The most arrogant in history

Chapter 790 The princess made a fool of herself.

In mid-August, the weather is clear and cool.

Ye Kun was bored of staying in Zhuo County, so he decided to go out for a walk with Jiang Yourong.

Jiang Yourong asked, "Where does the emperor plan to go to relax?"

"We won't go far this time, let's go to Taihang Mountain."

A few days ago, Tintin reported to Ye Kun that the Eight Gorges of Taihang Mountains had all been completed.

There are eight roads in total, four of which are accessible to horse-drawn carriages and the other four are accessible to horse caravans.

Ye Kun has never been to the Taihang Mountains and wants to go and see it.

Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "That's fine, let's take our daughter Weiwei with us. She's a thoughtful girl and can take care of you on the way."

"Just let Weiwei take care of you. I have many people around me."

Ye Kun nodded and agreed.

The adopted daughter, Ye Weiwei, has grown up now, but has not yet been betrothed to her husband's family.

Jiang Yourong was still a little worried about this matter.

Ye Kun suggested several young talents, but Jiang Yourong looked down on them and Weiwei was not interested either.

On August 20th, Ye Kun led a team of only more than 200 people to Taihang Mountains.

This time the trip was in casual clothes and there was no royal guard.

Tintin accompanied them, introduced the situation along the way, and also checked the quality of the Eight Gorges of Taihang Mountains.

Zhuo County is not far from Taihang Mountains.

But if the traffic is worse, it will take two or three days.

Ye Kun was also carrying Jiang Yourong with him, and was afraid that she would get tired, so they only advanced about a hundred miles a day.

Sometimes, we only walk fifty miles.

After seven days of walking and stopping, we finally arrived at Taihang Mountains.

Weiwei left the palace and was very curious about everything in the folk. She pointed at the farmer on the roadside and asked Ye Kun: "Father, is this the farmland? I heard that you also farmed in Pingye County before, right?"

"Yes, your mother and I were farmers before, and we all did farm work."

Ye Kun nodded and continued, "Huaxia is a country that is mainly based on agriculture. Farming is the most important industry, and farmers are the largest group. It is the farmers who feed the tens of millions of people in this country."

Weiwei asked again: "Do these farmers work the land for their entire lives, generation after generation?"

"It was like this before, because farmers were very poor and had no money to send their children to school. Children did not go to school and could not read, so they could only farm." Ye Kun smiled:

"But now it's different. We have schools, and children from poor families can go to school. Children who study hard can become officials or soldiers, and make achievements. They can even go overseas to build empires and live a wonderful life."

"Are the schools in the countryside the same as the schools in Zhuo County?"

"I'm afraid it's different. It should be poorer." Ye Kun smiled bitterly.

The conditions in the mountainous areas are very harsh.

Due to inconvenient transportation, rice planting is also rare.

A small village appeared ahead, with only five or six households.

It was lunchtime and smoke was rising from the kitchen.

Ye Kun asked the team to park on the side of the road, and he took Jiang Yourong and Weiwei and walked into the village to check on the people's conditions.

Although the village is not big, there are many children.

Seeing the stranger coming, the children gathered around him and asked curiously, "Guest, who are you looking for? Whose relatives are you?"

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Do you have a village chief here? I'm looking for your village chief."

The naughty boy replied: "The village chief is in the big village. We don't have a village chief here, only a captain. The captain is my second uncle. I will take you to find him."

"Thank you very much."

Weiwei smiled and rewarded the lively boy with a silver coin.

There are four small houses in front, very low.

The walls are made of stone and the roof is covered with tiles.

There was a stone mortar, a stone millstone, and a small donkey tied in front of the door.

"Father, is this... a big yellow dog?"

Weiwei had never seen a donkey before and didn't recognize it.

The naughty kids on the side laughed and thought Weiwei was a fool.

Ye Kun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and whispered: "Silly girl, this is a donkey..."

Jiang Yourong couldn't laugh anymore, and pulled Weiwei's hand: "Girl, you don't go out all day, you've become a fool. You're lazy and don't know how to distinguish between grains. I'm talking about you."

Weiwei blushed and stuck out her tongue.

As they were talking, the captain came out and looked at Ye Kun and the others suspiciously.

Ye Kun was also looking at the captain.

This man looked honest and was covered in dust, but he looked healthy and was wearing a pair of old cloth shoes.

Look at those naughty kids, most of them have shoes to wear.

"Dear guests, who are you looking for?" the captain finally spoke.

"We were sent by the court to understand the people's sentiments, and we have come to visit the captain."

Ye Kun clasped his fists and said with a smile: "You are the leader of the production team of this village, right? I don't know what to call you?"

"Oh, you are from the government..."

The captain was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists and returned the greeting: "My name is Chen Liang."

Ye Kun nodded: "Captain Chen, can we go into your house and take a look?"

Chen Liang nodded and raised his hand to invite him.

Ye Kun took Jiang Yourong's arm and walked into the Chen family's small house with his head down.

The room is poorly lit and a bit dark.

The walls were also black, all from the smoke from the pine trees.

There are four rooms, the two in the middle are the main rooms, and the two sides are bedrooms.

There is a large yard at the back, with a low wall built with gravel, a toilet, a pigpen, rooms and a kitchen.

From the top of the house, it looks OK.

At least it is sufficient and fully functional.

Chen Liang's wife was cooking. When she saw Ye Kun and others, she stood up nervously, wiped her hands on her apron, and did not dare to speak.

Jiang Yourong smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, how many people are there in your family?"

In fact, Chen Liang’s wife is not even older than Jiang Yourong.

"There are six of us at home, my husband and I, with four children..."

"Can I see what we're having for lunch?" Jiang Yourong asked.

Weiwei was anxious and had already gone into the kitchen and opened the lid of the pot.

There was half a pot of millet rice cooking in it, as well as a lot of steamed sweet potatoes, a plate of steamed dried fish, and a bowl of egg custard.

Fragrant.

"smell good."

Weiwei sniffed.

Chen Liang's wife said awkwardly: "There's nothing delicious in the countryside, just these things..."

"This day is good enough."

Jiang Yourong smiled and said to Ye Kun: "When we lived in the countryside, ordinary people didn't have such a standard of living. Even the landlords back then couldn't eat egg custard every day."

Egg custard and salted fish were unimaginable in the past.

"It's really good. It can ensure normal nutrition and help children grow up healthily."

Ye Kun nodded and asked Chen Liang: "Captain Chen, is your daily life like this? Do you have enough sesame oil and lard?"

Chen Liang pondered and said, "We don't eat much sesame oil. We usually eat lard and dog fat. Because at the end of every year, our family would kill pigs and the lard left over would last for half a year."

"Can we still slaughter the New Year pig at the end of the year?" Ye Kun was very surprised and relieved.

"It's more than ten miles from here to the town. We have to run a long way to buy meat. So we kill the New Year pig at the end of the year, pickle it, and eat it slowly."

"Not bad."

Ye Kun nodded repeatedly and asked again: "I see there is only millet here, no rice?"

Chen Liang shook his head: "To grow rice, you need water. This is a mountainous area, and there is a water shortage in many places. We can't grow rice, so we can only grow corn, sorghum and millet. If we want to eat rice, we have to buy it outside."

At this time, the Chen family's children were clamoring and were eager to eat.