Chapter 590 Qingdeng becomes a 'traitor'! Unprecedented success
About 6 minutes later, Shimada Kui finished the race easily.
At the finish line, there were a lot of people standing, leaning, and sitting, all staggering here and there.
The gasping sounds of "Huffing, puffing" were heard together, and the hot air puffed out rose up and turned into thick clouds.
"Hurry up! It's just you! Everyone is waiting for you!"
Under Qingden's encouragement... ah, correction, it should be said that it was under Qingden's stimulation that the person running at the back finally crossed the finish line after spending more than ten minutes, barely finishing.
train.
"Haah...! Haah...! Haah...!"
"My flank... hurts so much!"
"Hiss...! My waist...can't straighten up..."
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It was like a medical clinic, with moans, wails, and shouts coming and going.
Qingdeng put his hands behind his back, glanced sideways, and glanced around the group of "patients" in front of him, frowning slightly.
"Your speed is really too slow! Extremely slow!"
"However, since this is your first training, I will be merciful!"
"I'll give you half a month to adapt."
"In these half a month, no matter whether you run fast or slow, I will not punish you."
"However, after half a month, anyone whose speed is slower than 7 minutes will be punished!"
"For every half-minute overtime, run 2 extra laps! If the time is less than half a minute, it will be counted as half a minute!"
Considering that clocks have not yet become popular in Japan, most people do not understand the concepts of "clock" and "minute".
So Qingdeng took out his pocket watch, opened the cover, and showed everyone how long seven minutes was.
"So, cheer up, all of you!"
"If you are not confident in your physical ability, find more opportunities to practice in private!"
"From now on, I will continue to increase the difficulty of training!"
"Gradually increase from 5 laps to 7 laps and 10 laps."
“From ‘running with empty hands’ to ‘running with weapons’ and ‘running with weights’!”
"If someone cannot adapt to such intensity of training, I will kick him out of the Shinsengumi without hesitation!"
"Don't think that as long as you join the Shinsengumi, everything will be fine and you will be able to enjoy the hard-core crops!"
"The Shinsengumi is an army! Not a health center!"
"Guys who are not strong enough and not determined will die on the battlefield!"
"Weak people are not qualified to stay in the Shinsengumi!"
"You can take care of yourself!"
As soon as this statement came out, many people's faces immediately turned pale.
Looking at the entire audience, there are only a handful of people who have reached Qingdeng's "7-minute" target.
Moreover, after completing the training, most people's cheeks were so red that they seemed to be bleeding at any time, and their breathing was so short that they almost vomited out the lungs in their chests.
There are only a very small number of "high-quality warriors" like Shimada Kui who not only successfully achieved the target, but also looked like a normal person after finishing the race, with only a slight confusion of breath and sweating.
Shimada Kui's inner shirt was soaked by a waterfall of sweat. The hot sweat in such a cold weather made him feel so comfortable and happy.
While wiping the sweat on his forehead with the lapel of his clothes, he turned his head and observed Qingdeng and the officers not far away.
After a while, he thought to himself with admiration on his face:
——The reason why these people were promoted by Niou-sama is really not because of nepotism! They are indeed clever!
In fact, when Seito announced the list of Shinsengumi officers, there were a lot of complaints within the Shinsengumi.
"Four Chiefs", staff officers, and 10 squad captains with the name of Bato - excluding the position of "chief" for which no suitable candidate has yet been found. Among the 14 senior positions, in addition to staff officer Hachiro Kiyokawa, the captain of the fourth squad, Kamo Serizawa,
Except for Niimi Nishiki, the captain of the fifth division, the others are all from the same school as Aoshito Aoshi, the "Shiweikan faction"!
The Shoeikan faction - a collective name given to Souji and others who came from the Shoeikan by some busybodies within the Shinsengumi.
This practice of using a large number of one's own people will naturally arouse criticism from others - Shimada Kui is one of them.
Shimada Kui is determined to climb to the high position of the Shinsengumi and establish great achievements that will shock the past and the present. A lofty-minded and pretentious person like him is naturally very disgusted with this kind of "nepotism" behavior.
But now, after witnessing the superb skills of the "Tsueikan School" time and time again, Shimada Kui and others have experienced a psychological transformation from dissatisfaction to surprise, and then to admiration.
In the "Kusunoki-gumi annihilation operation" a few days ago, Souji took the lead, Nagakura Shinpachi's one-horse rider, and Saito Kazu's charge... Their bravery was even more impressive than that of Kui Shimada, who considered himself highly skilled.
