Chapter 406: Coffee
"To say that this Bangladesh country is really peculiar, their side is very similar to our Yun Province. However, Yun Province is spring all year round, while Bangladesh is summer. ”
"Wouldn't that be a hot death? It's not very comfortable on such a hot day. Some officials didn't like the summer, and when they heard it, they shook their heads again and again.
"Oh? Wouldn't that be without wearing a coat and fur? Isn't their animal fur useless? ”
Su Yizhao burst out laughing when he heard this, this adult, your focus is really peculiar!
"Naturally, they don't need it, so we came back this time and brought a lot of animal fur and horns. The imported goods brought with him include rhinoceros horn, bear skin, hare skin, etc., all of which are good things. ”
Lord Zhao is like the stars and the moon, and his desire to talk is not bad, and he always answers questions.
"Oh! It seems that the merchant ship has gained a lot from going to sea this time! ”
Everyone couldn't help but sigh for a while, and they all thought about it, planning to go to sea in the future.
"Both men and women in Bangladesh can enter the market, not only commoners, but also nobles. Women don't have to wear hats, they can talk to men at will, and they can behave quite casually! ”
Lord Zhao sighed twice, thinking that he was very dissatisfied with this behavior.
"How can there be such an immoral thing? This matter must not be done, it is immoral! As soon as this remark came out, it aroused the opposition of everyone and greatly disagreed.
Su Yizhao snorted coldly, when the sea market has been open for a long time, these people will accept it.
All habits are subtly changed, and this is just the beginning.
"They don't have many good things, and the country is small, and they don't have much knowledge. After our porcelain, cloth and tea were sent over, they were immediately sold out, and even the royal family was very curious about them, and they couldn't put it down! ”
Everyone admired the lack of knowledge, they are a big country, and common porcelain and tea are actually regarded as treasures.
"Then what are the specialties of this beautiful country? What is the customs? ”
"That's pretty much the same as ours, but it doesn't look very rich over there. This official went to their royal family, and it was still dirt outside, how could it be like our palace? Floor tiles and gold bricks everywhere? ”
Everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority, and some officials said: "Even in our courtiers' homes, unless necessary, there is no dirt land." ”
"In that case, they don't have any silver in their country, so they shouldn't be able to exchange it for anything valuable, right?" Su Wenzhou couldn't help but step forward and asked.
"Not really, they have a lot of specialties! Especially the ginseng, which is a good thing, as well as purple wood tea sets, horses, ceramics, sesame oil and seaweed. Their horses are very strong, they are all BMWs, and they brought a lot of horses with them this time. ”
Lord Zhao spoke energetically, and without waiting for anyone to ask, he began to describe.
"They were especially pleased with the silk we had brought, and they were precious in their place. I was ecstatic to have so much more silk at once! And the colors of the cloth on their side were extremely bright, and the women were all wearing red and green, and they didn't look very stable. ”
Lord Zhao thought of the women in Liguo, there are a lot of beauties, but they can't be said in public.
"We still have exquisite embroidery on our side, but they are coarser on their side. Even the embroidery on women's clothes is less, but the clothes are beautiful, which is another flavor. ”
"Oh! And what about the Sun Country? What about the Sun Country? Someone asked impatiently.
As soon as Zhao Shiquan was about to speak, he heard the inner servant singing, and the emperor came.
All the ministers immediately took their places to welcome the arrival of the emperor.
The emperor first expressed his condolences and rewarded the officials who went to sea with the ship, and then asked about the customs and customs of the three kingdoms.
"Your Majesty! This is the gift list presented by their king this time, and the emperor is invited to take a look. ”
Zhao Shiquan immediately presented the gift list, "Those countries are very enthusiastic and happy about our arrival, and the goods brought are all sold out, and they are very easy to sell." ”
Su Yizhao smiled, this is not to those European countries yet! There's more goodies over there.
"Xu Luo, order someone to present all the objects on it to me."
The emperor had never seen so many foreign things, so he was also very interested.
"What's this fattening thing?" The emperor asked with interest.
Fattening? Su Yizhao instantly thought of coffee, perhaps a literal translation of foreign language. No one in this dynasty understands foreign languages, so they directly follow the transliteration.
"It's a kind of bean that resembles tea, and after grinding it into powder, it is poured into a cup and poured into hot water, and you can drink it directly." Zhao Shiquan explained.
"Oh! Isn't that just tea? The emperor and the ministers suddenly realized, so they said.
"I want to taste their tea, so I'll take it and see it with me first."
The two guards carried the beans up, and Su Yizhao took a look, wasn't it coffee beans? Before I even got there, the aroma of coffee beans came.
"It is said that the beans have just been discovered, and the country of Bangladesh has just become popular, so their king has presented this new species to us."
When the emperor saw that there was a sack of beans and a powder wrapped in paper next to it, he ordered someone to make a cup for the ministers, and everyone tasted it.
Seeing that everyone was eager to try, Su Yizhao wanted to laugh.
If you haven't tasted this coffee before, you may not be able to accept it for the first time.
"Your Majesty, the taste of this fattening is a little bitter." Zhao Shiquan immediately reminded.
"Huh~ Can there still be some tea bitterness?" The emperor waved his hand, unimpressed.
It didn't take long for a cup of coffee to be placed in front of the officials.
The emperor smelled this very fragrant, so he tasted it a little anxiously.
But as soon as he tasted it, the emperor almost spit it out.
It was too bitter, the emperor frowned, and finally couldn't hold back and covered the handkerchief to his mouth.
Su Yizhao was sure that this was spit on the veil.
"Your Majesty! This stuff can also be drunk with sugar or sweetened milk, so that it will taste better. Zhao Shiquan reminded again.
When the ministers heard this, they also took a sip curiously, but their faces were entangled, and for a while, the things in their mouths were not spitting, nor were they not spitting.
How could there be something so bad? Are the people of Bangladesh really unable to drink tea?
Poor Bangladeshians, such a thing can also be regarded as a treasure.
The ministers didn't dare to lose their honor in front of the palace, so they could only endure and drink.
After that, no one said much, but they pushed this thing away.
Su Yizhao took a sip and remembered the days when he worked overtime to drink coffee to refresh himself in his previous life.
I worked for two months, and I haven't gotten my last month's salary yet, which is miserable.
Everyone shook their heads and didn't want to drink, only Su Yizhao drank a few sips, and he still had an aftertaste.
Seeing this, the emperor immediately said: "Su Aiqing, I see that this fat expansion is very good for your taste, so I will reward you with half of it!" ”
After the emperor finished speaking, he couldn't wait to order Xu Luo to give Su Yizhao half of it, he didn't want to drink this thing.
The rest was distributed to the harem concubines, so that they would not shout for rewards every day.