Is this one year's tuition?
Just the pile of New Year's goods sent by the emperor, I am afraid that ordinary families will not be able to use them all in ten lifetimes!
Not to mention, the word "grand master".
Li Er's move today is obviously to push himself to the level of Zhenguan's first favorite...
"Now, the burden on me is really heavier than Mount Tai!"
Xu Fenglei smiled bitterly and cupped his hands and said,
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"I should follow the example of Zhuge Kongming, dedicate myself to death, and die!"
Li Shimin smiled casually, waved his hand, and gave instructions to Li Chengqian and other children:
"Princes, go and play!"
"Get close to Pauline and Chumo. They are both good children in your uncle's family and are destined to be your friends."
Li Chengqian looked at Yuchi Baolin and other young men and nodded.
"Yes, Father."
After that, he tugged on Li Tai's sleeves and whispered:
"Qingque, Li Ke, let's go."
"This is a task assigned to us by our father."
Li Tai was a little reluctant, but still followed his brother's pace.
The father wants to socialize with his uncles, and naturally they, the juniors, also need to communicate with each other.
As a prince, this is a required course.
Seeing the princes approaching, Yuchi Baolin and others were already a little panicked and didn't know how to deal with them.
The identity gap is too big!
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Qin Huaidao stepped forward and cupped his hands:
"I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I have met the two His Highnesses the Prince and the two His Royal Highnesses the Princess."
The others woke up from a dream and hurriedly saluted and said:
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince..."
Li Chengqian smiled casually.
"No need to be polite."
He waved and smiled,
"Are you a Taoist? I heard from my father early in the morning that there is a noble young master in Uncle Qin's family. Today I saw that he is indeed very handsome."
"So to speak, we grew up together, but we didn't communicate much. Huaidao... could you please introduce him to me?"
Qin Huaidao suddenly looked flattered when he heard Li Chengqian's praise.
He didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince, whom he had never met before, would give him such a high evaluation right out of the gate! This made him feel a little happy.
"well."
Qin Huaidao quickly introduced,
"This is Cheng Chumo from Duke Su's family."
Li Chengqian took a look and commented: "Excellent in martial arts."
"Thank you, Your Highness, Prince!" Cheng Chumo's heart was filled with excitement, and he bowed repeatedly in excitement.
"This is the eldest son of Zhao Guogong's family, Sun Chong."
Li Chengqian smiled.
"I still recognize my cousin."
He waved to Changsun Chong and said with approval,
"After several years of not seeing each other, he becomes even wiser."
Changsun Chong also grinned, cupped his hands and said:
"Thank you for the compliment from my cousin, the prince. I have been very fond of playing chess recently, and I have gained some wisdom. Hehe..."
Li Chengqian nodded slightly and patted his shoulder.
"This is Yuchi Baolin from Wu Guogong's family, and this is Fang Yiai from Liang Guogong's family." Qin Huaidao continued to introduce.
Yuchi Baolin and Fang Yiai both raised their heads and looked expectantly at what kind of evaluation the prince, who spoke of lotus flowers, would give them.
"Well……"
Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, and saw that the two men's eyes seemed to be closed, and they were responding to the master's words, "If you are confused and stupid, don't come into my door." Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing.
"They are all like dragons and phoenixes among men!"
He praised, then changed the subject and said,
"Father is chatting with all the uncles. We have nothing to do to watch. How about we play a game?"
"Okay, okay, it's all up to His Highness the Crown Prince." All the young men said.
With every move he made, Li Chengqian had already become the leader of the conversation. He was the center of the audience, and everyone could not help but circle around him.
As a prince, he should do the same.
…
A cup of tea was served and everyone in the hall took their seats.
Li Shimin and his eldest grandson Wugou sat on the main seats and took a sip of tea.
"Why do I have so little tea?"
Changsun Wugou looked at Xu Fenglei with some confusion and said,
"How many pieces are these?"
There were at least a dozen tea leaves in the teacups of several other people. She poured it out, but only a few pitiful tea leaves were floating in the water, so that the tea was white.
"Your Majesty is weak, so you should drink less tea to avoid damaging your vitality."
Xu Fenglei explained softly,
"When Sun Simiao comes one day, I will ask him to prepare scented tea specially for you. That one will also be delicious."
When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he could only curl his lips.
"I practice the gymnastics you mentioned every day, and the results are pretty good."
She said,
"My muscles and bones are getting better, but I tend to feel sleepy in the afternoon, and I feel energetic the rest of the time. In the past, my hands and feet were cold in the winter, and I had to warm myself up. This year, it's much better. Just follow your advice and walk more, and your body will warm up." .”
Xu Fenglei smiled and nodded.
"Life lies in exercise. If you exercise like this, your life will be extended by at least 10 years."
He said,
"Please continue to keep moving, especially after meals."
"There is a slang in the countryside: walk a hundred steps after a meal and live to be ninety-nine."
The eldest grandson Wugou nodded slightly.
She remembered these words.
"Listen, actually, I came today and there is one more thing I want to ask you."
Li Shimin took a sip of tea and interjected,
"Why isn't it cold this winter? According to the weather in previous years, there should be heavy snow during the Chinese New Year, but there is no sign of snow at all this winter."
"Such a celestial phenomenon...is it a little weird? It's a warm winter, okay?"
In the first year of the new dynasty, although Li Shimin was ambitious and wanted to do something big, at the same time... he was also nervous!
After all, this throne was taken.
If the celestial phenomena change, or if there is any disaster from heaven, doesn't it mean that God is dissatisfied with him?
If someone takes advantage of it again, it's enough to cause a storm!
Therefore, one of the reasons why he brought the children to pay Master a happy New Year was because he wanted Xu Fenglei to answer questions and to predict whether this year would be good or bad.
However, under Li Shimin's expectant gaze, Xu Fenglei shook his head.
"Warm winters are naturally bad."
He opened his mouth and said,
"It is said that auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. Why does snowfall in winter lead to a good harvest in the coming year?"
"First, the land absorbs nutrients from the snow water, making the earth more moist, which can add a boost to sowing in spring."
"Secondly, the heavy snow in the sky freezes people. It also freezes all kinds of insect eggs on the surface of the soil to death. Certain pests, such as locusts, will freeze to death due to the snow. If the number is insufficient next year, they will not cause harm. ”
"But in warm winters, these two advantages are lost. Especially the insect eggs. If they are not frozen to death by the snow, they will reproduce in large numbers in the coming year, which will definitely be a disaster!"
Li Shimin's face darkened.
The ministers in the hall also looked solemn and listened carefully.
It turns out that there is such a principle behind "auspicious snow heralds a good harvest"!
This time it was a bit more uptight.
"According to your opinion...there will be drought and locust plague this year?"
Li Shimin looked at Xu Fenglei and spoke slowly.
"right."
Xu Fenglei responded,
"Drought depends on the weather, but locust plague is inevitable."
"Generally speaking, after a severe drought there will be a locust plague, and after a severe flood there will be a plague!"
"As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly. These disasters... never occur alone!"
(End of chapter)
