There is no need to prepare horses and hunting tools, as they are all ready at Shanglinyuan and are of very high quality.
However, he has to bring his own food and drinks, as he definitely won’t be able to eat the food at Shanglinyuan.
After returning to the first floor and calling Lao Zhong, Zhao Hao immediately ordered: "Master, I am going to Shanglin Garden to hunt. Go and call two cooks for me."
"Bring some of the various ingredients, as well as the seasonings. Everything is ready."
"Also, bring some charcoal. If I kill any prey, I'll grill it."
Old Zhong was puzzled and asked, "Master, why did you bring the food with you? Can't you just eat the prey you kill?"
Zhao Hao said unhappily, "What if we can't hit it? What's the use of that?"
Old Zhong: “…”
He really hadn't thought of that.
Zhao Hao thought for a while, then ordered: "Go to Baolezhai, their snacks are pretty good, buy two boxes as well."
"Oh, by the way, we can't have food without wine. Let's fill a few jars of our dry wine."
"Also, bring your bedding. I'm a stickler for sleeping on my own bed, and I might not be able to sleep in a different place."
"Oh, and we need to prepare a medicine box, too. Put some medicine in it to treat injuries."
"Hmm...what else..."
"What are you standing there for? Why don't you help the young master think about it!"
Old Zhong swallowed his saliva and said, "Master, you don't look like you're going hunting."
Zhao Hao was stunned: "What does that look like?"
Old Zhong said, "You seem to have moved to Shanglinyuan to live."
Zhao Hao glared at him angrily: "Get lost, I told you to prepare well, why are you wasting your time talking?"
It took a whole day to prepare.
The next morning, Zhao Hao, along with Lao Zhong, two cooks, and five strong servants, drove four horse-drawn carriages toward Shanglin Garden.
Shanglin Garden is about seventy miles north of the imperial capital.
The four carriages were all packed full, so they were not moving very fast.
We set out early in the morning and arrived at dusk.
Zhao Hao handed Princess Yongning's token to the guard and successfully entered.
Of course he is not qualified to live in the palace.
Not to mention him, even if Princess Yongning came in person it wouldn't work.
So they were arranged to stay in a separate courtyard.
After a quick wash, Zhao Hao asked the chef to put up the iron pot, prepare the ingredients, and start cooking.
After dinner, Zhao Hao asked Lao Zhong to start preparing tools for tomorrow's hunting.
Everything was ready and I worked until midnight before falling asleep.
The next day, Zhao Hao slept until noon and then woke up in a daze.
When he saw that his butt was being burned by the sun, he immediately became furious and went out to scold Lao Zhong.
"Old man, why don't you wake me up? It's almost noon and the prey is full. What's the point of fighting?"
Old Zhong cried out with a bitter face.
"Master, three days ago on the first floor, I called you to get up, but you kicked me from the fourth floor to the third floor. Don't you remember?"
Zhao Hao glared angrily.
"Then you should yell as you should. Don't you know why we are here? You old thing, I think you are becoming less and less useful."
"When I get really angry, I'll sell you to Cuiming Tower to be a pimp!"
Old Zhong was so scared that he shook his head repeatedly.
"Master, this is unacceptable. This old slave's body is not fit for that."
Zhao Hao glared at him: "Why don't you get ready quickly? What are you waiting for?"
After agreeing, Lao Zhong hurried out to call for help.
A quarter of an hour later, a group of nine people left the palace on horseback.
Sure enough, it was just as he had judged before.
Nine people wandered in the airtight mountains for nearly two hours under the scorching sun, but did not see a single hair.
Zhao Hao was so hungry that he scolded Lao Zhong again.
With no other choice, I had to return.
The first day ended in failure.
Luckily he brought enough things with him, even a cook, so the food was pretty good.
The next morning, he got up by himself without Lao Zhong calling him.
As soon as the sky brightened, everyone went into the mountains again.
I don’t know if it’s because there are more prey in the morning, or if my luck is better than yesterday.
As soon as he entered the mountains, he found a pheasant.
Zhao Hao quickly signaled everyone to be quiet, then got off his horse, drew his bow and shot an arrow at the pheasant.
How could he be so skilled? The arrow hit the pheasant more than ten meters away.
The pheasant was frightened and flew away.
Zhao Hao quickly asked his servants to take action, but the result was still a failure.
The group was busy until noon and saw a pheasant, three gray hares and a sika deer.
In the end, not a single one was caught.
It was almost noon. Zhao Hao shook his head helplessly and went down the mountain in disappointment.
Back at the villa, Lao Zhong came up to flatter him and said, "Master, you are the one who thinks long-term and prepares thoroughly, otherwise we would be in trouble!"
Zhao Hao was speechless: "This is called having a clear understanding of one's own strength, you know nothing!"
After lunch, Zhao Hao simply did not go out in the afternoon and took a deep sleep.
The failure in the morning made him lose some confidence.
He had never tried this very primitive hunting before, so he was quite looking forward to it when he came here.
But now, after two days, he hadn't caught any prey, and he suddenly felt it was boring.
He decided to try again tomorrow, and if he still didn't get any results, he would go home.
At dusk, I was sleeping soundly in bed when Lao Zhong suddenly rushed in in a hurry.
"Master, get up quickly!"
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