Ji Le announced the Zongzi competition, and soon the whole country was busy.

Of course, the theme of Ji Le's sweet zongzi was silently crossed out by Shi Huang. There's no way, the hatred value is too high, and as another "sponsor" of the game, Yang Ke doesn't allow Ji Le to be so nonsense.

In the past few months, after Yang Ke has tasted some zongzi dim sum, he prefers sauce and meat dumplings, which are regarded by Ji Le as evil things in the evil way.

The two of them absolutely did not allow it, and Ji Le turned a complete zongzi contest into a carnival of sweet zongzi parties. After a day of negotiation, the theme of the "Zongwang Competition" was finally changed to a triple competition of taste, creativity and generalization.

Sweet, salty, bitter, spicy and sour, as long as you meet the two points of taste, creativity and generalization, you can enter.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, every household in Jiugong City hangs mugwort leaves at the door and wears sachets containing insect repellent herbs. Especially those children, dot the center of their eyebrows with realgar wine, and bless the spells of the wizards of the Spirit Palace on their bodies to prevent them from being attacked by poisonous insects in the summer.

This move made some of the poisonous insects lurking in the city scold.

"Damn, damn it, damn Xia Guo, it's actually tossing this kind of thing in the city!"

In those damp and dark corners, many poisonous insects appointed by the gods cursed bitterly.

They were ordered by the gods to poison the children of the Xia Kingdom during the summer months, forcing them to get sick, so that the Xia Kingdom would accept the belief in the gods.

But it's a pity that the power of Zhengyang attached to the Dragon Boat Festival suppressed all these evil things. Especially those ordinary poisonous insects are even more miserable. Incense burners and copper tripods were placed at the entrances of the streets everywhere to burn herbs, and the pieces of medicinal incense and spiritual clouds spread out in the city, and many poisonous insects shrank their legs and shrank directly, and they directly froze to the ground. Then it was cleaned and organized by the nearby doctors and became a medicinal material in the Ming Palace.

Seeing these young people being taken by the doctors to refine medicine, the evil monsters hidden in the secret rose up one by one.

At this time, a golden light rose in the direction of the Spirit Palace. Yu Yu teamed up with eighteen witches to cast a spell in the Nine Palace City to further dispel the evil spirits.

The golden light screen rose from the Spirit Palace and continued to spread to all parts of the Nine Palace City, forcing all the monsters in the dark corners to be knocked into the sky.

The poisonous spider that had been slicing in the shade of a certain tree was struck by the golden light, and the red spider, which was originally the size of a thumb, turned into a monster the size of a basin. A three-foot snake that flew up from the sewer turned into a long snake that meandered more than ten meters.

On these poisonous insects, you can vaguely see a little divine brilliance.

"Sure enough, it's a family of the gods. Yu Yu and the witches stood on the high platform chanting incantations, and when she saw these monsters forced out of the corner of Jiugong City, she gestured to Deng Kai next to her.

"Okay!" Deng Kai grabbed the divine bow behind his back and aimed at those monsters and poisonous insects in the air.

This bow is one of the artifacts given to the Xia Kingdom by the Sun Temple at the beginning, which can condense sunlight as arrows and destroy evil spirits. As the bow and arrow pierced, those poisonous insects were destroyed by the golden arrows of the sun, along with the divinity.

Seeing this scene, those poisonous insects that had not yet been contaminated with golden light, where did they remember the orders of the gods, and hurriedly ran outside the Nine Palace City.

The two statues outside the Nine Palace City suddenly rose red auspicious clouds, as if they had come to life, and waved their weapons to smash these monsters. These are the two gods of the Xia Kingdom, who are the guardian gods of the portal, and are responsible for eradicating these monsters that harass the Nine Palace City.

In the Spirit Palace, on the upper floor of Yuhua, Ji Le looked at the evil spirits in the city that were suppressed by the golden light of the demons.

