Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 620, gourmet hot pot

In Tianjin, as the night gradually shrouded, the lights began to go up, and the bell for getting off work rang, the whole city of Tianjin suddenly became extremely noisy.

On the sixth floor of Wanghai Tower, officials from the Ministry of Rites hosted a banquet here to welcome the arrival of envoys from various countries in Southeast Asia. At the same time, they also invited the Japanese king of Japan and the envoys of North Korea.

The entire Wanghai Tower was taken over by the Ministry of Rites, but those who could come to the tallest building for dinner were all principal and deputy envoys from various countries, such as the Eastern King Godara of the Sulu Kingdom, Emperor Kashiwahara of the Wa Kingdom, and the shogunate ministers Yin Sezhongzhen, Shimadzu Zhongchang, as well as Park Yuanzong, the envoy sent by King Yeonsangun of Joseon.

"There is a lot of traffic, and the flow of people is like weaving~"

On the sixth floor, overlooking the whole Tianjin through the windows, you can have a panoramic view of all the scenery in Tianjin.

At this time, it was the rush hour for get off work, and every road in Tianjin was very crowded. The dense flow of people poured out from factories, workshops, and construction sites, making the spacious concrete roads extremely congested.

Tens of thousands of lights are constantly lit, and the extensive use of glass windows and glass lamps makes it bright everywhere. Farther away, there are many real estate developments in Tianjin Real Estate. Here, in each building, all the rooms are lit with whale oil lamps. , Looking at the past is very spectacular, just like resplendent and magnificent.

There is also a bustling commercial street, which has not become depressed because of the cold winter. Instead, it has become more lively. Every shop is brightly lit, making this commercial street look as bright as daytime. When you look at it, it looks like a long bright dragon.

If you look at Tianjin during the day, it gives people the feeling of hustle and bustle, then at night, overlooking the whole Tianjin from the Wanghai Tower, it feels like living in a dream world.

Everything is so unreal, there is such a bright and bustling night market under the sky, it seems even more lively than during the day.

"It's so beautiful~"

"As expected of Daming~"

Someone couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, I always heard how the merchants of Ming Dynasty boasted about how prosperous their Tianjin in Daming was, and sometimes I always felt that the people of Ming Dynasty were bragging.

But seeing it with their own eyes now, everyone immediately understood that this was not the people of Daming bragging. On the contrary, at this moment, everyone felt that the people of Daming were relatively modest, and it was difficult for them to find some words to describe Tianjin in front of them.

"The incomparably powerful Daming~"

Emperor Go Kashiwara firmly remembered the scene in front of him, and at this moment he had an intuitive feeling for Daming. Compared with Daming, Wa country is still a primitive tribe.

Even the most prosperous Kyoto in the Wa country is less than one ten-thousandth of Daming Tianjin, and this is just a city in Daming. There are many cities like Tianjin in Daming.

"Everyone~Please take a seat~Please take a seat~"

The Minister of Rites, Fu Han, who was in charge of hospitality, couldn't help smiling when he saw these people looking like bumpkins.

Almost everyone who comes to Tianjin for the first time will be deeply shocked by the prosperity of Tianjin. Yanran has become the most prosperous place in the entire Ming Dynasty. Even the capital city is far less prosperous than Tianjin because of many restrictions.

The Ministry of Rites used hot pot to entertain these missions.

That's right, it's hot pot.

Since hot pot was invented by Liu Jin, it quickly became popular in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area, and soon spread throughout the entire Ming Dynasty.

In winter, watching the cold wind howling outside while eating hot pot in the room has almost become the favorite thing for young and old in the Beijing-Tianjin area.

From princes and aristocrats to ordinary people, they all fell in love with hot pot out of control.

Godala, Emperor Gobashihara, Yoon Se-chung, Park Won-jong and others moved in one after another. Looking at the cauldrons boiling in front of them, there were lamb bones, tomatoes, corn and other fresh things in them. They are placed on plates, which contain oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, peppers, shallots, sesame paste, peanut butter and so on.

"Daming entertained us with these things?"

Yin Shizhongzhen frowned slightly, no matter how he looked at it, these things in front of him seemed to be unacceptable.

There are only some bones, tomatoes and corn in the clear soup pot, eat these things?
And these are seasonings at first glance, let everyone eat only seasonings?
"Clap~Clap~"

The Minister of Rites, Fu Han, clapped his hands lightly, and the staff at the Wanghai Building immediately began to push the carts in. The carts were filled with all kinds of fresh ingredients.Thinly sliced ​​lamb and beef, and a variety of fresh ingredients suitable for hot pot.

"Everyone, this is the most popular delicacy in Ming Dynasty, called hot pot."

Seeing that everyone was full of doubts, Fu Han smiled and stood up to introduce to everyone.

