Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 253: Yangtze River Porpoise
After leaving Fobao, Chen Gu did not continue upstream to Hejiang, but turned around and prepared to return home to Chongqing.

Because the Chinese New Year is only a month away, and transportation is slow these days, it will probably be next year if I go to Guizhou and come back.

It takes one day to get back to Chongqing from Fobao by boat. To be precise, with a favorable wind, it only takes four hours.

Chen Gu was lazy and took half of the guards back by boat, and asked Zhang Zhe to take the other half of the guards to take the horses back.

However, Zhang Zhe handed over the task of bringing the war horses back to his deputy on the grounds that he needed to protect Chen Gu's safety, and he himself went back by boat with Chen Gu.

It doesn't matter to Chen Gu, as long as he can go back by boat.

A fishing ban has been implemented in the Yangtze River this year, and the effect has been very obvious. Just by banning fishing for three months during the spawning season, this year's fishing harvest has increased by 20%. This has caused the people who originally complained about the fishing ban to spontaneously support it.

They even spontaneously formed a so-called fish protection team, planning to patrol the Yangtze River and its tributaries during the fishing ban period next year to prevent people from stealing fish, which made Chen Gu find it a little funny.

At this time, Chen Gu was sitting at the stern of the boat fishing with a bamboo pole. Several porpoises kept chasing the boat and jumped out of the water from time to time, which made the boatman on the boat very excited.

"From now on, you are not allowed to fish on this boat. If I find out that you shot a finless porpoise, I will hang up your master and your young master and beat them up!" Chen Gu said, glancing at the boatman.

This is the Bian family’s boat.

The boatman was obviously a little unconvinced, and muttered: "River pigs are meant to be eaten. The leader can't stop people from eating, right?"

“That’s none of my business. The reason these river pigs are chasing this boat is because I feed them fish, so they belong to me.

I didn't use my status as a leader to pressure you, otherwise I would have sent you to mine directly." Chen Gu said arrogantly, and he still looked very reasonable.

The boatman was speechless. You didn't send me to mine as a leader, but what do you mean by beating my master and young master?
Chen Gu tightened the bamboo pole in his hand and immediately pulled up a black fish weighing three or four pounds. After Chen Gu picked up a wooden stick to knock the fish unconscious, he took off the hook and threw it into the water.

Seeing Chen Gu catch the fish, several porpoises chasing the boat immediately became excited. Not only did they chase the boat at a faster speed, they even made sounds like "ah, pah, pah" from their mouths.

One of them even made the sound of a sheep.

As soon as Chen Gu threw the black fish into the water, several porpoises immediately started fighting for it.

The Yangtze River porpoise is actually the same as dolphins. Not only are they smart enough to have their own language and social structure, they are also very friendly. They will even help rescue people who fall into the water and push them to the shore.

Of course, God created all things to feed people, and the people of this era also lived a hard life. Not only did the Yangtze River dolphin have such a large piece of meat, but from a certain perspective, it was also a competitor of humans. Chen Gu would naturally not order people to be prohibited from hunting Yangtze River dolphins.

After all, this creature eats fish, not vegetarians like pandas.

Moreover, pandas are already very rare in this era, but finless porpoises are very abundant. With the existing fishing technology, they do not pose much threat to their populations.

Chen Gu had good luck fishing today. Not only did he catch more than ten fish to feed the finless porpoises, he also brought home a black carp weighing more than ten kilograms.

"Daddy!"

"Daddy is back!"

"Daddy, hold me!"

Chen Xiaoao was as talkative as ever, but Chen Fan hid in Qin Ling's arms and smiled shyly at Chen Gu. After calling him "Dad", he stopped talking.

"Hey!" Chen Gu agreed, threw the fish on the stone table, and said to Wu Qing'er: "You two go and clean up the fish, and we'll have dinner together tonight.

Daddy's hands smell fishy, ​​go wash them first, and then hug Xiaoao later!"

"Okay!" Chen Xiaoao nodded obediently. After Chen Gu went into the house to clean up, he first picked up Chen Xiaoao and then took Chen Fan from Qin Ling's arms. Qin Ling smiled and went into the kitchen to help.

Chen Gu picked up the two little guys, sat down on the bamboo chair that the maid had brought out, and asked, "Are you two good people at home?"

"I'm a good kid. I've been learning counting from my mother these days!" Chen Xiaoao answered first.

"Fan'er, be good!" Chen Fan said in a low voice.

"Be good!" Chen Gu nodded. As for Chen Xiaoao's suggestion of learning to count, Chen Gu was a little surprised. Can a kid who is less than one year old already learn to count?
"How many can you count to?" Chen Gu asked.

"Count to twenty!" Chen Xiaoao said clearly.

"Count them!"

"One, two, three, four, five, ten, nine, ten, twelve, sixteen, thirteen, twenty!"

Chen Xiaoao counted them all in one breath, and then waited proudly for Chen Gu's praise.

Chen Gu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Not bad, very impressive!"

Regardless of whether he is right or not, being able to count so many numbers in one breath is indeed amazing for a kid under one year old, and naturally deserves praise.

After receiving the praise from Chen Gu, Chen Xiaoao became even more proud, and even looked at Chen Fan with some disdain.

This made Chen Gu frown. What does a child know?

They are just learning from their mother. Their mother likes to show off in front of Chen Ke, so they like to show off in front of Chen Ke. Their mother is close to Chen Ke, so they are close to Chen Ke.

Similarly, they will look down on anyone their mother looks down on.

But Chen Gu couldn't find any solution for this. After all, the two kids were too young, and he could only guide and educate them. However, not only was Chen Gu not good at education, he didn't even have enough time.

As for their mother, Chen Gu couldn't help but sigh.

After a not-so-harmonious dinner in the evening, Chen Gu stayed in the East Courtyard. After making love, Wu Qing'er hugged Chen Gu tightly.

"I still want a child!"

"Then take it!"

It’s not like you can’t afford to raise one. If you want to have children, just have them. Maybe if you have too many children, you won’t have time to target any of them.

The next day, Chen Gu dealt with the official duties that had piled up during this period.

In fact, Chen Gu does not need to do everything himself. Each department can handle its own affairs. When coordination is needed, everyone can just sit together and hold a meeting.

In terms of military affairs, the Military Affairs Council led by Zheng Ming was also able to handle it with ease.

With the supervision of the Record Office of Sour Scholar and the sticky Jinyiwei, no one dared to act rashly, and some shady little tricks were harmless.

What gave Chen Gu a headache was that Lao Piao, who insisted that he was using a sledgehammer to crack a nut in Guangyuan and asked Chen Gu to send Sanlang who was stationed in Zizhou to replace him.

The old migrant workers can come back or transfer to any of the other three directions.

(End of this chapter)