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Chapter 274 The Earth is Round

Xu Xiake, a middle-aged man in his 50s or [-]s, dressed in a Confucian robe, stood outside the office of the county government office, looking up and down at the Lantian county government office.

This is what an ordinary county government looks like. The brick and tile structure is no different from houses in other places in Daming except that it is a little bigger. Is this the place where people like gods live for their own magic camera?

Xu Xiake was thinking, when the door of the office of the county government opened, followed by a group of people in Confucian robes or black smart clothes came out of the office, and they all smiled and nodded when they saw Xu Xiake.

Xu Xiake didn't know them, but seeing others nodding to him, out of politeness, he also nodded to everyone to show friendliness.

Everyone walked away, and Guzi came out at this time and said, "Mr. Xu Xiake, it's just lunch time, and my county lord invites you to have dinner together."

Teacher, this is the name of the army. It can only be called when facing internal people or in the army. When facing outsiders or conducting government affairs, Li Chaosheng is generally called the county honor.

Xu Xiake was taken aback when he heard Gu Zi's words, and was a little surprised. He didn't expect to invite him to have a meal with Li Chaosheng.

Xu Xiake was brought into the office by Gu Zi. In the office, Li Chaosheng saw Xu Xiake get up and said, "Mr. Xu, I have admired your name for a long time. I am lucky to meet you today."

Xu Xiake was overwhelmed by the flattery, how can the honor of a county treat others so kindly, at this moment he hastily cupped his hands and said, "Ashamed, ashamed."

At this moment, Li Chaosheng looked at Xu Xiake and said, "Where did you visit recently, would you like to share with me?"

After hearing this, Xu Xiake said: "This trip, I entered Shandong, traveled to Mount Tai, went down to AH, traveled around Taihu Lake, and came all the way to Shaanxi. The scenery is picturesque, most of which are recorded in this camera, but recently this camera seems to be It's broken, it can't be started, does the county lord know why?"

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Oh, a small problem, Guzi, take your sir's camera to charge it."

"Yes."

Li Chaosheng's county government has electricity, and solar panels are laid on the top of the county government to provide electricity. Therefore, the county government has electricity and electric lights, which can make the county government as bright as day at night, because of this poor county government Office staff, started a life of overtime, started a life of 007 blessings.

Many office workers lamented that it is better to be officials from other places in Ming Dynasty. There is a curfew at seven o'clock in the evening, and they can't do any work if they want to work. Now it is normal for the county government to work until ninety o'clock in the evening, and occasionally they have to stay overnight. In theory, there is, but no one has used it. Except for the rigid rule that the county magistrate requires everyone to sleep at least three hours a day, most of the time, everyone is discussing political affairs during meals.

No one even cares about falling in love, but the only advantage of these social animals is that as long as they want to, there will be no shortage of girls, because the power in their hands will allow countless people to send girls to them for selection.

Although the county government office is the blessing of 007, no one is willing to give up this job and this right, because this is the power center of Lantian. Working here, they can serve Lantian, take revenge, and use their own actions Changing the world, they will have an enviable future in the future.

Because of this, they would rather accept the blessings of 007 and accept the oppression of Lantian government affairs than resign.

In fact, they don't want to be idle, what are they doing in their idle time?Do you want to hang out on the road like those group of idlers?

No, they can't.

They like 007 Fubao, not because they like to be squeezed, but because they think that if they pay, they will get the rights they want. They are willing, and you can't let it go.

On the contrary, if you give people three melons and two dates, and squeeze others with your life, I can go to you, your little value is not worth my 007's life.

Therefore, the contribution is directly proportional to the value, and it is immoral to squeeze out all discussions that do not talk about value.

As long as you give enough, 996, 007, we are willing, but you give three melons and two dates, draw big cakes every day, pay attention to dedication, and pay attention to the first, that is playing hooligans, that is stinky, shameless, and you will be cast aside .

The food came out quickly, and the two meals were exactly the same, even the one that Guzi ate was the same. They were all made by the master chef in the cafeteria. All the meals in the county government were made by the master chef. Eat in the big cafeteria, and Guzi will put Li Chaosheng's meals on the table.

The meal is very simple, a piece of cabbage tofu vermicelli, the vermicelli is a specialty of Lantian sweet potato powder, which is not available in other places, but the vermicelli in Lantian is available, even ordinary people can eat it, and the vermicelli is also an important commodity in Lantian Shipped to Jiangnan.