Zhao Gao said sincerely: "Your Highness is clever, but by using a small festival, you will wipe out all these ghosts, gods and demons in the city. ”

"It's just a surprise. Ji Le stood with his hands in his hands: "I heard some time ago that the Destiny God System was expanding greatly, so I had some guesses. It's just that I didn't expect that the other party's methods were even worse than I expected. ”

The Destiny God system is expanding at a rapid rate. Their most common miracle is that after a disaster in some small country, the gods of fate "coincidentally" come to help solve the disaster, and then have the city-state sacrifice them.

"I thought it was the god of calamity or doom who was secretly inflicting calamity. Then let the other gods of fate come to the rescue, and use this to set up a stage and sing a double reed. But now it seems that they are using and driving away demons and evil spirits, and behind them are directly 'good gods' such as Lady Luck. ”

Hearing Ji Le's words, Zheng Dan showed disgust: "That is also a creation god, who has fallen to this point, using this kind of subordinate means?"

"It has nothing to do with the Heavenly King, maybe the Heavenly Concubine doesn't matter. It's the people under them who make their own decisions. After all, the demigod spirits that the Destiny God Department has recently absorbed are mixed, and it is not impossible that some of them impose their faith with terror. ”

Xia Guo only worships the sun god of the fate god system, and ignores those Mao gods at all. Seeking victory, seeking marriage, which round will get these outer gods?

Therefore, these newly promoted gods couldn't help but bypass the defense of the gods and throw some worms, frogs and poisonous snakes to the Xia Kingdom after the arrival of summer, hoping to cause a big disaster and force the Xia Kingdom to surrender.

Because Xia Guo often fights with Nan Yushan, he is very conscious of insect prevention and poison repellent. Every household hangs the spell Ai Ye given by the Spirit Palace, and also protects all underage children with spells.

Secretly, the black snake lurking in someone's shadow watched coldly. The snake's pupils flickered with red light, and he looked at the same kind of people in the outside world who had been dispersed and even destroyed, and sneered: "What do you think is the Xia Kingdom? Do you think that a snake plague can be taken down? If it is really so simple, our Nanyu Mountain will not be wiped out by them." ”

The snake soul curled up in its own form, and with the help of this Xia country person it parasitized, it avoided the harm of the Dragon Boat Festival to exorcise evil spirits.

Ji Le stood on the Yuhua Tower and watched for a while, and when he saw that the detoxification work was almost underway, he turned around and went downstairs: "By the way, Zhao Gao, you go back and draw up an edict for me, send it to the surrounding countries, and remind them to be careful of deworming." lest they be corrupted by the gods of fate. ”

"Yes. Zhao Gao lowered his hand and went downstairs with Ji Le. Then Zheng Dan accompanied Ji Le to the square in front of the Ling Palace to participate in the Zongwang Competition, and Zhao Gao wrote an edict and conveyed it to the surrounding countries.

When I came to the square, I had now entered the festive atmosphere, and the noisy venue was filled with a stream of spiritual light. It's a pity that this festival belief in the Dragon Boat Festival is difficult to be absorbed by a specific god. The strong spiritual light of faith permeated the square, which was borrowed by Yu Yu as a barrier to repel insects and ward off evil spirits.

Bamboo baskets are placed around the square, and inside are the rice dumplings cooked by the Spirit Palace, on which there are witches to exert magic power to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings, which are free for the people to eat.

Ji Le walked to his judges' seat, and at this moment the three judges had already begun to taste the zongzi made by the contestants from all walks of life.

Yang Ke, who was sitting next to Ji Le, stretched his waist: "Why did you come?"

"I went to see Yu Yuan's exorcism work. ”

There are five judges, three of whom are responsible for the tasting of tastes, and the other two are responsible for creative and promotional scoring. A total of 50 points, and each judge has 10 points.

