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Some people say that China is a society of personal feelings, and Chinese people have good face, and Zhang Chao agrees with this. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Even in the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Tang Dynasty were just as good-looking.

Regardless of whether they have money or not, whether they are nobles or civilians, they all take their faces very seriously. Usually save money, but when it comes to the New Year's holidays, you have to invite guests with wine and food. A lifetime of hard work, but also in the marriage of children, than the dowry.

The Zhang family's life is not bad now, and my father is in a hurry to get up the big house, and the worship ceremony before the cellar is made, and there are hundreds of tables of flowing water seats.

I have to say that although it is a bit extravagant and wasteful, it is indeed very face-saving.

Hundreds of tables of flowing water seats, as well as four lingering four vegetarian dishes, eight bowls and eight plates, the guests who came all gave a thumbs up to praise the Zhang family's magnanimity. When it comes to Bailu Township in the future, Zhangjiagou's old iron gun will inevitably be the newly rising No. 1 rich man.

didn't go around much in Chang'an City, Zhang Chao rushed home early.

Today is the Zhang family's flowing water banquet, and he has a lot of things to do as the host early in the morning, and he has to help greet guests, arrange banquets, etc.

This meal in the morning is a light meal, a welcome meal. Some guests will come, others will not come until noon, but the tables and stools must be set up first, and the dishes and chopsticks must be prepared one by one.

For today's flowing water banquet, the Zhang family invited the women and girls of the whole village to help, and the men of each family also went into battle to help, anyway, these people were also invited by the Zhang family to eat, and they were in the same village, which was equivalent to the Zhang family's clan relatives acting as banquet helpers.

In the morning, the man began to borrow tables and stools and borrow dishes and chopsticks.

In order to gather 100 tables of tables, stools, and chopsticks, the men of the Zhang family not only borrowed dozens of families in Zhangjiagou, but also borrowed several other villages in the Zhang family.

In recent years, ordinary people's homes have not even been able to have an iron pot, and many people still use clay pots at home. The same is true of the dishes, many people have only a few wooden bowls and clay pots at home, and in order to make a hundred tables of dishes, each family has to borrow them. Fortunately, everyone is used to this in these years, and they all take it for granted, whoever wants to hold a happy event and invite a banquet, the tables, stools, dishes and plates are borrowed.

A group of women are in charge of the kitchen today, washing and picking the vegetables they have bought, and cutting them for later use. Some specialize in lighting fires and laying hands.

The position of the chef, Zhang Chao let Xian today, he is the young master of the Zhang family, and he is not suitable to take the position of chef in person today. The position of the chef was arranged by Zhang Chao to the housekeeper's wife Zhou, and her two daughters, the eldest girl and the second girl, can also be regarded as having some true inheritance from Zhang Chao in cooking, so today he is serving as Zhou's assistant.

Zhang Zhou's mother and daughter are in charge of the spoon, but the menu is all prepared by Zhang Chao.

On a few new stoves, all the shelves are specially customized new large iron pots from Chang'an blacksmiths, which are very suitable for frying. Compared to the original pan, it is thinner and easier to heat, and it is also more suitable for stir-frying.

In addition to the wok and the new stove, Zhang Chao also prepared several seasonings for the kitchen in advance, soy sauce extracted from sauce, white sugar and brown sugar refined from sand sugar, as well as processed fine salt, in addition to Zhang Chao's five-spice powder specially made with expensive spices, and thirteen spices.

Zhang Chao is going to use this banquet to test the reaction of the Tang people to real stir-frying.

This meal is mainly pork-based, and according to the menu, Cober and the others have already cut the pork that they killed yesterday. Large pieces of meat, which are prepared for braised pork, chopped ribs one by one, which are prepared for pork ribs stewed with winter melon, and pork ears shredded, which are prepared for cold salad ear shreds.

The women were already kneading the dough, and this morning's staple was knife-cut noodles and millet porridge.

Knife-cut noodles are also Zhang Chao's first start, compared with noodles such as Butuo, knife-cut noodles are also dead noodles food, which does not require too much time to ferment, just wake up noodles. At the same time, the knife-cut noodles are more time-saving, and there is no need to roll the noodles flat and cut into strips, and directly take a thin knife to cut the noodles, which saves trouble and worry, and the knife-cut noodles have a unique taste.

When the sun came out, the nearby villagers who were invited came one after another.

Everyone came in groups of threes and changed into clean clothes.

Daddy also changed into a brand new robe today, wearing black leather boots with a hood, and even a new eye patch. His face had been washed with soap, his beard had been carefully trimmed, and he looked really young, at least ten years younger.

Zhang Chao also changed into a new dress made for him by his sister Lianniang, which was still a jacket with a sandwich, which was filled with silk cotton, and it was very warm to wear.

The father and son stood in front of the village gate and welcomed the guests one by one.

Li Zheng and Muramasa set up a table at the entrance of the village, holding a pen to receive gifts and keep accounts.

"Old man Zhao Zhuang Zhao, give a goat, two hens, and a basket of chickens."

Muramasa received the gift and sang it aloud, while Rimasa took a pen and recorded it. This is also a characteristic of the people of the time, the gift is still exchanged, and the banquet can not be empty-handed, but with a gift. And the main family will also arrange good people to be responsible for receiving gifts and singing.

