At this time, a steward in the yamen announced outside the door, saying that Lord Zhu had already prepared wine and food, and invited the prince and the two pavilion leaders to move to the Golden Building for the banquet.

The Caoyun Yamen is not far from the wharf, and the Golden Building is on a protruding mound outside the Caoyun Yamen.

Of course, the golden building cannot be built with real gold, but because the walls and pillar bases outside the building are painted with a layer of gold paint.

And because the terrain of the Golden Building is slightly higher than that next to it, the view from the Golden Building is excellent, and you can overlook the entire wharf and Yangzhou City behind it.

Yang Huairen was surrounded and climbed the Golden Tower, Yang Huairen looked at the railing from afar, the east was the Taotao Canal, and the big official ship he took docked on the dock was particularly conspicuous.

Below the Golden Floor is a lush bamboo forest, and below is a busy people, which can be described as full of life.

Looking back at the west, it is the bustling Yangzhou City, the architectural style of Yangzhou City is very representative, and compared with the square and atmosphere in Tokyo City, Yangzhou is more graceful and delicate, which makes people unconsciously feel fascinated.

Although I didn't see the legendary "Twenty-four Bridges Bright Moon Night", I could still feel the prosperity and wealth of Yangzhou during the day.

There is a large round table on the highest place on the fourth floor, but there are only six people attending the banquet, it seems that Zhao Xianqiu is still very well arranged, the big table of ten people only sits six people, and the officials who are a little worse can't go directly to the main banquet.

Yang Huairen naturally sat in the main seat, and the rest followed the same as when Caoyun Yamen, Zhao Xianqiu and Tong Guan were in the position of the main and deputy escorts, and Zhu Runqing, He Changbao and Li Wenxue were in the first place in turn.

There were already wine and dishes on the table, and Yang Huairen took a general look, just some normal official dishes, not Yangzhou special dishes, and he was a little disappointed.

Zhao Xianqiu observed the subtleties, and naturally noticed the strangeness in Yang Huairen's expression, he personally poured wine for Yang Huairen, while explaining, "The prince is not strange, Lord Zhu, they are afraid that the prince will not be used to eating the dishes of the south, so first let the cooks of the Golden Building prepare some official dishes."

In fact, Yangzhou cuisine is also deeply influenced by northern cuisine, and integrated into the local characteristics of Yangzhou, which is unique in Huaiyang cuisine, and the most distinctive is four famous dishes. ”

Talking about food, Yang Huairen Yang Huairen became interested, "The four famous dishes of Yangzhou, Zhao Geling said to listen to it." ”

Zhao Xianqiu smashed his mouth and said with a smile, "Our family has prepared it for the prince, and I will invite the prince to taste it one by one later." First of all, please ask the prince to taste Yangzhou's famous wine Yuting Spring. ”

After raising a toast, Yang Huairen also raised his glass and signaled to everyone before drinking it in his mouth.

"Well, this wine is good, soft and timeless, with a hint of green bamboo."

Tong Guan said, "The prince has won the award, and Yutingchun is naturally not as rich and mellow as the Suiyuanchun wine brewed at the prince's house." ”

"Hey," Yang Huairen said, "I can't say that, Suiyuan Spring is rich, Yuting Spring is clear, this king thinks they are all fine wines, not to mention the fine wines in the south of the Yangtze River, all with a delicate temperament." ”

Zhu Runqing introduced at this time, "Yuting Spring Wine is brewed with the first crop of new rice and deep well spring water every year, and after brewing, it is preserved in a bamboo tube, so the wine taste is light, but the taste is clear, and it also has the aroma of green bamboo." ”

Yang Huairen nodded, the wine in the south of the heart is indeed different from the wine in the north, the northerners are the higher the alcohol content, the more they like it, the popular folk soju, although the technology of firing and distillation is not perfect, but it has increased the alcohol content, and it is very popular with the people.

The reason may be because the winter in the north is cold, and you need wine with high alcohol content and strong flavor to keep warm from the cold.

After distilling with the distillation technology brought by Yang Huairen, Sui Yuanchun was re-blended with the puree liquor to enhance the taste, so it appeared to be more alcoholic than the general northern liquor, so it was unanimously praised and recognized by everyone.

In the south, the effect of drinking alcohol from the cold is not so important, so the alcohol content is slightly lower, and the winery that makes wine pays more attention to the purity and aroma of the wine.

Like Yutingchun, which uses rice wine as raw material and uses a bamboo tube to store the wine after the flavor, the taste is light, but the aroma is not light at all.

There are a lot of Jiangnan wines such as Yutingchun, like Shaoxing's rice wine, the alcohol content is not high, only a dozen degrees, but the taste of rice wine is strong because of the brewing process.

There are many similar examples, such as Danyang sealed jar wine, which is also a variety of rice wine with a unique brewing method, which is also not high in alcohol but has a strong aroma, and is also one of the representatives of Jiangnan wine.

The common belief is that southerners are not as good at drinking as northerners, and this may have been true in later generations, but in the Song Dynasty, the people of Jiangnan were no less fond of wine than those of the north.

Especially because Jiangnan is rich in products and grain, the grain and other raw materials that the people can use to make wine are also very rich, and there is even a social atmosphere of home-brewed rice wine.

Although the brewing process is simple and the alcohol content is low, this kind of rice wine made at home does play a very important role in the health of the people as a drink to accompany meals.

Perhaps, the people's preference for wine in Jiangnan has also brewed a simple but not simple drinking temperament.

There are more literati in the Jiangnan generation, not to mention the love of wine for these readers, I don't know how many famous poems and good sentences are brewed when they are half-drunk and slightly drunk.

Less leaning, there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, and four people in chef's clothes walked up, three men and one woman, each holding a tray of porcelain bowls in their hands, and it seemed that the bowl was the four famous dishes of Yangzhou in Zhao Xianqiu's mouth.

The four of them placed the tray in their hands on a small table next to the big table to prepare for serving, lined up one by one, and gave Yang Huairen a salute first.

Yang Huairen said with a smile, "Chefs don't have to be polite, let's still go together, I'm also a cook, haha......"

Zhao Xianqiu stood up and said, "Lord Wang is too humble, your name as a kitchen god has long been well-known in the north and south of the country, how can it be compared with other chefs?"

Today, the four celebrity chefs of the Golden Building knew that the prince was coming, and specially prepared their best four-course dishes for the prince. ”

"I don't dare to suggest, it's okay for everyone to communicate," he pointed to the trays, "What's in the tray is the four famous dishes of Yangzhou that the cabinet leader just said?" ”

Zhao Xianqiu personally brought the four dishes to Yang Huairen and introduced them one by one, "Lord Wang, please see, these are the four famous dishes of Yangzhou, which are Yangzhou lion head, boiled dried shreds, salted duck and steamed buns with crab roe powder." ”