I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 155 Chen Hong first enters Jingwang Mansion

Chen Hong followed Jiang Jiangong out of a conference room with a tired look on his face. He had just studied the various regulations of the Prince of Jing's Mansion, and felt that the regulations were numerous and strict, which made him overwhelmed and exhausted both physically and mentally.

He also held a book with regulations in his hand, and he was asked to familiarize himself with all the regulations within three days.

He is now walking in the Prince of Jing's Mansion with Jiang Jiangong. He was very curious about the Prince of Jing's Mansion before, but the scene he sees now is very different from what he imagined.

Although the building of Prince Jing's Palace is very majestic, its decorations are not that luxurious. Instead, it reveals a sense of simplicity everywhere.

What surprised him most was that the Prince of Jing's Mansion was full of young men and women wearing the same strange dark green clothes as Jiang Jiangong.

This strange dark green dress does not have the familiar wide sleeves and narrow sleeves and legs. If it has any advantage, it is that it saves fabric. Once you get used to it, you will feel it is very handsome and neat.

This made Chen Hong feel very strange, because Qizhou cloth was famous all over the world, but the people in Jingwang Mansion were so frugal with cloth, which was really puzzling.

What puzzled him the most was that he didn't see any people dressed as eunuchs or palace maids.

He was very uncomfortable with this question, so he couldn't help but ask: "Brother Jiang, Brother Jiang, why can't I see any eunuchs or palace maids in this palace?"

Jiang Jiangong stopped suddenly, and Chen Hong was caught off guard and almost bumped into him.

Jiang Jiangong looked at Chen Hong with sharp eyes, which made Chen Hong feel uncomfortable.

"Have you forgotten the rules I just taught you?" Jiang Jiangong said sternly, "You must report before asking questions, and you can only ask after I allow you to. Also, you are not allowed to call me brother. My rank is higher than yours, what should you call me? Repeat according to the rules."

Chen Hong quickly stood up and said, "Commander Jiang! I have a question!"

"Say!"

"Why can't I see any palace maids or eunuchs in the palace?"

"That's a very good question!" Jiang Jiangong's eyes flashed with enthusiasm, and he said in an excited tone: "In the past, there were more than 3000 eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. Your Highness thought that this was a huge waste of manpower. Your Highness also believed that these eunuchs and palace maids were miserable people like us and were also part of our Chinese nation, so he specially found teachers to train them in various skills. Now most of them have learned a skill and work in the palace's industry, starting their new life."

"There are only about 300 eunuchs and maids left in the palace. They are conservative and don't want to make changes or embrace a new life. Your Highness has respected their wishes."

Chen Hong was stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect this to be the result. King Jing was such a strange person.

They soon arrived at a place with a sign that said "Logistics Department". After Jiang Jiangong asked about his height and weight, he gave him three sets of dark green clothes.

"You can only wear these sets of clothes in formal occasions in the future." Jiang Jiangong looked at the brocade robe on Chen Hong with contempt, "You can put these brocade clothes at the bottom of the box in the future."

After receiving his clothes, Jiang Jiangong took him to a room and told him that this was his dormitory. He also told him that it was a double room and that his roommate had not returned yet.

The decoration in the dormitory is as simple as ever, without too many decorations, and only some daily necessities are placed on the surface.

This shocked Chen Hong again. He was the only son of the eldest branch of the Chen family in Fujian. The total amount of business between the Jingwang Mansion and the Chen family must have exceeded one million taels of silver each year. He was allowed to live in such a simple room, a double room, and not even a single room. Chen Hong felt that the Jingwang was a strange person. Although he was a hostage, there was no need to treat him so harshly.

However, he only dared to keep this thought in his mind. He quickly took off his brocade robe in the dormitory and changed into the clothes he had received.

Although the style of this dress looks strange, the fabric is quite good, it is very comfortable to wear, and it does not affect movement at all.

Although there was no bronze mirror, Chen Hong knew that he must have become very handsome and neat now.

Then Jiang Jiangong took Chen Hong to the cafeteria to eat. Each of them lined up with a plate to get food, which made him feel very fresh. Standing in the line wearing a dark green uniform made him feel like one with the group.

He could now tell each person's rank based on the insignia on their uniforms. What surprised him was that people of higher ranks did not rely on their rank to skip the queue or cut in line. Jiang Jiangong, who was of higher rank than him, was queuing behind him, and he also saw people of higher rank queuing behind him.

This gave him a strange feeling.

The team moved forward very quickly and soon it was his turn to get food. There weren't too many varieties of food (from Chen Hong's perspective, but there were actually quite a lot), but the food looked pretty good.

The food was prepared quickly. He was already starving, so he and Jiang Jiangong found a seat and sat down, and began to eat impatiently.

He did not have high expectations for the meals at first, because his biggest impression after arriving at the Prince of Jing's Mansion was its simplicity, and the meals were not the delicacies he usually ate, and the ingredients were rather ordinary.

But as soon as the food entered his mouth, he felt it was special, because the food was rich in oil and spices, and the combination of the spices seemed somewhat novel to him.

He soon stopped thinking about these things and started to eat voraciously. However, he still picked out the side dishes he didn't like according to the habit at home. After he was full, he suddenly realized that he had eaten a lot more than he did at home.

"Eat it all!" Jiang Jiangong's voice suddenly came to Chen Hong's ears.

He looked up and found Jiang Jiangong looking at him very seriously.

He wanted to refuse this request, but when he looked at Jiang Jiangong's plate, he found that all the food had been eaten.

He turned around and looked at the other people around him and found that they were the same. He began to feel uneasy. For the first time, he felt that it was wrong not to finish the food in the bowl.

He forced himself to finish his plate.

When he looked at Jiang Jiangong again, he saw that Jiang Jiangong had a satisfied look on his face.

"We must cherish food!" Jiang Jiangong said, and then he picked up the rice that Chen Hong had spilled on the table, and then put it into his mouth and ate it, without any shyness. "There are still many people in Daming who are hungry now, we can't waste it."

Chen Hong stared at Jiang Jiangong blankly, nodded woodenly, and felt a little shocked.

After dinner, Chen Hong returned to the dormitory and found that another roommate had already returned.

(End of this chapter)