Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 175 What a Big Snow
Heavy snow fluttered down for a whole day and night, and early the next morning, the whole Zhuangzi seemed to be covered in cotton-padded clothes, covered in silver and extraordinarily enchanting.

In future generations, it is rare for snow to fall in winter. Even if it snows, there will always be a thin layer of pollution, mixed with various pollutants in the atmosphere. How can it be as natural as it is now?

With Xue in mind, Jin Yu got up very early.Pushing open the door, there are only lion's footprints on the white ground, like blossoming plum blossoms, very beautiful.Jin Yu held a snowball and put it in his mouth, gave a jolt, and his drowsiness disappeared.This snowflake is also a good thing. Some people who are particular about it always put it in a jar and seal it up, and use it to make tea in midsummer. It is said that this is called "Fengya". There is a record in "A Dream of Red Mansions" that Miaoyu used the snow water stored for five years to make tea for Baoyu, and Baoyu praised it.It seems that there was such a tradition as early as the Qing Dynasty. I don't know if it existed in the Tang Dynasty.

Snow water can not only be used to be arty, but also very useful to ordinary people.Jin Yu remembered that Grandpa Tang used to save some whenever it snowed heavily. In summer, if he had prickly heat, he would put some of the snow water on it, which could relieve the prickly heat and relieve itching.If the eyes are on fire, it can also be used to apply the eyes, and the effect is also obvious.People in later generations used snow water to apply cold compresses to burns and scalds, and the effect was also very good.

"Husband eats snow?" Yang Ying got up at some point, leaning against the door, watching Jinyu eat snow with great interest.

"Do you want some too?" Jin Yu grabbed another snow ball and handed it to Yang Ying.

Yang Ying seemed to think of something, and spat at Jin Yu, "I don't wash my hands, and I don't think they are dirty."

Jin Yu laughed, "It's just touching you, what's dirty?" Then he pointed to the white ground and said, "Sometimes someone will brush out some wine jars and store some snow water, which will be useful in summer." There is no toilet water at the beginning of the year, if prickly heat occurs, it will be very uncomfortable.

"It's all over the street, so my husband took it as a good thing." Yang Ying verbally attacked Jin Yu, but she didn't refute his opinion.

"Hurry up and pack up for dinner, I'll get you something fun later." The lion was impatient for a long time, and kept rubbing against Jinyu's thigh.It is said that the lion has grown very fiercely, and now it is the size of a calf, and it is mighty and tight.

Yang Ying nodded and watched her husband go out for a run.

At this time, the sun only showed a shallow forehead, and the snow shone brightly on the snow. When people stepped on it, there was a "creak" sound. Jin Yu liked this feeling, and he picked places where no one had stepped on. Don't care if you get your shoes wet.

The farmers got up very early, and many people had already climbed onto the roof and pushed the snow down.The common people also like snow these days. With a thick layer of snow, most of the bugs in the ground can freeze to death, and they will harvest a lot of food in the coming year.However, heavy snow also has its disadvantages. The house is weak and cannot withstand the erosion of snow water, so it must be cleaned before the snow melts, otherwise the thatch will rot easily and the house will be very cold.

Chen Rui also got up very early, and is organizing people to clean the snow on the road. Although the road in Jinjiazhuangzi has been repaired, it is not afraid of snow blisters, but if the sun shines, a thin layer of ice will form the next day, and people walk on it Falls are easy, especially for older adults, and breaking an arm is no joke.

The lion and Xiaosi like this kind of weather very much, which is almost the same as their original living environment. The two dogs kept having fun on the snow, rolling on the snow from time to time, expressing their joy with actions .

Although it was snowing, there were quite a few merchants coming and going, and now they were all big caravans, all trying to make more money before the year.The tent at the bridgehead has been replaced by a row of simple bungalows, and the fire is burning vigorously, making the faces of the diners flush, making the faces of the diners look extraordinarily festive.The taste of the year is already very strong.

The children of Li Er's family came very early. Jin Yu had just finished eating, and before the three children stepped into the yard, the voice of chirping came: "Brother Jin! We want a snowman!" The memory of the children It's not bad, especially if you're interested in something.They still remember what Jinyu said in passing to coax them last time.

The people who came this time were relatively complete, Li Chengqian, Li Ke, and Changle all came, and brought a large number of gifts, it seems that they came to give New Year's gifts.The little fat man still didn't come, and now he is no longer a student of Jin Yu, and there is no reason to come here.

The three little babies are wearing the same clothes, which makes people feel very seductive. Now Jinyu is very familiar with them.The two girls threw themselves into Jin Yu's arms, and Li Zhi even climbed onto Jin Yu's back. Jin Yu could still bear the weight of a hundred catties.

Jin Yu took the three little ones around on the snow for a few times before putting them down, "Come on, I'll take you to make a snowman." Jin Yu originally planned to enjoy the rare snow with Yang Ying, it seems I don't have a chance, but it's good that there are so many people.

