"Cut a piece and taste it!"

Chen Xu asked the chef of the Hou Mansion to cut the largest piece, which should be the super big five-kernel mooncake that Xing'er made first.

Sure enough, as the chef cut the mooncakes, revealing the nuts such as dried apricots and plums, a rich and sweet flavor filled the entire kitchen.

"Master Hou, you try it first!"

In the sound of swallowing saliva, the chef personally handed a small piece of a fork to Chen Xu with a flattering face.

"Hmm~ delicious, fragrant and sweet, choose a few and send them to the restaurant for a few ladies to taste, and the rest will be cut and eaten by everyone to taste the fresh......" nodded again and again while eating.

"Oh, thank you, Master Hou!"

The kitchen instantly resounded with a burst of enthusiastic cheers, a kitchen worker selected a few pieces of good quality and sent them to the restaurant, and the rest were all cut into small pieces, and the hundreds of onlookers each got a small piece, and each one carefully held the moon cake with both hands and licked and bit it carefully.

The food made by Hou Ye can only taste fresh every time, and it is impossible to eat well if you want to eat well.

But this is this small piece of moon cake, which can also be taken out to show off for a long time, so that those low-level slaves will drool with envy for a few days, and it can even be used to seduce a little servant to have a good time at night.

Chen Xu came to the restaurant again and found that two or three hundred mooncakes had been densely packed on the table, large and small, but these mooncakes were all neatly placed on several different boards according to different sizes and styles.

At this time, a group of people in the restaurant have also begun to taste moon cakes, and each person eats a small piece with a smile.

"Brother, come and eat, the meat filling is the most delicious!" Seeing Chen Xu coming in, Xing'er yelled while eating.

"Hey, the minced meat is the worst!" Chen Xu pursed his lips disdainfully and picked up a piece of osmanthus bean paste filling.

As a moon cake, he only eats sweet and delicious, in addition to the five kernels, lotus paste and bean paste are also acceptable, and even the egg yolk can also be tried, but Chen Xu, who has the taste of bacon and ham, stays away.

This is a moon cake, it's not a bun meatloaf, why do you have to make it into a meat filling, the moon cake should be sweet, and all the taste of sesame pepper salt is heretical.

"Brother Xiaoxu is right, I love to eat five kernels!" Yu Ji's little face was full of crumbs.

"The best in the bean paste!" Meng Wan said.

"The pickled duck egg yolk is the most fragrant!" Ying Shiyan also spoke.

"Osmanthus is delicious!" The water tasted softly and nodded its head.

"Master Hou, in fact, every kind of moon cake is delicious?" Fan Caiying gently helped Chen Xu sit down.

"It seems that everyone's taste is different, but luckily I prepared several different fillings this time!" Chen Xu smiled proudly.

A few pieces of mooncakes were quickly eaten, Chen Xu instructed the kitchen to take the finished mooncakes and continue to bake, and then instructed the housekeeper to prepare some dim sum boxes for the mooncakes.

The day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon cakes prepared in advance will naturally be tasted by the emperor and several imperial concubines, and there are four wives at the moment, and they can't favor one over the other, Meng Yi and Shui's Fan, as well as their own father and mother are far away in Qinghe Town, although the festival is definitely over when sent back, but this heart still needs to be expressed, and this newly invented dim sum is sent to them to taste.

In the afternoon of the same day, more than 20 boxes of hot and freshly baked moon cakes were packed, some of which were arranged for the guards and servants in the palace to be sent to Wancheng quickly, and sent two boxes to Shui's, Fan's, Daddy and Mom, Niu Dashi, and the rest of the various flavors were also packed, and the next morning Chen Xu took Ying Shiyan and Chen Xi to the palace to meet Qin Shihuang and Concubine Yun, and sent ten boxes of moon cakes, and by the way, he also sent a small jar of sesame oil.

For this fragrant and delicious new dim sum sent by Chen Xu, Qin Shi Huang liked it very much, and after tasting a piece of everything next to each other, he asked the imperial dining room to send one or two pieces to his favorite concubines, as for the remaining concubines and palace maids, it was too big for the harem and too many people, and many women had not seen it since they snatched it back.

"Aiqing really deserves to be a master of food, this mooncake is really delicious!" In the imperial garden, the two of them were walking, and Qin Shi Huang was holding a piece of moon cake in his hand to taste and praise.

