Corning's thoughts were shattered by a knock outside the door.

Wang Zhijian obviously thought that the dishes were ready, and first, he didn't tell his own story, and happily opened his voice and said loudly: "Hurry up and serve it, I'm hungry." ”

The door was gently pushed open by Xiao Er outside, but what Wang Zhikey saw was not a delicacies from the mountains and seas that he hadn't seen for a long time, but a fat cat in the arms of Xiao Er.

"Oh, my God. You're going to eat this. And it's still eaten raw, at least it has to be cooked. ”

The shopkeeper's face immediately became very crying and laughing, and even the cat in his arms stared at Wang Zhikey a few times unkindly.

"Cats." Corning exclaimed excitedly, "Why are you here?" ”

After Kangning and the others ended the battle in the woods, the fat cat, which had been sent back to China for a key role, disappeared.

But the cat had been alone, well, a cat had found Corning's place to live, and he wasn't so worried about the fat cat getting lost.

So later they left the forest and set out on the road back to Yizhou City.

I didn't expect this cat to find this place on its own. Kangning has never been to this restaurant, and the fat cat is really not an ordinary creature.

Kang Ning took the cat from the shopkeeper and asked the shopkeeper with a smile, "How did the little second brother find him?" ”

The shopkeeper scratched his head before he said, "What do you say?" The cat swaggered into my restaurant. We have very strict rules here, and dirty and unclean things are not allowed to enter. So there were two young men ready to throw him out. But my shopkeeper saw that although he was a little dirty, his body was very ...... rich, and he came in as if he were looking for his master, so he let him be put down to the ground to see if he could find his master himself. Unexpectedly, the childe's cat had a nose that was smarter than a dog, and it didn't take long to find the door of the private room. So, the little one sent him in. ”

Corning immediately laughed when he heard this. The weight of this fat cat seems to be really embarrassing for this little second brother.

Someone would describe a cat as wealthy, and Corning was also drunk.

But now that the fat cat is back, it's all well said. It just so happened that this guy was also indispensable, and Corning was ready to let him rub it with him.

The purpose of the cat chasing here is naturally not for anything else.

So the two-legged human sat on a chair and waited for the food to be served, and his four-legged fat cat lay on the table waiting for the food to be served.

Soon after, several guys from the store walked in with plates and bowls.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please use it slowly." The last guy said with a grin.

But the starving ghosts present don't care if it's slow or not.

Kang Ning was enjoying the dishes of the late Ming Dynasty with interest, but as soon as he saw a plate of salted chicken, he was grabbed by Wang Zhiji and stuffed into his mouth.

This deputy envoy of Shandong according to the judge, who was born in the top three in the 26th year of Wanli and Jinshi, does not have the demeanor of a scholar at all when he eats. It's not even as good as Shang Xin and Yang Big-eyed Sven.

"You two let go of eating, too. Don't get bored there. ”

Hearing Kang Ning say this, the two also started the gluttonous mode, using their hands together, gobbling up.

The fat cat dragged a whole plate of fish to his side without an image for a long time, and half of the cat lay on the fish and ate it.

Around the table, only Corning kept his composure.

Kangning was recalling some dietary knowledge in his previous life, and he was not sure whether saltwater chicken had appeared in the late Ming Dynasty. If it never appeared, then this dish would not be able to get rid of the entanglement with the traverser.

Now Corning is very sensitive to his peers. On the contrary, his short-term tasks were placed in inconsequential places. It seems that tonight's actions are no longer important.

However, his thinking soon got an answer, but the answer was not given by his own memory, and the second was also given by the same very gentle conversation about eating.

"It seems that this restaurant has a close relationship with Xiya Academy. Looking at a few dishes, they all came from Mr. Ziming. ”

Now Corning understood, it turned out to be Mr. Ziming's masterpiece.

"Then this restaurant will make a fortune." Kang Ning picked up a piece of celery and stuffed it into his mouth, "Just with the name of Mr. Ziming, it can also attract many scholars to rub it." ”

"Not really." Tan Yixun put down his chopsticks, ignoring the sound of several people next to him biting bones, and explained, "Mr. Ziming once mentioned in his letter that he once founded a restaurant, a newspaper, a paper workshop, and bought a lot of fields. However, these are all to generate income for Xiya Academy. ”

"So to speak. Mr. Ziming means that he thinks that just Xuetian is not enough. ”

"What can Xuetian do? The little school field given by the imperial court has shrunk a lot when it comes to hands. The princes and nobles of each family have already divided the land into seventy-seven eighty-eight, where else can they get any school fields? ”

Kang Ning's face showed a look of approval: "Although it is a last resort, I always feel that Mr. Ziming's scholarship is not far from Li Zhuowu." ”

"Hmm. Mr. Ziming usually admires Li Zhuowu very much. If the virtuous brother saw him, he might be able to talk speculatively. ”

"Mr. Ziming must see you when you are there. It's just that I have a lot of things to keep busy with during this time. This place in the east of the mountain is very restless, and my brother knows this. The younger brother must first keep the family business, so that he is qualified to talk to Mr. Ziming about enriching the country and strengthening the army, protecting the family and defending the country. ”

Tan Yixun asked puzzledly, "What do you mean by this?" Is someone trying to make your family business a failure? ”

Yang Dayan interjected while holding the chicken leg in his mouth: "That Zhang Zhizhou who hangs his son......"

