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However, there has never been anyone like Fang Zhongyong, who can compose poetry as soon as he knows how to read. Just like a child under the age of one, optics can walk and run, no one will believe this at all.
Cai Dao guessed that this Fang Zhongyong was either a traverser like him, or someone superior had secretly taught Fang Zhongyong in secret, but he was not allowed to publicize his name. Therefore, the so-called self-communication without a teacher in the legend is actually just a disguise.
Therefore, Cai Dao boldly guessed in his limerick poem that Fang Zhongyong and his fellow were rumored to be prodigies, but they were actually taught by the master in his sleep. In fact, both of them are just mortals, and the reason why they are so outstanding is because the teacher who taught them knowledge is too high.
Different teachers taught two prodigies who became famous at the same young age in the same way, which just explains the fundamental reason why the two became famous.
At first glance, Cai Boyu felt that Cai Dao's limerick poem was not written at a high level, but its meaning was very worthy of exploration by readers.
The little old man's heart was also full of evil anecdotes, and he was not satisfied that he knew about it, so he copied the limerick poem in two copies and let it be passed on by the official postal system.
This thick-skinned old prodigy, even if he is idle at home, has always liked to show his face in the court to show that he is still alive, so the first copy is naturally passed on to Song Shenzong, and the second copy is passed on to Cai Dao's grandfather Wang Anshi. Let him see what his own grandson thinks of his old acquaintance.
So, without Cai Dao's knowledge, his limerick poem had already been spread all over the world by Song Shenzong before he returned to Beijing.
After Wang Anshi got the letter from Cai Boyu, he just looked at it and didn't take it to heart, but later he heard that Cai Dao went to see Fang Zhongyong, and when he passed through Jiangning, he didn't come to visit him, and he must have been unhappy in his heart.
But this stubborn old man didn't want to think about it himself, he hadn't seen this grandson since Cai Dao was born, nor had he greeted or given any gifts, which made Cai Dao get close to him. What's more, because of Wang Yan, how dare Cai Dao directly face this reluctant minister.
A few days later, Cai Dao and his party came to Huating County, but because they were accompanied by forbidden troops, it was not suitable to enter the county seat. Therefore, Cai Dao outsourced an inn in Huating County to rest, waiting for the sea boat from Xianyou Pier to pick them up.
In the end, it is much faster by sea than by land.
The next day, the Cai family's sea boat rushed to the dock in Huating County with the group of children.
This time, Cai Dao did not let all the 108 children he took in, after all, those children were adopted one after another in the past few years, and many children were still in infancy at that time, so there are still many children who are not more than three years old.
Out of fear of happening on the way. Therefore, this time, Cai Dao only took away the children who were over five years old, and the rest were left at home to be raised by the old housekeeper Cai Xi, and he was taking them into Beijing in a few years.
However, the children left behind are all girls, Cai Dao since he promoted the method of farming in Xianyou County, there has never been a phenomenon of people abandoning baby boys at will, and in those years, occasionally people sent children to Cai's family, and slowly sent them to girls.
So, this time, almost all of the twenty boys were five years old, and only one of them was only four years old this year, but this kid was the most happy. During the time when Cai Dao entered Beijing, this kid actually worshipped Hai Aoyou as a teacher and learned the ability to dive. So, let alone seasickness, if everyone falls into the sea together, Cai Dao himself is not as fast as this child.
Therefore, Cai Dao named the child Xiaoyuer. This is also the only child among the boys who Cai Dao has given him a name. It's not that Cai Dao doesn't want to give them names, it's not that he's not good at choosing names, but because the future of these children will be controlled by Song Shenzong. Cai Dao is not good at overstepping his bounds, of course, most of the names of those girls have been chosen by Cai Xi.
Hua Lanxi, the big girl, when Cai Dao went home, she had already taken it for her, and now there is no one left with a name.
Along the way, although this group of children occasionally felt unwell, some people still had seasickness, after all, the sea is unpredictable, the wind and waves are bigger than usual, but, after all, these children have received a long time of training before. At first, even if they were seasick, after a day or two of adaptation, they all got up one by one. Of course, this is also indispensable to the help of the seasickness 'holy medicine' provided by Cai Dao.
In this era, there are no synthetic seasickness medicines. The so-called seasickness 'holy medicine' provided by Cai Dao is absolutely original, in fact, it is betel nut.
Betel nut, refreshing and chewing more, can indeed treat the symptoms of seasickness in some people.
Or Michigan.
The Cai family's ship docked at the Mizhou wharf, and when they disembarked, the forbidden soldiers who had been staying here immediately rushed to the wharf. These people have been staying on the beach, and their idle bodies are about to grow lice.
When Dean announced that he would also give a reward to the forbidden army who stayed here, the forbidden army rejoiced.
After all, there were children in the team, so Cai Dao still arranged for everyone to rest for another day.
The next day, the large army set off.
This time, Cai Dao did not rush from Mizhou to the state capital along the Grand Canal, and followed the Grand Canal into Beijing. Instead, by land, along the shortest distance between Mizhou and Bianliang City.
Because, according to the newspaper, the heavy snow in the previous months not only covered Bianliang City, but also occurred in the entire north. At that time, Cai Dao predicted that when the autumn harvest was carried out this year, most of the entire northern region would usher in a bumper harvest.
It is already the beginning of July, and Cai Dao went home this time, because of various things, delaying the trip that had been planned for a long time, so even if he rushed to the canal immediately at this moment, he would definitely not be able to catch up with the autumn harvest of the land in Genyue in the capital.
Crops with manure must grow better than ordinary crops and mature earlier. Cai Dao had already reported this to Song Shenzong.
The reason why he entered Beijing by land was that Cai Dao wanted to see more about the specific autumn harvest situation in those state capitals and counties along the way.
Along the way, Cai Dao had been sitting in the carriage, and he found that the wheat waves were rolling in the unharvested farmland along the way, and from a distance, a large area of golden yellow was floating in the wind. Along the way, the state capitals and counties along the way are such a bumper harvest scene. Dean and his forbidden army are infected by the beauty in front of them, and a good harvest always brings a sense of joy.
However, Cai Dao carefully observed that the farmers who were busy harvesting in the fields did not see much of the smile on their faces because of the harvest.
For this, Cai Dao naturally understood the reason in his heart - the grain was cheap and hurt the peasants.
Even wise people like Tang Taizong Li Shimin have made such mistakes.
In the first few years of the Tang Zhenguan, the entire Guanzhong area was bumper, and as a result, the price of dou rice did not exceed ten yuan. This is also regarded as a trendy new atmosphere, and it is boasted of. In fact, this is completely contrary to the laws of economics. A bumper harvest will naturally lead to a sharp increase in grain stocks and a reversal in market supply and demand, with the result that grain prices will certainly fall sharply.
This is the case when the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants.
In the years after the harvest of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, due to various reasons, Guanzhong suffered drought and locust plagues, resulting in a great famine in Guanzhong. If it weren't for the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal of Emperor Yang of Sui, the crisis was alleviated by transporting rice from the south to Guanzhong. Li Shimin, the 'Ming Jun' who ascended to the throne after the change of Xuanwumen, even if he can finally sit on the throne, he will have to make a big mess.
Cai Dao understands this phenomenon, Hua Lanxi also understands, Cai Ban vaguely understands, Cai Bucket doesn't need to ask his opinion at all.
But Dean and the forbidden army, as well as the children who followed Cai Dao into Beijing, did not understand. In order to make these children understand more truth, Cai Dao suddenly decided that the large army would stop, and he sent these children out and asked them to go to the fields to ask the farmers who were working hard.