"Dad...what do you mean, what a stupid thing? That's Lu Pang's skinny horse... It is said that Lu Pang bought this thin horse for three thousand taels of silver. Shao Wenhua wanted it, but Lu Pang was not willing to do it. Now Lu Pang must be planning to present it to His Highness Prince Taiping. If His Highness accepts it, it will lose justice."

Liu Lian looked at Liu Bowen anxiously.

But at this moment, Liu Bowen sneered: "You are stupid too... You should know that Lu Pang's move is undoubtedly seeking death. Others may like Skinny Horses, but the Prince of Taiping will not be the same.

Look at the princess Xu Miaoyun, and look at the second concubine Ding Mengyao. They are all big feet. In addition to the word "slim", the thin horse is also reflected in the small feet. This small foot is the most taboo thing that the prince of Taiping County is."

"Little Foot is very good..." Liu Lian looked at Liu Bowen and said, "Little Foot has changed the style and gait of a woman," and has produced a very restrained and delicate gait, making the whole body weak and shaking, so as to create a pitiful feeling." It is this "poor feeling" and the most beautiful form of a woman, which many scholars and officials like.

Su Shi's "Bodhisattva Man: Song of Foots" calls a woman's small feet "palace style", and Cao Yuanchong calls a small feet "official style" in a poem, which also shows that foot binding originated from the bureaucratic and aristocratic class of the Song Dynasty and other upper-class society of the Song Dynasty."

"So you are also a fool... Do you know that the mother of Prince Taiping, Queen Ma, is now the big feet, and Prince Taiping even cursed Xiao Zu in front of the prince, prime minister, and civil and military officials.

The Prince of Taiping directly scolded Xiaozu and said... Women's foot binding is 90,000 miles from the five continents of the earth, only the Ming Dynasty... The parents' love for their children is meticulous, and this matter is cruel and cruel, and no one cares about it.

Some are four, five years old, or seven or eight years old, and they are harsh and harsh, and they will be too stubborn. The bones and tendons will be broken, and their hearts will be quick.

If you think this is the case, then you will be more proud and valuable in the future. If your skin is six inches long, you will feel ashamed. This kind of wind will make the city more popular than the rural folk, and the aristocratic families will be especially effective.

Unfortunately, I became a woman in my life, and even more unfortunately, I became a woman in the Ming Dynasty. I killed my limbs, forced my muscles and bones, and dripped my flesh and blood, like a big slaughter, like carrying a serious disease, like causing a disaster, and I suffered from the harm of peeling my skin in my childhood, and the crime of being a baby in my life.

Those with weak temperament are injured because of their life... Fortunately, they need people to support themselves all day long, and they are responsible for the well and mortar. Occasionally, there will be disasters of water, fire, and thieves, and they will be difficult to walk and wait for death. Destroy the raw material, think it is beautiful, and do nothing, which is beneficial, which is especially for the purpose of lewdness.

Haha...!" At this time, Liu Bowen smiled and said, "Although there are still people who bind their feet now, those people know that they must not give it to the Prince of Taiping."

"Clam..." Liu Lian exclaimed: "There is such a thing?"

Zhu Lang hates foot binding. In addition to Zhu Lang's mother having big feet, her wives and concubines at home also have big feet. More importantly, Zhu Lang is a modern person. He is very aware of the pain of foot binding. The process of foot binding is extremely painful. The pain that women have to endure during this period is equivalent to childbirth, and this pain will last for several years.

Regarding foot binding, there has always been a saying among the people that "a pair of small feet and a tank of tears". The ideal time for foot binding is for women to perform when their bones are not fully developed at the age of 4 or 5. The standard foot requires three inches to be long, which is about 10 cm.

Foot binding is divided into five stages: trial wrapping, trial tightening, tipping, thinning and bending, which lasts about 6 years. At the beginning, those foot binding women need to bend all toes except the big toe and try to make them close to the soles of their feet, and then wrap them repeatedly with cloth until the third, fourth and five toes can touch the edge of the soles of their feet and the foot shape becomes sharp.

Then you need to push the heel forward with force, press the instep downward, and twist the bones of the soles of the foot into a concave shape. It is not until the front soles and the heel are closely attached to each other.

There are also some special wrapping methods, such as pressing broken porcelain pieces under your feet and then wrapping them repeatedly to make the skin rot and fall off as soon as possible so as to wrap the feet smaller, which further aggravates the pain caused by foot binding to women.

