The first dude in the Qing Dynasty

In his previous life, Yinzuo was forced to be an otaku due to illness. He was very envious of those who were healthy and could fly around in the sky every day and travel around the world. But when he came to this world, he really wanted to be an otaku. .

Even if he is not an otaku, he still hopes to be a donkey friend who wants to walk, wants to ride in a car, stops and sits when he sees a good view, and finds a place to sleep when he is tired, instead of setting a good goal and making a plan. Plan, step-by-step rush.

Especially in this world, no matter riding a horse or taking a car, it’s much more uncomfortable than any other means of transportation in the previous life—it might be more comfortable to take a boat, but it’s a pity that Kangxi’s itinerary didn’t include this item.

Riding a horse's leg is broken, and riding a car is a mess.

Yinzuo lay on the carriage and sighed. Even though he piled up several layers of quilts and leather mattresses, for a carriage without a shock absorption system and no tires, these things were better than nothing.

"Brother Six!" Yinzhen's voice sounded triumphantly outside: "Brother Six, you won't be afraid of getting prickly heat if you cover it in such a hot day, come out and ride a horse together!"

Yin Zuo said impatiently: "Go play with you! Don't cry at night!"

Yinzhen giggled and said: "Huang Ama said, don't be afraid of crying, but afraid of being frightened and dare not come again. Sixth brother, don't you just be frightened?"

Yin Zuo took an orange from the plate and threw it out, saying: "Shut your mouth! Get lost!"

Yinzhen laughed and went triumphantly. He went out for the first time, riding a horse from the front of the team to the last, and had a great time.

Before noon, the team stopped and started cooking.

There was nothing left and right, Kangxi recruited Yinreng to play chess and chat, just started when Yinzhen came, carrying a small food box in his hand.

Kangxi said: "Is this from your mother?"

Now Yinzhen doesn't have a serious daughter-in-law, and he didn't bring a woman with him when he went out this time, so he knew that the food box must have been prepared by Concubine De.

Xu Zhen said "yes" and opened the food box, but there was a circle of crushed ice on the outside and a small urn inside, the servant took it knowingly, only poured out two bowls of red juice and it was empty.

Yinzhen gave Kangxi and the crown prince a bowl each, and said, "It's rare for Er Niang to leave the house, so I went over to see if there was anything I needed to help. It happened that Er Niang was doing this, and knowing that Er Niang was coming to pay respects to Huang Ama, So I asked Erchen to bring some over. Er Niang said, this is squeezed from watermelon, grapes and pomegranate, I don't know if it suits Huang Ama's taste, if you are not used to drinking it, I will change it next time."

In this scorching hot weather, I dressed neatly and drove for half a day. Drinking such a cup of sweet and sour juice, not to mention the taste, the coolness and iciness can also make people feel comfortable from the beginning to the feet.

The only regret is - too little ah!

"It's a woman after all." Kangxi finished a small bowl of juice in three mouthfuls, and said, "I still have time to do this on the way."

This thing looks simple, but it's very trivial to make. Because Kangxi didn't show his preference in this aspect, so the imperial dining room usually doesn't make it, and there's no time to clean it up on the road, that is, use iced sour plum soup to deal with it. drink.

But taste it now, it's a rare delicacy, and let them prepare some more often in the future.

"It doesn't take much trouble," Yinzhen said, "Emiang and the emperor's grandmother are having fun at the moment, they have found a bunch of people to test the taste, if Huang Ama likes it, just find someone to pick it up at any time. "

fun?

Seeing the confusion in Kangxi's eyes, Yinzhen said: "The sixth younger brother of the former son went to Liulichang and happened to see a large piece of corundum. Unfortunately, the quality is very different. Let alone gemstones, jade is not even considered, and it can't be sold at all. The sixth brother thought it was fun, so he bought it, used it as a shaft, and made a juicer for Er Niang to play with. I heard that no matter what fruits and vegetables are thrown in, the juice will come out after a few turns. It is very cheap. Er Niang Bring it with you the first time you go out."

Kangxi scolded with a smile: "This kid who doesn't do his job properly!"

I really don't know how the melon seeds grow on this kid's head, and I have a strange idea after a while.

Then he asked, "Where is he now?"

"When my son came over, Wangcai was looking for a place to set up a bed, so he was probably sleeping right now?"

Yin Zuo wasn't sleeping, he was just leaning on the bed and reading a book, while Chen Zhuo was sitting on the side of the pony and fanning him.

Chen Daxia insisted on following, but Yinzuo had no choice but to refuse and was afraid that he would use other methods to sneak in and cause trouble, so he simply took him by his side as a servant, anyway, he didn't give him any authority, and he even found someone to watch him in private, I'm not afraid that he will make trouble.

