Since Zhu Chu said this, he would not force it. Dao Mudan let Zhu Chu taste several kinds of food, ordered people to bring wine and a plate of meat, put them in front of Zhu Chu and said: "Your Highness, try our Meng Yang's food."
Rice wine. And this meat is our Meng Yang’s marinated beef head. It’s crispy, tender, sour, spicy and cool, so it’s very suitable to accompany wine.”
"Try it alone." Zhu Min said as he took a sip of wine, then picked up the pickled beef head and tasted it, and said, "This wine is just average. Xiao Cui," he turned around and ordered the guard behind him: "
Didn’t Gu bring some Shaoxing rice wine? Go and get it."
Then he turned to Dao Mudan and continued: "But this marinated beef head meat has a unique flavor, which is very good."
"But why do you eat so much beef here? The Ming Dynasty prohibited the killing of cattle in the Central Plains. Although it is not prohibited here, it is better to eat less beef."
Dao Mudan immediately said: "Yes, yes, Your Highness."
Si Renfa, Mu Chu and others laughed secretly at the sidelines and laughed at him for flattering him and slapping the horse's leg.
But they immediately changed their views. Although Zhu Zhen told them to eat less beef, he stuffed the beef into his mouth with wine. How could he eat less beef?
Dao Mudan originally suspected that he had made a mistake in flattering him, but when he saw that Zhu Chu still ate beef, he felt relieved.
After a while, the guard Xiao Cui brought Shaoxing rice wine. Zhu Ming asked the guard to give some to everyone. He said to the generals and local officials present: "This is the Shaoxing rice wine that I snatched from Mu Sheng. Do you want to have a taste?"
It is rare for those who lead troops to fight without drinking, so these local officials filled a bowl one after another. The military generals still remembered the etiquette at this time and thanked Zhu Chu for the reward before starting to drink.
"Your Highness, this wine is good. Where does it come from? Shaoxing? Is it far from Yunnan? I want to buy some." Dahou, the local official of Dahou, took a sip and said first.
"Yes, Your Highness, this wine is indeed good, where can I buy it?" Meng Ding's local official Daoming Gan also said.
"Haha, Shaoxing is far away from Yunnan. Have you ever been to the capital? Shaoxing is several hundred miles south of the capital. If you want to buy it yourself, you may not be able to buy it," Zhu Zhen said with a smile.
"It's far enough over the capital," said Mu Kui from Lijiang. He once went to the capital with his father. At that time, they took the land route from Lijiang to Kunming, and from Kunming to Guizhou Dusi to Changsha by boat, which took a long time.
The boat arrived in the capital, and the whole journey took more than three months and traveled more than 10,000 miles. It was only after this that the Mu family finally settled down. The Ming Dynasty was too big, with too many people, and the people were too rich. Although in the Ming Dynasty,
Every time Yunnan goes to war, they only have tens of thousands of people, but if they are ruthless and can send millions of people to Yunnan, their Mu family will definitely not be a match.
"Are there no merchants who transport Shaoxing rice wine to Kunming for sale?" asked Dao Mengguang, a native official with a high degree of Chinese culture in Kangzhou.
"It's too far. It's too difficult to transport wine from Shaoxing to Kunming. There won't be any businessmen doing this kind of business. Anyway, I haven't seen it in Kunming. Even if there are businessmen transporting rice wine here, it's rice wine produced in Bashu, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Huguang.
There is no Shaoxing one." Chu Jie said.
The local officials present were a little depressed when they heard that there was no rice wine from Shaoxing. Seeing this, Zhu Zhen said: "There are still some of them in Yongchang. When you come back from the war, I will reward you." And he will reward you.
The Shaoxing rice wine brought this time was distributed to the local officials and military generals. Because they had wine to drink for the time being, the local officials became high-spirited again.
At this time, Dao Mudan saw his son Dao Siluan gesturing to him, and he immediately said to Zhu Chu: "Your Highness, how can you drink and eat meat without singing and dancing to accompany you? I immediately asked the people who had been prepared to start performing singing and dancing."
" Seeing that Zhu Zhen had no objection, he waved his hand and asked the performers who had been waiting for a while to come forward and perform.
"Your Highness, this is our Mengyang Gadot Dance. "Duo" is a mythical beast spread here. It has a lion's head, a dog's mouth, antlers, a long neck, and fine hair. Because we want to imitate the mythical beast, we wear such props
Dance." Dao Mudan introduced.
Zhu Ming didn't like this very much, but it was the first time he saw such a dance and he was a little curious. He sipped his wine and watched.
After the dance performance, the performers immediately left, and a dozen young men and women holding flower garlands came to the middle. When the music started, other dances started.
"Your Highness, this is the garland dance here. It is a collective dance of young people. It is very lively. It is said that once upon a time, there was a poor young man who felt that his clothes were in tatters when he went to Bazi for a parade, so he picked many flowers and tied them into a garland.
He put it on his body, and after going down the mountain, he danced to the joyful sound of elephant foot drums. A girl fell in love with him and sang along with his dance, and the garland dance was born." Daomudan added.
