Lucky husband

When Li Mingjin was confirmed by the doctor to be pregnant, it was early November. At that time, she was almost two months pregnant, and the capital had just started to snow.

It was not until the end of November, when the sky began to snow heavily, that Bai Zhiwen and Li Mingjin wrote to their mothers respectively, telling their family the good news that Li Mingjin was pregnant.

The two of them have been married for a year. Li Mingjin is 19 years old and Bai Zhiwen is 21 years old. Although the family is far away and they have not asked about their two children, the elders in Changping County are anxious.

Before the heavy snow closed the mountains, two letters from the family were sent from the capital, and on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, they arrived in the hands of Bai Yao and Jiang Zhiyun.

The letter Bai Zhiwen wrote to Bai Yaoshi was very concise and said a few things.

One is about Bai Ziyi's marriage. Bai Zhiwen said that it's up to Bai Yaoshi to decide, as long as Bai Yaoshi thinks Cen Xiao is reliable, he can marry Ziyi with confidence, and he will take care of other things behind.

The second is Bai Ziyi's dowry. He and Li Mingjin agreed to do Bai Ziyi's dowry in a small house in Fucheng, but now he is only a small seventh-rank official. After he has worked hard for a few more years to get promoted Marry Ziyi gracefully.

The third is that Li Mingjin is pregnant, and it has been three months since I wrote the letter. The doctor said that Li Mingjin and the baby are doing well, and they are expected to give birth at the end of June next year.

Although Bai Zhiwen didn't say it clearly in the letter, he mentioned one point cryptically. He hoped that Bai Yao's family would come to the capital before Li Mingjin gave birth. I am tired of Madam Qiu.

Bai Yao looked at the front of the letter and learned that the husband and wife were very satisfied with Bai Ziyi's marriage. The two children were not narrow-minded, and they had nothing to say to Bai Ziyi's younger brother.

When Bai Yao saw that Bai Zhiwen said that Li Mingjin was pregnant for three months, he immediately went back to the house and hugged the memorial tablet of the husband who died young to wipe his tears. Although he didn't know whether the child in Li Mingjin's stomach was a boy or a girl He's still a brother, but as long as his stomach moves, the Bai family will have a queen.

After crying, Bai Yao began to worry. He heard that the weather in the capital was extremely cold. Did the two children prepare enough charcoal fire, and they must not freeze Brother Jin.

In addition to worrying about the cold weather, she was also worried about whether Brother Jin would not adapt after she became pregnant. Bai Yao herself had given birth to two children, so she knew how uncomfortable it was to be pregnant.

You know, when Bai Zhiwen first joined the Ministry of Industry and was busy working, would he have left Brother Jin in the cold and made Brother Jin feel bad during pregnancy.

Thinking about it, Bai Yao couldn't help complaining about her son's carelessness, and didn't talk too much about Brother Jin's situation when writing letters, and, without him mentioning it, she would definitely take Ziyi on the road as soon as the spring began, Going to the capital to take care of Brother Jin.

Soon, Bai Yao thought that the sender said that the capital had sent two letters back, and that the other letter should have been written by Li Mingjin to Jiang Zhiyun. After reading Bai Zhiwen's letter, she went to the third room of Li's house without stopping.

When Bai Yaoshi passed by, Jiang Zhiyun had already read the letter and was about to go out. She was going to find Bai Yaoshi, because Brother Jin's letter said that he was pregnant. Jiang Zhiyun was happy and worried at the same time. I think the person who understands her best should be Bai Yaoshi.

"Yunniang, sit down quickly." Bai Yao pulled Jiang Zhiyun and asked anxiously, "Did Brother Jin mention the specific symptoms of his pregnancy? That child Zhiwen was careless, so he didn't write more detailed letters. From his letter, I only know that Brother Jin is pregnant, but I don't know what pregnancy symptoms Brother Jin has, please tell me."

Jiang Zhiyun felt that she couldn't understand a few words, so she took out the letter Li Mingjin had written to her and showed it to Bai Yaoshi.

After waiting for a while, Bai Yao returned the letter to Jiang Zhiyun after reading it, and sighed: "This child is considerate of his mother, so he doesn't make much trouble."

In Li Mingjin's letter, he described in detail how his pregnancy was different from usual in the first three months, and also explained what happened the first time they found out that he might be pregnant. It was because of a soup dumpling .

It seems that the child in Brother Jin's stomach is not only considerate, but also likes to eat.

After reading Li Mingjin's letter and seeing how detailed he wrote, Jiang Zhiyun and Bai Yao's hearts were half relieved.

Although they were still worried that Li Mingjin would feel a little uncomfortable and didn't write clearly, judging from the part written in his letter, he was in good condition.

As for the details, we will know after another two months when Bai Yao went to the capital himself.

Jiang Zhiyun and Bai Yao chatted happily for a long time, from Li Mingjin's pregnancy to their previous pregnancies, and talked about what to pay attention to during pregnancy.

It wasn't until Li Mingkang came back from school that they realized that they had been chatting for an entire afternoon without knowing it. Both of them were full of words and wanted to write in a letter to tell these two children who were parents for the first time, and they still had a full stomach. The things in the carriage want to be sent to the capital.

