"Haha, not bad, your highness's current clothing is almost the same as that of a scholar from the Ming Dynasty!"

Looking at Zhou Ren in front of him, who has a square scarf on his head and is dressed in Ming Dynasty green clothes, how could Wang Bing not understand his obvious intention to please.

Fortunately, the Japanese royal family and the public nobles did not shave their heads like the Wu family. Otherwise, even if they were wearing Ming Dynasty clothes, they would be nondescript.

"The champion Hou Mu praised me, how can I compare with the elegance of the scholars of the heaven..."

Facing Wang Bing's praise, Zhou Ren acted more humble than before. And compared with the humility he was forced to show when he first met Wang Bing, he was much more sincere!

There is no way, once this person has expectations and hopes, especially if he wants to ask for help from others, his mentality will be completely different.

So facing Wang Bing, the champion who controlled his destiny, Zhou Ren only had one idea at the moment, which was to leave the best impression on the man in front of him.

For Wang Bing, the conqueror, the best way to express his former status as emperor is to be humble and surrender!

"Haha, okay, okay, you all must be hungry after traveling all the way, so please take a seat first!"

After some polite greetings, Wang Bing waved his hand and allowed Zhou Ren and the Guizhou representatives from the royal family and the royal family to take their seats.

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"This...this...this is too rich!"

After sitting down, a group of Japanese maids served the dishes like butterflies. Looking at the dishes on their small tables, everyone including Zhou Ren, the former emperor, couldn't help but exclaimed.

, I feel like my eyes are dazzled!

There is no way, since the rise of the Japanese martial arts family, for hundreds of years, the royal family and public nobles who have lived in embarrassment have never seen such a banquet?

You know, even when Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a Japanese 'man of the world', invited Shu Ren, the emperor, to have a meal, it was just a bowl of wheat rice with pickles, miso and a plate of octopus. And Shu Ren, the former emperor, even had a meal on weekdays.

If you can eat a small fish in it, it is already considered a tooth-smashing ritual.

However, in fact, this meal, which was extremely rich in the eyes of the nobles of the Japanese country, was just a meal that the Habayashi Guards' gangs made from local materials, using wild boars, cattle, chickens, ducks and sea fish brought from the Japanese country.

It's just made.

If this were placed in the Ming Dynasty, except for the slightly precious beef, it would just be the daily diet of urban residents. If it were a banquet for officials and other people, if these few dishes were served, it would be a shame!

"I would like to express my gratitude to the champion for his kind words. I have nothing to express my gratitude. I can only borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha and give a toast to the champion!"

Fortunately, he was once an emperor after all. After staring at the sumptuous dishes in front of him for a moment, Zhou Ren quickly reacted, picked up the wine glass and stood up to toast Wang Bing.

"Haha, the ingredients in the army are limited, so we can barely make do with two dishes. You can do whatever you want!"

Even though Wang Bing usually doesn't care about eating, he would not dare to serve these few dishes as a treat in China.

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"Haha, why, are these dishes not to your liking?"

Looking at the Japanese nobles in front of him who only had a special liking for vegetables and various types of fish, Wang Bing smiled knowingly.

It turns out that since the Asuka period of Japan, Emperor Tenmu had issued a ban on eating meat because he advocated Buddhism.

The reason? On the surface, it is of course that Buddhism promotes the equality of all living beings. Eating meat is a symbol of killing and will tarnish the purity of the soul.

In addition, the Japanese people believe in the Inari god very much and believe that white rice is a more noble food than vulgar meat. Regularly eating white rice can bring good luck to the body. So gradually the Japanese people just let nature take its course and abandoned it.

The habit of eating meat.

Therefore, with the long-term development in the past thousand years, most Japanese people believe that meat is unclean and corrupt. Only on special festival occasions or when celebrating ceremonies, they will eat fish meat in small amounts.

But the real reason is simply that the land of Japan is small and all kinds of resources are scarce. Raising poultry and livestock will occupy cultivated land, which will affect the production of food.

Therefore, in order to consolidate their dominance, the emperor, monks and later the shogunate banned eating meat and vigorously promoted vegetarianism.

However, there is a saying that the most brilliant deception is to deceive oneself. After nearly a thousand years of propaganda, even the ruling class themselves have believed their own lies.

Therefore, although these people were amazed by the sumptuous dishes in front of them, when they took down their chopsticks, they only reached out to the fish and vegetables in front of them. They turned a blind eye to the beef, wild boar and so on.

However, this time, Wang Bing, who clearly knew the habits of the Japanese, deliberately prepared wild boar and beef. Naturally, it was impossible just to watch the jokes of these Japanese.

"Well, the champion has misunderstood! We just think these dishes are too precious, so... we can't bear to eat them!"

Facing Wang Bing's inquiry, thanks to Zhou Ren's quick reaction, he had an idea and came up with an excuse that the food was too precious and he couldn't bear to eat it.

"Haha, no matter how precious a dish is, wouldn't it be a pity if it goes to waste if you don't eat it? You're welcome, please!"

"Thank you Champion Hou for your kindness!"

After hearing what Wang Bing said, Zhou Ren had no choice but to take the lead and pick up a piece of wild boar meat, stuff it into his mouth and start chewing it.

There is no way, compared to the temptation of ruling a country, what is a mere piece of meat?

Therefore, under the leadership of Zhou Ren, the Japanese royal family and public nobles could only put aside their taboos and start chewing.

'Huh? It's delicious! It's much more delicious than fish! No wonder I heard that those military commanders and famous people secretly eat meat!'

"Becoming an Immortal in One Step"

What these royal and public nobles did not expect was that the meat, which they thought was unclean and disgusting, turned out to be so delicious and delicious after entering their mouths. This immediately reminded them of those famous people who secretly ate meat despite the ban.

In fact, there are many famous military generals who like to eat meat. For example, Akechi Mitsuhide likes to eat wild boar, Takayama Ukon likes to eat beef balls, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi is said to like to eat tiger meat. Even the diet described in the original history is very

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is simple and light, actually likes to eat grilled chicken.

However, these are all private behaviors. Thousands of years of customs prevent them from being too blatant.

'No matter what taboos you have, no matter what customs you have, in the face of absolute strength, you have to put it aside for me!'

Looking at the Japanese nobles who were devouring their food after his 'inquiry', Wang Bing couldn't help but smile to himself with a proud look on his face.

However, what he didn't know was that it was precisely because of this very simple banquet that the feudal state led by Zhou Ren later lifted the ban on meat. After more than a hundred years of implementation, the general height of its citizens was higher than that of other Japanese feudal states.

The people of the country are simply a lot taller, and it can be regarded as an unintentional act.

Of course, these are all things for later, Wang Bing's attention is not on this right now.

"Haha, it seems that you all quite like the taste of my Daming food!"

Seeing these guys who said no before but were extremely honest, Wang Bing couldn't help but ask again.

"The Ming Dynasty is worthy of being a heavenly kingdom. This is the first time for me to eat such delicious food. I really wish I had never lived in the Ming Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!