Material Empire

Practice has shown that Wang Zheyi's black belly will not be weakened by half because Renufu paid for the boat ticket.

From the UK to Peru, it takes more than 20 days to sail across the Atlantic Ocean, pass through the Panama Canal, and then go south along the west coast of South America. The whole journey is nearly 6,000 nautical miles. Renouf and the others boarded the ship with the mentality of taking a cruise ship. How could they have imagined that the ship would not provide them with meals. Jin Bingquan suggested that they prepare instant noodles. When he said this, the boat had already left the shore and the sea was vast. Where could Renufu buy instant noodles?

In desperation, Renufu had to negotiate with Jin Bingquan again, asking to be a partner on the ship and have dinner with the crew and Wang Zheyi and the others. Jin Bingquan shook his head like a rattle at first, disagreeing with life and death, until Renufu put on a resolute look of "give me food or give me death", Jin Bingquan reluctantly agreed to provide food for them, but Renufu and the others must Pay $50 per person per day for meals.

"This is clearly extortion!" Renuf's follower, Oberhardt, almost jumped up when he heard the price. 50 US dollars is almost enough to feed for a week, and Jin Bingquan is obviously taking advantage of the fire. The trade committee arranged for them to come out to do business, and the expenses were covered in full. The money they spent now was equivalent to money in their own pockets, so it's no wonder Oberhardt didn't feel bad.

Renouf said with a dark face, "It's just our fault that we didn't expect such a situation in advance. Otherwise, we should let the committee directly issue an order to Nice Company, asking them to provide us with tickets and meals."

"I've never seen a company belittle us so much. Haven't they thought about offending the EU Trade Commission?" Another entourage of Renouf, Asain, also shouted.

Renouf gritted his teeth and said: "These Chinese are deliberately trying to embarrass us. They hope that we will retreat in order to give them the opportunity to smuggle these equipment back to China. We cannot be fooled by them, no matter what No matter how much trouble we have to hold on to these devices.”

"Actually... I don't think there is any need for us to go to Peru with them. These are all old equipment. Even if the Chinese want to transport them back to China, what effect will it have?" Oberhardt muttered in a low voice.

"This is not acceptable. Batumi strictly restricts exports to China." Renuf said to Oberhardt seriously.

Oberhardt said: "I know, but Batumi has been disbanded, and as far as I know, many companies in Europe are secretly violating Batumi's regulations. They disguise sensitive equipment as ordinary equipment and export to Russia and the United States. Go to China, the only function of these regulations in Batumi is to allow these companies to add 30% to their quotations."

"These are the scum of the Europeans." Renuf said, "They are delivering advanced technologies to our enemies, which will one day become weapons for the Russians and Chinese to attack Europe."

"Maybe." Oberhardt shrugged his shoulders, unwilling to continue the debate with Renuf. As far as Oberhardt himself is concerned, he does not believe that China has any conflict of interest with Europe, let alone that China has the ability to threaten Europe. In order to prevent the Chinese from getting these outdated so-called sensitive equipment, he has to live on such a freighter and spend 50 dollars a day to eat, which makes him feel uncomfortable. However, Renuf was his boss, and since Renuf wanted to go his own way, there was nothing he could do to stop him.

Jin Bingquan is a trustworthy person. After collecting the meal fee from Renufu and others, he sent someone to inform them that they were going to have dinner on time. When Renufu stepped into the restaurant, he nodded with satisfaction, because he saw that Wang Zheyi and others were also eating there, and the lunch that Jin Bingquan prepared for Renufu and the others was the same as that of Wang Zheyi and the others.

"What kind of dish is this?"

Renufu was stunned when he came to the bar where the meals were served with the plate. There were three large vegetable bowls in front of them, and there was a layer of red dried chilies floating on the surface of the vegetables in each vegetable bowl. The pungent spicy smell could be smelled from a distance of one meter, which made Renouf and others unable to bear it. There is a need to sneeze.

"This is a large plate of chicken from the Western Regions, this is boiled fish, this is dry-stir-fried beans, enough rice, please give me your plates." The chef in charge of the dispersal spoke fluent English, but the names of a few dishes were unknown. French translation, can only be literal translation bluntly.

"Is this chili?" Renouf asked, looking at the vegetable bowl with trepidation. He can usually eat slightly spicy food, but this is the first time he has seen such a dish full of red peppers. He couldn't imagine how such a dish could be eaten.

"This is the chili pepper we brought from China. If it wasn't for entertaining you distinguished guests, I would not be willing to put so much. You smell it, how fragrant this chili pepper is, let alone eating it, it will make people's appetite whet their appetite. " said the chef, took a deep breath, and pretended to be intoxicated.

