The place where the Tibetan mission stayed.

The door of the house is closed, and it is cut off from the bustling Luoyang neighborhood.

In the front hall, Princess Saimaga sat on the couch, she took off her felt hat, revealing her black braids, which were wrapped with dozens of various gems, colorful and colorful, like stars in the sky.

The Tibetan envoys such as Gardonzan also sat down in the front hall, while the Tibetan warriors guarded the door of the house and guarded the walls of the house.

They were talking in twos and threes, all praising the prosperity and beauty of Luoyang, compared to this, their capital city of Pibocheng was not even as lively as a fang market.

Princess Saimaga sat there, and her own Tibetan maidservants offered her butter tea and tsamba.

"Don't want butter tea and barley glutinous rice, this is Luoyang, Middle Earth, in the future, I will use the etiquette of the Han people and adapt to their living habits, Dongzan, what do Luoyang people usually eat?"

Although Gardonzan has come to the Central Plains for the second time, the last time he came to the Central Plains, the result was really bad, he was sent to Chang'an, and finally he was thrown to Zhongnan Mountain to burn charcoal and burn charcoal for a period of time as a charcoal slave.

"Princess, why don't I find someone to inquire."

"Go ahead."

This house is arranged by Honglu Temple, there are cooks, slaves and other cadres, etc., Dongzan went to the back kitchen to inquire, and then he also roughly understood some, and came back to report, "The nobles of Middle Earth eat a lot of styles, very rich, in the morning there are those who drink millet porridge, there are also those who eat steamed cakes, and there are those who eat flax pancakes, and there are steamed buns, ······steamed buns, etc., steamed buns, steamed buns, steamed buns, etc."

The princess was amazed, "What are these?" ”

"These are just all kinds of breakfasts, the lunch and dinner of the nobles of Middle-earth are more sumptuous, it is said that last month there was a minister to pay a visit to the prime minister, he set up a roast tail banquet to entertain the emperor, invited the chef of the best restaurant in Luoyang City, made one hundred and eight dishes, extremely luxurious, and before the feast, there is also a dish, carved with fruits and vegetables, etc., carved one hundred and eight fairies, all like real people, lifelike."

When the princess heard this, she could not imagine what such a feast would be like.

"What kind of banquet is the roasted tail feast, and why is the emperor invited to the feast?"

"It is said that the status of the nobles of the Central Plains has suddenly risen, like a tiger becoming a human, and the tail is still there, so the tail is still burned, so the official is promoted, and the tail banquet is held to celebrate the renewal and promotion, and at the same time thank the emperor and invite colleagues."

"However, it is said that because the roasted tail banquet is too extravagant, the officials have become a trend, and there are more and more dishes for the roasted tail feast, which are more and more expensive, so the emperor has issued an edict prohibiting such luxurious roasted tail feasts, stipulating that if officials are promoted to a banquet, only three or five tables of relatives and friends are allowed, and the dishes shall not exceed eight."

"Does the Emperor of the Central Plains even have to take care of this?" The princess was unexpected.

"If the princess wants to eat, I can find a cook to cook a roast feast." Dongzan himself would like to see it.

The princess did not refuse.

Gardonzan went directly to the officials of Honglu Temple, and after listening to this request, he did not refuse, and instructed him to find the restaurant that had held a tail-burning banquet for several officials.

When I arrived at the restaurant in Beishi, when the other party heard this request, he said that it was very simple, whether it was made on the spot or directly here, but the price was not too cheap.

The restaurant even has several set menus for roast tail feasts, the lowest one is fifty-eight dishes, the highest one is one hundred and eight dishes, you can choose, there are cold dishes, barbecue, and hot stir-fry, in addition to soup, desserts, and pastries are also readily available.

"How many guests?" The shopkeeper asked.

"My master wants to try it."

"In this way, then you have found the right place, I suggest that you can pick these fifty-eight dishes first, you can't eat all the dishes if there are too few people. Next time there are more people, you can pick other ones. ”

"What are the fifty-eight dishes?"

"Rest assured, the guarantee is rich, the color and fragrance are a must, I will briefly report it, the cold dishes have Wuxing and the bream..."

"What's this?"

"It's a cold dish made of sashimi, and the fish fillet is made with ice sculptures, and it looks like a nine-day fairy."

