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  Chapter 473 471 [in the picture of Jiangshan]

  The war horses collected from the south were bred around Qianhu Lake. There were only a few hundred horses, and the height at the shoulder was less than 1.3 meters.

   Most of them are mares, and they are also selective breeding here.

   When everyone came to the lake, the horse breeder immediately stepped forward to serve them, and brought more than 20 docile mares who were not pregnant.

  Zhao Han said: "Choose one each, if you don't know how to ride a horse, you can learn."

  Sisters Fei Rulan and Fei Rumei each choose a shorter horse. The others followed suit, and they all chose the shortest horse. Only Concubine Tian Gui chose the vigorous horse.

  Tian Xiuying saw that none of Zhao Han's concubines could ride horses, and all the male guards around them who could ride horses, immediately recommended herself and said, "Ministers, come and teach you how to ride horses."

   "It's time to work." Fei Rulan replied with a smile.

  Even the female officials who went out with Zhao Han also chose their own horses. They listened to Tian Xiuying's guidance and learned by themselves. Hunting activities instantly turned into driving school lectures.

  Pan Qimei was originally short, so she didn't bother to meddle, and led the maid to arrange the food. Just spread out the blanket on the grass by the lake, then take out the food box and dinner plate, and put a variety of snacks on it.

  Liu Rushi's poems are full of chivalry, and he often recites gold and iron horses.

  Unfortunately, it was all on paper, she climbed onto the horse carefully. Even with the guards helping to hold the reins, he still felt terrified, pulling the horse's mane tightly with both hands.

  You Julian, the butcher's daughter, the royal horse inspector, and the female officer with big arms and round waists, is also riding a horse for the first time.

   This heroine was happy and unafraid, she rolled over and climbed up. It might be because the weight was too heavy, the horse didn't dare to make a mistake, after a cry of mourning, it obediently obeyed You Julian's command.

   "Drive!"

  You Julian came into contact with war horses for the first time, and only watched Concubine Tian Gui operate it once, and then she rode the horse and galloped wildly.

   Li Xiangjun enviously said: "Sister You is really majestic!"

  Li Xiangjun only had a test drive, and didn't join in the fun. He stood by and waited for orders, and occasionally went to Pan Qimei to help.

  Brothers and sisters Zhu Cihong and Zhu Yuxi also rode horses and paced carefully.

   "Brother, I'm really happy today," Auntie Zhu said with a smile, "It's been a long time since I came out to play. Although I had fun at the girls' school, I still don't feel as comfortable as going out of the city."

Zhu Cihong said: "Your Majesty said that when I am sixteen years old, I can go to the official examination. If I have an errand, I can make money. When the time comes, I will move out and bring you here. Every ten-day holiday, I can go out of the city. Play, I will find you a good husband's family when the time comes."

  Zhu Yuxi blushed and said, "I'm not going to marry."

   While the siblings were talking, Zhao Kuanghuan rode his own pony and galloped wildly on the grass, scaring his guards out of their wits.

  Even Zhao Han didn't expect that the pony would be so fast when it really ran.

   "Slow down, Your Highness, don't fall!" The guard stepped forward to catch up.

  Zhao Kuanghuan laughed and shouted: "I won't fall, I won't fall, riding a horse here is more fun than at home!"

   Seeing this, Fei Rulan also quickly shouted: "Jun'er, come back quickly!"

   "Here we come, here we come." Zhao Kuanghuan slowed down his horse and slowly rode back to his mother.

  Fei Rulan ordered his son to get off the horse, then picked up the whip, slapped his son's buttocks, and finally warned: "Children are not allowed to ride fast horses, wait until you grow up."

   Zhao Kuanghuan was particularly aggrieved, pouted and said, "Oh."

   There was no pain, Fei Rulan was reluctant, mainly because he was beaten in public, this kid felt very humiliated.

Zhao Kuanghuan rubbed his buttocks, got on the pony again, approached Zhu Cihuang and Zhu Yuxi slowly, and said like offering treasures: "Brother Zhu, sister Zhu, how about I teach you how to ride a horse? I have learned it for a long time, and the teachers all praised me for riding well." it is good."

  Zhu Cihong couldn't help laughing: "Okay, you teach us how to ride a horse."

  Fei Rulan stared at it for a while, and found that her son was no longer galloping, and finally he was relieved to do his own thing.

  Fei Rumei didn't seem to have much interest in riding a horse, so she ran to the lake and sat down cross-legged: "Seventh sister, what's delicious today?"

  Pan Qimei picked up a piece of crisp candy and said, "I just learned the peanut crisp."

  Fei Rumei took a bite and nodded repeatedly: "Delicious!"

   "I asked the imperial chefs to taste it, and they all said it was delicious, so I dared to make it for you to eat." Pan Qimei sat by the side and watched, as if watching others eat what she made was very satisfying.

  Fei Rumei chewed the peanut crisp and sighed: "Oh, if A Fang is in Nanjing, it would be nice to come out to play together today."

  Zhao Zhenfang went to Hubei with her husband Zheng Sen. Zheng Chenggong, a dignified national surname, still followed his father's wishes and became a civil servant in an orderly manner.

  The elders of the Zheng family seem to hate the ocean. All of them are pirates themselves, but they don't want their children and grandchildren to have anything to do with the ocean. All the children of the Zheng family follow the path of civil servants. If it really doesn't work, you can go to the army to serve as a soldier, but you definitely can't serve in the navy anyway.

  Now, Zheng Sen is in Qianjiang Dangzhi County.

  Zhao Zhenfang wrote a letter two months ago, saying that she was pregnant in early spring, and asked her brother to give her a name in advance.

