thefictionvixens Chapter 286
Chapter 286
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Three days later.
September 1st.
Today is the first day of the Zhenguan Hope Primary School. The sky is gray and there is no sunshine.
The day after the banquet, the long-drought Chang'an finally ushered in a rainstorm.
It was like a passing rain, and the rainfall lasted less than half an hour.
Fortunately, there were several small rains yesterday, which were enough to moisten the dry land.
At about 7:00, Li Zhi and Li Shen followed Princess Changle and Changsun Yaofang Jingyi to school.
The school schedule has been determined. 7:30 in the morning is the morning reading class, and 8:20 is the first class.
Today is the first day of school, and there is no morning reading class.
Many children in ordinary families are still illiterate, and this will be implemented slowly in the future.
Xiao Sizi finally agreed not to go to school after everyone persuaded him with emotion and reason.
He stayed in the manor and was taken care of by Su Jin, and tutored individually.
Su Chen did not go to school. He expected that today would be the day for registration, and at most the number of students would be counted for class division.
"Little Sizi, you can't eat instant noodles for breakfast every day!
You can only eat it once every three days."
Su Chen looked at the little girl slurping instant noodles and reminded her.
If she ate instant noodles every day, Su Chen could not afford it now.
"Sizi knows, I will eat vegetable buns tomorrow!" Little Sizi thought about it and agreed very cooperatively.
Su Chen smiled and nodded, "Little Sizi is so good!"
"Jin'er, I'm going to the fields later. You and Little Sizi stay in the manor and don't run out."
"Brother, I know, don't worry!" Jin'er replied with a smile.
The day before yesterday, the newspaper only found more than a hundred people to come to the manor to cultivate the land, because the recruitment requirements required both people and cows, which stumped many people.
Not every household has cows, and usually some people need to rent or borrow cows from landlords to cultivate the land.
Completely different from the villagers in the manor, the manor has a total of more than 40 cows, which were acquired by the former owner Li Shimin.
Now there are about 50 cows, and most of the cows can give birth.
But the calves must be at least one year old before they can try plowing.
"Huh? Where is your watch?" Su Chen suddenly found that Jin'er was not wearing a watch on her wrist.
"I... forgot to wear it when I got up today." Jin'er's eyes were a little evasive.
"Brother-in-law, Sister Jin'er's watch was taken away by the emperor!" Xiao Sizi suddenly said, as if to ask Su Chen for credit.
"Imperial brother? Which emperor?"
Su Chen immediately thought that it must be the boy who raised pigs. Li Ke would definitely not do such a shameless thing.
Li Tai had already allocated a watch.
"Good boy, I will punish him." Su Chen stood up angrily.
"Brother, I lent it to him. Return it to me in five days." Jin'er hurriedly stopped him.
"Borrowed?"
Su Chen thought about it. The boy raised so many pigs. Even if he didn't have any merit, he still worked hard.
It wouldn't hurt to give him a watch.
"Forget it, give him the watch!" Su Chen said, and 'took out' a watch from his arms and handed it to Su Jin.
"I'm leaving first. Little Sizi, be good!"
Then, Su Chen left his residence and walked towards the field.
Wang Han and Ma Han followed closely behind.
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Chang'an, the imperial city.
Taiji Hall, the ministers' morning court.
"General Xue, General Su, the journey to Linyi is long. I hope everything goes well for the two generals.
When the two generals return safely after protecting the grain, I will definitely reward them according to their merits!"
Today, Li Shimin was in a particularly good mood. From the beginning of the morning court, he often had a faint smile on his face.
It lasted for a long time.
It was because Chang'an, the capital, which had not rained for nearly half a year, finally rained for two consecutive days.
The day before yesterday, Li Shimin saw the heavy rain coming and immediately shouted:
"This is God's help to the Tang Dynasty!"
This timely rain can make high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes go to the fields smoothly.
Today is also the day when two generals of the Tang Dynasty who protect grain will lead their troops to set off.
Ruan Dabo, the envoy of Linyi State, had written a letter two days ago. He also sent his deputy to travel light and send the letter back to Linyi State as soon as possible.
So that the king of Linyi State can prepare in advance.
If he travels with a large group of people, it will take two months to reach Linyi.
This is a double blessing for Li Shimin.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will not fail in my mission and will deliver 100,000 stones of rice to Chang'an safely."
Generals Xue Wanche and Su Dingfang immediately promised.
"Okay! I believe in the two generals! If this trip returns smoothly, it will be a great achievement!
At that time, I will lead all the civil and military officials outside Chang'an City to personally welcome the two generals back!"
Li Shimin stood up and waved his hand proudly.
"Come here, hand over the national flag!"
Two soldiers came into the hall holding a national flag in each hand.
"Two generals, this national flag is of great significance. Soldiers go to war holding the national flag of the Tang Dynasty. If there are scoundrels who dare to disturb along the way,If you disturb me, I will do it tomorrow!" Li Shimin said domineeringly. "Your Majesty, rest assured that the flag will not fall!" The two took the national flag and swore immediately. ... At the exact time of the morning court, the court was dispersed. Li Shimin and the civil and military officials climbed the city wall to witness the scene of the Tang soldiers holding the national flag high and going to war. Xue Wanche and Su Dingfang walked out of the Suzaku Gate with their respective deputy generals. Twenty thousand elite left guards had been waiting outside the Suzaku Gate, and the two thousand soldiers were divided into two teams and extended to Suzaku Street. Because today was special, Li Shimin temporarily allowed the left guard army to enter Chang'an City. The left guard was one of the sixteen guards of the Southern Court, and was generally stationed outside Chang'an City. The two deputy generals had put the national flag on a flagpole about ten feet high, and the bright red national flag was blown by the wind. The team left Chang'an from the Yanping Gate, and Xue Wanche and Su Dingfang drove their horses to the front of the team. "Dingfang, give the order! "Xue Wanche clasped his fists to Su Dingfang.
"Brother Xue, please go first!" Su Dingfang replied. He was younger than Xue Wanche in age and military rank.
"Okay!" Xue Wanche was not pretentious.
After Xue Wanche and Su Dingfang saluted to Li Shimin on the tower, they issued the marching order:
"All soldiers, listen to my order!"
"Let's go!"
The 20,000 soldiers were riding and walking, and the Linyi envoy Ruan Dabo was in the middle of the team.
"I'm afraid we will have to wait until the beginning of next spring to return to Chang'an."
On the highest tower in the imperial city, Li Shimin sighed.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. The two generals will definitely return with a full load. The small country of Linyi will never dare to make things difficult for our Tang Dynasty.
Moreover, the long-lasting drought has been alleviated, and the sweet potatoes and Zhenguan beans in various places will surely have a bumper harvest after March. "
Fang Xuanling comforted him from the side.
This time, Xue Wanche and Su Dingfang did not go to Linyi Kingdom empty-handed to ask for food.
They brought more than 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes and Zhenguan beans with them.
It was called: exchanging high-yield food.
Two days ago, someone was sent to the manor to consult Su Chen's opinion.
Su Chen suggested at the time: 'Send 1,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes to Linyi Kingdom, just as an exchange for Champa rice.'
After all, it is the suzerain country, and they pay tribute to real gold and silver every year.
It seems a bit unpleasant to say that they went to Linyi Kingdom empty-handed to get food.
It's just...
I don't know why it became 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes each.
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