Ji Le originally planned to score the taste, but was unanimously opposed by Shi Huang and others, and in desperation, Ji Le was responsible for the creative score, and Yang Ke was responsible for the evaluation of promotion and convenience.

Even though it tastes good and is full of creativity, if it is not convenient for others to learn and spread, it is difficult to promote it on a large scale, so how can this recipe be passed on to future generations and enjoy with the people?

Of course, taste is the most important thing before creativity and promotion. This time, in addition to the old man Shi Huang, there are also the two approaching solar term gods of Mangzhong God and the Summer Solstice God as referees.

According to the process, the three taste judges will score first, and when the score reaches more than 20 points, Ji Le and Yang Ke will be allowed to further evaluate.

Seeing the three gods feasting, Ji Le's eyes rolled and he whispered a few words to Yang Ke.

"God of Food, although I have similar powers, my exclusive priesthood has not yet been condensed. As he spoke, Yang Ke hooked his fingers, and a special divine power field slowly opened.

In this field, the zongzi present suddenly erupted with five-colored brilliance. Each zongzi has a corresponding food god brilliance, and those with better taste and quality will have stronger brilliance, and other visions will appear.

For example, in front of Emperor Shi and the three of them, there are red clouds on the surface of the zongzi, and they spread out to the surroundings with a faint fragrance of zongzi.

In order to stir up the heat, Emperor Shi deliberately wrote the production methods of various zongzi on the wooden board and announced the whole country. Encourage everyone to innovate and participate in the first "Zongwang" competition.

Queshui sumu rice dumplings are one of them, adding a strip of sumu to ordinary alkaline water rice dumplings. After the sumac wood is steamed, it will stain the inside of the zongzi red. Open the pu leaves, and in the middle of the slightly yellowed four-cornered dumplings, there is a mass of red, which looks quite appetizing.

With the consumption of the three gods, the wonderful taste was automatically concretized by Yang Ke's realm of the god of food, and there were several red doves singing the wonderful sounds of heaven above Shi Huang's head. And the god of mangzhong and the god of the summer solstice, as the gods, are also the first time to eat this kind of Xia cuisine, and all kinds of heavenly and human visions have appeared around them.

A piece of mahogany, decorated with light yellow rice dumplings, has a unique taste. On them, the vigorous spirit condensed into the Heavenly Palace Fairyland, and they seemed to be very satisfied with this alkaline water dumpling. Even under the stimulation of the divine energy, the placket of the mangzhong god's clothes had been automatically blown away.

"It's a pity that it's a man, if only Yuhong and her sisters came. ”

In Yang Ke's realm of the god of food, he can transform the satisfaction of food into a divine qi eruption. For these Anemo gods, a powerful wind burst and burst their clothes. But the male god bursts into clothes, how can a goddess look good? Especially Yu Hong's pleated fairy dress, if it is blown by the spirit, it must have a unique style.

Soon, the three judges scored high marks and sent Su Mu dumplings to Ji Le and Yang Ke.

Because Tianping has made achievements in planting sugarcane, and Muyan's beekeeping industry is also on the right track. Therefore, honey and sugar are no longer the precious items that plague Xia Guo. Although it is not yet possible to popularize it among the whole people, the average person can eat it several times on weekdays.

Dipped in sugar, Ji Le was very satisfied with this Su Mu dumpling wrapped by the doctors and women of the Ming Palace.

"It tastes good, but unfortunately it's not creative. ”

Why do you want Ji Le to evaluate the creative score? Because he has seen all kinds of strange zongzi on the earth, and the Zongshui Sumu zongzi is very common for him, and he only barely gives three points.

It's Yang Ke, this kind of Sumu dumpling is very easy to make in his eyes.

"Alkaline water, sumac sticks, sugar, and pu leaves, which are convenient for production and promotion, I think it's good. As a result, Yang Ke gave a high evaluation of eight points.