"This moon cake indicates the meaning of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, and the minister makes this thing in the hope that the people of the world can have a family reunion and happiness and health in the mid-autumn harvest!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Well, this implication is far-reaching, the moon is full in mid-autumn, there are rituals to worship the moon god since ancient times, in recent years, Aiqing has tried his best to implement various reforms, whether it is the court or the people, it is a sign of prosperity, and has successively destroyed the Huns Donghu to conquer the Yueshi, Daqin has a prosperous state, I am very pleased, the day after tomorrow in mid-autumn, I want to offer some moon cakes to the ancestors of Taimiao, so that the ancestors of Daqin know that I have not embarrassed them......" The emperor slowly tasted the moon cakes and nodded.

"Your Majesty, now that the Xiang traitors have been pacified, and the Western Regions have been forging ahead under the command of General Meng, the surrounding Ningjing is peaceful and peaceful, the grain is abundant every year, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment.

Festivals, inherited from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, are the celebrations of the nobles and kings of the common people, but for the common people, the meaning and atmosphere of the festival are not strong, and to hold a grand ceremony for all the people to enjoy together, and fix it, which will make the people have more opportunities to relax, with a lively festival to set off the atmosphere, the people for the country and the nation to have a greater sense of identity and belonging.

"Aiqing's proposal is good, it is indeed a celebration to be happy with the people, but in addition to the sacrificial ceremony, there must be some lively activities, since Aiqing said it, do you have any good suggestions?" Qin Shi Huang walked to a stone bench and sat down and nodded.

"As long as Your Majesty agrees, the minister will naturally make proper arrangements, and on the night of the full moon in mid-autumn, you can set off fireworks and hang colorful flags and lion dances to celebrate, and the minister also invented a blessing lantern, when the time comes, Your Majesty and all the princesses and princesses can personally write a blessing on the lantern, and release these lanterns into the sky, in order to pray for the gods to bless me with the peace of the Great Qin Kingdom and the people!"

"There's even a lantern that can take off?" Qin Shi Huang was surprised and interested.

"Yes, this lantern is easy to make, just use some light silk, and when the time comes, it will be very beautiful to fly in the square at night!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Haha, good, good, Aiqing really has a lot of wonderful ideas, this matter will be handled by Aiqing, on the night of the full moon in mid-autumn, I look forward to Aiqing's light show, and I will definitely lead a few concubines and princesses to release the sky lantern to pray for the people and have fun!" Qin Shi Huang happily held Chen Xu's hand and smiled from ear to ear.

"Yes, the minister will arrange it later, and he will definitely not disappoint His Majesty and the millions of people in Xianyang!"

Half an hour later, Chen Xu left the palace, and after returning to the mansion, he took Meng Wan to visit Meng Yi's mansion with a few boxes of moon cakes, and at the same time told the emperor that the emperor was going to set off fireworks and lights on the night of mid-autumn.

And when Chen Xu visited Mengyi's mansion, an edict to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival came out of the palace, so that the three provinces, six ministries, and government offices should hang colorful flags and lanterns, and also let the lieutenant's mansion inform the people in the city that there is no curfew on the night of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the people are allowed to hang colorful flags and lanterns at the door of their homes and commercial houses, and the gods and thunder fireworks and flying blessing lanterns will be set off that night, and the emperor will also lead many imperial concubines and princesses to parade through Xianyang Central Street to have fun with the people.

As soon as the news came out, the whole Xianyang was very lively, a large number of civilians and businessmen began to prepare, and began to clean the courtyard and hang lanterns at the door of the house, this kind of festival celebration of all the people had never been done before, even after the conquest of the Xiongnu and Donghu three years ago, the city set off the fireworks, it was only an official act, the people just followed to see a fireworks, not to talk about the festival celebration, and this time the emperor decreed to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival, the night does not go out and the people are happy, this is a real festival celebrated by the whole world.

After Chen Xu visited the two fathers-in-law, he went straight to the Faculty of Letters, asked the Faculty of Letters to prepare some simple lantern riddles, and also took out more than 10,000 yuan, and placed the money in the lanterns with lantern riddles written at that time.

The time is only two days and it seems to be extremely urgent, but Chen Xu's identity is now very different, the identity of the left minister issued any order, the government will almost move quickly, and by the next night, the whole Xianyang looks very different, not only the houses and shops have a new look, but even the buses running all over the city are painted with blessings such as happy Mid-Autumn Festival and good moon.

As the initiator, Chen Xu naturally worked harder, and asked the craftsmen in the house to make more than 100 large red lanterns, which were hung on the street at the entrance of the Hou Mansion and Qinghe Garden, and the colored flags were also planted in a row, which brought out the festive atmosphere at once.