Dislocations and fractures caused by foot binding can also cause severe pain at any time. Once the foot binding method is wrong, it may also lead to limb necrosis and eventually have to amputate the limbs.

The changes in foot shape caused by foot binding are also problems they have to face. Moreover, once foot binding begins, it is difficult to maintain the same athletic ability as before, which greatly limits the daily life of such women.

Some of them wrapped their feet too small, and they couldn't even walk on weekdays, and they needed to hold others in and out, so that a special title appeared - "Miss Hug".

Some people will definitely say, then you don’t bother you, but some things are strange, that is the rule set by our ancestors. If you don’t bother you, you are ruthless and you are sensational. There is no way. So although Zhu Lang hates you very much and Zhu Lang has certain rights, he still can’t stop it and there is no way.

There are many things that you can’t do just that you want to do.

But this did not prevent Zhu Lang from hating him. Liu Bowen knew many things about Zhu Lang, but there were many things that Dengzhou Prefecture had high sky and far away, and Shao Wenhua didn't know.

Looking at his stupid son, Liu Bowen smiled: "You just wait to watch the show and send a thin horse. It's really a blessing for this Pang Lu to think about it."

"Then wait to watch the show." Liu Lian smiled, but, just as the father and son surnamed Liu were smirking, suddenly, Zhu Lang's voice sounded: "What kind of show is watching? Mr. Liu... Can you take Zhu Lang to take a look?"

Liu Bowen and Liu Lian were shocked and then saw Zhu Lang and Ding Mengyao... There were about twenty people following behind him. Needless to guess, they knew that these twenty people were Xu Da's guards, and the Jinyiwei was all younger brothers in front of these people.

Liu Bowen immediately took Liu Lian and said, "Old minister, please see the prince..."

But Zhu Lang supported Liu Bowen in advance and smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, we are all our own people, there is no need to do this. Zhu Lang also wants to thank Mr. Liu for building such a good wharf and military camp for the Hailong Army in two years.

By the way...Liu Lian...!"

Liu Lian quickly knelt down and said, "The official is here..."

"You are very good, so I asked Your Majesty to ask Your Majesty. You are now a senior official, and you are a second-rank official, and you have a higher position than your father. And I have also told Your Majesty that you will use your power in the future. Not only will your Majesty be of great use, but my eldest brother and prince, I have also said some good things for you."

After Zhu Lang said that, Liu Lian kowtowed excitedly and said, "Thank you, Prince of the County, what kind of virtue is Liu Lian? I will do more for the court and the people in the future...!"

"Haha..." Zhu Lang smiled and helped Liu Lian up and said, "That's right, Liu Lian, what you said is right. Your Majesty gave you an official position. You must not only be responsible for Your Majesty, but also do things for the people. Your father is a person who does things for the people.

But your father is arrogant and looks down upon by no one, and he likes to guess people's minds. Whenever he encounters troubles, your father is unwilling to stand up and wants to go home and hide at home.

It’s not wrong to be noble, but you are talented and not for personnel. You are not waiting to be jealous of others. You, don’t imitate your father. Remember... Behind you is the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty. As long as you do your work well, concentrate on serving the court and the people, no one can touch you."

"It's... I must remember the teachings of the county prince." Liu Lian bowed again.

"Okay, okay... I've been dry with my mouth. Whose tea is this? I'll take a sip first." Zhu Lang sat directly on the table and drank the big bowl of tea that had not moved on the table.

The lack of airs made Liu Lian shout happily: "Waiter...come twenty-two bowls of tea again..."

When the waiter saw the big business, he immediately shouted happily: "Here...!"

"Cough...cough...!" Liu Bowen, who was on the side, looked at his son's attentive appearance and coughed twice with some discomfort. However, soon, Liu Bowen adjusted his attitude and looked at Zhu Lang and said, "Why did the prince of the county get ashore in advance?"

Zhu Lang smiled and said, "What am I? A little prince. This time, King Jin, King Yan, King Zhou, King Chu... these princes are here, so I won't join in the fun."

"Haha..." Liu Bowen smiled and said, "The Prince is the General Pingko, you are the highest official of this Hailong Army."

"You think so, but others don't think so. In the eyes of others, Zhu Lang is a little prince, so it doesn't matter whether the little prince appears or not. I need Mr. Liu to accompany me to walk to various immigrant villages in Shandong." Zhu Lang looked at Liu Bowen and smiled slightly.

"But the prince is here, isn't he from Pingke?" Liu Bowen looked at Zhu Lang and asked.

