The sun never sets in America

Chapter 143 The King of Han’s Private Visit and Entertainment

"Selling steamed buns..."

“Fresh big meat buns…”

Outside a steamed stuffed bun shop in the central district of Xijing City, the waiter at the steamed bun shop was opening the lid. Below were seven or eight layers of steamed buns stacked on top of each other. While lifting the lid, he was shouting to the pedestrians on the street.

This was the morning when people were rushing to get to work, and most people would choose to buy breakfast wraps on the road, so soon there was a long queue at the door of this bun shop.

"Man, here are four steamed buns, two with beef filling and two with leek and egg."

In front of the steamed stuffed bun shop, a young man wearing a round-neck Hanfu made from the Tang Dynasty stood in front of the steamer and said to the workers who were busy.

"Hey... four bags, two meat and two vegetables..." After hearing this, the waiter put the buns into yellow paper and sang hawking. The reason why he was singing hawking instead of hawking was that the tone was too procrastinating. Like singing an opera.

"The guest looks familiar. Have you seen it somewhere?" The waiter handed the wrapped paper bag to the young man wearing a Taoist crown in front of him, and asked with some confusion. He always thought where was this young man wearing Tang Dynasty clothes. Saw it.

(Tangfu, also known as the round-neck Hanfu of the Tang Dynasty, is different from the traditional Hanfu's wide robes and large sleeves, and appears to be lighter)
"Brother is joking. There are so many people who look alike in the world. Is it possible that everyone recognizes me..." The young man wearing a round-neck Tang suit and an ordinary Taoist crown just smiled, and then He excused himself with one sentence.

"That's right..." After the boy handed over the paper bag, he continued to work on what he was doing.

"Hey... steamed buns, freshly fragrant and big steamed buns!!"

The waiter had been busy from six o'clock in the morning to closing the stall at nine o'clock. When he was helping the boss count the money, his eyes suddenly widened and his face showed unprecedented shock.

The young man holding the steamed buns in the morning was wandering aimlessly on the street while eating the steamed buns. But if you look closely, you will find that there are always a few well-built people around him, following him. Beside him, and in the entire Xijing City, there were more soldiers patrolling.

Many people feel that the sun is out in the west, why are they so diligent today?

"Sir, let's go back." The guard on the side whispered to Liu Peng.

"What's wrong, are you afraid something will happen to me??" Liu Peng turned around and looked at his bodyguard Chen Yuning and asked, "I tell you, if something happens to me in Xijing City, then our country of Han will not be far from being destroyed. Already..." Liu Peng said to Chen Yuning somewhat conceitedly.

"Your Majesty... Master, that's not what I mean. I mean, can we go to a safer place? We are on the street. I'm afraid..." Chen Yuning almost spit out the word "Your Majesty" and swallowed it hard. Go back and use the young master Liu Peng ordered before leaving the palace.

"That's what you said. Then walk the entire street." After hearing this, Liu Peng raised his eyebrows and then replied to Chen Yuning with a smile.

"This..." Although Chen Yuning was a little reluctant, he could only follow Liu Peng, his eyes turning around, looking at everyone like an assassin.

There are people coming and going on the street, but if you look carefully, you will find that there are always some people around, isolating Liu Peng from the strangers and wanting to surround Liu Peng.

Central Street is the most prosperous street in Xijing City and even in the entire Han Dynasty.

In the earliest days, this street was the earliest commercial street in Han Dynasty. The whole street was full of customized Western-style clothes, customized Hanfu, and even various jewelry stores selling jade, goldware, and even diamonds.

In addition, there are various pastry shops, such as Cantonese pastries, high-end morning tea restaurants (the restaurants are European-style buildings), Western-style cake shops, high-end Western restaurants, etc.

The most famous among them is Lao Love Dessert Shop, which has begun to gain fame. Among them, the student mentioned the words "God eats it", which is still hanging on the wall, with no intention of taking it off.

"Let's go... let's buy some back too."

Walking to the door of Lao Luofu Dessert Shop, Liu Peng looked at the bustling scene in the shop. The mentality of going shopping and watching the excitement was suddenly aroused. Without waiting for Chen Yuning's reaction, he went to the dessert shop alone. Go to the door.

