Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 82 On the Field of Hope
"Oh..." After hearing what the third child said, Zhu Xi patted his head and said, "Oh, why did I forget this?"

"You just want to avoid working in the field!" Zhu Di was not so easy to fool, pointing out Zhu's little thoughts on the spot.

"No, you have to go to the field together. When the farming is slack, let's go investigate together!"

Oh, we'll do the hard work, and your youngest will be the one to show off?Our fourth child is not such a stupid person.

"Then what if the farm work is not finished?" Zhu said with a displeased face, "Aren't the father's errands delayed?"

"What errand? What is the investigation?" Seeing that the third and fourth children were about to quarrel again, the sixth child rushed to ask.

"It's nothing, this is an adult's secret!" Zhu Yi waved his hand.

"Don't look at people under the crack of the door, the sixth brother is smarter than you." Zhu Di immediately put his arms around Zhu Zhen's neck, and said with a smile, "He won't tell you, but the fourth brother will tell you."

"Did I say not to tell Lao Liu?" Zhu Bianlian was always very fast.Immediately sat on the other side of Zhu Zhen, and said with a smile: "As long as the sixth brother wants to know, it is the adult's secret, and the third brother will tell you all."

"Whoever you say is fine." Zhu Zhen nodded, he already knew how to deal with them.

The third child and the fourth child told the sixth child the imperial father's will.

"That is to say, my father asked you to investigate. Is there a big discrepancy between the number of acres registered on the household stickers and the actual number of acres of each household?" Zhu Zhen concluded after listening.

"Yep."

"Then pay attention to check the place, and see if there are any illegal things that can't be heard by Datian." Zhu Zhen continued: "The focus should be on the Xungui family."

"No, didn't you say the focus is on them?" The second child scratched his cheek.

"The Liao Yongzhong case has just ended, and people in Beijing say that this is the father who killed chickens and monkeys, so what kind of monkey is he being warned?" The third child said in a deep voice, "Of course it is the founding prince!"

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "Most of the founding princes are from Fengyang, and the father built mansions in Zhongdu City for all the marquises and above. If there is really something illegal in Fengyang that cannot be reported, ninety percent of the time. Jiu has nothing to do with their family."

"Good guy, sixth child!" Zhu couldn't help but look at Zhu Zhen with admiration. "I didn't expect you to be one year older and so much smarter!"

"Let me tell you?" Zhu Di proudly patted his belly and said, "Lao Liu has a lot of stuff in his stomach."

Zhu Zhen smiled awkwardly, it seems that it will be difficult to pass the test in front of the fourth brother in the future.

Speaking of this, Zhu's little calculation was in vain.

In the end, the brothers unanimously decided to do farm work together first, and then go out to investigate when the farming is slack.

Just as Zhu was about to announce the end of the meeting, the fifth child who had been very quiet suddenly said, "Just now I calculated that if we follow the way we eat this meal, we will run out of food in at most three months."

Obviously, he listened to Tang Jiachang's advice.

"Then how do you think you can last until the autumn harvest?"

"Three meals a day are reduced to two meals for a solar eclipse. Drink porridge in the morning and dry food in the afternoon." Sure enough, Zhu Huan is the material for living, and he has entered the state so quickly. "Grow some melons and vegetables by myself, it's barely enough."

"Is it so miserable..." The brothers were all dumbfounded.

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In this way, the five Highnesses began their unforgettable rural life...

Every morning, the hard-working fifth child gets up early, sweeps the courtyard first, and then boils water and cooks for his brothers and sisters.

Breakfast is usually wild vegetable porridge cooked with shepherd's purse or water celery, served with small pickles made from various wild vegetables.

Speaking of which, the resettlement work in Linhuai County is really meticulous.Zhu Huan actually found a pack of salt from the distributed supplies!This made the brothers sigh, the magistrate of Linhuai really implemented the will of the emperor, and he must recommend it in the future!
As for wild vegetables, Lao Wu is familiar with "Materia Medica" and knows all kinds of plants well. When he walks in the wild, he can easily find several edible wild vegetables.

Zhu Zhen also couldn't sleep in late, because the big buffalo was so hungry after a night of rumination that it mooed in the yard when it heard any movement.

All his work now is to take good care of the cow, and the next spring plowing will depend entirely on it.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he got up, put on his increasingly dirty clothes, and put on the cotton shoes whose original color could no longer be seen. Zhu Zhen went to the yard to feed the big buffalo some hay.

