It is said that Qin Guan later compiled the "Huaihai Collection", and changed this sentence to: "After ten years of wine companionship, he has not yet offered Changyang." This change has changed the poem from describing the narrow evil tour to caring about national affairs, and the style is naturally high, but it feels that it is not as real and temperamental as the original sentence.

"You-" Huang Tingjian pointed at Zhao Xing, furious, but had nothing to say. Chao Buzhi hurriedly pulled his sleeve, turned his face to Zhao Xing and said, "Senior brother, I know that you are honest by nature, and you never say a word of accusation to your own people; I also know that you have no intention of pursuing a career, so I don't know that officialdom is sinister - this sentence was originally nothing, but if you contact Shaoyou's poetry before and after, it will be difficult for him to overturn the case in this life. ”

"Also", Huang Tingjian continued: "There is an edict to confer a doctor of Shaoyou Taixue, the secretary of the province of Zhengzi, last night he attended a banquet of a nobleman, the host asked the pet Ji Bi Tao Yu to persuade the wine, after this guy received the wine, he actually persuaded the peach wine.

The master was displeased, and replied: Bi Tao has never been good at drinking-what does this mean, that is not to let Shaoyou force his favorite concubine. Who knows that Bi Tao is polite, answer: Today I fought for the bachelor to get drunk! , raise the giant and drink it all.

Guests and hosts pay each other, that's it. But this guy lived in vain at an age, and he actually improvised a poem and gave it to the nobleman's favorite concubine. So, the banquet hated. Guiguanyun: In the future, I will never let this Ji come out. , what do you see this guy doing? ”

The banquets of the Song people liked to be decorated with monks, and the banquet was teased with small words, which was not necessarily a taboo at that time. What made the banquet feel dissatisfied, and even made the master hate and swear, must be because Qin Guan had violated the taboo in his words. Zhao Xing smacked his lips and asked, "What poem?" ”

Qin Guan's face was pale, and he seemed to recognize his behavior Meng Lang, and he replied slowly: "It's the first "Poppy Beauty"-

The peach is planted in the sky and dew. Not a number of flowers.

The water lingers in the depths of the chaotic mountains, but it is a pity that a branch is picturesque, for whom it opens.

What is the limit of the light cold and drizzle. It's hard to manage if you don't do it.

It doesn't matter if you are drunk, you are afraid that when you wake up, you will break people's intestines. ”

Sure enough, Qin Guan was amorous again, and the words were not blasphemous and ridiculous about the woman who had become a concubine - if so. Everyone can tolerate it, because the fashion is like that.

But Qin Guan sincerely felt sorry for her and pitied her "unfortunate" situation.

Zhao Xingqi shook his head speechlessly: Why do you say you pity other people's favorite concubines? Is that something to be sorry for? When someone invites you to be a guest, you tell someone's favorite concubine directly at the banquet that you are not well married......

Don't talk about the host. Even the guests feel hateful!

The atmosphere in the field was a little dull, and Mrs. Wang hurriedly stepped forward to play a round: "That's it, Uncle Shaoyou, although Liren is younger than you, you must also learn from him to be steady, and you must not do this in the future."

Alright, we're not here today, not to curse. When we heard that the departed relatives had been taken captive and were frightened, we came to visit them. It just so happened that Chang (Chen Shidao) and Uncle Fang (Li) entered Beijing today. If your teacher is not here, I will lend someone to entertain you...... I've heard that there is good food here every day. ”

Zhao Xing laughed, and he pulled Qin Guan with his backhand. Put Qin Guandi's hand in Huang Tingjian's palm, clenched it hard, and said with a smile: "People say that brothers are of the same heart, and their profits are gold, today we are the whole brotherhood - except for Senior Brother Zhang." All the brothers are complete.