"Sir..." After Chen Yuning came to his senses, he looked at Liu Peng who had already walked a few meters forward. He was frightened and immediately followed him, fearing that Liu Peng would make any mistake.

As soon as he walked into Lao Love Dessert Shop, Liu Peng looked at the glass counters in the shop and the exquisite and colorful desserts on the counters. He felt as if he had traveled through time and space, as if he had returned to the 21st century before he traveled through time.

That feeling is really amazing, a feeling that is difficult to express in words.

Even the moment he walked into the dessert shop, Liu Peng's whole person calmed down, and his whole person fell back from the authoritative state he had to maintain every day to the appearance he had in his 20s before time travel.

So much so that when Liu Peng looked at the children and adults queuing up at the ice cream counter, as well as the children rolling around when they couldn't buy anything, it was like going back to when he was a child, when his mother took him to the supermarket, and he saw delicious food. When it's fun, he always tries to get everything he wants through minors' unique methods...

At that time, Liu Peng's mother would often hold the crying little Liu Peng home with one hand, as if she didn't care about his feelings and did not condone his rogueness.

When Liu Peng was a child, he always felt that his mother was really bad. Looking back now, he was the stupidest one.

Just like when I was young, I looked forward to growing up, thinking that when I grow up, I can get everything I want, buy whatever I want, and all my dreams can come true. But in the end, I find that I am just the most ordinary person in the world. People... they don't have the so-called superiority or intelligence. They just have a life similar to that of most people, living in a similar house, driving a similar car, and living a similar life.

In the end, I can only say something in the news about the war: "Compared with them, I am living a pretty good life!!"

Then use this to comfort yourself and resolve those unrealistic imaginations in your heart! !
"Dad, buy it for me..."

"Buy it for me..."

In front of the ice cream counter, a little girl of about seven or eight years old with braids and a floral western-style skirt was pulling the sleeves of the middle-aged man next to her, acting coquettishly.

"You greedy cat... you've gotten fat. It depends on what you do. You won't be able to get married when you grow up!!" A middle-aged man wearing work clothes with the logo of Qinchuan Machinery Factory on his back looked at the ground and kept pulling on himself. The daughter in the sleeves of the clothes said a lesson. Although it was a lesson, her tender voice sounded clearly like love to others.

"If you can't get married, you can't get married..." After hearing this, the little girl replied nonchalantly to the man, "At worst, my daughter will stay with her father and mother for the rest of her life, and they will never be separated." The little girl with pigtails spoke in an innocent manner. , with shiny black eyes, he looked up at his father and said.

I didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at all.

"Ha ha……"

"Ha ha……"

The middle-aged man laughed out loud along with the customers watching the excitement around him.

Even Liu Peng, who was choosing a cake shop on the side, smiled when he saw this scene.

"You little brat...you can say such nonsense." After the middle-aged man finished laughing, he said a lesson to his daughter with a straight face and lowered his head. He said it was a lesson, but there was uncontrollable joy in his eyes. , "Don't say this again in the future, do you hear me!!" The middle-aged man then told the little girl.

"I know, Dad!!" the little girl promised with a bright smile, her braid swaying, looking extremely cute.

"Can daddy buy it?" The little girl then pointed to the ice cream with nuts and fruits on the counter and said, "Dad, I want mango flavor." The little girl then pointed to a box containing mango ice cream on the counter and said .

"Buy, buy, buy, buy for me, you are really your little ancestor." The middle-aged man agreed happily but helplessly.

"Have this..." The middle-aged man pointed at the mango ice cream and shouted to the waiter at the counter.

After hearing this, the waiter immediately took out an ice cream cone, and then used a special scoop for ice cream to scoop out the mango-flavored ice cream. It was filled to the top and stacked high.

After the little girl took it, she happily ate it, eating it in small bites, as if she was afraid that she would finish it quickly.Liu Peng on the side looked at the ice cream in front of the counter and felt a familiar feeling.

