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Having said that, Li Yuanzhao shifted his gaze back to the plate in front of him.

On one side of the plate was a piece of bread, and on the other side was a blob of dark black, gooey substance.

Li Yuanzhao picked up the bread, and his expression changed drastically.

He tried knocking it on the table a couple of times, and it actually produced the sound of metal clashing!

He looked at Lai Gou'er suspiciously: "This is bread?"

Lai Gou'er said calmly: "Your Majesty, the bread here is made from unleavened dough and baked, so it's this hard. You can eat it by soaking it in the vegetable soup to soften it. It's the cheapest thing the common people can afford."

"Then this stew..."

"The color is a bit unpleasant, but it's just stewed beans with a little meat."

Li Yuanzhao relaxed, soaked the bread in the vegetable soup, and cautiously put it in his mouth.

A beany smell, accompanied by a fishy and pungent odor of offal, shot straight to the top of his head!

Mixed with the bread crumbs in his mouth that hadn't been completely soaked in the vegetable soup.

It was like chewing swill that had just been scooped up from the ground and mixed with sand....

Li Yuanzhao's face turned liver-red, and his gaze shifted to Fang Zheng, and he was immediately stunned.

Fang Zheng was expressionless, crunching on the black bread, scooping up the stew and constantly putting it in his mouth, eating it all up in no time.

Li Yuanzhao swallowed a mouthful of saliva... and finally slowly put down the bread.

Is Lao Fang that hungry....

No one knew that Fang Zheng was in extreme pain at this moment.

How could there be such a disgusting thing in the world!

If he didn't have the compulsion to not waste food, he wouldn't have been able to turn back after taking one bite.

He wouldn't eat this stuff even if he died!

This stew had offal added to it, and he even suspected that the ingredients hadn't been washed, with a smell of swill.

Wu Sheng was sitting next to him, smelling the disgusting smell of the dish, with a face full of admiration: "Master, you can actually eat this? I can't stand the smell."

"Don't mention it," Fang Zheng said in a hoarse voice.

"Quickly drink some wine to smooth it down," Wu Sheng quickly offered a glass of fine wine.

After drinking the wine, Fang Zheng let out a long sigh: "I really don't have the blessing to enjoy this foreign thing... Hey, where are Xie Xian and Zhou Tie?"

Wu Sheng said: "They said they wanted to try the local specialties on the street. I've already found a translator to follow them, and someone will send them back here tonight."

"Okay." Fang Zheng glanced at Li Yuanzhao, who was chatting freely with Hope and the others, and turned to ask Wu Sheng: "How are you getting along with the upper echelons of those countries?"

Wu Sheng replied: "The relationship is very good. Does Master have any instructions?"

Fang Zheng said in a low voice: "This time, Da Jing will not stop until it has annihilated the old church and captured Wu Wang. After His Majesty and I have rested, we will directly send someone to deliver a declaration of war. Fika has been quietly garrisoning troops for two years, and this time we will transfer all the troops and supplies to the Holy City. When we came, we had already sent a few ships to the Fika garrison to notify them."

"They should be setting off in a while. Afterwards, they will inevitably pass through other countries. I don't want any accidents to happen during this process. Is it difficult for you to lobby various countries to allow passage?"

Wu Sheng replied: "They have a very good impression of Da Jing, and the exchange of benefits has been frequent in recent years, so there is no major problem in borrowing troops and passage, but I heard that the six major dioceses have sent out many spies. Isn't our large-scale deployment of troops here alarming the enemy?"

Fang Zheng smiled contemptuously: "So what if we alarm the enemy? We will deploy them openly. Not only will we deploy troops, but you can also invite some generals from other countries to come here to watch the battle! This time, we will not only eliminate the hidden dangers of the old church, but also let the overseas countries see the true national strength of Da Jing!"

Wu Sheng nodded, and then asked: "Then what will His Majesty do these few days? I can make arrangements in advance on my side."

Fang Zheng waved his hand gently: "That's not necessary. The things you arrange are not suitable for His Majesty. Starting tomorrow, I will prepare to go with His Majesty to take a look at the construction site of the Da Jing residential area, meet more ordinary people, and thoroughly understand the situation of the Holy City, so that we can have a clear understanding."

"Understood, then I will set off tomorrow to inform various countries."

As soon as Wu Sheng finished speaking, Li Yuanzhao's wild laughter came from the side.