Come on, come on. Now in the entire Bianliang City, if you talk about delicious food. There is no more complete than my house, look, the famous chefs of Bianliang City are here, they happen to try to make new dishes at noon, senior brothers, taste with me. ”

Zhao Xing pulled Qin Guan's hand and Huang Tingjian together, but it was not good for everyone to hold a criticism meeting again. The newcomers Chen Shidao and Li hurriedly stepped forward to greet Zhao Xing, and after greetings, a group of people were half-pulled by Zhao Xing to the large dining room specially expanded by Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing walked ahead, and his servants couldn't help but roll their eyes secretly when they heard Mrs. Wang say that Zhao Xing was "steady" - a person who had just uprooted the power of Bu Qing, the leader of the Bianliang beggar gang, by thunderous means; A person who has been killing people all over the city with a knife for two consecutive nights is "steady", which is unreasonable.

However, Zhao Xing's ruthlessness and iron blood also made these servants tremble, and Zhao Xing no longer had any means of authority, and these servants did not dare to deceive from now on...... This also allowed the domestic servants to reap a good profit in the end.

In Zhao Xingdi's large restaurant, Chen Zheng, who lives in Zhao Xing's house, takes his children to watch the chefs' works, and half of the master he greets the guests in the hall, and entertains the guests on behalf of Zhao Xing, so that Zhao Xing has the opportunity to go to the kitchen to guide the chef on the spot.

In the renovated dining room, several small dining tables are put together in a U-shape, and the shape is like a modern conference room. The table is full of chefs' creations, most of which are new dishes that no one has ever seen, such as fungus (also known as annatto, native to India and introduced to China during the Song Dynasty), lettuce (native to the Mediterranean), and cabbage (also known as cabbage, which should have been introduced to China during the Qing Dynasty......

Chen beckoned everyone to do it at will: "I don't pay attention to etiquette when leaving people, I feel that the dish is good, which chef is good, just sit in front of the chef of that dish, here, Xu has not yet named the dish, and I have a headache when I leave someone!" Ladies and gentlemen, just right, come, show your talents. ”

The cooks were flattered by the presence of the six scholars of Suma, and they happily followed behind the most famous poets of the time, and diligently introduced them to the origin and practice of the vegetable plots, as well as the artistic conception expressed, hoping to obtain their names.

The new Li, who is now known as a literary critic, later became the basis for evaluating the writers of the Song Dynasty, and although he first met these new dishes, his evaluation was pertinent, such as the carrot, which Li named "golden shoots" and "clove radish", which happened to be the same name as when it was first introduced to China...... At this moment, history has returned to its original trajectory.

The feast was a great success, and the six scholars of Sumen and Su Shi's two sons tasted many unheard of dishes, in addition to seeing green vegetables in winter, more of all kinds of seafood transported to Bianliang City by using cold water, as well as various spices added for cooking seafood. In order to give this group of celebrities a good evaluation of themselves, the chefs also put all their hearts and souls into playing at a super level......

Everyone else was satisfied, but Zhao Xingke was bitter, and he found a tall white hat to wear on his head out of nowhere. He set up a high chair in the kitchen and sat on it, holding a fuchsia stick. Condescendingly instruct each chef on their movements and give on-the-spot guidance. After a banquet, several senior brothers couldn't straighten their waists, but he was the only one who was full of oil smoke.

It's a culinary extravaganza. A few years later, the chefs who were there at the time were still talking about the event, and as a result, the rule of "chef in charge" became popular in hotels. The big chef was dressed as if Zhao Xing was that day. Wearing a tall white hat, sitting on a high chair, condescendingly pointing fingers.

This meal lasted two hours, which is equivalent to preparing from 11 o'clock at noon, officially starting at 12 o'clock, starting the feast, and not finishing the meal until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and serving more than 150 dishes before and after the whole banquet, which was extremely rare at that time.

These dishes can't be made with two or three stoves. But Zhao Xing crossed the cold and hot dishes, so that the people on the table never felt cold on the table. I only feel that the endless stream of new dishes is served, which is dizzying and beautiful. Don't get tired of eating...... In the end, on average, each guest ate about ten dishes, and ate all the meals to their throats.