"Isn't this kind of ice cream the Girardeau ice cream produced in Italy in later generations? Why is it available now??" Liu Peng always felt that he had eaten this stuff in his previous life. It was also handmade and had many ingredients, but he couldn't remember it until The word Italy popped into my mind before I thought about it.

In fact, the history of ice cream is very long, at least thousands of years old. The ice cream of Han Dynasty was also introduced from Europe. Because the ice cream in this period was all made by hand, it is very similar to the Italian gelato of later generations...

But in fact, the two types of ice cream are two different things. Han Chinese ice cream has a typical Han Chinese flavor, because there is no shortage of fruits, most of which are similar to the mango flavored ice cream the little girl just ate.

In Europe, most of them are raw materials such as nuts, which can be obtained from Mediterranean trade.

It can be said that even with the same process, the final product is completely different, just like oranges grown in Huainan are oranges, and oranges grown in Huaibei are oranges.

Every place, even if it is the same dish, the final taste will be different.

This is true even for people. People grow up in different environments and have different personalities.

People are like this, and things are like this! !
Liu Peng finally bought a blueberry-flavored ice cream and walked out of the cake shop with some cakes and desserts.

Speaking of blueberries, we have to mention the current blueberry cultivation in Han China. In fact, blueberries were first cultivated by Americans from wild blueberries in the Americas in the early [-]th century.

Liu Peng once discovered wild blueberries during his march. At first, he was confused as to why this thing looked so much like the blueberries of later generations. After tasting it, although the taste was a little different, Liu Peng was sure that it was a blueberry, all blueberries from Han. Liu Peng initiated the cultivation of blueberries in the entire world. It is not an exaggeration to say that Liu Peng is the father of blueberries.

"Sir, where are we going now??" Chen Yuning asked following Liu Peng, carrying the large and small bags of things Liu Peng bought.

"What, are you tired??" Liu Peng looked at Chen Yuning carrying something, laughed out loud, and then asked.

"I'm not tired. This thing, I was originally..." Chen Yuning was just about to brag about his bravery in the Guards, but Liu Peng shut him up with a look.

(The so-called Guards are actually a guard force of thousands of people formed by Liu Peng after he ascended the throne to guard the palace and even the safety of Xijing. The commander of this force is Mo Yuwen, the son of Uncle Fu. From then on It can be seen that Liu Peng’s arrangements for the people around him are not necessarily the best, but the most loyal!!)
"When you are tired, go to the theater and drink tea..." Liu Peng pointed to a theater in front of him and continued walking forward, not caring about Chen Yuning who was carrying a large bag behind him.

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Qiuyuan, this is a very famous drama theater among the upper class of Han Dynasty.

The reason why we use drama theater instead of theatre, is because of this play.

Different from other theaters, Qiuyuan not only has traditional operas, but also slowly emerging Western-style operas and dramas, as well as some crosstalk actors from China.

From an entertainment point of view, except for the four polo fields in the entire Han Dynasty, no one can compare to Shangqiuyuan.

Because compared to other theaters that only open shows at night and in the afternoon, Qiuyuan has programs almost 24 hours a day, which is quite a challenge for Xijing people who are just used to staying up late.

But it is precisely because of this that Qiuyuan's reputation as a city that never sleeps has also spread in Xijing City and even other cities in Han Dynasty.

"Masters, please come inside..." When the waiters in Qiuyuan saw Liu Peng and the others, especially Liu Peng in the middle, who was dressed in Tang Dynasty Hanfu, their eyes lit up and they immediately stepped forward to greet them.

"What do you guys want to hear? We have Allegro, storytelling, Peking opera, Western music..." The waiter kept introducing Qiuyuan's performances to Liu Peng and others on the road.

"Gentlemen, there happens to be some Beijing operas later... How about you guys?" The waiter looked at Liu Peng and others and tried, but in the end he focused on Liu Peng, "If you guys are not satisfied, , you can also book the venue, as long as you pay the minimum price, you can listen to whatever you want..." As if he was afraid that the other party would be dissatisfied, the waiter said to Liu Peng and others again.

