Villager of Daming

Chapter 1290 Misunderstandings between Heaven and Earth

In the morning, a lot of seafood was delivered to Yingtianfu Wharf and bought in baskets.

Gege Haji did not follow the princes today. She had dinner with her brother and the person who previously held military power.

Those former ministers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were treated well, and there was no expectation that they would be employed as officials. They could just help with the compilation of history, or if there was a need for large reference books but there was a shortage of manpower, they could be allowed to participate.

"It turns out we can eat seafood in the morning. The clams where we live are so fat!"

Nahachu looked at the photo album his sister brought, and they were eating swimming crab and radish soup. Usually, the crabs with meat are not cut up to make soup, which is a pity. But in the imperial city, it doesn’t matter how you eat it.

Just like using large prawns to chop stuffing for dumplings, Zhu Yuanzhang could use abalone to make porridge, as long as he liked it.

On the contrary, Zhu Wentian was reluctant to do so. Not to mention the single-headed abalone, he even refused to cook porridge with triple-headed abalone because they were dried abalone, and one catty of three catties is 604 grams.

Dried abalone has no shell and internal organs. How big does it have to be to dry out a triple abalone if it is replaced with a fresh one?
Dried abalone can be preserved for a long time. When the meat becomes soft, it can be hyped up. As the Ming Dynasty’s economy developed, there were more wealthy people, so they could sell it to them.

The breakfast provided for Nahachu and his friends today includes three-headed abalone, which was caught and dried three years ago, and the technology was provided by Zhu Wentian.

Japan does not yet have the technology to make dried abalone. At present, people in many places still respect fresh abalone because it is difficult to preserve and they do not know the technology to make and cook dried abalone.

There are many abalones in the Bohai Bay, and Nahachu has naturally eaten large fresh abalones before, but this is the first time for him to eat dried abalone. Since it was a normal breakfast, he was not served single abalone.

Even so, the dried abalone started to be soaked from the day we returned. It is big and needs time.

Nahachu had never seen braised abalone made from dried abalone. He flipped through the photo album and said, "Why do the things here in Daming look so different from ours?"

Even before he looked at the photos, he had already felt, or rather enjoyed, the luxurious life during the few days he spent here.

He found the toilet in the bathroom very comfortable to use and he didn't feel awkward because he also sat down when he used the toilet at night and had a slave serving him.

That flush toilet is nothing compared to the ceramic one, the bathroom is large, the white tiles are beautiful, and there are electric lights.

There is a bathtub where he lives, and a special person is responsible for hygiene. Unlike the houses in Xiaqiu Village, they don't use it because they think it's troublesome.

Plus glass windows, floor-to-ceiling mirrors, 24-hour hot water, running water, a 100-foot bed in the room, an electric fan...

He found that the craftsman was very good and he should have paid more attention to him at that time.

Looking at the photos at this moment, he didn't recognize the things in the industrial area, and he would believe it if he said it was the Fairy Palace.

The industrial area has conveyor belts, steam rolling mills, electric lathes, strange-shaped tools, and messy equipment production lines...

The sewing machines in the garment factories are produced in the industrial zone, as are the electric looms.

Nahachu felt a sense of unreality. It turned out that the Ming Dynasty, which he was fighting against, was like this!

Gegehaji sat there quietly without moving her chopsticks. She was looking at the telephone next to her, thinking she had something to say to Xiaqiu Village.

Hearing her brother's words, she sighed softly: "I thought that the masters of the Ming Dynasty were disciples of the Mohist School, and they knew a little more than others in some aspects.

Who would have thought it would be like this! They held back on the phone and telegram.

We were lucky this time, and it ended without much fighting, otherwise…"

As she spoke, she shook her head. Her side had not suffered many casualties and surrendered quickly. Otherwise, if the other side mobilized more weapons there, the outcome would be uncertain.

"Take a look! This thing can produce a bunch of photos in one shot. How is it made?"

