"Cold noodles" is just as the name suggests, but it is just an adjective. It is not as cold as ice. Eating it in hot seasons can make people cooler than hot soup noodles.
Even colder than the cold noodles were the censors, because after the second great victory in Liaodong, these censors could no longer react to the fact that a certain prince paid a high price to hire Japanese soldiers.
With the evidence of Zhanhuo and Lushun City, these imperial censors would simply become silent unless they could prove that the photo they took was not of themselves, but of a mad dog that bit anyone it saw.
This is already the Censor Version 2.0. Before them, some of the people in the Censorship Version 1.0 who complained everywhere have been sent to Shandong to mine.
Now under the supervision of Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, mining is a joy. Aren’t these people so full that they have nothing to do? A certain prince who was kind and charitable just found something for them to do!
Because foreign guests are coming, all the censors in version 2.0 are currently on leave and have gone home. A certain prince does not want to hear the barking of some mad dogs, even if they are not mad dogs, barking is not acceptable.
The Japanese army didn't know this. Anyway, as long as they had something to eat, everyone ate it with relish. The "cold noodles" of the Ming Dynasty were indeed unique and very different from the local noodles.
Not only are the noodles soft and glutinous, the soup is sweet and sour, but you don’t feel sweaty after eating it like local noodles. It is really suitable to eat in the hot season.
Because they were running all the way, many people were already hungry and their stomachs were growling. As soon as the noodles came, they stared blankly at the situation in the bowl.
After the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty and Abe gave their permission again, a group of people lowered their heads and busied themselves with eating, completely ignoring the situation around them, devouring their food with great joy.
A certain prince looked at him with some suspicion. The Japanese were short in stature and had huge appetites. Even on the second bowl, they were even eaten clean. Are they here to take advantage of them?
Fortunately, the generals who led the army from the beginning were basically samurai, and they were not particular about the variety of dishes, as long as they were delicious and satiating.
Therefore, a group of people all praised Mingguo cold noodles and thought it was very delicious. If there is a chance in the future, they hope to eat this kind of delicious food again.
After the meal, a certain prince sent a group of foreign guests to the club to rest. The things to be discussed were basically finished, and if they stayed in front of the palace any longer, they would have to go to the toilet.
More than five hundred Japanese people were using the toilet in the imperial city. The scene was so beautiful...
Entertaining the envoys was a matter for the Ministry of Rites, and the one who was busy with this was naturally Feng Quan, the Minister of Rites.
The rough schedule is that this is the end of the day. Foreign guests can rest in the club to recover their strength.
Tomorrow I will take a large group of more than 500 people to go shopping, and the day after tomorrow will be to visit various scenic spots in the capital.
After that, we visited the various yamen of the Ming Dynasty, watched the airship take off, went to the main hall to enjoy the song and dance performances, etc.
If the weather is bad, after arranging these contents, ten days will be enough.
The capital has a larger population than Edo, so the city is much more lively and prosperous.
A group of Japanese people arrived in a foreign country for the first time. Although they were a little tired physically, they were in a state of excitement mentally.
The accommodation provided by the Ming court for the group was also very unique, enough to accommodate everyone to stay and rest.
The most novel thing for everyone is not the grand courtyard and beautiful gardens, but the toilet...
Because there is something inside that no one has ever seen before. According to the translation, it is called a "toilet."
It means a "convenient vessel for people to sit on", which looks extremely exquisite and elegant, making people unable to bear the convenience.
We can't help but think of how they solved problems in their native land. They were almost like savages.
There are a total of fifty toilets in the public toilets of the entire club, and there are also private ones for important people in the suites.
Everyone's first thought was that Akito really knows how to enjoy it, and then the second thought was that they wanted to buy this toilet and take it home!
Through inquiring, everyone learned that the total price of a toilet, including the base, was one hundred taels of silver. If you can queue, it only costs 80 taels, and 20 taels is considered the fee for jumping in line.
This price was unaffordable for most people, but most of the Japanese soldiers who arrived in Beijing were wealthy people, especially those who had just made a lot of money and were eager to spend.
They were also very interested in the six double sofas in the living room. There is also the kind of car that is pulled by people. As long as the objects in sight are there, there will be a strong desire to buy them.
Since there were no outdoor activities today, a group of people started to wash up. In the evening, the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty did not torment everyone again, but sent someone to bring another delicacy - pizza.
