On the day of the Beginning of Spring, there was a lot of excitement outside Luzhou City.

After the grand Spring Festival Ceremony was held, the next step was the more lively but slightly more casual Spring Festival. A huge clay cow had long been placed in a large open space, with colorful flags flying around and crowds of people surging around it.

Outside the Luzhou officials and hundreds of soldiers, countless people gathered together, and all they could see was a dark mass of human heads.

Wearing the prince's uniform, Li Yuanjia felt awkward all over.

It's not that the clothes are uncomfortable. In fact, the clothes he wears look ordinary, but the inside has already been replaced with something he is more accustomed to and more comfortable at the same time, such as boxer briefs, autumn clothes and autumn trousers, etc.

But the eyes of those around him staring at him made Li Yuanjia very uncomfortable.

Not only the ordinary people on the outside, but even the Luzhou officials on the inside and the soldiers who protected him glanced over from time to time.

"Sister, why do you act like you've never seen the prince in your life?"

Li Yuanjia felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by these people.

But the noble king forgot that, let alone the common people of Luzhou, or the gentry and wealthy businessmen, it was almost the first time for many low-level officials to see Li Yuanjia. For most of them, it was not possible to see Li Yuanjia.

To see a living prince is something worth bragging about for half a lifetime.

Not many people could see the Spring Festival in the morning, so people were even more reluctant to miss the Spring Festival in the afternoon.

So when Chen Lin presided over the ceremony and spoke loudly, Li Yuanjia didn't hear a word. He always felt like a rare animal in the zoo, being treated by thousands of people.

If someone dared to appear in front of him with a banana, Li Yuanjia would definitely kick it without hesitation!

As for the fact that our bananas from the south of the Tang Dynasty cannot be transported to Luzhou now, that is not important...

The so-called whip spring means that the governor of a state whips an ox made of mud and the whole thing is done with three whips.

As Li Yuanjia and Chen Lin said before, the important thing in this matter is not whether to whip a real cow or a clay cow, or three whips or how many whips. The key is to make things lively and interesting.

The more the merrier!

Especially the big mud cow, after being whipped, it had to be shown to the public for at least seven days.

In this information blockage, farmers don't have mobile phones or calendars to tell them when to plow the fields and when to sow. Even if they have, they basically can't understand it... and even most of the year, they can't even

I don’t know exactly what month or day my life is.

These official activities actually serve the farming season.

The Taishi Bureau in Chang'an City...which is also the Qintian Supervisor after the Ming Dynasty, will closely observe the celestial phenomena, calculate the solar terms, and formulate calendars every year. Once important dates like the beginning of spring are determined, they will be notified to all states and counties in time, and then the calendar will be determined.

The governors and county magistrates told local farmers that these methods are used today.

When people see officials hanging spring streamers in their homes and wearing spring hats on their heads, reciting words to worship the God of Spring, and whipping clay cows, they know that the lazy days in winter are over and they want to eat.

When your stomach is full, it’s time to start preparing the land...

"So, these things all have a reason to exist!"

After waving three whips in front of thousands of people, Li Yuanjia sighed secretly in his heart and handed the whip to the sergeant beside him.

After waving the three whips, the Spring Whip Ceremony is completed.

Amidst the deafening cheers, people immediately took away the clay cow that had three whip marks and placed it on a traffic thoroughfare for seven days. After this step was completed, Li Yuanjia's work for today was considered completed.

Naturally, Luzhou Biejie, Chang Shi and others will deal with the rest.

Everyone knew that the king did not like political affairs, and no one wanted to trouble him.

However, when Li Yuanjia was hesitating whether to go back home directly, not far behind him, several young people were nervously discussing topics related to him.

"What are you afraid of? Go try it!"

Gently pushing Chen Zhi, a young man in gorgeous clothes said anxiously: "How do you know that the king will not agree without trying? I don't believe that at his age, he is willing to stay in that government office every day!"

"That's right, go try it!"

Under the encouragement of several friends around him, Chen Zhi's expression gradually changed from hesitant to firm. Finally, he took a deep breath and nodded: "Okay, then I'll give it a try!"

So when today's Whip Spring was completely over and Li Yuanjia was about to leave after saying a few words to Chen Lin and the others, Chen Zhi hurriedly walked over: "Your Majesty, Chen Zhi, I have met the King!"

"Huh? Chen Shenjun!"

Seeing an old acquaintance, Li Yuanjia suddenly showed a smile on his face: "I was just thinking about why I didn't see Chen Canjun today. I didn't expect that this person is really careless, haha."

Li Yuanjia has a good impression of Chen Zhi.

Although one thousand kilograms of iron material has just been obtained, he knows that Chen Zhi must have tried his best. Moreover, when he came to deliver iron material last time, he also expressed his position that he would continue to deliver iron material to Prince Xu's Mansion.

Iron materials are provided, and the speed will be much faster...

Regarding the reason, Li Yuanjia had a vague guess.

The iron pots and coal stoves that appeared in Prince Xu's residence were not highly confidential. Basically, everyone knew it, so it was not surprising that the news leaked out. Moreover, Li Yuanjia had never thought about making money from them these days. After all, even if he was not considered

The reason why the prince is not good at doing business is also due to the fact that iron materials are difficult to obtain and things are easy to be copied, so there is no profit.

Li Yuanjia didn't know if Chen Zhi and the others had imitated it, but it was certain that they knew the usefulness of the iron material.

The king's status is too noble, but he is also too sensitive. He worried so much before mainly because he was afraid that Li Yuanjia would use these special materials in special places. So after knowing the use of iron materials, the Chen family naturally did not have all kinds of materials.

All kinds of worries. So why not use your own iron to get close to and please a prince who is also the governor of Luzhou?

Seeing Chen Zhi and Li Yuanjia laughing and chatting in low voices, other people around them also had different expressions.

The friends who had just teased Chen Zhi were full of envy, jealousy, and hatred. Chen Lin, who took a sneak peek, was overjoyed, while the other officials were happy with many more complex things hidden under their smiles.

Some are irritated, while others are secretly contemptuous.

There is no doubt that Li Yuanjia is the center of today's scene, and Chen Zhi, who obviously has a personal relationship with him, is the only person who can talk to him.

However, Chen Zhi didn't know this at all at this time. After chatting with Li Yuanjia for a few words, he finally gathered up his energy and asked with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, do you have free time tomorrow? We have prepared a game.

Is your Majesty interested in going to watch the cockfight?"

"Uh...fighting cock?"
Chapter completed!