Wang Ci cowered and walked to the wooden terrace, where a pair of cutlery had already been placed on the table covered with a white tablecloth: plates, ? Zi is the bone china fired by the porcelain kiln of Lingao, on which are fired the "national emblem" of the Senate: the golden double-headed eagle under the gear Mad, and the holy ship. [The wine utensils are glasses, only the chopsticks are bought from Guangdong: all wrapped in ivory. Each seat is equipped with a seat card so that everyone can easily find their seat. After Wang Ci sat down, he found that Sun Ruiwu was sitting next to him, and his heart was a little calm, he didn't want to sit with a certain fashionable person.

Sun Ruiwu was holding a "holy boat" in his mouth and looking around to see if anyone was serving food, and Wang Ci knew that he was much more developed than in the past when he looked at his clothes, and he was very angry in his heart. In addition to being a classic history of Lingao, Sun Ruiwu is also a fashionable person who has done something to the grain collection bureau. Presumably, he must have received a lot of benefits from fashionable people, and he is a traitor.

Shi Ruiwu was not as full of heart as Wang Ci, and greeted Wang Ci with a smile, asking whether the cost of the county school was enough recently, and other officialdom polite words, of course, even if there was a problem, he could only "study and study." Wang Ci had no choice but to casually perfunctory a few words.

"This ice sculpture is bigger than last year." Zhang Youfu was still a little uncomfortable in the seat opposite them, sitting directly opposite several officials and masters, big eyes to small eyes, and his ass was a little unable to sit still, so he found a topic.

In the middle of the wooden terrace, a huge ice sculpture was laid out as last year, and the local masonry, under the guidance of the art veterans, finally carved a work other than a stone lion, a dolphin jumping from the waves. Under the light of the gas lamp, it is crystal clear and radiant, so that people dare not look directly.

Last year, it was a surprising spectacle. But now that the ice cubes in Lingao are popular goods, they can afford to be used by the naturalized people and the rich landowners, and the ice sculptures can't arouse everyone's amazement.

Several people pretended to admire the ice sculpture for a long time, and finally the intestinal sound in someone's stomach broke the embarrassing situation. Everyone looked at each other, 1 heart said, "This wine and food are not on the table? The smell of the smell came to the nose for a while, and everyone here was hungry and hungry Small landlords like Zhang Youfu and Fu Buji simply didn't eat lunch today, and they were ready to have a full meal.

Looking at the other tables, the patriarchs were already eating and drinking, and the most incredible thing was that the fashionable people actually served their own food! Each of them held large porcelain plates with dishes piled high on them, and some of them were holding wine glasses, sitting or standing to eat with relish. What kind of rule is this?

While they were hesitating, a tall young woman suddenly came, wearing a black dress and a white apron, and asked them to go to the dining table to pick up food by themselves with a smile.

Wang Zhaomin has a lot of contact with fashionable people, and the people who make and wear this kind of clothes are all fashionable people's maids, and the pillow people who can't afford to offend the most are busy smiling and thanking them.

…… A few masters don't need to bring plates to fetch food, there are clean plates for use there. The maid said with a trained "ANA" smile, "There is a mouth on the wine and dining table, too"

Everyone thinks that this is a chic practice, the ancients had a lot of status class banquets and drinks, not to mention the normal official banquets, there are patterns of first and second offerings, even if it is a private banquet, it is indispensable to sit down and narrate. [This will be fashionable not only does not have any courtesy, but even the food and wine are all taken care of. Wang Ci couldn't help but secretly scold the fashionable thief, "There is no hardship, and there is no accumulation." "Isn't he a beggar in front of the soup kitchen with a plate to eat?

For a while, several officials and local subordinates were a little overwhelmed, and there were no servants to send around. But a few rich people were already hungry and panicked, and regardless of whether they were polite or not, they arched their hands and rushed straight over. After a while, a plate of delicious food was served. At this time, everyone couldn't bear it anymore, and even Wu County's commander Shi Shiran stood up and paced to the dining table.

