Li Guanyi laughed nonchalantly, "It’s just that my martial arts skills aren’t up to par, and I lack the expertise in thunderous methods, otherwise I would have just bombed the fish out of the water, catching plenty at once, as for what the senior mentioned..."
The young man placed the fish into a barrel and naturally said, "Because it saves money."
The fisherman asked, "Saves money?"
"Giving rations and land to beggars, and even renting them farm tools, you call that saving money?" He was almost amused by these words, and said lightly, "Where did you get such an idea of saving money?"
Li Guanyi cast another line and said, "It’s simple, they have land, and this year they might need our help, but next year, they will have some surplus grain; then, they can exchange the grain for money to build their own homes."
"You see, in this way, they can live quite well."
"If not, having to give money every year, how could the Qilin Army possibly afford it?"
The young general added:
"I’ve heard that Li Guanyi is very poor, he definitely can’t sustain it."
The fisherman looked down, and said faintly, "In times of chaos, isn’t it simpler to just throw the dead beggars into the river to fill it?"
Li Guanyi responded, "Beggars were not beggars from the beginning."
"Senior, you are too radical."
The fisherman, who was born a beggar, was at a loss for words.
As a madman, he scoffed several times and said, "I’m radical, good lad, you do have a way with words. Isn’t it the aristocratic families that talk , cases of beggars being beaten to death under horse’s hooves aren’t few; the powerful break the law and use beggars to take the blame."
"The aristocratic families breach the law and decapitate beggars, cover their faces, and just act as if they’ve been punished."
Li Guanyi cursed along, "That bunch of aristocrats really deserve a good beating."
The Whale Hunter was stopped in his tracks again.
He looked at the lad suspiciously, wondering if the youngster had guessed his identity, but on closer inspection, the lad showed no anomaly, his mental state was completely calm, even a bit excited.
The lad seemed to have an instinct.
When with others, he liked to discuss policies verbally?
Li Guanyi said, "Fine wine and meat rot behind red gates, while bones of the frozen dead litter the road, this broken world. If the world were peaceful, I definitely wouldn’t have chosen this path, perhaps, I would have retired already."
"However, if the world were peaceful, perhaps I would never have met Shaking Light."
The veins on the Whale Hunter’s forehead throbbed.
That young man took off the wine gourd from his waist, tilted his head back, and took a sip, saying softly:
"If the world were peaceful, she wouldn’t have to accompany me on adventures,"
"I’d rather we didn’t know each other."
"She could live the life she likes."
In this way, Shaking Light wouldn’t have to accompany him on adventures in different places. Over the past year or so, the Qilin Hunting Conference, a journey of twenty thousand miles, the campaign to pacify Jiangnan, facing the legends of martial arts, the silver-haired girl had been with him all along, facing countless crises.
The expression on the Whale Hunter’s face softened considerably, and he said, "That statement has some mettle. What are you drinking?"
Li Guanyi shook it, "A friend’s Monkey Wine."
"Fruit wine, naturally fermented, rich in complex fruit flavors, originally there wasn’t much left. Hahaha, he went up a mountain, caught a few dozen monkeys, trained them as scouts, and even brewed this wine, and sent some to me."
The Whale Hunter disdainfully said, "Hmph, I thought it was something. It’s just something brewed by monkeys, has a fruity taste, only women and kids like you would like it."
"I have something better."
He took off the wine gourd from his waist, proudly said, "The overseas people, have Sky-reaching Jianmu, below the waters, live the Merfolk, you know? This is something I got from there, this is what men drink!"
The Whale Hunter tilted his head back to drink, and exclaimed joyously.
Li Guanyi said, "This tastes good, can I have some?"
The Whale Hunter gave him a sidelong glance, shook his hand, still thrown off by the earlier words of Li Guanyi, but ultimately tossed it to Li Guanyi, saying, "Drink up!"
Li Guanyi gulped down a big mouthful, the drink was refreshingly cool, he exclaimed:
The Whale Hunter’s face showed pride, and he said, "You know your drinks?"
"Clear color, fragrant taste, fires down the throat in a flash, lingering aftertaste, certainly good."
The Whale Hunter reached out, pulling back the wine gourd into his hands, and said, "Enough of that, with your drinking capacity, how much can you handle? Speaking of which, what’s the use of building that house?"
Li Guanyi felt a bit tipsy, yet his thoughts were clear, he answered, "Beggars are not born beggars, nor must they be beggars forever, then again bearing sons to continue being beggars. I want to build a house, for them to move in, also to read and write, to practice martial arts."
The Whale Hunter laughed coldly, and said:
"Such words, in this world, are words of rebellion."
"Be careful, lest those people hear and beat you to death."
Li Guanyi said, "I am a madman! Madman indeed!"
By now, the alcoholic effects were creeping up to his brain.
Li Guanyi had no idea just what level of precious liquor was housed in the wine gourd the man in front of him had brought, and was already getting tipsy, he burped and said, "Ha, I came to this world just for this."
"Otherwise, let them beat me to death!"
"Otherwise, I will topple this world!"
The Whale Hunter laughed, "Good, very good, act like a total ignoramus!"
"Come on, let’s drink together!"
He rolled his eyes, planning to get the young man drunk, making him look foolish in front of his own daughter, while casually flipping the young man over with liquor, taking him and Shaking Light away. Otherwise, with the young man’s stubborn nature, he would definitely stay here.
The Longevity Guest was a thing hard to kill, also very cumbersome.
He was not Sword Madman, the methods he was proficient in needed to be arranged.