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    On the first day of the Lunar New Year, after visiting relatives and friends to celebrate the New Year, the people of Chang'an all gathered in Zhuque Square. Yesterday, the place was closed for a day because the emperor's family and the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China wanted to visit first, and those oceans were used as exhibitions.  The creatures also need to be rearranged, and there are some other related things to prepare, so it was not officially opened until today.

    In order to ensure the order of this exhibition, Li Shimin specially mobilized a group of Qianniu Guards to maintain the scene together with the Jinwu Guards. As the emperor's guards, the Qianniu Guards are famous in Chang'an. No matter how domineering a person is, they will never meet Qianniu Guards.  The Niu Wei guys, who kill without batting an eyelid, will all turn into little cute cats in no time.

    Suzaku Square has been surrounded by wooden fences, with only four entrances and four exits open around it. Everyone who wants to enter the square must line up at the entrance and then enter slowly one by one.  It's just that although Zhuque Square is large, there is nothing going on on the first day of the new year, and it is also the first day of exhibitions, so the number of visitors is almost full. Soon there will be no more people in the square, and those who come later can only  They could only enter after the people in the square came out.

    However, people who enter the square cannot move at will. Everyone is moving along the originally prescribed route, and every dozens of people will have a tour guide arranged by the organizer. They only need to follow the tour guide in a circle, and they will  After visiting all the marine life, the tour guide will also give some simple explanations based on a booklet. Finally, they will come to the center of the square, next to the whale.

    This whale is the focus of the entire exhibition, so it naturally enjoys special treatment.  Not only is it located in the center of all the exhibits, but there is also a dedicated person to explain it in detail, and this "specialist" refers to Zhou Yu and the few followers he brought.  They are all from Dengzhou, so they naturally know more about whales, especially Zhou Yu, who is in charge of the whaling ship and has personal experience in whaling, so it is perfect to be a commentator.

    The few followers Zhou Yu brought with him were all servants of Prince Qi¡¯s Mansion in Dengzhou.  They were a little nervous at first. After all, it was the first time for them to speak in front of so many people, so they stuttered a bit.  However, after explaining it a few times, I gradually relaxed and stopped talking according to the script I had memorized.  Instead, he added some of his own experiences during the explanation to make the explanation more lively and interesting, which aroused the admiration of the visitors.

    Compared with several followers, Zhou Yu seemed to be more at ease. After all, as a steward, speaking in front of others is a very common thing. Moreover, he is young and has the strongest desire to express himself. In addition, there are still many people in the crowd.  There were many beautiful unmarried girls, which made him even more excited.  He talked about it with saliva flying around, and even pointed out that the whale was captured under his wise leadership.

    As soon as this statement came out, many girls naturally fell in love with him.  Speaking of which, this young man Zhou Yu is not ugly, and he is not married yet.  He is also the chief steward of Prince Qi's Mansion. The combination of these conditions in one person is very attractive, especially the last one. There were even several bold girls talking to Zhou Yu and asking him to go to Shangyuan.  Enjoy the lanterns together during the festival.  This time, Zhou Yu felt as if he had been injected with blood.  Full of confidence, I want to find a Chang'an wife for my parents.

    Li Min on the top of the city looked at the grand exhibition below and nodded with satisfaction. Reading is not the only way to broaden your horizons. The ancients also lamented that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles.  It is absolutely impossible for the people of the Central Plains to turn their attention from the land to the ocean. However, as long as you work hard to promote it, you will one day reach your ideal state.

    In fact, Li Min was already doing some tricks at this exhibition. The marine creatures in these exhibitions were not just for viewing. When Li Min asked Zhou Yu and others to explain, he deliberately explained the economic value of each creature.  For example, taking whales as an example, Zhou Yu and others introduced in detail the economic value of whales themselves. For example, whale skin is the best leather, whale blubber can be boiled into oil, and whale meat can be made into valuable canned whales.  Must make clothes and so on.

    As for the economic value of other animals such as sharks and sea lions, Li Min also made a lot of introductions. However, Li Min did not talk about the dangers these animals can cause, such as whales capsizing boats and sharks eating people.  He was introduced in one sentence without saying much, mainly because he was afraid of scaring away visitors¡¯ enthusiasm for the ocean.

    The response caused by this exhibition far exceeded Li Min's imagination. Whether it was in the court or among the people, almost everyone spent the New Year discussing the ocean. Moreover, this exhibition also came with an unexpected surprise, that is  The sales of marine products on the market are booming. Whether it is high-end shark fins, whale meat, or the lowest-end ordinary salted fish, they all have a sales peak. As a result, many merchants are almost smiling.

    This exhibitionIt lasted until after the Lantern Festival, and during the two days of the Lantern Festival, Zhuque Square was completely open. The lantern makers in the palace made the entire square into a large ocean lantern, and all the exhibits were floating on the lantern.  Going up is like swimming in the sea, it is extremely spectacular. When Li Min saw this strange scene, he secretly hated himself for not having a camera, otherwise he would definitely win a photography award if he took the picture.

