my wonderful zoo

Chapter 195
"I don't need it. Let's free it up first. It's too wasteful to house their whole family in such a large house. I plan to transform it into a school or a research institute to make it more practical." Chen Xun replied.

Compared with office locations, the buildings in the imperial city are too scattered, which will reduce the communication and coordination between various departments, and are not suitable for military government departments.

In contrast, Shangshu Province is very suitable.

The two were about to talk about the next topic when suddenly a personal guard came in and reported to Chen Xun in a low voice:
"A man named Yue Fei is visiting you with a letter of introduction from Hong Bo."

"Yue Fei?!" Chen Xun said in surprise.

Originally, his subordinates reported that Yue Fei had arrived in Kaifeng on April [-]. Chen Xun thought that he would see him soon, but he did not expect that he would wait until now to visit.

"Let him in." Chen Xun cheered up and prepared to have a good chat with this national hero who would become famous in later generations.

Soon, Yue Fei was brought in from outside by his personal guards, followed by Sun Zheng, Lai Qingyun and Ke Lei.

what's the situation?Chen Xun was confused.

"The Governor wants to meet a guest?" Sun Zheng asked, pointing at Yue Fei.

"Let's come together." Chen Xun asked everyone to come in, and then asked: "Why did you come here together?"

He asked while sizing up Yue Fei.

He was wearing ordinary strong clothes today, and it was already summer, so he probably walked a long way when he came here, and his head was already sweating, but the plain clothes did not affect the heroic temperament revealed on his body at all.

What a talented person, Chen Xun sighed in his heart.

"The support from Guangzhou has arrived, and they also brought [-] Xuzhou soldiers along the way. We will come and report to you." Ke Lei answered Chen Xun's doubts.

"Okay! We are worried that we don't have enough manpower, so now we can let go and go big." Chen Xun said happily: "Let me introduce to you, this little brother is Yue Fei, General Yue, whom I often tell everyone."

"So you are Yue Fei, who served the country with loyalty." Sun Zheng was also surprised that the short story Chen Xun told in class was now seen in real life.

"Are you talking about the tattoo on my back?" Yue Fei asked.

"Yes." Sun Zheng replied, his eyes full of wanting to admire him.

"My mother stabbed me. I will serve my country with all my loyalty and do my best." Yue Fei corrected: "I wonder how you all know?"

Sun Zheng and others all looked at Chen Xun. Chen Xun knew that he had been misled by the textbook again, so he quickly explained: "I heard it from hearsay, so I misremembered it."

Everyone saw that Yue Fei had no intention of taking off his clothes for them to admire, so they continued the topic with some pity.

"This time Guangzhou sent [-] officials, [-] craftsmen, [-] teachers and [-] Chen Jiajun, and also sent [-] improved flintlock guns..." Ke Lei continued to introduce, but soon saw Li Gang Give him a wink and stop quickly.

"You all have something to discuss. It's not appropriate for me to stay here. Fei will come to visit another day." Yue Fei also noticed and stood up to leave.

"It doesn't matter, let's not talk about business today, just chat. It's almost noon, so we all have a meal together." Chen Xun invited.

"The governor still understands us. When we heard that Ke Lei was coming with supplies, the two of us hurried over to have a meal." Sun Zheng enlivened the atmosphere.

"Ke Lei, are there any seafood? Ask the kitchen to cook it for us." Chen Xun asked. "Yes, the whaling ship has begun to harvest, and we can all taste whale meat together." Ke Lei replied.

"That's a coincidence. My husband and my brother-in-law must have never eaten whale before. Let's try it together today." After Chen Xun finished speaking, he didn't wait for his two objections and led the way towards the canteen.

"Brother Yue, please." Sun Zheng greeted from behind.

Several people came to the canteen and happened to see the chef processing a piece of iced whale meat. On a hot day, the ice around the fish meat was steaming white, which made the whale meat on it look a bit "fairy".

"So many ice cubes?" Li Gang was shocked. The last time he ate potted vegetables, he thought Chen Xun was frugal. But now, looking at it, he seemed to be extremely extravagant.

In summer, use precious ice cubes to transport a piece of meat from Guangzhou thousands of miles away, just to satisfy the appetite?

For a moment, Li Gang doubted whether he had made a mistake.

"Sir, these ice cubes are all made of saltpeter, and they are not very valuable. Moreover, there is only one piece of iced fresh fish meat. Being able to catch whales is of great significance to our military government, so it took some effort to bring a piece of tribute to the governor. , not considered a luxury." Ke Lei quickly explained.

"What's different about this whale?" Li Gang asked.

A few people found a table and sat down. While drinking tea and waiting for the food to be served, Ke Lei introduced the huge benefits of whaling to Li Gang and Yue Fei in detail.

Plenty of fish meat, skin, bones, oil, whiskers, etc., all very useful.

Chen Xun listened to Ke Lei's introduction and thought about the living conditions of whales in future generations. He made up his mind to ban whaling when the military government passed the initial development stage. By disrupting the ocean’s food chain.

"According to this, being able to catch such a big fish is indeed very meaningful." Li Gang smiled.

"I really want to go to the beach to see how big this big fish is." Yue Fei was young and still curious about unknown things. Hearing Ke Lei's description, he couldn't help yearning.

"Brother Yue, it was very painful when your father tattooed the words on your back?" Sun Zheng still couldn't help but gossiped.

Among Chen Jiajun, Chen Xun was very averse to having tattoos on his body, so tattoos, which were popular in the Song Dynasty, were absolutely banned in Chenjiazhuang.

People who practice martial arts will inevitably yearn for such flashy things and want to tattoo themselves with beasts, so Sun Zheng pays more attention to this aspect.

"Jia Yan was the word tattooed on my back last year. I was already older then and didn't feel any pain." Yue Fei replied.

"Last year?" Sun Zheng, Lai Qingyun and Ke Lei were shocked at the same time.

They had heard Chen Xun tell this story many years ago, saying that a mother with a profound sense of justice, in order to encourage her son to join the army and serve the country, carved the words "Serve the country with loyalty" on his back.

How come the story’s prototype character was said to be from last year!

Everyone looked at Chen Xun and saw Chen Xun sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, neither surprised nor explaining.

"As expected of a god descending to earth." Several people sighed in their hearts at the same time.

"It was last year. After the fall of Taiyuan and the Pingding Army last year, I broke out from the Pingding Army and returned to my hometown. I witnessed too many Jin people killing and enslaving the people along the way. I was indignant and wanted to join the army to fight against the Jin Dynasty, but my family was old and strict. Wife and children are weak, so it will be difficult for me to keep myself safe during the war, and my heart is very entangled." Seeing that everyone cares about his story so much, Yue Fei simply recounted it: "Fortunately, at home, Yan Shen understands the righteousness and stabbed the word 'loyalty to serve the country' on my back. , Encourage me to serve the country as a soldier, and this allows me to leave home with peace of mind."

(End of this chapter)