However, the snow has started to fall in the capital now, whether it is Bai Yao or Jiang Zhiyun, if they want to send things from Changping County to the capital, they will probably be blocked in the middle of the road, and they will not be able to deliver until next spring. Arriving in Beijing, I can only give up.

For Li Mingjin, this winter passed quickly, he didn't do anything, just nestled in the room and fell asleep in a daze, reading his story books and travel notes when he was refreshed, and the time passed.

Bai Zhiwen worked hard in the Ministry of Industry. Although he would go home immediately when he arrived at Sanya every day if he had nothing urgent to do, but after one winter, he really had to improve a farm tool for farming.

Because the land will harden if it is empty in winter, farmers have to loosen the soil before spring. Loosening the soil is a laborious job. They either use oxen to pull pear pine, or they have to use hoes to cultivate bit by bit. The former is not available to every household. Niu, the latter is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Together with the carpenters recruited by the Ministry of Industry, Bai Zhiwen made a small plow that is very labor-saving and can be pulled by normal adults.

Although it is a little more laborious than using a hoe to hoe the ground, and it cannot be used to reclaim wasteland, it saves time and the ground is still very smooth.

Another point is that this small plow is made of wood and is easy to wear and tear, but its cost is low. If it is broken, just replace the parts, and it can be used by ordinary farmers.

Because the spring plowing was just around the corner, the head of the Ministry of Industry in charge of Bai Zhiwen decided after seeing his results that if it was really as good as Bai Zhiwen said after it was officially used, then he would report it, hoping that this kind of benefit to the people could be used. Good things should be promoted as soon as possible so that more farmers can use them.

The Ministry of Industry has several farms, where various crops are planted, which are used to experiment with new things created by the Ministry of Industry. Bai Zhiwen took a few old carpenters to make a few small plows and put them in the Ministry of Industry. Zhuangzi loosened the soil.

The effect was as good as Bai Zhiwen said. After loosening the soil, several small plows were in good condition, and there were no parts that needed to be replaced. Only the wooden teeth of the loosening soil were worn out in some places.

The effect of loosening the soil is slightly shallower than that of an old ox pulling a plow, but it is much better than simply digging with bare hands, and the speed is much faster.

The head of the Ministry of Industry saw the result and reported it to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry immediately reported it to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry after reading it.

It may be because the incident between the Liu family and the prince has just passed, and the officials in the court are honest and dare not deal with moths, or it may be that everyone in the Ministry of Works knows that Bai Zhiwen is a disciple of Zhang Anhao.

In short, no one dared to take the credit for his improvement of farm tools. Until the news of this small plow reached the emperor, it was clearly stated that Bai Zhiwen made it.

The emperor has always been diligent in government and caring for the people. Of course he paid attention to the improvement of farm tools to make farming more convenient and quick for farmers. He immediately took several small plows from the Zhuangzi of the Ministry of Industry to the royal Zhuangzi for trial use.

As a result, the effect of these small plows was very good. After being used by the royal Zhuangzi, they were still in good condition. The emperor was very happy and decided to promote the use of small plows throughout the country.

The Ministry of Labor is responsible for this, and other departments cooperate.

Although spring plowing has started across the country at this time, even in some places in the south, most of the spring plowing has been carried out, but this does not affect the emperor's order, after all, there will be more spring plowing next year after this year's spring plowing.

Moreover, the implementation of a new thing cannot be completed overnight. The Ministry of Industry has to draw up a plan, and then hand it over to the Secretary of Communications and the Ministry of Household Affairs for implementation.

When the decree was passed down to the localities step by step, there were governors, prefects, prefectures, county magistrates, chief envoys, chief secretary capital affairs, chief secretary experience, and county magistrates.

It would probably take a year or two before all the farmers in the Dayu Dynasty could use the new small plows at the earliest.

This winter, for Li Mingjin and his family, the biggest happy event was Li Mingjin's pregnancy, followed by Bai Zhiwen's successful improvement of a small plow.

For the great country of the Dayu Dynasty, the greatest joy was the victory of the First Prince and the Sixth Prince against the Kingdom of Jin.

There is no large area of ​​pasture in the grassland in winter, cattle, sheep, horses and Jinren are the weakest. The First Prince and the Sixth Prince mercilessly cleaned up the Jinren and beat them to pieces.

Before the Chinese New Year, the army of the Dayu Dynasty entered the imperial capital of the Jin people, causing the Jin people to lose their vitality again.

In the imperial capital, the eldest prince and the sixth prince not only emptied the gold and silver treasures of the Jinren royal family and noble families, but also took the opportunity to seize a large area of ​​good pastures near the Dayu Dynasty, expanding the territory of the Dayu Dynasty.

The most powerful thing about the Jin people is their cavalry who come without a shadow and go without a trace, known as the best cavalry in the world.

Without a good pasture that can raise a large number of horses, the title of the best cavalry in the world can no longer be maintained. For the Jinren, the absence of cavalry is like a tiger whose claws have been pulled out, which is nothing to fear.

After this battle, it will be difficult for the Jin people to recover their vitality for decades. As long as the Dayu Dynasty continues to suppress and do not give the Jin people a chance to develop, the Jin people can only linger in the bitter cold north.

After the news spread back to the territory of the Dayu Dynasty, the whole country rejoiced, and almost all Yu people were happy for the news.

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