The queen mother and the emperor are going to go, and the prince must also follow, in order not to alarm outsiders, they accepted Yan Yan's proposal and changed into ordinary people's clothes, and the queen mother and Aunt Rong sat in Yan Yan's carriage, the emperor and the prince got into the carriage of the Yun family, and the other palace maids and eunuchs did not bring one, but brought eight guards, four bright and four dark, adding up to a total of only two carriages and a few guards with the car, just like Yan Yan usually went out, not eye-catching at all.

However, for the sake of safety, and also for the sake of this farmhouse meal, Yan Yan sent Qingyu and Qingyun to pass over first, accompanied by Dahe.

More than an hour later, Yan Yan and his entourage came to the gate of Mingzhuang, the gate has not changed, it is still a simple fence courtyard with a log plaque hanging on the door, but this section of the road in front of the gate has set up a little obstacle, it is a labyrinth wall about ten meters long.

Considering the need to transport grain out and Yan Yan's entry and exit, there is also a path next to the maze that leads to another side door next to the gate, but that side door is normally closed and will only be temporarily opened when necessary.

No, Dahe is standing at the side door and waiting.

Who knew that Li Cong and Li Ji were both interested in this labyrinth wall, and they had to go for a walk by themselves, Yan Yan wanted to tell them the rules, but these two people didn't need it yet, so they had to try their own abilities.

Yan Yan smiled and shook his head when he saw this, and watched the two of them spin around the maze with the Queen Mother.

After more than a quarter of an hour, Li Cong finally went around it, because he understood that this maze was made according to a simple gossip array.

"In the end, it is the emperor, in the end, it is the uncle, and it is smarter than others." Yan Yan praised it, but he almost said the wrong thing, because there were two boys at the door.

Yan Yan and a few people entered from the side door in a carriage, and after entering the door, there was an apple tree hanging on it, most of which were already half red, and under the tree were chickens in twos and threes digging or lounging, the Queen Mother saw this scene from the car, and immediately wanted to get out of the car.

"Queen Mother, it's a big place inside." Yan Yan said with a smile.

"Then come down first and loosen the loose bones." The Queen Mother insisted.

Seeing this, Yan Yan went down first, and then helped Aunt Rong get out of the carriage, and then helped the Queen Mother to get out of the carriage, at this time, the old man Yun and the old lady Yun in the back also came down, and they all looked up at the apples on the tree one by one.

"I've never seen such a good red naphthalene. Why are some still carrying them in cloth bags? Old Madam Yun asked.

"This is to prevent insect bites, but this orchard is too big for them to be busy, so they can only selectively put on bags, and these red naphthalene bags are generally not sold, they are used for their own food and gifts." Yan Yan explained.

As soon as the words fell, two people came out of it, carrying a basket in their hands, it turned out that they were picking, and when they saw the movement here, they picked a few big baskets and gave them to Yan Yan to try.

Yan Yan took it and handed it to Dahe, and then, led everyone out of the orchard, walked about ten meters, and went on the avenue into the village, the east of the avenue is this orchard, and the west is a crop field, which is a large sorghum field, and it is also the season when the sorghum is ripe, but it has not yet begun to be harvested.

After the sorghum field, it is a small piece of fruit tree land, this fruit tree field is the previous farm, about 100 acres, it is a pear tree and peach tree, the peach leaves are basically yellow, and they begin to fall, and there are hanging fruits on the pear tree, not much, it should be left after picking.

Because the slope that Yan Yan wanted to take everyone to was still far away, everyone got into the carriage again, and the carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain, at the foot of the mountain is a house, a bit like a cross street, but there will only be a dozen or so children between the ages of three and four to five or six frolicking on the street.

Seeing Yan Yan's carriage stop, these children swarmed over, and the leading children led everyone to bow down to Yan Yan a few times, and Yan Yan took the candy that had been prepared long ago from the car and some inferior pen, ink, paper and inkstones and gave them to them.

"I know how to send candy, why is pen, ink, paper and inkstone?" Li Cong asked with great interest, because he saw happy smiles on the faces of these children, indicating that everyone's life was not bad.

"Paper is for them to practice calligraphy, in the slack time, the children in the village will get together to learn to read and write, I told them, can read, can keep accounts, in the future it is possible to be a steward to be a master or even go to the city to be a little two as a shopkeeper. I think it's better for people to pursue a little bit. Yan Yan smiled.

Old Man Yun has been a teacher all his life, and he agreed with this very much when he heard this, and nodded, "This is very true." By the way, Yan'er, I heard that you picked up hundreds of beggars in the old years, and they also live here? ”

"A small part lives here, my Zhuangzi is too big, I can't put people in one place, so I built several residences according to their respective division of labor, there are two places for farming, one for taking care of fruit trees and raising chickens, ducks and fish, and there are also places for raising horses, cattle and sheep, in addition to providing accommodation for tourists, those people are also in charge of the peach forest, if my uncle and aunt are interested, I can take you to see the peach blossoms next spring, but it is beautiful." Yan Yan said as he helped Mrs. Yun to walk halfway up the mountain, and Aunt Rong helped the Queen Mother.

The weeds and shrubs on the mountain have all been cleared and planted with lawns, and occasionally there will be a few pepper trees, and the grass is basically yellow this season, but there are still many cattle and sheep roaming in the mountains, and occasionally you can see a few horses and a few fawns, as well as a flash of rabbits and fluttering pheasants.

"Yan'er, how many horses, cattle and sheep do you have here?" Li Ji asked.

"There are the most sheep, more than two thousand, because there is a large mountain forest over there, all lawns, five or six hundred cattle, the least number of horses, there should be hundreds, if the prince's brother likes it, you can pick one, there are good horses from the Jurchen and Khitan, it should be relatively pure." Yan Yan said.

These so-called relatively pure Jurchen or Khitan horses were captured by Lu You from the front line, and they were not suitable to stay in the army because of injuries or other reasons, so he found an opportunity to order someone to send them back, saying that they could be kept as stallions, after all, their bloodlines were still good.

"This kid, come when you open your mouth, tsk, I didn't expect you to know even this." Old Madam Yun sighed.

"Where is this, this kid can do it, otherwise, the Lu family will not regret it, Yu'er is not worthy of carrying shoes compared to her." The Queen Mother thought of those troublesome things again.

"That's, I don't see who brought me up, my grandmother said that I am smart and capable with her, and she was trained by my aunt and uncle, so ah, I borrowed the light of the Yun family." Yan Yan pretended to raise his chin arrogantly.

There was no way, she was the only one present, so she could only pretend to laugh to please everyone.