Chapter 591: Good Intentions
"The territory of Yanyun County is really too vast!" Kinoshita Yoshiro shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that so much land is barren, as far as I know, the population of Yanyun County is still quite small, and you are also cultivating wasteland, aren't you?" This is the opposite of us. ”
"We have very few fields, but we have a large population, so I thought if we could immigrate some people to help you reclaim the wasteland? Of course, we are only cultivating and collecting food, and after five or ten years, the cultivated fields will still be owned by you, and then our common problems will be solved. ”
Kinoshita Yoshiro was enthusiastic, his spittle splashed everywhere, his throat was a little hoarse, he took a sip of tea, raised his eyelids to observe the expressions of Xiao Chen and others.
"Kinoshita-kun, I didn't understand a sentence too clearly, you just said that you want your Dongying warships to dock at our Shunfeng Harbor at will?" Xiao Chen smiled, "Just like the fleet of the Rus' people?" ”
"Oh...... That's the case, but isn't this what Xiao Chenjun you want? Kinoshita Yoshiro said, "Of course we are different from the Rus, they are occupying Shunfeng Harbor, and we are protecting it, I think with the strength of your Great Zhou Sailors, you probably can't fight against the Rus fleet, right?" ”
"I knew Kinoshita-kun was a good friend!" Xiao Chen turned his head to Ye Baiqing and smiled, "In this way, our Shunfeng Harbor will be solid, and we won't have to worry about others coming to capture it in the future, and our Da Zhou's sailors don't have to be stationed in the port, it's all redundant, but ......"
"But the current financial situation of our Yanyun County is not very good, so we can't pay the huge military expenses to pay the Dongying friends who protect us, after all, the maintenance of so many warships and the salaries of the soldiers add up to less than 100,000 taels of silver per month?" Ye Baiqing said with a smile.
"No, no." Liu Congshu shook his head again and again, "Don't say hundreds of thousands, you can't take out tens of thousands, I think it's better to forget about it, with that silver, it's better to build a few more forts in the port." ”
"Kinoshita-kun, boss, I don't know much about national affairs as a girl, but I remember that in the territorial demarcation of our Great Zhou, there is also a sea area demarcation of territorial waters, right? Ports must be considered territorial waters, right? So if the Dongying warship can enter and leave our Shunfeng harbor at will, wouldn't it be equivalent to ...... Is it a violation of our territorial waters? ”
Liu Xiangqin asked if she didn't understand, looking innocent and very curious.
"I don't understand, you're still talking nonsense! Kinoshita-kun is a friend, not an enemy, so how could he violate our territorial waters? Xiao Chen scolded, but turned to Kinoshita Yoshiro again, and asked innocently, "Kinoshita-kun, I don't really understand this...... Don't know what sovereignty over territorial waters is? ”
"Uh......" Kinoshita Yoshiro smiled a little awkwardly, because he could also hear that the words of these Piri Yangqiu were all mocking.
"But we really mean it." Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Nako Kudo knew it was time for her to speak.
"We have good intentions, but your warships must not dock at the port of Shunfeng Harbor without our permission, otherwise it will be an invasion of our territory, so we will not be friends but enemies, so there is no way to mention the other cooperation matters mentioned by Kinoshita-kun just now." Liu Xiangqin said.
"I guess Kinoshita-kun might be joking with us, right? After all, that sounds ridiculous! Liu Congshu sneered.
"It's also ridiculous that immigrants came to reclaim wasteland, so don't mention it again!" Ye Baiqing said.
Several of them resolutely opposed these two extremely rude demands of Dongying, indicating that they were not negotiable, but they did not say anything about the other terms of cooperation proposed by Kinoshita Yoshiro.
Because this is something that the boss needs to consider.
"It seems that we are facing a lot of problems in our cooperation." Xiao Chen smiled, "Otherwise, let's talk about this first, and everyone will discuss it again when we go back, and see if we can seek common ground while reserving differences?" Try to reach a consensus that is satisfactory to both of us. ”
"Okay, but I personally regret it." Kinoshita Yoshiro's face is not very good-looking.
"Me too." Xiao Chen said with a smile, "But fortunately, the food and wine in our Huaxia will never make Kinoshita-kun feel sorry!" ”
Friends came and had good wine, Xiao Chen really regarded these three as friends, all the frugal style of the past, and put on a feast for them to catch the wind, all the delicacies of the mountains and seas came up, and a big table was set up with a dazzling array of eyes.
He just casually said that no matter what delicacies of the mountains and seas, all the best things will be served to me!
Hu Dahai, the chef of the Governor's Mansion, took it seriously, immediately threw off his arms, used all his strength, and faithfully carried out the boss's order.
Anyway, he was actually quite happy after receiving the order, because since he took the important role of chef in the Governor's Palace, he had never had the opportunity to give full play to his strengths, because Xiao Chen and they were not very picky about eating, as long as it was simple and delicious.
There was hardly any decent banquet, and you want to eat dumplings Chinese New Year's Eve dinner......
Sometimes when I am hungry at night and eat supper, I only need to boil noodles in white water, and then have some pickle gnocchi, and the big guys will eat very happily, and they also praise the good craftsmanship of the kitchen, which makes Hu Dahai particularly embarrassed.
What are you doing, the sea of harm and my ability are useless!
Until today.
After saying that the dishes came up one after another, the eyes of the three Kudo Nako began to widen gradually, because there were so many dishes, they almost didn't know each other, and they were surprised, happy and curious, please ask Xiao Chenjun, what kind of work is this?
"Well, isn't this a bear's paw? It seems to be a frog, and as for the others...... Go and get me that Hu Dahai! "Xiao Chen knows a bear paw, and he hasn't seen anything else.
"Boss, everyone, is the villain's craftsmanship still passable?" Hu Dahai walked out with a big belly and asked with a smile and confidence.
"Tell the VIPs what this hell is going on...... Good stuff? "Xiao Chen is very angry, in fact, he specially asked you to make a banquet, what kind of mess are you doing?
"Yes! This is a bear's paw, which was brought back by Lord Wen Chengxu this time, and the small one began to soak on the day he got it back, and then he added various ingredients, and stewed it for three days and three nights with a very small simmer, and now it is just right to eat, please taste it for the boss and the VIPs. ”
"Please, three." As the master, of course Xiao Chen wants to give way.
"Oh, but I've heard the name of this dish in China for a long time, and the bear foot of the ancient book is the one that says 'the carp is sickle, and the cold turtle is scorching the bear', right?" Kinoshita Yoshiro has a deep understanding of ancient Chinese culture, and he also knows such a rare allusion.
"You can't have both fish and bear's paws, so today I'll give up the fish and take the bear's paw." Miyamoto Gozo also smiled.