I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 514 Aboriginal People Attracted by Food

On Tongchi Island, a huge team of nearly a thousand people is busy.

If this scene is seen by an outsider, it seems to be very incredible.

The Mingjiao members lost their backbone at this time, and were overwhelmed by the force of Tang Saier and others, and then subdued by Lin Wuque as the young master. It is understandable that they worked hard at this time.

It is also reasonable for the officers and soldiers of the imperial court to be willing to put down the glory of the soldiers under the order of Zhu Zhanji.

However, the aborigines, who are not convinced, are also working hard to help, which is a bit surprising.

But there is nothing difficult to understand.

After Tang Saier and others learned that the A-Lin patriarchs had been trapped in the dense forest and quagmire for several days, they personally ran and brought them out.

Because Alin and the others were grateful for Tang Saier's life-saving grace, and because she sent his younger sister back to him intact, Alin was moved, and before Tang Saier took the initiative to speak, they voluntarily drove away. come to help.

In fact, based on the persuasion of the A-Lin brothers and sisters alone, it is unlikely that all the aborigines will be mobilized to help. The main reason is that A-Mei returned to the village.

Promote the delicacies she ate with everyone, plus the sweets and pastries she secretly brought back to lead the charge.

These aborigines, who were basically living in a semi-primitive state, were immediately captured by the Central Plains cuisine.

Many people rushed over to help.

The purpose is to be able to eat the big pot rice cooked by Chen Hong's pyrotechnic chefs twice a day.

Although this big pot of rice comes from a fireman in the army, the quality is actually very guaranteed.

All the participants in Zheng He's fleet were carefully selected, whether they were combatants or civil servants, and even the firemen who were in charge of cooking were all disciples of state banquet chefs. There are more than enough chefs in a restaurant.

Why do the fleets sailing to the west have to choose top cooks?

In fact, it is mainly related to the diplomatic strategy of Zheng He's fleet.

Zheng He's style of conduct is a resolute implementation of the style of "no one offends me, I don't offend others".

His demeanor earned him the respect of a large number of foreign countries and small countries, and he was often entertained by those small countries.

But as a country of etiquette, it’s not good to just eat other people’s food. Zheng He often asked the chef of the boat to cook some special dishes of Ming Dynasty to entertain the other party.

Because of such a demand, it is just necessary to have one or two outstanding chefs on each ship.

They are not only responsible for the meals of the crew and soldiers on weekdays, but also take on the task of entertaining foreign guests when necessary. It can be said that they are absolutely indispensable members of Zheng He's fleet.

Chen Hong and the others did not bring those pastries and halva to Zhu Zhanji and the others from the capital, but the chefs made them on the spot with the materials on board.

But even in such a crude place on the boat, although Zhu Zhanji thinks the things they made are average, they still make the aboriginal Amei and others have endless aftertaste, which is comparable to peerless delicacy.

Chen Hong's subordinates and Mingjiao's disciples are a group of elders, and they don't pay much attention to food, but this group of aborigines is different.

In order to satisfy this group of guys who are attracted by delicious food, the chef on board has worked hard to figure out something that suits their tastes, which is a pain for these chefs.

The adults all went to help dig the pit and transport the soil, but a group of aboriginal children, led by the little greedy cat Amei, blocked the place where the chefs cooked.

All of them stared eagerly at the five big and three thick chefs, hoping to get some pastries from him to satisfy their hunger.

"Uncle cook, can you cook us some more, just a little bit!"

A-mei seems to be born with this kind of familiar personality, and she can talk to anyone, even if she is taken hostage, she still can't change her personality.

Under the begging of her big eyes that could almost kill people, the disgusting and kind-faced big fat chef sighed,
"It's not uncle, I don't want to make it for you, but the candy brought from the Central Plains has been eaten up by you little guys. I just want to make it for you, but I can't help it!"

This answer is not disappointing, A-mei asked unwillingly,

"Without the sugar, can't we make that delicious cake!"

The cook Wang Dafa spread his hands and said helplessly,
"Without sugar, pastry has no soul, unless..."

"Unless what? Fat uncle, just say it!"

Wang Dafa was so entangled by them that he had no choice but to compromise,

"If you can get honey as a substitute, I can barely try to improve the formula."

Hearing that there was an alternative, A-mei and the others suddenly regained their spirits.

"Isn't it honey? Let's get it now! Uncle, wait for us, we will be back soon."

After finishing speaking, A-mei took a few half-children who were younger than her, and ran towards the woods happily.

The life of the aborigines is actually very difficult. They don't know how to make salt, so the salt and other substances needed for daily life have to be exchanged outside the island.

Every time they pull a boatload of things, they may only get back the salt and clothing that the whole village needs for a month or two.

The necessary salt is not enough, so they naturally have nothing to exchange for the non-essential sugar.

And the island does not produce sugarcane and other boiled sugar things, and the only thing they can satisfy their cravings is honey, a gift of nature.

In the past, Amei often sneaked out of the village to collect honey in the wild.

It's just that she is good at eating, but she is not very good at picking honey.

Almost every time I get stung by bees.

In order to eat a delicious pastry, she worked hard enough. After more than an hour of hard work, she and a few brats finally got back a large piece of honey.

But in order to get this hard-won honey, they also paid a heavy price, and almost everyone had several big bags on their bodies.

Wang Dafa looked at them one by one, even though they were full of bags, they still had a smile on their faces, he couldn't bear it, and was planning to go back to the boat to get some salt water for them to smear their wounds.

But when he turned around, he keenly noticed that someone was rapidly approaching the side of the boat.

Out of vigilance, he quickly pushed Amei and the others to the back of the reef, and cautiously looked towards the side of the boat.

But at this sight, he was taken aback.

I saw more than a dozen guys, not tall, dressed in tattered linen clothes, holding a shiny Japanese knife, approaching the big ship stealthily.

Although Wang Dafa is only a cook, he recognized these people immediately after traveling with the fleet for many years.

"No, they're pirates!"

(End of this chapter)