It is Kokang and Changchun

　Z23: “?”

　I haven't seen Z23 in Ip Man 3, so I didn't get the gag. Putting aside her expertise in Baguaquan, Hong Meiling certainly wasn't lying.

　This is the same as a doctor. For example, an orthopedist does not only know orthopedic medical knowledge. Basic knowledge of other medical disciplines is also required.

　"Since Miss Narvik is interested in Chinese Kung Fu, I'll show you a simple one. Wait a moment, I'll learn it in no time."

　Hong Meiling was very happy that Z23 was interested in Chinese martial arts. After all, making martial arts famous all over the world is the common dream of every martial artist.

　A minute later, Hong Meiling returned to the box, holding a brass teapot in her hand. The spout of the teapot was extremely long, even longer than the barrel of an early bolt-action rifle.

　Seeing the teapot with such an exaggeratedly long spout, Z23 was dumbfounded. "This... is so long. How can I pour tea from such a long spout?"

　"Hehe~ This way of pouring from a pot is the essence of it." Hong Meiling said confidently, "Miss Narvik, could you please borrow a bowl?"

　"Here, for you." Z23 subconsciously picked up his porcelain bowl and gave it to Hong Meiling.

　Hong Meiling placed the bowl on the dining table in front of her, then took a step back, raised one hand to grab the end of the pot's mouth, and held the bottom of the pot with the other hand.

　In an instant, Hong Meiling wielded the teapot like a stick with her nimble hands, and the fluidity of her movements amazed the audience.

　When Hong Meiling started doing this big move, Z23 was startled, worried that the tea would spill or something. But now it seems that this worry was completely unnecessary.

　After playing with it for ten seconds, Hong Meiling suddenly bent over almost 90 degrees, her hands raised high behind her back. One hand grasped the handle of the teapot, the other held the body. The slender spout extended above her right shoulder. A thin stream of tea flowed into the bowl under the influence of gravity.

　"You can pour tea like this?! That's amazing!" Z23 was completely unprepared for this. Hong Meiling showed him a way of pouring tea he had never seen before in an unexpected way.

　All the ship girls and humans present applauded enthusiastically for Hong Meiling's wonderful performance of pouring tea in a fancy way, especially the German representative, who was full of praise.

　Hong Meiling did not stop performing because of the applause.

　One after another, he performed several difficult yet beautiful tea pouring movements.

　She poured only a portion at a time. After a few times, the bowl was full of tea. Hong Meiling gracefully brought the bowl to Z23, "Miss Narvik, please have some tea."

　"Ah, thank you." Z23 was still immersed in surprise. When Hong Meiling handed the tea to Z23, she finally reacted.

　Z23 sipped the tea poured by Lipstick Meiling and couldn't help but think of a certain head maid in England. She thought to herself, "Miss Belfast is always praised as the perfect and elegant head maid. I wonder if she would be able to pour tea like this?"

　Chapter 333 Z23's China Tour (5)

　When the tea art show ended, Hong Meiling said goodbye to Z23, Zhenhai, and everyone else present, letting them slowly enjoy the Guangdong specialties before leaving the room and returning to the gate to stand guard.

　"Senior, do Chinese people always have such a rich breakfast? I don't think this is rich enough for breakfast. For humans, if they eat so much in the morning, can they still have enough for lunch at noon?" Z23 looked at the eight or ten square steamers on the dining table and asked curiously.

　Zhenhai explained: "This is just a feature of Guangdong morning tea. Chinese people usually don't have such a rich breakfast. Usually one or two steamed buns and a cup of soy milk are enough.

　As for lunch, the Cantonese way of having morning tea is this: it starts around 8 or 9 in the morning, and they chat and eat and drink until noon, skipping lunch altogether. In other words, it's breakfast and lunch combined.

　Z23's inner thoughts: "Oh... the strange knowledge of foreign lands has increased."

　Then she looked at the "phoenix's claw" that Zhenhai had mentioned before, picked up one with chopsticks and put it in her bowl with a slightly unfamiliar look.

　Generally speaking, Europeans and Americans do not eat chicken feet for many reasons. The two main reasons are that there is little meat and many bones that hurt the teeth, and the second is that they think it is dirty.

　However, Z23 is a ship, not a person, and it can eat canned herrings without changing its expression (provided that the degree of simulation of human senses is reduced to a minimum).

　"What's so scary about a chicken claw? I won't be hospitalized or die from it anyway." Z23 didn't care.

　Representative dishes in Germany include roasted pork knuckle, and steamed chicken feet are representative of Guangdong dim sum. Z23's choice of chicken feet also has this association. Today, she wants to try the flavor of chicken feet.