Halfway through his words, he was blocked by Shang Xin with a larger chicken leg.

He knew what Shang Xin meant, but he muttered something in the best interest, as if he was angry.

It's just that he didn't notice that Wang Zhikey, who was also munching on it, flashed a trace of essence in his eyes just now.

Tan Yixun patted his head: "Oh, not long ago, the two old men talked about it, the foolish brother is really stupid, and he forgot about it so quickly." ”

Kang Ning sneered in his heart, after all, he didn't have a deep relationship, how could he keep other people's affairs in his heart as his own.

But he wouldn't say it.

"Brother doesn't really need to remember this. This man has done too many bad things, and sooner or later he will have something wrong. ”

Corning then shifted the subject and began to praise how delicious the dishes were. Speaking of which, there are really a few dishes in it, which are very different from the taste in the memory of the predecessor, but remind me of the taste of the later life.

Wang Zhijian interjected at this time and asked: "Just now, Xiaoyou said that when the matter at home is resolved, he will discuss with Mr. Ziming the major matter of enriching the country and strengthening the army." I don't know what Xiaoyou thinks of the rich country and the strong army. ”

"What else can you see?" Kang Ning put a piece of meat in his mouth, and then moved the few roast chickens that everyone hadn't eaten yet, "My father once heard a foreign monk say it. That's how the world looks like. ”

Of course, a few roast chickens can't put a few models of continents, but Tan Yixun still screamed: "Ah, it's roughly the same as what Mr. Ziming said." ”

Wang Zhiji also threw away the pig's trotters in his hand, looked over to take a look, and then nodded and said, "That's true." It seems that Ziming's doctrine is not lacking in corroboration, and the words of Western monks are enough to prove Ziming's correctness. ”

Corning sneered in his heart. What else can the traverser be able to come up with with a map that looks like. The vast majority of later generations did not understand what the maps of the Ming Dynasty looked like. Therefore, the map works that they were able to win praise for themselves, in addition to the sand table, were to prove to the natives how small the Ming Dynasty was.

Proving that Daming is not big is actually not a difficult problem. The difficulty is, will the people of the Ming Dynasty believe it?

Judging from the performance of the two natives just now, even if Shi Ziming has become a famous scholar in Jiuzhou, there are still some people who do not believe in his achievements in geography.

But it doesn't matter, he just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to let Shi Ziming, who is about to become the governor of Shandong, discover that under his jurisdiction, there is also a traverser named Xu Hongru.

"Actually, that Western monk should be called a missionary, and what he said came from a secret society called Wenxiangjiao, not something he saw with his own eyes along the way."

"Smell the incense?" Both of them asked curiously, "What sect is that?" ”

"I don't know." Kang Ning wanted you to investigate slowly, now that he understands it too clearly, it is estimated that it will not be long before he discovers himself who has been mixed in, and it may lead to his exposure at that time, "I have also been secretly investigating." This kind of secret society is always unreassuring, especially for a family like me. ”

Kang Ning put on the posture of a rich man, and the two of them also laughed.

"Brother Xian, let's get down to business." Tan Yixun reminded.

Kang Ning nodded, pointed to the world map made of wine and meat, and said: "Monk Nayang also said that if I can hear about the internal troubles caused by disasters and rebellions, then there will be external troubles in the near future. ”

"Xiaoyou, I want to talk about people."

"Yes."

"Joke, what can you do?"

"I think Mr. Ziming, who is well-informed, will definitely not agree with this point of view." Kang Ning pointed to the "American Continent", which had been taken and eaten by Yang Dayan, and said, "The land is hope. Without land, people have nothing to eat and nowhere to live. If the problems of people cannot be solved, there is no need to count on the affairs of the state. ”

After saying this, Corning also picked up the "Australian continent" and took a bite hard.

Wang Zhijian smiled: "Is this the prescription you prescribed for Da Ming?" ”

"It's only partial."

Wang Zhikey smiled: "It seems that wine and meat can no longer satisfy your appetite. ”

"Kang's appetite is big, and it has never been something that can be filled with just wine and meat."

"Okay, then I wish Xiaoyou an early success of Lingyun's ambition."

Corning raised his glass: "Drink to win!" ”