However, in Jiangnan, this vermicelli has another name, Saiyan's Nest.

Why is it called such a name?
The reason is simple, expensive!It's expensive.

This thing is called vermicelli in Lantian, and the price is [-] yuan a catty, so don't think it is expensive. The five catties of sweet potatoes are a catty of vermicelli, and the sweet potatoes are sold at fifteen yuan a catty. This is a fair price when you include the processing fee.

But in the south of the Yangtze River, the bird's nest is packaged in a more expensive package and sold to the rich in the south of the Yangtze River for one or two silver a catty. Don't bargain, don't ask if you can't afford it, it's just so arrogant.

But in the south of the Yangtze River, there is no shortage of money. What people eat is what they have and what they have. This bird's nest is not sold to the common people.

And this thing is really delicious, you stew meat, meat flavor, stew, vegetable flavor, stewed seafood, seafood flavor.

And it's smooth and tender, and it feels really good. This can make people in Jiangnan greedy, and it's selling well.

Li Chaosheng saw that this stuff was selling so well in Jiangnan, so he opened a vermicelli processing factory in Lantian, specializing in the production of high-end vermicelli, which was finely made, while the vermicelli eaten by the common people was made thicker.

After all, there is still a difference in taste between the finer powder and the coarse powder with a little bit of sweet potato powder. This is also to prevent some profiteers from buying powder in Lantian and selling it at a high price in the south of the Yangtze River, which will ruin Li Chaosheng's fortune.

The second dish is fried pork with chili. Chili is a fresh product from Lantian. Chili was transplanted into Daming at the end of Ming Dynasty and has not been planted on a large scale. However, Li Chaosheng likes chili, so he sprinkled chili seeds on his own land in advance , planted two acres of chili peppers, and as soon as the chili peppers matured, each of my subordinates picked a little to try something new, and after eating this, they became addicted, so I went to Li Chaosheng to ask for it.

Li Chaosheng planted two acres of land, which was not enough for everyone, so he distributed a packet of chili seeds to everyone to go back and plant them by themselves. The chili can be eaten in the next year, and the chili can be dried in the sun for easy storage.

In this way, the chili pepper was spread to ten, ten to a hundred, and it spread in Lantian. Now there are very few people in Lantian who don't eat chili.

The last thing is stewed pork ribs with potatoes. This can be regarded as the only privilege of the county government. You can eat two meat dishes at noon, but this stewed pork ribs with potatoes has more potatoes and less ribs. A bite is no worse than meat.

The staple food is steamed buns. People in Shaanxi love to eat noodles, but they also have rice. Xu Xiake serves rice. Xu Xiake is from Southern Zhili. They like to eat rice more than steamed buns. The last is a soup, tomato egg drop soup.

Tomatoes are also the food that Li Chaosheng brought to enrich Lantian's diet. He began to plant two acres of land. Because the tomatoes are too bright, others say that they are a new weapon invented by the county lord. They are highly poisonous and will kill you if you eat them.

Li Chaosheng did not stop them from guessing. After all, tomatoes are eaten as fruits. If these people know that they are delicious, they may be unripe and half-baked. Neither resisted full maturity.

Later, on the day when the tomatoes were ripe, Li Chaosheng ate one, and then half an acre of tomatoes disappeared. Li Chaosheng was very angry and tried his best to protect the remaining one and a half acres.

Then these bastards, when they saw it, they couldn't do it, so they went directly to Li Chaosheng's place and made a lot of troubles, which made Li Chaosheng very irritable, and gave a lot to the big guys, and then the tomato seeds spread out, but the tomato is currently only It circulates at high levels and is not distributed to the common people, so the common people don't eat much.

"Mr. Xu, please, our county government is not allowed to drink alcohol during office hours, so we can't invite you to drink alcohol."

Li Chaosheng said to Xu Xiake, and Xu Xiake said, "It's okay, it's okay."

Xu Xiake looked at the wooden dinner plate in front of him and felt very curious. This dinner plate was very large, with four grids, a circle, grooves, and a rectangular groove on it.

A pair of chopsticks are placed inside the rectangular groove, and a bowl is placed inside the circle, which is filled with bright red soup, which smells very fragrant and has egg flowers floating on it.

Xu Xiake took a sip, his eyes widened, what a delicious soup, so delicious.

"how?"

