Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 688 Durian

"Durian."

"Oh! So this is durian. I've heard of it, but never eaten it. It has such a strange taste. So durian is liquid like coconut?"

"No, this is milk tea."

"." Phaethon looked at the cup, "Don't you think this thing is a bit strange? Strange tropical fruits, entangled with many strange ingredients. Compared to tea, it looks more like some kind of tea to me. Eight-treasure porridge. And it’s a little... smelly? I’m not knowledgeable, can this be called smelly?”

"This can be called a stink in every sense of the word."

"Then why do you like to eat smelly things?"

“Isn’t the fish sauce in Rome smelly?”

"That's different. The odor of fish sauce is fermented and can be controlled. Durian is naturally stinky. This odor comes from nature. It is simply shocking. But I seem to have seen it on a takeaway flyer. Yes, this thing is quite popular?"

"Yes, it's quite expensive. You can only buy two drinks for 50 yuan. It's a treat for others. One drink for Apollonia and one for you."

"Well, you didn't drink it yourself?"

"Are you sure she can drink this?"

"I don't know, but I should know before I come here."

"Is there such a use?"

"Well, it's very useful. When Victoria comes later, I will also come and talk to her about this cup of durian tea. Because there are no traditional durian producing areas within the control of Rome, Victoria must have never drank it. Then she will also Let’s buy her a drink.”

"how is the taste?"

"After drinking it, the taste should be no problem. Durian has a very natural sweetness, which is much richer than the taste of many sweeteners. She probably won't refuse. By the way, she said When are you going to do it seriously?"

"It doesn't taste bad but I can probably guess why it's so popular."

Before he finished speaking, the phone rang. Shangluo answered the phone——

"." Although he didn't know how to survive with a cup of stinky durian and eight-treasure porridge, he bought it and Phaethon didn't want to refuse.

"It's not like I haven't had a drink before. If I don't miss this sip, you should drink it. It just so happens that you have an exam tomorrow. Can I give you a boost?"

"Oh, what about?"

After 2 minutes, he hung up the phone.

She took it, inserted the straw and took a sip.

"For example, if I have five best friends, I can chat with each of them for an hour after drinking a cup of milk tea: from durian materials, to my own hearing, to the process of queuing, to my own feelings about drinking durian tea, and finally Describe the reactions of others after hearing this passage one by one. It is well worth the money. Good topics are not available all the time. For the price of a cup of milk tea, you can master the conversation for 5 hours. It is more than worth it. .”

"." She still didn't speak.

"Who made the call at this point?"

"Senior brother." Shangluo put down the phone. "He said that tomorrow your exam will be divided into two halves. He will be the proctor in the first half and another teacher will be in charge of the second half. Then, he asked me to go to his place tomorrow afternoon - tomorrow The Roman embassy will arrive in the afternoon to discuss arrangements for the arrival of Victoria herself.”

"Does it have to be so grand? Is it considered an official visit?"

"No, she still came here in her alchemy body, because she can't leave the palace for too long now. She has things to deal with. But even with her alchemy body, she has to inform her before coming so that all arrangements can be made. I will Just come and deal with it. Compared to this, are you more confident about tomorrow's exam?" "Don't worry. I have practiced in seclusion before, and I am very well prepared."

noon the next day.

Shangluo was waiting at the door of Zhu Xianfen's office, holding a cup of ginger tea in his hand. This time he stayed far away from any pillars to avoid touching any building wood he shouldn't touch.

The elevator bell dinged over there, and Zhu Xianxian and several Jinyiwei walked all the way from the elevator.

"How's it going?" he asked Zhu Xianxin, "How did you do in the exam?"

"Tsk." Zhu Xianfen shook his head, "By the way, why are you sitting at the door? You go in first and sit down."

Shangluo shook his head fiercely: "I know there are some treasures in this palace, and I don't dare to touch them casually. If I touch Jianmu or something and cause a chain reaction, it will be over."

"Ah, indeed. I do have a few things in the house. I'll write you a note later." He took out the key, opened the office door himself, and motioned for Shangluo to follow him.

Sitting on both sides of the desk, Zhu Xianfen took a sip of tea first: "I proctored the exam this morning. It's just the result."

"The result is not good?"

"She may not be able to be your classmate anymore."

"Ah, she didn't do well in the exam?" Shangluo also expected this. After all, this was just a last minute thing, so she didn't do well in the exam.

“I’m going to put her straight into grad school.”

"Huh??? Why?"

"Because she has fully met the criteria for entering my own research laboratory. Ha, actually I also read your paper. I can only say that it is difficult to say that she did well in the exam, but considering that you are a celestial being, it can be seen that You haven’t put in a lot of time into your studies.”

"I only have 76 seconds! I wrote the entire composition in 3 seconds."

"That's the balance of casting a spell on you. And even if you become my graduate student, you won't have the energy to come to my laboratory. And do you really have good study habits?"

"That's true."

"But Phaethon's allocation of time is very consistent with the potential that a researcher should have: she was able to retreat and absorb all this knowledge. She was able to systematically summarize, study, and grasp all the basic knowledge of another education system. , and she has mastered it quite well. This ability of independent learning is exactly what a researcher needs. She is indeed very suitable for alchemy. So I plan to let her directly enter my research laboratory."

"Then I."

"You? Just go to the big class with the other freshmen. By the way, when you see her in the future, you have to call her senior, because she is one level higher than you."

"Call her senior?"

"She is about to start taking over the actual research work. Of course she can be considered your senior. Well, because the courses are arranged by me, I still arranged some public classes for freshmen for her to study. For example, civic education, etc., so that she can understand our social life. So there are a few courses that you should probably take with her. Of course, most of the courses are probably not accessible to you, nor to anyone outside. .”

"Alchemy?"

"Yes. Oh, by the way, I plan to let her be my teaching assistant for a while. It is possible that she will give you lectures then. Remember to be good and don't cause trouble to your husband."

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(End of this chapter)