In Edo Bay, a Dutch-style armed Galen ship sailed into the harbor and docked at the dock. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Several men dressed in white Confucian shirts and black gauze hats with round edges and high tops on their heads, accompanied by a man wearing a red Ming military general's robes, stepped off the boat.

Park Yujun looked shocked: "This, this is to Edo?" ”

Xiao Gongchen, who was wearing the robes of the Ming military generals, laughed: "Yes, this is Edo!" ”

The Korean men who arrived were the same officials who escorted the Korean king to Tamnado. They spent the Spring Festival on Tamna Island, and after spending a few months on it, they were really bored, so they proposed that they want to go out and have a look.

So Xiao Gongchen agreed to take them to Japan for a visit.

At first, these Koreans were reluctant to go to Japan, after all, Japan was eyeing the Korean Peninsula, as early as the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese came to the Korean Peninsula and were defeated by the Tang army at the mouth of the Baijiang River; Later, during the Wanli period, Japan came to Korea again, but was defeated by the Ming army. To tell the truth, the Koreans are afraid when they see the Japanese, and when they hear that they are going to Japan, they are already scared, so where do they dare to go? In their eyes, Japan is simply a tiger's den in Longtan.

In the final analysis, it was the Japanese samurai system that had the advantage over Korea, and the Koreans were not as strong as the Japanese. However, the Goryeo stick has never been convinced by the Japanese state, and in later generations, the Goryeo stick even boasted that if there was no Korea to defeat Japan, the Ming Dynasty would have been destroyed by Japan.

Hearing that the North Koreans said that they didn't dare to go to the Wa Kingdom to play, Xiao Gongchen laughed: "What is there to be afraid of in the Wa Kingdom? We've been doing business with the Wa Kingdom for many years, and it's not very good. Last time the red-haired ghost came to the Wa Kingdom, if it weren't for our help, wouldn't the Wa Kingdom have been defeated? ”

After listening to Xiao Gongchen's words, the North Koreans relieved themselves and agreed to go to Japan to have a look.

Getting off the boat, Park Ok-jun and Yoon Yong-chung were shocked by the scene before them: the wide road was bustling with activity, with four-wheeled carriages of luxury goods that were among the top luxury items in North Korea passing from time to time, and shops lined the streets, which looked much better than their North Korean capital, Seoul.

However, Park Yujun said disapprenously: "It's still not as prosperous as our Seoul!" ”

A Japanese guard who followed Xiao Gongchen sneered: "Seoul? Didn't it already fall into the hands of the Manchurian Tartars? ”

While he was talking, Hotta Masayu came out from Edo Castle with a team of people to greet him: "General Xiao is here, we didn't go to the dock to greet us in person, and we hope that the general will punish him!" ”

Xiao Gongchen smiled and said, "It's okay!" Today, I brought a few guests from North Korea to Edo. ”

"Hahaha, it turned out that the North Koreans are here!" Hotta Masayu changed to Japanese and sneered, "It's just in time, let them see our prosperity!" ”

When the group walked into Edo Castle, they saw that the Japanese samurai in the castle were wearing beautiful and neat clothes, and walked through the street from time to time; From time to time, you can see Japanese women in gorgeous kimonos, holding umbrellas, walking leisurely on the streets. The business of the restaurants on both sides is very good, and the smell of meat wafts from the restaurant from time to time.

Park Yujun, who can only eat kimchi every day, smells the fragrance, and their saliva is about to flow out. Although their lives improved a little after they accompanied the prince to Tamna Island, Zheng Xi was also a little too dark for them, except for the food expenses of the Korean royal family members who were paid by the Ming army, everyone else had to take care of their own living expenses!

The North Koreans had no money to give, so Zheng unceremoniously imposed a minimum standard of living on them, providing them with only brown rice and vegetarian dishes every day. But North Koreans' favorite thing is chili. It is said that Korean kimchi has a history of more than 3,000 years, but chili peppers were not introduced to Asia before, and there were no chili peppers in North Korea at this time.

Chili peppers are a strategic material of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to being able to make delicious dishes, they can also be used as special weapons, so Daming did not export chili peppers to the outside.

The North Koreans living on Tamna Island were first given chili peppers and didn't know what they were. Later, before the Chinese New Year, they tried to add chili peppers to the kimchi, and they were surprised to find that the kimchi with chili peppers was so delicious and delicious, and the taste was so much better than the previous kimchi!

If it weren't for the destruction of North Korea, it is estimated that three hundred years later, there will be such content in the history book of Goryeo sticks: chili pepper was introduced by North Korea to Northeast Asia, and the Korean merchant ship went to the South Seas and found that this plant became more delicious and delicious when added to kimchi, so the chili pepper was introduced and the kimchi was improved, and the people of Daming could enjoy the chili pepper happily from then on.

"Isn't the Wa Kingdom poorer than us? Why do they have so much meat in their restaurant? They certainly can't afford to eat kimchi! Park Yujun said secretly in his heart.

But now on the Korean Peninsula, even kimchi is almost impossible to eat, and North Korea, which was occupied by the Qing army, can only nibble on sweet potatoes and drink sorghum porridge every day.

Xiao Gongchen led the Koreans into the Nishinomaru Palace, and the owner, Tokugawa Ietsuna, personally walked out of the door to greet him.

Perhaps to show the Koreans their wealth, the Japanese prepared a sumptuous lunch, which made the Koreans scorn the extravagance of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. Yin Yongzhong secretly said in his heart: "The life of the Japanese aristocracy is so luxurious, and the ordinary people of Japan don't know how bitter it is!" They have stripped all the money! ”

But the Koreans don't know that the Japanese are much better off than they used to be. Japan is rich in gold, silver, copper, sulfur and saltpeter, but all they lack is land, iron ore and coal mines, especially before industrialization. But now Japan, because of the trade with the Ming Dynasty and the export of people as mercenaries, the Japanese have lived a very good life.

The waitresses dressed in kimonos served dishes of beef, pork, fish, prawns, and rice balls like marquees, and ate the North Koreans to the brim of their mouths. But Xiao Gongchen looked at the gobbling Koreans, and his heart was full of disdain: Japanese food is several grades worse than our Han cuisine! It's much better than your Korean kimchi!

To be honest, Xiao Gongchen's improved kimchi with chili peppers for the North Koreans feels good, but that thing can't be eaten as a dish, and he can't stand it if he eats too much.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Tokugawa Ietsuna proposed: "Sakai-kun, in the afternoon, bring the guests from North Korea to have a good time!" Let them see the prosperity of our Japan! ”

"Hay!" Sakai Tadashi saluted.

Tokugawa Ietsuna turned his head and looked at the Koreans with a smile: "If you come to our Edo, if you don't feel the new things, it will be in vain!" Have enough fun this afternoon and evening! ”

Park Yujun was secretly worried in his heart: The expenses here are not low, and his pocket is empty, how to play?

Sakai Tadashi seemed to see the North Koreans' thoughts: "Everything is covered with us!" You're guests! ”