Tianjin.

The sunset gradually set, and Tianjin, which had been lively and busy all day, finally quieted down.

At the construction sites, the victims who had worked all day led the big fish to their temporary homes with a smile and a smile.

After a day's hard work, he got ten catties of fish, and today because the fleet to North Korea returned and brought back five million catties of rice, Liu Jin gave each person an extra two taels of rice.

Although eating fish meat is not starving to death, but eating fish every day, everyone has long been tired of eating, and even wants to vomit when they see this fish, but there is no way, now is the era of famine, the price of food has gone to the sky, and some of them are already very good, not to mention that there is still meat to eat.

Now that I have an extra two or two taels of rice, I can save it and use it to make porridge, so that the family can eat it for a few days, and it can be regarded as being able to change the taste.

There is smoke inside and outside the city of Tianjin, and there are bursts of fish fragrance wafting in the air, of course, for people who have been here in Tianjin, these fish smells not only without the slightest fragrance, but will have a feeling of nausea.

There is no way, eating fish and meat for a long time, and the people here in Tianjin have long been tired of eating it.

However, for Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Zhang Mao and others who have just come to Tianjin not long ago, this fish fragrance is very attractive, especially at this time when the three of them came to Liu Jin's house, Liu Jin in order to entertain them, Liu Jin personally cooked, prepared a table of sumptuous seafood to entertain them.

"The last course, bluefin tuna sashimi, the best seafood, is definitely not to be missed."

Liu Jin walked in with a plate of sashimi and said with a smile.

Li Dongyang looked at Liu Jin, and then looked at the delicious food on the table, steamed grouper, garlic vermicelli scallops, stir-fried spicy snail meat, sour bamboo shoots and snail slices, steamed paste crab, fried lobster, butterfly sea cucumber soup, three silk stewed fish maw.....

Although the three of them have eaten all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but looking at the delicious food on the table in front of them, they still can't help but swallow their saliva, Liu Jin from later generations, is a person who loves food, and he also likes to eat food in a blink of an eye, so he can also make a good dish.

"Gong Li, Gong Zhou, Gong Zhang, let's try it."

After changing his clothes and washing up, Liu Jin also walked over and sat down with a smile, and seeing that they were still waiting for him, he also smiled and motioned for everyone to taste it.

"Come along, come along."

Several people picked up their chopsticks, smiled at each other, and each began to set up a dish and savor it.

"Hmm~"

Li Dongyang sandwiched steamed grouper, the meat of the grouper is extremely tender, this wild grouper, is definitely the top delicacy, steamed is the most able to give full play to the extreme sweetness of the ingredients themselves.

In the mouth of the fish, the feeling of freshness and sweetness instantly made his eyes light up, and after tasting it carefully, he couldn't help but put down the chopsticks one after another.

"Delicious food~"

"What kind of fish is this?"

Li Dongyang ate a few bites in a row, and then looked carefully at the grouper on the plate and asked.

"This is a grouper, this grouper generally lives in the reef and coral areas of the sea, the meat is extremely delicious, firm, delicate, and also contains a lot of nutrients, which is very suitable for elderly people to eat."

Liu Jin smiled and introduced Li Dongyang.

"Grouper?"

"Well, it does taste very delicious, more delicious than the osmanthus fish I have ever tasted, and it has very few spines and a firmer meat."

After listening to this, Li Dongyang also nodded, and then picked up the chopsticks and ate two bites.

"My dish is also very good, what kind of meat is this slice and slice?"

"Not to mention the deliciousness, the meat is also extremely crispy and chewy."

Zhou Jing asked as he stir-fried the snail beside him.

"This is a snail slice, which is a common snail in the sea, very large and extremely delicious."

Liu Jin said to him with a smile.

"Delicious, delicious, boy, if I knew how you could cook, I should have come to your house every day."

On the other side, Zhang Mao is feasting, he is a gourmand himself, he likes food, almost all the restaurants in the capital, even holding stalls, hawkers and the like, he has not missed it, almost all of them.

Now that I have tasted the seafood feast made by Liu Jin with all kinds of seafood, the whole person is full of appetite, and he is already a little disregarding the image, and is eating in a big gulp.

In this regard, Zhou Jing and Li Dongyang smiled, it seems that they have long been commonplace, and it is not a day or two since they have known Zhang Mao, they have long known that he is a glutton, and he can't stop when he encounters food.

"Haha, it's not really about how good my craftsmanship is, it's that the ingredients themselves are top-notch, so they only need the simplest cooking methods to show their extreme deliciousness."

"You see this grouper is steamed, this prawn is boiled, the lobster is also fried, and the crab is also steamed, and the cooking methods of these dishes are extremely simple, and there are not too many methods and skills."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said.

"The sea is a great treasure, not only with its infinite riches, but also with its infinite food, and the table in front of us is only a very small part of the sea, and there are many more delicacies waiting for us to taste."

Liu Jin's invitation to dinner is naturally not a simple invitation to eat, but to let these important ministers of the court taste the taste of this seafood, only what they see and feel in person can they know the benefits brought by this ocean.

The three of them saw the huge food brought by the sea here in Tianjin, and at the same time saw the huge profits and benefits brought by the sea trade, and now Liu Jin let them taste the extreme deliciousness of seafood.

Liu Jin believes that if they are really honest ministers, virtuous ministers, and people who have done their best for the country and the society, they should be able to see the importance of this ocean to the Ming Dynasty, and I believe that they will definitely stand on their side in opening the sea ban.

These three people, Zhang Mao is considered to be the representative of the military generals and nobles, although the military generals and nobles now have no right to speak, and they do not have much real power, but this does not mean that they have no influence, quietly on the contrary, the generals and nobles have long been intertwined because of their generations of marriages, and they have formed a huge community of interests with each other.

Once someone touches the interests of the generals and nobles, they will not hesitate to join forces to fight back, whether in the DPRK or outside the DPRK, the power of these generals and nobles is indispensable in almost every field.

Li Dongyang is regarded as the representative of the Southern Shilin, although his hometown is a little far away from the Jiangnan region, but because of his high position, the Shilin in the Jiangnan region also automatically included him in it, and Xie Qian is the pillar of the Southern Shilin in the court.

If he can also support the opening of the sea ban, with his huge influence, he can make a rift in the southern Shilin, which has the greatest resistance, and reduce the opposition of the Southern Shilin.

As for Zhou Jing, he is a northerner, and Liu Jian is a representative of the northern Shilin, and he is also in a high position.

The northern gentry families have very little profit in the ocean, and this sea ban will not violate their interests, on the contrary, once the sea ban is lifted, Beizhili and Shandong can also go to sea, and the northern gentry and big families can also benefit, which is relatively easy to win support forces.

As long as he can win the support of these three people, plus Liu Jin has let Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao taste the huge benefits brought by this ocean, with the most powerful support, Liu Jin believes that there will be no problem with this sea ban.

"yes!"

"This ocean is indeed a huge treasure, and this trip to Tianjin is an eye-opener."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhou Jing put down the chopsticks in his hand and sighed.

"It's really an eye-opener and a lot of emotion."

Li Dongyang thought about it and sighed for a long time, the impact of coming to Tianjin was too great.

"Come, come, say so much and do what, drink, drink~"

Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin, then at Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing, his eyes rolled, and he seemed to understand something, but he pretended to be rude and poured wine for others, shouting and drinking together.

"Yes, yes, there is delicious food, how can there be no good wine."

Liu Jin also smiled and raised the glass in his hand.