The standard set meal per person is a box of pork pizza and a can of herbal tea in a bamboo tube. As the most important guest, Abe Shigeji was given ten additional small dishes to accompany his meal.
After dinner, it was almost time to light the lamp. Here, Abe once again discovered that his lighting fixture was not a candle, but a new type of glass oil lamp, which made the room extra bright.
It is said that this lamp uses an oil extracted from kerosene. It was just launched in the Ming Dynasty and was extremely popular, with demand exceeding supply. Even court officials were restricted in purchasing quantities.
As for pencils, white paper, toothbrushes, soap and other gadgets, Abe had never seen them before, and a group of subordinates had no way of knowing. They were all playing with them with great joy.
Under the temptation of these novel objects, shopping became the desire of a group of people the next day, almost all of them impatiently waiting for the order to go out.
To receive foreign guests, Qianqi Department Store is temporarily closed for one day. In this regard, the customers in the city had some complaints, but out of courtesy, they just allowed these friends from afar to open their eyes.
An agreement has now been formed around Kifu that no one has come to the capital without visiting Qianqi Department Store, which shows the position of this store in the hearts of customers.
When the Japanese delegation first entered the store, they were extremely shocked by the items sold inside. Many people never thought that there were a bunch of exquisite products in the world that they had never seen before.
It is so dazzling and diverse that it is difficult for everyone to understand everything at once. It takes more than an hour to visit one floor alone.
If you have children at home, you will naturally want to buy toys.
If there is a woman at home, you need to buy some clothes and cosmetics.
The greedy guy was stuck in front of the cream cake counter, unwilling to move any more.
In addition to food and drinks, due to the huge purchase volume, other supplies need to be ordered in advance before they can be delivered to your door.
Everyone needs to leave their name, quantity, style, and model number so that the store can allocate the goods from the warehouse after gathering them.
The staff of Qianqi Department Store are naturally very welcoming to these high-quality customers. It doesn't matter whether they know the interpretive language or not. Anyway, they have translators to help.
The important thing is that these people are wealthy people with huge pockets, and they spend more generously than the wealthy gentry in the city. They usually start buying items at 10%, or even as much as 100%.
The sales volume of receiving these foreign customers in one day is comparable to the sales on the opening day. If we can receive similar missions frequently, even only once a month, the employees will be very happy.
After the reception was over, I checked the orders and found that the inventory was almost cleared. No wonder the prince had ordered various factories to work overtime to produce various products. What a far-sighted decision!
The Japanese wanted to buy everything from sofas and rickshaws to glass balls and tin frogs, and they bought a lot of them, just like the money in their pockets was blown by the strong wind.
A certain prince knew very well that these were high-end customers who were not very price-sensitive. As long as the service was in place, the money in their pockets would eventually flow back into his own pockets.
He lent money to the Ministry of Accounts, and the Ministry of Accounts allocated it to the Japanese army. The senior officials of the Japanese army used the money to purchase goods manufactured in their own factories. In the end, the Ministry of Accounts still owed themselves a large amount of money. This is called a "virtuous cycle"!
The Japanese army also felt that they had taken advantage of it and could make a net profit by reselling it, so they always believed that the Ming Crown Prince was kind-hearted and took good care of them.
As the team leader, Shigetsu Abe naturally also spent money to buy a bunch of items, because he learned that the owner of this store was the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, and spending more money to buy items himself was a way of showing goodwill.
However, he also agreed with his subordinates that as long as this batch of goods could be transported to the mainland, he would definitely make a lot of money, so there was no restriction. It was a good thing that everyone could make money.
But what moved Abe the most was the airship, which was described by Ming Dynasty translators as a weapon in the fairy world. It was said that it could soar in the blue sky and was a unique flying weapon at that time.
Except for kites, Abe Shige has never seen any man-made objects that can fly into the sky, let alone this airship that can carry people into the sky. He is doubtful about this.
But the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty and the translator were both confident in their words, so he couldn't help but not believe it. It was said that the airship had been performed in public more than once, and millions of people in the city had seen it with their own eyes.
But I heard that the preparation time is very long, almost two hours, that is, four hours long. However, for Abe Shigeji, the wait is naturally very worth it, even if it takes four days.
