Chapter 785 Forever Five Years Old

As for the Longxiong Guard and Huben Guard, Hao Huashi did ask for them, so the next day, everyone wore straw hats. Birds would occasionally land on the hats, jumping around, which was also a unique sight.

Xinbao thought it was interesting and asked for one for himself.

Xiang Xiaojun was very skillful and even made flowers for her, which was very beautiful. But as soon as the carriage got off, there was a bang and a flock of birds swooped over. Xinbao staggered because of the rope of her hat. The next moment, a flock of birds flew away with the hat in their pecks...

The people around wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. Seeing that she was still looking up foolishly, Yuan Shenjue quickly carried her into the post station.

Hao Huashi then ran in and said with a smile: "Let's build a network in the future, there are more and more birds."

Yan Qingshan called the shadow guard over, went up to the roof to take a look, and then ordered: "Call Fang Baiju."

Fang Baiju came over soon, and Yan Qingshan said, "There are too many birds. You don't need to prepare bird-attracting food these days. Just feed them with ordinary grain. If a few fly away occasionally, don't worry about it. Unless you report a large number of them flying away, come back and report it."

Fang Baiju quickly agreed.

Mrs. Lin changed her clothes and came out. Xinbao also changed. Mrs. Lin remembered and asked her, "Xinbao's birthday is in a few days. What do you want?"

Xinbao's birthday is June 19th, so they are destined to celebrate it on the road. They cannot delay the trip, so Mrs. Lin asks Xinbao what he wants so that she can ask people to prepare it in advance.

Unexpectedly, Xinbao resisted very much: "I don't want anything!"

Madam Lin was very surprised: "Don't you like celebrating your birthday the most? Don't you like receiving gifts?"

Xinbao shook his head, "It's different now!"

Even the above text is mentioned...Mrs. Lin laughed and said, "Why is there any difference between this time and that time?"

Tuanzi sighed, "The book says that boys and girls can't sit at the same table after they turn seven!! So when Xinbao turns seven, he won't be able to have kisses, sleep with his parents in his arms, have his brother hug him, have dinner with his wife, etc...all of that won't be possible! How sad is that kind of life!"

Mrs. Lin frowned and tried to laugh: "But you are only six years old after your birthday!"

"Yes!" Xinbao said seriously, "I'm already six years old, how far can seven be? Xinbao needs to plan ahead!! So if I don't celebrate my birthday and grow up, Xinbao would rather not have any gifts!! As long as I don't celebrate my birthday, Xinbao will always be five years old!!"

Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "Okay then."

So on June 19th, Mrs. Lin gave her a set of lovely jewelry. It was made of cloth and embroidered with small animals that could be tied to a handbag. There were goldfish, rabbits, cats and dogs... They were very delicate and cute, and the eyes were made of gems, which were very lively.

On the box it was written: "Xinbao's fifth birthday."

Emperor Mingpei listened to the report once a day, and asked someone to send some toys over, and also said: "Congratulations to His Highness on his fifth birthday."

Yuan Shenjue gave the picture album "Xinbao Five Years Old", also to celebrate his fifth birthday...

Everyone gave gifts, even Xiang Xiaodong gave her a set of pearl jewelry. At her younger brother's reminder, she changed the birthday celebration to her fifth birthday.

Hao Huashi privately complained: "If it's still like this, I won't grow any older. When I'm in my seventies or eighties, I'll still tell people I've just passed the age of twenty."

Xiang Xiaojun immediately said seriously: "Today is the coming-of-age ceremony for Lord Hao, his son Hao Xiaolang, and his grandson Hao Xiaoxiaolang..."

Hao Huashi laughed out loud and patted his shoulder.

Xiang Xiaojun remembered and asked, "Your Highness, have you played ball recently?"

"Let's play!" Hao Huashi sighed, "There are too many people. I'm of no use..."

People like Li Songqing and Shen Zhuocheng usually have to be with Tuanzi, and now, because Xinbao and Li Luoer want to discuss medicine, Shi Minglei and Li Luoer are also here... With all of them together, there are too many people in the ball-tossing group, so Hao Huashi and Xiang Xiaojun are no longer needed.

Hao Huashi smiled and said, "But they have already sent the medicine for the chickens and ducks back to the capital. I also told Master in advance that they should call us next time they play ball."

Before he could finish his sentence, Hua Han came over and called for help: "Master Hao, the master wants you to come over. Master Xiang should come with you."

Hao Huashi responded, gave Xiang Xiaojun a hand, and then the two of them went over.

Originally I thought he was coming over to play, but Liang Ruoxu was here. He said that Liang Ruoxu had found records of natural disasters in various places and told them to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Then Yan Qingshan asked him to come over and tell Xinbao about it.

Hao Huashi: “…”

Then Liang Ruoxu began to speak.

Common natural disasters today, such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, locust plagues...

Earthquakes were relatively common during the Dayan Dynasty. In the first 200 years since the founding of the Dynasty, there were more than 60 earthquakes of varying sizes. This shows that this was indeed an era of very active geological activities.

Moreover, compared with floods and droughts, earthquakes are too sudden and often result in huge casualties, often tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, plus the subsequent impacts, occasional aftershocks, landslides, changes in water veins, plagues and famines...so every earthquake is a serious blow to the Dayan Dynasty.

For example, a hundred years ago, the largest earthquake in the Great Yan Dynasty killed more than 300,000 people at once...

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There was also a major earthquake during the Mingpei reign, killing nearly 100,000 people. Liang Ruoxu had been an official for less than three years at that time, and it was his first time going out on business. Not long after he arrived, a landslide occurred, crushing to death several horses that were traveling with him. When they dug the people out, both the people and the horses were already dead.

During the aftershocks, houses collapsed and half of the mountain slid into the river...it was really thrilling every step of the way.

Xinbao opened his mouth slightly and listened very seriously.

She and Liang Ruoxu had known each other for a long time. Because of the conflict when they first met, even though they reconciled later, she always felt that Liang Ruoxu was not a kind person... But when he talked about these natural disasters, the unspeakable depth and sadness in his body made her seem to understand all of a sudden what it meant to "worry about the country and the people."

Liang Ruoxu entered the officialdom early and is only in his thirties now, but he has participated in the follow-up handling of earthquakes, floods and droughts. Because of this, his stories are extremely detailed and listeners can empathize with him.

Several people listened in silence, and even the chirping of birds outside did not seem noisy to them.

Liang Ruoxu spoke for two days before he almost finished.

As a result, at night, as soon as Xinbao fell asleep, the Sansheng Stone popped up and gave a hint and a picture.

"On the second day of the eleventh month in the thirty-fourth year of Mingpei, at midnight, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Xidu."

Xinbao suddenly woke up and sat up.

Maybe it was because she had heard about earthquakes and other things for two days and had been thinking about it, so the San Sheng Stone gave her this hint.

Hua Shuang asked: "Master?"

Xinbao thought for a moment and said, "Xinbao wants a map."

Hua Shuang didn't ask why, and immediately went to find it for her. Xin Bao waited until she was about to fall asleep before bringing the map up.

Xinbao took the pen and carefully drew a circle, and then carefully drew another circle outside.

Inside is the epicenter, which is the place near the epicenter where the vibration is the strongest and the damage is the most serious.

(End of this chapter)