"I still don't believe what your fourth brother said, you really brought the bed!" Kangxi said: "Among all my sons, you are the one who enjoys it the most!"

Yin Zuo got up reluctantly, without the slightest sense of being scolded, and said confidently: "Son is born to enjoy, otherwise how could there be Huang Ama, you will be Ama?"

Since the last incident, he seldom took the initiative to look for Kangxi, but Kangxi seemed to be addicted to playing surprise attack, and would come to him by himself from time to time.

Kangxi was so happy after being photographed by him, and was about to speak, when Wangcai came over and said hello, "Sixth elder brother, the dishes are ready over there, look..."

Kangxi was slightly taken aback, how old is this meeting, the dishes are ready?My royal chef is not so fast yet!

Yinzuo asked: "Do you want to stay and eat together with Huang Ama and His Royal Highness?"

It's best not to, my pot is only a little big, and I don't have enough dishes... It's enough for me and my fourth brother to eat!

Naturally, things backfired. Can Kangxi, who was in time for dinner, be driven away?

So, this noon, Yinzuo lost a portion of the soup that he had boiled for two hours. It is not afraid of bumps, it is convenient and easy to carry a homemade charcoal fire boiler, a folding bed, and countless ingredients...

Kangxi confiscated it plausibly: the things learned from Nan Huairen are all put in this crooked way!

Damn, if you say I'm crooked, don't steal my things!

"It's okay," Wangcai comforted: "Master, without the folding bed, we still have a hammock, and without the stove, we still have a barbecue grill..."

"..."

Kangxi, who was amused by his son's gloomy expression, stopped his good mood when he saw pieces of dry and cracked land.

"Scattered officials gallop on the dry hills, dust and mud cover their eyes. The trees in the mountains lose their color, and the springs beside the streams are exhausted. Everywhere, the mulberry and hemp increase too much, and the old and young of the family cry for nothing..." Yinzuo tore a piece from the tree Ye Zi said: "This is the Poem of Disaster Survey written by Wang Menglei, who was the chief bookkeeper of Pingjiang in the Southern Song Dynasty. Isn't it very vivid?"

"You can still laugh!" Chen Zhuo snorted coldly, "The common people have nothing to depend on in their lives, but you never tire of eating every meal, building a garden today, enjoying calligraphy and painting tomorrow, and even making a chair is extremely extravagant ! If you buy one less vase, you can feed and drink for the whole family! If the Qing court is like you, the day of the country’s downfall is not far away!"

Yinzuo sneered and said, "The silver you buy for a vase can indeed buy enough food for a whole family... But the vase can't be eaten! If I don't spend money to buy it back, how can others turn it into food for food?" drop it?"

"Eh..." Chen Zhuo was a little dizzy, what the hell is this?

Yin Zuo continued: "Every meal is exquisite, but I only eat enough to fill my stomach? It didn't make the 'wine and meat stink'! I will fill my stomach, but the money spent will make many people Can’t you be hungry—according to what you said, every time you eat corn-bread and pickled vegetables, the common people will have something to eat?”

"quibble!"

"Yes, sophistry." Yinzuo shrugged, brought the leaf to his lips and whimpered, the tune was weird but not unpleasant.

The slightly yellowed leaves are lying between the white and slender fingers, as if exuding the brilliance of beautiful jade, which makes the slightly shallow lips tender, as well as the drooping eyebrows, dense long eyelashes, jade carvings Looking at his face, Chen Zhuo suddenly became irritable, pointed to the group of people in the field below, and asked, "What are they doing?"

Yinzuo glanced casually, and replied: "Huang Ama is surveying the soil quality to see how serious the drought is. Next, I will meet the local officials and old people to ask the specific situation and see how to save it. The tax should be exempted." Tax-free, it’s time to release food, but now every family should still have food in stock, it’s not time to release food yet.”

"If you do this, can it be saved?"

"If you're lucky, there will be a little rain this month, and you can replant some soybeans, sweet potatoes, beets, etc., and you can get a little harvest."

"You said... will it rain?"

Yin Zuo rolled his eyes at him, and said, "You are an encyclopedia, asking endless questions."

In the end, I answered: "At least it won't rain today and tomorrow... Don't ask about the day after tomorrow, if you can see that the weather in these two days is very good. I said, why do you think you are more ignorant of the sufferings of the world than you are?" Where is the young master?"

Chen Zhuo choked, and said again: "Didn't you say that your emperor Ama is a wise king? Why can't you take the drought?"

Yin Zuo glared at him, and said: "You have a way to use it, and the Ming Dynasty will not fall so quickly."

