There is a Huangzhuang in the southern suburbs of the capital. Every year in the spring ploughing, Emperor Wu of Zhou would bring his sons and ministers to the fields to plant seedlings.

On the way to the southern suburbs, Zhao Yao rode on a horse and kept looking around. The fourth prince kept an eye on him, worried that he would fall off his horse.

"Fourth brother, there is a kite flying in the sky." Zhao Yao pointed to the kite in the sky in the distance, "Whose kite should be broken." ”

"Want to fly a kite?"

Zhao Yao nodded vigorously: "Yes." ”

"When you return to the palace, I'll take you to put it." At this time last year, the fourth prince took Zhao Yao to fly a kite.

"Okay, we'll make a big kite then."

"Okay."

After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he lowered his head and stared at the side of the road.

Seeing that his body was getting lower and lower, the fourth prince was about to fall, so he hurriedly reached out and grabbed him.

"Sit down."

"Fourth brother, now that I have stirrups, I don't fall down so easily."

"Can't be careless."

Since Zhao Yao got the stirrups out, Emperor Wu of Zhou ordered the creation of stirrups. Now, there are stirrups on horses in the palace and in the barracks. Of course, there are stirrups on folk horses.

Since the introduction of stirrups, the cavalry has immediately improved their combat ability a lot.

Recently, the Huns have been on the move. Emperor Wu of Zhou ordered the cavalry to practice diligently, knowing that the cavalry of the Huns was very fierce.

Sooner or later, the Great Zhou had a battle with the Xiongnu. For this battle, Da Zhou must make complete preparations in advance, especially the combat capability of the cavalry must be improved.

"Fourth brother, I'm looking at wild vegetables." Zhao Yao said, "Wild vegetables are very delicious, especially dumplings. ”

"Are you going to dig up some wild vegetables and bring them back to the palace?"

"yes, I'm going to dig some and bring them back and make dumplings to eat."

Seeing that Zhao Yao didn't forget to eat wherever he went, the fourth prince smiled helplessly: "You......"

"I'll pick some more wildflowers later and bring them back to my mother." Zhao Yao said, "Fourth brother, I will also pick some and send them back to Concubine Li."

"Sending wildflowers?"

"Wildflowers are beautiful." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of a sentence, "Isn't there a saying that domestic flowers don't have the fragrance of wild flowers?"

Hearing this, the four princes were so shocked that they almost fell off their horses. He asked with a somewhat ugly face, "Who told you this?" ”

"I've heard that."

"Where did you hear that?"

"I heard about it on the street."

"This is not a good word, don't say it again." The fourth prince said with a somewhat serious expression, "This sentence is not talking about flowers. ”

"Ah, it's not about flowers, so what's it about?" Zhao Yao asked with a puzzled face.

The third prince turned back to Zhao Yao at this time and smiled: "I'm talking about women." The meaning of this sentence is that the woman in the house does not have the fragrance of wild women outside. ”

The fourth prince said to the third prince with a calm face: "Third emperor brother, don't teach the tenth brother badly!" ”

"I'm telling the tenth brother what he meant by that sentence, but I didn't teach him badly."

"The tenth brother is still a child."

"It's because the tenth brother is a child, so I have to tell him what this sentence means, so that he won't talk nonsense in the future." After the third prince finished speaking, he saw that the eyes of the fourth prince looking at him were getting colder and colder, and he was a little stunned, and smiled curtly, "Okay, okay, I won't talk about it." ”

The fifth prince said: "Fourth brother, there is nothing in this sentence, you are too protective of the tenth brother......" Seeing the fourth prince sweeping over with a cold eye, the fifth prince quickly shut his mouth and didn't dare to say anything more.

Zhao Yao blinked, it turned out that this sentence meant this.

"Fourth brother, I won't say this again in the future." He hurriedly changed the topic, "Fourth brother, how do you plant seedlings?" The mother told him to learn how to plant rice.

"Rice planting ......" The fourth prince seriously explained to Zhao Yao how to plant seedlings, "When it comes, I'll show you." ”

"Then I'm going to have to keep my eyes open and watch well."

Next, the fourth prince told Zhao Yao a lot of things about rice planting and farming.

Zhao Yao listened very carefully. If he doesn't understand, he will ask.

Ever since the fourth prince started planting rice in the fields, he has read a lot of books on this subject. He had read almost all the books on agriculture. He also asked many people who had experience in farming, and then he wrote down all these experiences in detail, and then compiled them into a book. Two years ago, the book was published.

