Chapter 170: Mid-Autumn Festival Anecdotes (2)
One by one, the fast horses quickly entered Chang'an City, and the riders on the horses entered the homes of some old generals who were familiar with Yang Heng with some moon cake molds and some moon cakes that were made well, and even the palace.
"What is this?" Li Er and the eldest grandson looked at the mold in front of them, as well as the few pieces of moon cakes, "Father, mother, these are some patterns and molds designed by Yang Heng about moon cakes, you can follow the imperial kitchen to make it, it is estimated that you can just catch up with the moon appreciation, daughter Changle, Yuzhang." ”
Similarly, in the homes of several old generals, there was also such a scene, "General Cheng, these can top a cart of wine, right?" A very simple sentence made these old generals confused.
"Hurry up, what about the person who delivered the things." "Back to the general, they're gone?" "Nope." "Where are they going?" "Out of town."
A few simple sentences of dialogue, it made these old generals feel cold, obviously looking at the style of this dim sum, it must be related to this festival, and even the word moon cake is written on the box for them, that is, it is related to the moon appreciation, but the practice, and the use of these molds did not say, how to use it, and Yang Heng sent it today, it is completely to be used tonight, if you make an appointment with three or five friends tonight, enjoy the moon together, drink, forgot to say, their wine was sent by Li Er, that is, Yang Heng steamed liquor, Li Er was just able to send an altar to the families of these old generals, and then Li Er was gone, that is to say, Yang Heng not only offended some old generals in this wine, but also offended Li Er.
The old generals went out to inquire, and Yang Heng also sent moon cakes and molds to the palace. And it has already begun to be made in the palace. This is mainly because Li Er already knew that these old generals had also received something from Yang Heng. But they didn't learn how to do it, and they didn't know how to make it.
"Okay, Ha Luha, please invite a few old generals into the palace and enjoy the moon with me, and when the moon is over, I can give them some moon cakes and go back to the whole family to enjoy the moon to eat."
"Your Majesty, this is not good, will it bring disaster to Yang Heng. If these old generals hate Yang Heng, what should they do. The eldest grandson was a little worried, this was related to his daughter, and the eldest grandson's intelligence had plummeted.
"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just that it caused him some small trouble, and this is what Yang Heng's kid gave me himself."
Indeed, Yang Heng was not reluctant to give Li Er wine, these drinks were too strong, and Li Er seemed to have some genetic disease in the record. If it is said that he passed away prematurely because of drinking, Yang Heng would feel regretful. If you want to talk about Li Er, as well as his sons, naturally Li Er is not bad, he is a good emperor, Yang Heng can only find a way to let him and his eldest grandson live for a few more years as much as possible, and he will not look forward to his premature death.
"Lang Jun, did you say that my father would understand what you meant, I didn't explain it in the letter?" Changle asked worriedly, "Yes, brother-in-law, my sister didn't make it clear, can my father know the meaning of the Dao?" ”
"Don't worry, you sisters, your father is the smartest person in the world, and your queen mother is the second smartest person in the world, they will definitely understand," Yang Heng said with an oath, and even slapped Li Er and the eldest grandson's sycophants in front of the two princesses.
At this time, the Mid-Autumn Festival is not yet an official official festival, although there is a custom of reunion and moon appreciation among the people, but for some officials, they still get together with each other, and there will even be Li Er inviting some ministers to enter the palace to enjoy the moon and drink, because it is not an official official festival, Li Er is just random no matter who he invites.
Li Er will seize every opportunity to exchange feelings with the ministers, and he will also seize every opportunity to make some harmless jokes with the ministers, especially these generals, which are the best jokes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I have prepared a new kind of moon-watching dim sum, called moon cakes, and I seem to have heard that you have also learned how to make this kind of dim sum, otherwise, I will eat the moon with you, what, you didn't bring it, that's a pity, you can't eat my good wine, tonight you will taste the moon cakes here first."
How can a jar of wine be enough to drink, these old generals are waiting to come to Li Er to drink his good wine, if they really make moon cakes, then they will really bring them into the palace, whether Li Er eats or not, in that case, they will drink the wine, and this time, their moon cake practice is still confused, the dim sum chefs at home, and some chefs are carefully studying the moon cake samples sent by Yang Heng, as well as those molds, this Li Er called them into the palace, They knew that the Tao was not good, but there was no way, right, but they didn't expect that there would be no good wine to drink.
In fact, what they didn't know was that Li Er had already given them all the wine, and Li Er didn't have any wine here, so Li Er easily wiped this matter over.
"There's no wine to admire the moon, there's really no consciousness, right, come on," all the old generals widened their eyes, and His Majesty was actually gracious and took out the good wine.
But when they saw the jar, their hearts began to be half cold, but there was still some hope in their hearts, maybe it was these jars.
"Come on, Aiqing, raise a glass, let's enjoy the moon and drink together." As a result, the old generals' hearts were completely cold, if before, they would have been very excited when they smelled this wine, but today they can't get excited, the wine that will be hot from the mouth to the stomach after drinking it is the wine that these battlefield veterans drink, and the hot wine is like going to the battlefield again.
In the end, it doesn't matter whether the drink is good or not, but with that spiciness, stimulation is the favorite of the generals, and if they are given a chili pepper to eat at this time, it will make the generals even more excited.
In the past, these veterans drank it like drinking jade liquid, but now how can it feel that it is not much better than drinking cold water?
This is just their own feelings, these three pulp is a relatively mature liquor, it is Yang Heng's kind of inferior distilled liquor that cannot be compared, but the new thing, naturally has its freshness, and when the freshness passes, it will no longer be so mysterious, but at that time, Yang Heng will have new cellar wines, and even some special high-grade wines will appear, and there will also be some low-alcohol wines suitable for literati and ink writers to drink, and it is time for these muddy wines to really withdraw.
To say that wine will waste a lot of food, but Yang Heng said that he fed pigs with sake lees, as well as some other ways to use sake lees, and in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, except for the first few years when there was a shortage of grain, at other times, this grain was still relatively rich, enough to be suitable for winemaking, and even some inferior high-quality wine could be exchanged for some meat from the nomads in the north, as well as some horses, cattle and sheep or something.
This night, Li Er had a very comfortable life, it was also a pleasure for him to be able to get these veterans, and for these veterans, they didn't have any embarrassing feelings, but they were a little unwilling and didn't drink that kind of good wine.
Yang Heng had a more lively night this night, what moon, you are so round, why are you so round and saliva poems have also chanted a lot, Yang Heng will not say some poems of later generations now, mainly because the poems he can remember are a little out of line, such as the bright moonlight in front of the bed,...... Although poems such as raising a glass to invite the bright moon are very good, they can't be said if they don't fit the mood, right?
On the contrary, some saliva poems are very marketable, so that the whole moon viewing activity has been pushed to a climax, what rhyme has nothing to do with this, but laughter has won a piece, and no one will laugh at anyone. The family gets together, has a lively time, and makes everyone laugh, this is life, and it is not a gathering of talented and beautiful women, it needs a good literary style, and it is also necessary to pass on the verses, the most important thing is that the children and the two princesses are still young, and Lehe is their main thing. (To be continued......)