"Why, can you order this first??" When Liu Peng heard this, he immediately became interested and asked the waiter, "Is this the same in other places in Xijing City?" Liu Peng asked again.

"That's right, our Qiuyuan is the largest and most complete theater in Xijing and the entire Han Dynasty. As for the other ones, they are just defeated generals... not worth mentioning!!" The waiter heard what Liu Peng said, and he was a little confused. He replied proudly.

"I see..." After hearing this, Liu Peng nodded and said with a look of understanding on his face.

But at the same time, he became more curious, and then asked: "I heard that you are open 24 hours a day. Is it true? There are still people there at night?" Liu Peng had a look of disbelief on his face.

After all, in an era when there were no electric lights and people could only rely on street kerosene lamps for lighting, Liu Peng didn't believe it when they suddenly heard that there was a store open 24 hours a day.

"What our guests don't know is that at night, except for the street lights on the streets in the entire Xijing City, our Qiu Garden is the brightest." Hearing this, the waiter pointed to Liu Peng at the kerosene lamps everywhere in the Qiu Garden. , these openings are exactly the same as street lamps, you only need to arrange for someone to add kerosene to light the fire. "At night, our Qiuyuan is brighter than the palace!!" The waiter continued to answer Liu Peng very proudly.

In the eyes of the clerk, no one in Xijing City can compare with their Qiuyuan, not even the Royal Palace! !

When Chen Yuning and others heard the waiter say that it was brighter than the palace, their hearts skipped a beat and they glanced at Liu Peng involuntarily, for fear of irritating Liu Peng.

But in fact, after hearing this, Liu Peng was not angry at all. Instead, he chatted with the waiter with great interest about the structure of this autumn garden and how much kerosene was consumed in a day.

"That's it..." At the end, Liu Peng ordered the Beijing opera and said to the waiter, "Don't order anything a la carte, it's good to listen to it together with everyone." Liu Peng said to the waiter with a smile.

The clerk responded with a smile. In fact, he was scolding him to death. He thought that Liu Peng and others just wanted to order a la carte, but he didn't expect it to be like this in the end. You must know that the price of a la carte is not only high, but his commission is also high, and vice versa. in this way.

When Liu Peng came in, the opera actors had already come on stage and were preparing to start. At this time, there were less than half of the people sitting in the theater. Liu Peng was a little surprised at first, but he was relieved when he thought that it was daytime. After all, this theater was full of people. For those who like to go out at night, the time period is like the midnight show of a movie. It is strange that there are so many people at this time.

dong dong dong...

After Liu Peng found a remote place to sit down, the opera began soon.

"My lord, if you revolt in Mangdang, draw your sword and kill the snake, the world will rise..."

"King Huai also issued an edict and divided his troops into two groups to march into Xianyang..."

"Advanced to Xianyang as the emperor..."

This is a piece of Peking opera called Chasing Han Xin. In fact, Liu Peng doesn’t know what Peking opera is at all. He just casually scanned the word Han Xin and made up his mind. If there is a Farewell My Concubine, then he will watch a Farewell My Concubine today. Ji! !

"Yuning, do you think Liu Bang is a wise king?" Liu Peng leaned on his chair, watching the scene where Xiao He recommended Han Xin on stage, and suddenly asked Chen Yuning who was standing aside.

"It should be Ming Jun. After all, he has created Han Dynasty for 400 years..." Although Chen Yuning didn't understand what Liu Peng meant, he still answered Liu Peng in a pleasant way.

"Yeah... 400 years of manhood!!" Liu Peng heard the number 400 years and said with some emotion, "Yuning, do you think our man will have 400 years in the future?" Liu Peng looked at it with bright eyes. Chen Yuning continued to ask.

"My big man is naturally more powerful than the previous ones. In my opinion, 400 years is nothing. I, the big man, will live as long as heaven and live forever..."

Chen Yuning cupped his fists and replied to Liu Peng.

"Haha..." Unexpectedly, Liu Peng actually laughed when he heard this, and finally said: "The Han Dynasty can be destroyed, but the Han Dynasty cannot be destroyed!!" Liu Peng's face showed a boldness that he had never seen before.

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(End of this chapter)