　Unlike what I expected, the skin and meat melted in my mouth, the bones broke when I bit them lightly, the whole chicken feet were soft and chewy, and the aroma of the sauce fully permeated them. It can’t be said to be extremely delicious, but it can be said to be very popular.

　The next step is to taste other dishes and chat while eating. Due to space constraints, I will not go into details here, otherwise someone will definitely complain that the cosmic consciousness has been spamming these days.

　After enjoying Cantonese morning tea, Z23 and the Zhenhai group spent half a day exploring Shanghai's must-see attractions. They planned to travel to Hangzhou and Suzhou in the remaining days.

　When Zhenhai learned that Z23 was inspired by the proverb "There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below," he suggested, "In that case, there's an old Chinese saying, 'When Suzhou and Hangzhou are prosperous, the world is prosperous.'"

　"When Suzhou and Lake Tai are prosperous, the whole world is prosperous..." Z23 pondered this proverb and asked, "If Su refers to Suzhou, then Lake Tai is it?"

　"That's fine if you want to say that, but what I meant was Huzhou. If you want to see Taihu Lake, Huzhou is one of the must-visit places." Zhenhai did not completely deny Z23's guess.

　Z23 took out his phone and looked at the map. "There are so many cities around Taihu Lake, like Suzhou and Wuxi. Why do we have to go to Huzhou?"

　Zhenhai smiled faintly, and explained with the air of a counselor, "There's an ancient Chinese poem describing Mount Lushan, called 'Looking from the side, it's a mountain; from the front, it's a peak; from far and near, it's different in height and depth.' This poem means that Mount Lushan gives people different feelings when viewed from different angles.

　As a 2445-square-kilometer freshwater lake, Taihu Lake offers distinct views from different angles. This is why there's a Taihu Lake Tourist Area in Suzhou's Wuzhong District and a Taihu Lake Tourist Resort in northern Huzhou.

　Z23 felt that what the predecessor said made sense. We had to avoid the situation of the blind men touching the elephant, and at the same time, we had to avoid not having enough time to visit all the cities around Taihu Lake. At most, we could only add Huzhou.

　Therefore, when Z23 and his group were traveling in Hangzhou and Suzhou, their pace was obviously much faster than in Shanghai, just to make time to visit the Taihu Lake Tourist Resort in Huzhou.

　Z23 When visiting West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhenhai was the most talkative, because the cultural and historical significance of West Lake and its surrounding attractions is greater than its natural significance; since he wanted others to understand its cultural and historical significance, lengthy explanations were definitely indispensable.

　“…Since ancient times, West Lake has been the site of folk tales and myths like The Butterfly Lovers and The Legend of the White Snake…” Zhenhai explained the cultural significance of West Lake to Z23.

　Zhenhai's introduction caught Z23's attention. She asked, "Senior, I've heard a little bit about the play 'Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai' you just mentioned. Is it similar to 'Romeo and Juliet'?"

　Zhenhai cast an admiring glance at Z23 and nodded, saying, "Indeed, the two stories have similar themes. Both are a rejection and rebellion against the traditional concept of love based on equal social status and feudal ethics.

　However, there are still differences between the two. The ending of Luo Zhu is a realistic tragedy, while Liang Zhu is a tragedy.

　While at the same time, it also gives it a certain fantasy and idealism. This is the biggest difference between the two.”

　"Fantasy and ideals?" Z23 pondered, then asked, "What exactly are they like?"

　Zhenhai explained: "Romeo and Juliet died, and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai also died. Romeo and Zhu died in a literal sense, while Liang and Zhu turned into colorful butterflies, lingering and flying high."

　"I see, tragedy also contains ideals, and the O. Henry-style ending is indeed not so painful to the audience." Z23 praised the ending of the Liang Zhu story. After all, it is always better to stab gently.

　The studious Z23 continued to ask, "By the way, the senior just mentioned a story called 'The Legend of the White Snake'. What kind of story is this?"

　Zhenhai explained to Z23, "To put it simply, this is a story about a human and a monster falling in love. Then a high monk realizes that the female protagonist is a monster and tries to subdue her. Ultimately, everything goes haywire, and the female protagonist is imprisoned under the Leifeng Pagoda."

　"Leifeng Pagoda? The one over there?" Z23 asked, pointing to the Leifeng Pagoda in the distance.

　Zhenhai nodded in agreement, "Yes, it's that Leifeng Pagoda."

　Z23: "I remember there was a soldier in China who dedicated his precious youth to serving the people. His name was Lei Feng. Is there any connection between this tower and Lei Feng?"

　Zhenhai almost burst out laughing when she heard this, but luckily she controlled herself and quickly explained, "This Lei Feng is not that Lei Feng. They just happen to have the same name. The history of Leifeng Pagoda is over a thousand years old."

