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Unconsciously, the east side has turned white, and the New Year's Day court meeting has officially kicked off, and the process has not changed at all.

But there are a lot more people, and this scale is definitely the grandest since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

At the end of last year, a series of records from the past to the present made Song Huizong appear in front of everyone with great joy, looking at the ministers below, the dragon face was overjoyed.

On the surface, this is definitely the beginning of the prosperous era, but in fact, under the prosperous era is full of dangers, but people always love to think about the good side, and few people can always maintain the mentality of being prepared for danger in times of peace.

It wasn't until noon that the tedious worship ceremony finally came to an end with the sound of gongs and drums.

In the past, after the ceremony, Song Huizong would ascend to the palace to give a banquet, but this year was different, they had to move to Xiangguo Temple to participate in the banquet carefully prepared by Li Qi.

Time was pressing, and everyone didn't dare to stay longer, so they immediately drove Xiangguo Temple.

On the road, Song Huizong sat on the dragon sword, and the honor guard in front of him opened the way, full of majesty. Suddenly, he saw a crowd of people behind him, as if he was making some small moves, and he was curious, so he shouted, "Liang Aiqing." ”

Liang Shicheng, who had been following him, hurriedly stepped forward and said with a sneer: "What does the emperor have to tell the villain?" ”

Song Huizong's head tilted back slightly, and asked, "What are they doing?" ”

Liang Shicheng said: "Oh, that's the case, Li Qi sent someone to say, but everyone who attends the banquet needs to bring some props on their bodies." ”

Song Huizong was surprised: "Doesn't the props refer to the clothes and utensils used by cultivators?" What do you do with these? ”

Liang Shicheng shook his head and said: "That's not what I mean, according to Li Qi, the props he said are for the banquet." ”

"What's that?"

"It's copper coins."

Song Huizong's eyes widened and said, "Copper coins? Why is that? ”

Liang Shicheng shook his head again and said: "This Li Qi didn't say it, but please rest assured, the emperor has already brought it with the villain." ”

The more Song Huizong listened, the more curious he became, but he didn't ask too much, because he knew Li Qi's character very well. It's a vain question to ask, and I thought, what kind of trick is this kid playing.

This group of people went to Xiangguo Temple in a mighty way.

At this time, Xiangguo Temple is also full of people, after all, this year is the first day of the Lunar New Year, many people are on vacation, come out to play, Xiangguo Temple is naturally the best place, there are really a lot of fun things in it, but it is different from previous years. The area to the northeast is heavily guarded and no one is allowed to enter.

When Song Huizong led hundreds of civil and military officials and envoys from various countries to the innermost street of Xiangguo Temple, after seeing the scene in front of the meeting, everyone was stunned and at a loss.

But seeing that this long street was full of smoke, and some bartenders and traders were busy at the door, although there were bursts of fragrance wafting over, they could not see at all that it looked like a banquet. It's just like a normal street.

They're not here to go shopping, they're here to attend a banquet!

Everyone whispered, and seemed to have a lot of complaints about it, but most of them were curious.

"The emperor has arrived!"

With a sharp throat. I saw Li Qi hurriedly walk out of the middle room, hurriedly greeted him with a group of personnel, and saluted: "Weichen Li Qi sees the emperor." Your Majesty, I'm really sorry. Fang Cai Weichen was cooking, and he couldn't pull out for a while, so he couldn't come out to greet him. Please also ask the emperor to forgive the sin. ”

Song Huizong's face was a little unbearable, and he waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about these first, what did you let me do here?" ”

Li Qi was slightly stunned and said, "Didn't Weichen already say that this year's New Year's Day banquet will be held here." ”

"Here?" Song Huizong pointed his hand inside and said, "How to hold a banquet here?" You're so unreasonable. ”

You're an artist, and you're so rustic about what you say, and you don't have any taste at all. Li Qi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to Weichen's explanations one by one." ”

It's all here, it's too late to change the place, and it's not just for him to slaughter. Song Huizong snorted and said, "Then I want to listen, how do you explain this." ”

Just kidding, my ability to fool is not covered. Li Qi smiled, coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said aloud to everyone: "Your Majesty, colleagues, and my distinguished guests of the Great Song Dynasty, the street you see now will definitely become a famous food street in my Great Song Dynasty and even the world in the future." Why? It's because it has flavors from all over the world. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the crowd.

This tone is a little bigger.

Li Qi smiled and said, "Maybe you don't believe it yet, but I will prove whether what I said is correct later." After a pause, he continued: "You must be very curious at this time, why do I put this important banquet here? There's not even a bit of a banquet here. However, every year's New Year's Day banquet is a tune, aren't you tired of it? Usually, at banquets, the most heard is not the taste of the food, but the communication, but today, the banquet I held is purely based on the food. Forgive Richie for asking you, what do you think is the key to food? ”

Cai You smiled disdainfully and said, "Isn't it just for hunger?" He also piggybacks on the cook to satirize this sentence.