It is also unfavorable in fleeting years. The drought during the reign of Chongzhen lasted for a long time and the extent of the drought was unprecedented in 500 years.Several provinces and cities experienced severe drought for five or even seven years in a row, and then turned to floods in the north and drought in the south. During this period, plagues and locust disasters occurred one after another.

Grass and grass are all withered, rivers and rivers are cut off, vegetation, animal skins, insects and flies are all eaten up, many people die of hunger, starvation, father and son couples are killed, and ten times out of ten... This is the tragic situation at that time.

Originally, the people had already reached such a situation, but the imperial court at that time not only did not provide disaster relief, but also imposed heavy taxes. How could the country not perish?

Chen Zhuo sighed and stopped talking.

Yinzuo started whimpering again, but his heart couldn't calm down.

Some things, you can not think about it without looking at it, and don't ask about it.

How to fight drought in this ancient environment?

What Yinzuo can remember is just digging a well deeply and accumulating grain widely.

-

Because of the drought, Kangxi stayed here for an extra night. After dealing with all matters, he was going to go around again.

He asked someone to call all his sons over to see the sufferings of the people. He didn't want Yinzhen, Yinzuo, Yinzhen, and Yinxiang to be away. The other sons and the accompanying officials went out together.

The situation outside is not optimistic. Except for a few who occupy a favorable location and have deep wells or ponds around them, and rely on manual watering, the situation is slightly better, and the rest are almost impossible to harvest.

"It depends on whether it can rain in the past half a month. If it can rain..."

Suddenly there was a burst of cheers, which interrupted Zhang Tingyu's words, and they were taken aback. What good thing could happen at this time to make them laugh so happily?

Kangxi made a wrong step and walked towards the crowd.

"Little brother." Kangxi patted one person on the shoulder and said, "What's so happy about it?"

"Water has come out!" The boy who was asked was very excited: "Did you see, water came out! There is really water! There is really water! The Bodhisattva has appeared! We are saved!"

Kangxi took a closer look, and he was indeed digging a well. It was nearly two feet deep, and there was a thin layer of water at the bottom. At this time, the best news was that there was water. No wonder he was so happy.

Yinfei asked: "Since there is water, why do you only know how to dig a well now?"

The young man looked at him like an idiot, and said, "If we had known that there was water here, who would have waited until now?"

Seeing the scary staring of Yinyi's eyes, he hurriedly explained: "Didn't we just come here with some strange things and poke them, saying that there is water here, so we just tried it?"

"How many foreigners?"

"Uh, the accent is similar to yours. The leaders are two young people, and they also bring two eleven or twelve-year-old children, who are very neat..."

The capital accent, two young people, two children, why do they sound so familiar?

Yinfei looked at Kangxi, apparently Kangxi also wanted to go with him, and asked, "Where are they?"

The boy pointed and said, "I was dragged to the field over there."

Kangxi led people along the field ridge, and soon saw a group of people surrounded by Yinzuo sitting under a big tree and dozing off.

"Is there any water? Is there any water?"

"What's the hurry? It's not the end yet? You'll only know when you pull it out!"

"Get out of the way, out of the way, don't get in the way!"

"It is agreed that only three holes will be drilled on a piece of land, and it will be my turn to get the next one!"

"..."

There was a lot of chatter over there, and the most excited ones were Yinzhen and Yinxiang. Although Kangxi couldn't see them, he could hear their yelling from a long distance, and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, approaching Yinxiang Zuo: "Old Six!"

Yinzuo woke up suddenly, wiped away the non-existent saliva and stood up: "Huang Ama!"

"Didn't sleep well yesterday? Why are you so sleepy?"

Yin Zuo complained: "Yesterday I spent half the night looking for blacksmiths to make things, and they dragged me out this morning... I was trapped to death."

Kangxi laughed and said, "Have you come up with something new?"

"Just a few pieces of pipe, and a shovel head at the bottom, which can go deep into the ground about three or four feet, and bring up the soil below. It is used for exploring wells." Yinzuo stole the Luoyang shovel used by later generations to rob graves, and said: "The drought is so severe , I’m afraid I’ll do it underground, it’s just a drop in the bucket.”

Kangxi patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "A glass of water is also water!"

It suddenly became quiet over there, everyone stretched their necks to stare, Yin Zuo explained with a smile: "It's being pulled."

After a while, there was a sudden shout of excitement: "It's wet! It's wet!"

"Wet!" A big man surrounded by the innermost one cried bitterly: "There is water! There is water! Woohoo...there is water!"

He knelt down at Chen Zhuo who was holding a Luoyang shovel: "Bodhisattva, living Bodhisattva!"

Chen Zhuo hurriedly jumped away and said, "Don't kneel to me, it has nothing to do with me."

