Chapter 80 land

Returning from Shangdu to Dadu, whenever Marco has a chance to see real gold, he will pester real gold to fulfill his promise.Zhen Jin couldn't laugh or cry at his childish obsession, so he had to spare a day to invite Zhang Honglue and the three of them to tour the capital city together. Due to time constraints, they decided not to visit the outer city for the time being, but to start from the imperial city.Zhang Honglue introduced the general situation of the metropolis to Ma Ke all the way. Later, they climbed up the tower together, and the breeze on the tower immediately dissipated a lot of the heat on Ma Ke's body. "Where is that place?"

Zhang Honglue looked east along the direction of Ma Ke's finger, and saw red walls and yellow tiles appearing and disappearing under the steaming sky.As far as the eye can see, the cornices shone golden in the sun. "I remembered," without waiting for Zhang Honglue's answer, Ma Ke said thoughtfully, "I've read the records of the Imperial College, it should be inside the imperial city, right?" Marco has been in a state of excitement, making gestures with both hands, and accidentally raised it to Zhen Jin's chin.Zhang Honglue was taken aback, and hurriedly used his body to separate Ma Ke and Zhen Jin: "Prince, you..."

"It's okay, it's okay!" Zhen Jin shook his hand, with a smile still on his face. "Prince, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Marco shrugged and apologized in panic. "I said it's okay. Honglue, Marco, let's go down. You have to ride a horse to visit the capital city, or you won't be able to finish it in three or five days. I arranged it like this. Do you think it's reasonable? ?We will go west first, and have dinner at Qionghua Island at noon. Marco, when you arrive at Qionghua Island, the lakes and mountains there will surely increase your appetite. After lunch, I can no longer accompany you. With Honglue here, you I will definitely get what I want, Honglue is a veritable living map of the metropolis. As for me, Father Khan will receive the Annan (Vietnamese) envoy tomorrow, and I still need to deal with some things that Father Khan entrusted to me."

"Just take care of your business with peace of mind. I will definitely accompany Marco to travel around the capital city. By the way, Prince, do you want me to arrange lunch first?" "No, I've told the imperial cooks in my palace to make some preparations first. Marco, don't you like Chinese noodles the most? I'll swim to Qionghua Island later, and I'll ask those cooks to teach you how to do it. You You must study hard, and when you return to Italy one day, you will not only have to bring back Chinese culture and civilization, but also the skill of making noodles.”

"Obey, Prince!" Ma Ke put his hands on his chest and saluted solemnly. Zhen Jin and Zhang Honglue looked at each other and smiled. Zhenjin, Zhang Honglue, and Ma Ke took a boat from Taiye Pool to Qionghua Island. The world-famous Guanghan Palace was built on the top of Qionghua Island.Previously, Marco had seen a historical document in the Guozijian, saying that in the Guanghan Palace, there was a wine urn carved from whole jade—"Dushan Dayuhai" and a beautifully carved bed—" "Five Mountains Treasures and Royal Couches" are all rare treasures, he really wanted to see them for himself, but Zhenjin fulfilled his wish without hesitation.

The "Five Mountains Treasures and Royal Couch" is indeed beautiful, but what makes Marco even more amazing is the "Dushan Great Jade Sea".This jade urn was carved by royal jade craftsmen in the second year of Zhiyuan. The body of the urn is made of a complete piece of black and white jade.The black white chapter big jade is mottled and changeable, and the jade is bluish white. The craftsmen applied skills according to their materials, and finally made it a rare treasure, which is exquisite.The inside of the jade urn is oval, with a depth of more than half a meter and a circumference of nearly five meters.The periphery of the jade body is carved with rough seas, the lower part is embossed with waves, and the upper part is engraved with swirls.In the turbulent waves, fish, dragons and wild animals haunt it, including dragons, snails, rhinoceros, horses, deer, pigs, etc., which are vivid and lifelike.The jade urn can store more than 30 stones of wine, all of which are rare and fine wines.Zhenjin ordered people to take three altars of wine and enjoy them later.

After visiting Bi Guanghan Palace, a group of people simply went around to enjoy it until they arrived at Fangzhang Island at noon. The royal cook in the Taiwo's womb has long been waiting on the island, and the temporary kitchen is also set up here.When Ma Ke saw the noodle case at a glance, he thought of Zhenjin's explanation, and was eager to try. He followed the chef from the kneading of noodles, rolling and cutting by himself and cooking. Not to mention, after a while, he really mastered the basic steps of making noodles.When he was sweating profusely, he served a bowl of steaming noodles to Zhen Jin, Zhang Honglue, and himself respectively. Although the shapes of the noodles in the bowls were thick and thin, long and short, Marco felt that I have never tasted such deliciousness in my life.While eating, Zhenjin praised Marco for his good craftsmanship. He also asked the royal chef to go to Marco’s residence when he had free time in the future, and then tell Marco the differences between fried sauce noodles, soup noodles, and simmered noodles. How to fry sauce noodles, what ingredients can be used for noodle soup, meat or vegetables, how to master the saltiness of saozi noodles, etc., and the origin and preparation method of noodles, sliced ​​noodles, and ramen, etc. The imperial chef agreed one by one, but Marco was dumbfounded. He once again deeply felt the profoundness of Chinese food culture.

After dinner, Zhenjin was about to go back. He promised Marco that after receiving Annan's envoy, he would spare time to take Marco to the Huamanlou Grand Theater to listen to a play, and Honglue would accompany him when the time came.Ma Ke was extremely excited. He had heard that "Hua Man Lou" was the largest and most famous theater in the capital. Besides, he could only attend the play with Prince Zhenjin, which was what he wished for most. The boat carrying the real gold went away quickly, and Marco couldn't get enough of it, so he took another bowl of noodle soup and drank it.Zhang Honglue waited for him with a smile, without urging him. To be honest, he also began to like this young man from far away Europe after just getting along with him.