After all, it is outside the border. When August comes, you can already feel the rich autumn.

The so-called siege is more like a training camp. More than 100,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners surrounded the Holy Chariot, heading from the Rehe River, heading north to the Mulan Eid.

Because its location is Mulan, it is mostly held in July and August, so it is also called "Mulan Qiumi".

Cao Yong has seen this spectacular scene of tens of thousands of troops moving together several times, but he doesn't find it strange. Instead, he is very philosophical about how much the "Qiu Mi" will cost this time.

Not to mention the other side, but the emperor rewarded the Eight Banners soldiers who participated in the siege and the Mongolian princes who came to the court. After the siege, it would be impossible to defeat them without a hundred million.

However, this journey is also essential.

It is hard to say whether the training of troops is really effective, but it is essential to let the Eight Banners recognize the emperor as the common ruler. For the bannermen, participating in Mulan once or several times in a circumambulation is a capital that can boast about their children and grandchildren for a lifetime.

For the outside world, through this form, not only did we strengthen our ties with Mongolian princes, but we also added Mongolian soldiers in disguise.

The Mongolians lost their wolf nature and became the guardian of the Qing Dynasty through the "gratitude reward" year by year.

This time, it will take about twenty days to travel around.

In addition to the several large-scale hunts, the other time was all kinds of banquets and competitions, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was just around the corner, and the camp was very lively.

The Sixteenth Prince's life is not easy. He is already busy, but he is suffering from gastrointestinal discomfort and has diarrhea.

Cao Yong received the news and came to check it out. In just two days, the Sixteenth Prince had already made his face yellow and his eyes were sunken.

Seeing this, Cao Yong was shocked and said, "It's not dysentery, right?"

If there is dysentery, it is contagious. Although it will not be transmitted in the eyes like droplets, it can contaminate the land and water sources through feces, and humans and animals will be cross-infected.

Now, there are more than 100,000 troops stationed in the enclosure. If dysentery is really triggered, it will be very troublesome.

The sixteenth prince gave him a blank look and said dissatisfiedly: "You can't expect me to be better? But I saw Hongli and the others roasted venison and ate a few pieces, maybe it wasn't cooked."

When Cao Yong heard this, he thought of his son. However, Hang Seng was putting himself in his tent, and he was jumping around for the past two days, which was nothing unusual.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong glanced at the Sixteenth Prince, and felt a little contempt.

Since leaving the study room, this guy has been pampering and has a fat body. Now, he can't stand even a few pieces of roasted venison. In his early years, he was the one who could eat two roasted deer legs in one meal.

"Okay, is there anyone visiting you like this? Is it a joke to come to see me?" The sixteenth prince said unhappy when he saw Cao Ying laughing, but his eyes fell on the small package Cao Ying was carrying: "Fortunately, I didn't come empty-handed. I brought some good things over. I rarely get sick once, so you can't fool me."

Cao Yong ignored him and looked for a chair in front of the couch to sit down.

The sixteenth prince was curious and could not hold back. He stretched out half of his body and snatched the cloth bag from Cao Yong's hand.

"What is so light?" he muttered, while opening the small cloth bag. He said it was small, really small, but it was bigger than an adult fist; it was also lighter, at most half a pound.

There were dozens of white mushrooms inside.

This kind of mushroom is commonly known as "mouth mushroom". A part of the mushroom is given tribute every year, mostly dry products. Fresh products are the best among mushrooms. I have eaten them several times during Rehe.

"I picked it when I took Hang Seng on horseback this morning, so I will make soup for Master Sixteen. The soup I drank in the morning with Hang Seng was very delicious. Maybe it was because it rained a few days ago, there are so many mushrooms on the grassland. I don't know anyone else, and I have eaten it, so it should be fine." Cao Yong said.

The sixteenth prince looked down at the mushroom, thinking about the scene where Cao Yong lowered his head to pick mushrooms, and smiled unkindly.

Cao Yong picked on the corner of his mouth, and it seemed that he shouldn't have pityed him.