Hope was looking at Li Yuanzhao with a face full of admiration: "Your Majesty is truly a commercial genius! This method of chain operation is really amazing. I, Hope, have been doing business all my life, and I have never thought of such a wonderful way of cooperation. It's simply... it makes me feel ashamed."

"Hey!" Li Yuanzhao said with a radiant face, holding up his wine glass happily: "You really have an eye for talent. I also have a method of basketball chicken farming. Come, come, let me explain it to you in detail."

......

The next day, early in the morning.

Li Yuanzhao paced back and forth in the Holy Temple.

Slight sweat appeared on his forehead, and his face was full of anxiety.

Yesterday, he had agreed with Lao Fang to go to the construction site of the Da Jing residential area to take a look today.

As a result, when he got up early in the morning, Lao Fang couldn't be found!

A large number of people have been sent to search everywhere, and there is still no news after ten minutes.

A huge panic had enveloped him.

It was impossible for Lao Fang to disappear silently... This was a foreign country, could he have been assassinated?

The more he thought about it, the more afraid he became. Li Yuanzhao finally stopped and couldn't help but roar at the Jinyiwei guards standing guard at the door: "You, go find him! Don't stand here, immediately bring Jianye Marquis back to me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lai Gou'er ran into the store quickly and reported: "Your Majesty! Jianye Marquis has been found!"

"Where!" Li Yuanzhao asked anxiously.

"The latrine. Jianye Marquis has diarrhea and has been going for half an hour! He asked His Majesty to wait a little longer."

Li Yuanzhao immediately breathed a sigh of relief and slapped his thigh: "This Lao Fang! He must have gotten a bad stomach from eating swill yesterday. Wouldn't his intestines be pulled out after half an hour? Quickly take me to the latrine and find two doctors!"

......

Inside the latrine, Fang Zheng was sweating profusely, squatting on the pit with a pale face.

He was clutching a roll of toilet paper tightly in his hand.

It was toilet paper, that's right.

With Marquis Fang's current status, he would bring toilet paper even when going abroad.

He had been ready to go out early this morning, but he didn't expect to suddenly have a stomachache.

That's why he ran to the latrine and squatted there for half an hour... It must have been the foreign pauper meal yesterday that ruined his delicate stomach.

His legs were numb from squatting, and his stomach still hurt badly when he got up. He didn't know when he would recover.

Just as Fang Zheng was feeling sad, three loud bangs suddenly came from next door.

Fang Zheng was startled and cursed without thinking: "Who the hell farted and scared me! Did you put firecrackers in your butt!"

"Master, why are you here?"

"Zhou Tie?"

"It's me, Master. Is there something wrong with your body? I heard you've been squatting for a long time?"

Fang Zheng sighed weakly: "Ah, I have food poisoning."

"I seem to have food poisoning too," Zhou Tie said in a muffled voice, "This foreign meat is not to be eaten. Foreigners don't pay attention to hygiene at all, they don't even wash it!"

"Damn! I knew they definitely didn't wash it! What did you eat yesterday?" Fang Zheng said angrily.

"I... I ate boiled sliced meat."

"What! The Holy City even sells boiled sliced meat? Has our Da Jing cuisine spread this far, is it authentic?"

"It's not Da Jing cuisine... It's too fishy and gritty!" Zhou Tie sighed twice, "Master, I'm done, I'll go first."

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"Ah... I know..." Fang Zheng said weakly.

Outside the latrine, Li Yuanzhao waited anxiously, but Xie Xian was with him.

It's been almost an hour! Lao Fang is still squatting inside, the situation is not optimistic!

At this moment, Zhou Tie pushed open the latrine door and walked out, taking a deep breath of fresh air outside.

"Ah!"

After speaking, he looked at Xie Xian and asked suspiciously: "Lao Xie, we went together, why are you okay?"

"I just took a little poop."

"You're really wasting money.... Oh, Your Majesty!" Zhou Tie caught sight of Li Yuanzhao and immediately bowed and saluted.

Li Yuanzhao said with a dark face: "How is Lao Fang inside?"

Zhou Tie slapped his forehead and said seriously: "He has food poisoning and is still going. I heard his voice is very weak, I'm afraid he's dehydrated!"

Li Yuanzhao became anxious immediately, strode forward and slammed on the latrine door, shouting loudly: "Lao Fang, come out quickly! I brought a doctor!"

"I haven't finished going yet! Don't talk to me!"

"Lao Fang! Don't go anymore, I'm scared..."