Chapter seven hundred and ninety fifth autumn tour
If there is any season of the year that is the most suitable for traveling, then spring will definitely lead the way in the voting.
However, for a monarch like Zhao Dan, who has countless heavy official duties throughout the year and has 365 days off all year round, the amusement time of any day is very precious, especially when accompanying his family.
On this day, Zhao Dan brought his many wives, as well as many princes from Zhao State, and the princess came to the garden of Zhao State Palace City and underwent a rare autumn outing.
It is said to be a garden, but in fact it is more appropriate to say it is a large plain, with small rivers, trees, woods and bushes, and of course there are large flowers necessary for the garden, and even several acres of grain that can be harvested.
Zhao Dan and the Queen walked in the front, and several children ran around the two of them like butterflies flying around the flowers, making cheerful screams. The other ladies followed a little more than ten steps behind. Behind were a large number of palace guards and palace servants serving the masters.
Zhao Dan smiled and touched the children's heads, and said to Han Wan: "Let's go, queen, let's go to the field to take a look." Then he walked into the field beside him.
This is the experimental field that Zhao Dan had opened for the experiment of manure. After the successful experiment, it was not abandoned. Instead, it was left as a place where the princesses and sons of the royal family of Zhao Kingdom experienced farming and sericulture every year.
It is said to be a place of experience, but this is a royal family after all, so there are also several old temple people from farm families serving here.
Several old temple people were sitting in front of the house and chatting, but after seeing Zhao Dan, they hurriedly came up to greet him.
Zhao Dan waved his hand, signaling that the other party didn't have to be too polite, and then smiled and said, "How is the output this year?"
The old temple man hurriedly said, "When I go back to the king, I have always used the calves to plow the ox here, and fertilize them according to the king's instructions. Last year, it was ripe for the middle and the middle, and the yield per mu was about three stones. This year, it was ripe for the middle and the upper, and it should have ripe for three stones."
"After three stones?" Zhao Dan nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction with the gain.
The place where Handan is located is Jizhou, located among the nine states in the world. According to the "Yu Gong", it belongs to the "earth of the middle", which is the so-called middle field, which belongs to very ordinary land.
It is actually quite good to plant a mu of more than three stones in such a field.
After all, the land of Zhao State is relatively barren, but now it is better. After taking over Hedong and Hetao, Zhao State swallowed up all the land of Wei State. The land of Yuzhou in Wei State is medium and upper-class. At the same time, Zhao State has Xuzhou (Lu State, Song State’s former land and Chu State’s Huaibei), a high-quality treasure land. As long as these two places are developed, Zhao State will not have to worry about food issues for several generations in the future.
Zhao Dan chatted with the temple people for a while, then went to the field to check the crops with interest, and left.
Naturally, the children had no interest in watching the crops in the dirty fields. They had long known where they had gone. The people behind them did not have orders and did not dare to step forward without permission, so they became Zhao Dan and Han Wan, the couple, strolling in the fields.
A group of horses galloped past in the distance. The excitement of Zhao Heng and Zhao Yan could be heard vaguely. Zhao Dan raised his eyes and found that his second son was excitedly shooting at a hare that was driven to him by other knights.
Then I shot in the air.
Zhao Yan was very upset and couldn't help but shout, "Brother, leave it behind!"
Zhao Heng, who was galloping beside Zhao Yan, smiled when he heard this, raised the longbow in his hand, and shot it out with a whoosh, hitting the rabbit's abdomen.
Zhao Yan screamed excitedly: "Brother, it's amazing!"
Zhao Dan, who saw all this, shook his head with a smile, and Han Wan on the side had a slightly worried face: "King, Yan'er is just over ten years old, and now she is practicing riding and archery, right?"
"It's not too late." Zhao Dan smiled and said, "I was already ordered by my father to help him on the back of the horse when I was five years old."
Han Wan closed her mouth and did not continue to linger on this issue. As a smart woman, she knew when she should make her own opinions and when she should close her mouth.
Zhao Dan glanced at Han Wan and smiled and said, "The Queen has something to do? I think it should be for the King of Han."
Han Wan's heart jumped slightly and said hurriedly: "The king misunderstood. Xiaotong just thinks that Henger can inherit the throne in the future. I don't know if Yan'er can assist Henger like Pingyuan Jun assists the previous king."
Zhao Dan smiled and said, "The queen doesn't have to worry about this. I have my own arrangements. As for Korea, the queen is my queen, so I don't need to hide it. My ideal is to unify the entire Chinese world and let my Chinese people have no disputes. So whether it is South Korea or Wei, all other countries must be unified under the banner of Zhao and become the territory of Zhao!"
Although Zhao Dan had a smile on his face, Han Wan could naturally hear it from her husband's mouth. This is what Zhao Dan meant and there would be no further changes.