, I can’t help but feel deep admiration.
Even Mai Kinoshita, who looks very weak and seems to make her cry for a long time if she is punched, can complete the arduous task of "infiltration investigation" on her own.
In the long-distance run just now, Qingdeng and the officers who accompanied him did not miss a single lap and completed the training together with the team members.
If you look closely, you will be surprised to find that one of them - including the girls Sanako and Mai Kinoshita - after running the entire 2500 meters, they are just short of breath and sweating.
Not a few drops were shed.
This is very incredible!
The most exaggerated thing has to be Qingdeng - not only did he not sweat at all, but his breathing was still steady and not messy at all, as if he had just finished a walk!
A glimpse of the leopard... Just from this detail, you can see how big the strength gap is between the officers of the Shinsengumi and the ordinary soldiers.
——Is this the strength of Niou...!
Thinking of this, Shimada Kui lowered his head and glanced at his sweaty clothes.
After intuitively feeling the distance between himself and the top warriors, he was amazed and at the same time felt a sense of frustration in his heart.
At this time, Qingdeng's voice brought him back to reality:
"That's all I have to say! Now, let's all go have breakfast!"
Breakfast - upon hearing this word, a pair of eyes lit up immediately.
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Under Qingdeng's personal leadership, the officers and soldiers lined up in four columns and strode towards the canteen.
The canteen of the station was directly transformed from the old tea room of the residence.
The original owner of this mansion was also a cultural man. He not only built a courtyard covering an area of more than 10,000 square meters, but also built a teahouse of more than 200 square meters inside the mansion.
A standard Japanese teahouse is a room surrounded by paper sliding doors, with no real walls.
The entire tea room adopts light green tones.
Tatami is the highest quality Hiroshima-produced "bingo table".
Each paper sliding door surrounding the tea room is painted with exquisite pictures.
It has to be said that the original owner of this mansion was really generous. Not only did he abandon the huge and luxurious mansion, but also abandoned the quite high-end tatami mats and paper sliding doors in the tea room.
Here, it was not taken away, just packaged and given to Qingdeng.
People have to sigh again: the level of luxury of the powerful class in feudal society can always make people jaw-dropping.
This kind of room, which is spacious and has no complicated layout, is perfect for transforming into a canteen!
There is no need for drastic changes, as long as these high-end tatami mats and paper sliding doors are removed, and then replaced with ordinary style paper sliding doors.
Why does a mere canteen need such high-end decoration?
You mean tatami? There is no need for tatami in the cafeteria! You are so polite! Sitting on the tatami and eating, within a month, the tatami will be stained with oil!
These dismantled tatami mats, paper sliding doors, and Qingdeng didn't waste any of them. He dragged them all and sold them for a total of 35 taels of gold, which was more valuable than the broken trees in the courtyard.
The money earned from selling tatami mats and paper sliding doors was also used to subsidize military expenses.
When he was working as a "traitor" in Qingdeng, Qinghe Hachilang came to him and suggested that he keep the original appearance of the teahouse.
"Tachibana-sama, this teahouse is quite beautiful, why not keep it and use it as a special venue for receiving distinguished guests in the future!" - These are the original words of Qinghe Hachiro.
Faced with Qinghe Hachilang's suggestion, Qingdeng rejected it without hesitation.
The army's combat effectiveness has not yet been formed, so they are first thinking about entertaining the guests... Thinking of this, Qingdeng couldn't help but laugh.
The Shinsengumi is now in a state of exhaustion, and there are too many places where money needs to be spent.
Instead of keeping this teahouse as a facade, it is better to demolish it, sell it, use the ground as a canteen, and sell all the dismantled items - in Qingdeng's eyes, this is the best way to treat this teahouse.
The most effective way to use it!
Just when the group of people were getting closer and closer to the canteen... suddenly, the sound of noses twitching suddenly sounded in the queue, becoming more and more numerous, denser and louder.
"Sniff...sniff...it smells so good! It smells so good!"
"What does this smell like?"
"I smell it! It seems to be the smell of meat!"
"Meat? Is it chicken?"
"It doesn't seem like it! Chicken won't be that fragrant!"
The rich fragrance blows towards the face like the wind, lingering in everyone's noses.
Shimada Kui sniffed wildly, greedily swallowing the aroma, and his mouth secreted a large amount of saliva uncontrollably, and he couldn't finish it no matter how hard he swallowed.
