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Because they had to continue the tour in the afternoon, Wang Shishi just took them to a roadside restaurant for lunch and made do with it casually - of course, in Shi Kefa's eyes, it was already a good restaurant. The full-text and ad-free novels are all on Aishang Novel Network biquge.info but in the evening, Wang Pu, who is busy with business, has booked a table in the best restaurant in Qiongzhou Mansion to pick up the wind for old classmates.

Think about it, this is also the meaning of the question - as the landlord of Qiongzhou Mansion, the old classmate came over and Wang Jieshan must be to invite guests to the east, and the reception banquet when he landed before was official business, and there should definitely be a private banquet with their relationship. Not to mention that Shi Kefa helped bring his family over, even if it was a thank you, it was indispensable to ask for this one.

Sure enough, when they met, Wang Pu apologized repeatedly, saying that he should have been with his old friend for a day today, but he was temporarily entangled in a bunch of trivial things and couldn't get out, so he could only come back in the evening.

Shi Kefa's side is connected, and several people sit together. This kind of formal occasion should pay attention to the rules, and no little follower or scholar can be served, so obediently go to the small table next door with the coachman to eat. The staff master next to Shi Kefa was qualified, but only three people couldn't make a table, so Wang Pu invited two colleagues, Zhang Ling and Zhou Sheng, to accompany him, and finally made up a table.

If it is according to the rules of the local nobles and lowly soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, most of the civil officials will not invite martial artists, let alone the Jinyi Guard, who is most hated by the ministers of the Ming Dynasty. However, on Hainan Island, these few of them can be regarded as typical examples of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty - Wang Pu did not invite Cheng Yegao, who has now become his boss, and Yan Wenchang, whose status is almost parallel to him, because he thinks that although those two are still wearing the official robes of the Ming Dynasty, they should actually be regarded as short-haired people.

Since it is known as the best restaurant in Qiongzhou Mansion, the dishes will certainly not be bad. The main dish of the day was a whole sea crab, and a single crab leg was the length of a child's arm. After steaming, it was served on a big silver plate, and it took two people to carry it upstairs, and put it in front of everyone with teeth and claws, not to mention that Shi Kefa, who had been in the north, and the staff master were startled, and even Zhou Sheng, who lives in Guangzhou and is no stranger to seafood, is a little puzzled:

"Can I eat this?"

Whether it can be eaten or not can be verified on the spot - the restaurant has a special service staff brought tools up, after the whole crab to the guests to "verify the identity", they will remove the crab meat and dig the yellow, put it in a small silver bowl, mixed with ginger and vinegar for the guests to enjoy.

Shi Kefa was a little puzzled at first - he was a native of Kaifeng, Henan, and after becoming an official, he was first in Xi'an and then in the capital, and he had never been near the beach in his life. I've eaten crabs before, but I've never seen them that big. Those service staff are skillful, and the remaining shells after using tools to clean the crab meat and crab roe can still be arranged into a whole crab shape, neatly placed next to the table, and it still looks very powerful.

However, the crab meat is snow-white and crystalline, and the crab roe is red like fire, which looks extremely attractive, and there are people who have eaten it next to Zhang Ling, Wang Pu and others who have introduced that this is a delicacy, so Shi Kefa still grabbed a chopstick, put it in his mouth, squinted his eyes and held it for a long time, before shaking his head and saying:

"It's delicious......"

After that, it was time to feast, and Shi Kefa had eaten a lot of seafood during his time in the villa, but no matter how delicate the restaurant was, it was only a big pot dish, and it couldn't compare with the signature dishes brought by the restaurants outside to serve guests - of course, the price couldn't be compared. After the meal, Shi Kefa quietly found his little follower and asked him to ask Wang Shishi about the price of this seafood banquet, which was indeed much more expensive than the banquet in ordinary restaurants. With the local price level of the Ming Dynasty, usually a table banquet is almost one tael of silver, and there are two taels and four taels of high-grade ones, and when it reaches the standard of eight taels, it is a top-level wealthy banquet, but Wang Pu casually eats more than 20 yuan, which is equivalent to more than ten taels of silver.

However, Wang Pu is not a person who cares about that little money now, Shi Kefa saw that the small account he threw to the waiter after the meal was directly a silver dollar, which made him quite emotional-I heard that Wang Jieshan was an out-and-out poor person when he was studying, and he had to divide a pot of porridge into three meals every day.

Even after being admitted to the Juren and Jinshi, because I didn't get the real shortage for a long time, and I refused to go to the drill camp, I still had a clean breeze on my sleeves. Fortunately, there was such an unwritten rule in the Ming Dynasty - as long as someone was promoted, someone would take the initiative to bring land and real estate to surrender and ask to be his servant, in order to use the identity of this lord to avoid the Ming Empire's taxes and servitude that were enough to ruin the family.

For this kind of dedication, the freshly baked master can't really regard him as a slave - maybe the wealth of the other person is even greater. However, it is mutually beneficial to accept those property gifts to solve economic difficulties. Of course, if the old man is not married, then the rich family will often try to get in touch in other ways - such as recruiting a son-in-law......

