Li Xijue had been waiting at the gate of the house for a while, and when he saw that the leaders of these pirates had come, he hurriedly put on a very skilled smile and invited these people into the flower hall of the house.

This flower hall is quite large, a large round table of ten people is placed down, and most of the place is empty, and the five people entered the flower hall under the guidance of Li Xijue and Zhang Rusong. A few people don't know what the order of shooting is for these ancients, anyway, Zhang Rusong over there lets him sit wherever he wants.

Everyone was seated, and there was a servant girl who served the dinner that had already been cooked, and in the middle of it was a roast suckling pig that looked crystal clear, and it also exuded a pungent fragrance, and the crowd grew up eating spices, and there was no concept of this, but a group of squires drooled, and praised the chef's exquisite craftsmanship and willingness to put spices. A few people were a little strange, and they couldn't help but sniff a few more times, and Zhang Yuan said a little disapprovingly: "This roast pig is probably the star anise, cinnamon, and pepper put in it, right?" ”

The squires couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, in their opinion, these are the secret secrets of the chef, how did these Americans know? And they are overseas, I heard the Maidno people often say that these spices are mainly produced in the South Seas, and these spices are really hard to come by, and they feel very luxurious when they smell them, but these Americans seem to often enjoy these spices, are they really from overseas?

"Yes, but there's another very rare spice!" A squire on the side hurriedly added, "Sichuan pepper!" ”

"Sichuan pepper?" Sun Wenbin couldn't help pursing his lips, "That thing is numb when I eat it." ”

The natives next to him were surprised again, their meals usually don't have a chance to put some peppercorns until the New Year's holidays, but these Americans directly said that it was not delicious...... Isn't that too tyrannical?

"In fact, you need to put some cumin in the roasted food, and the taste is guaranteed to be amazing...... Zhang Yuan is very experienced in eating barbecue, and he directly wants to lose a bad review for this roast suckling pig without cumin.

"Cumin?" Li Xijue couldn't help but pause, "I've seen some cumin in dishes on weekdays, but this thing has always been put when cooking meat, can it also be put in barbecue?" ”

"Of course!" Zhang Yuan said with his eyebrows fluttering, "Isn't cumin a spice called cumin?" As long as it is roasted by the fire, it will have a fragrance, and when the lard is heated, the taste is so fragrant that it will make your mouth water when you think about it. His explanation reminded several elders of the fragrance wafting on the barbecue stalls in various places back then, and they couldn't help but salivate and didn't know it. Li Xijue immediately labeled these Americans as gluttons in his heart, and couldn't help but secretly despise them.

As more dishes were served, the table slowly filled with ten bowls, and then the cutlery was set up. The previous few people were still a little apprehensive, afraid that these ancients would take out some strange tableware to challenge their knowledge, but when they saw the chopsticks in the handmaiden's hand, they couldn't help but look at each other and relax. I've been using chopsticks for decades when I'm small, so it's not a problem at all!

The chopsticks were specially arranged by Li Xijue, although these Americans look similar to Chinese people, but I heard rumors that they all came from the country of Taixi from the ocean, presumably even if the ancestors were Chinese, they should not be used at this time, so they specially asked the maid to offer chopsticks to make them a little ugly. But what surprised him was that the five Americans picked up these ivory chopsticks without saying a word and began to look at them, judging from their gestures of picking up chopsticks, these five were veteran hands with chopsticks.

"I'll go! Ivory chopsticks! Sun Wenbin couldn't help but be surprised, and these traversers also hurriedly began to look at the chopsticks in their hands.

"This is the ivory chopsticks?" Zhang Yuan couldn't help but carefully look at the chopsticks in his hand. The chopsticks look a little yellowish in the dim light, but they can reveal a little light, "It looks like resin." ”

"It's a luxury!" Li Jieqi finally uttered the first sentence when he entered this hall. "I remember that there is an idiom called '纣為象箸', which means this."

"Is it an elephant? What's the story? Sun Wenbin doesn't have much research on idioms, and he hasn't figured out the allusions to this idiom.

Li Jieqi checked the feel of the chopsticks and said: "The king of the Shang Dynasty asked him to make a pair of chopsticks out of ivory, but his uncle Jizi felt very uneasy when he saw it, and asked him to give up this idea. Miko said that if the king used these chopsticks, he would definitely no longer use clay tableware, nor would he eat coarse tea and light rice, but would wear silk and satin to hold a banquet in a luxurious palace. ”

"It's true, it seems that this is how the King of the Rings hangs on himself, right?" Xue Ziliang also has some experience in Chinese history, "But it's not just this, right? Didn't it mean that Daji messed up the government and caused the uprising below? ”

"Da Ji can't mess up the government by herself, only the king himself can mess up the government, these waste firewood mess up the country and put the shit basin on the woman's head, they all say that they are women or rebellious ministers, but in fact, their butts are not clean and they always blame others." Li Jieqi said a little disappreciatively.

