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At 09:25, less than two and a half hours before the arrival of the second wave of fantasy characters.

In a beef hot pot restaurant that had just opened, Fang Mo and Li Yuanfang sat face-to-face on a comfortable sofa chair, and they chose a location by the window on the second floor, where they could directly see the situation outside.

This beef hot pot restaurant, which covers an area of nearly 400 square meters and is divided into two floors and is gorgeously decorated, is the highest grade in the area where Fang Ji lives, and may not be a big deal in a first- or second-tier city, but it is quite famous here, and the consumption level here is also acceptable.

At this time, Fang G was flipping through the things in his mobile phone, and he seemed to be constantly looking for and downloading something.

Li Yuanfang looked at the surrounding environment with a curious expression, he had never seen a restaurant like this, and the chair he was sitting on had an indescribable softness and comfort.

In Li Yuanfang's time, there was certainly no such thing as a sofa, even the emperor could not enjoy it, and in the West, it was only at the beginning of the seventeenth century that sofas made of feathers were available, but the real sofa was born after the first industrial revolution.

The waiter carefully brought the boiler and poured two-thirds of the broth into it.

"It's so fragrant, shall we drink this?" Li Yuanfang smelled the tempting aroma of the pot of clear soup, which he had never experienced in a dream, which made Li Yuanfang a little unbearable and wanted to go up and take a sip.

Who would have thought that Li Yuanfang, the dignified general of the school inspection school, would become a complete foodie in the modern world?

"Don't worry, the real goodies haven't come up yet." As if looking at a hillbilly, Fang Mo looked at the kitchen not far away, where a waiter had slowly pushed a small cart full of all kinds of food, all of which Fang Mo had ordered.

First of all, two white jade-like porcelain plates, with neatly arranged beef balls on them, and sprinkled with chopped celery and seasonings, beef balls are one of the most famous and popular traditional snacks in Chaoshan, since you have come to the beef hot pot restaurant, it is naturally indispensable.

This is followed by thinly sliced fresh beef, which is lined up in three rows by skilled chefs, layer after layer, and looks appetizing.

There are also two plates of beef brisket and tripe, followed by a basket of lettuce, and finally a plate of white kway teow, of course, with some dipping sauce.

"Please take your time." After the waiter served all the dishes on the table, he politely withdrew.

"Let's go." Fang Mo put down his phone, rubbed his hands, and then picked up a plate of beef balls and poured them all directly into the boiling soup in the pot.

In fact, for Fang G before, there was no condition to eat in this kind of hot pot restaurant, a meal here cost a few hundred yuan, and Fang G's monthly salary was less than 2,000, but he had been here several times, all of them were treats from relatives and friends.

"You'll soon find out that the corn you just ate is nothing." Fang Mo said to Li Yuanfang with some pride, thinking in his heart that Li Yuanfang would definitely be completely conquered by this beef hot pot soon.

However, Li Yuanfang didn't move, his eyes had actually been staring at the two plates of bright red beef since just now.

"What? Look silly? Fang Mo saw Li Yuanfang's somewhat dazed expression.

"It's... Beef? Li Yuanfang asked, with a hint of disbelief in her words.

"That's right, eat it while it's fresh." Fang Mo picked up a few pieces of bright red beef and put them in the boiling soup, and he had to let Li Yuanfang taste the beef here first.

However, Li Yuanfang's next sentence made Fang Ji's hand shake.

"You... Can you actually eat beef? Li Yuanfang said in surprise.

"Is that problematic too?" This time I can't figure it out, although beef is expensive, it is generally only forty or fifty yuan a catty, and it is a little more expensive here, but as long as you don't eat it at once, it is not to the extent that ordinary people can't afford to eat it.

Could it be that as Li Yuanfang, he has never eaten beef? That's not right, there has been such a thing as cattle since ancient times, which dynasty didn't have it? Can Li Yuanfang still afford to eat?

However, the actual situation is different from what Fang Mo thought, and the cattle of the Tang Dynasty had an extraordinary meaning.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, because the Central Plains was affected by the war, there was a general lack of cattle among the people, and it was not enough to rely on manpower to cultivate the land, so it was in a state of shortage of cultivated cattle at that time.

To this end, in order to implement the policy of heavy agriculture, Tang Taizong ordered the abolition of the bad habit of killing cattle, and formulated a series of policies on the protection of cattle, such as encouraging government ranches and ordinary people to raise cattle, as well as a set of strict laws to protect cattle and livestock.

In other words, during the period in which Li Yuanfang lived, things like killing cattle and eating beef were punishable, and even the emperor could not do this.

This is also the reason why some people say that the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty was pulled out by cows.

"Ploughing cattle work for people all their lives, if there are no ploughing cattle, I don't know how many people will starve to death, how can you bear to eat them?" Li Yuanfang looked at the beef on Fang Ji's chopsticks in surprise.

Now Fang Ji understood that he had seen dog lovers refuse to eat dog meat before, but now there was a cow lover in front of him.

"Forget it, if you don't eat it, you won't eat it, don't regret it." Fang Mo didn't care, but he wanted to correct Li Yuanfang's fact: "Let me tell you, our world no longer needs to rely on cultivated cattle to feed people, except for some remote areas that still use cultivated cattle, now everyone basically uses tractors." ”

"What is a tractor?" Li Yuanfang asked.

"I can't explain it to you, and you can't understand it anyway." Fang Mo waved his hand, and he simply put some kuay teow in the pot: "You eat this, it's not beef." ”

"Oh." Li Yuanfang is not so repulsive to other things other than beef.

Next, in this beef hot pot restaurant where visitors are still scarce, Fang G is responsible for solving beef, beef balls and various livers, while Li Yuanfang only eats boiled fruit strips and boiled lettuce.

It took almost half an hour to eat, and when Fang G picked up the last beef ball from the hot pot, it was already 09:53.

Ding dong!

Picking up the beef balls with chopsticks and preparing to put them in his mouth, a mobile phone ringtone that Fang G had been waiting for a long time suddenly rang at this time, making Fang G's movements stop, and after that, his calm face also showed a certain excited smile.

"My universe server, I thought you were disconnected." Fang Mo quickly put down the beef balls and chopsticks, he quickly took out his mobile phone, and sure enough, as he expected, a text message from an unfamiliar number was automatically intercepted by the mobile phone.

The number is 10 zeros, and the mantissa is 4, which is the fifth mysterious text message received by Fang G.

(To be continued, continue three more today, ask for collection)