Everyone is good-looking, and there will be a conventional standard for what kind of banquet to attend, and there is a number of what to give.

However, today, the old man Zhao of Zhaozhuang obviously made a generous move, and actually gave a sheep, two chickens and a basket of eggs.

Old Man Zhao wore a patched and washed white cloth robe, and congratulated his father.

"It's good to come, how can I let you break the bill so much, the uncle is too polite, and the etiquette is serious." Daddy said busily.

"It's nothing, Zhang Yuanwai, you gave us the land rent, changed the rent and lowered the interest, and lent us cattle for free, we don't know how grateful we are. Today, you set up a banquet in the cellar, we can't come empty-handed, a little heart, you must accept it, otherwise we really don't want to go. ”

The tenants of Zhaojiazhuang who planted Zhangjiatian all came, and each family also brought gifts, but no one gave money, and all they gave were their own things. Some people send a sheep, some people send chickens, some people send ducks and geese, and some send some dried dates, but they are all sincere.

"Fifth uncle, please invite everyone in Zhao Zhuang to come in for me and entertain you well." Zhang Chao shouted.

In the morning, this meal is a light meal, and the table will be opened when the guests are full, and they are all eight people per table.

In fact, Zhang Chao originally wanted to have a buffet, but it was still a little too alternative to think about it.

As soon as the guests came, Zhang Chao was overwhelmed.

"San Lang, I heard that your family has prepared eight bowls and eight dishes for the flowing water table, but I came here on an empty stomach, tell me, these eight bowls and eight dishes, what are the delicious dishes, and what fresh dishes are there." Far away, Cheng Yanjin shouted immediately.

Next to Cheng Yanjin, there was a large group of people, all of whom were guests from Chang'an.

Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Niu Jinda, Shan Xiong, Xincheng and other acquaintances, as well as Cui Shanfu, Zheng Shanguo, Zheng Yuanxuan, Zheng Shanyuan, Zheng Yuancong, Zheng Yuanxun and other Zhang Chao's fiancée family and relatives.

In addition to them, Zhang Chao also saw Li Junxian, Chang He, Wu Heimin and others also coming.

In addition, there are several people Zhang Chao doesn't know, who are with the eldest grandson Wuji who he just met in the morning.

Among them, there was a young man who was just dressed in ordinary clothes, but Zhang Chao felt at a glance that this person was by no means simple. He quickly guessed that this person should be Li Shimin.

After all, when he observed, he found that the eldest grandson Wuji was standing very close to him, and several scribes and burly men next to him were also centered on this person, even Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were faintly centered on him.

In his twenties, he is about the same age as himself, the stars hold the moon, and he is so temperamental, except for Li Shimin, the king of Qin, the third person in this empire, Zhang Chao can't think of anyone else.

Li Shimin went to his rural village to eat flowing water banquets, which was really something Zhang Chao didn't expect. But think about Li Shimin in history, he is not an ordinary person, he likes to often go to the front in person even when he fights, and even uses himself as bait, and now he comes to the countryside to have a country banquet, which is nothing.

"Zhang Chao has seen you!"

Qin Qiong did not introduce Li Shimin's true identity, but only told Zhang Chao that those people were colleagues of Qin Wangfu.

There are Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, as well as Tang Jian, Yu Wenshihe, Yu Shinan and other officials of Tiance Mansion, but when Qin Qiong introduced Li Shimin, he only said that he was Qin Cong, who was engaged in Tiance Mansion.

Hearing this name, Zhang Chaoyue was sure that this person was Li Shimin. Qin Cong is obviously a pseudonym. Qin, Li Shimin's title is the king of Qin, and as for Cong, he is Zhong. Uncle Zhong Ji, Zhong is the second, and Li Shimin is not the second in the Li family.

But since they didn't reveal their identities, Zhang Chao didn't need to say it.

At the moment, he only regarded Li Shimin as Qin Cong, who was engaged in Tiance Mansion.

"I heard that I talked about the good food you cooked, even cheap meat can be made delicious, and today is just a break, I will come together to have a meal of wine and rice, and suddenly come, please forgive me." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"You don't dislike my country house, coarse tea and ugly rice, to be able to come, has made me shine, we are too late to be happy, please come in." With so many big people coming, it was like Tiance Mansion organizing a group to eat together, but Zhang Chao had to be very happy.

"We've got a little gift, so please don't dislike it." Li Shimin waved his hand, and the big black man behind him led a carriage.

"A few barrels of water and wine are not a tribute."

Zhang Chao looked at the whole carriage of wine, thinking that this gift was quite heavy. Nowadays, wine is a luxury product, private people are not allowed to brew it, and the official winery does not produce much, so the price of wine is extremely high.

Generally, mid-range wine has to fight thousands of dollars, and Li Shimin directly sent a carriage, at least a thousand catties. Even if it is an ordinary drink, it is estimated that this car of wine will cost dozens of dollars, and if it is a slightly better wine, I am afraid that it will be worth more.

Zhang Chao looked at the car of wine, and then at the extremely ruthless black big man, and guessed in his heart that it was estimated that this big black man was Li Shimin's newly recruited super bodyguard Wei Chi Jingde in the past two years. (To be continued.) )