At this time, the French envoy had arrived in Rotterdam.

Not only that, the Spanish messenger has arrived.

The war in the entire northern province suddenly stopped, and all the military and horses faded away like a tide.

Peace is what people desire, but this sudden peace obviously makes all the Dutch feel the first thing they do to feel is extreme discomfort.

The rationing system began to be gradually abolished.

The former market began to be rebuilt.

Those who have experienced a long war stood on the street full of broken walls with a blank expression on their faces, looking at everything in front of them as if they were in a dream, feeling very unreal.

After six years of tragic war, people seem to have become unfamiliar with peace.

Even the slight noise still made them nervous.

But soon, the soldiers of the First Army appeared on the streets and began to maintain a new order.

Immediately afterwards... Wang Xizuo issued many decrees and began to restore the peace of the street.

All the original militias were disbanded.

And... began to issue scattered currencies to them.

Of course, this currency is still the Daming Baochao.

People look at the pieces of paper in their hands and feel real, but they look funny.

Is this thing useful?

Fortunately... the first batch of canned food has begun to appear on the market.

This was originally a supply to the fleet, if it was logged in as the first batch of materials.

And...only, treasure money is allowed to be purchased.

In this way... these are worthless pieces of paper, which suddenly makes people realize...it seems...it is not without value!

Canned food is actually not wonderful in the minds of sailors, and it can even be said to be like pig food.

You know, they have been at sea for more than half a year, and the main food they eat is canned food. Now they would rather eat black bread like wood chips than taste this canned food.

Therefore...a large amount of canned food began to be directly supplied to the northern provinces.

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When Joseph was born, the war in the Northern Province began.

Over the past six years, he has experienced this war that has swept the entire northern province in a daze, and every hungry day he has passed by the war!

Since childhood... his father rarely went home. In the northern province, his father had already broken up with the Spanish in the lowlands with the infantry regiment. So he ambushed nearby Spaniards from time to time on the French border. Once the Spanish attacked a large scale, he immediately retreated into the dense forest of France.

When his father returned home, little Joseph looked at his father. The man with a yellow face had deep cheeks sunken in his cheeks, his eyes were covered with bloodshot, and his waist was a shabby sheath of sheepskin scabbard. His clothes were like strips of cloth, and there was no trace of military uniform.

What attracted him was that his father was carrying a bag on his thin body, which contained a pile of paper money. It was twenty taels of silver. In addition, it was some of the coal that he had picked up.

He put the coal into the basin, first lit the fire-induced object, and then ignited the coal, and raised a hint of warmth!

It’s really cold in winter in Northern Province.

My father's face was cold, like all veterans, and he looked like he was not close to him.

It seemed...he had forgotten how to smile.

At this time, my mother talked about the difficulties at home over the years. All the people who could be sold were sold. In order to supply military cannons, there was almost no iron tool at home. A horse in the home was requisitioned. So far, the Governor's Office has no intention of returning it.

My father just listened silently and said nothing.

Little Joseph relied on charcoal fire and felt drowsy and hungry.

My mother sought some vegetable soup and let him eat it.

There is no food at home.

Winter has also arrived.

It seems that there is no difference between the war or not for Joseph, the young!

Early the next morning, my father left, still indifferent and silent, with his shriveled lips, and only clicked on the forehead of little Joseph, then packed up his things and went out.

As usual... at this time, my mother was bitter again and began to complain.

How difficult the days are, men never care about the things at home, cursing how cold this winter is. Or, they have hot yesterday's vegetable soup and complain about the loss of rations, but they don't know what else to eat in the future.

Little Joseph covered the blanket and was drowsy. He was extremely hungry, but... it seemed like this was his life since he was born. Although he was hungry, it was also the most common day.

It's late at night.

The wind outside was as whimpering as usual, whimpering at the broken wooden door!

But today is obviously different from usual!

Slammed, the door was pushed open!

My mother got up and couldn't bear to light the light, but fortunately she heard her husband's voice.

Little Joseph had no feeling about his father, as if... his father was just a noun, and he continued to curl up in the blanket and pretend to sleep!

In fact, it would save him some effort to move less, and it seemed that the feeling of hunger could be much lighter!

Then, the father seemed to whisper something, and then the light actually turned on.

Before he could understand the situation, his father took little Joseph out of the blanket.

This time when I came back, my father's face became much gentler.

His worn outfit seemed to be a little different. He tied a red silk to his arm, which was particularly bright.

My father took little Joseph down by the charcoal fire. He was taciturn and began to speak: "Under the Governor's Office, a team of servants are needed. My old boss decided to let me go to the constable and get two taels of silver a month."

As he said that, he took out a can of glass from the cloth bag he brought out this morning.

"This is bought on the market, thirty-seven copper coins."

As he said that, there was a rolling sound of saliva between his throat: "This is brought by our fleet, which has defeated the swelling Spanish..."

He continued to mumble, saying something Little Joseph didn't understand: "Now, the Northern Province is in the emperor's direct jurisdiction, and we are now loyal to His Majesty the Emperor..."

As he said, he used a dagger to pry open the glass can.

Suddenly, the sleepy little Joseph was cheered up.

Because he smelled a strong smell of meat!

So, my eyes stared at the can.

My father's iceberg-like face seemed to melt a little suddenly at this moment, and a smile appeared.

Immediately afterwards, his thick hands touched the chaotic head on little Joseph's head.

"This thing is called canned...it is supplied by His Majesty the Emperor."

After saying that, he took the iron spoon and gently scooped some on the top of the glass bottle. His father's bloodshot eyes were staring at the black stuff on the spoon!

My mother had come up and looked carefully, as if she was guessing the ingredients of this food.

My father did not rush to eat, but carefully placed the spoon on the charcoal fire, as if he wanted to warm the food in the spoon.

While looking at the things in the spoon, he sighed: "It took His Majesty the Emperor to defeat the Spaniards in just a few hours and have won us eternal peace..."

After the food on the spoon became warmer, my father picked up the spoon and gently dipped it in the spoon between his fingers, and then put his fingers into his mouth to suck it.

This is the first time this man has eaten canned food.

In the morning, he bought the can and kept it close to his body. Even if he was hungry and uncomfortable in his stomach at noon and afternoon, he would not take it out and take it for a bite.

He was used to hunger and kept these cans and wanted to take them home!

Now, although I just dipped some meat sauce into my fingers and put them in my mouth, my whole body... it seemed to be crispy, and it seemed like I was warm!

Little Joseph swallowed the meat sauce in the spoon!

In this mouth... a strange smell of meat and the unique taste of the sauce immediately made little Joseph feel surrounded by candied fruit.

What he was chewing in his mouth...is beef...

The beef was uniquely chewy, so that Joseph did not dare to swallow, but repeatedly placed it in the root of his teeth.

Too...so wonderful.

There seems to be no such magical thing in the world that can make little Joseph feel that there is such a warmth in the world.

So... the first spoon, the second spoon.

The family sat around here, with only the sound of chewing and swallowing.

Joseph Little felt the taste of happiness for the first time.

He looked at his father intimately. His father ate less and only liked to dip his fingers in the meat sauce. The large pieces of beef in the can were delivered to the little Joseph's mouth.

Halfway through eating, little Joseph felt more and more hungry.

Suddenly, the spoon in my father's hand became a little unstable, and a few drops of meat sauce fell to the ground.
To be continued...