Smelling this aroma, a bold idea came to his mind:
——Such a nice aroma... could it be possible that... today's breakfast will be rich?
Looking back at the meals we had during the past few days in Kyoto, they were all very simple.
I eat dry rice at noon and porridge in the morning and evening. The side dishes for all three meals are pickled radish, taro and other common and cheap dishes.
Therefore, it is not surprising that everyone had expressions of surprise and incomprehensible expressions after smelling this rare fragrance.
Just like that, Shimada Kui had strong expectations, swallowed furiously, and couldn't wait to step into the spacious cafeteria.
At a glance, the dining table has been set up in the canteen, and the bowls and chopsticks are neatly arranged on the table.
Just after everyone sat down in their respective seats, a dozen aunts wrapped in cutting and cooking clothes—all of them were skilled cooks hired by Qingdeng for a large sum of money—carried a big pot and walked in.
canteen.
Just when the cooks... to be precise, at the moment when the big pot appeared in everyone's sight, the whole place was silent, and you could hear the drop of a needle.
Shimada Kui opened his eyes wide and stared straight at the large iron pot that was spitting out steaming steam. His lips moved and he murmured to himself unconsciously:
"What's this……?"
Plump pieces of meat, crystal grains of rice dyed dark red by the meat juice - this is what everyone sees at this time.
The generous portion of meat porridge almost overflowed from the pot!
After a short period of silence, the whole place started to uproar in a low-key manner, and then turned into a fierce commotion.
"I'm not dreaming, am I?"
"It's rice! Not millet or tares! It's rice!"
“There’s a lot of meat in it!”
"Is this really our breakfast?"
"Isn't it possible? This should be specially for Nioh-sama and his companions! How can we little pawns be qualified to eat such good food?"
"How many people are there, Niou-sama? How can they possibly eat so much porridge!"
Qingdeng smiled slightly, as if he expected such a reaction from the soldiers, and looked calmly at the faces full of shock and suspicion.
After a moment, he said quietly:
"quiet."
The commotion slowly stopped.
"There is no doubt that this is your breakfast today."
The cafeteria, which had been quiet for a short while, became noisy again - gurgling, gurgling, gurgling - there were the sounds of swallowing saliva everywhere.
"Everyone, sit down and sit down. The cooks will fill everyone's bowls. Don't be anxious. No fighting is allowed. No one is allowed to use their chopsticks before I say, 'It's time to start.' Anyone who violates the above requirements will be punished today."
No food allowed all day long!”
Before Qingdeng finished speaking, the soldiers hurriedly put their legs together, put their hands on their legs, and sat calmly, like children who "sit in rows and eat fruits."
Under Qingdeng's instructions, the cooks walked slowly to everyone's table, picked up large spoons...one after another, the empty bowls were filled with meat porridge.
The soldiers stretched their necks and looked at the cooks with eager eyes.
If Qingdeng had not issued the strict order "No fighting, just wait in line", these greedy soldiers, who were almost starving because they had just completed long-distance running training, would definitely rush forward and grab them.
The cooks are absolutely deft when filling the porridge, and it only takes one second to fill a bowl.
However, under the influence of Einstein's theory of relativity, the soldiers only felt that the process of "waiting for the cook to come to them" was extremely long and extremely painful.
Finally...the meat porridge was distributed.
Looking at the delicacies so close in front of him, Shimada Kui's eyes widened again, as if the corners of his eyes were about to be torn apart, and his expression was full of intense disbelief.
The alluring aroma is like the catkin of a peerless beauty, frequently caressing her skin, teasing her senses and stimulating her nerves.
Suddenly, he felt a chill at the corner of his mouth - it turned out that his mouth was full of saliva. He was so shocked that he forgot to swallow, so the saliva dripped out from the corner of his mouth.
In fact, from the moment this big pot of meat porridge appeared, Shimada Kui couldn't help but suspect that he was dreaming several times.
The porridge is so thick that it will stand up straight after inserting chopsticks into it!
It's shameful to say that this is the first time for him to see such porridge thick enough to stand up chopsticks!
Although he has had the complicated experience of "losing his parents", "being adopted by a relative", "entering into a businessman", and "being adopted by the Shimada family", every family Shimada Kui has visited is quite ordinary.
Middle class home.
In the Edo period, the definition of middle class was not going hungry. As for the quality of food, there was no need to worry about it. The most eaten thing on weekdays was porridge, and it was made from millet. It was only eaten during festivals.
Serve rice.