Wang Ci endured for a while, and finally couldn't hold back the hunger in his stomach. The dining table is brightly lit and fragrant. Wang Ci didn't dare to approach the buffet table, "Jiuchi Meat Forest" poured into his mind at once, the things on it were too rich! Don't say that in this small Lingao, even the banquets of the official mansions in his hometown are not such pompous! All kinds of food dazzled him, and he was really unseen and unheard of. was surprised, I saw Zhang Youfu holding three plates left and right, and even put one on his arm, regardless of the meat and vegetarian meat and seafood, and there was a skewer in his mouth.

Wang Ci was confused, followed an old man in front of him and took a lot of things, he didn't want to take so much. Wang Jiaoyu thought that he had been willing to eat coarse tea and light rice for many years, and he had enough resistance to delicious food, but he didn't expect that there were conditions not to eat and no conditions not to eat were two concepts at all, and the stomach and intestines sent out a fierce resistance in front of the big haode food: so that he couldn't help but take a lot of things: crab cakes, shredded coconut fried shrimp, fried abalone rings, onion rings, grilled chicken and fried red strips, and took a piece of chicken chop, a few small pieces of iron plate sirloin He didn't know that this was beef. I saw that one side was frying eggs on the iron plate, and asked for another one. Master Wang lived a poor life, and eggs were considered a luxury.

Then he somehow came to the drink table, where large vats and kegs of carved glass were lined up, and several colors of liquids were placed in them. Wang Ci watched it for a long time and didn't know what to choose. Zuihou is the maid standing behind the desk scooping out a glass jar of light yellow liquid? Poured into the cup and handed it to him, he took a sip, only to feel that the wine was mellow and refreshing, and he couldn't help but drink several glasses in a row.

"This lord, this is strong wine," the maid saw that the old man had drunk several glasses in a row, and hurriedly persuaded him a little staggering. It's a cocktail made with rum, lemon juice, sugar and water, and it's easy to drink, but it's actually very powerful.

"Nonsense!" Wang Ci put out the old man's shelf and reprimanded, returned to the table in a daze, and ate a bite of sirloin, the rich and fat taste and the spicy taste of the black beard made him almost bite off his tongue, he quickly ate a fried shrimp, and raised his eyes to see several slender maids walking around to clean up the dishes, and the thin waist and plump buttocks swayed like willows in the wind, "This old man Jiaoyu suddenly became sad from his heart, and burst into tears, and he found that his past life was a void of nothingness.

The patriarchs did not have such a complicated state of mind, although such a sumptuous meal was the first time after the mouth. Meat, in particular, has never been so abundantly served in the past. Everyone had a great time. Wu Nanhai and several elders were standing at the dining table and talking, everyone received Wu Nanhai's wedding card, and they naturally wanted to congratulate them after meeting.

"This meal is so good, but it's all thanks to your Ministry of Agriculture." He Ying was already a little drunk.

"I can't go up yet." Wu Nanhai said proudly, "The food we can supply at the annual reception in 1632 is good, I have several Wagyu cattle there......" Speaking of this, he consciously lost his words and quickly looked around.

"It's okay, Xi Yaya is staying in Sanya." He Ying comforted him.

"These Wagyu cattle are my breeding cattle, and when there are enough calves, I will make a special veteran for listening to music, drinking beer, feeding apples, and ten chicks to massage the cows, I don't believe that I can't raise marbled beef."

"Kobe beef?"

"There are many varieties of Wagyu beef, and Kobe beef is just one of them." Yang Guigui played with the cup in his hand, "I think Imari ancient bamboo cow is also good." Not so much fat. ”

Someone here said: "Old Wu! Is it appropriate for you to marry a maid as a big wife? I heard that you are a Christian and cannot have a second wife. Isn't it useless to marry a young lady from a big family in the future? ”

"What about the mother and daughter of the Li family? You're just leaving people behind. ”

"I'll still take care of them." Wu Nanhai said casually.

Everyone showed a look of "I see", and some people nodded frequently with "it should be so". Wu Nanhai was unaware and continued: "I have always supported monogamy. Besides, his wife is from a humble background, and Zhu Yuanzhang stipulates that daughters-in-law and sons-in-law are all selected from small civilian households. I think we will definitely have a lot of children in the future, and the mother's mother's liliang is too big, and the children will have an advantage. Can't you compete on an equal footing in inheritance? ”

"It turns out that you are learning from Zhu Yuanzhang." He Ying quipped.

