Yang Yan's gift was a white deer—and it was still alive. The Nanzhang Commandery where he served had only been established a little over a year, and it lay directly south of the midpoint between Liuyang Commandery and Ruyang Commandery. The area was a plain, certainly suitable for human habitation, but it had no notable specialties. So it was truly difficult for him to find a local specialty for Luo Chong as a gift.
When the decision to establish Nanzhang Commandery had first been made, Luo Chong had led a group of officials there on a hunting expedition. The quarry on that occasion had been a herd of deer.
Perhaps there were simply more deer there. This time, Yang Yan had specifically obtained a genetically mutated albino Great Horned Deer.
Since it was a special breed, it definitely could not be slaughtered for meat.
Keeping it alive brought up the same problem: Luo Chong had no private zoo, nor did he have a royal menagerie. There was nowhere to keep it.
He pondered for a moment. This albino breed ought to be capable of expanding its population, right? He remembered that in his previous life, nearly all the white tigers in the world had descended from a single albino Bengal tiger. That one white tiger had produced several hundred descendants.
Since that was the case, they might as well send the white deer to the Ministry of Agriculture and have them try raising it. Perhaps they could expand the white deer population and even artificially create a new white deer breed.
Having made up his mind, Luo Chong nodded and said, "A white deer is truly rare and certainly a precious find. I really like this gift. I'll accept it as well."
After accepting everyone's gifts, Luo Chong and the