In terms of experience in farming, the Four Princes are the richest among the princes. Of course, he is also the best farmer of all princes.

After more than an hour, Zhao Yao and the others finally arrived at Huangzhuang in the southern suburbs.

After arriving at Huangzhuang, Emperor Wu of Zhou took his sons and ministers to the fields to plant seedlings.

Emperor Wu of Zhou wore coarse cloth clothes, rolled up his sleeves and trouser legs, and stood in the field hunched over, skillfully planting seedlings.

The prince was next to him, and he was also very skillful in planting seedlings.

The acting king on the other side was a little rusty, after all, he hadn't planted seedlings in the field for several years.

The crown prince saw that the seedlings planted by the king were not very good, so he personally taught him how to plant.

Although the acting king was not happy with the prince to teach him, he could not refuse, so he could only follow suit. If he doesn't learn and can't plant seedlings well, he will be reprimanded by Emperor Wu of Zhou.

The three princes were a little unskilled at first, but they became proficient after planting one, after all, they planted rice every year.

While planting seedlings, the four princes told Zhao Yao, who was standing on the ridge, how to plant.

Zhao Yao looked at it very seriously. After looking at it for a while, he wanted to try it in Shimoda.

"Fourth brother, I'll wait a while."

"The water in the field is very cold, you are not in good health, it is better not to come down......" Before the words were finished, the fourth prince saw Zhao Yao quickly take off his shoes and socks, and then jumped down.

"Tenth brother, you ......"

"Fourth brother, I'm not afraid of the cold." The water in the fields is indeed cold. "Fourth brother, do you think I'm inserting it right?" Zhao Yao picked up the seedlings and planted the seedlings in the flag just like the four princes.

The fourth prince checked it carefully, then nodded and said, "It's a good insert." ”

"Then I'll continue to plug in." Zhao Yao is small and short, so just squat and plug it in. His movements are very fast, and he inserts quite a bit in a while.

The fourth prince was afraid that he would not insert it well. Every seedling he planted, the four princes had to carefully check it to make sure that there were no problems.

"Ouch......" Zhao Yao felt something bite his leg. He hurriedly lifted his leg to look, and noticed that something was clinging to his leg. He was about to reach out to grab it, but was stopped by the Four Princes.

The fourth prince led Zhao Yao to the ridge, and then he squatted down, raised his hand and slapped down the leech that was attached to Zhao Yao's calf. Then, he took the medicine bottle from Wei Mian's hand and applied the medicine to the place where Zhao Yao had been bitten by leeches.

"Fourth brother, what was that just now, it's so disgusting?"

"Vampire leeches, there are a lot of them in the fields." The fourth prince said, "You can't grab it directly with your hands, you have to pat it off with your hands." ”

"Fourth brother, have you been bitten?"

"Nope."

"Am I too tender?"

"Tenth brother, your body is too cold, you can't go to the field anymore." The fourth prince was worried that Zhao Yao would freeze if he went to the field again.

"Fourth brother, I'm fine." It's a little cold in the field, but it's not cold after a while.

"Obedient."

The four princes' hands were covered with mud, and they couldn't put shoes and socks on Zhao Yao. Zhao Yao's little chubby hands were also full of mud.

The fourth prince called Wei Mian over and asked Wei Mian to serve Zhao Yao to put on shoes and socks.

After Zhao Yao put on his shoes and socks, he had to stand on the ridge to watch the four princes planting rice.

The Seven Princes on the side seemed to have been bitten by leeches, so they were so frightened that they almost screamed out, and hurriedly went up to the ridge and asked the eunuch waiting next to him to pat off the leeches on his legs.

"Brother Seven, are you okay?"

The Seventh Prince said with an ugly face: "It's okay. With that, he frowned and returned to the field very reluctantly.

"Fourth brother, seventh brother seems to be very unhappy." It also seems to be very disgusting.

The fourth prince glanced at the seventh prince, and then said indifferently: "Don't worry about him." ”

While planting seedlings, the seven princes complained in their hearts.

He didn't understand why he, with his noble status, went to the fields to plant rice like those untouchables?

What did my father think?

When I was a child, I was often bitten by leeches. It's so disgusting, I have a psychological shadow on it. As soon as you see it, you feel uncomfortable.

(End of chapter)