Fu Su's Journey to the Afterlife

"Black and white beast?"

Hearing Little Sizi's words, the crowd could not help but burst into laughter.

"Sizi, this is called a panda, not a black and white beast." Chengyang and Xu Miaojin also gathered around and explained.

"It is a black and white beast!"

Little Sizi did not care about what they said. As long as she believed something to be true, it had to be so.

"Sir, this panda... should be what we know as the iron-eating beast, right?" Empress Zhangsun spoke up.

Qin Ning nodded. "In ancient times, it was indeed called the iron-eating beast."

"I remember it is a bear, so why does its name have 'cat' in it? I actually thought it was a type of cat just now," Li Lizhi asked curiously.

"I know, I know."

Ding Guoguang seemed to have found a chance to interject and explained, "At first, we actually called it a cat-bear, precisely to prevent people from mistakenly thinking it was a cat. But back then, for certain reasons, people felt that panda rolled off the tongue better, and gradually everyone started calling it a panda."

"Also, the name panda implies that they have a gentle side, just like cats."

"It's a black and white beast!" Little Sizi retorted.

Ying Yinman quickly spoke up, "It's a panda."

"Black and white beast," Little Sizi continued to retort.

"Sizi, it really is a panda," Princess Chengyang said.

Xu Miaojin followed up, "Mhm, it's a panda."

"Waah..."

Being ganged up on by them like this, Little Sizi suddenly burst into tears out of grievance. She jumped down from Qin Ning's arms and ran over to Empress Zhangsun. "Mother, it's a black and white beast!"

"Alright, alright, it's a black and white beast." Empress Zhangsun did not know whether to laugh or cry and could only comfort her.

Soon, the food was served one after another. Since they did not have to go out in the afternoon and were going to rest in the hotel, Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang specially opened a bottle of Maotai liquor, planning to have a few drinks with Ding Guoguang.

"Mr. Qin, we haven't seen Brother Zheng for quite a while. How about you make a trip to the Great Qin, bring him over, and we can all have a meal together?" Li Shimin suggested.

"Sure."

Qin Ning nodded. As soon as he finished speaking, the space vibrated slightly, and then his entire figure vanished from the spot.

Only then did Ding Guoguang confirm one thing: these ancients did not come here because of some time machine, but purely because of Qin Ning.

Soon, when Qin Ning returned, two figures were seen appearing here alongside him.

Besides Qin Shi Huang, there was also a young man dressed in ancient attire.

"Brother Zheng."

Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and went to greet him. Ding Guoguang also stood up and followed behind the two.

"Old Zhu, Old Li, Mr. Qin told me you wanted to drink with me?" Ying Zheng greeted them with a smile.

"Last time I drank with you, I got completely drunk. This time, I definitely won't fall before you do," Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Li Shimin, however, looked at the young man beside Ying Zheng and could not help but ask, "Could this be... the eldest son, Fusu?"

"Fusu greets you all."

Fusu had been looking around at everything with a face full of amazement. Hearing Li Shimin mention his name, he snapped back to reality and hurriedly bowed to everyone.

"Ha, no need to be so polite, dear nephew. Have a seat first, and have a drink with us later," Li Shimin said with a smile.

Soon, after everyone sat down, Qin Shi Huang could not help but speak, "Sir, this place does not seem to be the same place as when I came here last time?"

"Brother Zheng, this is a hotel, which is what your Great Qin would call a guest house. We are currently in Shu Province, the hometown of the giant panda, oh, which is what you know as the iron-eating beast," Li Shimin explained.

"Oh? This is actually a guest house? I never expected it to be so luxurious."

Ying Zheng was surprised. He originally thought that only the villa areas were like this, but he did not expect that the hotels of later generations would not be much inferior to normal residences.

"Father! It is a black and white beast!" Little Sizi had just been coaxed by Empress Zhangsun, but hearing Li Shimin's words, she immediately became unhappy again.

"Alright, alright, it's a bear... bah, it's a black and white beast!" Li Shimin helplessly agreed with her.

At this time, Ying Zheng said, "The hometown of the iron-eating beast? Could it be the Xianyang City of later generations?"

It was no wonder he would ask this.

According to archaeological discoveries, during the Great Qin period, there were indeed pandas active in the southern part of Xianyang City.

"It is not Xianyang, it is Shu Province, which is the Shu Commandery of your Great Qin period. We came here this time just to see the pandas," Zhu Yuanzhang explained.

Little Sizi spoke with teary eyes, "It is a black and white beast!"

"Alright, alright, black and white beast." Zhu Yuanzhang also helplessly humored her.

Ying Zheng nodded. "It is said that this iron-eating beast not only licks iron utensils but can also bite through cooking pots, hence its name. I did not expect that thousands of years later, such creatures would still exist."

"It is a black and white beast!" Little Sizi was about to cry.

...

Soon, everyone started eating and chatting.

Fusu was not very good at drinking to begin with. He rarely drank during the Great Qin period, and although the alcohol content of the wine in that era was not high, he would be almost drunk after two or three cups.

Not to mention that what he was drinking now was the Maotai liquor of later generations. Just a small cup immediately made his face flush red.

"Nephew Fusu, if you can't drink, then drink less. Just eat more food. Try the dishes of later generations; the taste is countless times better than what you have over in the Great Qin," Li Shimin said.

Fusu nodded, then picked up a few chopsticks of food from the table and tasted them one by one.

To him, every bite of these dishes was a true delicacy. He had never eaten such fine food before.

Compared to these dishes, the food in the Great Qin could hardly be considered fit for human consumption.

"I thought this yellow lump would be very hard, but I didn't expect it to be so soft and glutinous, and the taste is absolutely wonderful." He picked up a piece of potato, and his eyes immediately lit up.

"This item is called a potato. Brother Zheng should have mentioned it to you. It can yield three to four thousand catties per mu, and it can be eaten as a staple food or made into a dish," Qin Ning said.

"This is the potato?"

Hearing this, Fusu was surprised.

He had indeed learned about these high-yielding crops of later generations from Ying Zheng previously.

But he had never actually gotten to taste them.

He originally thought that something so high-yielding would definitely be hard to swallow, and that just being able to fill one's stomach would be good enough. He never expected it to be such a supreme delicacy on earth!

"Sir, the reason I brought Fusu over this time is to let him stay here for a while longer, so he can take a good look at these later generations and learn a few more things," Qin Shi Huang spoke.

"That is naturally fine. For the next few days, you guys can just follow us and have fun looking around. After we return to Liu City, I'll see if I can find some professional teachers to come over and teach him. When the time comes, we can also call Zhu Biao, Li Chengqian, and the others over, so they can have a good exchange of ideas," Qin Ning smiled.

Hearing this, Fusu stood up and bowed. "Then I will have to trouble you, Sir."

Yesterday he had chatted with Wang Er about some things regarding later generations, and he couldn't help but feel a bit of yearning.

Now that he knew he could also stay in the later generations for a while longer, Fusu was naturally delighted in his heart, wanting to take a good look at exactly what level of prosperity these later generations had reached.