Chapter 276: Lunch

Xu Jun would not discuss any official duties with Zhou Yun, or give warm words of encouragement to this newly recruited subordinate, that was the responsibility of Weierle, not the work that an imperial head should meddle in. Since Boss Zhou has become a member of the system, then he must abide by the rules of this system, Xu Jun will never look at him differently, if he makes any mistakes at work, Weierle will never open up to him. The vassals of vassals are not my vassals, and the boundaries between the classes of Europe are so realistic.

Xu Jun ordered a few Suzhou and Hangzhou dishes, all of which he loved before the crossing, and the chefs in the head of state couldn't cook them, and he had been hungry for a long time.

It should not have been difficult for him to find a Chinese chef, and there were at least tens of thousands of Chinese expatriates in Germany at that time. Since the first Chinese businessmen came to Berlin to participate in the fair in the second year of Daoguang, the Chinese diaspora has been living in Germany for more than a century, and their children and grandchildren have multiplied for at least two generations.

After the expulsion of the Tatars and the reconstruction of China, a large number of Chinese students went to Germany to study with the ideal of becoming a strong country in science and technology. Many of them are studying at the Technical School of Berlin Charlottenburg (Technical University of Berlin), so there are many apartments and restaurants on Kantstraße near the school.

Since then, Berlin's Kantstraße and its surrounding area have gradually evolved into a Chinese ghetto in Berlin, and by the time the Nazis came to power, it had almost become Berlin's "Chinatown".

In the early years, the relationship between the Nazis and China was relatively close, and after the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance in 37 years, the Nazi government also tried to mediate between China and Japan to end the Far Eastern War, which was of no benefit to Germany, because both sides of the war misjudged the war situation, which led to the eventual bankruptcy of the Todmann mediation.

This diplomatic defeat had a huge impact on Germany's foreign policy thereafter, and the pro-Japanese Ribbentrop thus took the lead in German foreign policy, and with the full support of the Champagne merchants and the Fat Guys, the future Axis system of Germany, Japan, and Italy began to take shape rapidly.

In the past, there have been some so-called "alliances" in Europe that look like each other and have their own evil intentions, but when it comes to allies of the level of Japan and Italy, I can't find a few in the entire history of the world. Every time he thinks of this, Xu Jun has to admire the vision of the champagne merchant and Ge Fatzi, because even if Germany chose any of them wrongly at that time, the fate of Nazi Germany may have been doomed, but it will definitely not be as miserable as in history.

If Germany had not chosen Japan, then it would definitely not have started a war with the United States so early, and of course the strategy of first Europe and then Asia would have been impossible to talk about, and if Germany had not formed an alliance with Italy, not to mention that it could save a large number of troops and resources, it would have been said that in the Battle of Stalingrad in 42 years, it was very likely that there would have been an additional armored corps in the attack sequence.

Of course, all this is just a set-up, and there is a certain inertia in the development of history, and when Hitler was appointed Chancellor of the Reich, Germany was already doomed. Finally, today's Germany, under the leadership of Xu Jun, has been far away from the danger of being killed by its allies, Xu Jun is not ready to repeat Hitler's mistakes, and those bad things don't want to get involved with him again.

In other words, Kant Street is actually not far from Hindenburg Street, next to the Wilhelm Memorial Church at the east end of the street, that is, around Hindenburg Street, there are several Chinese restaurants.

Since the German victory in the French campaign, the expatriates living in Berlin have gradually begun to return to normal, and they no longer have to sleep in fear every day, and they no longer have to worry about walking the streets.

The General Security Bureau is busy cleaning up the "pests" inside, and the city government is beginning to loosen its control over foreigners, and of course it is not possible to return to the freedom it was three or six years ago, but it is much better than it was a year ago.

The Nazi thugs in brown uniforms, with iron bars pinned to their waistbands and long leather boots on their feet flaunting their might in the streets of Berlin, the most fanatical and equally dangerous right-wing ultraracists, seemed to disappear from Berlin overnight. It is said that many of these people were traitors who had infiltrated the Nazi organization, and some even participated in a plot to kill the Führer. The members of the cabal will undoubtedly be executed, while those who have committed lesser crimes will serve long sentences in Dachau and be spiritually baptized by labor.

