Zhao Chen didn't want to follow the emperor.
But it can't stand the emperor's nagging.
The crowd rested on the side of the official road, and Zhao Chen and the emperor went down to the field next to them.
It has rained these two days and a lot of water has been buried in the fields.
The old farmer who got up early drove the scalpers past the ridges, which had been covered with mud.
Now, it will be rainy in two days.
We have to take advantage of these days to plow the land.
"See, boy Zhao, the people are using the curved plow you made back then. The people here have already used it." Old Li and Zhao Chen said.
Looking at that look, it seemed that the people were happier than Zhao Chen when they saw them using the curved plow.
"Brother-in-law, I came to the field so early." Old Li greeted the old farmer who was plowing the land in front of him.
When the old farmer heard someone shouting to him, he looked at him and replied: "Take the land while it rained these two days."
"Brother-in-law, it's getting late, let's take a break, you're tired of the cows." Old Li shouted to the old farmer again.
The old farmer looked up at the sky, then looked at the dejected yellow ox in front of him, took off the curved plow, tied the cattle rope to a tree stump, and walked towards him.
"I'm old and I'll be tired after doing something for a while." The old farmer sat on the ridge of the field, regardless of the mud on the ridge.
As for what he said is that he is old, I don’t know if he is talking about awesome or himself.
"If you are tired, take a rest. My father-in-law is so old, so it is appropriate to take a rest, otherwise they will let their young people rest?" Old Li said, and glanced at Zhao Chen vaguely.
It sounds like it means something.
"What I said is reasonable, but life will never be as thought as you think. If the old man doesn't farm, he will starve to death next year." The old farmer shook his head and said with a bitter face.
"Why did your father say this? Your Majesty asked all places to distribute new grain seeds to every household?"
"As long as there are people at home, they should not starve to death." Li Shimin frowned.
The old farmer said that if he didn't farm this year, he would starve to death next year, but it surprised him.
"The old man is not talking about this. Your Majesty is a benevolent monarch. He cares about the lives of our people, but people are always in danger."
"In the past few years, the old man's family has been wiped out, and the old man is the only one left."
"I am already seventy years old this year, but if I don't farm for a day, the old man will starve to death."
"Following your clothes, life should not be too bad. You will definitely not be like an old man in the future." The old farmer waved his hand with a smile, and the wrinkles on his face made him look older.
Natural disasters and man-made disasters are always hard to say when they will come.
A seventy-year-old man is still busy in the fields.
Like the old ox that could not bear the haunt of time, he could only lower his head and let the shackles on his body be pressed on his back for the rest of his life.
"It will get better." Old Li stuffed the dry food on his body into the old man's hands.
Many of the things I wanted to ask were now held in my stomach.
When I went back, I slipped on one foot and sat in the paddy field.
Along the way, Old Li became extremely silent.
After changing his clothes, he sat in the carriage without talking or showing up. Even if he had a meal, Li Ke sent it to the carriage.
"Sir, what's wrong with Dad? I'm so depressed. I'm still covered in mud when I came back?" Li Ke and Zhao Chen asked.
Li Ke clearly saw that the emperor was smiling before he came to the field.
Why didn't he say anything after he came back, he didn't show his face, and even fell into mud.
This is strange no matter how you look at it.
"This is not easy to tell you. If you want to know, just ask him yourself." Zhao Chen waved his hand.
He could not say that the emperor was just about to find something from the people that made him proud.
Unexpectedly, I met a seventy-year-old man who had to go to the field to work.
The Tang Dynasty was much richer, but there were still many places that were not done well.
At least, I have never heard of someone who is seventy years old and still has to plow the land.
"Then I dare not ask." Li Ke shook his head. How dare he ask the emperor about these things.
I'm afraid I'm not going to be bombarded by the emperor.
With so many people, maybe Zhao Chen can ask about the emperor’s concerns, and others will be criticized if they open their mouths.
"Sir, why don't you talk to your dad? It's not a big deal to keep being bored like this."
"I'm going to Dingzhou tomorrow. Since I'm coming out to relax, I can't be unhappy all the time." Li Ke and Zhao Chen said.
Li Ke still cares about Lao Li.
After all, he is his own father. Although the emperor didn't care much about Li Ke before, he is now.
The two have become much closer.
"I understand. I'll find a few people to join me in Dingzhou City tomorrow, and the others will rest in the town outside." Zhao Chen said about tomorrow's arrangements.
"Ah, don't everyone enter Dingzhou City? Why are you still..."
"Then you have to ask your father!" Zhao Chen waved impatiently.
He also wanted everyone to go to Dingzhou and finally sent Lao Li to Xue Wanche to see if Lao Li's legs were weak.
Of course, Li Ke would not ask Lao Li why he made such a arrangement, but he notified everyone to go.
The emperor looked at the carriage with the closed curtains, shook his head, and walked inside.
Zhao Chen felt that there was no one in the world who was as serious and responsible as himself.
Whenever there is a need, move it wherever you need it.
"Old Li, it's not......" Zhao Chen lifted the curtain and said.
...
"The master's family, the yamen reported that the emperor and his party had already left Chang'an City."
"I stayed in Puzhou City a few days ago, but then I disappeared."
"The villain wondered, did the emperor and his party come to us Dingzhou?"
A house in Dingzhou City.
The middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper and the tiger-eyed man in front of him slowly talked about his worries.
The man with tiger eyes had big arms and round waists and a cold face. Even in early spring, his upper body was not covered with strands.
The scars on the body are clearly visible, which also proves the extraordinaryness of men.
"The emperor went on a tour of Jiangnan. Although Dingzhou is located on Huainan Road, it is not a necessary path. What should I do when I come to Dingzhou?" The tiger-eyed man picked up the long spear standing beside him and said lightly.
Nearly a hundred kilograms of iron spear were waving in the man's hands.
A tiger carries a wind.
"Master, the emperor has a good life in the palace, but what are you going to Jiangnan to do?"
"Maybe it's for..."
"Stop!" The tiger-eyed man waved his long spear, and the tip of the spear flashing with a cold light hit the butler's throat.
The butler gurgled and swallowed his saliva with difficulty, his eyes full of panic.
"Master, villain..."
"If you talk nonsense again next time, you will no longer be given a chance to survive." The tiger-eyed man said coldly.
"Yes, yes." The butler nodded repeatedly, his forehead was covered in cold sweat.
"You said just now that the emperor and his party left Puzhou and disappeared?" The tiger-eyed man looked at the butler in front of him.
"Yes, the governor of Puzhou sent someone to search, but he did not find it, and I don't know which direction he was going." The butler nodded.
He also got the news from the Dingzhou government office.
The Xue Mansion is also a first-class family in Dingzhou City. Even if it is the governor of Dingzhou, it will have to sell the Xue Mansion a little bit of face.
As the butler of the Xue Mansion, there is still these energy.
Chapter completed!