The tent was covered with a fine Persian carpet, and when you stepped on it, it was as soft as a cloud.

On the four walls of the big tent, there are many decorative tapestries, many of which are woven with gold and silver threads, and under the illumination of the light, the brilliance flows, and it is very gorgeous and beautiful. The table had been set up in the big tent, and after some pushing, everyone sat down separately.

After a while, someone brought the food.

Hand-handled meat, grilled lamb chops, grilled lamb shanks and more, you name it. There is even a roasted whole lamb specially used to entertain distinguished guests, and the aroma is overflowing, which makes people's saliva flow when they smell it. The meat is delicate, but the surface is golden and crispy, and when you bite into it, your mouth is full of fragrant and tender, which makes you want to swallow it with your tongue.

In addition to these meats, there are also milk skins, yogurt jerky, cheese, and so on. These delicacies with exotic characteristics have a unique flavor, which makes these generals who followed Liu Ruozai very comfortable and happy.

But Liu Ruozai didn't eat much, he liked to eat light meals.

Dong Ce grabbed a leg of mutton in his hand and gnawed it in a big gulp, but his eyes were wandering around the tent and hanging on everyone's face.

Soon, the wine was served, and the Empress Dowager poured herself a full glass, stood up, raised her glass, and said with a smile: "Welcome the envoy of the Ming Kingdom to my Chahar Department, congratulations, please drink this cup!" ”

Everyone stood up one after another, said auspicious words in their mouths, and toasted.

Dong Ce also drained the wine in the cup in one gulp, and the liquor entered his throat, only to feel that from his throat to his stomach, it was hot and comfortable.

This wine is stronger than the wine in Kannai.

After the Empress Dowager Nang toasted the first glass of wine, several other Fujin and those nobles and high-ranking nobles in the Chahar Department all got up to toast. Liu Ruozai knew that this was not the time to refuse, and the wine was dry, and he did not shirk it. It's just that he drank like that, and he didn't eat much, and his stomach was empty, so after drinking for a while, he felt that the world was spinning, and he was already overwhelmed by alcohol.

Liu Ruozai hurriedly gave Dong Ce a look, and Dong Ce nodded knowingly.

At this point, the Fujin people have finished toasting, basically those nobles with relatively high status have also finished toasting, and the rest are some nobles with medium status. These people toast, Liu Ruozai doesn't have to drink it himself, he can let Dong Ce block it, and those powerful people before are really not easy to stop.

When another Chahar nobleman stood up and Liu Ruozai toasted, Dong Ce stood up and said with a smile: "My family is really strong enough to drink, so let the lower official drink a glass for him, and ask this noble man to forgive me." ”

The red-faced Mongolian man glanced at Dong Ce with slanted eyes and said, "If it's you, you have to drink three cups!" ”

Dong Ce didn't shirk it, laughed, and said very boldly: "Three cups is three cups!" ”

As he spoke, he simply drank three cups in a row. The nobles of the Chahar Department also drank a glass of wine, laughed, and gave Dong Ce a thumbs up.

Bold men with a good amount of alcohol have always been more popular among them.

Even the Empress Dowager and those Fujin also looked at Dong Ce a few more times. Originally, they didn't pay much attention to this young man who had been silent behind Liu Ruozai, but at this time, they all saw that their eyes lit up.

After all, Dong Ce is tall and slender, his appearance is handsome, and he is full of masculinity, which is the type that is very popular with women.

Seeing that Dong Ce had instantly become the center of the entire big tent, a young Chahar nobleman who was about twenty years old snorted coldly, and his voice was full of dissatisfaction.

Dong Ce tilted his head and glanced at him, feeling a little inexplicable.

Next, the toasters continued, Dong Ce and Liu Daqi took turns to block the wine for Liu Ruozai, both of them were the kind with excellent drinks, but despite this, there were too many people on the other side, and they took turns to fight, and later, both of them were a little drunk.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the Queen Mother smiled at Liu Ruozai: "We in the Chahar Department, entertaining VIPs, have always had wine and meat, singing and dancing, but today we only have wine and meat, but we don't see singing and dancing, do you know why?" ”

Maybe it's because she drinks a lot, she has a red face, a picturesque smile, and looks full of charm, which is very seductive. But few of those Chahar nobles dared to keep their eyes on her face for too long. Obviously, they were quite afraid of this woman.

Liu Ruozai slowed down for so long, and his mind was a lot clearer, and he smiled and groaned: "Please also ask the Queen Mother to give advice." ”

"Because," the Empress Dowager said with a smile: "Today, in order to celebrate the arrival of the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, we have decided to hold the most *** bonfire party to welcome the distinguished guests!" ”

Dong Ce suddenly realized that the lit bonfires he saw before were actually for this.

Liu Ruozai laughed and said: "The queen mother's love really flatters me!" ”

Holding this bonfire party really proves that Chahar attaches great importance to Liu Ruozai and others. In the former Chahar Department, it was not a big deal to hold a bonfire party, at that time in the Chahar Department was strong, there were many generals, the land was vast and fertile, there were countless vassal tribes, and the materials in the clan were abundant. But now, for the Chahar Department on the big grass beach, holding a bonfire party is actually a very difficult thing.

To hold a bonfire, you need firewood, meat, wine, salt, and spices. For them, except for the wood that is easy to get, other materials are very scarce. In particular, wine, salt, and spices, these three types of materials, the Chahar Ministry has long been obtained through transactions with the Great Ming.

But in the past two years, relations between the Chahar Ministry and the Ming Dynasty have deteriorated dramatically, and the Ming Dynasty has closed the mutual market, and the Chahar Ministry can only obtain these materials through private trade with some merchants. And if you want to buy other people's things, you have to be rich! The problem is that when the Chahar tribe fled west from the Naturalization City, they discarded a large amount of supplies, and the amount of gold, silver, and money they carried was not much, so they couldn't take out much money at all. Then you can only exchange livestock, but the problem is that it takes a certain amount of time for livestock to grow, so you can't sell all the livestock, right?

Therefore, the Chahar Ministry is now very short of supplies, and has fallen into an embarrassing situation that has not been seen in decades, and it has reached the point where it is almost necessary to empty the family funds by holding a bonfire party.

In order to welcome Liu Ruozai's arrival, it can be said that they have also made a bloody investment!

Liu Ruozai, the Empress Dowager, all the Fujin, and the high-level nobles of Chahar Road walked out of the big tent one after another and came to the scene of the bonfire party that had been arranged.

At a bonfire, there are two main things.

First, searing food, eating meat and drinking wine.

The second is to sing and dance around the bonfire and celebrate.

The envoys of the Ming Dynasty and these high-ranking officials of the Chahar Department have already eaten and drunk enough, and this time they came, the main task was not to eat meat and drink wine, but to watch songs and dances, rejoice with the people, and participate in this feast to the fullest.

In front of them was an open field, around which many bonfires were lit, illuminating it as bright as day. And with this as the center, on the periphery, is where ordinary people celebrate.

After they were seated separately, the soldiers who were on guard on the perimeter allowed the civilians to enter.

These ordinary Mongolian herders couldn't wait any longer and rushed in, and almost instantly, thousands of people poured in. The atmosphere immediately became loud and lively. The meat that had been prepared for a long time was lifted and grilled on a campfire, and a dozen people gathered around a fire and began to sing and dance there. You can see people dancing happily everywhere, and the singing is endless, and it resounds everywhere.

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