Zhu Chu has been in Yunnan for a while and knows that the customs of the southwest ethnic groups are not as conservative as the Han people. It is normal for men and women to get together to sing and dance, and it is not just for Lehu people. But he is still a little uncomfortable with it. Although he appreciates the dance,
But I will never let my daughter dance this kind of dance.
Si Renfa and others were also admiring it. Although these dances exist in various places, there are some subtle differences and they are not exactly the same, so they watched intently.
After that, they performed the traditional fish dance of the Dai people, the Dapeng bird dance, the double-sided drum dance, etc. It was already late at this time, and Dao Mudan saw that Zhu Chu was already a little sleepy, so he quickly gestured to Dao Siluan and waited for a woman.
After walking to the center of the open space, he said to Zhu Zhen: "Your Highness, what we are going to perform next is our most traditional and most popular dance, the peacock dance."
"Oh, then take a good look at it." Zhu Zhen sat up straight and started to look.
As the music played, the woman standing in the middle of the open space began to twist and dance. The peacock dance has a relatively fixed performance routine, which mostly imitates the peacock flying out of the nest, exploring sensitively, strolling peacefully, looking for water, and drinking water.
, play in the water, take a bath, flutter your wings, bask in the wings, spread your wings to compare with the beauty of all things, fly freely and happily, etc.
Zhu Chu has also been famous for the peacock dance for a long time. When he saw the real peacock dance, he stared at it intently. Dao Mudan asked with a smile: "What do you think, Your Highness?"
"The dancing is good, and the dancers are also good." Zhu Zhen said. Dao Mudan smiled.
But if Dao Mudan asked Si Renfa this question, Si Renfa would only answer him with four words: "He is crazy."
There was something wrong with the dance arranged by Daomudan from the beginning. Garland dance and Gadot dance are dances that can only be performed on festivals, and it is inappropriate to perform them on this non-festival day.
Even if Daomudan uses these high-level dances to entertain Zhu Zhu just to flatter him, the problem with this peacock dance is too obvious, because the peacock dance should be danced by men!
Of course, this does not mean that women cannot dance peacock dance, but if the purpose is to perform the best dance, men who often dance in daily life are of course more skilled than women. Of course, men should be used for such important occasions.
Si Renfa already had a vague guess in his mind.
Not long after, the dance ended, but the dancers did not leave, and dozens more young men and women walked into the open space.
Dao Mudan said to Zhu Chu: "Your Highness, according to our rules here, the last dance is for everyone to dance together. This dance is very simple, and both children and the elderly can dance."
As he spoke, the men and women in the venue started dancing to the beat.
Zhu Ming took a closer look and found that it was indeed very simple.
Dao Mudan saw that Zhu Zhen did not show any impatience, and then said: "Your Highness, according to our rules, we want to invite the most distinguished guest to dance. I don't know, Your Highness..." Dao Mudan said. He had no words.
After saying that, I left three points of leeway.
However, Zhu Zhen was only twenty-three years old this year, one year younger than Yun Xi. He was still a young man and had a high acceptance of different customs. At this time, he couldn't help but stand up in the heated atmosphere and said: "Then just dance."
A song."
Dao Mudan looked happy, but the guard behind him turned pale with shock and said to Zhu Zhen: "Your Highness,..."
"No need to say more." Zhu Zhen stopped their words. Of course he knew what his guards were going to say. It was nothing more than safety. Dancing in the field could not guarantee safety.
But he believed that Mengyang Chieftain Dao Mudan was not a fool. Although he was the king of Min Fan and the ruler of this land, there was a more noble ruler above him. It would be meaningless for Dao Mudan to kill him.
, could not stop the Ming Dynasty from expanding in this area, but would make Yunxi furious and send a large number of troops to attack them. Meng Yang Chieftain might be completely exterminated.
Therefore, Dao Mudan actually cares more about his safety than himself. Those who can get close to him must be very loyal people, so he doesn't need to worry.
Zhu Chu walked to the open space, stood in an empty space, and danced like the people around him. However, although this dance was very simple, it was not easy to learn.
At this time, a person suddenly walked up to him and said to him in blunt Chinese: "Follow me." It was a woman's voice.
Zhu Ming hurriedly raised his head and looked up. He saw a pretty woman standing next to him. This woman looked good. Although she was not very beautiful, she had a certain color. With her style that was completely different from that of Han women, she also
She is quite beautiful.
Zhu Ming immediately noticed that she was wearing the clothes worn by the woman who danced the peacock dance just now. 'This is...' Zhu Ming thought in his heart.
The woman didn't care what he was thinking, she took his hand and taught him to dance.
A strange feeling arose in Zhu Chu's heart. He had never danced with a woman before, no, he had never even danced before, but it felt very natural to be held by someone's hand at this moment.
Under the guidance of this woman, his dance steps have improved greatly and he can now keep up with the rhythm of others.
Early the next morning, Zhu Xi opened his eyes and looked at the roof with a confused expression.