[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1017":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1544252,2006,"Chapter 1017 - 1017 1012 Saving Food","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1017",1017,"\u003Cp>1017: Chapter 1012: Saving Food 1017: Chapter 1012: Saving Food Under Gu Youyou’s vigorous control, the epidemic did not spread but was gradually brought under control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin now looked at her as if she were an enemy, yet he refrained from lashing out because Prince Qin and Searcy were always by Gu Youyou’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph, I see you’ve saved these people, but where do you get the grain to sustain them until the autumn harvest?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not causing trouble didn’t mean he wouldn’t occasionally hurl a few words at Gu Youyou to put her at a disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou gave him a bland glance and said, “Your Highness King Jin, if we don’t save them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, by your method of killing all the ‘useless’ ones, wouldn’t we save on food, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou never lost in a verbal spar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin snorted, “Naturally, those who are about to die should just die; it saves both food and medicine, wouldn’t that be better?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What we really need now are all sorts of materials, how can we waste them on them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou didn’t want to talk to someone like him; such people didn’t pique her interest in debating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned and went into the pharmacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Gu Youyou had left, Searcy immediately followed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince Qin spoke indifferently, “If you were to do that, the food would indeed be saved, but you would lose the people’s hearts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed at the people outside and said, “Look, take that family, for instance, if you let their elderly father die without a care, or even actively abandon them, what do you expect the young ones to think?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They will consider you a patricide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you, as a distinguished Prince of the Imperial Family, would then make the Imperial Family and the Imperial Court appear as patricides in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should there be a rebellion someday, these people will be the first to respond.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin was furious, “You, a mere illegitimate, dare to lecture me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I dare not,” said Prince Qin as he cupped his hands together, letting his sleeves fall as he left the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin’s face was twisted with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed his ideas were not wrong, but what kind of people were his associates?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Civil officials?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Prince Qin, spoiled by Empress Dowager Sheng?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were all too merciful; how could they understand his heart?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was resolute and decisive; his way was the simplest and easiest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for rebels?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t believe there would be any.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, how could people who couldn’t even fill their bellies have the strength to rebel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, their methods weren’t wrong either, because he saw that those who were sick were gradually recovering, and there was a constant flow of materials coming in, even more than what the Imperial Court provided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Gu Youyou have such capability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, as King Jin of Zhuzhao Country, couldn’t even accomplish that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quite the Gu Youyou, a woman with neither status nor position, how could she become Jin Zijin’s virtuous partner?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supplies from the Lingnan branch arrived, a big convoy of carts, loaded with various materials and medicines, and among those who came was a person very familiar to Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Banxia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been years since they had seen each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Banxia had matured much since then and burst into tears upon seeing Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Youyou!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Banxia was now the chief doctor at Jisheng Hall in Lingnan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was naturally intelligent, resilient, and studious; her medical skills were among the best in Lingnan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you come?” Gu Youyou was very surprised since Banxia had been hard to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Banxia said with tearful eyes, “Banxia has always wanted to come to Beijing to see Sister Youyou, but she couldn’t get away; as soon as she found a chance, she naturally had to come.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou had saved many people in Lingnan and was therefore immensely popular there; as a result, the donations from Lingnan were the most substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long line of wagons made King Jin’s eyes turn red with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What gave this woman the right?\u003C\u002Fp>",689,"2026-06-06T06:55:03.124Z",1,"novelbin.me","f3f4ba3924d5c31d3b03c9451b98022772a48892ebfec378a23e3766cf30d64e","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1018","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1016",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]