"This taste, I can let Nangong and them taste it when I turn around. ”

Ji Le took two chopsticks and put them down directly: "Then you have to pay attention to this kind of thing, try not to let pregnant women eat this kind of thing." ”

Next, there is a red bean and salted pork dumpling.

For the gods of Mangzhong and Xia Solstice, these strange zongzi in Xia Kingdom stimulate their appetite very much, and they are much stronger than the barbecue and bread they usually eat.

The two gods feasted and kept scoring high scores, and Emperor Shi next to him shook his head speechlessly: "Zongzi is easy to accumulate food, and it is not advisable to eat more." It's also that the two highnesses are in good health, otherwise so many zongzi will be in their stomachs, I'm afraid it will ......"

He scored symbolically, and then transferred it to Ji Le and Yang Ke.

Red bean and salted pork dumplings are also the production method taught by Emperor Shi, which is provided by a restaurant in the city. In addition to the marinated bacon meat, there are also red beans that have been soaked in advance, which means "red and hot".

Ji Le poked the chopsticks a few times, knowing that there was not much difference from the zongzi in his previous life, so he simply made another three. I didn't even taste it this time.

As for Yang Ke, from the perspective of promotion, another eight points were given. And he likes salty dumplings, and he eats the meat dumplings in front of him directly, and he is even a little unsatisfied.

Seeing that Ji Le didn't eat it, he couldn't help but say, "Why don't you refuse to eat meat dumplings? ”

"Oh, it's delicious, you eat it yourself. Ji Le silently pushed the meat dumplings in front of him over, with a look of disgust: "I don't have a common language with a salty dumpling party like you." ”

Strictly speaking, Ji Le is not unable to eat salty rice dumplings, he has no bad feelings towards some vegetable rice dumplings, such as shredded potato dumplings or other rice dumplings wrapped in vegetables.

Only meat dumplings!

Meat dumplings once caused deep damage to Gongsun Wenli's young heart.

His friend, like Yang Ke, likes to eat meat dumplings. Originally, the two of them were safe and sound, but when they ate, one salty and one sweet, and the well water did not interfere with the river water.

But that guy once secretly buried a piece of sauce meat dumplings in Ji Le's bowl. Because the meat was eaten by friends, only a piece of rice dumpling stained with fat remained.

What's even worse is that the sauce meat dumpling is stained with white sugar at the bottom of Gongsun's bowl. Then Gongsun Wenli put the sauce meat dumplings in his mouth without preparation.

The sour, fatty oil with sweet white sugar...... Let Gongsun Wenli be unforgettable to this day.

In a fit of rage, Gongsun Boy peeled five white jade dumplings and stuffed them into "someone's" mouth, forced someone to swallow them all, and ordered someone to eat meat dumplings for three consecutive days.

"Hehe, salty dumplings are all heretical! I'd rather eat spicy dumplings than salty dumplings!"

As soon as Ji Le finished speaking, the three judges next door sent a spicy dumpling.

Spicy dumplings generally also have meat, but under heavy spicy, the greasy meat can be suppressed, so Ji Lecai said that he is more suitable for spicy dumplings than salted meat dumplings.

However, spicy dumplings are more strange than salty dumplings, and according to the census of people on the earth, except for the land of Sichuan and Shu and a small number of regions, it is difficult for most people to accept this taste. However, if you can accept it, spicy dumplings can indeed have a unique feeling. And from the point of view of medicinal properties, spicy dumplings are convenient for dehumidification, and eating spicy dumplings in summer can eliminate moisture in the body. Of course, the premise is not to get angry.

"What is this!" the god of mangzhong only took the first bite and immediately jumped up. His face was flushed, and he drank three cups of tea in a row, but he still couldn't relieve the spicy taste.

"I think it's pretty good. "Although the summer solstice god is also red, the more he eats, the faster he eats. The spicy dumplings gave him a sense of refreshment.

"Evil way, this is evil way!" finally the god of Mangzhong couldn't bear it anymore and ran to the river to drink water.