Only wealthy businessmen, rich peasants, and middle- and upper-level samurai from well-off families can eat rice without any scruples.
However, even for an upper-class family of this level, the daily side dishes are so simple that they are basically pickled radish, pickles, taro, tofu... One fish can be considered a gluttonous feast.
As long as you understand the dietary standards of the Edo period, it is not difficult to understand the violent reaction of the Shinsengumi soldiers after seeing this pot of meat porridge.
Not only is it rice porridge, but it is also meat porridge with many pieces of meat added... This kind of food will make even Mr. Hatamoto with a family fortune of thousands of koku make his mouth water when he sees it!
A bunch of eyes fell on Qingdeng - under the eager anticipation of everyone, Qingdeng said the words they wanted to hear most now:
"Okay, let's all eat!"
In an instant, the whole place was in chaos!
Click-click-this is the sound of chopsticks hitting the wall of the bowl.
"Hang Chi Chi" - this is the sound of soldiers gobbling like pigs.
Huh-huh-huh - this is the sound of soldiers being burned by the boiling hot porridge, but they are reluctant to spit it out or stop, and continue to eat happily.
Kui Shimada grabbed the chopsticks immediately.
However, as if he remembered something, he suddenly froze, a look of hesitation on his face.
He is not the only person who behaves in such an unusual manner.
Many people were like him, looking hesitant on their faces and not moving their chopsticks to start eating.
"This meat... seems to be peony."
"Yes, this is a peony!"
“Can peonies be eaten?”
Influenced by Buddhist culture, in ancient Japanese traditional concepts, the meat of four-legged animals is unclean.
Even to avoid taboos, the meat of four-legged animals has been given various nicknames.
Pork is called peony, horse meat is called sakura, and venison is called maple.
Although with the gradual introduction of Western culture, more and more people are able to accept meat, there are still many people who stay away from the meat of four-legged animals - Shimada Kui belongs to this category.
Although there is strong resistance in my heart, but...but...
He turned his head and looked at his friends who were eating deliciously, as if they wished they had one more mouth... After a brief ideological struggle, he gritted his teeth:
——Forget it, it doesn’t matter what kind of meat it is!
After making up his mind, he grabbed the bowl and chopsticks and took a big bite.
The moment the meat porridge entered his mouth, he was stunned again.
So delicious!
Are peonies so delicious?!
The meat is well cooked and falls apart with just one bite, and the rich umami flavor spreads from the tip of the tongue to the entire mouth.
The clear-grained rice grains have a sweet taste, and the moist gravy blends with the rice grains. You don't even need to bite it, just hold it lightly and you can feel the shocking rich taste.
It’s so delicious!
The unprecedented delicious taste directly broke Shimada Kui's will... When he came to his senses, he had eaten the entire bowl of meat porridge, not even a grain of rice was left.
This is the most delicious meal I have ever had in my life!
Shimada Kui wiped his mouth and turned to look at the cook not far away.
Can I still have a second bowl?
As soon as he had this thought, Shimada Kui heard a voice that sounded like the sound of nature to him:
"Take your time! Don't eat too hastily, or you may choke!"
Qingdeng smiled and continued:
"There is still a lot of meat porridge, you can eat as much as you want! Just don't waste it!"
His words immediately caused a new round of sensation!
“One more bowl!”
Kui Shimada quickly handed the empty bowl in his palm to the cook not far away.
"Okay!"
The cook shouted enthusiastically, and gently stretched the arm holding the long-handled spoon - the hot meat porridge fell accurately into Shimada Kui's bowl.
Then, the scene reappeared - Shimada Kui lost consciousness, and when he came back to his senses, the rice bowl in his palm was empty again.
“One more bowl!”
With that said, he handed the empty bowl to the cook again...
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Souji quietly stretched out the elbow of his right arm and lightly poked Qingto, who was sitting side by side with her, on the flank a few times.
"Ji Jun, cooking such a big pot of meat porridge must cost a lot of money, right?"
"That's for sure."
Qingdeng nodded lightly.
"Ignore the rice for now, the peonies are really expensive."
After hearing this, the general manager couldn't help but said urgently:
"Is it really okay to spend so much money on cooking? Aren't we very tight on money?"
Qingdeng shrugged, with a calm smile on his lips:
"Supplies are combat power, and some money cannot be saved. I would rather sell my orange juice and Dingguishen than let my subordinates go hungry."
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Ju Shui/Ding Guishen: "Sell us, what about Vairocana?"
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