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Not far from here, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Chengqian was standing behind a tree with a secret look on his face.

He raised his hands and craned his neck to look around curiously. He had already seen His Highness the Prince, Cheng Chubi, peeping furtively.

He could only leave everyone behind, and he and Eunuch Ning quickly came to Li Chengqian to greet him.

"Your Highness, why don't you go over even though you're here?"

Li Chengqian smiled sheepishly and waved his hand. "I'd better not go over, so as not to disturb the painting of all the masters."

"By the way, can you bring one or two pictures over for me to enjoy?"

Cheng Chubi naturally would not refuse such a request, so he immediately asked someone to fetch three paintings and unfolded them in front of Li Chengqian.

Looking at the vivid paintings of raising castrated pigs, Li Chengqian couldn't help but praise Cheng Chubi.

"The handicrafts of these masters are indeed superb. Not only are the people painted exquisitely and brilliantly, but the animals are also lifelike."

Cheng Chubi heard Li Chengqian's comments and couldn't help but uttered a joke.

"That, especially this masterpiece, is the handwriting of Wang, the great painter of humans and beasts."

"Hey, it's just like what Brother Chu Bi said. This painter Wang's skills are so exquisite that even the expressions of the pigs in his paintings are so vivid."

"No, if you don't show them vividly, how can you show... Well, in short, these masters are pretty good at it."

Li Chengqian looked at Cheng Chubi with a confused expression, always feeling that there was something in Brother Chubi's words.

Ning Zhongning's father-in-law coughed twice and whispered into Li Chengqian's ear.

Li Chengqian's eyes suddenly bulged, and he looked at Brother Chu Bi in disbelief, then looked at Ning Zhong.

Seeing Ning Zhong's determined expression and nodding vigorously, he grinned and didn't know how to express his desire to lie down.

"I didn't expect that Brother Chubi, you could actually recruit such talents."

Cheng Chubi glared unhappily at Ning Zhong, the dead eunuch who had betrayed those painters.

"Your Highness, as the saying goes, make the best use of everything, rather than letting them continue to be dishonest.

It would be better to gather them under my command and let them contribute some strength to the livelihood of the people of our Datang Dynasty."

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After chatting with Li Chengqian for a long time, the inquiring prince finally turned around and left with satisfaction.

Cheng Chubi gathered up the painting fiercely and handed it to Deng Chengxin, who had come with him, and said with a smile to Ning Zhongpi.

"Eunuch Ning, you'd better be careful what you say next time. Otherwise, even if you accidentally fall into a pit or break your leg while walking on a flat road, don't blame someone for harming you."

Seeing that Cheng Sanlang, who was not as big-hearted as a needle, started to threaten people again, Ning Zhong couldn't help but feel tired, and quickly smiled flatteringly.

"General Cheng, don't be joking. We just relayed what you told me, General Cheng, to His Highness. We definitely didn't add any exaggeration or jealousy."

"Haha... Anyway, Eunuch Ning, you'd better be careful in your words and deeds."

Cheng Chubi's big slap fell on Ning Zhong's shoulder, and he threatened him a few more words, then slapped his butt and rushed back to the painting site where the masters were painting.

Ning Zhong was helpless, but what could he do? He couldn't beat him, and he couldn't do it by blowing His Highness's pillow.

After touching his nose, Ning Zhong could only admit that he was unlucky. After complaining a few times in a low voice, he quickly followed.

Although Cheng Chubi was not on site to supervise, these unscrupulous artists were still painting very conscientiously.

Even Painter Dong, who is the worst at painting animals, still paints pigs that look exactly like each other.

People can recognize it at a glance as a fat and strong pig.

Not to mention the painter Zheng, the pigs in his paintings are almost catching up with the realistic sketches of later generations.

The expression is straight, and the overall shape of the pig is perfect, including the piglet hanging upside down on the castration rack, with a frightened expression clearly visible on the page.

After all the painters had submitted qualified works, Cheng Chubi commented and praised all the masters with satisfaction.

"Masters, you have worked hard, but there are still a few more people who need to work hard next, and we will continue to work hard..."

Master Xu moved his slightly sore wrist and smiled. "I wonder what else I need to draw next?"

"Cheng also needs you to draw the techniques and steps for castrating piglets, and then add text instructions to facilitate publicity."

Painter Dong couldn't help but look troubled.

"This is not a difficult task, but I have never seen the techniques and steps for castrating piglets."

"Didn't you see those six piglets?" Cheng Chubi couldn't help but smile, raising his finger and pointing over there.

Looking at the six cages containing piglets, several painters were speechless.

Cheng Chubi called Master Xu and other five painters to him, and then solemnly gave instructions.

"I am here to castrate. Please come forward and carefully observe my steps. Please also draw these steps."

"It will be convenient to prepare operation manuals and posters for castrated piglets when the time comes..."

The five painters could only endure the discomfort. Their ears were filled with the screams of piglets, and their eyes were filled with bloody scenes.

After the first pig was castrated, the five painters returned to their original positions and began to splash ink.

Principal Cheng's big vein-prone hands as he picks up the sharp weapon, as well as his ruthless expression are vividly depicted.

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"..." Cheng Chubi looked at these five guys with a dark look on his face. He always felt that these five unscrupulous artists were retaliating against him for criticizing them just now.

Damn it, I asked you to draw a pig, but you all ended up drawing my handsome and beautiful face first. What do you think?

But fortunately, they didn't dare to paint the hot-tempered Cheng Taichang with bare buttocks, at least he was well-dressed.

Soon, Cheng Chubi and others saw the masters accurately draw and push the pig's balls to the target position.

Then cut open the skin, squeeze out the eggs, and perform the sequence and technique of castration.

Cheng Chubi decided not to argue with these artists who had a little temper.

In any case, the tempers of these five unscrupulous artists are at least much stronger than those of Master Yan and his two brothers.

Of course, Cheng Chubi would not hold back the six piglets, so he castrated them all, and then asked the pig steward of the East Palace to take away the six piglets.

Then he gathered up the drawings and sent people to the Jinyang Printing Shop to let the painters there make a few more copies.

Then it is reduced to make a lead-tin engraving plate, which can be used to make promotional brochures or operating manuals.

After all the paintings were finished and the sky was approaching dusk, Li Ke, Fang Jun and Cheng Chubi personally sent the five masters to the side door of Dianshan Kitchen and watched them board the car.

The three brothers were about to slap their butts and leave, but they were stopped by Ning Zhong who hurried over again.
Chapter completed!