Seeing this scene, Ji Le turned his head and said, "I think that you have made great achievements in the realm of the God of Food, so it is better to really shape the priesthood of the God of Food." lest you turn back and be taken away by other gods. ”

Yang Ke's God of Food realm, while embodying satisfaction for the three judges, also enhances the taste of zongzi, and can stimulate the taste buds of the three gods.

"No, I'm not interested in the god of food. At most, I am the patron saint of the stove and the patron saint of the family. God of food, it's better to find someone who can cook. ”

As the ancestor of agriculture and medicine, Emperor Yan became the protector of these two industries. However, in the sacrifices of the ancestors of the Xia Kingdom, he was also regarded as the embodiment of food and stove fire.

"Huainanzi General Treatise": "Emperor Yan made fire and died as a stove".

There are also some myths and rumors that regard the Yellow Emperor's concubine Wei Yu as the ancestor of the cook. And this concubine is rumored to be from the line of Emperor Yan, which adds some mythological colors to Emperor Yan.

Therefore, Yang Kecai has a similar field, but he has not really established the priesthood yet.

"Cooking?" Ji Le's heart moved, and he thought of a suitable candidate.

"After Hades, I have become more proficient in controlling the fire, and I can roughly locate the corresponding séance. Not long ago, he was Mr. Nangong's descending spirit. It is not impossible if a god of food is really descended, especially a god of food with great talents. ”

The jury was very lively here, and when the god of mangzhong came back, he decisively gave a low score. But they couldn't stand the Xia Solstice God and Shi Huang's efforts to save it, and let this pepper bacon dumpling be sent to Ji Le and Yang Ke.

Eating spicy dumplings, Ji Le frowned frequently. I have to say that Yang Ke has a strong control over the five flavors of the God of Food. The entrance of spicy dumplings is like swallowing a piece of coal, which makes people uncomfortable.

"I kind of understand why the Mangzhong God ran away. However, the summer solstice god can actually eat five spicy dumplings in a row, and he is also a cow. ”

"Ahem...... cough cough ......" next to Yang Ke ate half of the spicy rice dumpling, and was directly cried by his own five-flavor domain, and under the stimulation of heavy spicy, physiological tears were left in the corners of his eyes.

"Is this thing eaten by people!" he kept pouring tea into his mouth: "This thing is not popularized at all!"

"Not necessarily. When the humidity is heavy in the mountains and forests, and it is difficult to preserve the general meat, and it is impossible to make fresh meat dumplings, bacon will be chosen. Besides, don't you think this kind of bacon dumplings are easy to preserve?" Ji Le touched his chin: "Especially the bacon rice, if you give up the leaves and choose to use a bamboo tube, you can also easily carry it when you march and fight." By the way, there is also canned food! Go back and summon the God of Food, and let him study this technique. ”

Ji Le immediately found a new research direction in Xia Guo. Canned fruits and vegetables can replenish nutrition for the army and reduce diseases.

"Isn't our next target there?" Yang Ke calmed the spicy taste in his mouth and glanced at Dongfang.

Xia is currently developing rapidly, and its land area far exceeds its population needs. But with the personalities of Yang Ke and Ji Le, they also prepared the future imperial road of the Xia Kingdom early.

The West must not go, and it is not in the interests of Xia to go to the center of the mainland and the Tumu conflict. However, the north and south sides are currently guarded by natural dangers, and they cannot give up the current pattern and seize the land outside. Only the eastern countries, these small countries with scattered troops, are the foundation of the future hegemony of the Xia Kingdom.

Regardless of other things, the salt produced by the ocean and the huge amount of seafood are the most coveted by Ji Le. Moreover, the eastern kingdoms were not supported by a strong kingdom. If you swallow the entire east, you can compete with the Chinese territory on the earth and become the imperial overlord on the earth.

