TPITWOHEF

Chapter 193

As youtiao (Chinese fried dough sticks), salted egg yolk zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), tofu pudding, and spicy-sour noodles were unloaded from boats and lined up on the shore, the people of Chu State gathered there like hungry baby birds waiting to be fed.

The previously rowdy Chu people on the shore had somehow managed to bring tables and chairs from somewhere, arranging them of their own accord.

Many tea shops and cooks from Chu State had arrived as well!

They weren't there for anything else but to prepare hot dishes!

"This batch of tofu pudding has cooled down a bit... Quick, heat it up!"

"I'm thirsty. Has the milk tea arrived yet? Give me a bowl of tea, please..."

"We're running out of tables and chairs. Where can we get more?"

"Are there none left in the temple? Damn it, I remember there's a private school nearby that has some!"

The Chu people organized themselves spontaneously, as if they too were hosting their own elegant gathering, full of life and color.

Many educated individuals who could do arithmetic even stepped forward, voluntarily taking on the role of accountants, responsible for collecting money and distributing food uniformly.

[Tsk tsk, when there's food involved, our initiative is truly unparalleled~]

Xiao Chuchu observed with amusement.

[If you didn't know better, you'd think Chu State was hosting their own elegant gathering.]

[How amusing.]

Xiao Yunzhou also wore a smile, recognizing this as what his fairy daughter called the influence of a great nation.

Look at how Jing Country was influencing Chu State!

In the future, as long as Jing Country continued to prosper, it would influence neighboring countries in various aspects!

Xiao Yunzhou felt that although the road ahead was long, there was a clear goal in sight.

He truly didn't want to meet the tragic end his fairy daughter had foreseen, where he would only live for three years.

He wanted to see the day when Jing Country became the most powerful nation!

Xiao Yunzhou took a deep breath and spoke to the prefect waiting for orders beside him, "After this round of eating is done, bring out the board games."

"And the surgical suturing techniques."

"The silk reeling machines."

"Have people bring over whole pigs!"

"And the marketable hot pot base."

Sure enough, before he had finished giving instructions, the people on the Chu side of the river were already savoring the experience and developing new desires.

"Jing Country isn't hosting the elegant gathering anymore, what should we do? That pork belly was so delicious..."

"Hot pot, who would have thought it could be so fragrant?"

The next day, trading boats in the middle of the river were loaded with live piglets, ready for sale.

Pig farmers from around Xun City in Jing Country had all come, "Males and females, little piglets, just like the ones used for roast meat!"

"All sows selected according to regulations, piglets raised with careful prenatal and perinatal care!"

"Bred by boars tended to by Jing Country's former Prime Minister~"