Soon, the Japanese mission came to know why the Ming army suffered consecutive defeats on the Liaodong battlefield. It was not that they saw their colleagues, but that they came to the Beauty Hall and the Beauties Hall...
This kind of beautiful place can make most men get lost in the arms of beautiful women. Over time, the generals of the Ming army became obsessed with this and no longer wanted to fight.
But the shows here are really exciting. Even if many famous people don't understand plain language, just listening to the rhythm of the songs and the movements of the dances can make them intoxicated.
After all, samurai are also human beings, and daimyo are samurai with good temperament and no shortage of money. Meditation and meditation are necessary, but over time, they will become dull and boring.
There are very few local entertainment programs in Japan. Compared with the wonderful performances in Ming Dynasty, how can fishing be classified as an entertainment activity?
Moreover, they learned to play mahjong in the shortest time. The Japanese were not stupid, and those who came to the Ming Dynasty were the smart ones among the Japanese. Playing mahjong was a mental game, and it was welcomed by the famous people once they came into contact with it.
Samurai are not allowed to participate in gambling, but the daimyo who is the overlord of a party is not subject to this restriction and can enjoy a happy time with his family, not to mention that this kind of game is really fun.
It was a rare rain in the capital, so a bunch of famous people gathered in the clubhouse to play mahjong. Everyone was focused and staring at the table very seriously.
Although the local Warring States Period is over, there is now a new battlefield on the table, and a big name can represent a force. When the odds are not high, winning or losing doesn't matter. What matters is their own brain power.
On the fourth day after arriving in the capital, Shigeji Abe and hundreds of subordinates finally saw the famous magical weapon-the airship!
Looking at the gradually inflating airbag, the Japanese envoys were all dumbfounded. They roughly guessed that Mingren was inflating it. Will inflatable objects be able to fly into the sky?
A certain prince fanned the small fan in his hand out of boredom. If it weren't for the sake of politeness, he would not have gone out in the bright sun to accompany the envoys to watch the airship take off.
The Academy of Sciences must report the work progress to a certain prince every week, especially the weapons being developed, including airships. Any problems must be reported in time and cannot be kept.
Based on the current experimental progress, it can be roughly determined that most of the problems have been solved, and the remaining ones are not enough to hinder mass production. The airship can enter the small batch production stage as early as this winter.
In other words, the Ming Dynasty King's Division can receive the first batch of airships in the spring of next year, and the airship troops will form combat effectiveness before the autumn of next year.
There are airships above and tanks below. Due to the low accuracy of the new equipment, it is difficult to get out of the customs. However, with a large number of armored musketeers, it is still possible to protect Jifu's three-thirds of land.
The biggest problem right now is that the inflation speed is still very slow, because the steam engine is not as advanced as the airship, and it is temporarily out of the question to use machinery to blow air.
Before an airship takes off, eight people are required to manually blow the air, and the movement must be fast, otherwise the hot air will cool down. When the airship is tired, a new group of people will be replaced. This lasts for four hours to allow this behemoth to have enough air. of lift.
Including command, machinery, transportation, and security, each airship must have a ground crew of fifty people. One hundred ships equals five thousand people, which can be organized into a brigade.
It's just that the cost of building this brigade is astronomical. If it weren't for a certain prince's wealth, he would never be able to support this "flying beast force".
Whether the airship unit can form a combat effectiveness depends on the steam engine, which is slowly lifted into the air by hand. After all, it is unreliable. You can't wait on the battlefield.
The steam engine had been built a long time ago, and the operation process was normal, but the operation time was very abnormal.
This guy loses his temper on sunny days and also on rainy days. He is in a state of rest for more than 17 or 18 hours a day...
For the Japanese mission, they had no way of knowing the problem that made a certain prince feel melancholy. They only knew that this magical great auspicious sign could really take off and carry people into the sky.
Looking at the airship flying higher and higher, the whole mission was extremely shocked. Many people thought of the military use of this thing. If there were hundreds of such auspicious signs in the sky, what enemy in the world could stop them?
With the airship, we can discover it before the enemy, set up formations before the enemy, and attack before the enemy. Isn't it easy to win?
Abe Shige wanted to buy this flying weapon, but considering that the Ming Dynasty's crown prince politely refused his purchase of mortars, he could only make plans for this later.
However, as long as the two parties can cooperate happily in the next few years, it will be difficult for the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty to continue to refuse his purchase intention.