At this time, the German envoy was visiting the Far East, and Field Marshal Brenberg signed a series of secret trade agreements with the Chinese government in Chongqing, which had become an open secret in Germany. The reaction of the German government and opposition to this matter was mixed, but most of them tended to be positive, and it was unanimously agreed that this matter was beneficial to Germany.

Therefore, the Chinese have clearly felt the change in the attitude of German citizens on the streets of Berlin for a while, more and more pedestrians are smiling at them, and no longer people contemptuously call them "Chinese Yankees".

As mentioned earlier, it is not difficult for the Reich Führer to find a Chinese chef in Berlin, and the Chinese will not refuse to serve the German Führer, you must know that this is the imperial chef in China, and when you return to China one day, others will hear that this person has cooked for the German Führer, and the value can be at least ten times higher, and it is useless to ask him to make a banquet just because you have money, you have to have an identity again. Besides, at this time, Germany had not yet formed an alliance with Japan, and there was no loss in national integrity, so maybe the German Führer would be comfortable, and he would be able to help China in the international community.

The problem is that while Xu Jun can afford to hire a dozen Chinese chefs, he can't. In the eyes of the German people, the Führer was the symbol of the Germanic nation, and his every move had to comply with German traditions. The Führer's habits of life will directly affect his image in the hearts of the people, and the Führer of Germany naturally likes German food, even if it is a French name, the people can accept it calmly.

Of course, Xu Jun can choose not to care about the reaction of the outside world, but considering the responsibility on his shoulders, he has to choose to endure silently, anyway, he will not die if he can't eat the meat in the pot.

Having said that, the level of the chefs in the Führer's Mansion is quite high, and every meal the Führer eats with a smile, if it weren't for the special physique of cyborgs, maybe one day he would become a fat paper like Goering.

German food is honestly quite rough, because it is located in the cold zone, the taste is salty, Germans love offal and fat, and love to drink, so looking at the German menu, it feels like reading a model of the causes of arteriosclerosis.

But before World War II, Germans were generally healthy, and in addition to their love of outdoor sports, the source and quantity of food was also an important factor. At that time, the Germans did not eat a lot of meat and fat every day, as in later generations, and the most common foods on the folk table were potatoes, sauerkraut, mixed vegetable soup and brown bread.

Especially after the implementation of the wartime rationing system in Germany, the amount of meat and fat that each German citizen received per week was strictly limited by the Nazi government, which was roughly 500 grams of meat and 125 grams of butter per person per week.

So it was rare to find a fat man in Germany during the war, and if there was a government official or a high-ranking member of the military, who was not subject to the rationing system.

During the war, the corruption of the Nazi Party was quite serious, which seriously damaged the morale of the military and civilians in the rear. But Hitler turned a blind eye to this, and he knew very well that if he wanted to fight corruption in Germany, the first person to be shot was Goering's fat pig.

"This meatball looks good, you must try it, Weirle, Dogen, don't just look at it, let's get started." As he spoke, the Führer skillfully picked up a braised lion's head from the plate and put it into the gold-rimmed porcelain bowl in front of him.

"This dish is Longjing shrimp, a famous dish in Hangzhou, China, speaking of this dish, there is an allusion in it..."Boss Zhou personally laid out the dishes, and introduced the exquisiteness of each dish to the head of state.

"Well, it's hard to get the West Lake Longjing now." The Führer scooped up a full spoonful of shrimp.

"It's not easy, although Hangzhou is now in the hands of the Japanese, but I think they also want to eat tea." Boss Zhou replied. In fact, he didn't know the origin of this Longjing tea, which was bought from a Chinese tea merchant, but the taste was indeed very authentic.

"These should be Longjing tea from Yunnan, Longjing company used the tea seeds and manufacturing process they brought from Hangzhou, opened several tea factories in Yunnan, France just imported a batch of this tea last month, President Petain also gave me some." Xu Jun reminded with a smile that Boss Zhou was obviously cheated by someone.

"But this dish is really good, where did the chef get it?" Seeing the embarrassment on Boss Zhou's face, the Führer changed the topic.

"Thanks for the compliment, there really is a long story to tell about this chef. At that time, France had just announced its surrender...."Hearing the Führer ask about the cook, Zhou Yun hurriedly introduced it enthusiastically.

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