Under the spotlight, dozens of bobsleighs rushed out of the starting point like arrows from a string, following the order given by the wealthy butler who acted as the referee.
Then everyone discovered that the three snowmobiles from Jinghaihou Mansion had left all the snowmobiles far behind in the blink of an eye.
"How can the Hou Mansion's snowmobile be so fast?"
The people were shocked. Snowmobiles are a common means of transportation in winter in the north. Most people can drive them, but they have never seen such a fast snowmobile in their lives.
The rich kids who were left behind the three of them immediately became anxious.
On the field, there is no difference in status. Everyone's goal is to defeat other opponents and win first place.
But no matter how hard they pushed, the big dog pulling the snowmobile could not speed up again.
Just kidding, the snowmobile made by Chen Kan abandoned the skateboard made of a whole wooden board and used two sliding rods instead, which greatly reduced the friction with the ice surface. Of course, the dog pulling the snowmobile can drag it easily. .
But other people's snowmobiles are so clumsy and heavy that if they can outrun three little guys, it's a big deal.
On the 300-meter track, the three little guys reached the finish line in less than three minutes.
Among the other snowmobiles participating in the competition, the fastest one only completed half of the distance.
"Woo~"
The bone whistle sounded, announcing the birth of tonight's champion.
"The first place is number one, the second place is number fourteen, and the third place is number nine!"
The referee's announcement sounded. As expected, Zhu Zhanji won the championship, but it took him a while, perhaps due to his personality, to lose to Zhu Zhanhe, who was only four years old.
However, it's not a big problem.
The Hou Mansion has prepared generous gifts for each contestant.
Therefore, even if the child did not win first place, he would receive a more generous reward than the winner in previous years.
Zhu Zhanji had a bright smile on his plump face, and he kept showing off to the people with the championship trophy in his hand.
Hua Shi and Zhu Zhanhe followed him with speechless expressions on their faces, their eyes almost rolling to the sky.
As a parent of other people's children, Chen Kan grinned almost to the top of his ears.
"Hahahahaha, everyone, accept, accept."
The strange comparison mentality between men made Chen Kan feel embarrassed. The parents who lost the game had a look of disgrace on their faces and left the field in embarrassment with their children.
When they left, Chen Kan could still hear their voices threatening his children.
Most of them are threatening to break the dog's legs if they don't win the championship next year and other nonsense.
Zhu Zhanji's odds were only 1:1, so Chen Kan managed to make a small profit of 1 tael. Although he still lost 19 taels of silver,... it's not a big problem. At worst, he can ask his uncle for reimbursement later. .
Anyway, money can't buy you happiness.
Meeting up with the three little guys, Chen Kan took them towards the upper reaches of the Jinshui River.
The ice sculpture exhibition on the upper reaches of the Jinshui River is also open tonight, and a group of ladies headed by Zhu Yuelan have already started admiring it in the specially opened tent for the female relatives.
"Ouch~"
Zhu Zhanji stood in front of a tiger-shaped ice sculpture and imitated the tiger's roar, which immediately amused a large group of people.
It can be seen that Zhu Zhanji likes this ice sculpture of a big tiger very much.
But no matter how much I like it, I can't lift my robe in front of so many people.
Before Zhu Zhanji had time to declare his sovereignty, Chen Kan hurried forward with a black face and took him away.
It's time to think of ways to change Zhu Zhanji's problem of urinating and urinating everywhere. People can see how uncivilized he is.
Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but show his teeth and claws in Chen Kan's hands. He was just a little bit close to being able to declare his sovereignty over the big tiger.
Damn it~
After a while, he still couldn't escape Chen Kan's clutches, so he gave up.
Chen Kan carried him to the camp where the women were staying as if he was carrying bacon, and threw him in front of Zhu Yuelan, and made a complaint.
Then, Zhu Zhanji's cries of ghosts and wolf howls were heard in the women's camp.
Hearing this, Hua Shi and Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but shudder.
Chen Kan looked at the two young disciples and said earnestly: "You can't follow the example of senior brother. Open defecation is a very uncivilized behavior, you know."
Zhu Zhanji's wailing sound was still in his ears. The two of them nodded hurriedly and promised in unison: "I understand, teacher."
"What a good boy."
Chen Kan nodded with satisfaction, pointed to the tent where the women and children were, and said, "Let's go play!"
After leaving the three little kids to Zhu Yuelan, Chen Kan began to wander around the night markets on both sides of the ice sculpture exhibition.
The people of Ming Dynasty basically had no nightlife on weekdays.
There are no entertainment venues such as bars and KTVs in Daming.
Therefore, the night life of the people of Ming Dynasty was very scarce.
But Yuan Zheng is an exception. The Lantern Festival Night Market in Yuan Zheng at night is no less than that of later generations.
The people, who had been suppressed for a whole year, burst out with great enthusiasm tonight.
There are countless food stalls in the night market, as well as jugglers, Nuo opera performers, circus performers, blindfold performers, and all kinds of novel and fun things.
Only tonight will the people have time and be willing to take out the few money in their wallets for consumption.
Feeling the enthusiasm of the people, the vendors shouted harder and harder.
"The smoke of human beings is the most soothing to mortal hearts."
Chen Kan said to himself, to be honest, he could already see a hint of the coming prosperous age on the faces of the people.