Cai Jing, a great gourmet, shook his head and said, "Not only that, but the key is the deliciousness of the food." ”

Li Qi laughed and said, "What the two of you said is true, but not all. ”

The more interested Song Huizong became when he heard this, he smiled and said, "Oh? In this way, you seem to have a higher insight. ”

"Humble opinion, humble opinion." Li Qi smiled modestly and said: "The British public is right, the most fundamental role of food is to fill the stomach, but the key is to eat, if it is to taste, then it is not only so, we often say that the taste of food, in fact, this is only the lowest level, in fact, food represents not only delicious, it also represents the customs of each place, represents the civilization and culture of each place, and represents the time and place of each place, which shows that food is very broad and profound." ”

Cai You snorted: "Whatever you say, isn't it just a dish." ”

Li Qi shook his head and said: "The difference between the British public and the public, in fact, there is already a distinction between the north and the south in my Great Song Dynasty, to put it simply, the southerners are salty, and the northerners are sweet. Generally speaking, the north is cold, and the dishes are mainly thick and salty; The climate in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is mild, and the dishes are mainly sweet and salty, while the southwest region is rainy and humid, and the dishes are mostly spicy and strong.

As far as the southwest region is concerned, have you ever thought about why pepper grows there, that is, because pepper is spicy enough, numb enough, eating more pepper can force out the moisture of the human body, so people in the southwest region like to eat pepper, they can also bear it, but the climate of the northerners is dry, eat less to add flavor, eat more can not work, a single pepper has been a good interpretation of the southwest of the geographical climate, but also a good illustration of the truth that all things in the world are born and restrain each other, it is precisely because of the rainy and humid southwest region, That's why peppercorns are grown to help protect people from moisture. In addition, there are many cattle and sheep in the north, and beef and mutton are often used for cooking; The south is prolific with aquatic products and poultry, and people like to eat fish and meat; Naturally, seafood is eaten in coastal areas. It is precisely because of this that the Jiangnan people's ability to make fish is far better than that of the northerners, and vice versa, so it is said that you have to go to the north to eat sheep and go to the south to eat fish. In other words, when you mention fish, you will naturally think of Jiangnan and the customs there. Someone once told me that the happiest thing about tasting food is knowing the local customs from the food. ”

Everyone nodded frequently and felt that what Li Qi said made a lot of sense.

Li Qi continued: "There is still a huge difference between the cuisine of the north and the south of my Great Song Dynasty, so what about my Great Song Dynasty and other countries? Needless to say, presumably. In Goryeo, their dishes are light and greasy, and they pursue nature, that is, they like to preserve the original taste of food on a larger scale. Speaking of Japan, their dishes are less oily, because they cherish oil very much, so their dishes are mainly light and fresh, because their country has few plains, animal husbandry can not develop at night, so it is difficult for them to eat pigs, cattle and sheep there, but they are surrounded by the sea, so they are mainly seafood. They also have their own beliefs, and they respect their beliefs very much, so they don't eat many livestock, and he thinks that these are evil things, stolen goods, and this is the characteristic of their diet. Then there was the Byzantium, the most famous of which was probably olive oil. ”

After these words, those envoys were all stunned.

After a while, one of them suddenly shouted, "Well said, really good." ”

It was Muhammad who spoke, and he stood up and said with a smile: "I am waiting to be taught." ”

Park Jiqian also laughed and said: "The Golden Knife Chef King really lives up to his reputation, and today I understand the true meaning of food, which really makes us admire." ”

The envoys of the other countries also stood up one after another, admiring Li Qi's words.

Cai Jing saw that they all praised Li Qi, and the implication was that what Li Qi said was correct, and he said curiously: "Li Qi, you are young, how do you know so much?" ”

The rest of the people were also curious.

Li Qi said vaguely: "Taishi doesn't know, my ancestors were chefs for several generations, and they liked to travel around the world and taste the delicacies of various places, half of which I went to taste myself, and half of it was heard from their mouths." ”

Song Huizong suddenly smiled and asked: "You said so much, but you didn't mention my Great Song, so in your eyes, what about the food of my Great Song?" ”

Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "If you go back to the emperor, my Great Song Dynasty cuisine is naturally the best in the world and the best in the world." ”

This is domineering! How could Song Huizong, who was so happy, not like to listen to it, laughed and said, "Okay! A good collection of hundreds of schools, become the first in the world! ”

(To be continued)