Chapter 1152: Xiao Mi

Ce also hurriedly explained, "Yes, Prince, they are very small. Mainly, mainly he said that dogs were also domesticated from wolves in the beginning, so he was thinking, whether that thing could also be raised, to see if it might have any use. It just so happened that he found a litter, very small, perhaps its mother is already dead."

Changle rubbed his nose, "Hmm, as for this, it is not entirely impossible. How about we go take a look? When the time comes, I will speak to my father to see if it can truly be of any use. This might even be a good thing for our Huaxia."

"Alright Prince, I will take you over to see. It is at a herdsman's place; it was a herdsman who found them."

Wuzhong happily led the way for Changle in front. Indeed, everyone hoped to be able to raise them because they were truly quite cute, and small, posing no threat to people. The main thing was that there were too few interesting things here; it was very boring. With a little bit of something fresh, everyone wanted to keep watching.

"Xiaohe, is Xiaohe there?"

Wuzhong knocked gently on the door. He did not dare to push the wooden door with force because there were no hinges; the doors were all embedded into the round wooden holes in the threshold. In fact, all the houses in Huaxia, and the gates of the courtyards, were all embedded in this way.

The thick wooden door and the small Iron hinges could not quite bear the weight. Using such a wooden structure was the best choice, it was just that the sound was a bit loud.

After knocking several times, there was still no one, but a group of children darted out from the side and said to Wuzhong, "Uncle Wu! Uncle Xiaohe is not here, he went to herd the cattle!"

At the same time, they also looked at Changle and the others timidly. The children did not understand what a Prince was, but they could sense that Changle and his group's status was very extraordinary, so they were a little bit afraid.

"Prince, he is not here, then let us go in and take a look."

Changle nodded, pointed at the door and said, "Alright, let us go in and take a look. Are you sure it won't scare them?"

"No, no, many people go to see them every day. They have long since gotten used to the scent of people, they are not afraid anymore."

Then, while speaking, Wuzhong pushed the door open. In this era, although there was a certain degree of privacy, in the face of Changle's royal authority, everything had to give way. Whatever Changle wanted to see, he could naturally see. Even if the owner was not at home, or even if you were at home, you would have no power to refuse me, because you yourself live on the territory of my royal family.

After Wuzhong pushed the door open, he adapted to the darkness and then began to search. Based on experience, he immediately found the four kittens placed in a bamboo basket. The bamboo basket was even lined with animal hide. If Changle was not mistaken, it should be the hide of a mother cat.

Changle even had a moment where he wondered if this hide was the mother of these kittens. Could it be that they killed the mother, causing them to have no one to care for them, and only then were they found by the herdsman?

Wuzhong did not touch the kittens, just squatted to the side and watched. Perhaps because they were full, the few were all curled up together sleeping, very peaceful. Wuzhong also just pointed at the kittens and said softly to Changle, "Prince, look, these are those few kittens."

Changle also took the opportunity to squat down with Ayuduo. Changle reached out a hand. Wuzhong wanted to speak, but stopped when the words reached his lips, and could only watch with some nervousness. Fortunately, Changle knew the weight of his actions; he had raised many puppies when he was young, and he was equally gentle when facing the kittens.

Changle just used one finger to gently stroke them, feeling the very soft touch, and immediately made a decision, "Keep them. I will look again when they wake up. I just don't know if they grow fast."

"If they grow fast, when I return to Huaxia, I don't know if they can be a bit bigger, so that I can take one back for my father to see."

"If they really can be of use, let alone these few, I reckon in the end it could be like dogs, with the whole country raising and keeping them."

The somewhat simple-minded Wuzhong, hearing of such a future, could not help but rub his hands together, very excited.

Afraid of disturbing the kittens' sleep, they only took a look and then went out. Once outside, Changle asked curiously, "Why call a wild beast a 'mi'? Don't you think it's very strange?"

Wuzhong also scratched his head, "Prince, I am not clear on this either. It seems they say that because its cry is 'mi-mi', that is why they call it that."

"I see it looks quite similar to a lynx. Are you sure you didn't pick the wrong one, and that it is a 'mi' and not a lynx? A lynx definitely has no use, and is so fierce. If it were useful, wouldn't my father have said to raise them long ago?"

"So, Wuzhong, I think it is better not to hold too much hope."

Ayuduo also felt that Huaxia's way of having such a special feeling and idea about animals was a bit strange. Because in Huaxia City, she had seen too many wild beasts. Not to mention normal ones like cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses, the dogs were extremely abnormal—those were wolves! How could they think of raising them, and raising so many in Huaxia City?

Chickens and pigeons were barely understandable, but Huaxia actually raised bees too; it was too hard to understand... Uh, well, it was not entirely impossible to understand. After all, didn't their Jiuli now like to raise insects? Things that could be seen and things that could not be seen, they were all raising them. Although they learned it from the Sanmiao Tribe, the entire Jiuli had already accepted it.

Compared to insects, it seemed that wild beasts that could work and wild beasts that could provide meat were more normal.

Wuzhong was slightly unconvinced by Changle's statement, "Just a few kittens, what of it? Even if they are useless, it is not as if they cannot be raised. They have no danger, they just eat meat, and how much can they eat? When the four kittens grow up, they won't eat much. If Huaxia doesn't let me raise them, I will raise them myself. I will give my share of meat to them; I won't eat it."

Ce was a bit anxious, but in front of Changle, he did not dare to speak. He did not have Wuzhong's background, nor such a good relationship with Changle.

Regarding Wuzhong's performance, Changle had no choice but to sigh and say, "Fine, fine, raise them, raise them. I will tell my father. As long as they are useless, as long as there is no danger and they pose no threat to Huaxia, unlike tigers or leopards, then raise them."

"You will definitely be able to afford to raise them. If you can't afford to raise them, I will help you raise them. I certainly won't let you go hungry for the sake of a few kittens, alright?"