After more than thirty years of cultivation in the Hongwu Dynasty, the decadence of the previous dynasty was wiped away from the land of Ming Dynasty.
Although the Jianwen Dynasty fought for several years, the lives of ordinary people were not affected much.
In the three years since Zhu Di ascended the throne, he has adopted the policy of frivolous corvee, low taxes and rest for the people, and the wealth of the people has been accumulated to a certain extent.
As long as Zhu Di can maintain his current state and not be too mediocre in the later period, then this Yongle prosperous era will definitely be more dazzling than the Yongle prosperous era in the original historical time and space.
Everything is going in the right direction.
Chen Kan was very satisfied with this.
Unconsciously, Chen Kan had reached the end of the night market.
There are also many steaming hot and fragrant snacks in my hands.
A man dressed as a nursing home walked up to Chen Kan and bowed: "Master Hou, my lords have prepared wine and food in Chengxuan Building, and we sincerely invite you to enjoy the grand scene of this prosperous age."
Chen Kan smiled and nodded: "In that case, I'll let you lead the way."
The person who came was a boy from Shuntian Mansion's Taifu. Don't ask Chen Kan how he knew it.
Because the Shuntian government carriage is not far away.
Chen Kanshi stepped onto the carriage, the boy turned around and headed towards a restaurant not far away.
On Yuanzheng's carnival night, women have their own places to go, and men naturally have their own places to go.
After all, there are only a few big shots like Chen Kan who can lower their status to hang out with ordinary people. Most people in official circles are still used to having a pot of warm rice wine with dry rice at restaurants on both sides of the Jinshui River. Eat meat, call friends, and watch the prosperous scene outside the building.
Zhang Guan, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, was such an elegant man.
Zhang Guan was originally the chief secretary of Zhu Diping's Beijing army, but he was outstanding in ability. When Zhu Di was in trouble, he took charge of the logistics and food for the Jingnan army, and won Zhu Di's trust.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, Zhang Guan's status naturally increased, from a grain and grass official to a third-rank official in charge of the government.
Zhang Guan and Chen Kan are currently the most civilized and military leaders in Beijing.
Theoretically speaking, the relationship between Chen Kan and Zhang Guan should be incompatible, whether in terms of political stance or the identity difference between the cultural relics.
But who told Chen Kan to have a teacher who was a Confucian leader?
So even if Chen Kan holds a military title now, no one would be really stupid enough to treat him as a military general.
"Master Zhang is so elegant."
"Master Marquis, it's been a long time, please take a seat!"
The two of them greeted each other, and Zhang Guan retreated from the servants in the private room.
Chen Kan was not polite to him. He came to the main seat and sat down. He took off his cloak and hung it on the chair. He looked at Zhang Guan with a half-smile and waited quietly for his next words.
Chen Kan didn't think that Zhang Guan's invitation to come over today would be as simple as eating meat and drinking wine.
Zhang Guan is not that free yet, and Chen Kan is not reduced to the point of insisting on eating this little meat and wine.
Four stoves were burning in the four corners of the private room, making the entire private room extremely warm. Outside the window was the brightly lit Jinshuihe Night Market. I have to say that Zhang Guan chose this place just right.
In the elegant room, the soft sound of the piano slowly sounded like running water.
Zhang Guan personally poured a glass of wine for Chen Kan and said with a smile: "Master Hou, this is the first time that I have seen such a prosperous age in such a prosperous world for many years. This glass is to congratulate me on the prosperous Ming Dynasty. Mr. Hou, please don't." Don’t drink.”
"It's easy to say that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty was hard-won, and it should be revealed."
If Zhang Guan wants to come to Ya, Chen Kan doesn't care.
It was just rice wine anyway, he could keep drinking it.
"Master Hou is grand!"
Zhang Guan stretched out his thumb and praised, and also drank a glass of wine.
Then he poured a second cup for Chen Kan with his own hands: "Now His Majesty commands the whole world and is worshiped by thousands of sects. No country in the world dares to disobey. I would like to congratulate Your Majesty on this cup."
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
The two of them held the wine glasses and congratulated each other in the direction of Nanjing, drank it down in one gulp, and then looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
"This third cup, I would like to congratulate the Marquis. The Marquis wisely settled Annan and cleverly defeated the vassal king, so that our Ming Dynasty no longer suffered from the vassal king's troubles and the chaos in neighboring countries. This great merit, the Marquis must drink it. "
Chen Kan raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, feeling extremely generous.
After three glasses of wine, Zhang Guan said with a smile: "I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the eldest son of His Royal Highness the King of Han were both educated under the Marquis. It can be seen that the Marquis is profound in knowledge. Why don't you see the two Highnesses with you today?"
Here comes the topic.
Seeing the inquiring look on Zhang Guan's face, Chen Kan said with a smile: "The villain is naughty and lazy. At this time, he was watching the spectacular scenery on the Jinshui River with his wife, so he never showed up."
Zhang Guan had a look of astonishment on his face: "So it turns out that we are together with Her Royal Highness the Princess. On the night of Yuan Zheng, we are kneeling in front of the elders. The filial piety of the two Your Highnesses is commendable."
Chen Kan nodded slightly, but stopped answering.