Wang Pu also benefited from this at the beginning, and obtained some assets from the donors to support his family, but it was still very difficult for him to take a little scholar to wait for vacancies, and his conditions were better at that time, and he often helped him. I didn't expect to be so generous today.

It's just reminded of what Wang Shishi said before, Wang Jieshan's actions when the Qiongzhou Mansion was first broken by short hair...... In just two or three years, a loyal minister who is willing to die for the Ming Dynasty can take the initiative to bring all his family members here to accept the rule of Shorthair; Let a celebrity who is as honest as water and never takes a penny in vain can also invite guests to eat in this kind of high-end restaurant, and casually throw out half a tael of silver as a small account...... The atmosphere of this Qiongzhou Mansion is really easy to influence people.

It's just that in Shi Kefa's heart, there is always a feeling that something is very wrong, and when he saw the cement road during the day and listened to Xiaoshi's proud introduction to his carriage, he already had a faint feeling. When the group chatted after dinner, they sat on the balcony and watched the lights of the whole city like a starry sky, and even the streets were lit up with oil lamps, this feeling became more and more obvious.

After thinking about it for a long time, and finally finding out where this disharmony came from, Shi Kefa couldn't help but shake his head:

"It's a pity, it's a pity!"

"Oh? Why is it a pity for Mr. Kenyuki? ”

Zhang Ling next to him happened to hear it, and walked over with a teacup, but saw Shi Kefa lighting the street lamp below with his hand:

"Let's just say that these lamps can be placed on the street to illuminate pedestrians, but how much lamp oil will be consumed in vain at night. Pedestrians walk on the road, when the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, they can see the road, if they are afraid of the dark, they can bring a lantern, why bother. ”

Speaking of Shun, seeing that Wang Pu and Zhou Sheng also came over to listen to him, Shi Kefa said to his friend:

"Jieshan, I have a word, I have to send it - this place is indeed rich, no less than Jingshi, Jiangnan. But the extravagance is more than doubled. From what I can see today, the clothing, food, housing and transportation in this Qiongzhou Mansion are all excellent. In this way, if you have a little savings, you will be indulged in pleasure, and even if you have achievements, you are afraid that they are very limited. ”

Seeing that Wang Pu's face was puzzled, Shi Kefa gritted his teeth and pointed to the carriage he parked downstairs:

"Jieshan, thanks to you for sending a car to pick you up during the day, it is really very comfortable. However, the manpower and material resources required for this road, the chariots and horses, seem to me to be too wasteful—if the plaster and labor used to build the hard road are used to build houses, I don't know how many cold people can be blessed; And the carriages are said to be made of fine steel, and if they are used to make weapons, it is not more important than just for people to ride comfortably! ”

Seeing that the host and guest suddenly said so directly tonight, Zhou Sheng and Zhang Ling were both a little surprised, but Wang Pu was not angry, but showed a concerned expression:

"Kenyuki, your thoughts and opinions are exactly the same as they were when I first came into contact with what those shorthairs were doing. At that time, it seemed to me that their behavior was completely inexplicable, and they did some strange things. But after a long time, you will know that these people never do things that are not good...... Whether they are building houses or making weapons, they have more and better materials and technologies, which is not contradictory to building roads and cars. ”

When he said this, Zhang Ling and Zhou Sheng next to him both showed knowing smiles on their faces, obviously feeling the same way.

"But you are right about one thing - those people are really in pleasure. What you see here is actually developed by them for their own enjoyment, and they just don't mind letting us share it together. ”

"In this way, isn't it possible for Shorthair to create such a situation with a group of short-sighted and unambitious people?"

Shi Kefa couldn't believe it, and Wang Pu suddenly laughed:

"You say they don't have big ambitions? ――That's right. In fact, Kenyuki only needs to stay here a little longer to realize that with their ability, if they really want to make progress, they will definitely occupy far more than the current three islands. It doesn't take so much trouble to get a Weihaiwei from the imperial court...... In fact, to this day, I still don't understand why these shorthairs are willing to accept the court's recruitment, they are not afraid of being hostile to the court at all. ”

"What? Jieshan, you have done a great job to recruit them! ”

Shi Kefa was shocked, Wang Pu smiled bitterly and spread his hands:

"That's just because they want to do it themselves-let's put it this way, Xianzhi, and in the eyes of those of us who know them well, these short-haired people can be said to be very clever and sometimes very bold in everything they do, such as when they came to seize the Qiongzhou Mansion with only thirty or so men, and they succeeded."

"But on the whole, they are extremely conservative in their strategy towards the outside, and most of them don't care about the splendid country in the interior of our Ming Dynasty at all, and just want to live a good life on this border island. For this reason, there is also a special word to describe themselves...... What's it called? ”

Wang Pu touched his head and thought about it, but it was Zhang Ling and Zhang Ruheng, who were more familiar with short-haired, helped him say it:

“…… Otaku! ”RO！ ~！

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