The last few fruit bowls are ready, this is a brilliant ending, Zhao Xing slapped his face. With an encouraging smile, he nodded to all the chefs: "Perfect!" It was just perfect! Everybody. You've made history – today we've made more than 80 seafood dishes and 20 green dishes. More than 40 cold cuts......

Today will be written into history, and when people write about the history of the introduction of these new dishes and spices, they will definitely mention today, and you will be mentioned!

Well, the chefs who have already introduced the dishes in the restaurant don't count, all the chefs here have changed into new clothes, and we will go to the restaurant together to receive greetings from all the bachelors......"

Zhao Xing changed into a light Tang suit, took two rows of cooks, and entered the dining room with the last cold dishes and dim sum, which was the end of the European court-style banquet. When he entered the house, he found everyone straightened and sat upright in their chairs, burping in satisfaction.

At the suggestion of Zhao Xing, the chefs stepped forward one by one, proudly introduced the dishes they made today, and thanked the five scholars of Sumen for naming them, and the five scholars of Sumen replied with pertinent and incisive comments, which made them tired from hard work and immediately became radiant.

At this point in the banquet, everyone seems to be very satisfied, but there are also dissatisfied people - Su Dun is very dissatisfied, and when everyone is satisfied with the removal of the residual banquet and the fruit plate and snacks, Su Dun staggered into the dining room with two pet cats with a body length of one meter, and followed by him

Entering the dining room, Su Dun didn't say hello to a few brothers, and stumbled directly at Zhao Xing, shouting as he ran: "Dog, dog, my dog, big, my dog, return my dog." ”

Originally, Su Dun was eating with Chaoyun and other female relatives in the backyard, but it is estimated that he couldn't help but run out, and no one else stopped him, so he rushed into the restaurant where the adults were staying. His presence was immediately alarmed, with several chefs screaming at his huge pet cat, the bolder ones shivering, and several of the chefs rolling their eyes and fainting. And the chefs who couldn't hold their breath all rushed behind Zhao Xing and borrowed Zhao Xing's body to dodge.

In the midst of the exclamations, Zhao Xing heard the word they said clearly-leopard.

Huang Tingjian also stood up, he wanted to cover his brothers with his body, but he couldn't move. Among these people, Li (zh) is the most courageous, Su Shi once praised him as "ten thousand enemies", he successfully jumped out in front of the brothers, and Chen Shidao completely fainted.

Zhao Xing bent down and picked up Su Dun, two big cats one meter long, weighing fifteen kilograms, about the size of adult sheep, yawned, revealing their long fangs, causing a scream, and then it lazily lay down and lay down at Zhao Xing's feet.

The meekness of the big cat made everyone settle down a little, Huang Tingjian waved his sleeves and reprimanded: "Leaving people, how can you play with the little brother leopard, it's too dangerous, the gentleman doesn't stand under the dangerous wall, it's a tiger and a leopard." ”

Huang Tingjian's loud scolding made Su Dun forget the purpose of his coming, he was so frightened that he hid in Zhao Xing's arms, flashing his eyes, looking at Huang Tingjian in surprise, looking at his two brothers. And Chaoyun apologized to the frightened people in the back.

Taking advantage of this, the chefs sneaked out one by one, and Zhao Xing pulled the big cat lying at his feet with his feet, and asked puzzledly: "How come?" Isn't this a cat? ”

"It's not a cat, I've seen this thing in Hangzhou, and the maritime merchants who went to the South Seas love to bring this thing from the South Seas. They call it the sesame leopard, and it's a leopard. Not a cat! Huang Tingjian replied affirmatively.

Not a cat? Zhao Xing looked at the cat under his feet suspiciously, and he suddenly remembered that the wine that is not blended in China is not called wine, it is called "original wine", or "wine head"; Steel is not called "steel" but "synthetic steel" in China...... Maybe. Perhaps, this thing should also be preceded by a word, such as "domestic cat" instead of "cat".

