior will not only not be ridiculed by people, but will even make the nobles envious and jealous.

In the late Middle Ages, wars were frequent, many noble men died on the battlefield, and the average life expectancy of people at that time was short, which led to the frequent succession of feudal territories, and the number of female heirs greatly increased.

Traditionally, if a noble family has only one legitimate daughter, she may inherit the family property and title alone. If there are many daughters, one person inherits the title, but the family property is divided equally.

Those who have no legal children return their lands to the monarch or lord. For the aristocracy, who have always valued property and family lineage, the inheritance of an heiress or widow is more attractive than affection and beauty.

One of the most typical is the 20-year-old cousin of Henry IV, who actually married the nearly 80-year-old duchess in order to get a knighthood and a fief, which is ridiculous.

Edward is not optimistic about this marriage, a marriage based on money is destined to be unhappy.

Today is April 28th, 1947, and they got married on May 3rd. The timing is wrong!

Edward remembered that they seemed to have been married six months after the death of Henry VIII, why did they get married? Is this the butterfly effect?

After Edward learned more about it, he calculated a common result in crossing - the butterfly effect.

No matter what, it's time to come, it's always coming! Edward turned his heart sideways, covered himself with the quilt, and fell asleep!

The next day, Edward had just finished breakfast and hurried to the wasteland, where the usual clearing work was in full swing.

By the time Edward arrived, the whole wilderness had been set on fire, and the burning weeds, brambles, and dead leaves on the wasteland were dancing rapidly in the flames, and they would be the first fertilizer for the land.

Afterwards, the serfs tied the curved plough they had made yesterday to the shoulders of the heavy horses, and in pairs, one holding the reins and the other holding the plow, slowly began the road of reclamation.

Today is the day of the expansion of the manor, and Steward Howard has already arrived, supervising the work of the serfs, and in fact there is nothing to supervise, because old Jack is helping.

When Edward saw this, he couldn't help but ask Howard on the side.

"My dear Mr. Butler, why don't you use oxen to clear the land?"

"Your Majesty, you don't know that a cow is a difficult fellow to tame, especially a bull. If you want them to cultivate the land well, it is no less than letting the barbarians in the north learn etiquette! "Steward Howard came up with a graphic analogy to illustrate the bull's stubbornness.

And the barbarians of the north are the Scots who are located in the north of England. At that time, because England was often at war with the Scots, it was a contemptuous name for the Scots by the English.

The large-scale use of horse farming in Europe was after the 12th century.

In fact, raising horses is more expensive than raising cattle. Thirteenth-century agronomists said, "Horses eat more oats, horses have nails, but cattle don't eat them." Therefore, the cost of raising a horse is 4 times more than that of a cow. Moreover, the temper of the cow is more docile, and when it is old, it can be sold to a butcher to eat beef, while the horse can only sell skins, and there was even a period when horses were not allowed to be slaughtered. Therefore, the value of horses is more expensive, while cattle retain their value more. ”

In addition, the origin of Sun Wukong's Bi Ma Wen profession is also related to raising horses. As we all know, the horse is a delicate animal, it is more susceptible to illness, according to the records of our country's agricultural books, the monkey is tied to the horse pen to make trouble, is a measure to prevent illness.

Therefore, Mr. Wu Chengen gave the monkey-headed Monkey King the official title of "Bi Ma Wen", which is the reason.

But the advantages of the horse are also prominent, first of all, it has a wide range of uses, camel, riding, pulling, civil and military can be. In terms of speed and ostentatious pastimes, horses also have a lot of advantages over oxen. Speed is even more important for horses, and French agriculturists in the 16th century highly praised horse farming: "Horses do three or even four times as much work in a day as oxen." For farmers, it is of course a good thing to plow the land quickly.

But for a manor like Edward, the cost of raising a horse is certainly higher than raising a cow, and raising a horse is not cost-effective.

But the assertion that horse farming is faster than ox farming is not exactly the same in different societies. Cultivated land is a collaborative labor between humans and animals, and the ultimate efficiency is the result of the combined efforts of the two, not just horses or people.

In the 50s of the twentieth century, the Soviet writer Ilyin said in "The Story of the Five-Year Plan": "Horses are the most gluttonous and greedy of all machines. It chews off half of the farmer's field. In the steppes of Ukraine, a farmer spends fifty gold pounds a year on his horses – as much as he spends for his whole family. ”

So Edward gave them another trick to subdue the bull - to wear the bull's nose.