"It's because we have to sail that we need canned food even more. Hmm, go back and ask the old man to prepare a few world history books for you, and you can read the history of your homeland. ”

Canned sealed food has appeared very early in Chinese history, with a history of thousands of years. But the real promotion of canned food was still in the West, because of the scurvy of sea crews, which made canned food popular in the world.

Ji Le thought to himself: Now that the flood has gradually receded, since we have decided to develop towards the sea in the future, we must solve this problem as soon as possible to prepare for the Age of Discovery.

With the two scoring, while discussing national affairs, the competition was held smoothly.

Suddenly, the three juries were stunned.

In front of them, a brand new kind of rice dumplings appeared.

Huo Quzhi, who was in charge of hosting next to him, looked at the information and said in a strange tone: "This is a combination of rice dumplings, with a combination of gold zongzi, green jade zongzi and agate zongzi, called 'three-star gem zong'." ”

Emperor Shi, the god of mangzhong, and the god of the summer solstice silently looked at the zongzi that shimmered red, gold, and cyan luster on the plate. In the performance of zongzi, they felt a fluctuation of divine power. It is not the divine energy attached to the realm of the god of food, but the power contained in this zongzi itself.

"Can you know which company made the three-star gem dumplings?" Emperor Shi: "Wang Ting, Ling Palace, or Immortal Dao?"

"This ......" Huo Quzhi swallowed: "These contestants deliberately chose to hide their names. In short, please ask the three judges to try it. ”

Shi Huang took the chopsticks and gently cut the agate dumplings. The so-called agate dumplings are red bean dumplings, but the whole zongzi is specially soaked in the glutinous rice stage to show a burgundy color. Under the embellishment of plump red beans, it is like a warm agate.

After the zongzi were opened, the viscous red liquid slowly flowed out, and the aroma of wine permeated the entire venue. Just smelling the aroma of agate dumplings, many people are drunk.

"Huh?" Emperor Shi was surprised: "This is actually a wine heart dumpling?"

Ji Le cheered up, this was the first time he had seen this kind of zongzi, and he directly asked someone to send a copy.

The three-star rice dumplings are not made of traditional hoop leaves or reed leaves, but choose relatively rare lotus leaves. In the wooden plate is spread a lotus leaf, on which are the red, yellow and green rice dumplings that have been peeled.

Cut open the agate dumplings, dipped the wine juice inside, and Ji Le put them in his mouth.

On the tongue, the sweet aroma of wine bursts into full swing, followed by the taste of red beans and honey, and ...... It seems that there is still the sweetness of red dates?

He nodded slowly: "It's a red wine from Tumu, with a mellow taste and a long aftertaste." And it is mixed with jujube paste in a special way to form a new viscous sauce. However, this sauce is not easy to cook - yes, before steaming, the sauce should be solidified in a special way and filled into the glutinous rice mixed with red beans as a solid filling. ”

After being experienced, Ji Le quickly guessed how to make agate dumplings.

Yang Ke had an idea: "Condensed into solid? frozen? Even among witches, there are few people who have learned to manipulate the power of ice." ”

And the only ones who chose ......

Ji Le didn't say anything, his next target was the golden dumpling. When the golden dumpling was entered, the clothes on Ji Le's body instantly burst halfway, and golden clouds continued to erupt from the sleeves and necklines, condensing an ever-changing golden city behind him. Even overhead, dragons soar into the sky.

"Hmm...... The taste is average, although it looks good, but it is no different from ordinary honey dumplings. But sweet dumplings are better than salty dumplings!"

However, after eating this zongzi, Ji Le's five senses improved out of thin air, and he could vaguely feel the flow of the wind power.

"Sure enough, it's them!"

Ji Le finally went to eat green jade dumplings. This zongzi has a coolness, refreshing and refreshing, and the effect is excellent.

"This zongzi ......" Ji Le thought for a moment, "It seems to be similar to Qingjing rice?" but it is also dyed with medicinal juice, but this medicinal juice seems to have a special use. In this state, it seems convenient for enlightenment?"