Gardongzan shook his head again and again, "Our Tibetan Sibuye royal family doesn't eat fish. ”

The Tibetan royal family started in the Yalong River Valley, the first called the Yak Department, and later unified the Six Yak Division, continued to expand to the south of the mountain, and finally unified the Shannan, and then conquered the Tibetan region, their tradition, that the lake is sacred and pure, and the fish in the lake, that is a spiritual thing, can not be eaten.

Although the royal family also marries other tribes, and often marries tribes that still eat fish, their royal family resolutely refuses to eat it.

"In this way, then you will miss a good dish, our hot stir-fry is also quite famous, such as the Qianxun sauce, the barbecue has golden bell grill, bright shrimp grill, etc., and for example, the dim sum called Guifei Red in our store is a refined flavored red pastry dim sum, this dim sum is personally researched by Li Guifei in the palace and made for the saint to eat. There is also sweet snow, fried with honey and noodles. White Dragon, it's mandarin fish shreds, oh, you don't eat fish, this can be changed. There is also a snow baby, which is wrapped in bean flour with frog meat and served in a hot pot. The Yellow Queen Mother's rice bowl is made with meat and eggs······"

"In addition, there are Jushengnu, Brahmin light and high noodles, Han Palace chess, Changsheng porridge, single-cage golden crisp, mando-like bidgets, Tonghua soft beef intestines, white dragon yao, sheepskin filigree, fairy belly, small heavenly crisp, chopper spring, cross-door incense ······"

Gardonzan had learned Chinese from the Han people who had been exiled to Tibet, learned Chinese characters, and collected some Han classics, but there was no such food description in the book.

While reporting the name of the dish, the shopkeeper briefly described the dishes, and Gal Dongzan listened to it, and the corners of his mouth actually drooled. When he came back to his senses, saliva dripped onto the placket of his clothes, and he couldn't help but be very embarrassed.

"Okay, I want this fifty-eight dishes, but all the fish dishes should be replaced with other dishes. The dishes that are changed must be as beautiful as those dishes. ”

"Don't worry, the craftsmanship of our store is one of the best in the entire Luoyang City, how many princes and nobles have come to our store to order food and ask for cooking. Do you want to make it at your doorstep, or do you want to do it here and send it over? ”

"Is it convenient to do it in the past?"

"Convenient, of course convenient, that is, we have to send someone over and add money."

"Money is not a problem. ”

The shopkeeper's smile is very bright, they have good craftsmanship here, and the fee is naturally high, generally even if two or three people come to eat, just order a few small dishes, and a meal will cost two or three times, and if this Tubo person orders a table of roast tail banquet, it is not always two, it is one or two hundred.

In addition, the price is still high.

"The little old guest officer is also the envoy of my vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, this is the New Year's Day, and the little old man will give you a discount, a fifty-eight-course roast tail banquet package, made on the door, ingredients and tableware are all included, and the benefits are 580 yuan, do you think you should pay cash, or go to the gold and silver shop to cash, or go to the bank to issue a bill?"

Gardonzan had already touched the money bag in his hand, and was about to take a piece of silver to pay, but when he heard that it would cost five hundred and eighty yuan, his hand couldn't help but freeze, even if he settled the bill with gold, he would have to pay more than four catties of gold.

I wanted to ask why it was so expensive, but seeing that the shopkeeper was dressed in silk and smiling, Gardonzan couldn't say anything anymore.

"When I get there, can I settle the bill with gold?"

When the shopkeeper heard that the payment was made in gold, he was full of smiles at the moment, "Of course you can, I will invite someone from the money bank to come over to check the gold fineness when the time comes, and it must be calculated according to the highest price of today's water brand, if you use my Daqin's gold dragon coin, it will be more convenient." ”

"It's our gold ingots in Tibet."

"It's okay, we asked someone from the gold shop to come and check the condition, and there will be no extra charge. Do you only book one table, and what about the rest of your mission? ”

Gar thought about it, he couldn't just eat the roast tail banquet for the princess, the others just watched it, but it was too expensive to order it again, "I don't have three hundred people over there, but don't burn the tail feast, can you simply get a few tables of dishes?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Of course you can, in this way, the standard of one person, I will rush it out for you and send it, how about four dishes and one soup per person, two meat and two vegetables?" ”

"Yes, no fish."

"Come on, let's go over and settle the bill then?"

"Hmm."

After eating eight hundred and eighty pounds of one meal, Gardonzan felt that Daqin was very unfriendly.