Maybe they knew that they had to play outside with their younger siblings, and the three older princes and princesses also wore thick clothes.In addition to Yang Ying and Chang Le standing close by and watching, Li Chengqian and Li Ke also joined in.Every time he came here, Jin Yu would drive his servants out, and instead it became a place for these heavenly favorites to relax, where he didn't have to worry about his appearance or anything, and had fun and relaxed.However, the craftsmanship of these two people is really not flattering. They couldn't even roll a snowball for most of the day, and they were not even as good as three babies.

"The teacher has a good relationship with children. The three younger brothers and sisters of the student have never played so well with one person." Chang Le was also happy watching from the side, and said to Yang Ying.

Yang Ying was also very happy when someone praised her husband, "I heard from my husband that he often took care of the children in the past."

"Teacher has a child?" Chang Le only knows that Jin Yu came back from Mobei, and he really knows his original experience. According to Yang Ying, this teacher was married before?
Yang Ying seemed to understand Chang Le's meaning, she shook her head and said, "They are children from the orphanage, they are poor people without father and mother."

"Orphanage?" It was the first time Changle heard this term, and he couldn't understand the meaning, his eyes were full of doubts.

"My concubine doesn't understand. From my husband's point of view, it seems that it is a yamen dedicated to taking in abandoned children. There are many children." Yang Ying explained to Changle.

"Oh, that's a great act of kindness." Chang Le nodded, his father is so stupid that he doesn't have such a yamen, it seems that the place where the teacher lives is full of kind people!
"Miss, bring some rouge!" The snowman is finished, but the facial features have not been painted yet, and there is no colored pen now, so Jin Yu thought of Yang Ying's attractive red lips, which can be painted with rouge.

Guarding the outsiders, Yang Ying didn't show anything unusual, she was smiling, but she already knew in her heart what her husband was going to do, he must be ruining things again!
Jin Yu pulled out two jujubes from his bosom like a magic trick, and the three little kids saw them and quarreled and said, "Eat!" It seems that Kong Rong let Li Bai talk about it, and he didn't have the demeanor that a royal family should have.

Jin Yu put on a look of embarrassment, and explained to Xiaowa: "This is used to add eyes to the snowman. If His Highness eats it, the snowman will lose his eyes."

"Shouldn't the snowman's eyes be black? How could they be red?" Li Zhi stared at the big red dates in Jin Yu's hands with a look of greed.

"Then what should I use? Just two red dates in my hand?" Jin Yu teased Li Zhi.

"Charcoal! All the fires in the palace use charcoal, it's black!" Lan Ling replied eagerly.

"Okay then." Jin Yu nodded, "But I only have two red dates in my hand, how should the three of them divide it?"

"Give it to my brother and sister." Lan Ling thought for a while, with a child's cunning in his eyes, he answered crisply.

Jin Yu nodded in satisfaction, and gave two red dates to Li Zhi and Gao Yang. Before he could boast Lan Ling, Lan Ling ran up to Yang Ying, "Sister, Lan Ling wants to eat red dates!"

Jin Yu, Li Chengqian, and Li Ke looked at each other and smiled. It seems that everyone knows where there is more. If you are a good person, you can get more.

"Why is the snowman's nose red?" Gao Yang gnawed on the red dates while pointing at Jin Yu's masterpiece.

"It's too cold, it's freezing!" Now that there is no carrot, Jin Yu presses a red fruit for the snowman's nose, and his facial features look a bit out of tune, but it's more cute.

"The snowman must be very cold, right? Gao Yang has to give it the scarf! Don't freeze it!" Gao Yang is now a different person from before, and now he is much bolder and more sympathetic.

"Snowman is not afraid of the cold." Jin Yu hurriedly stopped Gao Yang's actions, if Gao Yang was flashing, she would catch a cold, it was not a joke.

"Why are you not afraid of the cold? It will be very cold without clothes." Gao Yang was very serious.

Jin Yu had a headache. A child of this age is full of curiosity, and he really doesn't know how to answer some questions. "What snowmen fear most is not cold, but heat. When it's hot, the snowman will turn into water."

"It's weird." Gao Yang tilted his head, but he couldn't turn the corner.

"Snow is made of water. When the water vapor in the clouds condenses and condenses, it becomes ice crystals. More water vapor attaches to the ice crystals and becomes snowflakes. Then the snowflakes flutter down. After the sun came out, the sky It gets warmer, then the snow melts into water, the water evaporates into water vapor, the water vapor turns into clouds, and when the clouds get colder, they turn into snowflakes. This is a cyclical process. When you get older, you will understand.” Jin Yu patted Gao Yang on the head, he didn't expect children to understand this question, he knew only half of it.

In order to divert Gao Yang's attention, Jin Yu said again: "The snowman is finished, let's play with the sleigh again?"

