Chapter 731: The Power of Food
"Jingsheng, Ah Wan will entrust it to you, take care of her!" In addition to having an adopted son-in-law for Mori Terumoto, Hosokawa Nobumoto also gave an adopted son-in-law to Kamishi Keikatsu, Hosokawa Wan is the daughter of Mibuchi Fujiei.
"Yes! Lord! I am willing to serve the Lord's family wholeheartedly! Dedication! "Kamishi Jingsheng has also surrendered now, and now the Hosokawa family has become a general trend, and there is no possibility of reversal.
Hosokawa Nobumoto strengthened the bonds between his relatives and tied his chariot to his chariot with the daimyo of Maori and Shirt.
And the relatives, Hosokawa Nobumoto will naturally not be stingy, but now that he has been divided into a circle, he feels that he is not enough, and he has already divided the newly acquired territory into seventy-seven-eighty-eight.
"It seems... I can only take Kyushu and give it to them... Hey..."Hosokawa Nobumoto is now more and more touched, this is like a bottomless pit of dissatisfaction, as long as the territory is expanded, there will be meritorious samurai, and there will be rewards. The larger the land occupied, the greater the merit and the heavier the reward!
Greed... There's no way to fix it.
"This Kyushu conquest... It seems that so many people can't be allowed to make meritorious contributions anymore, so let the people who are going to make up for the reward go..."Hosokawa Nobumoto lowered his head and pondered, and he had a calculation in his heart.
"That's it! Open! Hosokawa Nobumoto waved his hand, this annual meeting was really a return from all over the world, not only the surrender of Otomo, Mori, Kamishi, Sagara, and the Aso family, but also the Daimyo of Satake, Yuuki, Satomi, Utsunomiya and other daimyo in the northeast also came to surrender, and the scene was extremely spectacular!
"Open the table!" As Asakura Aiomaru sang and harmonized, the ministers scattered to both sides and gave up their seats.
Soon, a low table was brought to the adults, and a series of delicacies followed.
"It's... This... I've never seen anything like this! Otomo Sorin's was shocked, he was attending a banquet at the Hosokawa family for the first time, and he thought that he had drunk foreign sake and admired Kyoto culture, and he was quite knowledgeable. I didn't expect the food to be so elaborate, it's like a work of art.
"It's so beautiful!" It's not just him, it's the same with everyone else, it's like the shock of a country man going into the city and seeing something new for the first time.
This table has three dishes, arranged in a zigzag pattern, with spiny lobster taking the lead, serving a single plate, with a gorgeous color and Kanazawa on its back. On the lower right plate is a large oyster, half of the oyster shell has been removed, revealing plump and juicy oyster flesh. On the lower left, you can make sushi with fresh fish such as eel and abalone.
Otomo Sorin's style is luxurious at home, and he has naturally eaten lobster, and he is tired of eating it. He was just curious about what was going on with this golden meat, and took the lead in picking up the piece of Kanazawa's shrimp meat and putting it in his mouth: "This is?" Lobster? This lingering sensation..."
Mori Terumen picks up the oysters, puts them in his mouth, bites them lightly with his teeth, and immediately bursts in his mouth, and the slightly sour soup is mixed with the oyster meat, which is extremely fatty and has an endless aftertaste in the mouth.
"Hmm... Either way, it's a delicacy you've never tasted! It's so delicious! "Jingsheng ate a piece of abalone sushi and another piece of eel sushi, and his mouth was full.
"My lord, Your Majesty has never eaten such delicious things, what are these?" Yoshishige Satake's face was full of intoxication, he was a famous general, military strategist and diplomat of Kanto, known as the "ghost of Kanto", he never admitted defeat in his life, but now he was captured by food.
"Smart Maru, you can explain." Hosokawa Nobumoto naturally ate these delicacies, his face was calm, and the important duty of the imperial food commission for this meal was naturally held by Hosokawa Motokatsu.
"Yes! Please let me explain below. Hosokawa Motokatsu bowed slightly, pointed to the spiny lobster in front of him and said, "Ise lobster, stir-fry with hot sauce, and then wrap it in gold leaf." The sticky mellow fragrance inside is actually the grease of birds and beasts. ”
"Birds and beasts... Grease? Otomo Zonglin hadn't even heard of it, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Yes, dissolve the fat and stir-fry the shrimp." Motokatsu Hosokawa replied gently.
"Stir-fry?" It's a new word they've never heard of.
"It's a cheese roast dish for oysters." Hosokawa Motokatsu pointed to another plate and said, "Miso, eggs, vinegar, and mayonnaise, stir into a paste, add to the oysters and heat it." ”
"Stir... Stir? "This hybrid approach was never thought of.
"Finally, there is the seasonal fish nigiri sushi." Motokatsu Hosokawa seemed to be the focus of the audience, and his words and deeds attracted everyone's attention.
"But sushi... Isn't it just marinated with fish and rice? Isn't it just rotten fish dishes? But the kind that eats salty and astringent is nowhere near as good as this... Sweet and sour. Utsunomiya Kunitsuna was puzzled, he was Yuuki Asakatsu's eldest brother, and their father Utsunomiya Hirotsuna had just died last year, and he succeeded him as the head of the family at the age of twelve. And sushi... It's him who goes from snacks to big foods.
"You're talking about fish rice sushi, and all the fish used today is fresh live fish, and the meat is kneaded into a ball to make it even more delicious." Motokatsu Hosokawa is also very fond of eating this kind of sushi, especially salmon sushi. Pity... Salmon is a deep-sea fish, which is difficult to catch, and with the demand for today's banquet, it has to be a second place.
"Pinch?" Another strange cooking technique, the crowd was full of curiosity and whispered.
Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at these faces with interest, and was very satisfied with today's results, knowing that not only force can show strength, but also sumptuous cuisine can also show the strength of a family.
In this era, the cooking method was to boil and steam three kinds of dishes, but today's delicacies are not used. The chefs of their own family have all stayed abroad and gone to the Ming Dynasty to practice, whether it is oil or stir-frying, they are unique.
After that, a series of delicacies are presented, such as dried cod, crab roe eggs, rice cake hot pot, and steamed king crab. There is also clam butter soup, radish leaf and lotus root soup, vinegar-pickled cherry blossom rice, green onion roll teriyaki quail, and the indispensable red and white rice cake.
"OMG! Can radishes still be eaten like this? All I know is pickled turnips..."
"Look! What is it! This rice ball is washed with boiling water and smells fragrant! "Wow! There's stuffing in there! ”
"It's... Is this crab yolk egg really not made with crab meat? Why is it full of crab meat? Incredible! It's incredible! ”
Everyone tasted while eating, and they were shocked one after another.
The so-called if you want to keep a man's heart, you must first keep his stomach! Hosokawa Nobumoto conquered their stomachs with these gorgeous and elegant dishes, and they naturally felt a sense of superiority and pride in being a courtier of the Hosokawa family.
That's the power of good food! I want to talk about "Mortals Through the Law of Survival" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~