Wu Mingjin frowned: "You can come, but this county can't?"
"No, no." Wang Ci deeply regretted his unruly words and quickly bowed, "My lord... you are the head of a county, the... guardian of the Ming Dynasty..." The more anxious he became, the harder he could explain, which in turn angered Wu Mingjin. He was very unhappy, thinking that he was reprimanding him for his righteousness, and his face suddenly darkened. [No pop-up novel website][
Wu Mingjin had not had a good impression of Wang Jiaoyu at first, but now he became even more disgusted with him. He simply snorted and walked away minding his own business. Leave Wang Ci aside.
Wang Ci originally did not want to attend the reception, but the county school, which suffered from short-handedness and high education, was now supported by Australian subsidies. He finally decided to attend the reception "bearing the humiliation" for the sake of the county's culture.
In fact, Lingao County School has not suffered any "humiliation" in the past two years. On the contrary, under Cai Lixuan's work, the living environment of the few Japanese scholars who originally existed in Lingao has been greatly improved, as far as pen, ink, paper and inkstone are concerned. The most basic scholar's utensils such as the Four Books and the Five Classics could not be produced in Lingao in the past. They had to be transported thousands of miles from Qiongzhou and even the mainland. Not only were they expensive, they were also difficult to buy. Nowadays, the stationery stores in Dongmen City have a full range of products and the prices are much lower than in the past. There are many kinds of classics and historical collections sold in the bookstore, many of which Wang Ci has never seen before on the mainland. The price is extremely low.
The "Molixuan Foundation" managed by Australians provides subsidies for scholars in Lingao and provides operating expenses for the county school and Qinlixuan Academy. In a sense, Lingao has entered a society that Wang Ci had never thought about in the past. I dare to think about the "golden age" of running schools.
All this made Wang Cishen feel ashamed that Australians suppressed traditional academics or scholars. On the contrary, he felt at ease with overseas barbarians! He can still maintain a sense of cultural superiority to some extent. But now he was enveloped in an unexplained sense of humiliation. Overseas barbarians created miracles one after another in Lingao, but they had nothing to do with the "knowledge" that the scholars were proud of. Wang Ci was influenced by the Confucian idea of "cultivating one's moral integrity, harmonizing one's family and governing the country". He believed that only those who have the ability to govern the country and the people should be able to govern the country and the people. Even if you are an invincible force in the world, you can only conquer the world immediately and cannot rule the world immediately. This group of Australians who claimed to be descendants of the Ji people did not understand any Confucian classics and could not even memorize the Analects of Confucius. However, they managed a small and barbaric border county in an orderly manner and eliminated many chronic diseases in the county government. . 【
Wang Ci felt deeply ashamed: he knew that if he were the county magistrate, he would not be able to do one-tenth or even one percent of the governance that the Australians did in Lingao. The so-called ability to govern a country is just empty talk.
Obviously, the Australians have their own knowledge and they don't pay attention to Confucianism at all. In Wang Ci's view, the various "shows of goodwill" to the local scholars in Lingao are just a gesture.
The local scholars are still unaware of this and think that Australians respect Confucianism. Many people have even become interested in the Australian "Study of Objects". The library of Molixuan Academy has added many books on "The Study of Objects", and many scholars have borrowed them. On weekdays, the Australians also organized scholars to visit farms and factories from time to time, and taught on-site lectures on the science of throwing objects, which attracted many scholars. Such a quiet method of converting barbarians into summer made Wang Ci very worried.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, and walked inside with the invitation bundle in hand.
There were many people jostling each other in the square preparing to enter. Many of them were wearing cloth short-breasted jackets commonly worn by fashionable people. From the first day Wang Ci met the Australians, it seemed that they had never worn other types of clothes. clothes. There are also some fashionable people wearing unbuttoned short coats, and a very small number of people wear short coats with a large piece of chest open and an inner layer, and a strip of cloth of various materials, colors and patterns hanging around their necks. Look carefully, you can see that the cloth belt is tightly wrapped around the neck.
This was the first time for Wang Ci to see a fashionable person dressed like this, and he couldn't help but wonder: wouldn't it be a big deal if someone caught him?
Although Zhen Shi and Fake Shi were wearing similar clothes, Wang Ci could easily tell them apart. Zhen Shi looked calm and talked and laughed as usual, while Fake Shi had a look of excitement and uneasiness on his face. Regardless of whether they were really fashionable or not, everyone had metal signs of different sizes hanging on their chests, and some people even had several of them, shining in the light of the gas lamp.
Of course, what attracts the most attention is the way the women dress. Wang Ci has long heard that fashionable women dress boldly and "indecently". At this time, there were four or five female seniors waiting in line to enter. All of them were wearing skirts that covered their calves. Some even even had their thighs appearing and disappearing. One of them was a tall and fashionable woman, wearing a black skirt, with two long white legs, and her legs were wrapped in a red scum net. The clothes on his upper body were hung on his shoulders by two ribbons, and he was half puffy. Wang Ci felt a little excited, and a certain organ that had been as gray as a dead wood after years of use in Lingao suddenly became heavily congested. The pedantic master's face turned red, and he quickly straightened his eyes, looking at his nose and heart, not daring to look at the woman again.
