Before the meal began, Zhu Jinsong first asked people to set out bowls and chopsticks for Louis XVI, George III and others, and then asked with a smile: "Do you know why the ancestors of Zhongyuan Tangkou chose to use chopsticks instead of knives and forks?"

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Louis XVI was more honest. He shook his head first and said, "I don't know."

Zhu Jinsong laughed and said: "Chopsticks have one end square and one round. The circle refers to the round sky, and the square refers to the place. This is the ancient astronomy and geography view in Tangkou, Central Plains."

"The length of chopsticks is seven inches and six minutes, which means that people have seven emotions and six desires. The seven emotions are love, fear, joy, anger, worry, hatred, desire, and the six desires are ears, eyes, mouth, nose, body, and mind.

, Moreover, one chopstick cannot be used, only a pair of chopsticks can be used properly, so it also means that yin and yang are harmonious, combined into one, and complementary to each other. This is the philosophical thought of Zhongyuan Tangkou."

"In short, a small pair of chopsticks contains a lot of knowledge."

Louis XVI exclaimed: "As expected of the Ming Dynasty, even chopsticks have so much knowledge in them!"

Zhu Jinsong laughed and continued: "Of course, the most important reason why I stopped using knives and forks and started using chopsticks is convenience - for this, George III must know why."

Seeing Louis XVI, Paul I and Peanutton all turning their attention to him, George III was immediately confused.

I know?

What do I know?

I know why the ancestors of Zhongyuan Tangkou gave up their knives and forks and used chopsticks?

That really blew me away!

George III shook his head in confusion and said, "I'm sorry, I really don't know why."

Louis XVI directly mocked George III: "The Ming Emperor gave you a chance to shine, but you didn't use it!"

After finishing his taunting, Louis XVI looked at Zhu Jinsong again and asked: "Then why?"

Zhu Jinsong smiled and shook his head and said: "For example, when eating hot pot, it is very convenient to use chopsticks to pick up the dishes you want to eat, but it is not so convenient to use a knife and fork."

"For another example, if we are going to eat this meal in the wilderness, and we happen to not have chopsticks with us, then we can just break off a few branches, clean them and use them as chopsticks. If we use a knife and fork,

what to do?"

"So, due to various reasons, the ancestors of Zhongyuan Tangkou finally gave up knives and forks and chose chopsticks."

After Louis XVI and others showed a clear look, Zhang Dequan, who was standing behind Zhu Jinsong, clapped his hands again, and then ten maids filed in, all carrying a tray in their hands.

After entering the room, the ten maids formed groups of two. The first group came to Zhu Jinsong, and the other four groups stood next to Louis XVI and others.

There is no tray in the hands of these maids. The tray carried by one of the maids is a small basin with tea in it. There is a warm towel next to the small basin, while the tray carried by the other maid is filled with tea cups.

Warm tea.

Fortunately, Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, was treating the guests. If he had been a shameless old dog like Qian Deaf, he might have taken the opportunity to arrange Louis XVI and the others as sticks, just like they arranged the sticks in the first place - tea served in a basin

, Bangzi calls himself Little China, don’t people know that this kind of tea is used to wash hands?

Besides, even if you don’t know that the tea served in a basin is for washing hands, if someone drinks it directly from the basin, don’t you know how to observe it?

Just like Louis XVI and others who had never seen this kind of formation, they did not say to just pick up the basin and drink. Instead, they first observed what Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, would do when they didn't know what to do.

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Zhu Jinsong first washed his hands with the tea in the basin, wiped his hands with the towel beside the tray, then picked up the tea cup, rinsed his mouth with the good tea, and then spit it into the basin.

After completing this series of processes, Zhu Jinsong said to Louis XVI and others: "Before eating or drinking, you should wash your hands and mouth with tea, not only to ensure hygiene, but also to remove the taste in the mouth so that you can taste the dishes

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Louis XVI and others suddenly understood.

After all four of them had washed their hands and rinsed their mouths, a group of maids carrying basins came out again.

Zhu Jinsong said with a smile: "Now that the Ming Dynasty has not moved its capital back to Shuntianfu Imperial City, the venue here is smaller, so the etiquette is inevitably simpler, so don't be surprised."

Louis XVI waved his hands quickly and said: "No wonder, no wonder, this is already very good. I have never seen such a scene in France."

Zhu Jinsong smiled and said: "In this case, I will ask someone to compile the Ming Dynasty royal etiquette into a book. When you leave, you will each take a copy back, so as not to be underestimated."

Louis XVI thought, "Apart from you, who else in the world dares to underestimate our French cuisine and etiquette?"

But then again, the French delicacies and etiquette are really incomparable to the Ming Dynasty’s delicacies and etiquette!

Thinking of this, Louis XVI simply bowed his hand to Zhu Jinsong and thanked him: "Thank you very much. If you can come to France, I will definitely make you feel the same etiquette as the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jinsong smiled and nodded, then whispered to Zhang Dequan: "Let's serve."

