Later in the day, in Guam, the navy made porridge with wild vegetables and rice.
The Winged Knights continued to row boats to fish, and the craftsmen brushed the tung oil on the six 50-stone boats for the second time.
In the craftsmen's eyes, the 50-stone boats were only suitable for inland places where the water flow was not very rapid. In the sea, a single wave could capsize the boat.
They had seen the local catamaran boats. Not to mention 50-stone, even a five-stone one could support it.
After two people, the rest of the boat could be used to carry goods and fresh water.
50-stone was not a lot. It was equivalent to ten goose boats, with four people on each boat.
The natives were content. What they needed was the weight of the goose boats and the sails of straw mats.
They probably operated it like a small sailboat, which was fine.
They looked at the six big boats and gestured to each other.
The craftsmen brushing the tung oil understood. These people wanted to connect the two 50-stone boats according to their boat model.
That way, they would become three big catamarans that could carry more goods and people, but the sails would be more troublesome.
The craftsmen looked at each other. They were very suspicious. If they left the two big sailboats, would the other party also connect them? What about the steam engine boat?
The twenty officials were cutting pickles skillfully. They had done a lot of this kind of work along the way.
Although they were always causing trouble and complaining, they were not bad when they worked seriously.
Washing clothes, sewing clothes, sewing wounds, swimming, diving, chopping wood, sawing boards, making tenons …
In terms of life skills, they were the same as the Winged Knights and the navy.
Before going out to sea, the imperial court selected them first. Outside was the vast sea, and everyone had to play their part.
If they did not know anything, would they go out and be a burden?
The chopped vegetables were now called Dongzhu pickled vegetables. Li Yi had named it after the name of Fuling. Now that it was placed on Li Yi's head, it was "fúlíng," not "péilíng."
The most important thing to bring was dried pickles. For example, there were many dried salted tofu on the boat. It was salty and delicious.
Pickled vegetables contained a lot of carotene and amino acids, so they were finished after drying.
They were placed in jars for everyone to eat.
There were also large jars of pickled vegetables. The fish at sea could be stewed with pickled vegetables.
The more fish oil there was, the more fragrant it would be when stewed. However, they didn't take it out for the aboriginals to eat.
A jar of spicy cabbage made from chili was opened. Everyone wanted to eat something spicy.
The spicy cabbage was prepared according to the traditional method. There were shredded cucumber and pear shredded inside, and each cabbage was stuffed with some. Then, the Li Family Zhuangzi's garlic chilli sauce was added.
Using the sugar in the fruit to sterilize, spicy cabbage without shredded apple, shredded pear, shredded garlic, shredded ginger and glutinous rice powder was not authentic.
For example, Li Yi sold it for a few yuan per catty. It was made with blended chili-colored paddle-shaped things mixed with cabbage. It was inedible at all. That sauce even had platycodon mixed with it. Eating a few mouthfuls would make one feel disgusted.
Li Yi was not trying to cheat money. The Korean spicy cabbage he served in Zhuangzi was authentic.
The twenty officials changed their clothes and went to work bare-chested, wearing only trousers and no robes.
The natives took out the extra fish they had roasted last night, and more people went to dig for wild vegetables.
They knew that the people of the Tang dynasty needed to eat such vegetables and coconuts.
The children dug for the wild vegetables and were all very sad. They sensed that these people would be leaving today.
It was different from when they followed the adults to other places to exchange things. The process of exchanging things was based on the harvest.
When they interacted with the people of the Tang dynasty, they were happy to obtain things and hoped that the people of the Tang dynasty would stay for a few more days.
With the people of the Tang dynasty around, they felt at ease and happy. They even slept more soundly than before.
Wild vegetable rice porridge, roasted dried fish, and pickled vegetables became the breakfast of the island today.
The people on the island used seashells as spoons and tree branches as chopsticks to eat.
They were very familiar with using chopsticks. Clearly, they had practiced a lot after Li Yi left.
The female leader changed her clothes. Yesterday, she saw the ships of the Tang dynasty and wore Sichuan brocade. Today, she wore Su embroidery.
One was graceful, one was beautiful, one was full of flowers, one was green with willows and warblers singing, one was passionate, and one was graceful.
Her two sets of clothes could be exchanged for a small city in the Mediterranean Sea.
Buying a thousand slaves was a piece of cake.
This was because this embroidery was used for tribute and was not an ordinary technique.
She came in front of Ruan Jin and sat on the bench, looking at him with her big eyes.
Ruan Jin replied calmly, "What? If you have something to say, say it. It's serious. If you can't do that, I'll die. Dongzhu has given orders. "
The proprietor always told us stories about someone who became a general, and then someone under him provoked him and disobeyed his orders.
At times like this, the person who violated military orders was very important. However, in order to protect that person, that person had no choice but to execute that person.
He told us that if we violated military orders, Dongzhu would execute us all the same. "
"It doesn't matter if I'm executed, but what about my family?"
"The Winged Knights who died in battle should be treated differently from the family members of those who committed a mistake, right?"
The female leader stretched out a palm. After thinking for a moment, she retracted two fingers, leaving only three fingers.
She pointed to the ship that had been painted with tung oil again, then pointed to the sun in the sky and drew an arc. Once, twice, thrice.
Ruan Jin actually understood. "Three days. We'll leave three days to make more ships."
He gestured to the ship, closing and opening his eyes three times in a row.
The female leader also understood and nodded her head.
Ruan Jin hesitated for a moment. After analyzing the importance of this place, he nodded his head.
Then, both parties smiled. "That's enough."
Ruan Jin turned his head and shouted, "Pass down the order. We'll stay for three more days. Don't be in a hurry to leave. We'll build ships, fish, and gather wild vegetables."
The female leader also turned around and gave the order. Then, the aboriginals cheered, as did the twenty officials.
The twenty officials cheered and cheered … then fell silent.
Others were indifferent, but they couldn't control their emotions.
The aboriginals were celebrating, especially the children, who would occasionally look at the people of the Tang dynasty while eating.
After eating, everyone rested for a while before continuing with their work.
… …
It was daybreak in the Tang dynasty. There was still no court assembly today, so Li Longji didn't go and slept in.
Chancellor Fu and the others came again. They didn't go to court either, as they had already arranged everything yesterday. If there were any problems today, they would send memorials to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
The officials all had joyous looks on their faces, without any resentment.
Some served porridge with buns, some served tofu pudding with pies, some served soy milk with youtiao, some served soy milk with tofu pudding, some served soy milk with tofu pudding, some served fried buns with spicy soup, some ate wontons, some served rice noodles, some served bread with goat milk …
There were dozens of combinations for breakfast. In the entire Tang dynasty, only the Li Family Zhuangzi's cafeteria had such a service.
Needless to say, the side dishes were a mess. If one wasn't familiar with what they liked to eat, they would be dazzled by the choices.
Li Longji drank mutton giblets and mutton soup, not whole mutton soup, and ate beef.
The old cow Zhuangzi bought had died of old age. It had collapsed last night, and even after midnight, it still couldn't be saved, so he ate it.
This kind of beef, horse, and camel meat was eaten with a clear conscience.
In the end, it died, so the meat that should be given was all good meat.
It was a different situation from being killed because it couldn't work anymore. The Li Family Zhuangzi didn't suffer much financial loss, and Zhuangzi usually ate meat.
The extra favorable impression gained was far more than the cost. The common people all knew that if they sold livestock that couldn't work to the Li Family Zhuangzi, it would eventually die of old age.
There was no abuse or whipping, and it was still good meat.
The Li Family Zhuangzi was benevolent and righteous. If they treated livestock like this, how could they treat humans?
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