Chengxian Street, south of Liren, west of the Drum Tower, is a good location in Nanjing.

You can find everything you can think of, the entertainment you want to see, and the delicacies you want to eat.

The station of the Annan mission was here, and the Ministry of Rites arranged a good restaurant, which once made Jian Zheng and the others a little happy.

Taking the prosperity of the Celestial Empire, singing and dancing, and comparing the battlefield swords, killings and poisons everywhere in Annan, where are these small children willing to go home again?

They finally understood why their elders wanted to take them from Daming.

The moon of Daming is so round.

Seeing that his friends had completely left the motherland behind, Jian Zhengke couldn't sit still.

They are here to ask for help, not to enjoy.

For more than ten days in a row, Jian Zheng asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites to raise it more than a dozen times, but they were all prevaricated, Jian Zheng really couldn't sit still, if it went on like this, his Annan Kingdom would die!

"Ask the official to introduce the ministers of the subject country."

Seeing that the official named Su Gan of the Ministry of Rites began to drink again, Jian Zheng couldn't sit still, picked up his brand-new robe and knelt on the ground, crying bitterly.

"My hometown is in the midst of war, swords and soldiers are everywhere, thieves are slaughtering my people, begging the Heavenly Empire to have mercy and send troops to rescue."

Su Gan wiped the oil on his hands and helped Jian Zheng up: "Don't be like this, it's not that the official is unwilling, just because my Celestial Empire has a system." ”

Speaking of this, Su Gan clasped his fists with both hands and bowed three times to the east, as if kowtowing: "I have a will to His Majesty the Emperor, and I only hold a big court meeting on the first day of each month, so I and other officials, I can't see the emperor in Pingsuli, so let's talk about it." ”

Seeing that Jian Zheng looked like a mournful woman, Su Gan pulled Jian Zheng to sit down.

"Don't be impatient, there are still a few days before the first day of the third month, and at that time, this official will definitely introduce Your Excellency to the envoy, and let Your Excellency enter the palace to worship His Majesty the Emperor."

His arms couldn't twist his thighs, and seeing that Su Gandu said this, Jian Zheng had no choice but to sigh and look at the food on the table in a daze.

"Yo, why did you stop chopsticks?"

At this time, someone came to serve the food, but it was a plate of roasted duck with a golden color.

"Taste, authentic Nanjing roast duck."

"Yo, Lao Zhou, you're back."

Su Gan looked at the people, stood up and said happily: "Where have you been in the past few days, sit down quickly, drink two glasses together, you are not here for a few days, I haven't eaten a single bite of the roast duck in your store, those guys are not as good as your skills." ”

"No, I just came back, and when I heard the next person say that you are here, I will make this roast duck before I dare to come up to see you, otherwise, you Su Daguan will be angry, and you will not demolish my small shop."

The person who served the food was called Zhou Zhe, a native of Nanjing, and the owner of this restaurant.

The two of them are small, although Su Gan is now an official of the imperial court, but in the boundary of Nanjing, a brick can smash several cadres above the fifth grade, Su Gan, the Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, is really not a big member, so Zhou Zhe is not restrained at all, and he moved a round stool and sat down.

"I don't have anything to do, why don't I go shopping in Fujian and Zhejiang during this time, and I am thinking about doing some small business."

As he spoke, Zhou Zhe began to talk about the customs and customs along the coast, he is talkative, and he has been doing business and entertaining guests from all over the world over the years, so this mouthful thief zipline, as soon as he talks about it, he has no head.

Su Qian knew his old buddy's temperament, so he didn't feel noisy, so he chatted happily with Zhou Zhe with a smile, but Jian Zheng couldn't stand it.

He sat next to Su Gan, watching the two chatting happily, and felt even more unbearable, especially when he heard Zhou Zhe's mouth, the prosperity and prosperity everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, his heart was faintly painful.

I had the heart to get up and leave, and I was afraid that Su Gan would not ask the emperor to mention it in a few days, and his country would be over.

"This?"

When he talked about dry mouth and picked up the wine glass, Zhou Zhe noticed Jian Zheng.

"Let me introduce you, Your Excellency, the envoy of the Annan Mission."

"Ouch."

Zhou Zhe jumped up in fright, hurriedly poured his wine glass full of wine, and confessed again and again: "Look at my two tricks, I really don't know Mount Tai, such a noble person is in front of me, and only now did I find out that I have to punish myself." ”

said politely, but the trace of disdain and contempt at the corners of his mouth showed that Zhou Zhe was not as humble as he said, and the envoy from Annan's vassal country? What kind of thing is that, a few years ago, the country that was wiped out by 20,000 people in the imperial court can use it to save face?

Watching Zhou Zhe drink the wine in the cup, Su Qian looked at Jian Zheng with a smile: "Your Excellency, this is the official's hair, this restaurant is his property, a small common man, I have never seen such a distinguished guest as you, and I look at Haihan where I am sluggish." ”

said the words of accusation in his mouth, but Su Gan's eyes looked directly at the wine glass in front of Jian Qian, which means, this is my brother, he toasts you, don't you accompany one?

Jian Zheng felt that his heart was about to drip blood, he was the son of the great general of Annan, and the honor of his status in Annan was no worse than that of the prince of the Ming Dynasty.

It turns out that this is the shame of being a second-class citizen in a foreign land!

Jian Zheng, who felt sorry for himself in his heart, dared to attack on his face, squeezed out three smiles, picked up the wine glass in front of him, and also stood up and said: "You're welcome, there is a saying in the Celestial Empire, which is called all brothers in the four seas, and I want to thank the host for his hospitality. ”

After speaking, he raised his head and drank the humiliation in his heart.

"Oops, that's so polite."

Zhou Zhe smiled and waved his hand: "I see that the envoy is much younger than me, if you don't dislike it, call me big brother, our two brothers are commensurate, in the realm of big brother, I will definitely pick up the best to entertain you with food and accommodation, don't be polite to big brother." ”

Jian Zheng almost lost his breath!

Listen, listen! What does this mean? Jian Zheng felt that Zhou Zhe was holding a rice bowl and throwing it in front of him, so he almost said, 'Wow, eat it.' ’

Shame! Shame!

Jian Zheng almost flipped the table, but his flushed face instantly returned to calm after sweeping to the four brocade guards who were guarding the stairs not far away and nominally protecting the safety of the mission.

This is Daming!

In the land of the father of the Celestial Empire, he is simple and upright, just a vassal minister who is about to die, the Ming Dynasty can afford him to respect him, look down on him, throw him out of this Nanjing, without guards, he can't return to China alive!

If the country's military strength is not strong, its people will never be able to stand upright.

Jian Zheng was doubting at this time, is what the Confucian sages in the Ming Dynasty said true? Why is it that since he entered the Ming Dynasty, the people he met have not been polite at all?

Isn't it said that the state of good etiquette, the kingdom of the heavenly empire?

The officials and people at the bottom, just this quality?

Jian Zheng had the intention of using the sage book to educate Su Gan and Zhou Zhe, but he was afraid of being beaten, so he had to curse in his heart.

The saint misunderstood me!