"Isn't it a domestic cat?" Zhao Xing asked again.

Seeing that there was no danger, Li bent down to observe the cat at Zhao Xing's feet. Answer: "You're talking about raccoon dogs—the ancient raccoon dogs, tanuki cats, and domestic cats were indistinguishable, and I have heard of this sesame leopard, and it is indeed not a cat." The sesame leopard is the name of the Fujian people, the Zhejiang people call it the yellow leopard, and the Guang people call it the yellow tiger, and no one calls it a cat - this is not a cat! ”

It's not a cat, isn't there a cat in the Song Dynasty? Isn't that weird?

Zhao Xing touched his head suspiciously, and asked again: "Since this sesame leopard is raised and played with by many people, have the senior brothers heard that it has hurt people?" ”

Zhao Xing asked, and Huang Tingjian relaxed. He honestly replied, "Not really...... However, when I first saw the leopard at home, I was a little flustered...... It's me Meng Lang. Oh. As for asking if this is a raccoon dog or something, we will ask him when he comes home. ”

Zhao Xing didn't know that there are many historical debates about the introduction of cats in China, and the oldest record of cats in history is in the "Book of Rites", but in addition to the "Book of Rites", cats have been recorded. There are also records of imaginary animals such as unicorns, phoenixes, kunpeng, and baxia. Therefore, even if the cat is recorded in the Book of Rites. Nor can it be used as evidence of the existence of cats in ancient China.

It is said that the earliest record of the introduction of cats in China was during the Ming Dynasty. In the book "Night Sailing Boat" by Zhang Dai of the Ming Dynasty, it is said that Tang Sanzang went to Tianzhu to learn the scriptures and brought the cat back by the way, so that it could protect the scriptures from rats from gnawing on the scriptures...... But this claim is still not credible, because genetic studies have shown that Chinese cats were introduced in the 12th century, and they were introduced from the Middle East, not from India and Vietnam.

So, the biggest possibility is that the cat was brought back to China by the Mongol army of the western expedition.

However, what was called a "cat" in ancient China - this left Zhao Xing full of confusion. The Japanese, on the other hand, believed that they had the most say in the history of the Song Dynasty, and they replied that the words "raccoon", "tanuki" and "cat" in ancient China were indistinguishable from each other, and all referred to "raccoon dogs".

Su Dun's pet cat is indeed not a "domestic cat", according to modern parlance, it is a "(Vietnamese) ocelot". "Leopard cat" is an academic name, just as "cat bear" is often called "panda" in reverse word order, and "leopard" is commonly called "cat leopard", which means that it is a miniature version of "pocket leopard".

The kitten was indeed docile, and the crowd gradually calmed down. Zhao Xing picked up Su Dun and comforted him softly: "Dun'er, don't make trouble, a few brothers want the puppy to do some business, you let the puppy help your brother do some work, I'll give you a big horse, okay - a very tall horse, look, a few horses in the yard are as you choose, I'll hold you when I turn around, let's go horseback riding." ”

"Now, now", Su Shudi shrugged his body, and couldn't wait. Cheng Shuang had a look in his eyes, hurriedly stepped forward, took Su Dun's little hand and said, "I happen to be free, Xiao Dun, go with my brother." ”

The child has no sex, and as soon as Cheng Shuang summoned, he immediately forgot his original anger and happily let Cheng Shuang take him away. Chaoyun hurriedly said goodbye to the people in the house, and hurried away after the child.

Zhao Xing put down his hand, with a gloomy face, he pointed to a few people who were probing his brain under the corridor, and asked sternly: "Who did it?" Who took his dog away? ”

Cheng Xun stepped forward with a cow and replied, "Teacher, I won today's lottery, and I will lead the lottery tonight...... I was just going to borrow a few pairs of armor from the teacher......"