Wang Ci slowly walked towards the entrance with the flow of people. Police officers were there to maintain order. In addition, most of the people came because the Office of the Elders had specially added the "pay attention to order and line up in order" reminder to Wen Yu when announcing the New Year's reception. The elders in Lingao are working hard every moment to improve the "organizational spirit" and "discipline spirit" of the naturalized people and indigenous people. They must set an example.
Under the strong advocacy and example of the elders, both naturalized people and indigenous people consciously followed the queue verification. No matter you are a commoner or an official. The premonition that a "new order" was about to be established made the people lose respect and fear for the original Ming officials. Wang Ci saw that Wu Mingjin was also in the queue, standing behind what looked like a small rural landowner, and talking to Wu Ya calmly. I couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry. I was thinking about whether to go up and scold the bumpkin for being "rude." Someone had already pushed me on the back.
"Go faster! Don't block the road!"
Judging from the accent of the person behind him, he must be a "fake hipster". Thinking that even though he is an idle official, he is still an official of the imperial court, and yet he was scolded by a bumpkin in the street. He couldn't help but blush with shame and anger, but his body But he couldn't help but follow the team forward.
In contrast, Magistrate Wu felt no pressure. He has now settled on the idea of "doing as the Romans do when in town". If he is thick-skinned, he will be invincible in the world. Chatting and laughing with Wu Ya, Wang Zhaomin and others in the team.
At the gate of the park, in addition to the police, senior officials from the General Administration of Political Security checked the bar code on the invitation bundle to see if the name on it matched the photo stored in the computer. Then they were stamped and released one by one. The elders can enter directly by swiping the "dog tag".
The entire Lingaojiao Park was brightly lit.
The gas street lamps gave off a dazzling light, and a stone road led the guests to the beach on the seaside. This was used as a casual dining area, and a large elevated platform was built with wooden strips on the beach. 1ùA long Western-style dining table has been placed on the table, and the bimt stove and buffet-specific pots obtained from the Holy Ship restaurant are lined up on the mulberry. The stove has an insulating cover, and there is a stove heated by solid alcohol below, which is now filled with charcoal. In addition to the stove, there are many large porcelain plates, thermos pots, wooden plates, glassware... filled with various dishes, snacks and drinks. Even a senator will feel richer than ever.
On a row of charcoal stoves, a mouth-watering "sizzling" sound and a strange aroma were coming out. Large pieces of steaks, pork chops, chicken chops and fish steaks are being turned on the iron plate, and the smell of spices is so strong that it will melt the nasal mucosa; whole lobsters, oysters, sea fish...are steaming on the iron bars. It's hot; four or five Lingao pigs and a dozen roast ducks are hung on iron sticks and are being roasted in the blazing open stove. The chefs in the cooperative restaurants, canteens and shops were busy cooking dishes. It was the first time for them to come into contact with so many ingredients. In particular, pork and beef are almost invisible on weekdays.
Only a few elders knew that the beef meat was not freshly slaughtered. But it was taken from the cold storage. As for the source, it was the spoils from the Chengmai War: dead cows, dead horses, and dead mules were used to make enemas for the army. Injured cows and horses with no therapeutic value were sent to meat factories for slaughter, and then sorted and frozen to wait for the end of the year to celebrate the New Year. There has to be a time throughout the year to improve our food.
Zhang Zhixiang, a teacher at Fangcaodi, wears a chef's uniform, an apron, and an executive chef's hat that is taller than all the chefs. He directs the chefs to cook like a general. From time to time, he even goes to stir fry on the iron plate himself. Grilled steak rou. The steak rou is cooked according to the Japanese iron plate method and cut into bite-sized pieces before being plated, so that everyone does not have to use a knife and fork. He is a first-class chef, and he is certainly better at cooking modern dishes than the naturalized chefs.
Zheng Shangjie and Mén Dosa were also very busy with the Western food cooking work they were responsible for. Originally, they wanted to ask Salina and Pan Pan to help cook together, but they did not expect that these two genuine Bai Yingxin were both "children of micro-boilers" ": When I was young, cooking at home was just to put the lunch box bought in the market into a micro-bottle and put it on the table, then make a vegetable salad and that's it. Salina said embarrassedly that she could make sandwiches but there was no sauce in Lingao.
"I will prepare the sauce. There is nothing special here, there are many spices." The spice trade was an important commodity in East Asia's maritime trade at that time, and China itself also imported a large amount of spices. The planning institute's warehouse stores many spices from various sources. The farm also grows its own herbs such as basil for catering use.
"Let me bake some cakes." Pan Pan thought about the only thing he could make after a long time. (To be continued
