The Age of Discovery: Chinese cuisine swept across Europe

Yun Ji witnessed the barbarity of Europeans for the first time, and said to Min Xi in private: "This is a disgraceful and unkind act!"

Min Xi said: "Europeans are like this. They call themselves civilized people and regard the local natives as barbarians. In fact, they are just occupying the nests of magpies and robbing houses, just like robbers. How do you think their gold and silver came from? You need to be careful when dealing with them in the future."

Yun Ji frowned, and his jade-like face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. Min Xi thought it was a good thing, at least it would make Yun Ji wary and not trust his savior unconditionally.

But it was a blessing in disguise for them. One sailor died and several sailors were injured, including the cook, Old Dick. Captain Reiss did not ask them to leave the ship. Min Xi took over Old Dick's task and cooked for everyone.

Because there were fresh ingredients, he made full use of them. Although the conditions were limited, he cooked much better than Old Dick. The crew was very satisfied, except for Old Dick. It was not until Old Dick recovered from his injury that Min Xi took the initiative to give up Xian, and Old Dick's face looked better.

While Min Xi was cooking, Yun Ji went to help with odd jobs and did what he could. Although he was born into a wealthy family, he was not spoiled. He had learned the skills of sailing from the captain and sailors on his own ship, and now he was putting his skills to good use.

His arm was not treated while it was in the sea, and after being rescued, he asked Min Xi to help him straighten his bones. However, Min Xi looked at the arm that was swollen as thick as his leg and couldn't bring himself to do it. Then he watched with his own eyes as this ruthless man straightened his left arm bone with his right hand.

This young master who had been pampered since childhood only groaned and never cried out in pain again, even though veins on his forehead were bulging and beads of sweat were rolling down. It was from this time that Min Xi knew that this man had extraordinary perseverance and was a very reliable partner.

Due to the lack of medical care and medicine, Min Xi was worried that Yun Ji's arm would become disabled. Even Lei Si, who knew a little about medicine, was not optimistic. Min Xi begged Captain Lei Si to give him all the medicine he could use. In the end, Yun Ji's arm miraculously recovered.

His left arm has not yet healed, so he cannot use force and usually uses his right hand to work.

Min Xi found that he was very strong. When sailing, the sails of a sailboat often need to be adjusted according to the wind direction to better take advantage of the wind. The sails of a galleon are very large. When adjusting the sails, many people are needed to pull the sail ropes together. Yun Ji only has one hand, but he also pulled together. At first, others thought he was showing off, but he did not expect that he did not do worse than the sailors with two intact hands.

Sometimes when Min Xi saw him using one hand to pump water to flush the deck, he would run to help, but found that he had trouble doing it with both hands. However, Yun Ji could actually pump the water with one hand.

He couldn't help but ask curiously: "How did you lift it up with one hand?"

Yun Ji said: "It's not very convenient, but it can still be brought up. It's just a little slower."

"Where do you get so much strength?" Min Xi asked curiously.

Yun Ji smiled and didn't explain.

Soon, Min Xi knew the reason.

The reason was that a sailor on the ship saw Yun Ji's good looks and had evil intentions. After all, there were no women on the ship, and a good-looking and thin man could easily be used as a woman. Min Xi was also good-looking, but he was rarely alone, and he was a cook and knew Portuguese, so no one dared to touch him.

But Yun Ji was different. He was injured and couldn't talk nonsense. He was just doing the work of an apprentice. The captain didn't take him seriously at all and bullied him. Even if Min Xi helped him, he would be scolded by the captain at most.

One day, Yun Ji was sent to the bottom cabin to get something, and a sailor quietly followed him, closed the cabin door and rushed over. The sailor was a typical Flanker, not very tall, but very sturdy and strong.

Yun Ji was taller than him, but thinner, so the sailor didn't take him seriously. As a result, before he could jump on Yun Ji, he was kicked by Yun Ji and hit directly against the bulkhead. Yun Ji stepped forward, stepped on the man, twisted his hands behind his back with one hand, picked him up, dragged him out, and threw him directly onto the deck like a dead dog. The sailor's front teeth were knocked out, and his mouth and face were full of blood. He looked very miserable.

This scene shocked everyone who was waiting to watch the excitement on the deck. In fact, many people had this idea, but they just wanted that person to take the lead. If there was no problem, Yun Ji's life in the future would be worse than death, and Min Xi would not be able to protect him.

Everyone was surprised at Yun Ji's strength and knew that he was not someone to be trifled with.

The evil sailor complained first, bullying Yun Ji for not understanding the French language. He told the captain that Yun Ji bullied him and asked the captain to throw Yun Ji off the boat.

Min Xi rushed over and asked Yun Ji what had happened. He angrily explained the whole story to Captain Reis.

Captain Reiss was an upright man. He was very angry and scolded the sailor: "Watch your crotch! Have you forgotten how Dover died? If anyone does this again, I will chop off his evil roots!"

Dover was the sailor who died on Phoebe Island.

It is no wonder that Captain Reis was angry. He was the one who brought every crew member out, and he was responsible for their life and death. If they died during the voyage, he would have to pay a large sum of compensation to the sailor's family. So he was very angry that the crew played a joke on his life.

Afterwards, Min Xi asked Yun Ji how he subdued the sailor, who looked very strong. Yun Ji said, "I have been weak since I was a child and look like a little girl. I was always bullied by children from the same clan, so my father invited a martial arts master to come to our house to teach me martial arts."

Min Xi was overjoyed: "I didn't expect you to be a martial arts master, that's great! I was thinking that I would protect you in the future, but it seems I have to rely on you. Don't worry, no one will dare to bully us again in the future, I said we know martial arts." No wonder he could survive on the sea for so many days with only one hand.

Yun Ji said: "Don't worry, I won't let anyone bully us. I will protect you."

Min Xi said: "But they have muskets. Although the killing power is not great, it is much faster than swords, and it does not require close combat, so it is hard to defend against. In the future, we should also get two muskets for self-defense."

"Okay." Yun Ji had seen short muskets before, and he knew that many natives died from this type of gun. It was more lethal than the Ming Dynasty's musket, so he needed to be on guard against it.

Soon, Min Xi spread the news that Yun Ji knew Chinese Kung Fu, saying that killing a person would be as easy as crushing an ant, and that he would show no mercy to anyone who dared to bully him again.

Yun Ji also began to practice martial arts on the deck at Min Xi's suggestion. His moves dazzled the foreigners. Coupled with the description of the sailor who humiliated him, saying that he didn't know how he was beaten, everyone on the ship believed that he was a martial arts master from the mysterious East, and no one dared to provoke him again.

In this way, Min Xi and Yun Ji lived a peaceful life in the following days. They followed the Shark through the wind and waves, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and moved along the west coast of Africa. Three months later, they finally arrived at the Port of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.