Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 110 People Can’t Afford Hot Water
Li Chengqian was wearing a loose robe, but sweat was still beading on his forehead.

The black and white generals had already hidden in the shade and refused to move.

Sun Simiao was very calm and there was nothing unusual about him.

Li Chengqian was surprised and couldn't help asking questions.

"Your Highness, if you calm down, you will feel cooler."

Sun Simiao didn't even raise his eyes, and said seriously, "Your Highness has delayed us for a while."

"The treatment should have been completed by the beginning of winter, but now it seems we have to wait until the end of the year."

Li Chengqian was delayed in Zhaoling and was unable to undergo the fumigation treatment, so he could only make up for it later.

"It doesn't matter."

Li Chengqian looked into the distance. Sun Simiao said that he was uneasy because he saw people cleaning the war horses.

Qing Chase!

His mount.

That day, I rode it all the way to Zhaoling Mausoleum.

Several servants carefully and earnestly cleaned Qing Zhui. This guy was very human and cooperated well without any resistance.

"Your Highness, it's ready!"

"Ok!"

Li Chengqian put on the plaster and walked barefoot on the ground. He felt a cool sensation on the ground, so he simply took off his other boot.

Walk barefoot.

"Your Highness, please keep your boots on."

Chang Sun Chong held the two boots in his hands and said pleadingly.

He was really scared.

Not wanting anything to happen to the prince, he was slapped again on the face.

Although the princess apologized to him afterwards, she still scolded him and reminded him.

Only then did I realize how serious the consequences would be if the prince went to Zhaoling.

He also had to thank Princess Changle for slapping him, otherwise, it might have been his father who did it, or he might have been whipped by His Majesty.

"Your Highness, you'd better be careful about the cold starting from your feet." Sun Simiao also advised.

Li Chengqian shook his head slightly and walked towards Qing Zhui.

"Qing Zhui, everything is alright, right?"

He stretched out his hand along Qing Zhui's neck and asked, while also looking at it carefully.

This guy knows how to act cute like a general and comes close to me on his own initiative.

Liu Shishi, the head of the servant temple who was in charge of the carriages and horses of the Eastern Palace, said, "Your Highness, Qing Zhui is fine in every other place, except that his hoof is a little injured."

"That one?"

Li Chengqian's expression became serious.

"Left and right hind hoof."

The servant controlled Qing Zhui and then lifted his hind legs to reveal his hooves, which were badly worn.
This should be a previous injury, which was aggravated when Li Chengqian rode it to Zhaoling Mausoleum.

"Uu~~!"

When the horse's hoof was put down, Qing Zhui became a little agitated, raised his head and neighed, obviously in some pain.

"If Qing Zhui continues, the horse's hooves will bleed as soon as they touch flesh, and it will basically be unable to run."

Liu actually said in a low voice, he could see that the prince didn't look too happy.

The words are not final.

At present, Qing Zhui is half-disabled, and it is impossible for His Highness to ride this warhorse.

It would be fine if nothing happened, but the worst thing is that the prince's horse would suddenly fall down while he was riding.

No one can bear the consequences.

"Your Highness, if you take good care of it and don't let it run around, it will eventually get better."

someone said.

"Who are you?" Li Chengqian asked.

"I am a humble minister, the pastor of the stable, Qin Mu."

"I know you."

Li Chengqian said: "You are the one who took care of Qing Zhui."

Qin Mu didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually remembered him. He immediately knelt and said, "It is you, my humble servant."

"I failed to take good care of Qing Zhui for Your Highness. I am ashamed of your trust. Please punish me."

In fact, Liu lowered his head and dared not say anything. Someone had to take the blame for this matter.

Undoubtedly, Qin Mu was the scapegoat they pushed forward.

Otherwise there is no way to explain this matter.

Can you still put the blame on the prince for not taking good care of his war horse?

That's not asking for death.

Sun Simiao was an experienced man. He saw what Pu Si was thinking and shook his head secretly.

Whether the matter is big or small depends on what the prince thinks.

Li Chengqian glanced at them with amusement.

Liu was actually a servant of the Pu Si, a legitimate court official of the fourth rank and above, and was considered a big shot in the Eastern Palace.

If you want a stable chief to take the blame and admit his mistake, all it takes is a few words.

"You stay, and the others go down."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said in an unquestionable tone.

Liu was a little hesitant, but still bowed and left.

Li Chengqian stroked Qing Zhui's hair, feeling the soft touch.

"They pushed you out?" he asked suddenly.

Sun Simiao smiled and said, "Your Highness is still able to see through things clearly."

"I don't know what Your Highness is saying." Qin Mu was still kneeling on the ground, speaking with his head down.

"Isn't it the proper behavior of a loyal person to know that he is deceiving the king he is loyal to?"

Li Chengqian tilted his head to look at him and said, "Are you my subject, or their lackey?"

Chang Sunchong kicked him and said, "How dare you betray me, you bastard?"

"How dare you not tell the truth in front of His Highness? Do you believe that I will bring people to raid your house right now?"

"I am your Highness's subject!"

Qin Mu quickly got up and knelt, crying, "Your Highness, I am helpless. I am just a lowly official of the ninth rank..."

