The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 492 Marriage Grant
After leaving Ganluchuan, the cursing King Atu put on a fierce and menacing expression.

His domineering aura was outwardly revealed.

The creatures in the snowdrift trembled with fear.

Where would weasels come from in the deserts and oases within a hundred miles of Guanzhong?

Its unscrupulous master said that it might be possible to encounter it in the snowy northern foothills, or even further north.

What can King Atu do?
Get back to work with your tail between your legs!

Otherwise, its master would have set its sights on its tail in order to make that broken pen.

The head can be cut off, blood can flow, but the tail must never be shaved!
The king glanced longingly at his little brother in the cradle.

The human cub, just over three months old, has a soft, round face like a steamed bun because it doesn't pick and choose its wet nurse and has a good appetite. It also has some fine downy hair that is unique to infants.

She had the same bright, dark eyes as her father.

He sleeps peacefully most of the day.

When he's awake, as long as the Rat King tickles his bare feet with his tail, the little guy will obligingly hum and snort.

Fu Bao goes to bed early at night, and his parents are busy with work during the day. The person he spends the most time with is Dehua the Rat King.

When the King came to this house, Fatty was already a four-year-old boy, and the cub he had taken care of was the stubborn donkey Yuanyuan.

Back then, the stubborn donkey Yuanyuan went through countless wet nurses just to get a mouthful of milk from her own mother, and starved herself to the point of becoming skinny like a monkey several times.

Compared to her stubbornness, Fu Bao, who is not picky about food and doesn't cry, is much more lovable to the Rat King!

Forced to work in the dead of winter, it harbored a great deal of resentment towards its target, the weasel.

Humans and rats have different joys and sorrows.

With over a thousand craftsmen and apprentices securing stable jobs in the garrison workshops, the villagers of the new immigrant villages near Tianzicheng and Baguacheng were all overjoyed.

Ninety percent of the artisans and apprentices in the three workshops came from these new immigrants.

People from the Dragon Kingdom, both in ancient and modern times, always think of holding a feast to express their joy when good things happen.

New immigrants spending their first winter in the Kansai region have experienced considerable stress in the past two months.

Why?

Because every year in the eleventh and twelfth lunar months, it is the season for large-scale "Eastern slaughter" in the Northwest.

The low outdoor temperature makes it easier to preserve freshly slaughtered meat.

It was truly an eye-opening experience.

The military families here don't raise sheep, so they buy several sheep at a time when they need to buy mutton.

Having accumulated some savings, they naturally joined the buying spree.

Accidentally.

We also stocked up on one or two whole sheep at home.

In the past, I wouldn't have dared to even imagine it.

The mutton that only the wealthy could afford was only worth two taels of silver for a whole lamb in Guanzhong!
We still haven't finished eating the lamb offal at home.

Another neighbor is making a pork stew!

The wealthiest family had a man who, instead of making pottery, became an ink maker. In his excitement, he bought a cow.

"What did you say? You're going to slaughter a cow? And prepare a whole cow feast for the entire village?"

"That's incredibly generous! They should be rich!"

“Back in our hometown, no more than three families in a village owned cattle. Many people never tasted beef before they died.”

"Who doesn't? We never even dare to dream of a life where we can eat our fill every day, have high-paying jobs from time to time, and buy a whole sheep for the New Year."

"Hehehe, it's a good thing we believed our relatives and moved the whole family to Kansai, otherwise we'd still be eating porridge in our hometown!"

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The immigrant village was bustling with activity.

The families of the soldiers in each garrison were also all smiles.

They were pleased that after six days, nearly 800 students had been eliminated from the entrance exams for the Kansai First Military Academy. These spots would be filled by students from Kansai!
At first, they thought there was no hope, but now that the families have been given the opportunity to take the exam, they would be willing to do anything, even slaughter a cow or hold a feast for eight or ten days!
Ever since.

In recent days, the Zhenxi General's Mansion has received banquet invitations from dozens of mid-level generals.

Gan Minglan will not attend these banquets.

Zuo Wenkang, the textile commissioner, has been working overtime for several days now, as he needs to report the year's silk and cotton tax revenue from Guanzhong to the imperial court.

Then, Mrs. Luo became the busiest member of the family.

Two banquets a day, seamlessly connected!

With the support of the senior managers in Bashu, who have vigorously developed artificial incubation technology, the banquets in Guanxi now include not only beef and mutton, but also pork, chicken, duck, and goose.

Every day when Lady Luo returned home, she would show off to everyone.

She finally lived the life of the most respected old lady in Kansai, always sitting at the head table at any banquet and being fawned over everywhere.

Shangdu.

Gan's mother, Yang, has also been beaming with joy lately.

The marriage of her and her father's most beloved youngest son has finally been settled!

last month.

Gan Mingshou was promoted to Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud (a sixth-rank official) because of the extremely high survival rate of his mare during pregnancy and after birth.

Then, this outstanding young man caught the eye of the Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud.

The Minister of the Court of Imperial Studs, a high-ranking official of the third rank, was the highest-ranking official in the Court of Imperial Studs and was responsible for managing the horse administration affairs of the entire court.

Despite his high and intimidating official rank, this man was transferred from the military horse farm in the border town to Shangdu.

A truly honest and hardworking technical talent.

He's an expert at raising horses.

They're also very good at raising children.

His wife bore him five sons and four daughters, and he raised them all.

All five sons work at the military horse farm, and the three sons-in-law also work in horse-raising-related fields.

Then the son and daughter had many more children, making it a very lively and large family.

My youngest daughter is sixteen years old this year. She is beautiful, plump, and charming, and has a very lively personality.

As the youngest child, everyone dotes on her.

After this family arrived in Shangdu, many matchmakers came to their door.

However, when it came to choosing a son-in-law, the Minister of the Court of Imperial Studs still adhered to his consistent principle: he wanted to choose someone whose work was related to his own.

After all, apart from his knowledge of horses, he only had a superficial understanding of officialdom, and he was afraid of accidentally marrying the wrong person and ruining his young daughter's life.

Gan Mingshou was assigned to the military horse farm. The young man was handsome and dignified. The Gan family behind him was not only a wealthy family in the border town, but also a newly rich family.

Naturally, it attracts a lot of attention.

With General Gan and his son-in-law, the Gan family was a highly sought-after family among the nobles of Shangdu.

Previously, the Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud was worried that the young man lacked ability.

Unexpectedly, in just over a year, the achievements in horse breeding surpassed those of someone who had dealt with horses for decades.

At such a young age, he has already become the sixth-rank official, the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud!
What a perfect husband!

Then, the honest man made his move.

They approached Emperor Qianwu.

Your Majesty, I've found a suitable son-in-law. Could you act as matchmaker?

If he were to marry another civil official, Emperor Qianwu would likely have to consider the implications.

This Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud is only good at raising horses and having children; he has no connection with any of the various factions.

Marry into the Gan family?
You know what, it actually suits you perfectly!
With Emperor Qianwu acting as matchmaker and bestowing the marriage decree, both families naturally treated the imperial edict as a major event.