This meal was the most extravagant meal that Zhu Jinsong had since he became emperor - Zhu Jinsong usually only eats four dishes and one soup, but the specifications of this meal are a combination of a Manchu-Han banquet and a Confucian banquet.

The head of the family basically wanted to be as luxurious as he wanted, which immediately confused Louis XVI and others.

What's more important is that it doesn't matter if the quantity of these dishes is large, the style is awesome, and the taste is awesome, but each of these dishes has its origin, and behind each dish there is a piece of awesomeness.

This story shocked Louis XVI and others who had little history.

Then, Louis XVI, George III and others began to exclaim incessantly.

“It turns out these dishes have such origins!”

“It’s really amazing!”

"Reducing the taste of the ingredients itself is really philosophical!"

"This is the enjoyment and treatment that the leader of a country should have!"

"..."

This meal made Louis XVI and George III feel like they had eaten dragon liver and phoenix marrow.

In short, Zhu Jinsong did this bit by bit, starting from these small details, so that Louis XVI and George III and others could see the profound and profound culture of Zhongyuan Tangkou, and let them feel from the bottom of their hearts that Europa is not as good as in Yuantang.

The idea of ​​mouth.

To put it simply, the trick that the hawk used on flower growers back then was used intact on the hawk, John Bull, Gallic chicken and woolly bear.

Or you can call this kind of gameplay a psychological dogma after a variant of the art of pick-up.

It just so happens that the Ming Dynasty needs to say that no one understands inner dogma, but the eunuchs in the Forbidden City are very good at this method.

And it turns out that this method of playing works very well.

After Louis XVI and George III stayed in the Ming Dynasty for a period of time, whether it was Louis XVI or George III, or Paul I or Peanutton, they all became victims of this method.

For example, Louis XVI regrets very much now. He regrets that he didn't do any good things in his previous life, so he was reincarnated in a place like Europe where no one can shit.

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For example, Peanut Ton especially hopes to be reincarnated in the Central Plains Hall in his next life.

Is Ming exploiting and suppressing them?

No, Ming Dynasty will never exploit and suppress Europa.

When the ancestors of Europe were still squatting on trees and nibbling fruits, the ancients in the Central Plains had already entered a civilized society. How rich and vast the Ming Dynasty was, what was there in Europe that was worthy of being exploited by the Ming Dynasty?

Louis XVI, George III, Paul I, and Peanutton were all convinced that the Ming Emperor was a very friendly and gentlemanly emperor. He regarded England, France, the Silly Thief Eagle, and the Mao Xiong as friends of the Ming Empire.

Louis XVI, George III, Paul I and Peanutton also regarded him as his friends. He was always thinking about the common people under his rule, and he was always thinking about Europa.

He is God incarnate!

As that person said, if there must be heaven in the world, then the Ming Dynasty must be the Ming Dynasty. If there is God in the world, then the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is the incarnation of God!

Compared with him, all the kings, commanders and the like of Europe are not qualified to call themselves monarchs - Europe and Rome only have kings who need to be canonized by the pope to be crowned, but there are no emperors who can be canonized by the pope!

Anyway, the longer they stayed in Jinan Mansion, the more serious the condition of Louis XVI and others became.

It wasn't until the dust settled on the Little Poker incident and Louis XVI, George III and others left Jinan Mansion and embarked on their return journeys that Zhu Jinsong breathed a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, Zhu Jinsong just planned to deceive them all and let them sit in wheelchairs, but Zhu Jinsong never expected that the effect of the deception was so good that these brothers just lay on stretchers.

When we went up, Louis XVI even asked for an ICU annual membership card!

This made Zhu Jinsong very worried.

Seeing that if the four of them were to stay any longer, it was very likely that all four of them would be admitted to the ICU, Zhu Jinsong had to choose to end the first meeting of the Little Po Guo, and then let the four of them, Louis XVI, and the other kings and the generals

Let's go home together.

Don’t you have to go back and select international students?

Don’t you have to go back to find iron ore?

Didn't we agree to fuck Osman?

All said and done, Zhu Jinsong finally persuaded Louis XVI and others to leave.

Of course, just because Louis XVI and the others went away didn't mean that Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, could relax.

In fact, in order to trick Louis XVI and others, Zhu Jinsong has accumulated too many things to deal with during this time, and he is even busier than before.

For example, the Ministry of Industry has almost repaired the Forbidden City, and the demolition and construction of the south city of Shuntian Prefecture has also begun, which means that the Ming Dynasty court can move back to Shuntian Prefecture.

However, the Ming court wanted to move back to Shuntian Mansion, but the word "move" was not enough to describe it.

First of all, when the Ming Dynasty was in Jinan Prefecture, almost everything was simple. There was neither a large court meeting nor an early court meeting in the traditional sense.

After moving back to Shuntian Mansion, will the imperial meeting be held normally?
To be continued...