"Apart from these dishes, don't you have any other dishes prepared?" Renuf asked.

"No, look, Captain Jin and Mr. Wang are all eating this." The chef pointed to the table next to him and said to Renouf.

Renouf turned his head and looked, and sure enough, he saw a group of Chinese people eating with smiles on their faces. They were grunting, obviously because they were too hot, but none of them showed any uncomfortable expressions. On the contrary, they all looked very The look of enjoying.

"I'm sorry, I'm not used to this kind of food." Renouf suppressed the anger in his heart. He knew that this was another way for the Chinese to torment them. They knew that Europeans like them couldn't eat chili, but they wanted to make the dishes extremely spicy. He can't protest this kind of thing, because Chinese people also eat these dishes. Since they can eat them, why can't you eat them?

"I would like to be able to provide us with some dishes without chili," Renouf said to the chef.

"Oh, that's all that's left." The chef said, and he found out from nowhere two large bags of mustard, all of which were fist-sized lumps of mustard. This stuff is the most delicious when it’s time to eat. For the sake of being international friends, I’ll share half of it with you.”

"How do you eat this thing?" Oberhardt asked, looking at the mustard lumps that were yellow or green.

"Cut everything and eat it. Just wait, I'll cut it for you right away." The chef was enthusiastic. He turned out the chopping board and the kitchen knife as he spoke, and cut out a plate of mustard for them with a few clicks. piece.

Oberhardt boldly stretched out his hand, took a piece of mustard greens and put it into his mouth, after chewing a few mouthfuls, his eyes lit up immediately: "Wirey Good, Wry Good, the taste is really good. "

"Of course, our captain said, you are distinguished guests, can we still fool you with bad things?" The chef replied proudly.

With a plate of mustard slices, Renufu and others finished their lunch. When he walked out of the restaurant, Oberhardt kept thanking the chef, and asked where he could buy this delicious pickled mustard. It seemed that he really liked the taste.

Renuf didn't say a word, until the three of them returned to the small cabin they shared together, Renuf asked Oberhardt: "Do you think this lunch is a good one?"

"Of course it is not rich." Oberhardt said, "But it is quite unique. I have always heard that the Chinese are very good at cooking all kinds of delicacies. I thought that even ordinary pickled vegetables can be so delicious."

"If you were to eat this pickled vegetable every day for 20 days, without any other accompaniments, would you consider it delicious?" Renouf asked.

"20 days?" Oberhardt was stunned. "Mr. Renouf, are you saying that the Chinese will only let us eat this for the next 20 days?"

"What do you think?" Renuf sneered, he knew very well that such a dish at noon today was definitely not by accident. If Wang Zheyi can do it once, he can continue to do so. Thinking that he would have to eat mustard for 20 days without even seeing a piece of meat, Renouf almost planned to start a hunger strike right then.

Oberhardt and Asern were a little skeptical about Renuf's words, but the facts of the next few days told them that Renuf might not be effective in other things, and he was absolutely authoritative in predicting the bad intentions of the Chinese. I don't know whether the chef on the Merrill is a Sichuan chef or a Hunan chef. All in all, there is not a single dish he cooks that does not contain chili peppers, and when he puts it on, it becomes a thick layer, which is daunting.

After eating pickled mustard with rice for several days, Oberhardt couldn't bear the temptation of chicken, so he ordered a so-called "Kung Pao Chicken", but he was overwhelmed with spicy food after only one bite. The child ran around, wishing to hold a dry powder fire extinguisher and spray it in his mouth a few times.

"I protest!" Renufu finally became impatient. He rushed to Jin Bingquan's place, raged, and strongly demanded that the kitchen provide them with dishes without chili. Jin Bingquan patiently listened to his narration, then called the chef over in front of him, and reprimanded him: "You are too outrageous, how can you cook Sichuan cuisine for every meal? Next meal, you will let Xiao Zhang Do, he is from southern Anhui, and his taste is light, which is in line with the eating habits of foreign friends."

"I understand, let Xiao Zhang do the next meal." The chef agreed kindly.

"Are you sure there will be no peppers?" Renuf asked worriedly.

"Make sure there is no chili!" The chef said, patting his chest.

When it was time to eat, Renufu and his party rushed to the restaurant without waiting for anyone's notice. As soon as people entered the door, they were suffocated by a strange smell and ran out. In the whole day after that, they no longer complained about the food problem, because they all vomited up.

There was indeed no chili in that meal, what the chef from Anhui prepared for everyone... fried stinky tofu.