The deer are on the run!
The deer looked back from time to time to check whether it had shaken off the enemy.
The moment he turned back, a sudden arrow hit his right eye. The arrow passed through the back of his head and opened the skull of the deer.
The deer suddenly fell to the ground and was thrown seven or eight feet away. The whole deer kept twitching and its limbs were twisted.
When his herd of deer saw their leader dead, they immediately dispersed and fled in all directions. Little did they know that they had entered a network of sieges.
"Okay!" A group of soldiers behind him cheered loudly, but Jia Hui ignored it. He took out another arrow and chased another strong stag over the deer carcass on the ground.
irritable!
Since he poisoned Jia Zhu three days ago, a few beasts called him out to drink flower wine that night. When he was so dizzy, he seemed to have said that he was going to take his girl on an outing the day after tomorrow. Several beasts said that they wanted to go out too. Take the girl you like with you.
There aren’t many people anyway, so just go and it’ll be more lively.
As expected, things happened unexpectedly.
When I went out this morning, I was still wondering why Nancheng was so congested. Who would have thought that Nanhaizi, which is usually empty, was overcrowded today.
Those animals turned the outing into a blind date convention!
There were rumors in the capital yesterday that the young nobles who had recently been knighted were coming to Nanhaizi for an outing, and they sincerely invited young girls to be married to join them. It was nothing at first, but when the news came out that His Highness Prince Yiyong was also coming to support us, the outing suddenly became the top social venue!
Well, now, most of the unmarried young masters and ladies from noble families have arrived, not to mention the children of middle and low-level official families who want to find a rich son-in-law to further their studies. Even if they can't catch the lord, they can still get one from their boss's family. The young master and the young lady are also good, it can be said that they are all in love!
When the emperor found out about this in the morning, he just said "It's free" and gave Chen Jingyuan a decree to organize young talents to go hunting in the park, and then he did nothing.
The so-called smart people who had been waiting and watching immediately relaxed and let their son and daughter go to Nanhaizi. Until almost noon, people continued to arrive.
Jia Hui and his beloved wife's fantasy of having their children around their knees in advance was completely shattered.
It’s a shame that I even called Shang Sanchun and Shi Xiangyun here today!
After cursing and beating the animals, I felt much better.
However, the emperor had issued an order, so he had no choice but to comply with it.
Seeing that the crowd had reached a certain size, Jia Hui decided not to wait any longer and start spring hunting!
After a winter of consumption, there is not much meat left on the animals, but it has been two months since the beginning of spring, and it has recovered to some extent.
Spring hunting is "search".
Everyone was lucky. Nanhaizi had been banned from hunting for three years since the first year of Tiansheng, and a herd of deer was discovered within a few steps.
Jia Hui took the lead and rushed out holding a stone bow.
The three-stone bow used in war can be used to shoot a rabbit in half.
The deer was killed with the first arrow. Jia Hui ignored the prey underground and jumped over the deer on the ground, chasing the next target.
Two of the soldiers behind him stopped, put the deer on their horses and went back.
Naturally, the deer had to be processed. I walked to the river and processed the deer that I had brought, and then went back carrying the divided venison.
The girls of the Jia family are already preparing to eat. Of course, the young ladies and Li Shao are at the playful age. Maza ran to play with other friends before he sat down in the hot pot. Today, many children came to Nanhaizi. .
On the Jia family's territory, only Yuan Chun, Li Wan, Li Peilan and Wang Xifeng were busy working there.
Her pretty face was covered with beads of sweat, giving her a unique look.
Several young masters wanted to get acquainted with some girls, but as soon as they reached the small slope, they were chased away by the fierce soldiers. Just as they were about to argue, the soldiers pointed at the Jia Zi Ya flag behind them, looking dejected. 's gone.
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"You damn Chen Si, you ruined my good deeds!"
"ah!!!"
The enemy was extremely jealous when they met. Jia Hui, who was chasing the deer in the forest, met Chen Jingyuan who was resting in an open space in the forest.
Seeing that Chen Jingyuan was about to run away, Jia Hui jumped off the horse and threw Chen Jingyuan to the ground with a flying jump.
Chen Jingyuan, who was originally unable to get in with three or five big men, was unable to resist under Jia Hui's suppression.
"Stop, stop, stop. I was wrong, you start first!"
After all, he was now a prince. Jia Hui snorted coldly, gave him face, and pulled him up from the ground.
Chen Si patted the dust on his body, took a few deep breaths, and then spoke.
"It's not like the brothers don't have wives yet. I heard that you were going to Nanhaizi for an outing the other day. Together, the brothers might as well make more friends for blind dates."
"Wait, a blind date? I remember that Lao Niu and Lao Shi's family had already set their sights on him, right?"
"Hey, you've been hosting casual banquets and meeting beauties these past few days, so how can you still have the energy to care about the suffering of us bachelors?
Lao Niu's family gave him a daughter-in-law, but they were in the west at that time, and it's not like you didn't know about the portrait. If you give me a little more money, Empress Wuyan can paint you a Xi Tzu. That woman also came a few days ago. The Duke of Zhenguo met with Niu Zhao. Guess what? "
"What's the matter? It's ugly?"
"Isn't it enough just to be ugly? That woman..."
"More than half of that woman's palm-sized face is covered with black birthmarks, so forget it. I don't pick on people if they are nice, but he still has a slanted eye!"
Niu Zhao also walked to this open space.
"Forget it if you squint. I, Lao Niu, am not the kind of person to look for skin. After all, if you marry a wife and a talented person, you will probably go out to drink wine, but do you know what she said when she saw me?"
"What?" Jia Hui became interested.
