"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"May the Holy Spirit be at peace!"
The crews of eight large ships were concentrated on one ship.
The deck was packed to the brim.
Zhang Qi, wearing a large cloak, walked from the steps to the ship at the berth.
Everyone on the big ship half-knelt in front of him to greet him, with excited expressions.
This was the first time that they saw their Lord at such a close distance.
For the people of Liao, Zhang Qi is a well-deserved leader and a god-like existence.
From a barren land to today's prosperity, the changes in Liao Land came from the changes in their hands.
Even themselves.
It has also changed from a life of not having enough to eat day and night to now having no worries about food and clothing, stability and happiness.
All of this was brought to them by the tall and tall man in front of them.
Therefore, their greetings are not just simple words, but sincere and sincere.
"Hahaha, okay, in our Liao land, with pillars like you who can span thousands of miles, everything will be prosperous and stable."
"Everyone, please get up. You don't need to kneel down to pay tribute in the future. It has been a long time since we in Liao land have kneeled down."
"Since everyone has returned to the port, there is no need to stay on the ship all the time. Although the seaside is not as windy and snowy as in Liaoning, it is colder after all. Get off the ship, everyone get off the ship. The port governor has already prepared good things for everyone. Let’s have wine and food, let’s go, I will personally take care of everyone!”
"promise!"
On the big ship, we met these crew members who had returned from Australia.
Zhang Qi led them to the large canteen at the port.
Although Zhang Qi has never personally experienced the ocean life at sea, he knows from his experience that it is not easy.
After all, eating and drinking will not be as convenient as on land.
Although Liaodi Ocean Technology has prepared vitamin foods and medicines to prevent septicemia.
But eating a single diet for a long time still made their faces look a little worse.
Long-distance voyages are not like coastal voyages, and there are not many types of vegetables and fruits that can be preserved for a long time due to the geographical environment of Liaoning.
Dried radish, pickled sauerkraut, sour orange, spontaneous bean sprouts, and apple potatoes.
It’s okay to eat these things on the ground for a long time, because there is always a chance to change the taste.
But on the sea, you need to eat as long as you sail, and there are too few flavors that can be changed.
So when the banquet started, the first dish served was not wine and meat, but a large pot of fresh and delicious cabbage vermicelli.
At this time, all the sailors and sailors who had returned from a long voyage could not move their eyes at the table.
Zhang Qi sat at the top.
Hehe laughed twice and said.
"Everyone!"
"No need to be polite! Enjoy the feast!"
"oh--!"
With a cheer, everyone at the table moved their chopsticks.
The big canteen called almost all the canteen staff in the port to take turns.
Cabbage vermicelli, spicy and sour potato shreds, pumpkin soup, white radish stew
One dish after another was served to the crew's dining table.
The waiter was so tired that he changed the food one batch after another.
Almost every dish is based on fruits and vegetables, supplemented by meat.
The chefs working in these ports know it too.
What people who come back from the sea want to eat most is definitely not big fish and meat, but those fresh green vegetables!
Kitchen.
Dozens of stoves were firing at once.
A large number of cooks take turns cooking or stewing.
While they were busy working, they were still sighing.
"Since I got the greenhouse, I have been able to manage enough green vegetables in the past two years. It's so comfortable."
"It's not like before, when we were floating on the sea, all we ate were sauerkraut pickled in the summer."
"Yeah, if this glass wasn't so expensive, I would have bought some and installed one myself."
A cook who was frying shredded radish in a pot said.
Dozens of stoves in the back kitchen were working at the same time, and the only ones who could hear clearly were a few people around them.
"Just wait. I see that glass has appeared in many places over the years. Maybe we will be able to buy it soon."
"Too."
Indeed, Liao land can continuously produce vegetables in winter, and the most important thing among them is the greenhouse mentioned by these cooks.
That is, the vegetable greenhouse of later generations.
It's just that light and cheap materials like those of later generations are really unavailable in Liaoning today, so Zhang Qi and the others can only use glass.
In fact, it is very troublesome to make a greenhouse with glass. The whole glass cannot be too large and must be assembled with small squares piece by piece. If the whole piece of glass is too large, it will easily be frozen and cracked in winter.
Although now Liaodi uses defective products that failed to smelt transparent glass.
But even these defective products are highly sought after noble luxuries in the Han Dynasty.
If those dignitaries in the Han region knew that there were greenhouses built with large amounts of glass in the Liao region, they would all go crazy.
Today's Liaodi Glass Factory is responsible for telescope lenses that are in large demand by the military.
However, it is too difficult to smelt transparent glass. Even with increasingly sophisticated smelting technology, it is easy to obtain glass solution, but pure transparent glass with no variegation still makes it difficult for many skilled workers in glass factories.
It can only be obtained from a large piece of frosted glass by cutting and polishing.
And the rest are defective products.
Originally, these defective products would have been re-smelted, but with the development of maritime transportation and the increasing number of maritime workers, the fruit output from Liaodi orchards alone could no longer meet the anti-septicemia needs of all crew members.
And orchards also rely on the seasons to provide output.
So simply, these frosted glass are not refurbished, and are directly sliced and shipped from the factory to build winter vegetable greenhouses.
Although the transparency ratio of frosted glass must not meet the requirements of polished glass for telescopes.
But it is enough for the construction of vegetable greenhouses.
As long as it's not snowing and there's some sunshine, the temperature in the greenhouse can go above zero.
Over time, these vegetable greenhouses became known as greenhouses.
It relies on the temperature lock in the greenhouse and the iron pipe flow in the boiler room.
Liaodi's winter vegetable output has begun to grow steadily.
Although it is too far-fetched to satisfy the entire Liao Dynasty, the vitamin supplements used to satisfy the personnel at sea are sufficient.
Therefore, most of the greenhouses in Liaoning are now built near the sea in Liaodong. One is that the ultraviolet rays at the seaside are stronger, and the other is because the vegetables produced by these greenhouses are also life-saving medicine for sailors.
During the banquet.
The dishes are endless.
It was not until the end of the banquet that the meat-based dishes gradually became more common.
Because the Department of Marine Products has regulations on drinking at sea, most of these crew members only tasted it briefly and did not dare to drink freely.
Looking at the time, Zhang Qi also felt that the banquet should come to an end.
So he brought the cup.
"Everyone here is a pillar of talent. When you return from this voyage, you will realize it. I respect you for this glass of wine!"
"Drink together!"
"Thank you! Your Majesty!"
(End of chapter)
