The next day, Dongwang Godala woke up from his sleep. He had eaten too much last night. When he came back, he took a nice hot bath and felt refreshed.
"The days people lived in the Ming Dynasty are called days~"
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
According to the itinerary, they will stay in Tianjin for one more day before going to Beijing tomorrow.
Today, Fu Han, the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, also arranged an activity for them, which is to go to the Tianjin Royal Stadium to watch a football match.
As the New Year is approaching, the football matches in Tianjin are also extremely popular.
There are football matches every day, and almost every venue is full and lively.
After enjoying a delicious Ming Dynasty breakfast, everyone took the four-wheeled carriage to the Tianjin Royal Stadium again.
"football?"
"What is this football?"
East King Godara listened to his subordinate's report with some confusion.
“I heard it’s a kind of sport~”
The people under my command didn't know much either, so they could only give such a simple answer.
Soon, the four-wheeled carriage that everyone was riding in arrived at the Tianjin Royal Stadium. There was still some time before the game started, and the entire stadium was already crowded with people outside.
There are people everywhere, huge crowds of people, and at the same time, various people doing business are constantly shouting, and there are also some who come here to perform jugglers, find an open space, and start performing.
Since football became popular in Tianjin, Tianjin Royal Stadium has become another tourist place in Tianjin, where a large number of people gather every day.
Every match is very popular, and the stadium is full. Many people come here to join in the fun even if they have nothing to do. There is football to watch inside the stadium, and there are also various performances and juggling outside.
It was also very lively.
"So many people~"
After getting off the four-wheeled carriage, everyone couldn't help but marvel.
The field outside the stadium was very empty and was entirely paved with cement. At this time, the huge square was filled with people.
“This is Tianjin’s Royal Stadium?”
Shimazu Tadamasa looked at the huge stadium in front of him and couldn't help but be shocked by its size.
As early as when we were in Japan, we had already heard many businessmen from the Ming Dynasty talking about the Tianjin Stadium. Today I finally had the honor to come and take a look in person.
"I heard this football game is very interesting."
Yin Shizhongzhen also nodded slightly, smiled and said.
"We'll find out soon after we take a look."
Shimazu Tadamasa thought for a while and answered.
"The game hasn't started yet, you can just take a look and walk around."
Fu Han, the Minister of Rites, was responsible for hosting these events. He looked at the events and said with a smile.
After hearing Fu Han's words, everyone began to disperse and wander around very casually.
"Are these Japanese people?"
"Is this hair really ugly?"
"I'm from Japan. I've heard that foreigners are coming to pay tribute to me in the Ming Dynasty these days."
"See, those are North Koreans."
"And those are Nanyang people, very dark-looking."
With the arrival of many missions, the surrounding people immediately looked over and started discussing with the people of these missions.
Emperor Gokashiwara, Yoshitada and others all understood the Ming Dynasty dialect, but when they were told that their hair was ugly and they were not well-dressed, they immediately became ugly.
As for the envoys from various countries in Southeast Asia, they basically did not understand the Ming Dynasty dialect, but they all walked around casually with a smile.
East King Godala took his entourage and wandered around the square very casually, watching sideshows and the like, and buying some snacks from time to time.
"Uncle, okay, please give me a copper."
At this time, he suddenly saw a beggar begging for money.
"Give him some silver~"
Godara said to his followers.
"Pap~"
A silver dollar fell into the beggar's broken bowl.
"Thank you~"
The beggar was overjoyed, and then he looked up and saw that they were some Nanyang people in strange clothes. He immediately picked up the silver dollar and threw it back and said: "Take it back, I, the Ming Dynasty, don't need the charity from you barbarians."
"Is he too young?"
Godala, the king of the East, looked at the beggar and couldn't hear what the beggar was talking about. He quickly asked his followers, among whom there were people who were proficient in Ming dialect.
"He said that the people of Ming Dynasty do not need charity from us foreigners."
The follower replied with a somewhat ugly expression.
"ah?"
Godala was immediately stunned.
He has become a beggar, and what he has given is silver dollars, which are real gold and silver, but this beggar doesn’t want them, and there are only a few copper coins in his bowl.
Godala knew that what ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty used most was copper plates. This silver dollar was worth thousands of copper plates and could buy thousands of steamed buns.
This beggar didn't want it.
"I don't believe it~"
"Give him a piece of gold."
Godala, the Eastern King, immediately stopped believing in evil and ordered his followers.
