On the fifth day of May, the festival arrives.
Before dawn, the village chief led the villagers to worship their ancestors and cry!
"Ancestors! I find that I am becoming more and more incompetent! I can't manage a village well! As a result, Your Majesty couldn't stand it and came to live in our village.
I just presented a map of the Ming Dynasty to His Majesty, but Your Majesty insisted on putting hundreds of thousands of acres of land under the name of Xiaqiu Village.
Ancestors! Tell me, what should I do with such a large area of land? What should I plant? There just aren't enough manpower.
I can't do it! There are a few girls recently who are good, and I am going to help people in our village marry them.
Now that there are no more imperial examinations and the students seem less proud, I will find some more live-in sons-in-law.
Day by day I am exhausted. If I had your ability and could keep the village the way it was, why would I do this?
Ancestors! I...uh, uh, oh, wuwuwu... Hanhan, please touch me, don't just look at me. "
The chief was crying, and found that no one was caring about him. He was not happy for a while, so he whispered to the Hanhan next to him.
"Hey! Difficult, tiring, good! The inside is long, the sides are long, go, I, Hanhan! Fragrant, kowtow, hey hey hey hey!"
Zhu Wentian had no choice. He had said before that there was no need to do this. He had to argue with the land that Zhu Yuanzhang came and gave him.
He offered incense and kowtowed, stood up and stood next to the chief. The tears on the chief's face had long since disappeared. He touched Hanhan's head, what a good boy!
The village elder came forward to offer incense and talk about recent events in the village.
Others followed suit, including the infant, who also laid down on the futon, while the pregnant woman knelt down and could not lie down.
After the ceremony, everyone is planning to arrange for some people to follow His Majesty to collect dew water. The elderly, young, those who are unwell, those who are breastfeeding, and those who are pregnant are obviously not allowed to go.
Zhu Yuanzhang and others on the other side were also well prepared, but the Crown Princess could not go. Prince Zhu Biao said he would bring mugwort back for her.
Everyone set off in carriages with lanterns, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not take his chariot. The chariot was too big and would go slowly, which would waste time.
"Can Hanhan know how to drive?" For the sake of safety, Zhu Yuanzhang approached Hanhan and made an agreement in advance.
"Hey, oh, oh, oh! Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Zhu Wentian responded, "We are not stupid."
"Have you brought all the lots?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
The chief said from the side: "I brought eighty sticks today, sixty with pointed ones, twenty with round heads, and two pockets of iron beads."
"Now we can rest assured." Zhu Yuanzhang patted Hanhan's shoulder and leaned back.
This one is also a carriage, but the front can be opened for easy viewing of the road and scenery in front of you.
He, Queen Ma, and Zhu Biao were the only three people in the car. Concubine Sun and other concubines were in the car behind.
There was also a cart in front with flintlock gunners inside, and the mounted soldiers next to them had revolving flintlock muskets.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not ride in the chariot, so he was traveling lightly. As for traveling lightly, it was impossible.
The entire Ming Dynasty is pressing down on you, so you cannot be willful and safety comes first.
Zhu Wentian manipulated the carriage skillfully, shaking the whip without making any sound in the air. It was to urge the horses, and the team's traveling speed could not be changed at will.
"General, there will be no abnormality for three miles and the road will be smooth." A young man from the village ran out on horseback. After a while, he came back and shouted to Zhu Biao.
"Probe again and report again!" Zhu Biao cooperated.
"General, nothing is happening in the rear area."
"There is a jungle on the right in front of the general, and no enemy has been found."
"There is a roe deer drinking water by the creek on the left. It has been driven away."
The children rode horses with binoculars and bows on their backs, running before and after, reporting to Zhu Biao from time to time, acting like scouts, and having a great time.
Zhu Biao responded one by one. He also found it interesting and the journey was not lonely at all.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were full of smiles, and Queen Ma looked at the children riding back and forth with a look of love on her face.
"Biao'er! This is the imperial examination talent your father wants, and his riding skills are already good.
Waiting to learn other skills and growing up with you, you will be luckier than your father.
We should be kind to Xiaqiu Village. Xiaqiu Village is a village with villagers. Even a fool can help you kill the enemy. "
Queen Ma felt happy that Xiaqiu Village was prepared for her eldest son, even if it was a girl, it was still very good.
"Hey! Village guard, Hanhan, I, um, hey hey hey!"
Zhu Wentian followed naturally and said, someone mentioned the keyword.
"Yes, Hanhan is good! Oh~~~" Zhu Yuanzhang responded and sighed again.
He felt that God was blind. If Hanhan was like a normal person and could learn many skills, wouldn't he be unparalleled in the world by relying on force?
It's a pity that Hanhan is strong, quick in reaction, accurate in flying sticks, and can cook and do farm work.
If you can command, you can help calculate the army's food and supplies, and you can help make plans at critical moments, which means you are both civil and military.
In this dynasty, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and even in the Tang Dynasty, there were capable ministers such as Li Jing and Qin Qiong.
"Hey~~~" When Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking, the two horses in the carriage were shouted to stop. Hanhan pulled the reins and released the handbrake at the same time.
"Hanhan you..." Zhu Yuanzhang wondered what was going on.
"Ahead is the river and the bridge." Queen Ma said.
Zhu Wentian didn't care about that. He jumped out of the car and took off the five-stone decorative bow beside the car, including the arrows.
He grabbed four arrows in one hand, put them on the bowstring, and walked forward.
A group of people around were holding spears and bows, and some people were holding shields and ran in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's car.
The children's horses from Xiaqiu Village surrounded them, each holding a revolving flintlock gun pointing in all directions.
"Hanhan!" The chief came to the bridge on horseback, dismounted and hid beside the horse, and asked Hanhan who was standing here and looking at various places.
"Huang, the bridge is not strong anymore." Zhu Wentian said quickly in a low voice.
The chief nodded, turned around and ran back by himself: "Your Majesty, the bridge in front of me was swayed by other horses just now. It is just a small wooden bridge, four feet wide, and the water is not waist deep. It will be okay if it falls."
"Check, look at the bridge." Zhu Yuanzhang naturally would not say, 'Don't worry, you are worrying too much, it's okay.' He put safety first.
Others were on alert, and a group of people came to look at the bridge. After a while, someone came running over.
"Your Majesty, there are new saw marks. It may not be that this car will collapse when it is out of date. It may also be that all the cars and teams will be fine in the past.
Even on the return trip, it will still not be broken. Even if it is broken, basically no one should die at this height.
However, a new saw mark is a new saw mark, unchangeable and certain. "
There is a special person in the team who looks around and gives the answer.
"Okay! It's okay if you fall, right? How to stabilize?" Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes.
"Wherever you saw, add wedges and tighten with ropes, and you'll have no worries." The man replied.
"Let's do it! We have to go there today. Hanhan! Come back, can you do this bow... Oh! You can."
Zhu Yuanzhang was angry. Someone was causing trouble. The problem was obviously blamed on Xiaqiu Village.
No matter which car falls off when you go there, or even falls off when you come back, it is a big problem.
A ritual of collecting dew and mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival has many unhappy things.
Then he found that Hanhan obviously had iron beads and sticks on his body, so he picked up the decorative five-stone bow and arrows and rushed over.
This bow cannot be pulled by ordinary people, but it is used to make the car look more brave.
(End of chapter)