Han Wan sighed softly and said, "The king misunderstood. Xiaotong does not want to plead for South Korea. Xiaotong just hopes that one day when South Korea returns to Zhao, the king can leave some blood for the Han family."
Zhao Dan smiled and said, "I can tolerate Wei Zeng, can't I tolerate Han's son? The queen is worried too much."
Han Wan bowed to Zhao Dan and said, "In this way, Xiao Tong thanked the King for Han."
Zhao Dan glanced at Han Wan and suddenly said, "Have the Queen noticed some movements in the harem recently?"
Han Wan was stunned for a moment and said, "Little boy is stupid and doesn't know what the king said."
Zhao Dan turned his head and looked at a lady not far behind him, and said leisurely: "The Queen should know that I am going to increase the number of Longtai ministers again."
Han Wan nodded and said, "The little boy has heard of it. Does the king mean that there are people in the palace who are involved in this matter?"
Zhao Dan smiled and said, "For the past few days, there have been more than one or two people talking to Le Cheng and Ju Xin in front of me."
Han Wan was silent for a moment. She knew her husband's personality. Although she looked very easy-going, Zhao Dan never gave in on some principles.
The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, which is exactly one of the principles.
"The little boy understands it and will handle this matter as soon as possible."
When they said this, the two had already entered the flowers. The flowers in autumn were obviously much sparse than in spring and summer. Countless flowers had already withered on the ground, as if indicating that the few beautiful women not far from Zhao Dan and Han Wan would also wither.
Zhao Dan looked at the clusters of bare flowers in front of him and couldn't help but sigh, saying, "There is no need to kill people. After all, it is also the one who left my bloodline for me. I will just be a person who has derogatory and kill a few slaves. This country is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more people with ideas. But sometimes there are more and more people with ideas, which is not a good thing, because they always want to do everything possible to influence me and let me follow the path they designed."
Han Wan's expression changed slightly and said, "Who is so bold and trying to control the king?"
"Who?" Zhao Dan shrugged for the first time and smiled: "It's all my ministers."
Han Wan was stunned, obviously not very clear about what Zhao Dan’s words meant.
Zhao Dan smiled and was about to say something, but suddenly he stopped.
Han Wan also stopped with Zhao Dan's steps, and then looked along Zhao Dan's gaze and happened to see a flower cluster in front of Zhao Dan.
A white flower is blooming in this bush.
Zhao Dan stared at the flowers steadily, and suddenly stretched out his hand and picked one of the white flowers.
Pinch it gently with your hands, it is soft and soft and comfortable.
Zhao Dan tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart and said slowly: "When did this flower be planted in the garden?"
Han Wan noticed Zhao Dan’s abnormality and said in some uncertainty: “Best King, this statement was offered by General Li Mu last year, saying that it was obtained when conquering the Hu tribe on the grassland. Is there anything wrong with this flower?”
The smile on Zhao Dan's face gradually became richer. Looking at the bunch of white flowers in front of him, he suddenly couldn't help laughing out loud.
This is cotton!
It’s really a place to search for it without any effort!
This is an absolute wintering weapon.
With cotton, and with the wool textile industry that Zhao State is vigorously promoting, once these two items are fully formed, the terribleness of winter will be greatly reduced.
This will have immediate results whether it is the reduction of the mortality rate of the Zhao people or the improvement of the combat capability of the Zhao army in winter.
"Mao Sui!"
"I'm here!"
"You immediately ordered people to protect this cotton, and then transfer a few of the best farm officials to tell them that as long as you can find the fastest way to increase the cotton yield, I will give them a third-level title!"
Mao Sui immediately took the order and left, while Zhao Dan stood there, looking at the cotton in front of him with joy.
Unexpectedly, I would be able to encounter cotton when I went out for a autumn outing. What is said to be a thing that will be introduced to the Central Plains hundreds of years later. Could it be that this is the gift God sent to Zhao and himself?
After dark, Zhao Dan, who had eaten dinner, returned to the main hall of Longtai. Obviously, he did not plan to spend the night with the queen or any of his wife today.
Mao Sui appeared silently from the darkness and whispered: "Back to the king, the eunuchs just ordered the news to bring the news. The queen punished five wives, including Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Yu, and hung hundreds of palace servants."
Zhao Dan rubbed his tired eyes, yawned a big yawn, and said, "I understand. The queen is the lord of the harem, and it is her business to do what she does."
Mao Sui responded and was about to retreat, but Zhao Dan stopped him.
"Mao Sui, this harem is my own private place for me. I don't want this last little space to be coveted and peeped at by others. So from now on, if you find that there is a bastard who wants to put your hands in, then you will cut off all their dog paws for me. Do you understand?"
Mao Sui's body shook slightly, then he lowered his head respectfully and said, "Here."
Looking at Mao Sui's leaving figure, Zhao Dan couldn't help but sigh softly.
Chapter completed!