    It is also worth mentioning that after the exhibition, Li Min¡¯s handling of these exhibits also made many people dumbfounded.  Because all the exhibits have been marinated with salt and spices, coupled with the cold weather in winter, they are very well preserved. They are even the same as the seafood sold on the market, but they are more completely preserved.

    As a standard glutton, Li Min made the right choice for a foodie. He ordered that after the exhibition, all edible items would be made into delicacies on site for everyone to taste. Inedible items such as shells and corals would be eaten.  They all gave it away through a lottery, and as a result, another riot was triggered. Countless people from Chang'an flocked to Zhuque Square, most of them to taste the authentic ocean delicacies.

    But Li Min didn¡¯t know that he had inadvertently created another record, which was the first dinner party of ten thousand people recorded in official history.  In fact, although there are no exact statistics on the number of people attending this dinner, it is estimated that it is far more than 10,000 people. For example, the whale Li Min transported is about 15 meters long and weighs at least 70 to 80 tons, with its internal organs removed.  , bones and other inedible parts, there are at least forty or fifty tons left. Just to finish this whale, it is estimated that at least twenty to thirty thousand people will have to eat it at the same time, not to mention those huge sharks and sea lions.  Waiting for animals.

    Li Shimin also strongly supported Li Min's decision to have fun with the people. He held a big banquet for tens of thousands of people outside and a small banquet for hundreds of people in the palace. Li Shimin summoned some important civil and military ministers into the palace, and everyone discussed state affairs while tasting seafood.  In addition, Empress Changsun also called all the concubines, princes and princesses in the harem together, and also held a family banquet.  Of course, the banquet in the palace is not comparable to the tens of thousands of people gathering outside. The ingredients of the dishes at the banquet are the best parts of various marine animals, such as whale tail meat, shark fins, fish livers, etc.

    However, there was an unexpected episode at the banquet, that is, Tang Jian, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who has always loved food, suddenly wanted to taste the deliciousness of shark liver. It turned out that the head chef in the palace had already received instructions from Li Min, and shark liver was not served.  Instead of making it into a dish, he prepared to make cod liver oil and present it to His Majesty. However, he, a small imperial cook, could not withstand Tang Jian's repeated requests, so he had no choice but to make shark liver into a dish and send it to Tang Jian's table.

    As a result, Li Min's Wang Nian was unexpectedly poisoned. He vomited on the spot, had a headache, and yawned all day long, and even almost hit Tang Jian's old bones.  In fact, shark liver itself is not poisonous, but it contains a large amount of vitamin A. It is okay to eat less, but as long as it is overdosed, symptoms of vitamin A poisoning will definitely occur.

    After Li Min heard about this incident, he was frightened but also felt a little bit dumbfounded. He remembered that in his previous life, he was poisoned by pufferfish because of his greed for food and food. If Tang Jian also followed his old path,  , I wonder if he will also travel to a certain dynasty?

    The Marine Exhibition has finally come to an end, but its impact is far from over, it just won¡¯t be noticeable in a short period of time.  As the organizer of the exhibition, Li Min did not feel any relief, because he was about to leave Chang'an and go to Liuqiu Island to handle an urgent matter. At the same time, he would lure some of Chang'an's business allies there.  Help him explore Liuqiu together, and also take Li Ke and Li Yun to broaden their horizons.

    In fact, at the beginning, Li Min went to Liuqiu mainly to deal with that urgent matter. However, a series of things that happened later forced him to bring more people with him. In addition, there were too many things in Chang'an, so he could not escape at all.  The matter was delayed again and again because of his inability to get out of the way. Lu Qing had already sent more than a dozen letters urging him, and now he could not delay it any longer no matter what.

    However, before Li Min left, there were still many things to deal with, such as the newspaper's development plan. He wanted to collude with Xu Shaozong, a doctor at the General Institute of Press Supervision, to tell everything he knew about the newspaper's development direction, and try his best to  Let this news media avoid detours.

    In addition, he also has to worry about the textile industry, but fortunately he has a good helper like Wang Zihao. He will still stay in Chang'an this time, and he is also the president of the Textile Industry Association. With him holding the rudder of the textile industry, Li Min is very relieved.  .  In addition, the matter of weights and measures was also handed over to Wang Zihao. After all, he was extremely prestigious among businessmen, and his charisma was enough to push this matter forward.

    In addition to the above matters, the military academy, medical school, and Taoist academy were also within the scope of Li Min's concerns, so he had to find the three responsible persons Li Jing, Sun Simiao, and Yuan Tiangang one by one., made explanations respectively.

    After Li Min finally finished explaining everything, he was about to leave Chang'an when two acquaintances suddenly found him. The three of them discussed in the study until midnight, and then Li Min said with a smirk on his face.  The two of them were sent out of the house.  As a result, early the next morning, news came out from Prince Qi's Mansion that Li Min was sick again!

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