At the Zhiwei Restaurant in Yazhou City, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin leisurely ate delicious food and tasted fine wine.
After sailing on the ship for more than ten days, I have long been tired of eating all kinds of food carried on the ship. Naturally, when I arrived here, I wanted to taste the local delicacies.
"Well, this roasted lamb is good. The meat is very tender and doesn't have the slightest mutton smell."
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but admire it while eating the roasted lamb.
Emperor Hongzhi naturally ate too much roasted lamb.
Since the northern grasslands were included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty have been able to eat mutton freely. A steady stream of cattle and sheep from the northern grasslands has enriched the dining tables of the Ming people.
As the emperor, Emperor Hongzhi naturally ate beef and sheep as a common dish.
But because I have been sailing at sea for more than ten days, I haven't eaten fresh roast mutton for a long time. When I tasted it, I immediately cheered.
"My guest, I can see that you are an expert at first sight. We know that the roasted lamb in the restaurant is quite exquisite."
"Even though our store is not big and we only operate in a small place like Yazhou, the skill of roasting sheep has been passed down from our boss's ancestors."
"First of all, this sheep must be a sheep produced here in the South Golden Continent Prairie. We only choose sheep that are about 1 year old. Such sheep are neither too big nor too small, just right."
"Moreover, the South Golden Island Prairie is the best and largest grassland in the world. The mutton produced is of good quality and has little mutton smell. The sheep breeds are also carefully cultivated, and the meat quality is excellent."
"The second thing is the materials and processes. Our boss's requirements are very strict. The materials are all from our hometown in Daming. The process is very cumbersome. There are more than a dozen processes in total, and each one cannot be saved. Only then
Being able to test out the famous roast lamb in Huangjinzhou!"
When Zhao Nan, the waiter who came to serve the food, heard what Emperor Hongzhi said, he quickly started bragging.
"Yeah, it seems like your roast lamb is quite famous."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately smiled and said.
"It is quite famous. Many people from Penglai City come here to eat there. Our boss is also thinking about whether to open a branch here in Penglai City."
Zhao Nan said proudly: "Whenever an expedition team comes back, our business here will be very prosperous. If the expedition team finds gold and silver, they will need a lot of roasted sheep at one time. Let's start drinking.
When I come here, I have to drink several large jars at once."
"Haha, what kind of good wine do you have here? It's best if it's produced in Huangjinzhou."
When Hongzhi heard this, he immediately smiled even more happily.
"Speaking of wine, you have come to the right place. Our Zhiwei Restaurant has all kinds of good wines. We have Xinghuacun, Nuerhong, Fenjiu, Guojiao, and Japanese wines from the Ming Dynasty.
Sake, red wine from Europe, and of course our local tequila, sweet potato charcoal and corn wine from Golden Continent are indispensable!”
When the waiter Zhao Nan heard that he wanted to drink, he immediately started introducing the fine wines in the store.
"What is tequila?"
"This is my first time hearing it."
Emperor Hongzhi heard this and asked quickly.
"This tequila is made from agave. Agave is a plant unique to our Golden Continent. Its leaves can be used to make strong ropes, which are very resistant to friction and seawater corrosion.
It’s comparable to sisal.”
"The tequila pellets can be used to make tequila. This tequila, like Guojiao Liquor, is a distilled liquor. It is very strong and is the most popular here. Those explorers
My favorite is tequila.”
Zhao Nan said quickly.
"I see, let's get a pound~"
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, seeming to understand.
"Okay, a pound of tequila!"
When Zhao Nan heard this, he immediately sang a single.
“These sweet potatoes and corn can also be used to make wine?”
Liu Jin kept listening. Tequila was naturally very famous in later generations and was the soul of Mexico. But he didn't expect that in the Ming Dynasty, people were already using it to make wine.
But what really surprised Liu Jin was that sweet potatoes and corn could also be used to make wine.
"of course."
"When we Ming people first immigrated to this Golden Continent, we couldn't bring any wine with us because of the long distance, but drinking has become a custom for us Ming people."
"So someone thought of using local sweet potatoes and corn to make wine. These are everywhere here and are very easy to grow. I didn't expect that we could actually make wine."
Zhao Nan smiled and explained to Liu Jin.
"That's it~"
"We Ming people are smart and hard-working, and we will try our best to live a better life no matter where we go."
After Liu Jin heard this, he suddenly understood. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, that's what we Ming people are like. No matter what kind of situation we are in, we Ming people can always make life better and better, and constantly create a better life."
Zhao Nan also nodded and said.
"Son, looking at you, it seems that you don't look like a Ming Dynasty person."
