Lin Yuan then said to everyone: "Now in front of us is going to be a sumptuous French meal, wouldn't it be a big loss if everyone didn't eat it well?" That's why I appeal: don't care so much today, show the courage and determination to eat their enemies, and eat their French people well! ”

When everyone heard Lin Yuan say that he had a way to recover the lost cultural relics, they all said, "Okay, let's eat them hard!" There was nothing new in Faure's speech, it was all clichés such as welcoming the Chinese envoy and hoping that China and France would be friendly for generations to come, but Xu Jingcheng sat on the side, and his eyes were red when he heard it, and tears almost fell.

At the end of the speech, the French side did not directly serve the food for the banquet, but wanted to perform a few literary and artistic programs, taking advantage of this time, Shen Wanqing gently pushed Lin Yuan and whispered: "Look at Xu Jingcheng, he is about to cry, his tears are too low." ”

I didn't expect this sentence to be heard by Xu Jingcheng, Xu Jingcheng looked at Shen Wanqing, and said: "I'm ashamed, when I was in France, where did I receive such courtesy, their president didn't bother to see me, so he sent a few ministers to meet with me, and then look at it now, it's a banquet, it's the president's speech, and there are literary programs, our Daqing is really powerful!" ”

Lin Yuan looked at the long braid dragged behind his head, and thought helplessly: "It's really long hair and short knowledge, isn't it just a welcome banquet for you?" Are you happy to be like this? This does not mean that our China is strong at all, as for what it will look like when it is strong, you just wait and see! ”

At this moment, I only heard the sound of music, and then I heard Chen Fei laugh obscenely: "Eh, this is beautiful." Lin Yuan turned his head to look, and saw that on the front stage, several beautiful girls were dancing, and Wang Genbao, who was sitting next to Chen Fei, looked at them with wide eyes, and was reluctant to blink his eyes!

Xu Jingcheng glanced at those girls, sighed angrily, slapped the table, and said angrily: "Ridiculous, too ridiculous!" Dress like this, what a style! ”

Wang Genbao asked Chen Fei in surprise: "Lord Chen, why do you see that the clothes worn by those dancing women are so tight, and you can even see the ** on the hoops, eh, how can they stand on the ground on their toes?" That's amazing! ”

Chen Fei said: "What they dance is called ballet. As he spoke, the performance ended, and the host announced the start of the banquet, and Wang Genbao smiled: "I can finally see their French feast!" ”

President Faure returned to his seat and said to Lin Yuan: "Today we will not talk about work, only about food and art, please come and taste our delicious French feast." ”

Soon the first course was served, according to the custom of French dinner, the first course was a cold appetizer, a small plate of sardines was served, Lin Yuan quietly asked Wang Genbao: "How is it?" How are they doing with this fish? ”

Wang Genbao said helplessly: "I haven't seen this thing!" ”

Western food is generally a dish after the next dish, this sardine is very rare, Wang Genbao ate it in two bites, but the others ate slowly, Wang Genbao asked Lin Yuan in a low voice: "Lord Lin, you said that this French is too inauthentic, let's come all the way and give us such a little food?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Don't worry, there will be other dishes in a while." Shen Wanqing heard Wang Genbao's complaint on the side, turned to President Forer and said: "I heard that French food has to be served more than a dozen times, and this dish is too troublesome one by one!" Can't you just do it all at once? ”

Shen Wanqing was holding back the fire in her heart because of the cultural relics, so she said such a thing, but the Western table etiquette is that ladies come first, and men can't be angry with ladies, so Forha Luha smiled and said: "Beautiful miss, don't worry, we have simplified the process, and the appetizer is the main course, so please don't wait too long." ”

Sure enough, the one that came up below was the main dish, but everyone didn't know what was in the plate of Ludao, Wang Genbao pointed to a plate, which contained snow-white soup, and the soup contained more than a dozen round shell-shaped things, Wang Genbao picked up the knife and fork and knocked it gently, and asked, "What is this thing?" ”

Lin Yuan had never seen it, and President Fore called a chef at this time to introduce it to everyone, and the chef said, "This is our specialty, creamy baked snails." There was an interpreter on the side who translated it for everyone, and Wang Genbao said in surprise: "Don't lie to people, can this thing be a snail?" A snail is not as big as a human finger, but this one is almost the size of a human palm. ”

The chef listened to the translator explain Wang Genbao's problem and explained: "This is a snail from our France, this snail grows on apple trees, and it is so big!" ”

Wang Genbao said in surprise: "Snails can also be made into dishes? It's not easy! The chef introduced a few dishes in a row, foie gras, caviar, etc., Wang Genbao had never heard of it, he felt that he had lost face in front of Lin Yuan, and he wanted to win back a city, looking at the thing in front of him, he knew something, so he pointed to it and asked: "I know this, it's a mushroom, right?" ”

The chef smiled and asked, "How much do mushrooms cost a pound in your country?" ”

Wang Genbao thought for a while and said, "It's probably a few dozen dollars." ”

The chef obviously didn't understand what the concept of a few dozen cents was, so he smiled and asked, "Which is more valuable in your country, mushrooms or gold?" ”

Wang Genbao said: "Then do you need to talk about it? Gold, of course! ”

The chef smiled and pointed to the plate of "mushrooms" and smiled: "This kind of thing is more valuable than the same weight of gold!" Its name is truffle. ”

Wang Genbao tasted it and felt that this kind of thing was very different from the mushrooms he had seen, especially the aroma inside, he had never tasted it at all, so Wang Genbao asked: "The taste of this kind of thing is so good, what do you use to make this taste?" ”

The chef replied leisurely: "This taste comes from nature, it is the flavor of the food itself, we just matured it without adding any condiments." ”

Wang Genbao looked at the dishes on the table and shook his head helplessly, and said to Lin Yuan: "It seems that their French dishes are not the same as ours at all, and I haven't seen many materials here." ”

Lin Yuan whispered to Wang Genbao: "You have a good chat with that chef, this is also part of the national affairs. ”

Wang Genbao asked in surprise, "What?" Eating and cooking can also be a national event? ”

Lin Yuan smiled and nodded, and said, "Of course, these things can create a lot of foreign exchange for our country, do you understand?" ”

Wang Genbao asked, "What is foreign exchange?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Food is diplomacy and money, you can understand when I say this, right?" Wang Genbao nodded, Lin Yuan turned his head and said to President Fuer: "We have tasted the food of your country today, and I really want the people of our country to taste these things as well, I wonder if we can do some trade around them?" ”

Fuer smiled: "Mr. Lin Yuan, you must be joking, food is not like ore, it is easy to perish, how can we trade food between China and France across the ocean?" ”