Queen Kaoru of Takayama is the god-granddaughter of General Sato Johito, and Queen Kaoru's two sisters, Yumi and Yaxiang, are concubines of Zhang Xiaowu, so loosely speaking, Sato Johito is a relative of Zhang Xiaowu in a roundabout way.
Queen Zhixun is Zhang Xiaowu's sister-in-law.
Visiting Gaoshan Country is equivalent to visiting relatives in disguise, so after Zhang Xiaowu and others came to Gaoshan Country, they were warmly welcomed by everyone in Gaoshan Country. For the first time, Zhang Xiaowu saw Sato Jamihito, an old man known as Fuso Old Turtle.
The general really looks like Old Oogway, or in other words, he looks a bit like Tianjin cross talk actor Sheng Wei - the elderly version.
Sato Johito enthusiastically stepped forward, took Zhang Xiaowu's hand and said, "We are friends, and more importantly, relatives, so when you come to Gaoshan Country, just treat this place as your home."
Although Zhang Xiaowu was not used to others being so enthusiastic towards him, he could not shake off the old man's hand, so he followed him to Queen Zhixun.
Although Queen Zhixun was only twelve years old, she already knew a lot about the ways of the world. She nodded to Zhang Xiaowu, smiled, and said crisply: "The Queen of Fuso Mountain Kingdom has met His Royal Highness the Hejian County Prince of the Holy Han Empire."
Only then did Zhang Xiaowu have the opportunity to let go of Sato Jōhito's hand, bowed and said: "The King of Hejian County of the Holy Han Empire has met Her Royal Highness the Queen of Fuso Takayama Kingdom." From the docking etiquette, Zhang Xiaowu and Queen Zhixun are on the same level, and they do not exist.
Who is taller than the other, so both parties smiled slightly. But Zhang Xiaowu found that Queen Zhixun's smile showed curiosity and expectation, maybe he was too sensitive.
The people of Takayama Country also stood on both sides of the street and shouted loudly the slogan "Long Live the Holy Han", and their clothes were obviously better than those of other Fuso Island countries, even better than those of Kaneda Country. Probably because Sato Jōhito, an old turtle, did not easily introduce Takayama Country
During the war, Gaoshan Country was able to develop peacefully for more than thirty years, and its people gradually became richer than other countries.
In the King's Palace of Gaoshan, Queen Zhixun held a grand welcome ceremony for Zhang Xiaowu. The so-called grandness was that compared to other Fuso Island countries, there were even more than 20 dancing female singers - the previous visit
In the country, no one can bring out a troupe of twenty singers to dance when the king entertains him.
Fusang Thousand Islands and Hundreds of Countries share the same origin. Although their languages are slightly different, their cultural customs and food habits are similar, and they are all greatly influenced by the culture of the Central Plains. However, the Fusang countries are obviously more influenced by the culture of the Tiantang Empire five hundred years ago.
Whether it is clothing or architecture, they all try their best to imitate the style of the early Tang Empire five hundred years ago.
But what makes Zhang Xiaowu feel awkward is the daily robes worn by Fusang people. It’s not that the clothes are awkward to wear, but that their one-piece robes look awkward.
During the Tiantang Empire, people in the Central Plains also wore this kind of one-piece robes. However, because the one-piece robes were inconvenient for movement in the later period, they were changed to half robes, that is, the upper body was robes and the lower body was trousers. At the end of the Tiantang Empire, the imperial power
In decline, the heroes compete for hegemony in the world.
Running is not only inconvenient for fighting, but also inconvenient for escaping, so the people in the Central Plains gave up their robes and wore long clothes and trousers. As for the common people, they put on short clothes and trousers, and in hot places, people only wore
Shorts and shorts similar to cropped pants.
The Fusang countries still imitate the clothing habits of the Tiantang Empire. Both men and women wear robes, but the Fusang people's robes are larger and they sit on the spot. However, unlike the Central Plains people who wear robes, the Central Plains people wear robes.
Inside the robes, the lower body is wearing obscene trousers, but the Fusang people only saw the Central Plains people wearing robes, but did not know that they were wearing obscene trousers underneath, so there was a naked vacuum inside their robes...
Fortunately, the sitting posture of the Fuso people is kneeling. Men sit like kneeling with their buttocks sitting on their heels, while women sit with their legs together like a duck on a mat.
When Yumi and Yaxiang married Zhang Xiaowu, Zhang Xiaowu felt awkward when he saw their sitting postures. It took him a month to correct them. But when he saw the sitting postures of the civil and military officials of Gaoshan State, Zhang Xiaowu shook his head in his heart, asking him to kneel like this.
After watching the show for several hours, he was afraid that he would not be able to stand up anymore, so he could only sit cross-legged.
All the officials of the Gaoshan Kingdom looked at him in surprise and weirdness. Some even secretly glanced between Zhang Xiaowu's legs and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he was wearing trousers. Then they wondered why this Central Plains man was like this.
Don’t pay attention to etiquette?
When the Queen saw this, her face suddenly turned red. She lowered her head and secretly glanced at Zhang Xiaowu a few more times, her face getting redder and redder. Sato Johito frowned, wanting to get angry but couldn't. He looked at Zhang Xiaowu who was kneeling next to him.
The translation of , coughed.
The accompanying translator understood and whispered in Zhang Xiaowu's ear: "Sir, in Fusang, your sitting posture is provoking the other party's male host."
"Why?"
"Because Fuso doesn't have underpants, if you sit in your current position, your private parts will be exposed. Doing so will seduce the male master's wives and concubines in public, and is a provocation to the male master."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Is there a male master in this palace?"
"That's not true."
"Then who am I provoking?"
"But your sitting posture has two meanings. One is to provoke the male host, and the other is to ask the hostess to sleep with him tonight. The hostess in the palace is Queen Zixun. Do you mean..."
Zhang Xiaowu patted his forehead and couldn't laugh or cry. No wonder everyone looked at him with such strange expressions, but it was really uncomfortable for him to sit on his knees. After thinking about it, Zhang Xiaowu asked: "Can you give me a chair or a low stool?"
Fuso merchants who traveled to the Central Plains had chairs at home. Although they did not sit on them, they would take them back and keep them.
After a while, someone brought a chair. Zhang Xiaowu couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it, because the table where everyone ate was not even as high as the chair - that's all, he had to do as the Romans do. Zhang Xiaowu knelt down awkwardly and sat down.
After the kabuki performance, Sato Jamihito once again welcomed Zhang Xiaowu on behalf of Takayama Country, and then served a Takayama Country state banquet, including various fish and rice balls wrapped with pickles. The rice balls were also wrapped with seaweed. When eating,
It has to be dipped in the fish sauce unique to the Fuso people, and the taste is very unique, but if you eat too much of this stuff, you will definitely not be able to eat it. As for the stew, there is only one kind of tofu soup, which contains tofu, bean sprouts, kelp, seaweed, and fragrant vegetables.
onion.
Zhang Xiaowu misses mutton skewers and shabu-shabu especially now. He has visited so many small Fuso countries these days. Almost every country has the same state banquet. Because the high mountain country is relatively rich, there are more types of rice balls and dipping sauces, and tofu soup.
There are more ingredients in it.
This is their state banquet, and it’s really a place of hard work.