"She said that I was greedy for her dowry! She said that my whole town and the Duke's residence were in ruins, and I relied on her dowry to maintain my dignity. She said it as if I had married lowly!
I have a bad relationship with my aunt. Originally, she wanted this girl to marry me because she wanted to disgust me and make it difficult for people to find fault. After all, her dowry was really thick, three million taels of silver, which makes sense to me. I almost agreed…”
Niu Zhao's face turned red.
"But who would have thought that my aunt was so disgusted that she acted like she didn't know how to take care of the house? Her expression was so dark that it almost caught up with you...you are such a dark horse. I laughed to death. Her aunt kicked her out on the spot. Fortunately, it was a verbal agreement, otherwise she would have been in trouble.
When they first got me engaged, I was just a junior captain. Marrying her was really like eating soft rice, but it's different now. Brother, I'm also an earl, and my father is on the same level as me! How can you marry such a person?
My father couldn't keep it off anymore and said he didn't care about my marriage and let me choose by myself. "
Niu Zhao laughed.
"Then, Lao Shi is in the same situation?"
"No, the one from Lao Shi ran away in the first half of last year. The woman's mother-in-law didn't look for it carefully. She just thought it would be a fool and passed away. Anyway, it was just a verbal agreement. Her mother-in-law's family has passed down poems and books for generations, and they didn't even look at it. Taishang Lao Shi, Qiu Ba, wanted to wait until he came back to tell him.
The results of it? Not even half a month later, Lao Shi's merit book was handed over. I remember it was a viscount. The woman's mother-in-law was dumbfounded. How can heirlooms of poems and books be as fragrant as a title? She kept hiding the news and wanted her sister to get married for her.
How can they get what they want? That sister had already been in love with her for a long time. At dawn, she sent her maid to go out through the dog hole and ran to the Duke of Tui State's Mansion to report the news. You can guess what happened next. "
"Tsk, my family is better."
. . . . . .
Another half month has passed.
Lixiangyuan has become a large construction site.
Several kilograms of seeded cotton were beaten repeatedly, and the tired boys who were brought in to do the work rolled their eyes until they were beaten into cotton felt and entered the next process.
The fine cotton cloth is stacked layer by layer, attached to both sides of the cotton felt, and cut neatly.
The little maids, who usually just made small items such as brocade robes and sachets, used all their strength to poke holes and thread threads with awls.
The younger maids didn't have to work so hard and ran to the front yard of Rika-in with the shaped cloth in their arms.
A few days ago, I had asked my uncle who opened a blacksmith shop on Rongning Street to make the iron pieces on the table.
Jia Hui's upper body was bare, her chest covered with scars exposed, and she was hammering the rivets that penetrated the cloth. The arrangement of the iron pieces was not as dense as the classic armor, but spread out. Connect the edges and drill copper nails into the small holes at the four corners. This is how a cloth-covered armor is ready.
Of course, this is just a test piece measuring one meter long and wide.
"Hu Jiu, come here, take it and hang it on the target. I want to test the defensive power."
Soldier Hu Jiu quickly hung this piece of cotton armor on the target on the other side of the yard.
He took out a stone bow used for hunting, opened the bow and shot an arrow at the target, nailing it to the cotton armor.
"General, it didn't penetrate, it didn't penetrate!" Hu Jiu stayed not far from the target. Seeing that the shot had hit the armor, he quickly went up to take a look. A stone bow failed to penetrate!
Hu Jiu, a veteran in the army, screamed and jumped excitedly. Looking at this square piece of cloth, Hu Jiu felt excited.
It is low in cost, has excellent defense, and has a strong thermal insulation effect. Is there any armor with more large-scale equipment value than this!
As for the price of cotton in the capital, it didn't matter at all. When he was in the Western Regions, he had seen how much cotton the locals planted.
In fact, his general is also vigorously promoting the cultivation of cotton. He used to think that growing so much cotton was to make cotton cloth and sell it in the customs, but now, he finally understands.
I'm afraid the general already had a plan when we were in the west!
Jia Hui, who didn't know what Hu Jiu was thinking, had already walked to the target and took off the armor to inspect it carefully.
Indeed, as Hu Jiu said, the arrow did not penetrate the cloth. When it was hung back up, Jia Hui pulled out his sword and began to perform the chopping test.
After a few cuts, the cotton cloth did appear damaged, but it was not serious, just a few layers of cloth were cut open.
Jia Hui ordered others to bring several weapons that he commonly used, and began to test the defensive power of the cloth one by one.
It was over soon.
"Hahaha, not bad, the effect is not bad. Although the defensive power of cutting is not as good as that of iron armor, it can't stand up to the high overall performance.
The most important thing is that it's cheap and you don't have to spend a lot of money on every manicure. "
Although the popularization of cotton has not yet been completed this year, it is almost done. In the second half of this year, the first year's cotton from the Western Regions will be off the market, and the cotton clothes will be made into cotton clothes and shipped to the Central Plains for sale. This will attract everyone to grow cotton, and the price will come down. .
A major event that will forever be remembered in history was quietly accomplished!
The cloth armor was perfected by him!
Yes, perfect.
This thing actually appeared many years ago, but at that time, silk and other high-end products were used.
Most of them are used for ceremonial purposes. If you really wear something like this to fight, you will be used as a target.
"Lin Zhixiao, hurry up, inform the whole hospital, and everyone will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"
The front yard and back yard suddenly became lively, and everyone shouted that the general would be victorious.
Jia Hui was very helpful.
"Come on, take a rest. Let's work hard today and try to make five sets of armor in three days!"
"Ah? Ah..." The maidservant who was so happy to hear receiving the money lowered her head again, wanting to cry without tears.