"okay!"

Li Chengqian said, "Put away your horse urine. Why are you crying like a horse official in the East Palace?"

"You took care of my Qing Zhui personally. It seems you have some skills in raising horses."

He walked around Qing and said, "People need to wear shoes when walking so as not to hurt their feet."

"The same goes for horses." Chang Sun Chong and the others were all stunned and said, "Putting shoes on a horse, Your Highness, are you kidding?"

"How can this be?"

Qin Mu said weakly: "The horseshoe has a layer that can be worn away, so it won't make the warhorse feel pain."

“Only when the outer layer is worn away and the flesh bleeds will the horsepower be affected.”

"It's not that I can't wear shoes, but shoes will get damaged..."

“If you change it frequently, it will be very costly.”

Li Chengqian was delighted, thinking that this guy really knew something.

"I say you are stupid, but you don't even know it."

"Do you really think you wear cloth boots like other people?"

"You won't shoe him with iron?"

"Even if iron is worn out, it can eventually be melted down and remade, and it is easy to replace."

Li Chengqian said meaningfully: "Qin Mu."

"I'll give you this chance."

"You just need to successfully create this thing."

"I will ask His Majesty to confer a title upon you."

He stopped there and didn't say much.

Qin Mu was insignificant in his eyes, he just did it for the sake of convenience and trained him.

He wanted the horseshoe to appear.

Every year, the number of war horses that have to be retired from the ranks due to severe wear and tear of their horseshoes is astronomical.

If this problem could be solved, it would be equivalent to solving a large amount of court expenses, while also preserving the mobility of a large number of war horses.

You can imagine how great the contribution is.

Li Chengqian did not need this credit. It did not mean much to him.

On the contrary, it is most beneficial for him to give this kind of credit to his subjects and reward them.

"Your Highness, thank you for your grace."

Chang Sun Chong shouted, "I don't know how lucky you are. Not only did the crown prince not get angry, he even gave you advice."

"Your ancestors are smoking."

No matter how stupid Qin Mu was, he knew that His Highness was giving him advice, and he thanked him repeatedly.

"Explain the matter of the servant temple to the housekeeper."

"Brother Chong, now that we have figured out what happened, let the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple investigate, and then submit it to His Majesty for judgment."

He was ready to start cleaning up the Donggong Organization.

Pu Si was the first one to undergo surgery.

"Your humble servant understands......!"

"Go down."

Chang Sun Chong followed him down, and Li Chengqian patted Qing Zhui and heard its joyful cry.

"Your Highness."

"I need some advice."

Sun Simiao said.

"Haha."

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "I knew that Mr. Sun's visit this time would not be as simple as fumigating with medicine."

"Let's go into the hall and talk."

When I entered the hall, I saw the eunuch adding ice cubes.

It's much cooler inside the hall than outside.

If he hadn't just happened to be watching the cleaning of Qing Zhui and had some ideas, he wouldn't have gone outside.

"My colleagues and I have studied the records and symptoms at Jishiguan, and we have found some things and achieved some results."

After Sun Simiao sat down, he took the initiative to say: "It is found that symptoms such as wind-cold, abdominal pain, chills, etc. are mostly caused by drinking raw water."

"Once you are sick, if you continue to drink raw water, your symptoms will become more and more severe."

"After discussing with many colleagues, we all agreed that we should not drink raw water. Instead, we should boil raw water and drink hot water, or cold or hot water."

“This will reduce the entry of viruses….”

He felt that the prince might not believe such a statement, but he did not expect the prince to nod in agreement.

"Your Highness, which do you think is better, hot water or raw water?"

Sun Simiao couldn't help but say.

"Mr. Sun, if I remember correctly, you have been advocating drinking more hot water and less raw water many years ago, right?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile.

Sun Simiao's face turned red. He didn't expect that the prince knew all this.

"Your Highness, I am not..."

"Eh!"

Li Chengqian interrupted and said, "I know, sir, don't worry about it."

"Sir, do you understand why people don't want to drink hot water?"

"Why is the word 'firewood' first?"

"Have you ever thought about this, sir?"

It’s not that people don’t want to drink hot water, it’s that they can’t afford it.

Firewood, as the main fuel for making fire, is not cheap at all.

Go up the mountain to collect firewood, chop wood and dry it?
Do you really think it will be that easy? If you do this, you will be punished by the government.

They can only use money to buy fire resources. The expenditure cost is there. Apart from making fire for cooking, how could they be willing to waste firewood on boiling water?

Instead of wasting it on hot water, it is better to save it and use it for other purposes.

If there is no firewood, the whole family will not be able to cook and can only eat raw food.

That's even more terrible.

Don’t people know that drinking hot water is good for them?

But when it comes to survival, between hot water and cooked meals, people will naturally make the best choice.

Sun Simiao certainly understood this truth, but he still wanted to draw attention to it.

Faced with the prince's question, he could only remain silent.

"Does your Highness have a solution?"

Sun Simiao asked hopefully.

"I don't have any good solution."

"People are also faced with the problem of heating in winter, which is wasted at other times. How can they survive the winter?"

(End of this chapter)