"Yes~"
The attendant nodded, took out another piece of gold from his pocket, came to the beggar, and put the gold into his bowl.
"Get out~ get out~"
"Uncle, we don't need it. We Ming people don't need the charity from you foreigners."
The beggar looked at it, picked up the gold, threw it back, and shouted angrily.
"Okay~"
"Have some backbone~"
"That's how it should be. We, the Ming people, don't need charity from foreigners~"
There were many onlookers around, and when they saw it, they immediately cheered.
I, the Great Ming Dynasty, will never beg from these foreigners even if we are begging.
As someone cheered, people from the Ming Dynasty nearby also donated generously. A large number of copper coins fell to the beggar one after another. Some rich people even threw out silver coins.
"Thank you~Thank you, gentlemen~"
"This is too much, too much~"
"Don't throw it away~"
When the beggar saw it, he smiled and thanked everyone.
I don’t want gold from foreigners, but I’m happy with coppers from Ming people.
The East King Godala and others next to him were dumbfounded.
I have never seen such a beggar. He is already begging for money, but he doesn't even want charity from foreigners.
This Ming Dynasty man is really confusing.
However, Godala couldn't help but be in awe of this strange thing, and at the same time he felt a sense of confidence from the Ming people around him.
A kind of self-confidence of a great country.
Even though I am a beggar in the Ming Dynasty, I still look down on you foreigners.
It doesn't matter whether you are a prince or a king, whether the gift is gold or silver, we don't care.
So confident, so proud!
In the eyes of us Ming people, you are uncivilized barbarians. Even if we are beggars, we are still Ming people, and we are in a higher class than you, just because we are Ming people.
Shaking his head helplessly, East King Godara walked away dejectedly with his entourage.
So shameless!
These Ming people even refused to beg from foreigners like them. Their arrogance and extreme self-confidence made people admire them.
At the same time, it also makes people feel dirty.
Since arriving in Daming, Godala has always felt as if he came from the countryside.
There are so many things that I haven’t seen before, and I don’t understand many of them.
Similarly, the prosperity and liveliness of Daming, the food of Daming, the strength of Daming, etc. also made them feel the huge gap.
Just as these Ming people said, they seem to be not much different from barbarians.
You must know that in their country, they still eat with their hands, they still use bay leaves to write, and the clothes they wear are still very simple, and sometimes they even just wrap a piece of cloth around their bodies.
But in Ming Dynasty.
People here dress luxuriously, and everyone is wearing beautiful clothes.
Here, there are many people who can read and write, and there are special newspapers for sale on the streets, so that the people can know the big and small things in the world.
The food of the Ming Dynasty people is very delicious. The key is that the Ming Dynasty people have many etiquettes and pay a lot of attention to just eating. They use chopsticks and feel that eating with their hands is very dirty.
There are also cities in the Ming Dynasty. The entire Tianjin city is said to have millions of people, more than the people in their entire country. The ports, cities, and buildings here are all so neat, tall, and clean, showing a grand atmosphere everywhere.
The breath of a great country.
This is Daming!
Not only the city, the port is very big and beautiful, but more importantly, the people here, the Ming people here, are very confident and very proud.
In their eyes, the Ming Dynasty is the best place in the world. Places other than the Ming Dynasty are all lawless places. People everywhere are barbarians. The people of the Ming Dynasty look down upon these places.
Soon it was time to enter.
With extremely complicated emotions, Godala and others entered the stadium.
Sitting in the box, I looked at the entire stadium, which was very big. When the entire stadium was filled with people, it was very lively.
Soon, a pre-competition dance routine became a must-have.
The wonderful dance, the beautiful Ming Dynasty girl, youthful and hot, filled the entire football field with cheers and screams.
Just a dance left these foreign envoys stunned. They had never seen such a stunning dance, such a hot and majestic dance.
Soon, the football match started.
The two teams are fighting for each other on the court, going back and forth, constantly attacking and defending each other. Whenever a ball is scored, the entire stadium will be plunged into a heat wave.
The person who scores the goal will be excited and celebrate continuously on the court, and the people watching the ball will shout excitedly.
Soon, many envoys were also deeply attracted by these regular football matches. The charm of football is unparalleled. When you are in the stadium, you will soon find yourself drowned by the sea of heat waves.
"This is Daming~"
"A great country~"
Every messenger couldn't help but have this thought in his mind. A football match showed how powerful the Ming Dynasty was.