While looking at Yinzuo who was outside the crowd, it was Kangxi who he didn't want to see. He turned his head and pretended not to see him, and said, "Who is the next family?"

Chen Zhuo took half of the people away, and the remaining half stayed to dig the well.Yinzhen came to meet Kangxi with some reluctant Yinxiang and Yinzhen.

Yinzhen said: "My son has already asked someone to take the blueprints drawn by the sixth younger brother, and went around looking for someone to make them. At this time, it would be good to be able to explore one more well. Although for us, it is better than nothing, but for them. Said, but it is the fate of the family."

Kangxi nodded and said, "It's good that you can think like this."

Yinzhen excitedly said: "Huang Ama, there is a well just now, and my son and Thirteenth brother dug it out personally!"

Kangxi smiled and said: "Well, you are also very good."

He asked again, "Does this thing have a name?"

Yinzuo said: "Isn't it just a shovel? What name do you want? Just call it a shovel?"

Yinxiang said: "Should I call it a long-barreled shovel? A well-exploring shovel?"

Yinzuo didn't bother to pay attention to him, what did he call him, anyway, Luoyang shovel couldn't be called, it was far away from Luoyang!

Yinzhen joined in the fun and said, "Why don't we just call it Hansho?"

Yinzhen glanced at Kangxi, and said: "In my opinion, it's better to call him brother shovel."

"not good!"

Yin Zuo hurriedly objected, if he was called elder brother shovel, he would be "famous all over the world" when Luoyang shovel only had the function of robbing tombs.

Liang Jiugong laughed and joined in the fun, and said: "From the perspective of an old slave, it's better to be called Liu Ye Shovel. The common people are kind to listen to."

"This is even worse!" Yin Zuo was in a rage, he had to name them, okay?

"What's wrong?" Kangxi said: "I think it's good! Let's go, let's go see if there is water coming out again."

Yinzuo's objection was ineffective, and he stayed at the end with a stinky face. Yinzhen patted him on the shoulder in a funny way, raised his chin and nodded to Kangxi in front of him, and sighed: "We are always aliens in the hearts of Han people. There can never be too much."

Yin Zuo said angrily: "Then why don't you call it Si Ye Shovel!"

Yinzhen tapped his forehead, laughed and said, "Because you can have it, but I can't!"

The more the prince is interested in the throne, the more he will not be able to touch the word "people's heart" at this time.

Although the efficiency of Luoyang shoveling is amazing, but because of the severe drought, only three places where wells can be drilled were found in one afternoon.In the evening, Yin Zhen also completed a lot of work to find someone to do. The magistrate acted quickly, specially asked the yamen servants to take them out, and scattered around to explore the wells. Wherever he went, there were crowds of people, and for a while, there was a dead silence. The disaster area was revived again.

Like Luoyang shovel, no, it should have been spread by Liu Ye shovel, and there are rumors about its origin - it is said that the emperor came here on his east tour, saw the dry and cracked fields, worried about the suffering of the people, and had restless sleep and food.The sixth prince Yinzuo couldn't bear his father's worries, and after thinking hard all night, he invented the sixth master shovel, which relieved his father's worries and benefited the people...

There are other magical versions, but fortunately Yinzuo didn't hear any of them, otherwise he would have vomited the meal overnight.

He was taking a large sum of money from Yinzhen at the moment, and said with a bitter face: "Fourth Brother...Before this, I really never felt that spending money was a hard job. Can I save it?"

Yinzhen smiled slightly, and said in a low voice, "The prince has endured it for a long time."

"what?"

Yinzhen said lightly: "Our crown prince likes delicious food, beautiful scenery, and beauties very much. Why wouldn't he want to buy gardens, get opera singers, and concubines? It's just that we have pushed him too hard recently, so he has been holding back all the time." So, be a humble, prudent, thrifty prince..."

"so what?"

Yinzhen said: "By this time next year, Huang Ama will be short of money. There is only one year left, so how can we not let the crown prince spend money? Since he still doesn't dare, you have to give him courage! "

The prince in this life did not have to clean up the mess for him, but he was much more cautious than in the previous life.Therefore, only with a more extravagant Yinzuo in front of him can Yinreng dare to spend money lavishly - it is impossible to let the dignified prince live worse than an elder brother.

"If you spend 1000 taels, he will dare to spend 500 taels; if you spend 1 taels, he will dare to spend 8000 taels; I raised it." Yinzhen said: "Next year's southern tour, the beauties in the south of the Yangtze River will be the most attractive, understand?"

Yinzuo glanced at Yinzhen, and said, "Fourth brother, you are really getting worse."

Putting away the banknotes, he said, "I don't need to tell him myself, what I spent was money from the household department, right?"

Yinzhen shook his head and laughed.