Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

Then they watched that man finish firing the cannon, and very soon a bunch of kids came over to buy, while another person in charge of selling just scooped out a ladle at a time, bag by bag, and handed them out to the children.

Curious, Zhu Chongba had Li Shanchang buy a bag. The two of them took a bite—fragrant and sweet, really tasty.

Zhu Chongba said, ”This stuff tastes like grain.”

Li Shanchang said, ”Mm, indeed, the aroma is something else.”

Zhu Chongba said, ”What’s it made from?”

As they were talking, they saw the man who fired the cannon take out a small pouch, scoop out some corn kernels from it, then add some white sugar, close up that strange device, and set it over the fire to roast.

Zhu Chongba froze for a moment and said, ”So this is made from corn?”

Li Shanchang was also surprised and said, ”It should be!”

At this point Zhu Chongba took it in his hand and said, ”Such tiny corn, but you roast it with this thing and in an instant it turns this big—this is a grain magnifier.”

”It just conjures up two or three times the rations out of thin air!”

”Mr. Li, we’ve got to get our hands on this thing!”

Zhu Chongba had taken a liking to this popcorn machine, and just then Li Shanchang took a couple more bites and said, ”It looks bigger, but when you eat it, I’m afraid it doesn’t really fill you up.”

Hearing this, Zhu Chongba said, ”True enough. How could there be some magic artifact in this world that makes grain grow bigger out of nothing?”

He went on, ”Still, even so, this thing is pretty good. In a bit let’s ask where they sell it and buy some to take back. At the very least we can sell it for some Silver Coin, right?”

While he was saying this, over on the other side Tang He came back and called to Zhu Chongba, ”Big Brother, come quick, this roast meat is too good.”

Hearing that it was good, Zhu Chongba got up and walked over, going together with Li Shanchang. Tang He had ordered a huge pile of meat skewers.

He handed one to Ma Xiuying and said, ”Sister-in-law, try this prime lamb leg meat, it’s so fragrant.”

”Big Brother, Mr. Li.”

Tang He passed out lamb skewers to everyone. At first Zhu Chongba didn’t think much of it, but after taking a bite of the skewer, he was completely stunned. ”Delicious. So fragrant.”

Then Tang He said, ”They say these lamb skewers should be eaten together with this rice wine. Big Brother, have a bowl.”

Saying that, Tang He poured Zhu Chongba a bowl of rice wine. One big bite of meat, one bowl of rice wine, and Zhu Chongba was instantly in bliss. He said, ”This Huangzhou Prefecture is really something. I’ve never eaten this comfortably in my whole life.”

Looking at the common folk around them, faces brimming with smiles, Zhu Chongba sincerely let the words slip from his mouth: ”I’m not as good as Chen Jiusi.”

Hearing this, Li Shanchang, who usually loved flattering him, fell silent, and Tang He also didn’t say anything more.

Only Ma Xiuying patted Zhu Chongba’s hand at this moment and said, ”Knowing shame makes you brave. We see where we fall short, and as long as we truly work to make up for it, we’ll always have a chance to catch up.”

After hearing this, Zhu Chongba said, ”Mm, little sister is right. Right now I’m not as good as Chen Jiusi, but that doesn’t mean I’ll be worse than him my whole life!”

Zhu Chongba was mulling all this over here, while in the top-floor private room of the Trade Mansion, the tallest building in Huangzhou Prefecture, two people were drinking together—one was a middle-aged man with a gentle face, the other was a bald Great Monk.

”Hahaha, Old Liu, what do you think of the scenery of my Huangzhou Prefecture?”

Peng Yingyu drank his wine and looked at the bustling scene outside, his face full of a pleased smile.

Liu Futong said, ”That’s all thanks to Jiu Si. What’s it got to do with you?”

Peng Yingyu said, ”Jiu Si is my brother, so of course it has something to do with me.”

Liu Futong said, ”He’s my brother too.”

Hearing that, the two suddenly burst out laughing. After a while, Peng Yingyu frowned and said, ”What’s up with Third Brother? With it this lively, he actually hasn’t come?”

Liu Futong said, ”I don’t know either.”

”It’s a pity. If he came, he’d definitely have his eyes opened wide.”

Liu Futong said, ”Yeah, Jiu Si always manages to amaze people.”

They were still talking when suddenly someone pushed the door open and a voice rang out, ”Haha, are my two elder brothers praising me?”