"I think it's good for maintaining family balance." Wu Nanhai drank a few more glasses, and the conversation was very interesting, "I am also going to learn from Kangxi, come to a secret reserve system, and the heir of the head of the family will be announced after my death. ”

"High, it's too high."

"I think it's better to have an primogeniture... What is not good to learn, you have to learn from the lepton......" Liu Zheng scoffed, "The primogeniture system is the hallmark of all Ming society!" ”

A group of people who did not have any children immediately began to argue passionately about inheritance. Wu Nanhai didn't want to continue this topic, and quietly pulled He Ying aside:

"Officer He, how did you think about the last time I applied to build a chapel in the farm?"

He Ying's face was embarrassed: "Can't you go to Bairen Church to have a joint service?" ”

"I'm a cultist, and I can't pee in the same pot with them." Wu Nanhai said, "I don't preach, I just use it for myself and my family." ”

"There's no church, there's no pastor, right?"

Wu Nanhai said with a smile: "The sects we teach generally don't pay attention to this. I can also be a pastor and preside over ceremonies. He added, "I will pay the cost myself, and I will arrange the construction myself." ”

He Ying pondered for a moment: "This matter is a bit big, I have to ask the Senate for approval." ”

"Just hurry." Wu Nanhai said, "I still plan to get married in the church." ”

As he spoke, the cheerful music on the loudspeaker was changed to the "March of Unity and Friendship", and the indigenous and naturalized people, who had a little more contact with the patriarchs, knew that once this music sounded, it meant that the main patriarch was about to appear. The conversation and laughter in the hall gradually stopped.

Sure enough, with the sound of the music, all the members of the Executive Committee and the people's commissars and ministers of several important departments appeared in front of the terrace one after another in the sound of the music, and the two stage spotlights shone a crossed light. At the forefront was Tokuji, who wore a white suit without a tie, smiling, and waving to everyone: behind him, was Ma Qianzhu, wearing a black stand-up collar tunic with one hand and a serious face. The other members of the executive committee were all smiling and just applauding lightly in response to the occasion.

The music stopped, and the venue fell silent. The leaders came to the microphone of Haode. In order of authority. Ma Qianzhu strode to the front of the stage, expressed his congratulations and condolences to everyone, and then he introduced the great form of anti-encirclement and crusade war and economic construction in 1630, and then announced the rules and tasks of the Senate in one year. Particular reference was made to the construction of island-wide communications and the ring road, as well as the imminent expansion of population imports from the mainland and, if conditions are suitable, from Persia and Nigeria to the different ethnic groups. Although there was a lot of content, he spoke concisely and forcefully, and bursts of applause and cheers rang out from time to time in the audience. After he finished speaking, the room was filled with excited discussions and laughter.

Tokutsugu walked over to the microphone and waved to the applauding patriarchs, indigenous representatives, and naturalized representatives. He started with a few words of congratulations. Emphasizing that the achievements of the year are the result of the resolute implementation of the spirit and instructions of the Senate; It is the collective leadership within the Senate that gives full play to the great victory of democracy.

"Comrades, I will not enumerate the series of great victories we have won at sea and on land. This is the beginning for us. After another round of applause, he continued; Our regime is still a small shili on this shijie. The task before us is glorious and daunting. To accomplish these tasks, we will need to make a lot of effort. After this period of testing, I believe that no difficulty, no enemy can overwhelm us" another round of applause interrupted him, "The war has only ceased temporarily, and the rulers of Peking, Shengjing, Seoul and Tokyo continue to call the shots from their palaces...... The Dutch are still sailing in Batavia...", and the hidden enemy will have to fight to the death, the struggle will be sharp, the chicken will be fierce, and the struggle will continue for a long time. We still have a long way to go, and it's not ours yet, but, one day, she will be ours! ”

Thunderous applause, cheers, and fireworks that exploded into the sky as Zuihou's words fell, shook the sea; From the battleship and the fireworks shot burst into countless brilliant flames in the air. Flocks of seagulls and birds, frightened from the reefs and forests, flapping their wings in the night sky and chirping and wandering on the sea. Shijie of Lingao, has stepped into the stage again.