The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Before Lu Deming could speak, Wu Liangye took away his burden.

Lu Deming had no choice but to follow Wu Liangye with a sigh.

Come to think of it, he was a guest here, and King Jingyang would not let him work. Moreover, if something unexpected happened here, even if he was willing and it was his own fault, others would speculate about King Jingyang and cause trouble for him.

Just now, he was impulsive and did not think much. He should not have done such a thing.

Sitting under the shade of the tree, Lu Deming began to reflect on himself.

Just now, he should not have been so excited after hearing Li Fu's two words, and thought about working regardless of his old age.

Alas, people are old, and they have to accept their age.

Wu Liangye took out a low table from the carriage and placed it under the shade of the tree. He also took out herbal tea and fruit and placed them under the low table.

"Doctor Lu, please wait here. I guess the three little princes can't stand it for long." Wu Liangye said, "My lord, you don't really mean to let the little princes work for a whole morning."

Lu Deming nodded.

He understood Li Fu's thoughts and explained them before.

Not only did he understand, but even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had understood it long ago.

However, the three princes are now enjoying it.

Yes, such lively and lively education is much more impressive than sitting in the house reading all day long.

It's just like yesterday when King Jingyang talked to the three princes about "A gentleman stays away from the kitchen."

Sitting under the shade of the tree, Lu Deming began to think about the remarks he heard from Li Fu in the past two days, including how Li Fu taught the three little princes.

Thinking about it, Lu Deming felt that King Jingyang would be a good teacher for the crown prince.

Nowadays, the teachers of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace are all famous Confucian scholars. Some of them, like him, study in the Imperial Academy, and some serve as officials in the court, such as Kong Yingda.

In addition to himself and Kong Yingda, there are Yu Zhining, Du Zhenglun, and Wei Zheng.

These people teach the Crown Prince to follow the way of the saints and tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince how the people of the world live. As a monarch, you should think about the people and the world and implement benevolent policies.

But no one has ever taken His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to see what the people of the world live like, how they work in the fields, and how they get everything from millet to food in the bowl.

King Jingyang is right. Every spring, His Majesty leads the civil and military officials to plough the fields. That is just a scene. There will be people from the imperial farm to clean up and take care of it later.

The Queen raises silkworms in the same way.

Although these things are not what His Majesty and the Queen should do, they must understand the hardships involved.

The three children in the field thought it was a new thing at first, but after walking four or five times, they felt a little boring.

The sun was getting hotter and hotter, and their faces began to be covered with fine sweat.

"Uncle Wang, how long do we have to work?" Li Tai raised his hand and wiped the sweat off his face.

Li Fu pointed to the large farmland.

"Qingque, look, how big is this farmland."

"Do we need to irrigate it all?" Li Tai asked with wide eyes.

How long will this work take?

"Yes, we need to irrigate it all, but with so much land, it is definitely impossible to irrigate it all in one day." Li Fu said: "But look at that old man, he is working with his family, and he works so hard every day to take care of the crops in the field, so that the crops will mature and produce."

"We have only worked for a while, and we are so tired. They make a living by doing this." Li Fu said.

"But we are different from them, so we have different things to do. Scholars have things to do, farmers have things to do, and soldiers in the army have things to do." Li Tai said.

"You are right. Different professions, oh, what they rely on for survival, have different things to do." Li Fu said: "What the court officials have to do is to formulate good systems, supervise the implementation of the systems, handle state affairs, and find ways to benefit the people and make the country prosperous.

Those who specialize in studying and researching knowledge, and those who are talented in studying, like Dr. Lu, can be teachers to others and teach more people the knowledge they have studied. They can also write books and pass on what has been studied by generations so that future generations can learn from the experience of their predecessors.

As for craftsmen, they have to make various items that facilitate everyone's lives, from palace buildings to daily necessities. For example, the curved plow presented by Wang Shu to the court, and the workshop you saw in Zhuangzi, inThe delicacies you ate at Uncle Wang's house, the exquisite utensils in your palace, including the pens, ink, paper and inkstones you used for reading and writing. "

"Everyone has different things to do, but think about it carefully. Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans cannot be missing any one of them. Everyone has different tasks to shoulder."

"In the future, you will not make a living by farming, but you have to know how hard farming is and how to farm the land." Li Fu smiled and said, "If you are not well-educated, you will be fooled. If you were in the palace and never went out, Uncle Wang told you that the glass of iced peach juice you drank cost three strings of money. Would you believe it?

You would believe it, because the person who gave you peach juice would tell you that ice is the most precious in summer, especially edible ice, which is more precious than the ice in the ordinary ice cellar and needs to be stored more carefully.

But when you come out and make it yourself, you will understand that the glass of peach juice is just two peaches with some ice cubes. Where did the ice cubes come from? You also know that free water, plus a little saltpeter, are not valuable things.

"Knowledge is wealth, but how to turn knowledge into wealth is the key point, whether it is making money or governing the country, it depends on how you adapt."

Ice cubes are something that the royal family in the palace can afford in summer, or in other words, the noble families have the financial resources to build an ice cellar at home.

That is not common, so it is not an exaggeration for Li Fu to say that a glass of peach juice with ice cubes can fool people into paying three strings of money.

How much money did Cixi, an old lady, spend in a day? How many false accounts did the people below report?

Seeing that the three children were really tired, Li Fu asked the guards to put away the buckets and carrying poles, and brought the three children to the shade of the tree.

"Dr. Lu." Li Fu smiled and bowed.

Seeing them coming, Lu Deming stood up and greeted them.