There was a big siege today, and Cao Yong was thinking about the Sixteenth Prince and did not join in the fun.

"The mushrooms are good to make soup and are even better when roasted. Furuo forgot that the mushrooms will produce mushroom sauce while roasting. They are in the umbrella and they are not flowing out. They are extremely delicious." After drinking white porridge for two days, when I picked up the food, the sixteenth prince's eyes shiny, holding a mushroom and swallowing his saliva.

It seemed like it was many years ago. Looking at the sixteenth prince with a look of excitement, Cao Yong felt like he was going back in time.

The sixteenth prince was in a state of interest and could no longer lie down. He had already turned over and stayed at the bed. He was wearing a small shirt and sat beside the bed, singing: "Zhao Feng!"

Zhao Feng was waiting outside the tent. He listened to the movement and hurriedly picked up the tent door. Seeing that the sixteenth prince had already stood up, he took two steps before his death and said, "Do you want to wash and change clothes?"

The sixteenth prince looked down at him before he could finish his life.

"Take some water, and then send someone to find an oven, and ask for a few pairs of copper grates." The sixteenth prince ordered.

Others don’t know how the Sixteenth Prince got sick, but Zhao Feng, who is close to him, knows it.

Now, when Zhao Feng heard that the Sixteenth Prince was going to ask for an oven, he felt bitter and wanted to persuade him.

The sixteenth prince was in high spirits, so how could he listen to his longing? Without waiting for him to speak, he waved his hand and said, "Go quickly, go quickly, I'm hungry!"

Zhao Feng had no choice but to go down reluctantly.

Seeing that the sixteenth prince was acting like a child, Cao Yong said, "What do you mean by the imperial physician?"

The sixteenth prince coughed twice and said, "What else can I say? It's just called purifying the stomach and intestines."

After a while, hot water was brought in, and the sixteenth prince did not mention washing and changing clothes.

This barbecue stove was also the "creation" of Cao Yong in his early years. It was the kind of charcoal stove used to use roadside skewers in later generations, and it was soldered with a few pieces of iron. Later, it spread unconsciously. I heard that even there were in Mongolia.

When the barbecue stove was delivered, Zhao Feng asked with a bitter face: "Master, what food should I prepare?"

Before the sixteenth prince gave the order, Cao Yong interrupted: "Go to the kitchen to ask for some vegetables, cucumbers, beans, potatoes, tofu, etc., wash and slice all the slices." At this point, he handed the packet of mushrooms to Zhao Feng: "Wash this well, half of it, half it is boiled, and half it is washed and sent."

After hearing this, Zhao Feng agreed immediately and went out to prepare.

Seeing this, the sixteenth prince laughed and scolded: "This slave has forgotten that he is the serious master."

"But in just a few days, Master Sixteen will bear it." Cao Yong knew that Prince Sixteen was the master who was not happy, and advised: "Otherwise, if a minor problem is delayed into a big problem, he will suffer oneself."

After hearing this, the sixteenth prince sat on the chair, sighed, and said, "I still hoped that I could hunt bears in the past few days, and have a good meal of bear paws to replenish it..."

"Hunting the bear?" Cao Yong heard this and felt as if he had forgotten something.

Seeing him confused, the sixteenth prince said, "Today we are walking around the east mountain of the yard, not as good as on the grassland. There are only roe deer and deer, and there are serious big guys."

After hearing this, Cao Yong couldn't sit still, and stood up and said, "Today, Hang Seng will go around with Prince Hongli."

Seeing him like this, the Sixteenth Prince was really funny and said, "You haven't participated in the siege, why are you worried about? It's safest to follow Hongli. Even if you really meet a bear, can you still hurt them?"

This surround was a procession where tens of thousands of troops drove their prey into the small encirclement. Then the emperor shot the first arrow, then the prince and grandson shot again, and then the army moved together to massacre and harvest the prey.