　"Well, it's mainly because the sense of déjà vu is too strong, making it hard not to make associations." Z23 felt that he had asked a low-level question and was a little embarrassed.

　To ease the awkwardness, Z23 asked Zhenhai about the details of the story of The Legend of the White Snake. "Senior Zhenhai, what exactly is the story of The Legend of the White Snake? I want to hear it."

　"Okay," Zhenhai agreed happily. "The legendary Zhenjiang City during the Northern Song Dynasty..."

　(A girl's storytelling... several thousand words omitted below)

　More than ten minutes later, Zhenhai finished the story, but Z23 was still immersed in the love story of White Snake and Xu Xian, with endless aftertaste.

　It is basic for Marxists to conduct ideological analysis and value judgments on literature, and Z23 is no exception; of course, our calm and rational Nimi-chan will not exaggerate.

　Since there were other German representatives present, Z23 commented on the Legend of the White Snake to Zhen Hai in the communication: "...I just don't understand why the monk named Fahai was so determined to separate Miss Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian? Just because she is a monster? I think 'monster' is just a code word, right?

　Instead of seeing that Miss Bai Suzhen was saving the world and benefiting the people, they insisted on insisting that she was a monster and completely denied Miss Bai. They are just like some nationalists/racists in history.

　Fahai is a collection of the extreme right wing of the exploiting class and ignorant religious forces. They ignore/despise the social nature of human beings and one-sidedly emphasize biological nature. They insist on making distinctions between different races from the characteristics to the genes, and then raise them to the social level, thus providing a theoretical basis for the reactionary acts of ethnic/racial discrimination and oppression.

　I believe that the story of the White Snake is part of China's excellent traditional culture and it still has great educational significance today - it can be used as anti-nationalism/anti-racism propaganda material."

　Although Zhenhai's purity in this regard is not as high as Z23's, she agrees with Z23's point of view and says:

　"Indeed, if we don't oppose these things, then we are actually ignoring the legitimacy of our friendly coexistence with humans, and ultimately digging our own graves. After all, we, the ship girls, seem to fit the broad definition of monsters..."

　After touring Hangzhou, Z23 and his group took the high-speed rail to Suzhou early the next morning. This time, Z23 took the G1866 Fuxing bullet train.

　昨天从上海到杭州时，Z23坐的是G1651次的和谐号CRH3动车组。当时Z23一眼就认出CRH3和自家的ICE3动车组是同父异母的兄弟。

　If it weren't for the train's livery, the people inside, the Chinese language, and the China Railway logo, Z23 would have thought he was home. But there's nothing you can do about it, since the two trains are so similar, from the exterior to the interior cabin layout.

　Z23 believes that among the high-speed rail technologies from many countries that China chose to introduce, there was the German ICE series of EMUs; this has already demonstrated China's full recognition of Germany's high-speed rail technology level.

　Thinking of this, Z23's face was filled with a smile of national confidence.

　When traveling from Hangzhou to Suzhou today, Z23 saw for the first time the Fuxing bullet train, which was independently developed by China and has completely independent intellectual property rights. This also gave Z23 a great shock.

　She could feel from the cabin comfort, noise and stability during operation that the Fuxing was obviously more advanced than the CRH3 Harmony and its own ICE3 technology.

　However, she felt frustrated that Z23 did not have better high-speed rail technology than China. She felt that only capitalists would have such a petty mindset, fearing that their competitors would seize the market and eventually crush them.

　On the contrary, Z23 believes that it is normal for a good teacher to produce outstanding students, and for the students to surpass their teachers. She is happy for the progress of Chinese comrades.

　Z23 planned to relax by reading the news. She took out her phone and opened the news app. A line of inconspicuous text displayed: "Japanese Youth

　A steam locomotive is suspected to have been stolen from May Railway Park.

　Chapter 334 Z23's China Tour (6)

　When Z23 first opened the news app, his finger tapping the screen just happened to cover up the news about the suspected theft of the steam locomotive.

　She was attracted by the headlines and clicked on them immediately, so she didn't notice the news about the suspected theft of the steam locomotive at all.

　On the way to Suzhou, Z23 and Zhenhai were chatting all the time. Z23 learned more about Chinese culture through Zhenhai, while Zhenhai learned about the situation in his hometown through Z23.

　When Z23 wanted Zhenhai to express his opinion on Germany's military development, Zhenhai politely declined:

　"You guys can do whatever you think is best. I'm just a militiaman at best. Unlike you guys who started out as regular soldiers, I don't have much say. If it's a matter of civilian shipping, I can offer some humble opinions for your reference."

