007 Badminton
Hong Tao didn't get off the donkey this time, he has seen the eight concubines, how to say it, except for being younger and dressed up more fancy, the quality is really average.
I don't know what the colt thought before, it's already in the house, can't you pick carefully? It can't be inferior to the princess.
Given this quality, it is really difficult for Hong Tao to be interested, so it is better to sleep with the princess in his arms. Besides, Wang Xu's body was not good, and he couldn't breathe after running around the yard for half a circle, and he wanted to sleep with several people, not because he couldn't, but because he was too desperate, it would be detrimental to his longevity.
In order to allow the princess to recover as soon as possible, and also to find something to play for herself. After pondering for less than half an hour, Hong Tao formulated a complete set of fitness plans for the princess and himself, and also found a very lofty excuse to fool the princess into agreeing.
Exercise and defend your kids!
As soon as she heard that she could have children when she was in good health, even if the princess had never drunk milk since she was a child, she pinched her nose and closed her eyes like a pill and insisted on a bowl of hot milk and a boiled egg every morning.
It's not just the princess who drinks, but the two little girls around the princess, a wet nurse, and even the eight concubines and their personal maids have to drink.
At this point, Hong Tao felt that the princess was not stupid, she deserved to have grown up in the palace, and her heart and eyes were enough. For this kind of new thing that I don't understand and have to try, she can pull as many people as she can, and the more people she has, the safer she is.
Anyway, the huge Horse Mansion doesn't care about this milk money and egg money, and if you go out to a banquet once, it will be enough for the whole house to eat and drink for more than half a month.
After breakfast and rest for half an hour, it's time to exercise, and the concept that life lies in movement has been deeply rooted in Hong Tao's mind. If you want to be in good health, you must first ensure that the intake of nutrients is sufficient, and then the amount of exercise is sufficient, and the input and output must be proportional.
But in this era, there is no gym, and you can't take the princess to swim in the wild, so it will be undignified and will be sued by the imperial historian, what should I do?
Hong Tao first pulled all the sports that he could find, such as horseback riding, juju, sumo wrestling, and pounding pills, or the amount of exercise was too large, which was not suitable for the princess's weak body; Either the amount of exercise is too small to achieve the effect.
It's okay to kick the shuttlecock, but it's too boring to let yourself accompany the princess to play that thing every day. When it comes to exercise, you must find a project that you like, and stick to it for a long time every day as much as eating.
In the same way, running every day is also boring, and if you can persevere, the princess may not be able to. If you play every day for exercise, the gains outweigh the losses.
"This is a new object that I came up with for my husband, called badminton...... It can be fought by two people, or by three or four people. It occupies a small space, and playing for an hour every day is very beneficial to the body. ”
In the end, according to the limited conditions currently available, Hong Tao figured out a most suitable sport for princesses, badminton.
It was not difficult to make, the racket was made of bamboo, and the string was replaced by a bowstring. Badminton is even simpler, with cork as the head and 16 bird tail feathers trimmed and tied to it.
Bamboo, bowstrings, cork, and bird tail feathers were all available in the Song Dynasty, and it was certainly not difficult to find them as a princess. The rest is a matter of workmanship and weight, and I really can't do it by myself anyway.
This is not a problem, when Hong Tao told the princess about this idea, the little woman who had just tasted a little happiness in family life immediately took Mama Wang into the palace.
Now as long as Ma Ken stays honest at home, and no longer ignores her as a wife as before, it is no problem for her to ask for a mansion with the emperor's brother, let alone make some gadgets.
As for why she brought Mama Wang into the palace together, this is where the wisdom of the princess lies. Although the emperor loved this sister very much, he also knew that she often lied for her husband. Mama Wang definitely didn't dare to bully the king, and taking her with her can prove that Wang Shu has indeed changed her mind, which can make the emperor feel more at ease.
In order to make his sister more comfortable, Emperor Shenzong was also very generous, and specially asked the palace province to transfer five skilled craftsmen from the bow and crossbow and arrow yard and the back garden, and the guys with two ox carts were stationed in the princess's mansion to make badminton for the princess to play.
What does the province of the temple do? This is an institution of the Inner Court, which is not a state agency, but an institution dedicated to serving the royal family's food, clothing, shelter and transportation. There is no need to explain the archery yard of the crossbow and arrow, its task is to make bows and feathered arrows. The backyard workshop is a workshop that makes ritual utensils for the royal family, such as various utensils used in weddings and funerals.
In any case, the craftsmen who can serve the royal family and the army cannot be said to be the top in the country, and they must be the representatives of the highest level of craftsmanship in this era.
Of course, it is not clear whether there are any spies of the Imperial City Division Hong Tao and the princess among these five. In fact, it doesn't matter if there is or not, we are all crazy, what do we like to explore, Hong Tao even thinks that it would be better if the emperor could send a stunning female spy to use a beauty trick for himself.
The five craftsmen were arranged in the back garden of the Horse Mansion, and then Hong Tao had another place to go every day, and he had nothing to do to wander over to take a look. For the craftsman, he admires it from the bottom of his heart, this is a real craft, and it can't be adulterated at all.
Among them, there is an uncle from Shudi, who is good at bamboo weaving, and the job is really amazing. He first used a knife to split thin pieces of bamboo into bamboo wires thinner than toothpicks, and then used dozens of bamboo wires to weave together.
It's like using silk thread, you can weave any pattern you want, and you can wear a wooden strip with good toughness as a skeleton in the middle. In less than a day, she made a badminton racket according to Hong Tao's wishes.
"Brother, you didn't say anything about this skill!" Hong Tao took it in his hand and tried it, except for being a little heavy, the toughness and feel are enough, as long as it is not a professional-level smash, there is no need to worry about the strength of the body. The main thing is that this thing is made like a handicraft, and the whole body is covered with pale yellow bamboo silk, which is not prickly at all.
"Lord Duwei has tormented the little old man......" These craftsmen may have been in the palace for a long time, and they have not heard of the name of the crazy horse, and they are very nervous about this strange way of calling and speaking, and their hands are trembling more than they have done a day's work.
"Don't be afraid to break it, the tighter the string, the less effort the princess will have when she plays. This object is to restore the princess's body, the princess is in good health, the official family must be happy, and the official family is happy, and if she can't keep it, she will give her a house. ”
When he can replace the reward with flickering, Hong Tao never spares his mouth, although the name has changed and the body has changed, but in his bones he is still the same Hong peel, and it is the greatest pleasure to dig a pit and bury people.