Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life Chapter 217 - 216: Broadening the Horizons of Great Tang’s N

Next, Lin Marco Polo Wanwan began vividly describing the foods and various mines of Arica. She wasn’t exaggerating; these things truly existed. She rely employed a bit of rhetoric to make them sound more enticing.

Using her Ranger "senior" brother’s na for publicity, she sowed seeds of curiosity among the Great Tang’s nobles, proving to be invincible.

She knew that the Wang Family and Fang Family attending today’s banquet both had large fleets. If they were to develop an interest in exploring the world and picking up gold, it wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Our universal Great Tang should seize every opportunity to capture global wealth. There’s no reason why small countries in the Age of Discovery could sweep the world, while our majestic Great Tang couldn’t; it’s simply a lack of information.

Lin Wanwan felt a strong sense of national pride.

As Lin Wanwan’s vivid descriptions unfolded, people gasped in astonishnt.

For the noblewon of the Great Tang who rarely traveled far, the world described by Lin Wanwan was so colorful and fascinating, it made them yearn for exploration!

Especially the gold and silver that could presumably be picked at will, along with the wild growing spices like pepper, making everyone drool.

This Le’an Village Lady possessed such inexhaustible wealth, surely brought back by her senior brother from the land of Arica, where gold was said to be everywhere?

It was foreseeable that after this banquet, the mysterious and elusive senior brother of Lin Wanwan would beco even more legendary.

Rangers were already legendary figures in the Great Tang, and the one described by Lin Wanwan was even more impressive.

Exhausted from speaking, the music and dance comnced again.

Lin Wanwan personally set the rhythm, as Heng Wu changed into a Hu skirt and special shoes, performing the Hu Xuan Dance that had started to gain popularity in Chang’an City.

The Hu Xuan Dance had a marked rhythm, exuberant and joyous, perfect for a banquet performance, instantly igniting the atmosphere, rivaling dynamic music of later tis.

After the dance concluded, the won showcased their talents. Having played elegant gas before, they now played drawing lots, each drawing a bamboo stick and performing according to the content on it.

Arrangents were made for music, books, and paintings, with joyful dances not to be missed.

Pipa, Konghou, Guqin, Xiao, various instrunts took turns on stage, and the group, with little age difference among them, quickly enjoyed a scene of cheerful camaraderie.

Dish after dish was served and cleared, like flowing water, keeping the long dinner table in the main house never empty.

The final dessert was sliced winter lon and washed grapes. Seeing these treasures made everyone’s hearts tremble with excitent, and their high spirits soared further.

Though lychees and cherries before the al were rare, aristocratic households could secure them once or twice a year. But these winter lons and grapes, even with money, were unattainable, found only in the palace inner courts. People had only heard of them in rumors, never truly seen them.

"Oh... Wan Lady, such skill to obtain such fine winter lons and grapes! My father said they were Western Regions tributes exclusively for the Imperial Family!"

Lin Wanwan smiled and replied, "It’s actually quite simple. Today’s two winter lons were grown by . My senior brother brought back good seeds, and my teacher and I planted them several tis, now cultivating winter lons in my glasshouse."

"Ah, can they really be grown oneself?"

"Yes, they can, just requires so technique. When seedlings are ready in late March, if anyone is interested, you can purchase them from Lin Family Manor. Fair trade, ten gold per plant, guaranteed to thrive and bear fruit, with refunds if they fail."

"Ah, then make sure to save a few for ."

"I want so too!"

"My family wants so too."

Everyone clamored to make reservations, and Lin Wanwan readily agreed.

"Wan Lady, how about the grapes resembling purple pearls?"

"These aren’t grown by but were specially sent to by my senior brother during the Lantern Festival. He’s afraid I’ll pester him with endless questions, so he always arrives and leaves without a trace, dropping off goods and leaving. I was in Qiantang at the ti and didn’t see him, only discovering them in the cellar when I returned. Ah, what a headache."

Is this really a headache? With such a generous brother looking out for you, how could one not be thrilled! Compared to their own brothers back ho, who only scold and reprimand, truly there’s no comparison; they should be tossed aside.

Similar thoughts inevitably arose in the minds of all the won.

This banquet seed to be consuming a fortune far exceeding ten thousand gold, yet when told to family and friends, it would be hard for them to believe!

If not for saving face, these won sincerely wished to pack the grapes from their plates to take back ho for their families to witness too.

In Chang’an City, such delicacies were only available during Imperial Palace night banquets, rarely seen by civilians.

The variety of dishes and food at today’s banquet couldn’t possibly be managed by Lin Wanwan’s household servants alone; even sending out a group of young boys would fall short.

Therefore, within the Lin Clan, the Clan Leader selected over twenty people above secondary nial ranks to assist with the kitchen chores, be it washing dishes, serving courses and soups, or preparing vegetables, with tasks clearly divided.

Though people from Lin Family Manor had never witnessed such an extravagant array of dishes before, they were well-versed in organizing lively banquets.

After all, whenever there were family weddings or funerals, the clan brewed wine, and village farrs without servants inevitably sought help from kinfolk, a tradition spanning hundreds of years.

Mutual aid passed down from generation to generation beca customary long ago.

Hua Nong was one of the busiest individuals today, as she was in charge of cooking.

Fortunately, Lin Wanwan had long realized that she couldn’t handle everything alone. Previously, the open-air banquet at the academy brought in the main chef and apprentices from the restaurant where Lin ngli worked in Wanghai Town, utilizing the academy’s kitchen, unrelated to where Lin Wanwan hosted from.

Rural people were uninterested in the delicate cuisine served in small dishes customary to nobles; they mostly shared als together, given living conditions that didn’t allow them to dine separately, favoring large servings of at, large bowls of wine, and large bowls of white rice.

Thus, at their table, Lin Wanwan followed the Clan Leader’s advice to cater to their preferences, mostly with at, at, at, wine, wine, wine, and complented by fruit desserts worth their weight in gold in the Great Tang.

Both the guests in the front courtyard and the rear hall, though dining differently, were exceedingly happy, and everyone enjoyed themselves.

After the banquet dispersed, Lin Wanwan led everyone on a garden tour, though she only had a little more than an acre of land with small artificial hills and ponds.

But these were all expertly designed, nicely arranged, and contained many remarkable transplanted plants. The won viewed the tour with great enthusiasm.

Lin Wanwan was devoted to hosting guests, while Qingyu was equally attentive as she guided the children from the big town to see her little elephant, touch her little red horse, and even had Aqing make the big bird fly a circle within their sight.

By late afternoon, the won reluctantly bid farewell.

Traveling by boat to return to their ho town would take at least an hour or two, so they were compelled to leave early.

Lin Wanwan prepared for each person a set of individually packaged modern costics as a parting gift, maintaining her image of extravagance until the end. It’s not that she wanted to flaunt, but her current status simply couldn’t keep a low profile!

The only Secondary Fifth Rank in Mao County!