"The way to eat this hot pot is very simple. You just need to put the thinly sliced ​​mutton, beef and other ingredients into the hot hot pot, rinse it lightly for a few times, and then according to your own preferences, dip your own You can taste the ultimate deliciousness with your favorite sauce.”

Fu Han first demonstrated it by picking up the mutton slices and putting them in the hot soup to rinse them lightly. When the blood color of the mutton disappeared, he would immediately pick them up.

Then he also started to adjust his favorite sauce very skillfully, and then put it in it to dip it lightly, and then tasted it carefully, and suddenly a burst of extreme sweetness poured into the tip of his tongue.

"Please feel free, everyone. These cattle and sheep were all transported from the grassland and slaughtered just now."

When everyone heard Fu Han's words, they started to imitate them one by one.

"Hmm~"

“Yummy~”

“So delicious~”

Soon after, all of these people couldn't help squinting their eyes.

Everyone eats all kinds of meat. After all, they are the top figures in each country, but this is the first time they have eaten such delicious mutton and beef.

Especially such a unique way of eating, the ultimate delicacy, coupled with a variety of sauces carefully selected by Wanghailou, the perfect blend of various flavors, allowing people to taste the ultimate delicacy.

"It's delicious~"

Eastern King Godala couldn't help sighing while eating.

He has eaten a lot of mutton and beef, but they are so extremely delicious, without the slightest smell of mutton. His taste buds are opened up, and he can't help but keep putting mutton into the soup pot, and then feast on it.

"As expected of Daming, this delicacy is really unforgettable."

“Yummy~”

“It's really delicious~”

As for Emperor Gokashihara, who has always been short of food and clothing, he couldn't help but sigh. The Emperor of Japan in this era can't afford to wear really poor pants, and he almost died.

His father, Emperor Goto Mimon, died a few months ago, and he had no money to hold a decent funeral. Later, Tadamasa Shimadzu, who was next to him, gave him money to be buried.

Emperor Go Kashiwahara, who had lived a hard life since he was a child, finally experienced the treatment of a monarch of a country after he came to Ming Dynasty, and now he even tasted hot pot, and the whole person couldn't help but marvel at it.

Yin Shizhongzhen and Shimadzu Zhongchang, one is a powerful minister of the shogunate, and the other is a local daimyo, both of them have seen the world, and they have tasted all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas.

But at this moment, after tasting this hot pot, they couldn't help but nod their heads immediately, the food is better than Daming's.

"As expected of the suzerain of the Ming Dynasty, this delicacy alone is unforgettable."

Park Yuanzong also can't care about his image, and everyone is the same anyway.

Especially these envoys from Nanyang, all of them have forgotten their identities at this time, and they are all feasting. Some impatients even poured plates of mutton and beef into them, and then kept scooping them up. Sweating profusely.

"Haha, everyone, eat slowly, don't worry, I have prepared a lot~"

Fu Han, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, looked at everyone and couldn't help laughing.

Barbarians are always barbarians, they just eat a little, and they don't even care about their own identities.

But having said that, the Wanghai Tower in Tianjin and the Wangyue Tower in Beijing are both famous gourmet places. The lamb and beef here are carefully selected, and the chefs are also strictly trained.

On the capital side, Emperor Hongzhi would often sneak out to eat.

There is no way, compared with the delicious food outside, the cooks in the palace should be dragged out and chopped, the food they cook is not edible at all.

"What is this red thing?"

Godala kept trying the seasoning in front of him, and soon he noticed the red pepper, and after thinking about it, he added a little to his seasoning bowl.

Then habitually pick up a piece of mutton, dip it lightly, and put it in your mouth.

"Ah, so spicy~ so spicy~"

Soon, he couldn't help screaming, it was too spicy.

"Water~water~"

Godala quickly drank a few sips of water, which made him feel better.

"Haha, I forgot to tell everyone."

"This thing is called chili pepper. It is something that our Ming Dynasty brought back from Huangjinzhou. It is very spicy. But in winter, if you taste this chili pepper, the whole person's energy and blood can be stimulated by the spiciness. Good for promoting blood circulation and ventilation."

Seeing Godara's appearance, Fu Han couldn't help laughing and introduced the pepper.

As soon as everyone heard it, they immediately went to try it one after another, and all of them couldn't help but yelled loudly.

"Haha, chili is a good thing."

"It's very expensive here in Daming. You may not be used to it at first, but after eating it a few times, you will fall in love with it out of control."

Fu Han looked at the faces of the crowd, and immediately laughed happily, then added some chili peppers to himself, and tasted them carefully.

Well, it's spicy enough, that's what it tastes like.

Everyone saw that Fu Han was eating with gusto, and immediately tried it again, but there were still many people who couldn't bear it.

Even if some people couldn't bear it, they still pretended to be delicious, and their faces turned red, which caused a burst of laughter.

　Does anyone eat spicy food?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)