   "The grass is so soft, I really want to lie down and sleep." Fei Rumei said while touching the grass.

   "Then lie down." Pan Qimei was actually lying on the grass, raising her legs and looking at the sky, completely ignoring her own image.

Fei Rumei looked around, smiled and lay down, next to Pan Qimei: "The sky is clear, the sun is not shining, today is the right day to go out. Oh, the sun is shining, and the wind is blowing." , I’m afraid I’m going to fall asleep when I’m lying down.”

  Zhao Han galloped all the way north on a steed. He was busy with government affairs on weekdays, so he rarely came out to relax.

   This Indian Mawari horse born in Jeju Island was named "Zui Dian" by Zhao Han. It is said that this is the name of Qin Shihuang's imperial horse.

  Zhuma stood on the hill, Zhao Han took out the binoculars, and he could just see the scenery of Xuanwu Lake.

  The lake cruise ships and fishing boats are scattered, and the lakeside houses and shops are arranged. Further out, there are rapeseed fields after harvest, as well as large and small vegetable beds. All the vegetables grown here are supplied to the people in the city.

  It was almost noon, and many houses smoked from cooking, which was blown away by the lake wind.

   Pulling the telescope closer to the street by the lake, several vegetable farmers returned from the city. They carried empty loads of sold vegetables, chatting and laughing all the way, pointing at the painted boat in the lake from time to time.

  A vegetable farmer walked towards Xiaoling. There were many newly dug wine cellars at the foot of the mountain. On the other side of Qianhu Lake, the lake water was used to make wine.

  The vegetable farmer stopped under the wine trap, walked back and forth repeatedly, and finally took out the bamboo tube, and paid for a few taels of bad newly brewed wine.

  A child jumped up and down and ran to the soy shop by the lake. It might be a housewife who found out that the soy sauce was gone while cooking. The child held up the soy sauce bottle, and the store proprietress asked a few words before making soy sauce with bamboo raisins. In the middle of the call, he turned back to talk to the shop, as if arguing with his husband.

  There are also some ten-year-old children who came together along the lake with their schoolbags on their backs. There is an elementary school by the Xuanwu Lake, and they are all students returning home after school.

  The plan to cancel the free lunch has been advanced. In several provinces in the south, the free lunch is only reserved in poor mountainous areas.

  Most of the students were laughing and playing, chasing and running wildly.

   There are also those who love learning. On the way from school, they still hold books and recite along the way.

  Suddenly, the students, whether they were laughing and playing or walking and memorizing, all gave way one after another, and many children were still covering their mouths and noses.

  It was the farmers who went to the city to collect dung, pushing a dung cart, with a joyful smile on their face, and there was hope for a good harvest in that smile.

   Gradually, cooking smoke rose from the fishing boats in the lake.

  They set up a small stove on the boat and cooked simple and convenient food. Most of the time they just made bowls of noodles. If there is someone who cooks rice, they will take the time to cast two nets before the rice is cooked.

  The lake wind blows ripples, and the sun shines down sparkling. The fishing net was scattered very round, and once the net was covered, the waves of light suddenly shattered into stars.

   "Your Majesty, the ladies are calling for dinner." Captain Zhu Youdong reminded.

  Zhao Han pointed to the distance, turned his head and said with a smile: "This is much more interesting than hunting. I will never get tired of watching it. It's a pity that there is no Zhang Zeduan."

  Zhu Youdong was born in the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally understood, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to find a painter?"

   "How can anyone find a painter by themselves? The world is stable and prosperous, and there are painters here." Zhao Hanle turned his horse's head, waved his whip and shouted, "Drive!"

  Zhu Youdong scratched his head, and couldn't help but glance down the mountain.

  Everyone has already sat down on the east bank of Qianhu. Besides pastries, they have also prepared rice and dishes. They just wait for Zhao Han to come over before they can use their chopsticks.

  Zhao Han jumped off the horse, walked over and said, "Let's serve dinner."

   Having said that, everyone dared to follow him after he picked up the chopsticks.

  During the meal, Fei Rulan said: "If my husband wants to hunt, you can go in the afternoon, and we sisters can play by the lake."

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "This early summer is not the hunting season, just find an excuse to relax."

  Fei Rulan said: "I have inquired, and there are a lot of prey around here. There are especially many wild boars. Even the observatory on the top of the mountain is often harassed by wild boars."

  The entire Zijin Mountain is enclosed by the Nanjing Outer City Wall. In a big city with a population of over one million, wild boars are flooding the mountains, which is very rare.

   There is no way, Xiaoling Mausoleum is a restricted area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, the common people dare not enter, and the nearby wild animals have multiplied for three hundred years.

   Also stationed in Xiaolingwei's army, occasionally went to hunt some game. But the army guarding the mausoleum is also very small. Many military households have become serfs and farmed in the nearby military fields. Empty pay for money!

   After lunch, Zhao Han decided to give it a try. He picked up the flintlock and stepped on the horse. He also asked with a smile: "Anyone who wants to hunt can go together. There are so many people."

   "Your Majesty, I would like to accompany you to help you enjoy yourself!" You Julian said, patting her chest.

   "Your Majesty, I am willing to go!" Another female official who was a missionary said.

   Concubine Tian felt that this was an opportunity to gain the appreciation of the emperor, so she said, "Your Majesty, the women of the people have hunted before."

   "Then we all go together." Zhao Han said.

   Concubine Tian Guifei chose a vigorous horse. She bent over to tie up her skirt, stepped on the stirrups and turned up, her light figure seemed to be dancing.

  Zhao Han praised: "Good skill! Give her a horse bow."

  (end of this chapter)