Chapter 413: Prefect Liu, Who Can Drink a Thousand Cups Without Getting Drunk

At this moment.

No one noticed.

High up in a building in Qiongdou, a young man with a gloomy face watched everything happening at the city gate.

He was dressed in white, looking elegant and refined.

He was none other than the Seventh Senior Brother of the Wangbei Academy, Chen Ran.

The reason he had come down the mountain was that his Fourth Senior Brother, Xie Yu, had reported him, this bad apple! That very day, he had been severely punished by the Academy for privately bestowing poppy seeds and their effects upon the people of Liangshan.

Furthermore, he was expelled from the mountain and ordered to resolve this matter.

Resolve it?

Chen Ran's face was livid. Why should he resolve it? Poppies were things of nature; even without his bestowing them, would the people of Liangshan not have discovered them?

Moreover...

With this good thing, could those bookworms at the Academy not firmly control any force in their hands?

Why not do it?

Why would one not do it?

"Yes, Old Immortal."

A Yi person said respectfully behind him.

Old Immortal...

This was the respectful title the Yi people used for those from the Wangbei Academy.

Chen Ran gave a cold laugh: "They all say this Prefect Liu is a man of great talent and bold vision; why does he look like a clown today, actually starting to perform shamanistic dances?"

"Hahahaha!"

"He is nothing but a performer!"

Chen Ran could not help but sneer.

Just this?

An intruder?

An Intruder of the Greedy Wolf?

Is he even worthy?

Drinking?

Is such a low-end trick worth playing? And to be so easily provoked—what great cause could he possibly accomplish?

He shook his head.

He felt that what Xie Yu had said about this man being some sort of Greedy Wolf intruder was simply a joke.

However.

At this very moment, Liu Zhe at the city gate had already picked up a bowl of wine and downed it in one go.

Then, a second bowl, a third, a fourth, a fifth...

"What?"

Chen Ran's expression changed instantly.

The people over there were stunned.

The people here were also all dumbfounded.

Liu Zhe had downed five bowls of rice wine in a row...

What level was this?

Frankly speaking, even in Daliang Mountain, where everyone was practically obsessed with alcohol, this was top-tier, enough to rank very high.

Qin Zhangfeng blinked.

Since when could his young master drink so much?

He knew Liu Zheng's alcohol tolerance; it was practically non-existent. He looked in disbelief at Aluba in the horse carriage behind him.

Oh my.

Could he really be the Son of the Black Dragon?

Shama Zhuoyi was also stunned.

Five bowls in a row?

Did he really have to play it like this?

He could certainly do it too, but he truly could not down five bowls in a row and then stand there smiling, without his face turning red or his heart racing.

Even drinking water would bloat one's stomach, right?

Is he really the Son of the Black Dragon?

He was momentarily dazed.

At this time, Huobu Quli had long since reacted; if he didn't shout now, when would he? He raised his hands and roared: "Son of the Black Dragon! Black Dragon Divine Power!"

"Son of the Black Dragon, Black Dragon Divine Power!"

The commoners in the small trousers also went wild one by one.

With the blessing of the Black Dragon Divine Power, one can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk?

You still don't believe it?

Why don't you hurry up and join our Black Dragon Sect?

"Drink!"

"Headman Shama, what are you waiting for?"

The people here laughed out loud.

Shama Zhuoyi gave a cold snort, thinking to himself, "Isn't it just five bowls of wine?" He followed Liu Zheng's lead and downed them one by one. But just as he had expected, he drank too quickly and felt a bit dizzy.

However, at this moment.

Before he had even finished drinking, Liu Zheng started again.

The entire crowd was stunned.

Another five bowls?

Five bowls in a row, without even taking a breath?

This "divine dance" of yours...

Have you really become a god?

At this moment, even the people on the side of the middle-trouser-legs looked at the small-trouser-legs side and at Aluba with terrified eyes.