One is to let it satisfy its hunger first, and the other is to prevent it from eating too much dewy grass later, which will cause diarrhea and bloating.

This is the valuable experience taught by Tang Jiachang. Zhu Zhen knows it but doesn't know why. Anyway, he does what others say.

After washing up carelessly, when he came to the kitchen, Fifth Brother served him a big bowl of porridge with wild vegetables.

The bowls, chopsticks and spoons they use are all wooden utensils made by the fourth brother. Although they don't look very good, they are not easy to use.

But as soon as he thought that it was made by the future Emperor Yongle himself, Zhu Zhen felt that it was very good to use.

With salted folded ear roots and eating up the porridge bowl, Zhu Zhen was ready to herd cattle.

He first put a rope on the big buffalo and put on a bamboo cage mouth to prevent the neighbor's food from being gnawed on the road.

After saying hello to his brothers, His Royal Highness the King of Chu took the cow and went out to the outside of the village.

At first, he led the ox. Later, he saw other cowboys riding on the back of the ox.He was very envious and wanted to ride a bull.

But that big buffalo has eyes like copper bells, nostrils blowing air, and a pair of thick and bright horns. It looks fierce like a bull devil.There is a saying that the son of a thousand gold can't sit down, His Royal Highness Chu decided to build a good relationship with the old cow before riding it.

When they arrived at Xiangyang Slope by the river two miles away, Zhu Zhen untied the ox rope and the cage to let the big buffalo move freely.

He found that cows generally don't run around, they always like to graze on sunny slopes, and they don't eat shady grass no matter how lush it is.Seven or eight cows gathered together, went back and forth, and started eating around the large grassland.

There is no need to worry about the cows fighting, because the big buffalo in his family is the largest in the herd, and it is the only one that bullies other cows, and other cows don't want to bully it.

But this does not mean that he can be lazy, Zhu Zhen has to carry a small shovel and a bamboo basket, digging wild vegetables and looking for herbs.

Spring is the season when all things bloom and thrive, and all kinds of wild vegetables sprout in the fields one after another.As long as people are not lazy, they can feed the whole family.

The herbal medicine was picked by Wu Ge. He picked it up, dried it in the sun and processed it. If the brothers had a headache and diarrhea, Wu Ge could handle it.

Unused herbs can also be taken to Jishang to exchange for some daily necessities.

Zhu Zhen worked very hard, and within a few days, he completed the transformation from a prince who just opened his mouth to a cow herding boy in the countryside.On the one hand, he has not been a prince for a few months, so it is not that difficult to change from extravagance to frugality.

Second, hunger is the best driving force.There is literal hunger here, and now he can only eat two meals a day, and only one is dry.And not to mention the meaty smell, even the oily flowers can't be seen.

He feels very hungry every day, and everything he can eat is full of temptations for him.If it weren't for the fact that killing cattle would be sent to the government for punishment, he would have suggested to his brothers to kill the big buffalo and eat meat.

This strong sense of hunger drives Zhu Zhen to keep looking for food...

Three times, his brothers are really hardworking.One can curl better than the other, and he is too embarrassed to be lazy when he rolls.

Not to mention the virtuous fifth brother, he cooks two meals a day, cleans the outside of the house clean, and also goes to the neighbors to see a doctor and change his family.In Jinqiaokan, the word-of-mouth has exploded.

The second, third and fourth brothers are also good.

The second elder brother has great strength, endures hardships and stands hard work, so it is easy and enjoyable to do this job.In fact, as long as he is not allowed to use his brain, he is always very relaxed; as long as he is not allowed to study, he is always very happy.

And Zhu Xi seems to have found his own value in the field.He continued to show off his immense strength, enjoying the amazement of the folks, such as "what a beast", "the reincarnation of the black bear spirit", and the coveted eyes of the big girls and the little wives.

The third brother and the fourth brother are competing all the time, trying to compare each other.If you plow an acre of land today, tomorrow I will have to plow an acre and a half. It doesn’t matter whether you are tired or not, the key is to win!
Seeing the three older brothers sweating in the field, Zhu Zhen felt that his father's decision was quite reasonable.In the future, the three elder brothers will be able to go out to fight and advance thousands of miles in the wind howling Mobei. I am afraid that they will really have the credit for toiling their muscles and bones and starving their bodies today.

But this king doesn't need to go out to fight, why should he suffer this crime?woo woo...

ps.Chapter 9, 3500 order plus update.

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