Pig Killer

Chapter 378

"They're quarreling, they're quarreling." Huang Shuchang shouted outside the hall.

"Third brother, come in!" Huang Zhongchang said without raising his head.

"Mr. Huang, Mr. Huang, the civil and military officials are quarreling." Huang Shuchang laughed, "My God, their quarrel is just like the quarrels of the old men in our village, just the same."

"We are all human beings. No one would not get angry if someone strangles us." Huang Zhongchang looked away from the bamboo slips and said to him.

"Their level of cursing is not as good as the old women in our village. They just say the same few words over and over again." Huang Shuchang said with a smile as he sat on the steps in front of his desk. "It's insulting and unbearable to watch."

"How come those civil officials can curse people without using any dirty words?" Huang Zhongchang said with a raised eyebrow.

"The generals don't understand! It's like playing the lute to a cow." Huang Shuchang said with a smile.

"Is there anyone who can confess?" Shen Hui'e asked him with her clear eyes.

"No, I'm only thinking about strangling the general now, my mind is not here." Huang Shuchang turned his gaze to her and said.

"Then you have no complaints about the food we provide." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with eyes full of evil amusement.

"Yes, of course!" Huang Shuchang rolled up his sleeves and laughed, "What can you do if you have complaints? If you don't eat, you will starve to death." He snorted and said, "What we eat, they can eat too." Then he added, "At first they scolded, but now they don't have the energy to scold. The nobles who are high above us are also human beings."

"Mr. Huang, how long do you plan to keep them locked up?" Huang Shuchang asked curiously.

"If you confess, you will be treated leniently. If you resist, you will be treated severely." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with calm eyes and said, "You don't have to confess! The common people in the city can report them."

"You can't deny your debt even if you want to." Huang Shuchang said viciously, "These generals can bite them to death."

"So! Don't worry, we have plenty of time, just take your time." Huang Zhongchang said cheerfully.

"This hall is so cool. It's like a fire outside, so hot that it's killing me." Huang Shuchang said while looking at the scorching sun outside the hall.

"It's time to harvest the wheat." Shen Hui'e said to him with her bright eyes.

Huang Zhongchang counted the time on his fingers and said, "It's almost time. When are we going to start the harvest?"

"If there's no problem, we can do it tomorrow." Shen Hui'e looked at him with gentle eyes.

"Then let's start harvesting wheat tomorrow." Huang Zhongchang said with a smile.

"Wait a minute, you still have to go to the fields." Huang Shuchang said anxiously when he heard this.

"Why not?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with clear eyes and said, "Just like in Hezhong Prefecture." Then he thought, "Oh, by the way, those civil officials and military officers should stop quarreling and go harvest the wheat for me."

"Cough cough..." Huang Shuchang was so frightened that he kept coughing.

"Why are you so surprised? I don't keep idle people here." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his bright black eyes and said, "What we did, they also did."

"Haha..." Huang Shuchang looked at him with a smile and said, "They can't do it well."

"There's nothing that can't be done well, it's just whether you want to do it well or not." Shen Hui'e said to him with raised eyebrows.

"What if they don't do it?" Huang Shuchang said worriedly.

"Then stay hungry. If you do a good job, you'll be rewarded with big white steamed buns." Huang Zhongchang said with a grin, "I don't mind if you want to eat wild vegetable dumplings." Your mouth knows whether it tastes good or not, and your stomach knows whether you are hungry or not.

Huang Shuchang shook his head and laughed when he heard this, "You have been mean since you were a child, very mean."

"You're so mean." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a mixed feeling of laughter and tears.

"Thank you, madam, for your advice." Huang Zhongchang clasped his hands together and looked at her with a smile.

Shen Hui'e rolled her eyes at him and said, "I didn't teach you that!"

"Is it okay for me to learn from you?" Huang Zhongchang said to her with a smile.

"Cough cough..." Huang Shuchang coughed twice to remind the couple that there was a living person here!

"Third brother, is your throat uncomfortable? Drink some water." Huang Zhongchang said seriously.

Huang Shuchang's eyes turned to him when he heard this, "If they don't want the big white steamed buns, they will go against you."

"I don't care. He has to be consistent. I respect him as a man." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with clear eyes and said, "Give him a proper burial when the time comes."

"Ahem..." Huang Shuchang almost dropped his jaw when he heard that.

"A saint only appears once every few thousand years, and we are all ordinary people." Huang Zhongchang snorted coldly, "Don't think too highly of yourself."

"They are all idiots and afraid of death." Shen Hui'e said bluntly.

"That's right. He was tiring himself in the quarrel, but he still swallowed the wild vegetable dumplings with tears." Huang Shuchang smacked his lips and said with a smile, "What a coward."

Huang Shuchang remembered and said, "You also have to go to the fields."

"Of course." Huang Zhongchang nodded with a smile.

"Don't you have time?" Huang Shuchang said, pointing his index finger at the bamboo slips on their desk.

They definitely won't listen if you advise them directly, but maybe they will listen if you persuade them indirectly.

"We must do it on the first day." Huang Zhongchang smiled when he heard it.

"We will take care of the rest!" Huang Shuchang patted his chest and said confidently, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.

Huang Zhongchang shook his head and chuckled when he heard this. It was obvious what he was thinking.

"What are these?" Huang Shuchang looked curiously at the bamboo slips on the table.

"We have the family background." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with a smile and said, "We have the confidence to compete with Yu's army for the world."

"Is it so important?" Huang Shuchang looked at him in shock.

"Of course." Huang Zhongchang nodded heavily, "You need food and grass to fight a war, and these are it."

"Guanzhong is really a rich place. I think the wheat in those fields is growing really well." Huang Shuchang said, smacking his lips.

"Don't be so exploitative. Look at what the peasants are wearing at the feet of the emperor." Shen Hui'e said with compassion in her eyes.

"Alas...this journey." Huang Zhongchang sighed softly.

"I said you won't increase taxes!" Huang Shuchang looked at him worriedly and said.

"Taxes must be paid, there will be no tax increase." Huang Zhongchang was stunned when he heard this, and then he smiled.

"What about the northwest?" Huang Shuchang frowned and looked at him, "Where are the food and fodder for the 400,000-man army?"

"Just look at the land deeds of the royal family and civil officials, and you will know." Huang Zhongchang said, pointing his index finger at the bamboo slips on the table beside him.

Huang Shuchang grinned and said, "They have a lot of land deeds! This is settled now."

"Don't worry anymore!" Huang Zhongchang said to his third brother with gentle eyes.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Huang Shuchang said with a grin, "As long as we have food and grass, the Northwest Frontier Army won't have any major problems."

Huang Zhongchang's eyebrows suddenly jumped when he heard this. It was not as simple as he thought.