"Tsk, tsk, I'm talking about the third child, why don't I just give you some food? Why are you acting like a starving ghost reincarnated, can't you leave some food for me?"

Seeing that Wang Bing was devouring the dishes, there were not many dishes left on the table. Because he didn't want to eat in a big pot, and he couldn't get used to the Japanese 'cuisine' made by his Japanese girls, he ran to Wang Bing.

Li Chengming, who was enjoying his meal, suddenly couldn't help but have a dark look on his face.

"Cousin, it doesn't matter if you eat less! Third brother hasn't eaten all day and night, so of course he has to make up for it."

After picking up a piece of sea cucumber fried with green onions and putting it into Wang Bing's bowl, Yongning immediately complained to Li Chengming with a dissatisfied look on his face.

In Wang Bing's place, especially when going out, there are not so many things to pay attention to. So when Li Chengming came to have a meal, there was naturally nothing for Qi Nanwei and Yongning to avoid.

"Well, the third child needs to take good care of himself, take good care of himself, hehe!"

Although Wang Bing didn't need to talk to Yongning about the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, the little girl was the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty after all, so Li Chengming could only dig into the rice with a "silly smile" on his face.

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"Hiccup~ I said Cheng Ming, why don't you eat vegetables and just eat rice? Hehe!"

After burping, Wang, who knew what he was asking, looked at Li Chengming, who was immersed in eating rice, with a mocking expression.

"You still have the nerve to say that you are like a starving ghost. You have ruined the whole table of food. What else can I eat besides white rice?"

Looking at the leftovers on the table, Li Chengming immediately started to get angry at Wang Bing.

"Okay, there is another piece of sea cucumber here, cousin, you can eat it!"

Seeing Li Chengming's unhappy look, Yong Ningbo picked up the last piece of sea cucumber fried with green onions on the plate and threw it into Li Chengming's bowl.

"I am a great double count, but when I came to your place, I only got some leftovers and could only eat white rice. If I told you this, I would make people laugh to death!"

Chewing the piece of sea cucumber fiercely, Li Chengming was speechless again.

"What's wrong with eating white rice? You kid, just be content with what you have. In this Japanese country, even those Japanese warriors can't eat white rice all the time!"

Seeing Li Chengming's speechless expression, Wang Bing used these Japanese people as an example.

Indeed, in this era, due to the lack of rice production, even those Japanese warriors could only eat brown rice mixed with chaff, and they could not eat every meal.

If you want to eat the kind of polished rice that Wang Bing and the others have now, you have to be a famous person. And even for these famous people, the standard ingredients for every meal are just rice, pickles, miso and a small fish.

Of course, it doesn't mean that these famous people are really so poor that they can't afford good food, it's just that they spend all their money on war.

As for ordinary people in the Republic of China, they can only eat a meal of rice when the harvest is good.

The usual staple food is millet, oats and tares used to feed livestock in the Ming Dynasty. There are even many Japanese people who have never eaten rice in their lives.

Therefore, the Japanese people are famous for their love for white rice. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1899 in modern history, there was a scandal that caused beriberi due to eating polished rice every day, causing more injuries than on the battlefield.

casualty jokes.

"Lao San, what are you talking about? Even if I am an ordinary citizen in the Ming Dynasty, I can't compare to those Japanese people, right? Not to mention I am a double count uncle!"

Seeing Wang Bing comparing himself with those short Japanese, Li Chengming's chin almost went up to the sky.

Indeed, in this era, let alone aristocratic children like Li Chengming, in the eyes of ordinary Ming Dynasty people, the Japanese, Tatars, etc. are all just half-human barbarians, and even fully human beings

'It doesn't even count.

Therefore, Li Chengming was naturally very unconvinced that Wang Bing compared the Japanese to himself.

"Hehe, of course the Japanese are not as good as me, the common people of the Ming Dynasty, but they still have a human body, so they can still do rough work and stuff like that, hehe!"

Wang Bing has no intention of correcting or criticizing Li Chengming's standard Han nationalism. On the contrary, in his opinion, it must be vigorously promoted.

"Uh, third child, what do you mean?"

Hearing what Wang Bing said, Li Chengming immediately looked over with some uncertainty.

"Our Ming Dynasty is now vigorously building cement straight roads from the capital to the two capitals and thirteen provinces. The tens of thousands of Tatar and Japanese prisoners are really a drop in the bucket and some are not enough!"

Seeing Li Chengming's somewhat uncertain expression, Wang Bing stopped talking and went straight to the point.

"Although we did not accept prisoners of war in this war against the Japanese, this is the nest of the Japanese. The most indispensable thing is the Japanese. What do you think if we recruit some Japanese Japanese to go back and build roads?"

"Not so good! I said, Third Brother, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. They are just some Japanese scoundrels, why do you want to recruit them? You can just catch them directly, why waste that unjust money?"

Yes, he is indeed a money fan like the little fat man. As soon as he heard Wang Bing mention the word "recruitment", this guy immediately shook his head like a rattle.

"Capture? Do you want to eat if you capture these wimps?"

Seeing Li Chengming who immediately transformed into an iron rooster, Wang Bing couldn't help but asked with a joking smile.

"Aren't you talking nonsense? If they don't eat, will they eat dirt?"

Regarding Wang Bing's 'idiot' question, Li Chengming answered it without thinking.

"Hey, think about it again, if we can make these Japanese people who can't afford a few full meals in their lives, we can even have one or two meals of white rice every day..."

"Are you saying that the recruitment salary we give these Japanese people is just to have enough food and rice to eat?"

Before Wang Bing could finish speaking, Li Chengming, who had just transformed into an iron rooster, immediately understood what Wang Bing meant.

"Otherwise, how about giving them money? Anyway, the cost of forced recruitment and recruitment is the same amount of rations, so why don't we let them work for us willingly?"

Looking at Li Chengming with a surprised look on his face, Wang Bing answered naturally.

"Well, if you put it that way, then this deal is quite worthwhile, hahahaha!"

Li Chengming, who found out that Wang Bing was using white rice as bait to lure these Japanese scoundrels to work as free labor, immediately burst into laughter with joy on his face.

"Haha, it's worth it, right? Since you think it's worth it, I'll leave this matter to you!"

"I said, Third Brother, I'm still waiting to receive the advance compensation sent by the Japanese pirates. You can handle this yourself or find someone else to handle it!"

Seeing that Wang Bing was preparing to become a hands-off shopkeeper again, Li Chengming, who had already started counting the money until his hands cramped, immediately refused.

"Those bastards can't deliver money so quickly. You can just take care of this. Besides, I have other serious things to be busy with!"
Chapter completed!