Nahachu handed the album in his hand to the person next to him. There were four albums in total for people to look at, with the same photos and negatives. They could develop as many photos as they wanted.

Those who had seen it were silent, trying to calm down their inner waves. It was too scary, and they were almost killed. Gege Haji picked up a knife and fork and cut the braised abalone. The three-headed abalone was so big after being soaked that the kitchen would not cut it. They provided tableware for the diners to cut it themselves, so that the size of the abalone could be seen.

"Brother, I will go to court the day after tomorrow, and we will have single-headed abalone. They say that the dried abalone with a single head takes longer to soak than the dried abalone with three heads, so we can make abalone with oyster sauce.

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is also being prepared, which is quite troublesome, with many steps and takes a long time.

I called you and asked you to talk to them and send people to the place where Borjigin Bajaravarmi is, to make him surrender, no matter whether he is pretending to surrender or not.

It is useless for him to delay. The longer he delays, the more powerful the weapons of the Ming Dynasty will become. "

Gege Haji was talking as he was cutting, and when he had finished cutting the big abalone into small pieces, he picked up a piece with a fork and put it in his mouth with a happy look on his face. It was delicious!
Nahachu also finished cutting: "They say that an emperor who enjoys pleasure will make the people suffer. How come we don't see that? Dried abalone is actually better than fresh one."

"Because of the runny core, Xiaqiu Village dries a lot of small dried abalones. They are eaten as snacks. They also have a runny core, which makes them fragrant and tastes great!"

Gege Haji knew that her brother had already started to consider which people to send to find King Liang, so she just wanted to enjoy the food because if she didn't eat it, it would all get cold.

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Two days later, tedious matters came.

A large group of people lined up according to their status to meet the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Those who were granted the title of marquis were made marquis on the spot, and those who were not marquis were made viscounts, and then barons.

Starting from the morning, after a set of rituals, it is time to have dinner.

It requires procedures such as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, which is very troublesome and time-consuming.

The people from Xiaqiu Village are not here, and accompanying Gegehaji these days has delayed the laboratory work. The rubber has arrived and needs to be dealt with.

The rubber produced by the indigenous people in America was actually substandard. It was only after the teams that went there to collect rubber that they made rubber sheets and blocks.

Then we process it according to the requirements and add other things, such as sulfur, to vulcanize it, otherwise it will not be easy to use.

Just for this vulcanization, with the presence of Zhu Wentian, a lot of time was saved and detours were avoided.

Don't go through the trial and error steps of magnesium oxide, lime water, nitric acid, etc. You can do it in one step.

If other additives and catalysts are needed later, he will also have no problem doing that.

When Zhu Yuanzhang gave a banquet to everyone in the evening, Zhu Wentian's friends attended excitedly, and they learned a lot of knowledge.

During this meal, most people ate dishes prepared by Guanglu Temple, and a small number of people ate dishes prepared by Xiaqiao Village.

The taste and flavor are similar, and in terms of knife skills, the ones from Guanglu Temple are even better, as they can arrange the dishes and carve patterns.

But Zhu Yuanzhang and others still like to eat the dishes made in Xiaqiu Village. They are safe to eat and are all stir-fried, cooked according to the taste of each familiar person.

Many children like to eat sweet food, so they can eat sweet food. Some don’t like coriander, and you can guarantee that they won’t see any coriander at all. Some are also picky about onions, ginger, garlic, etc.

Like the Crown Princess, she prefers to eat dishes with thin starch when she eats sauce. Zhu Xiongying is at the age where he can eat big fatty slices of meat, so what he should be given is the fatty pork belly.

By the way, use honey to make some soft cakes with caramel flavor. Everyone in the harem likes this dessert.

"The food is delicious, Your Highness. I want to visit Xiaqiu Village over there."

Gege Haji was not with her large group, and ran to Zhu Chong's side, where she was dipping candied taro into cold water.

(End of this chapter)