Small update to v7c86, The Rising of a Dragon (Patreon)

I have fixed the following Jin POV to make things more clear about the food selection and food stalls, and hopefully not break immersion like some people commented. It doesn't really change much, just hopefully explains things better.From Jin's POV in the chapter:The bounty of the Grass Sea was on full display. They had braised bison soup that was utterly delicious, sweet and sour river fish, preserved clams from the coast not too far away, and somebody wearing the clothes of the Grand Ravine had made entire ripperbeaks into what looked like a kind of shawarma, served atop rice and with a side of some kind of tomato and lentil soup—both being native to the Grand Ravine and south western Azure Hills, and why the Lord Magistrate had been able to get the tomatoes for me a few years back. It had still been one hell of a journey though. We were three thousand four hundred li from home—which was sixteen hundred kilometers. Thank the heavens for being able to run as fast as a car, or this journey never would have happened.

On the other side of the street was apparently a newer addition: a bunch of stalls from Yellow Rock Plateau, the province I had gotten the potatoes, corn, and avocados—or rather alligator pears from.

The food almost looked Mexican, but run though a Chinese filter. One person was selling corn tortilla burrito-taco things, complete with something almost guacamole. The burritos were heavy on the rice, but not bad—they also had steamed fish wrapped in corn leaves, and several stews that kind of tasted like things I remembered. There were roasted and fried potatoes, and somebody had clearly stolen the Jolly Fatty’s idea to fry them in duck fat. 

I actually got to chatting with one of the stall owners about things, and he had some rather shocking revelations.

“Oh, yeah, we didn’t used to bring this stuff down here; my pa said the people here turned their noses up whenever he started eating his lunch. Said it was too strange. But then the Azure Jade Trading Company started buying up everything, and I mean everything. They say some big noble loves the food from the Plateau, and only the most refined people eat earth apples.” The stall owner snorted at the joke. “Now the Trading Company is buying in bulk, and everyone wants to try.” The man smiled at his box, full of coins. “The Heaven’s blessing on whoever that rich boy was, he has good taste! Our food is the best in the Empire!”

I tried very hard to keep my face neutral, because that rich boy was me. I had accidentally helped kickstart this entire thing.

Which was real weird to think about… but hey, the food was good.======

Now I shall continue my break! I just really got the urge to fix this one.