Liu Jin looked at the waiter and found that his eyes were blue. Looking more closely, he found that his nose bridge was higher and his skin was fairer. He should be of mixed race.
"Sir, I will be angry if you say this. I am a Ming Dynasty person."
"Although my mother is European, my father is an authentic Ming Dynasty person. Naturally, I am also a Ming Dynasty person. How can you say that I don't look like a Ming Dynasty person?"
When Zhao Nan heard this, he immediately became angry.
"Haha, sorry, sorry!"
When Liu Jin saw it, he quickly apologized and said, "I'm just a little curious. I think he is only in his teens."
"To tell you sir, I am already sixteen years old this year."
Zhao Nan said.
"Why didn't you go to school?"
Liu Jin thought for a while and asked.
"I'm not very good at studying and didn't pass the exam, so I started working in this Zhiwei Restaurant for a few years. When I grow up, I plan to go out on adventures with my father and become an explorer."
Zhao Nan smiled awkwardly and said.
"Haha, that's right. I have great ambitions."
"Do you have many brothers and sisters?"
Emperor Hongzhi smiled and praised, and then asked about the situation inside Zhao Nan's house.
"My family has quite a lot of brothers and sisters. My father married a 16-room concubine. Now there are more than 40 brothers and sisters. The eldest is already in his 20s and is currently taking care of the gold and silver mines at home.
"
"The little one is just born, and now he is still working on the family farm. Only teenagers like me come out to work."
Zhao Nan said quickly. It could be heard that he didn't seem to be taken seriously at home. Otherwise, he would have been working in the family's gold and silver mines instead of being a waiter in this restaurant.
"Then you have so many brothers and sisters. There are more than 40 brothers and sisters. The family is very big."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately said.
"Haha, not bad."
"In our Golden Continent, every household is similar. Some rich ones have even more, and even have hundreds of brothers and sisters."
Zhao Nan smiled and said.
"It's really huge. There's no way it can be compared to the Ming Dynasty."
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi immediately sighed.
People in this Golden Continent are really good at giving birth. Of course, the main reason is that there are more women. With more women, they will naturally have more children. Ordinary families are not like royal families. The palace struggles are dark, and many of them are lost in the belly.
In addition, there is a lot of land and resources here, and it is easy to raise children. Almost every household has its own farm, and it is possible to feed a large family casually.
Unlike the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, where there are so many people and so little land, it is no longer easy to raise just a few, let alone a large group. Of course, here in Golden Continent, women are also the most important labor force.
The men work outside, while the women stay at home, taking care of their children, farming, etc.
"The mainland of the Ming Dynasty is as good as the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and the Golden Continent is as good as the Golden Continent."
Zhao Nan said with a smile.
While they were talking, a burst of horse hooves came from outside. A dozen people on horseback, dusty and dusty, skillfully dismounted and walked into the Zhiwei Restaurant and shouted: "Old Tu, please bring the good wine and roasted sheep quickly."
"Grandma, I have been running outside for 2 months, but I have gained nothing at all, and I have eaten so much every day that I have lost dozens of kilograms."
"Okay, come right away, come right away, I'll give you some side dishes to go with your wine and eat first, the roast lamb will start roasting soon~"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he quickly came out with a smile. Seeing that it was an acquaintance, he quickly asked: "Did you encounter a gold mine outside this time?"
"Forget it, there is no harvest at all, let alone gold mines, not even silver."
"Oh, I have been busy this year in vain. I haven't found anything."
The leader of the expedition took a big sip of wine, sighed, shook his head and said.
Explorers rely on luck. When luck comes, they find gold mines and become rich overnight, but most of the time they get nothing and return empty-handed.
"It's okay, it's okay~"
"If you go out after the Chinese New Year, you will definitely have good luck next year, with mountains of gold and silver waiting for you."
Shopkeeper Tu quickly poured him wine and comforted him.
"Haha, I want to lend you some good words. I want to lend you some good words. Hurry up and serve the roast lamb. After eating, I have to wait on my girls when I get home~"
"Haha, okay, okay~"
Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin upstairs also laughed while listening to the bold talk of the explorers downstairs.
The people of this Golden Continent seem to be adventurous people by nature. They have been running around for many years, looking for gold and silver, and they are also very rough in what they do.
The wine should be made with the strongest tequila and sweet potatoes, there should be more women, and it should be stronger, so that it tastes good enough. All these are very different from those in the Ming Dynasty. Relatively speaking, the people in the Ming Dynasty were more gentle and refined.
Of course, this is something that has been cultivated here in Golden Continent for a long time. Gold and silver mines are hard to find, and people will rob them if they find them. Therefore, people need to be ruthless, have more women, and have more children, so that they will not be robbed.
