Shengjing roast duck is a famous dish with a world reputation, developed by the Chinese Han people in the Ming Dynasty, and was a court food at that time. The material is high-quality carnivorous duck Huaxia duck, which is roasted by charcoal fire, with ruddy color, fat but not greasy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

It is known as "the world's delicacy" for its red color, delicate meat, mellow taste, fat but not greasy.

In addition to the title of the imperial capital and the capital, Shengjing is also known as the roast duck city, roast duck can be seen everywhere, up to the seven-star hotel that entertains AIA, down to the cart vendors in the streets and alleys, each of which has its unique flavor.

But when it comes to the best roast duck, the roast duck of "Quanjude" is definitely one of the best.

"Quanjude", founded in 1864 (the third year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty), has made great progress after several generations of Quanjude people's entrepreneurial struggle. In January 1999, "Quanjude" was recognized as a "well-known trademark" by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, which is the first well-known trademark in China in the service category in China.

"If you don't go to the Great Wall, you are not a hero, and it is a pity not to eat Quanjude roast duck!" In more than 100 years, after continuous innovation and development, Quanjude cuisine has formed a unique Quanjude roast duck as the leader, a set of "whole duck seats" and more than 400 special dishes in one of the Quanjude cuisine, which is loved by heads of state, government officials, people from all walks of life and domestic and foreign tourists, and is known as "the first food in China".

The respected Premier Zhou Enlai has repeatedly selected Quanjude's "All Duck Banquet" as a state banquet, and indirectly promoted Shengjing Roast Duck to the world.

The front store of Quanjude is the origin store of the time-honored brand "Quanjude". After more than 100 years of development, Qianmen Store is unique for its operation of the world-famous Shengjing traditional hanging oven roast duck, the special flavor system of "whole duck seat" and more than 100 innovative dishes, and is known as the "first floor in the world". At the same time, the well-preserved historical relics such as the "old façade wall" of Quanjude in the store show the world the eventful years of the century-old development of "Quanjude". Today, Qianmen has become the best choice for tourists from all over the world to appreciate the Chinese food culture.

With the development of science and technology, Quanjude began to mark every duck sold to prove that the duck was from Quanjude, and beware of other unscrupulous traders.

Quanjude has adopted the new version of the "ID card". The ID card is the size of a postcard, and not only does it say "You are eating the ××th roast duck", but it also has a traceable barcode for customers to "check back" the roast duck information. What's more special is that the design on the back of this "roast duck ID card" imitates a lighting postcard, which naturally has the function of mailing, so Quanjude also began to hold takeaways.

Yang Quanren, the founder of Quanjude, asked a Xiucai named Qian Zilong to inscribe a plaque. This plaque has been hung for more than 150 years. However, many diners did not notice when they came to dine: the German character on the Quanjude plaque was missing. Why is that?

Some people say that at that time, Boss Yang invited Qian Zilong, and the two had a good time, and Yang Quanren learned that Qian Zilong's calligraphy was very good, so he immediately took out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and asked Qian Xiucai to inscribe a word. Because Qian Xiucai drank two more glasses, his spirit was a little trance, and he didn't pay attention, and forgot to write the word "de".

Some people also said that when Yang Quanren started his business, he hired a total of 13 guys, plus himself a total of 14 people. In order to let everyone work with peace of mind and work together, let Qian Xiucai write one less horizontal, indicating that everyone can't have a horizontal knife in their hearts. Hearing this, you may ask rhetorically: Isn't adding a horizontal line more to indicate single-mindedness?

These are, of course, speculations and legends. What is the real reason? It turns out that as early as more than 1,000 years ago, "de" was written like a polyphonic character, which could have one horizontal or no horizontal.

This can be confirmed from the inkblots of famous calligraphers in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

For example, there is no horizontal word for "de" in the imperial book "University Tablet" of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, which is now standing in the Confucius Temple of Guozijian in Beijing; Another example is the Qing Dynasty painter Zheng Banqiao, who lived in the same period as the founding of Quanjude, wrote the word "de", some with a horizontal, and some without a horizontal.

"Delicious!" Chu Long picked up a piece of chopped roast duck meat, dipped it in the sauce, and put it in his mouth, and couldn't help but praise it loudly.

Not only him, Chu Xing picked up a piece of duck meat that didn't even stick to the sauce and put it in his mouth, and before he chewed it a few times, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised it heartily: "It's delicious, it's really delicious, Shengjing roast duck really lives up to its name!" ”

"It's so delicious, how can it be without wine! Come brothers, a toast. Chu Li swallowed a few times, and couldn't wait to pick up the Moutai wine on the table, and quickly twisted the bottle cap to pour wine for everyone.

"Here, do one." Chu Li took the lead in raising his wine glass and shouted.

After hearing his words, everyone raised their glasses and clinked glasses with him merrily.

With a glass of wine in their stomachs, the three brothers of the Chu family picked up the chopsticks again and frantically grabbed the roast duck on the table, for fear that it would not be the same if it was too late.

Lu Xuan just smiled faintly, picked up the chopsticks and picked up the duck meat.

Although he had eaten it many times in Shengjing before, he didn't gobble it up like them, but because he had been away for several months, he didn't eat it, and now that he revisited it, he always felt a strange taste welling up in his heart, and he couldn't help but take a few more pieces.

Quanjude's roast duck is always fat but not greasy for people to never get tired of eating, each duck is carefully made, and it tastes particularly delicious and makes people have endless aftertaste.