Zhao Xing stared at Cheng Xun for a long time with a straight face, nodded slowly, and said, "Yes, I'm very happy to see that you finally know how to plan!" Go ahead. Organize your brothers. Remember, their lives are in your hands, and it's your duty to bring them back safely - our forte is bows and arrows, don't be heroes with them, because we're here to take revenge! and with arrows, he dealt with them from afar. ”

Cheng Xun thought that he could be reprimanded, but he didn't expect to be praised instead, he saluted happily and quietly retreated. Behind him. Zhao Xing added lightly: "Originally, this matter could have been handled better...... Alas, I don't even have the ability to coax children. You should have used your brain again. ”

Cheng Xun turned his back to Zhao Xing, answered "yes", and hurriedly ran out.

Zhao Xing just mentioned shooting with a bow and arrow, and Huang Tingjian was worried that Zhao Xing would make a mess at the feet of the Son of Heaven. He chased to the door, ready to call Cheng Xun back first, and then ask for details...... only to find several officials standing at the door. On second thought, he understood. He walked back to the dining room without paying attention.

With the presence of the officials, it is official business, and Zhao Xing is just helping, which is not illegal—then ignore it. My brother-in-law was tied up, and no one had to find something to vent his anger......

After a while, the owners of the restaurants also rushed to hear the news, and they thanked the scholars one after another, thanked them for their names, and kindly invited them to come to the restaurant to taste the new dishes. Listening to their meaning, this time the boss of Hele House took the lead. First of all, the "Dragon and Leopard Banquet in the Sea" was held, and the restaurants were not willing to be lonely, and met to launch new dishes in turn. And those new dishes are what you are tasting today.

The noise finally calmed down, the remnants of the banquet were removed, and everyone began to look for chapters and sentences, ready to praise this sumptuous banquet, but it was Zhao Xing who disturbed everyone's thinking.

"It's not after dinner. Do people like to let housewhacks come out and sing and dance? Senior Brother Qin just went outside to find fun, but he didn't know that there was also a set of stunning teams in my mansion...... Come. Everyone, please lie down, I will let the house play come out and sing and dance. ”

Zhao Xing's house is paved with a wooden floor, several mats are spread on the floor, and a stove is placed in front of each mat.

First up are the Japanese women, who play the thirteen-stringed koto and sing a Japanese waka.

"Sitting at a full feast without saying a word, a line of mourning geese thirteen sounds", the first comment was Li, he read a poem of the Tang people, commented: "This is Tang music, I heard that the thirteen-stringed zither was introduced from the Great Food (Persia), it was the most popular in the Tang Dynasty, the twelve-stringed zither was popular in this dynasty, the name is Yale Zheng, and the thirteen-stringed zither is a vulgar music zither, popular in the folk, but today I heard it...... Elegant, extremely elegant! ”

Chen Shidao was stunned just now, and now it is difficult to speak, so he has to nod frequently beside him; The son of Chao Buzhi's family was born and liked luxury, and his style of writing was also like his character, with gorgeous words. He has the most appreciation for this kind of thing, so he tapped his knee with a gold-painted Gaoli fan, and praised: "I didn't pay attention just now, Brother Liren actually came out wearing a Tang Yi, wearing Tang clothes, listening to Tang music, it is extremely elegant." ”

Zhao Xing took a piece of gold and put it in his mouth, and when he heard Chao Buzhi's words, he immediately remembered something, and immediately beckoned the servant to send two sable furs, and handed them to the newcomer Chen Shidao and Li: "One piece for each brother, you two can't be missing, it's cold in the house, put it on quickly." ”

Chao Buyi tapped his knees with a folding fan and asked Zhao Xing: "How come this sable fur is also Tang style, I went home to see it, it is completely Tang Dynasty clothes...... I said, why do you have so many things in the Tang Dynasty, you are a descendant of Li Tang, but you are not surnamed Li. ”

Zhao Xing sighed with emotion: "It turns out that in the Great Song Dynasty, Tang costumes already belonged to the Japanese people...... Let me tell you, the set of clothes on my body is the most popular among the Japanese nobles, and the Japanese people like to wear imitation Tang style clothes. Originally, the winter in Nara and Kyoto was not too cold, but in order to emulate the Tang people, the nobles of the Wa Kingdom also wore sable fur in winter - they believed that the Chinese must wear Tang costumes to be authentic and noble.