Son of the Black Dragon?

Is he truly the Son of the Black Dragon?

Many people let their weapons and farm tools clatter to the ground, wishing they could kneel down.

Shama Zhuoyi also felt a wave of dizziness.

Damn it!

Are you even Han?

At this moment, the spring-breeze-like smile on Liu Zheng's face began to look twisted in his eyes.

How is this supposed to be played? His most prideful drinking capacity was being crushed so easily?

"Headman Shama, shall we continue?"

Liu Zheng chuckled and raised another bowl.

"You..."

"Thump!"

"Headman! Headman!"

The scene instantly fell into chaos.

Only then did Liu Zheng let out a deep sigh of relief.

"Enter the city!"

"Enter the city!"

At this moment, who could still stop him?

A Pension Insurance System had indeed stirred up a huge commotion within Liangzhou.

Many people were resisting it.

Many people were supporting it.

Every day, discussions and even fights surrounding this topic were common occurrences.

In short.

The elite class of society was quite disdainful of the Pension System—because they were not short on money! They did not worry about having no one to support them in their old age.

But the common people at the bottom of society flocked to the Pension System.

Lao Wang.

Was one of them.

Lao Wang was not actually surnamed Wang; this was a surname he had given himself. This was not strange in Yintan City. Because he had previously been a slave, a Nanyang slave who didn't even have a surname. But when he was in Nanyang, he was a carpenter. After arriving in Yintan City, he became a skilled slave.

Skilled slaves in Yintan City accumulated points very quickly.

It had only been a little over a year...

He had already successfully shed his slave status, and had even married a wife locally! He lived the life of a free citizen that everyone envied! On the day he shed his slave status, he specifically found a scholar in Yintan City to create a genealogy for himself—he was the first person of his own Wang clan genealogy!

Dignity!

Honor!

It was Governor Liu who gave him dignity.

"Fellow countryman, what does this notice say?"

One day, on his way to "work," he saw a group of people discussing something intensely and couldn't help but ask.

Someone who was literate explained it to him.

Lao Wang immediately said angrily: "This is a good thing, why would anyone disagree?"

"Isn't the Young Master trying to secure benefits for us!"

"Those parasites in the Liangzhou officialdom!"

As he shouted, the onlookers also began to shout one after another.

The Pension... they and their employers each paid half; even the most foolish and uneducated commoners knew this was good for them! Moreover, based on the average life expectancy of ancient people, Liu Zheng set the retirement age at forty-five.

In ancient times, men could start working at fourteen or fifteen, so retiring at forty-five was quite reasonable.

Some might ask, the average life expectancy in ancient times was very short; during the Republic of China era, the average life expectancy was only thirty-five. Why did Liu Zheng set it at forty-five?

It was actually very simple.

The average life expectancy in ancient times included the number of deaths from war. And the infant mortality rate in ancient times was very high.

With that, it was normal for the average life expectancy to be short.

But as long as they grew up normally, there were long-lived people in ancient times, and quite a few of them.

There was a saying in ancient times: "Knowing one's fate is a long life." That is to say, after fifty, one could be considered to have enjoyed a full life. So, it was perfectly normal for Liu Zheng to push it back five years.

As long as there was no war, living past forty-five was the mainstream; among the common people, who wouldn't be happy?

Besides...

Prefect Liu has already said that if a death occurs suddenly midway, these funds can be withdrawn in full by the family members at once. If this isn't a good thing, then what is?

With Lao Wang giving the call, the whole place exploded.

Let's go!

Let's go to Liangzhou together! Let's find those officials!

Of course.

He did not forget to inform his brother-in-law, who was serving in the Liangzhou Army, about this matter.

With this.

Liangzhou truly became lively.

【Author's Note】

Begging on my knees for positive reviews. The website is currently pursuing a high positive review rate, hahahaha. I'll organize an event later where a certain number of positive reviews will trigger a mass release of chapters.