"In fact, it is Chongzhen who is the most unlucky, at the beginning he originally wanted to get the government up, but he encountered the plague and ...... the north" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Yuan on the side, "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables!" This dish should look good. ”

Li Jieqi also came to his senses at this time, he is not only talking to the traversal people now, but also a group of ancients around him, as for the Chongzhen he said...... Now he is still in the palace of the king of letters, and he doesn't even see the attendants much. It is not wise to go to the ancients and talk about kings, even if they are kings who have not yet ascended the throne.

But at this time, Li Xijue was only surprised, he thought that these Americans came from overseas, and they should not know anything about Chinese culture, who knew that people could easily hold chopsticks in the bowl and pick up vegetables, and they could recognize ivory chopsticks at a glance. At this time, this sturdy and sturdy pirate surnamed Li, who looked like he should be a martial artist, could casually tell the allusion to the elephant chopstick. This is simply a group of Chinese people, right?

Soon Li Jieqi also began to be surprised, he originally fell in love with the large piece of pork belly on the table, there were exactly ten pieces of pork belly in the bowl, when he picked up a piece, he found that there were all sweet potato pieces underneath, and these sweet potatoes were thin and small, it looked like a feeling of malnutrition. It is estimated that many of the dishes on this table are reserved for the façade, and you can't concentrate too much on eating, maybe it's a hole in the clip. However, at this time, the atmosphere at the banquet has begun to become harmonious with the addition of local rice wine, and it seems that alcohol is the lubricant of interpersonal relationships no matter what era it is.

When everyone was eating, Zeng Zhigang's mind was not on the food at all, he just looked at the surroundings from time to time or casually coped with the conversation at the wine table, in case these natives launched a surprise attack, his pistol was in the armpit holster under his chest, and if something happened, he would immediately take it out. However, what disappointed him was that there was nothing unusual in the corridor or outside the window, and the reaction of the maid standing behind everyone couldn't be more normal. He couldn't help but look carefully at the servant girl behind him.

The little girl was about sixteen years old, and her long black hair was tied up on top of her head, then knotted, and then twisted back into a high bun, which at first glance looked a bit like the ears of Mickey Mouse, and he couldn't help but want to laugh. This little girl has clear eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and a slightly pointed chin, which can be regarded as a future beauty. Looking at her natural walking posture, she should have not bound her feet since she was a child. The maid saw him looking at herself, her face couldn't help but flush, revealing a shy look, this little white rabbit's attitude of wanting to refuse and welcome made Zeng Zhigang feel more interesting, just drinking local rice wine, at this time the alcohol was a little on the head, and couldn't help patting it on the back of the maid's hand, and was about to say that two meat jokes came out, but unexpectedly saw this maid retreat a few steps back in shock, turned around and ran out.

Li Xijue couldn't help nodding secretly when he saw this, these pirates are nothing more than people who used to live on the sea, and most of them are also hungry ghosts. Thinking of this, seeing that everyone had almost eaten, he hurriedly stood up and said to the five traversers present: "I have the courage to invite all the heroes to gather here this time, there is something important to discuss." ”

The banquet, which had just become noisy under the lubrication of alcohol, suddenly quieted down, and everyone turned their eyes to Li Xijue, who was speaking.

"The last time An Yuncheng gathered Xiangyong to crusade against the nobles, it was really a misunderstanding, at this time it seems that all the heroes must be righteous people, and they should be people who do the right thing for heaven. I hereby apologize to all of you below, and please forgive me. ”

A few people didn't speak, just looked at Li Xijue, who was talking to himself. "This crusade against our hometown has injured a lot of people, and more than 1,000 people have been detained by the nobles, I don't know when they can be released?"

"I, the United States, borrowed a place in your country for temporary use, and you actually didn't make representations, sent people to sneak attack several times, and then attacked my camp with thousands of people, and even released a reward of one or two people's heads, if I am not good at war, I am afraid that at this time my head has been hanging on the head of An Yuncheng to blow the wind, right?" Li Jieqi asked with a smile.

Li Xijue was speechless for a while, originally thought that wearing a high hat for them and drinking two sips of wine would make the other party swoon, and at the end he would send some silver as compensation to understand the matter of the captured Xiang Yong, who knew that these pirates seemed to have a countermeasure.

Before he could speak, the pirate leader surnamed Zhang took out a piece of paper from his pocket, "This invasion of your people has caused huge losses to our camp, breaking down a section of our city wall, seriously injuring one member of our military team, lightly injuring thirty-five people, and losing some industrial equipment, as well as ......" Zhang Yuan paused, "We lost a lot of bullets for defense, these bullets are very precious, so you have to compensate us for our losses." We have summarized it, a total of 60,000 taels of silver, this is the list, please consult. As he spoke, he handed the piece of paper to the stunned Li Xijue.