It seems that I am still too full [travel]

On a sunny spring night, the full moon moves slowly above the sky. In the courtyard outside the hall door, the shadow of the moon sways between the flowers and trees, and the wind brings the faint fragrance of flowers and the refreshing smell of meat.

When Xie Shi invites people to dinner, naturally no one refuses to be invited, and some even bring extra people. For example, Qin Sui brought his new proud student Xue Sheng, and wanted to take this opportunity to ask Xie Shi to give some advice.Speaking of Xue Sheng, there is another interesting story here.It is said that since Qin Sui went to Dongcang Academy to teach last year, he has discovered many good seedlings, among which Xue Sheng is the most talented in mathematics.

For the first time in so many years, Qin Sui was thinking of accepting apprentices.However, Xue Sheng, like most people at that time, took the road of taking part in the imperial examination and seeking fame and fame. Naturally, scholars ruled Confucian classics, not mathematics.Qin Sui was concerned about this, and he didn't want to delay Xue Sheng, so he temporarily suppressed this idea.

After Han Ji raised his troops to separate the southeast, Qin Sui was shocked when he received the news. Later, after Mr. Song revealed the identity of the scholar, unbelievable joy followed.As I said before, Qin Jiushao, the father of Qin Sui, was a generation of mathematicians who died fighting against Mongolia. Although he was as talented as his father, he lived in seclusion in the countryside and became a private school teacher in the countryside. In addition, it is because he is forward-looking and considers himself a survivor, so he is naturally unwilling to serve the Mongolian Dynasty!Now, once he finds out that Han Ji is from the blood of the previous dynasty, Qin Sui is like a tired bird returning to the forest, how can he not be agitated?

What is even more unexpected is that Han Ji's rebellion triggered a series of chain reactions. Not only did Qin Sui have someone to devote his allegiance to, but even his most promising student Xue Sheng changed his ambition. To take the imperial examination, but to learn almanac and arithmetic with Qin Sui.

After a heart-to-heart talk between the teacher and the student, Qin Sui knew that he was really interested in the study of ephemeris and arithmetic, not others, so he was naturally very happy, and the desire to accept apprentices in Master Qin's heart quickly revived.However, he hadn't waited for him to inspect the students with the air of being a teacher for a while. When Professor Xie Shi's "Gezhi Class" opened, not only did he attract Confucian scholars from outside, but even his favorite student Xue Sheng followed him every day. Mr. Xie ran back, completely immersed in various scientific mysteries.

Seeing the situation, Qin Sui's wife teased him: "If you don't accept disciples, I'm afraid he will become someone else's disciple." Qin Sui couldn't sit still anymore, but fortunately Xue Sheng was very grateful for Xie Shi's class. Interested, but what I like more is mathematics, that's why Qin Sui's student didn't fly away.When Xie Shi later heard Mr. Song mention this matter, he couldn't laugh or cry. Xie Shi naturally knew Xue Sheng, a young man. He never expected that he almost ruined his relationship as a master and apprentice.

Xie Shi is very self-aware. Compared with an ordinary person like him who can only teach students "scientific common sense" by traveling through a trip, the child Xue Sheng's attainments in mathematics and science can be seen as one in a million. A genius, how could he have the qualifications to accept apprentices, and it was a waste of time for others.Later, when the apprenticeship ceremony was held, Xie Shi even teased Qin Sui about it, and told him to rest assured.

In addition to Qin Sui's own students, Cen Yu, who arrived belatedly, also brought an unexpected follower behind him.

When Xie Shi saw Shen Sen, he was quite surprised, but he still moved forward and said, "Young Master Shen, don't come here without any harm." Since the Lantern Festival, Xie Shi signed a contract with Shen Sen's father, Shen Rong, The Suzhou Shen family contributed to the establishment of the glass mirror workshop, and Xie Shi bought the shares with the secret recipe of the glass mirror. This was the first time Xie Shi saw Mr. Shen.

Shen Sen rubbed his nose embarrassingly, and bowed to Xie Shi repeatedly to express his apology, "Shen came here uninvited and took the liberty to disturb Mr. Xie Shan. I'm really sorry, please forgive me." Shen Sen was originally with Xie Shi Cen Yu discussed the matter of the merchant ship going to sea, and when he heard that Cen Yu's servant Panda came to report, thanking the head of the mountain for the banquet, he couldn't help but think back to the astonishing plum blossom cake he tasted on the Lantern Festival.

