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After we came out of the quarantine camp, the Liaoning Church sent a carriage to take us to Father Dou Marie's chapel to rest. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The terrain of Dalian is very undulating, and although the roads are neat and smooth, they have to rise and fall with the terrain. The road is wide and lined with shops, and some trees are common in East Asia separating them from the street. The attentive Malatini and my assistant reminded me that there were drainage ditches on both sides of the street. Oh, my God! As far as I know, only Rome has a drainage ditch in Europa, and it seems that Liaoning has enough civilization. In addition, Malatini found several things: people here did not see that we were not showing a wooden box every other section of the road, as in other Asian places, and pedestrians put garbage in it; From time to time, uniformed men with weapons in their hands patrolled back and forth; And apart from the fortress high above the sea, we didn't even see the city walls!

Father Shi Fangsi, who picked us up, did not hide it at all and explained everything to us. The place where we are now is the dock trade area, and because of the large area, we simply did not build a city wall. But it would be a mistake to think that there is no defense here. The neighborhoods here are built in the form of fortresses, and as long as the main junctions are blocked, they are forts. However, in the city where the government offices are located, there are still walls.

The uniformed people who come and go are "policemen", which means warning and supervision. They are all made up of retired military personnel who are specifically responsible for maintaining order and fighting crime. In addition, after retiring from the army, local adult men are put into the "reserve", trained frequently, and can be called up to fight at any time. It is said that many people keep their weapons by their side, and those who dare to make trouble unreasonably end up with a fat beating.

The Dalian government has enacted very detailed laws, and even those who dare to spit on the streets, take out the garbage, and make it convenient are severely punished. Thanks to such strict laws, the cleanliness of Dalian's market is notoriously clean, and it is almost like walking into a garden. Batavia, by contrast, is a toilet and a garbage dump.

In order to make it easier for passing seafarers to receive the glory of God, the chapel is also located in the dock area. The Western-style, oriental-decorated carriage led us quickly to the chapel. In order to be accepted by the locals, the exterior of the chapel adopts the traditional Chinese style, except for a huge gilded cross on the door, which seems that the church in Liaoning is indeed mixed well.

It was afternoon when we came out of the camp, and by the time we had settled in, it was already evening, and Father Dou Mari took us to a nearby restaurant for dinner. Oh, my God! It is a splendid restaurant with a large area. Passing through the front two floors of the storefront, the courtyard behind the small building, and the fence between the front and back, we entered the garden-style private room in the innermost part of the restaurant. The private rooms are decorated with stained glass windows framed by wood frames, and they open to a beautiful view of the garden. The gardens of ancient Roman emperors were no different, right?! (Davy really hasn't seen much of the world.) ）

A beautiful Oriental woman was already waiting for us under the trellises in the garden, dressed like an angel in a dress made of silk as beautiful as a rainbow. According to Father Dou Mari, this Ms. Zheng is also an official in Liaoning, a civil official who "persuades farmers from the Seven Grades", and a colleague of Mrs. Schumacher, and she is the only one who is free today, so she is the one who came to receive us. What we didn't expect was that Ms. Zheng could greet us in Spanish.

Father Dou Mali also introduced that Ms. Zheng and Mrs. Schumacher once cooked for the Ming royal family, and their cooking skills were very good, and the name of this restaurant was written by the Queen Mother of the Ming Kingdom. But wasn't Mrs. Schumacher the official in charge of the plantation? Why did you go to cook for the Ming royal family again?

Everyone sat down around the table in the room, and the beautiful maid (Dongying girl) brought us warm wet towels to wipe our hands off, and then served drinks. Oh my God! It is a precious Chinese tea! It is a handful of Chinese "tea" worth a silver coin! I was able to maintain my gentlemanly demeanor, but Mahatini lost his grace at all, drank what was in front of him, and repeatedly asked the maids to change the large cup for him and fill it up.

The first to be served were four cold dishes, served in expensive fine porcelain plates. I really didn't know what it was, only that there was a plate of crystal clear stuff cut into slices; A plate of long, somewhat broken melons cut into sections, topped with appetizing red oil; One dish seems to be pieced together with several different sausage slices; There is also a salad of shredded and mixed with different colorful ingredients.