The popularity of the sable in the country made the sable endangered, and the emperor had to order that the wearing of sable required grades, and only officials above the senator level were allowed to wear it, and others were forbidden to wear it.

The sable furs you are wearing now were given by my friends in the Japanese country, and it is estimated that these are the last few pieces in the world, because the Japanese country now prohibits the capture of sables, and in the next hundred years, I estimate that there will be no new sables. ”

Chen Shidao's family is wealthy, and he strokes the soft fur of the sable fur, but he doesn't feel anything special. Li became an orphan at the age of six and was raised by the clan, he had never seen such a luxurious thing, so he touched the sable fur and asked, "How many mink skins should be used for such a sable fur?" ”

Zhao Xing replied lightly: "This mink fur is sewn with the best fur on the mink, and each fur needs to consume a hundred mink, and the ...... with uniform coat color must be picked."

Everyone stopped talking, and silently calculated the cost of this fur fur, and Chao Buzhi laughed: "Don't forget it." I know the price, such furs are of good quality, and they can be sold for 3,000 pieces each on the street. Uncle Fang (Li) will not have enough money in the future, so if he pawns it out, it will be worth a thousand yuan. ”

Lee's hand shook and he almost dropped his fur to the ground.

Three thousand runs, in the Song Dynasty, a middle-class family's family assets were also three thousand runs. According to modern standards, what is the concept of the middle class in Beijing: that is, there is a house in the capital, with an area of more than 100 square meters, at least one nanny lives in the family to help with housework, and there must be a car, a bank deposit of 200,000 US dollars, and a monthly income is enough to support the comfortable life of the whole family and hire a nanny - such a life is worth the sable fur in his hand!

Li hurriedly raised his head and wanted to excuse this heavy gift, but he opened his mouth and found that the brothers and sisters were lazily watching the show, and no one showed the meaning of resignation, as if all this was justified, he immediately closed his mouth, and looked again, everyone's attention was on the singing of the widow. Li thought about it, gently covered the sable fur on his body, stroked the soft mink fur in his hand, and indulged in the show.

The performances of the widows are extremely good, and this is also thanks to Chaoyun's recent training. Chaoyun is a singer, the most outstanding singer by the West Lake, and with a little guidance, the skills of the Japanese girls have not only improved by one or two levels.

Listening to the quaint Tang songs, wearing a Tang-style sable fur, lying lazily on the ground, and a few widows around him bring food and wine to their lips, this life is completely free and easy of the Wei and Jin dynasties - the picture is like a "ukiyo-e".

Yes, a Japanese girl under the gallery is painting this scene using the "ukiyo-e" technique - however, the Japanese people call this painting technique "Tang painting" instead of "ukiyo-e". In the last years of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the techniques of Song painting were completely transmitted to Japan, and the Japanese immediately fell in love with this kind of picture rendered with gorgeous colors, delicate brushstrokes, meticulous techniques, and exaggerated movements.

Huang Tingjian was older and ate too much, and he quickly fell into post-meal burnout. His body was covered with a sable fur, and there was a small Tang Le floating in his ears, and this kind of idle faintness made him too lazy to speak.

Qin Guan was scolded just now, and now he saw the singers performing a gorgeous and exaggerated Tang Jin "puppet show (mask dance)" for him, that kind of exaggerated movements, with magnificent music and colorful costumes, made his crazy character again, looking at it, he picked up a pen, and the ink was dripping on the paper to make poems.