"There is no way... Some people are timid and dare not move anymore. I can understand. After all, I have experienced life and death. It's better to be careful. However, I am different from someone. I am a prince of the Ming Dynasty. I have no choice but to retreat. This time Mr. Liu has found some more things for me, so I can only bite the bullet." Zhu Lang smiled slightly.

At this time, Liu Bowen also said with a hint: "Prince, I'm old after all, and I feel a little scared, so I'm sorry, but Liu Ji can still do it with the prince around.

Otherwise, let’s leave now and go to Donglai Village in the first village.”

"Donglai Village..." Zhu Lang nodded slightly: "Le Sanjin's village!"

"That's right... This Donglai Village has been established for about three years. From the beginning, 150 people have grown to nearly 1,000 people. Now the village has 18,000 acres of land.

It’s just a pity that 15,000 acres of land belonged to Lupang. Among the 100 people in Donglai Village, except for the 100 people who moved here in the first year of Hongwu, who had their own land, the rest of those who moved later were Lupang’s tenants."

After saying this, Zhu Lang was slightly stunned: "Then let's go to Donglai Village to have a look."

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Donglai Village is located on the east side of Penglai County. This village is very beautiful. The village is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is a small village far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

When Zhu Lang and Liu Bowen arrived in Donglai Village, it was already afternoon. Standing at a high place and looking at the village, Zhu Lang saw the octagonal building and the four-corner building distributed in the village, which take into account both living and defensive performance. They are a kind of besieged city, and from a high place they look like a miniature version of an ancient imperial city.

There is also a half-moon-shaped pond in front of the Octagonal Tower in Donglai Village, which is a local Fengshui pool. It is not only auspicious place in traditional culture, but also an important water storage area.

At this time, it is the perspective of the light, the octagonal building and the four-corner building are more elegant and elegant against the backdrop of light and shadow.

"What a good place...!" Zhu Lang sighed.

Liu Bowen also followed closely and said: "It's indeed a place, but a pity that such a good place is not for the people, but for Lu Pang...!"

These words made Zhu Lang frown: "Enter the village..."

Soon, the group entered the village. The village was really beautiful, especially the octagonal building. When they came to the front, Zhu Lang found that the unique octagonal building was arranged in four directions and four horizontal layouts, and the outer periphery played the role of protecting the central building. There was a Dacheng in front of the main hall, and there was a screen wall in front of the Dacheng. The reason why the door was not opened directly opposite the hall was said to be related to Feng Shui customs.

The interior of the Octagonal Building is simple and elegant, and it shows that the owner's family's wealth, status and elegance are visible.

Liu Bowen stood aside and told Zhu Lang that in order to prevent people from rioting, Lu Pang paid great attention to defensive performance when building houses. Most of the outer walls of the octagonal building in Donglai Village are made of about 30cm thick granite strips, and the walls on both sides also have top corridors for walking. This structure is very similar to the walls of many ancient cities.

The word "Stone Tower" is written on the gate of the Octagonal Tower in Donglai Village. The reason why it is called the Octagonal Tower is mainly because there are four watchtowers at the four corners of the fence and four gun towers at the four corners of the guard wall. Two and four are named after eight.

If you look closely, you will find that the fence and guardrail of this building have multiple bow and arrow holes, which are designed to be used as a defense when in danger.

But what Liu Bowen didn't know was.

It took 16 years to complete the octagonal building. There are more than 70 rooms inside. The hall and the house are connected through corridors. The overall structure is sparse and dense, and the structure is rigorous, which fully reflects the architectural wisdom of the Ming craftsmen at that time.

After passing by the Octagonal Tower, Zhu Lang came to the east of Donglai Village. The east of the Donglai Village and the Octagonal Tower were really different. There were dark and wet thatched huts, and the road in front of the door was also a dirt road, and it would be muddy when it rained.

Outside the thatched hut, there were a few children. It was still spring and the temperature was not very high, but the children were wearing thin clothes and sitting at the door with their runny noses, with their eyes dull and no children's nature at all.

At this time, Zhu Lang's eyes were filled with complex emotions. As these emotions slowly gathered into resentment, he said slightly: "This is my father's promise to the people. We have done well enough and the people have suffered enough. Responding to the call of the court, leaving our hometown, and wanting to live a good life.

But now it's like this... If Dad knew that this was the case here, I think he would start killing again.

At that time, those officials wanted to slander my father for being addicted to killing others, but these officials would never tell the world what these officials did to the people."

Speaking of this, Zhu Lang's expression showed a strong murderous intent.
Chapter completed!