　After all, from a historical perspective, Zhenhai's military service career began in China, and he was a legitimate civilian ship in his hometown, so Zhenhai's reason for not wanting to express his opinion was reasonable.

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　Huzhou, Zhejiang

　"Ah, it's finally over..." Zyts dragged his tired body back home.

　The reason why zyts is tired is that Huzhou is holding the "National Ecological Day Conference" recently. Some provincial-level cadres and even some bigwigs from the State Council will attend and host this conference.

　Since such a heavyweight figure has appeared, the city's security and traffic arrangements become particularly important. This is exactly what happened to zyts, who was pulled by his superiors to do security work in the surrounding area.

　According to zyts himself, he was in charge of the third floor outside the station, while the third floor inside was guarded by the police, and he, who was on the third floor outside, could not see inside at all.

　The meeting lasted three days, so Zyts stayed there for three days straight. After these three days, Zyts was exhausted. He just wanted to rest.

　He took out his cell phone and opened Tieba to see what other people were talking about. However, the first post recommended on the homepage was about Z23's news.

　Of course, this Z23 is the real Z23, not the one in the game.

　Specifically, some ship-b players in Shanghai/Hangzhou/Suzhou witnessed Z23 and his entourage including Zhenhai appearing on the streets of these three cities.

　"Oh shit! Z23 is coming to Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou?" Zyts's fatigue and sleepiness disappeared instantly. This was the closest Z23 was to him, although Huzhou was still a little distance away from Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou.

　He clicked on the photos taken by netizens from a distance. Thanks to the generally high-definition rear cameras of today's mobile phones, even at a certain distance, the original photos can still be recognized after being enlarged.

　And the message released by Manjiu on Bilibili and Weibo said that Z23 visited the company in his personal capacity and made constructive guidance.

　In the proposal, Z23 emphasized that although it is human nature to love beauty, we should not just show off for the sake of showing off. We must do both ship equipment research and human figure art, and both hands must be strong.

　Z23 also pointed out that games simulating military weapons like Kancolle must adhere to a bottom line. They must ensure that weapon illustrations and textual research do not make basic mistakes and must not blindly follow market trends. Otherwise, it's easy to lose sight of the original intention, which is quite dangerous.

　Z23's important speech at the Manchu headquarters was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the weak military otaku faction, and poured a bucket of cold water on the pure cute people who were suspected of usurping the throne. The two factions started a big discussion in the Azur Lane forum.

　"Azur Lane's attitude towards ship outfits must return to the period before its third anniversary celebration!", "Reject the blind fantasy style and mechanical dragons, and clearly reflect the characteristics of the ship itself!", "Promote the unity of moe elements and military elements!", etc., are all the demands and slogans of the military otaku faction in the forum.

　zyts stood on the side of the military otaku faction, and he strongly supported and agreed with these slogans in his heart. He continued to look at the long-distance photos of Z23, feeling a little excited.

　The photo, magnified to a smooth, standard-definition quality, captured the image of Z23, leaving zyts, a Z23 fan, completely mesmerized. He even began to imagine Z23 wearing a distinctive German black wedding dress, holding hands with him as they entered the hall together as husband and wife.

　"Forget it, forget it, it's impossible. He's a German. He can just go to bed and do what he needs to do..." Zyts shook his head violently, denying that he would encounter an extremely low probability event even lower than tan90°.

　Zyts went to the sink and splashed water on his face to calm himself down, but even so, he still had an obsession in his heart:

　"But she really has the temperament of a soldier, a scholar, and a girl all rolled into one... Unless Nimi-chan comes to Huzhou, I don't have time to go to Suzhou, Hangzhou, or Shanghai to meet her in person."

　After taking a shower, zyts turned on his computer and started typing. The novel he was typing was actually "Blue Warship Girls and Modern Warfare", which he had been brewing in his mind for several years.

　However, due to the emergence of Kancolle and the changing international political situation, his novels are no longer suitable for public publication on reading platforms.

　Although Hedgehog Cat has become more relaxed after the boss was assassinated and the old boss returned, it is still different from the past. The former dirty guest is still gone, and Zyts does not dare to test the law.

　So he could only write this novel.

　Read it to yourself or share it offline with people you trust.

　A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. The plots memorized in the mind will eventually be forgotten. Only by preserving them in a material form can they last forever. This is why zyts decided to write down the novels he had been enjoying for many years.

　After finishing another chapter, AC checks his phone for a while and prepares to fall asleep in about ten minutes. It just so happens that tomorrow is a long-awaited day off, so he can sleep until noon. Of course, that's assuming his parents don't knock on the door.

　The next morning, just after 9:00, Zyts' parents woke their son up as usual. Some parents just can't stand their children sleeping in, and there's really nothing they can do about it.