Kangxi finally listened to some of Yinzuo's words, but as the saying goes, one has no right to speak without investigation. After Yinzuo left, he sent people to investigate in various mansions in the capital and found that it was just as Yinzuo said, giving birth to a child for a younger woman was indeed more dangerous than giving birth to a child for an older woman. If one is not careful, it is common for two lives to be lost. Moreover, even if the child is born, the child's body is indeed not as healthy and easy to raise as that of a child born to an older woman.
His purpose was to increase the population and have more offspring. Since the survey showed that later marriage was more beneficial to these, Kangxi also agreed to let Yinzuo get married at the age of 18. Naturally, he would treat the other two sons equally. He was also afraid that if the marriage was granted too early, it would be delayed for a long time and lead to more troubles. Naturally, he was not in a hurry to grant marriages to his three sons.
The previous arrangements were so lively and exciting, but it was suddenly called off. In order to make the sudden cancellation of the arranged marriage seem more reasonable, Kangxi asked someone in the court to announce the results of his investigation a few days ago, and then announced that the marriage age for both men and women would be changed to over 16 years old. Naturally, this move caused another shock in the capital.
And what was the Sixth Prince, the source of all this trouble, doing at this moment? Yinzuo had no interest in what was happening in the court. He and Yinluo were currently enjoying a comfortable moment in his small courtyard, sitting around a fire and brewing tea.
Since the first snow fell a few days ago, there has been one almost every few days, the only difference being that sometimes it's bigger, sometimes it's smaller. As the snowfall increases, the weather gets colder. Yinzuo is too lazy to go out because of the cold weather, but he can't stand loneliness, so he can't wait to make some trouble in this little piece of land.
"Sixth brother, are you still not planning on participating in the ice skating this year?"
Yinzuo was holding a cup and drinking tea. When he heard Yin'er's words, he nodded without hesitation, then put down the cup and said.
"Ice skating is fun for you guys, of course, but I can't skate. I can't even stand steadily on the ice. I'd be lucky if I could just sit there and watch. Participating? Impossible."
It would be a lie to say that Yinzuo had no interest in ice skating from the beginning. But ever since he fell flat on his face the first time he stepped onto the ice rink and lost all his face, Yinzuo lost much interest in this ice activity. It's not to say that he didn't try hard to learn the skill of skating afterwards, but he basically fell badly every time. Later, even Kangxi was afraid that he would get hurt and advised him to give up. It can only be said that no one is perfect. Yinzuo himself was quite open-minded about this. After all, he was such a perfect person. If he had mastered all eighteen martial arts, he would have left no way for others to survive.
"Sixth Brother, you're usually the one with the most ideas. Is there any way you can help me win first place in the ice skating competition? You know I boasted so much last time, but I ended up missing out because my skate straps got loose at the last minute. That's been frustrating me all year. This time, I have to win no matter what."
When Yinzuo heard Yin'er say that the straps of his ice skates were untied, the first thing that came to his mind was the modern one-piece ice skates. So he hurriedly asked someone to bring paper and pen, drew the style of the shoes and ice skates, and gave it to Dexi to send to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, asking them to make them according to the drawings as soon as possible and send them over.
The production of this type of ice skates is actually very simple. You just make a pair of shoes with wooden soles and then fix the ice skates on the soles. This way, you don’t have to worry about the straps coming apart and the ice skates falling off when skating.
"Sixth brother, are you sure the shoes you drew can slide on ice?"
Nonsense, of course Yin Zuo is sure. Even if he hasn't eaten pork, has he seen pigs run? Besides, you can skate on the ice with a piece of iron tied to the sole of your shoes, so there's no reason why my ice skates can't work.
The Imperial Household Department was quite quick and within two days they had made the ice skates according to Yinzuo's request and sent them to him. Yinzuo asked someone to invite Yin'er over and then gave him the shoes that had just been sent by the Imperial Household Department.
"Go ahead and try it. Maybe this one will be even faster than your previous one?"
Yinzhen held the shoes in his hands and examined them over and over again for a long time, but he didn't find anything special about the shoes except that the ice skates were fixed directly on the shoes.
"Sixth Brother, are you sure these shoes can really make you skate faster?"
Yinzuo just said that. Of course, he was not sure. After all, the shoes had just been delivered and no one had tried them before. Who knew how fast they were? Anyway, he was only responsible for the equipment. He thought his equipment was fine, so the rest depended on your skills, young man, right?
"I think my shoes are fine, but I'm not sure about your skating skills. Besides, instead of asking questions here, why don't you take your shoes and find a place to try them out?"
Facts have proved that there is nothing wrong with Yinzuo's shoes, and Yin'er's skating skills are also excellent!
"Sixth brother, please come on. With the ice skates you invented, I will definitely take first place this year."
Yinzuo didn't dare to take credit for this. After hearing Yin'er's words, he sighed helplessly.
"Your success is due to your own skill, and has nothing to do with these skates. Besides, this isn't my invention; I just saw someone do it before."
In order to win the first place in this year's ice skating competition, Yinzhen really put in a lot of effort. Every day when he had free time, he would find a place to practice for a while. Time passed quietly in Yinzhen's hard work and practice, and soon it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
The Ice Skating Ceremony is held as scheduled on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month every year. The so-called ice skating is also called ice play, which is a general term for all ice sports nowadays. The Manchus love the sport of ice skating, which is mainly due to their previous living environment and customs. Before entering the Pass, the Manchus lived between the White Mountains and the Black Waters. In winter, the environment was harsh and water froze. In order to be able to walk and hunt better on the frozen water and ice fields, they made the most primitive ice skates with animal bones and wooden boards. The birth of this tool was not only used by them in life and hunting, but later it was used in marching and fighting. Although they no longer had to rush for life after entering the Pass, this custom was still well preserved and widely used in military training. Therefore, the annual Ice Skating Ceremony, in addition to having fun, is also a different kind of military review ceremony.
Although Yinzuo did not have to participate in the competition, he still had to go to the ice skating ceremony. Early in the morning of Laba Day, before dawn, Yinzuo was pulled out of bed by Dexi and cleaned up from head to toe. Just after he changed his clothes, the Laba porridge given by Kangxi arrived. Yinzuo ate a few mouthfuls in a daze, then was helped by Dexi to get on the sedan chair with his eyes wide open, and then staggered all the way to the Qianqing Palace, where he finally regained some consciousness.
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