"What is a sled?" Lan Ling returned with a full load, her pockets full of red dates, but she did not forget to give some to everyone. Although it was not much, Li Chengqian held it in his hand, and his heart was warm.The children of the royal family have never known what sharing is since they were young. Jinyu taught his younger siblings how to share in a short period of time, which is not easy.

"We'll find out when we meet." Jin Yu put it off, but in fact he had been tinkering with the sled since he came back yesterday afternoon.He often watched Thai priests doing carpentry work, which looked very simple, but he realized that the work was not easy when he did it himself, and he really responded to the saying "There is a specialization in art".After working all afternoon, the sled was ugly and barely usable.

Every Christmas, Santa Claus drives a deer cart. Jinyu has no deer, so he can only focus on Xiaoha. That's what huskies do, so there is nothing wrong with it, but there is an episode in the middle.Xiaosi cooperated with Jin Yu very much, but Xiaowu couldn't do it. He just couldn't get in the way, and Xiaosi was chained and still yelling at the side.Jin Yu was very puzzled, why can't he do some exercise?Jin Yu still can't believe it!But in the end Jinyu compromised, because even the lion came and bit Jinyu's pant leg and dragged him back.

Jin Yu threw down the rope helplessly, saying that he would no longer have any ideas about Xiao Wu, but he was worried that Xiao Wu was unwell, which is why Lion and Xiao Si had such a big reaction.Jin Yu walked up to Xiao Wu, groped his whole body, and found nothing unusual, except that his stomach was a little bigger.My stomach is getting bigger``````
The three female Tibetan mastiffs haven't been out for activities recently, and Jin Yu also took a look at them. They look just like Xiao Wu, with a more protruding belly.Jin Yu's eyes on the lion have changed, this girl is too `````` too much to deal with, right?All at once!And they are all under one year old!Outrageous!It's just a beast!No wonder I didn't turn in the hare after I hunted it recently, that's how it is!It seems that we need to take care of nutrition more in the future, but that's okay, the mission of Cheng Yaojin's group of old people can be successfully completed.

If there is only Xiao Si, this group of little guys will not even think about playing together, instead they will take turns making sleds, even if this is the case, this group of children will have a lot of fun.Jinyu's yard is large and flat, with no bumps at all, and Xiaosi is pulling the sled around the yard, so there is no danger to his safety.

The three little guys had a great time playing here in Jinyu, and the laughter of "giggle" never stopped. It's a pity that Xiaoha's endurance is not unlimited, so in the end, he could only reluctantly go to the snowball fight.

Because the sled was not enjoyable, and when they returned to the palace, the three little guys pestered their father to play dog ​​sledding. Not to mention that Li Er had never seen a sled, even if he had seen him, he would not be able to find a dog sled. dog?Finally, in desperation, the horses were used instead to make the little guys stop making noise.

When the three little guys were having fun here, Second Uncle Li was busy going to court.Confucius said, "It's not easy to say that a friend comes from afar." Li Er was also "happy" at the moment, and Qu Wentai, the king of Gaochang, came to pay homage.Gaochang is the Turpan of Xinjiang in later generations. Because it is located in the center of the "Silk Road", there are many merchants coming and going, and the wide collection of merchant taxes will make it rich.

It stands to reason that in the early days of Li Er, the sphere of influence had not expanded to Gaochang, but Li Er severely cleaned up the East Turks at the beginning of the year, which made these small countries in the West very worried, fearing that Li Er would sneeze and destroy his throne. Overturned.Booger Khan was defeated and captured, and his old subordinates respected Li Er as "Heavenly Khan", but Ju Wentai didn't know it!In order to show his position, Ju Wentai traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an, but Li Er's words scared the baby to death.

"I heard that Gaochang is suitable for growing cotton?" Cotton has become a hot topic in the court recently. Li Er's heart to conquer Gaoli is not dead, in order to be able to win Yang Guang's head, this kid has a lot of self-esteem.

Gaochang King Ju Wentai heard it, His Majesty Tian Khan wanted Gaochang to be a cotton field in his backyard, right?Immediately expressed his willingness to pay tribute to the Tianchao cotton every year, etc., and his attitude was very hospitable.

Li Er stepped down from the dragon seat and helped King Gaochang up, "Aiqing just pay some cotton seeds as a tribute. I have a lot of fertile land here, and I can always find a suitable land to grow cotton." Li Er understood very well in his heart, paying tribute?How much can you pay tribute a year?It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.It's more reliable to grow it yourself.Besides, it's very far from Gaochang to Chang'an, and a truckload of cotton is worth the price of beef. It's better to let this kid pay more tribute to some precious metals.

Cotton seeds are not worth much in my own hands. Since the boss wants them, Ju Wentai is not stingy, saying that he will send them all, so don't delay your old arrangement for planting.

As a result, the "Tang Gao" bilateral trade treaty was successfully signed, and Datang had a stable source of cotton seeds.

(End of this chapter)