jdhmnovel Chapter 879 How fast does the slap in the face come?
Chapter 879 How fast does the slap in the face come?
Yang Shaofeng felt a little sad when he thought about his two golden Shaded dogs at home.
Keep them. These things are carnivores, you have to feed them meat.
If they were in Yingzhou, it would be fine; they could just be sent out to forage for food.
The problem is that it's impossible for me to go to a fiefdom anytime soon, and I may never even have the chance to retire there in my lifetime.
Besides, even if a golden cub raised from a young age isn't particularly affectionate, it certainly won't attack people easily.
If you feed them short, dwarf birds, it might trigger their aggressiveness and be less friendly to Golden Shaded dogs.
As for killing them?
Golden Shaded dogs, which are not much bigger than cats, are at their most adorable at this time of year.
My two wives cherish these two little golden shaded dogs so much that they practically sleep with them. Who would dare to say they would kill these golden shaded dogs?
After thinking it over carefully, Yang Shaofeng realized that the only person who would dare to say such a thing was his mother-in-law, who lived far away in Beijing.
Old Deng?
Don't count on that old guy, Deng.
While he wouldn't call himself a complete doting father, he wouldn't mind if his daughter had two golden British Shorthair dogs.
As for that silly-looking black sesame glutinous rice ball next to it...
Yang Shaofeng shook his head dismissively.
He's not even as good as me.
Normally things are a bit better; Jin'er and Yu'er treat him with the respect due to His Highness the Crown Prince.
If Jin'er and Yu'er glare at him, this guy will cower faster than anyone else and run away farther than anyone else.
While Yang Shaofeng was internally ranting, he led Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and the others toward Ningyang County.
Then, Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong witnessed another side of Yang Shaofeng.
"A bunch of silly bears."
"As a prince consort, what kind of good food haven't I eaten? Do you think I'd be any less than a pair of scorpion claws?"
"Don't bother preparing anymore."
Li Shanchang thought to himself, "If you just don't take the fried soybeans from ordinary people, I'll really believe your nonsense."
wrong.
Is this something you can believe or not?
The real question is how much of a free spirit you, Yang Dianfeng, actually lived in Ningyang County.
You point at ordinary people and call them fools, and then expect them to smile and beg for your forgiveness?
"And these cicada nymphs, they're not easy to preserve."
"Are you digging an ice cellar or learning how to make ice with saltpeter?"
"Making ice with saltpeter?"
"You damned spendthrift! You made ice with saltpeter just to freeze cicada nymphs for me?"
"No one is allowed to do such a stupid thing again."
"Eating one less cicada nymph won't starve me."
"We'll use this ice-making technique to make shaved ice in the future."
"If you don't mind the distance or the fatigue, you can go to Jinan Prefecture or the capital."
“They must have a lot of fruit in these big cities that they can’t keep for long. They buy it cheaply, cut it into pieces, mix it with some smoothie and fermented yogurt, and sell it at a high price.”
"At most, they'll just get diarrhea; as long as it doesn't kill them."
"City dwellers are very resilient."
Li Shanchang, Zhu Biao, and the others' faces immediately darkened.
Can someone explain who "they" refers to in his statement "as long as they don't die from eating them"?
Furthermore, if the capital city is considered the countryside by the people of Dengzhou Prefecture, does that mean Dengzhou is not considered the countryside by the people of Ningyang County?
What left Li Shanchang and Zhu Biao speechless was that the honest-looking commoners actually said with embarrassed expressions, "Don't worry, sir, we've been doing it for a long time."
Meow meow meow?
Can someone explain what it means to say that this has been done for a long time?
Furthermore, the Ming Dynasty had regulations governing the travel of its people. Anyone traveling more than 100 li (approximately 50 kilometers) from home had to have a legitimate reason and a travel permit issued by the government.
So, in Ningyang County, the management of travel permits is such that anyone can get one, and then you let the people of Ningyang County go out and rip off us country folk?
Li Shanchang said with a dark face, "Now I know why the people of Ningyang County are so poor they're practically bankrupt."
Yang Shaofeng said matter-of-factly, "We're dirt poor to begin with."
Yang Shaofeng casually pulled over an old farmer who was holding a child and had a kind face. Pointing at the old farmer's clothes, he said, "See? This tattered coat is patched up."
"Also, Prime Minister Li might ask him how many times a year he eats meat?"
How many times a year do your children get to eat candy?
Perhaps upon hearing the word "candy," the child in the old farmer's arms suddenly pulled a piece of rock candy from his pocket and shoved his chubby little hand directly to Yang Shaofeng's mouth, saying, "Grandpa, candy."
Yang Shaofeng smiled and opened his mouth to catch the rock candy, but inwardly he was cursing wildly.
How quickly did the tables turn?
I just said that this kid only eats candy a few times a year, but then he pulled out a piece of rock candy.
That brat, I'll definitely have to arrange three years of imperial examinations and five years of mock exams for him later.
Li Shanchang forced himself not to laugh out loud, but Zhu Biao burst into laughter without any restraint.
"We only get to eat candy a few times a year. Hmm, this is because I knew you were coming back, so I specially took some out of the child's pocket."
Yang Shaofeng snorted coldly, reached out and patted the brat's bottom, then gave the brat a kiss on the cheek, and pretended to scold, "Did you hear that? You little brat, you've made your master a laughingstock."
The mischievous child chuckled, his round body darting around before burying his head in Yang Shaofeng's shoulder, staring at Zhu Biao, Li Shanchang, and the others with his big, bright eyes.
Seeing this scene, Li Shanchang, who had been trying to suppress his laughter, could no longer laugh. Looking at the officials around him, he couldn't help but feel a hint of disdain in their eyes.
Look at Yang the Madman.
They were both officials.
What kind of image does Yang the Madman have in Ningyang County?
Damn it, even a one-year-old knows to share candy with him.
Let's take a look at the prefects, governors, and county magistrates in other places.
They put on airs, but what's the point of putting on airs? Can they really get ordinary people's children to share a piece of candy with them?
Damn it, let alone giving them candy, they'd be lucky if the common people didn't point fingers and curse them behind their backs!
While inwardly cursing, Li Shanchang looked at the old farmer and asked, "Brother, how's our harvest this year?"
The old farmer shook his head slightly and said, "That's about it. Anyway, there was a drought last year, and there's a drought this year. Maybe there will be another drought next year. We just have to make do with planting and harvesting year after year."
Li Shanchang became very curious and asked again, "What about the granaries around the village? I see they are full of grain. If there is a drought every year and the harvest is mediocre, where does the grain in these granaries come from?"
The old farmer smiled and replied, "This grain is more than we can eat ourselves."
Li Shanchang was immediately dumbfounded.
Is this right?
Every year there is a drought, but the result is that there is more food than can be eaten, and the granaries are filled.
The old farmer grinned, revealing his few remaining teeth, and continued, "Isn't there a reservoir and a water pump?"
"For the past two years, we've been relying on the reservoir for water every spring."
"The water in the reservoir is almost used up, so we'll use a water pump to pump more water up."
"Large water pumps are made with oxen and horses, while small water pumps are made directly by people."
"It's not so bad that the crops will die of drought."