Li Chaosheng asked Xu Xiake with a smile, Xu Xiake nodded and said, "It's delicious, it's better than fish soup."

Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "Tomatoes do have a unique umami taste."

"tomato?"

Xu Xiake's eyes widened, Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Guzi."

"County Honor."

Guzi was eating at another small table at this time, and stood up after hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "Go and get two tomatoes, give me and my husband fruits after dinner."

"Yes."

After hearing this, Gu Zi immediately ran to the kitchen, and soon the red tomatoes were brought. Xu Xiake widened his eyes and said, "This thing is so bright, isn't it poisonous?"

A little life trick from the ancients. Plants are too bright and must be poisonous. I don’t know how to study them.

Li Chaosheng took a bite and said, "Not poisonous, very sandy, very sweet."

Seeing that Li Chaosheng took a bite and Xu Xiake also took a bite, he was immediately attracted by the delicacy, couldn't help but take a few more bites and said, "It's so delicious, is this a fruit or a vegetable?"

Li Chaosheng said: "If you think of it as a fruit, it will be a fruit, if you treat it as a vegetable, it will be a vegetable."

Xu Xiake said: "Delicious, delicious, where did you get this stuff?"

Li Chaosheng said, "South America."

"South America?"

Xu Xiake frowned. He had never heard of this name. He had been to many states and capitals in the world, and he had never heard of the name South America.

Seeing Xu Xiake, Li Chaosheng asked curiously, "Guzi, globe."

When Gu Zi heard the words, he immediately moved a big globe. This thing was placed in the office as an ornamental object, and it also reminded Li Chaosheng not to be arrogant. The earth is so vast, where are you going?
Li Chaosheng ate a mouthful of steamed buns, and took a bite of chili fried meat. The fried meat was very delicious and tender. Since Li Chaosheng suggested that the meat should be coated with potato starch before putting it into the pot, the fried meat has become even more tender.

Li Chaosheng was eating steamed buns, but Xu Xiake was attracted by the globe. What is this big round ball?
Xu Xiake watched, blinked and looked at Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng said: "This is the planet we live in."

"Planet?"

Xu Xiake's eyes widened, and he pointed to his feet and said, "You mean the ground under your feet?"

Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "That's right, the land we live on is actually round."

"Ah, this, this is impossible."

Xu Xiake held his head like a rattle and said, "If the earth is round, if we step on the earth, wouldn't we all fall into the endless abyss?"

Li Chaosheng nodded and said: "You are right, but the earth has a force called gravity, which can firmly control people on the earth and prevent the earth from falling."

Although Xu Xiake didn't know how to refute this, he still shook his head. In fact, Li Chaosheng understood Xu Xiake's thoughts. After all, Bruno who said the earth was round in a foreign country was burned to death by the pope.

And now that Li Chaosheng dared to say that, he was not afraid that someone would burn him to death. After all, no one dared to stand up and say that Li Chaosheng was burned to death even if he borrowed ten courage from others.

Li Chaosheng looked at Xu Xiake with a smile and said, "Why don't you believe me?"

Xu Xiake shook his head, at this moment Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "I ask you a question, you answer me."

Xu Xiake nodded, and Li Chaosheng said, "Have you ever seen a boat sail out to sea?"

"I have seen."

Xu Xiake nodded.

"Then you can see whether the ship disappears with a whiff, or whether it disappears little by little, from the hull to the mast."

Xu Xiake frowned, he didn't pay attention to this, but in his impression, it didn't seem to be a blink, but a little invisible.

"It seems to disappear little by little, first from the hull to the sails."

Xu Xian took the globe and gestured with a steamed bun: "Is that so?"

Sure enough, on the globe, due to the curvature, the steamed buns disappeared little by little, not all at once.

Xu Xiake was a little shaken, and Li Chaosheng said: "I'm confused, it doesn't matter, Lantian's navy is about to go to sea, and there is a very simple method to experiment, that is to let the navy go to sea, travel around the earth for a week, and prove that the earth is round .”

Xu Xiake heard this and said: "Ah, really? The old man also wants to go to sea to have a look."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng said: "Not yet, traveling around the world requires a strong financial support. We don't have the ability to travel around the world yet, but we will go one day. Mr. Xu is interested in watching it together. see?"

Xu Xiake said: "If you can, please bring me with you."

Li Chaosheng said: "Then let's help Lantian grow stronger first."

(End of this chapter)