After that day, Shen Sen searched all over Fuzhou, and even searched many time-honored brands when he returned to Suzhou, but he still couldn’t find this kind of pastry. Even if the pastry looks similar, the filling inside is definitely not the plum blossom sauce made by Xie Shi.What's even more coincidental is that Shen Sen couldn't help but find out that his father also couldn't forget the plum blossom crisps made by Mr. Xie. After returning to Suzhou, he paid a lot of money to hire a cook who can make plum blossom crisps to the house.

It's just that, the plum blossom crisps made by the so-called famous chef according to the father and son's dictation are not satisfactory, only three points in taste, and the body does not have that light and comfortable feeling after eating.From then on, Shen Sen really understood that the popular name "Xie Yiya" was definitely not in vain.Given this opportunity today, how could Shen Sen not be tempted!As a businessman, he is naturally thick-skinned, so he followed Cen Yu to Xie's mansion for a meal.

Xie Shi didn't know that there was a story behind his plum blossom cake, but one more person was just one more pair of chopsticks, so naturally he didn't mind, after learning that Shen Sen came here and discussed going to sea with him, Xie Shi welcomed it all the more By the way, after all, they are still waiting for their group to go to sea to find all kinds of ingredients for themselves!

The guests are all thoughtful people. When they go to the appointment, they naturally don't come empty-handed, and they all bring home gifts. According to Song Lao's joke, this is the food.However, the most eye-catching gift that night was the thing brought by Shen Sen, because it was actually two priceless silver handle glass mirrors.

At first, Xie Shi didn't know that the gift box contained a glass mirror, but after thanking Shen Sen, someone took the wooden box and put it in the warehouse.This matter was still in the middle of serving food, and Cen Yu poked it out first. The guy didn't stop rolling the roast duck, and his words were very sour. There was a commotion in the order of who ordered the glass mirrors first, and some people were willing to buy glass mirrors at a higher price. Even the ladies in the palace had glass mirrors in their hands. Mr. Shen's family business must have made a lot of money. Full!"

It's a pity that this is a joint business between Xie Shi and Shen's family, and Cen Yu has no part in it at all. Now that he is making money, he is naturally very envious.Xie Shi raised his eyebrows, this matter is funny, how can he still make a fuss after buying a mirror?For the sake of convenience, Xie Shi and the Shen family settled quarterly, and since he had been staying in Le County for the past two months, he naturally didn't know how high the price the Shen family sold the glass mirror, and how the supply was in short supply among the dignitaries and nobles.

Shen Sen said modestly: "Don't dare, it's enough to have enough food and clothing. It's not as big as the Cen family's family fortune, and it's all thanks to Mr. Xie's blessing that the business has the current situation." Cen Yu and Shen Sen two Not many people paid attention to the conversation, but when Xie Shi heard it, he asked a few more questions about the glass mirror business out of concern for his own business.Because of this, Han Ji, who had been rolling the roast duck for him silently, became interested, "But the mirror you gave me before?"

In order to show Shen Sen the effect of the mirror, Xie Shi specially made several mirror samples with the craftsman. Except for the ones brought back to Suzhou by Shen Sen, there was still a small mirror with a pattern carved by the craftsman on it. A cat that was soundly asleep, not very powerful, Shen Sen didn't like it, but Xie Shi liked it quite a bit, and later this mirror appeared in Han Ji's room.

Xie Shi saw that he was interested, and after seeking Mr. Shen's consent, he urged people to go to the warehouse to fetch the wooden box that Shen Sen sent today, and when he took out the glass mirror inside, the rest of the people at the banquet were immediately lit by the light The shiny silver objects attracted attention, and they all gathered around to look at the glass mirror like a western scene.

Xie Shi also kindly reminded, "Be mentally prepared, everyone, don't be scared by yourself."

But his reminder didn't help much. As expected, the ancients who had never looked in such a clear mirror were all surprised by their identical self in the mirror.The first person to take a look in the mirror was Qin Sui. This calm and dreary mathematics master was immediately startled, and he sat back on the chair, startling his disciple Xue Sheng who was next to him.

Fortunately, none of you here are people who have never seen the world, and they quickly changed from being suspicious at the beginning to loving it, and a group of old men began to compete to look in the mirror, as if they had never seen their true face in this life. Even Mr. Song said: "I have lived most of my life, and for the first time I know that I have a mole between my eyebrows."

"This is wonderful. It is worthy of Mr. Xie's handwriting." Although Qin Sui lost his manner in front of his disciples, Qin Sui didn't care much, and asked Shen Sen instead, "Mr. Shen, does the Shen family have a business in Le County?" ? I want to buy one for my family.” A mirror is a close thing, a boudoir pleasure, and it is very common for husband and wife to give each other a gift.