After a duck is roasted, it will be sold for a high price of five or six hundred, and in the whole of China, there are only Quanjude in Shengjing, and a few other famous roast duck restaurants that have been circulated for a long time and have been developed and improved by several dynasties.

Quanjude's roast duck is famous all over the world, and even countries often set it up as a state banquet venue to entertain foreign friends.

Here, you can see some foreign friends dining here everywhere, and they are from all over the world.

"Come, have another drink, it's rare to have delicious food, and a few brothers get together, don't get drunk today, I'm really sorry for such a beautiful day!" Chu Long raised his wine glass and shouted.

Lu Xuan smiled and picked up the wine glass and touched it with them, and after the glass was in his stomach, he reminded them: "Take it easy, we will report to the army later." If you're drunk and drunk on the first day, that's not good. ”

"Don't worry, Captain Lu, we all have our own proportions, and we will never report drunk, isn't this looking for abuse?" Chu Li said with a smile.

After listening to their words, Lu Xuan's heart finally let go, if these three guys got drunk on the first day to report, the leader in charge of the change of special forces' powers, what would they think?

If it is passed back, Old Grandpa Chu must not skin him.

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At five o'clock in the evening, Lu Xuan and the three brothers of the Chu family were finally full of wine and food, and they all left Quanjude with a satisfied appearance.

In this meal, they ate a total of ten roast ducks, a box of Moutai, plus other ingredients and meal service fees, almost 20,000 yuan.

Ordinary people come here to eat, three or four people order a duck, and there are only two or three that can be eaten, but Lu Xuan and they directly shot several times that of ordinary people, which made the cashier's eyes widen.

Each of them is a martial artist, and the amount of food cannot be compared with ordinary people, and the energy they consume is much greater than that of ordinary people.

After eating, Lu Xuan and the others hailed a taxi on the side of the road and rushed to the registration point of the Shengjing Military Region.

He originally wanted to get together with a few friends who had some affection for Sheng Jing and had known him for a few years, but he thought that the time was too tight, and tomorrow would be the time for all the special forces to gather, leaving him only a few hours.

In a few hours, in the huge Shengjing City, it can be said that just doing a taxi or two times is enough to make people feel comfortable.

In addition, the traffic jam in Shengjing City is famous all over the world, and the traffic jam can be described as a long queue during the rush hour.

Using an aerial camera to shoot a traffic jam in the air, it is called a spectacular, the car is close to the car, it is really beautiful.

Sometimes it takes only a few kilometers to walk for dozens of minutes, but as soon as you drive out, you can't get low in traffic jams for most of the day, I have to say that this is a kind of sadness!

The existence of a huge city and the imperial capital of China, but the traffic is criticized by people.

With such traffic conditions, it is naturally impossible for Lu Xuan to squeeze out time to see those friends who he hasn't seen for a long time.

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The Shengjing Military Region is one of the seven major military regions of China, with jurisdiction over two cities, two provinces and one autonomous region, with 400,000 troops.

The Shengjing Military Region once had three group armies (the 27th Group Army, the 38th Group Army, and the 65th Group Army), three garrison divisions (the 1st Garrison Division, the 2nd Garrison Division, and the 3rd Garrison Division), and three armed police mobile divisions (the 81st Armed Police Division, the 114th Armed Police Division, and the 187th Armed Police Division). The total strength is about 400,000.

However, Huaxia changed from seven military regions to six, and finally to five combat zones, and the Shengjing Military Region canceled its number and became the Shengjing Garrison to specifically protect the existence of Shengjing.

The Shengjing Military Region has become a garrison, and the number of troops has been reduced to 30,000, but every soldier here is the elite of the special forces.

"Stop!"

"Military priorities, idle people, etc. are not allowed to visit and stay for a long time."

Lu Xuan and the others had just walked five meters away from the door, when they were stopped by the sentry at the door, and warned coldly.

In the face of their obstruction, Lu Xuan just smiled and said to them softly: "We are all soldiers from other places, and we have been dispatched by the superiors to report here. ”

After listening to what they said, the doorman at the door did not change his face, as if there were too many such people during this time, and he had already seen it strange.

One of the guards came over and said coldly, "Please show your ID and be checked." ”

Lu Xuan and the three brothers of the Chu family didn't say much, they all took out their documents and checked them.

It was already seven o'clock in the evening, and it was getting a little darker, and it was time to change shifts outside the door.

At this time, a sturdy and burly middle-aged man walked out with a team of ten people, and said to the guards who were currently standing guard: "Okay brothers, go back and have a good rest, and we will do the rest." ”

"Yes." After hearing this, the doorman on duty hurriedly agreed.

And after checking Lu Xuan, their doorman returned the things and said, "Okay, the documents are fine, you can go in." ”

"Thank you." Lu Xuan said politely, and then said to Chu Long and the others, "Let's go." ”

However, before he had taken a few steps, a very familiar voice came from beside him, shouting, "Captain Lu...... Captain ...... You...... You're back? ”

It was the sturdy middle-aged man who came to change the shift who was the leader of the team, and at this moment he looked at Lu Xuan with excitement, and his excited appearance seemed as if he wanted to rush up and take a few bites.

Lu Xuan also discovered this sturdy middle-aged, his eyes immediately lit up, and he said excitedly: "Haha King, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

This book was first published in Reading Books