Hongli is the emperor's grandson. He followed the imperial court, surrounded by hundreds of guards and surrounded by thousands of guards. There is indeed no danger.

"That's what Master Sixteen said." Cao Yong knew that he had some mother-in-law, and he felt a little embarrassed.

The Sixteenth Prince snorted coldly and said, "That little guy Hang Seng is not just your son, but also his son-in-law. You are not the only one who cares about it."

The Sixteenth Prince mentioned this a few times in a joke, but Cao Yong didn't say much.

The royal princess' right to marry is in the palace, not in the hands of the Sixteenth Prince. Even if the Sixteenth Prince wants to make decisions for his daughter, Hang Seng must really assert the title of Khan to match his identity.

Seeing Cao Yong smiled faintly, the sixteenth prince also thought of this, sighed and said, "If it were someone else, I would have come up long ago when I saw that I wanted to have a bride. You can't calculate it. Even if Hengsheng fails, it will be enough to send Tianyou to my son-in-law. We are a bannerman who only talks about being an age, and does not stick to seniority." In the end, he was a little serious.

After the second princess died, he only had one legitimate son, the nine-year-old big princess. In his heart, his favor for this legitimate daughter was more than that of other illegitimate sons and brothers.

Although the eldest princess is still several years away from the head of the palace and is too early to propose marriage, thinking about the miserable end of the princesses who comforted Mongolia, the sixteenth prince had to plan for his daughter in advance.

After hearing what the Sixteenth Prince said, Cao Yong was shocked and had already calculated the seniority of Tianyou and the big princess of the Sixteenth Prince.

Tianyou's great-grandfather was the grandfather of the sixteenth prince and a blood relative within four generations.

"Sixteenth Master, close relatives and marriage are not conducive to children." Cao Yong said hurriedly when he saw the Sixteenth Prince's eyes lit up.

He said that it was okay for him to be the other person. After all, the Cao family is a Han Chinese and he is more strict in ethics. He will not say much if he is concerned about seniority. When it comes to this issue of close relatives, he has no strength at all.

The sixteenth prince glanced at him and said, "Hmph, can your Tianyou and the three brothers and sisters pop out of the crack of the stone?"

Cao Yong was silent, touched his chin, and watched Zhao Feng bring people to move all the vegetables in the oven into the tent...

*

Dongshan yard.

The shouts of soldiers were far away. Kangxi had already dismounted and sat upright on a gilded sandalwood dragon chaise.

In front of him, there were prey handed over by the princes and grandsons of the escort, mostly deer, sheep, and some foxes and rabbits mixed in it.

Hang Seng was wearing a travel uniform and followed the twenty-sixth prince, and counted the prey with the guards.

The third prince, fourth prince, fifth prince, and thirteenth prince stood behind the dragon throne. When he reached middle age, he had lost his youthful spirit and was too lazy to go to trouble with the young people.

At this time, there were about a dozen guards carrying wooden rafts.

On the wooden raft, it was a big bear.

"Your Majesty, the servants hunted a bear." One of them walked a few steps forward and knelt forward.

After watching the sheep and deer for a long time, was there a big guy? Kangxi also became interested and said, "Okay, okay!"

The bear was seven or eight feet long, and a fishy smell came from afar.

Kangxi has been in circumventing for decades and has also personally listed bears. In recent years, he has been in aging and weak body. Every time he travels, he can only go through a formality. Most of the time, the guards do it for him and rarely hunt on his own.

Needless to say, this bear today must be remembered in his name.

Kangxi stood up, with a smile on his face, as if he had more strength on his body.

A sixty-nine-year-old emperor can still hunt bears, which is also a man's glory.

Seeing him get up, the guards holding the bears put down their bodies and kneeled down.

Kangxi did not rush to ask them to get up, and then walked step by step like a bear corpse.

The third prince, the fourth prince and others followed him. Seeing this, the twenty-fifth prince turned sideways and avoided behind the Thirteenth prince.

Only Hongli pulled Hang Seng and avoided Kangxi's left hand.
To be continued...