We were all hungry and had no grace, and by the time the maid had poured the wine, she had already eaten all the food, much to the embarrassment of Father Dou Mari, who was about to give a speech with a glass of wine, and Ms. Li and the maids covered their mouths with their sleeves and twitched silently with laughter. We couldn't help it, we were so hungry, and the food was so delicious that we didn't even want to waste time saying "ah" in amazement. Until we finished eating, drank a sip of the same delicious wine to lubricate our stomachs, and we all let out a long "uh~~" to express our pleasure.

Well?! What kind of wine is this? Sweet and sour is delicious. After drinking it, I felt a surge of air rush up from my stomach and rush out of my mouth. I feel good when the air rushes out! We were feeling sorry that the food was so delicate, that there was only one bite per person, and the maid brought four hot dishes. Are you Liaoning people showing off your wealth?! How can you serve dishes on expensive porcelain plates again!

Four dishes of hot dishes, except for one plate that still maintains the appearance of chicken, one plate is a skeleton, one plate is a mixture of three kinds of vegetables and fruits, and one is fried, we can't tell what the others are. But that doesn't stop our tongues from wandering in the paradise of taste. The wine is also good, clear and transparent, with a fragrant aroma, but the wine is a little stronger.

There were a lot of us, and after eating four dishes, we didn't feel full yet, but we were finally not hungry. We can finally stop and listen to Father Dou Mali explain the affairs of the Liaoning government, and wait for the next round of food. Just then, the Schumacher arrived.

Mrs. Schumacher brought good news, and the diplomatic department in Liaoning decided to receive us the day after tomorrow by the supreme officer, Lord Skoran, and then determine whether we needed to be received by a more senior official. At this time, the third round of food came up. This time, instead of expensive porcelain plates for food, I switched to expensive porcelain plates (bowls)!

It's really impossible to distinguish these delicious ingredients, as if there are pork ribs, chicken, pork, mushrooms, vigna_unguiculata (beans), pine nuts and other things that you can't tell apart. Although Mrs. Schumacher and Ms. Zheng explained the dishes to us, our attention was only on the food.

We were frantically eating delicious food when the maid hurried in and reported to Madame Schumacher and Father Doumaly in Chinese. Before he could finish speaking, a stout figure pushed open the door and walked in, still talking loudly. Father Doumaley reacted immediately, saluted those who came in, and motioned for us to get up and salute as well. Mrs. Schumacher also got up and saluted the stout man who had come in.

Seeing that we were at a loss, Father Dou Mari hurriedly introduced us to the person who had come in as the first heir of the Grand Duke of Hetuala, his younger brother Yarhazi Kim. He was also an admirer of Mrs. Schumacher's cooking, and was dining next to him, knowing that Mrs. Schumacher was here, and there were guests from afar, and he who came to toast was indeed a gentleman.

What we didn't expect was that there was a group of people pouring in from behind. As soon as Father Dou Marie introduced us, we were dumbfounded! What's going on?! The eldest prince of the Chaoxian Kingdom, the heir to the prime minister of the Toei Kingdom, the younger brother of the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and a bunch of sons or younger brothers of the dignitaries of these countries that I don't remember. Could it be that in Liaoning, there are princes all over the place?!

Ms. Zheng's explanation to us finally dispelled our ridiculous idea: these dignitaries were all students of the Ming Imperial Academy (Guozijian), and they had returned to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The holidays were coming to an end, and they went to Mrs. Schumacher and Ms. Zheng's restaurant together for dinner before going back to school. When I arrived in the capital of the Ming Kingdom, there was no such delicious delicacy.

Since they were all men, Mrs. Schumacher and Ms. Zheng retired, and the maids ran away, leaving only Father Doummary as an interpreter. These noble people were so welcoming to us that they even brought us their food and wine to share with us, without the need for a translator.

Throughout the night, we spent the night wandering in a gastronomic paradise until ......

The banquet is arranged according to the standard Northeast eight dishes and eight bowls, the dishes include: skin jelly, cucumber, sausage, colorful big peel, apple cider wine, pot wrapped meat, three fresh, sauce skeleton, smoked chicken, two pot heads, pork ribs stewed beans, chicken stewed mushrooms, pork stewed vermicelli, pine nut roasted deer tendon, plum cabbage button meat (sour), sea cucumber soup (spicy), squid soup (fragrant), fruit soup (sweet), glutinous rice wine.