As the saying goes, you have to rely on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water. Ryukyu is a treasured land. It requires mountains, mountains and water. There are countless ingredients here.
But in the past days when Ryukyu was poor, people didn't even have enough to eat, and they didn't have the extra resources to cook these top-quality ingredients, so Ryukyu's local food culture did not develop.
Just imagine, people can’t even eat enough cereals. Even if they are given bird’s nests, shark fins, abalone and lobster, although these foods are delicious and high in protein, they are not starchy foods after all. It is not appropriate to eat too much of these foods.
Not to mention that many ingredients require various other ingredients to match, especially oil, which is a precious commodity. Why stir-frying has emerged in China is actually rooted in the prosperity of ancient China.
In ancient times, all nations that could use a large amount of oil were in areas with developed agriculture.
Now is the time for Ryukyu to catch up. Thousands of merchants have gathered together to bring delicacies from all over the world, and goods are spread all over the world so that people can eat ingredients from all over the world. The most important thing is that Xiao Letian has used powerful business and government intervention methods to make Ryukyu's food more delicious. Food prices have been hovering at low levels.
For example, in Southeast Asia, wasteland was purchased in the official name, and then landless refugees from the Qing Dynasty were hired to plant crops, or futures trading contracts were signed with those Nanyang Chinese families. In addition, the Prime Minister's Office used commercial taxes to subsidize, so the price of food in Ryukyu has always been high. at a reasonable level.
Stable food prices, coupled with the increase in people's income, and of course the pursuit of wealthy people from all over the world, suddenly made Ryukyu's food industry popular. Food from all over the world collided with each other on this island. , fusion, countless old dishes have been improved, countless new dishes have been invented, and the name of the gourmet place on the East China Sea has become famous all over the world.
Even though Weng Tonghe and these officials were well-known figures in the Four-Nine City, after arriving in Ryukyu today, they became Grandma Liu and entered the Grand View Garden. They had never tasted half of the delicacies on this table.
The wine is good, the Huadiao trafficked from the south of the Yangtze River. The color of the wine has turned amber, and the aroma is overflowing. Not to mention the dishes, they are all Fujian cuisine that is relatively rare in the north. It is a pleasure for you adults who are tired from the journey. Even Mr. Weng, who had always had a poor appetite, drank several times more and ate a few more dishes for the first time.
During the banquet, the old man suddenly asked, "Don't His Majesty have four bodyguards, four eunuchs, and nobles from the Three Hundred and Eight Banners to serve you? Why are there not the Ermao General Manager and the disciples from the Three Hundred and Eight Banners?"
Zai Chun put down his chopsticks, "Actually, Er Mao was here before, but he was afraid of his sensitive identity and we had some unpleasant things to say, so Zi ah saluted all the adults in the crowd, and then went back... As for the three hundred old soldiers? I Leave them in the military camp and train them hard!"
Mr. Weng put down his wine glass, "I'm going to thank Ermao later. I didn't expect that at the most critical moment, he was the one who blocked the knife for His Majesty... The court owes him an explanation!"
Feng Fu has indeed become a bit perverted recently, and he doesn't like anything he sees. "The imperial court doesn't owe them anything, and the two cents are just the details arranged by Xiao Letian... Look at this damn place, so many people are actually seeing His Majesty on the dock." Not kneeling is so disobedient!"
"Also just now, His Majesty went to reserve a table in person, and they actually dared to say that they didn't have it! And which shopkeeper clearly knew His Majesty's identity, but actually slapped a thousand and it was over with a smile! Is there no etiquette in Ryukyu? Yet?"
Zai Chun glanced at Feng Fu, "This is Ryukyu, not our Qing Dynasty. The Prime Minister has already announced the decree. Unless it is for worshiping heaven and earth and for the annual Spring Festival meeting, kneeling is not allowed on weekdays... Especially for soldiers, as long as When you put on military uniform, you must not kneel down, not to heaven and earth, not to your parents..."
"Ah! It's so treasonous..." the crowd started talking.
But no one expected that Zai Chun shook his head indifferently, "I think this is good. There are not so many red tapes. If you have something to say, you can be straightforward! The so-called emperor's authority is not maintained by this kind of ceremony..."
"When I was in Japan, I wanted to meet the emperor in Kyoto, but the result was that the Japanese ministers didn't know what etiquette to use to receive me, so they never did. Ask me to kneel to him? That's impossible, but he came Kneel me? He was reluctant, but in the end I just rode a horse and looked at the Japanese Imperial Palace in the distance, and I killed two birds on the wall of his house, which was considered a greeting!"
"The Emperor of Japan is like this now. Their royal ministers still adhere to the etiquette of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and they do not make any mistakes. But what's the use? The power is still in the hands of the generals and daimyo, and the emperor will always It’s an empty shell…”
"Do you think I'm not an empty shell? The Forbidden City is really big enough, and the walls are really high enough. I'm a prisoner trapped inside. You kneel and kowtow to me every day, but let me ask you... Can my decree really go out of the Forbidden City? Which of you will listen to me..."
This is really not what an eleven or twelve-year-old child can say. He didn't wait for anyone to answer and then asked, "You don't have to answer me, let alone use official words to perfunctory me... Go and torture your own heart, now this big man Is it really the emperor who calls the shots in the Qing Dynasty?”
People's faces turned red and white, and finally Feng Fu said awkwardly, "Of course...as long as the emperor can personally govern..."
"Hahaha... Then let me borrow Mr. Feng's good words! I hope that by then, someone will be willing to return the power to me... Okay, let's not talk about this topic anymore. Let me answer your previous question now! "
"You said that Lotte Bank does not have 15 million in cash? But I said not necessarily. The amount of funds that Lotte Bank and banks can use every day is definitely more than this amount!"
"What? So many...isn't this a mountain of silver!"
Fifteen million silver coins, what a huge mountain of silver that is. There are arithmetic experts in the mission who can probably estimate the total. "Your Majesty, don't try to deceive us... Fifteen million silver coins are calculated according to the foreign counting method." That’s more than 400 tons! How big of a warehouse will there be to store this silver!”
"That's right, that's a mountain of silver and a sea of silver!"
Zai Chun looked at them and said inexplicably, "How is this impossible? At the end of the Yongzheng Dynasty, the national silver inventory exceeded 40 million taels. If this is calculated as Western tons, how much is it?"
"Besides, Lotte Bank is not stupid. Who would borrow money directly from outside? They use bonds, military notes and checks!"
Note: This is the second update today, there may be another update in the evening!