Hearing that, Xie Shi hadn't spoken yet, but Shen Sen was very kind, as if he was flattered, "Thanks to Mr. Qin for looking at the goods of the business, why do you need Mr. Qin to buy in the store in person, and the boy will give you a side directly." .”

Qin Sui didn't hear the conversation between Cai Cen and Shen just now, and he didn't know that a small mirror could be sold for thousands of taels, but he still waved his hand and said, "Mr. Whenever someone asks, you give it away, how do you do business?"

As soon as Shen Sen heard it, he knew that Qin Sui from Meizhou was a man of high moral integrity who didn't want to take advantage of others, so he changed the way of saying, "Since that's the case, the kid has the cheek to ask, can you use this method?" The mirror asks for a pair of master's calligraphy? If the master agrees, I will take advantage of it."

Who doesn't like to listen to good words, especially if the good words contain seven points of sincerity and three points of flattery, those who are praised will naturally be particularly useful. As expected, Qin Sui's brows and eyes suddenly brightened, seeing that Shen Sen's young man is more appreciative.Cen Yu also echoed, "You are not an outsider, Mr. Qin should accept."

Because Xie Shi, he knows that the production cost of this glass mirror is a drop in the bucket compared to the Shen family's current selling price. If Shen Sen dares to deceive his own people and ask for a high price, let alone he is not happy, I am afraid that Xie Shi will be the first You have to be safe.

Seeing that the Shen family's glass mirrors are so popular, even Qin Sui wanted to buy one, Cen Yu was so angry that he directly ordered Xie's servants: "Sixteen lotus leaf cakes!" The fateful Cen Daguan is determined to turn jealousy into appetite.

Xie Shi ignored him, and instead asked the people around him: "Let someone bring some soup, you ate a lot of roast duck tonight, I'm afraid it won't be easy to digest at night." Although Han Ji looks handsome, he has no meat Huan, Xie Shi saw that he was quite fond of roast duck, so he asked this question, fearing that he would be overwhelmed.Han Ji nodded and replied, "Okay, I won't eat."

When baking the lotus leaf cake, every two cakes are stuck together, so it is also called a joint. The lotus leaf cake used to roll the roast duck at the Xie Shiyan is baked with [-] pieces of flour per catty, which is just the right size for rolling the roast duck. Put sliced ​​roast duck, cucumber strips, scallions and other side dishes on it, roll it lightly, and put it in your mouth.The skin of the cake is as thin as a cicada's wing, and one side is fried slightly, and the duck meat is grilled until the color is bright, the duck fat drips, the duck skin is crispy, the duck meat is tender, and it is dipped in sweet sweet bean sauce or slightly spicy Garlic soy sauce dish, plump but not greasy, full of crispy flavor.

Naturally, one can't serve only one roast duck when entertaining guests. Apart from that, Xie Shi also prepared other dishes, but maybe because this roast duck is a new dish, or because the roast duck is really delicious, the most popular one at the banquet was this lotus dish. Leaf cake roll roast duck, even the lotus leaf cake tainted with the aroma of duck fat is also very popular among diners.

After the evening meal, Han Ji went to deal with military affairs and government affairs, and the rest of the group went to the courtyard to watch the moon and chat.After Han Ji left, the atmosphere changed, and he became relaxed and freehand.Xie Shi clearly noticed that Qin Sui's strings, which had been tensed all night, had finally loosened. What was even more exaggerated was that Mr. Shen at the side heaved a sigh of relief and complained to Cen Yu: "Did Brother Cen know that that one was there? Why? Don't remind Xiaosheng?"

If he had known that the noble scholar was there, Shen Sen wouldn't have dared to come for a meal even if he had ten courages!Don't even dare to starve to death!He never expected that the man from Fuzhou who heard that he is now going out to kill all over the world actually lives in this small Xie mansion. It seems that he has a very close relationship with Mr. Xie?How strange!Who knows, how terrified he felt when he saw that scholar followed Mr. Xie and went out to meet them.

In this regard, Xie Shi smiled and did not say anything. Although he, as the person closest to Han Ji, had never felt any sense of oppression or awe, Xie Shi could understand others like this, and he never wanted to help To break the natural awe of outsiders towards Han Ji brought about by the difference in identity and class.As a gentleman, Han Ji may even become an emperor in the future. Only when others respect and fear him can they be loyal to him and never betray him.

Facing Shen Sen's questioning, Cen Yu smiled ostentatiously, and said while waving his fan: "How did I know that Mr. Shen would be there too? Mr. Shen is worrying too much, but it's just a coincidence." But in fact, Cen Yu did it on purpose. The war of my own soldiers has come to an end, the whole army has been repaired and trained, and the civil servants have taken over the various government offices. A person has injured a strand of hair.

Cen Yu was in Le County, how could he not know about his scholar's arrival, and he also learned from Heijiawei that the scholar didn't even set foot in Mei Zhai, and went directly to Xie's house, and then stayed up...

So when I heard the invitation from Xie Shi today, this smug Shen kid wanted to follow, Cen Yu held back and didn't tell him that there is still a big Buddha squatting in Xie's mansion, just to put Shen Sen together, not for others No, it's because Mr. Cen has pink eyes when he sees other people's business is booming, and he doesn't like him.

After some laughter, Cen Yu, Shen Sen and others got to the point.

"My father asked me to tell the two of you that my Shen family's ship and crew are ready, and I can go south with the Cen family at any time."

Cen Yu took out a booklet from his sleeve, saw him flip through it, and said, "I asked the star officials, the wind direction is not good in April, it is best to leave Hainan at the end of March, why not set it on March 23rd?" The end of the day. The Shen family's fleet departs from Hangzhou Port and goes south to Changle Port in the southeastern suburb of Le County, where it joins our sea-going fleet and sets off together."

Although the ultimate goal of Shen and Han Ji is to reach the new continent that Xie Shi mentioned, but the east is an unknown vast sea area. If they venture eastward, they may not see the shadow of the new continent, and the fleet will sink in the vast sea In the middle, the gain outweighs the loss.Therefore, after discussing with his staff, Han Ji decided to send a fleet to sail to the country of Kuni, which is a piece of Borneo in Southeast Asia in later generations, and establish a port and supply base here to prepare for the subsequent eastward journey.

According to the sea chart provided by Xie Shi, reaching Oceania via Borneo, and then crossing Oceania to the New World by boat is a relatively conservative three-step strategy that can guarantee a high success rate.

So the soldiers who arrived in Borneo at this stop were actually not the Shen family, but Han Ji's troops. The Han family even brought an elite army of black armor guards with them, intending to establish a garrison in Borneo.

The two discussed the departure and rendezvous time and places of some fleets, but most of them had already been determined, if they told Xie Shi, they would listen.But these are not things that Xie Shi needs to worry about. He didn't care to listen to it at first, but some people mentioned in the two people's conversation caught his attention.

When Shen Sen introduced his own fleet, he specifically mentioned that the captain of their fleet is a sailor with rich sailing experience and has traveled to more than 20 small countries overseas.The old captain was old and no longer went to sea, and no matter how many businessmen applied for him with a lot of money, he would not waver.However, it was this kind of person who, when he heard that the Shen family was going to explore the new continent, dared to come to him, willing to take the helm for them, just to get involved.

Xie Shi was amazed. Modern people have convenient and developed means of transportation, and most people have never been to more than 20 countries. This old captain, as an ancient man more than 1000 years ago, has already traveled to so many places, and Hearing that someone wants to explore new sea areas, even though they are old, they have rekindled their interest in going to sea. With such courage and courage, this is "Xu Xiake at sea".

When Cen Yu saw Xie Xie, he was interested in these strange people and strange things, so he also mentioned another person in his own fleet, "This time we are going to sea, there is a blue-eyed and white-skinned fan in the fleet, he is from the west. People from a small country traveled across the ocean to Quanzhou to do business. Although the business is doing well now, they care about their homeland and relatives. When they heard that our fleet was going to sea, they wanted us to take him home this time. .”

Quanzhou, as the world-class port of the Mongolian Dynasty, is now probably the territory with the largest number of Fans in the entire Mongolian Dynasty. Cen Yu said that this is not unusual, but what Xie Shi was suspicious of was that Cen Yu had such good intentions, and even sent him home by the way?

Young Master Shen laughed out loud, he did not believe that Brother Cen was so kind.Facing Xie Shi's doubts, Cen Yu remained calm and composed, "That merchant was really sincere, he said he was very afraid of death, and his elder brother had an accident at sea, so seeing our fleet is so huge and magnificent, I was quite at ease, and in order to show my sincerity, I sent someone a box of gold. Faced with such kindness, I naturally couldn't refuse, so I naturally accepted the trust."

A group of people laughed, sure enough, this was the big profiteer Cen they knew, and he must have paid a big price for this businessman to return home.