Shi Huang also analyzed it at this moment: "I see, the reason why these three zongzi are considered a combination. It is because there is a order in which zongzi are eaten. The first one eats agate dumplings, enters a drunken state, and lets go of worries and distractions. Then eat golden dumplings to relieve hangover and improve your five senses. Finally, using the green jade dumplings to clear the mind can allow the practitioner to enter a special state of enlightenment. ”

"This group of zongzi can be called a good product for cultivation assistance!"

Shi Huang directly gave a very high evaluation.

The god of mangzhong and the god of the summer solstice looked at each other, and also silently gave ten points: I can't afford to offend, I can't afford to offend. Although the taste is average, the goddesses behind it can't afford to offend.

And when I came to Ji Le, I had a very high evaluation of this set of zongzi. In terms of creativity, he can give full marks.

But forty minutes later, this group of zongzi received a cold reception at Yang Ke.

"The taste of zongzi is acceptable, the effect is good, and it is full of creativity. However—" Yang Ke picked up the sign with zero points: "There is no promotion." ”

Boom –

There seemed to be a hurricane blowing in the sky.

Yang Ke was not in a hurry, and continued to comment: "This kind of zongzi is in the Linggong Witch Place, and it should be widely praised. But it is not suitable for the people to have fun with the people, so that all the people can learn this way of making. ”

That's right, just the material of the three-star rice dumpling is enough to stump a group of people. Not to mention the way it is made, and the divine power mixed in it.

Ji Le thought for a while: "Not necessarily, the green jade dumplings are made of green essence rice, dyed with medicinal juice, although the people can't come up with such a high-grade medicinal juice, but they can also let the Ming Palace find common herbs to replace." As for agate dumplings, we have also started to plant vines in our Xia country, and we will be able to produce wine in a few years. That way of making solid fillings is not difficult. It can also be used for soup dumplings and the like, just prepare an ice cave. ”

"As for the golden rice dumpling-" Ji Le looked at the golden rice dumpling in front of him again: "I originally thought that this was a simple honey cold rice dumpling, at most it was dyed yellow by alkaline water." But in hindsight, the taste of this zongzi is different from ordinary glutinous rice. Moreover, without any skills, it has the same effect of cultivation, and this power comes from the material itself. ”

Hearing this, Yang Ke, Shi Huang and others observed the rice used in the golden rice dumplings.

The god of mangzhong was the first to react: "This is the valley of the gods. When the goddess of grains was born, it is said that she was holding a seven-spike sacred grass in her hand. Later, all the crops in the world evolved through the grain seeds on the original grains. Among them, the highest level of the valley of the gods, only the gods are qualified to eat. Could it be ...... Could it be that this is made of divine rice?"

Yang Ke: "In this way, the generalizability of this kind of thing is even worse. ”

The summer solstice god interrupted him: "No, it's not right, it's different from the divine rice we usually eat. There is too little divine energy contained in it, or it is just a kind of aura, it should be a brand new grain, and it ......"

"Moreover, His Highness who made the golden rice dumplings is telling us this. She had researched a new kind of spiritual rice that could be consumed by mortals. ”

Ji Le exclaimed: "Among the three zongzi, this zongzi really shows its value, and the merit is in the future!"

Suddenly, a breeze blew across Ji Le's cheek, like a girl's kiss.

Speaking of which, if Yang Ke still doesn't understand, then he will be blind to his status as a monarch all these years.

Without hesitation, he said, "Tomorrow, I will immediately go to the temple to ask for the rice seeds of the Golden Rice, although it is a little late to plant again this year." But with the power of the Spiritual Palace Witches, it should be possible to ripen quickly and catch up with the harvest sacrifice at the time of the autumn harvest. ”

Under the wonderful effect of the three-star zongzi, the latter kinds of zongzi can no longer get high scores from Ji Le.

The Golden Guige Pavilion of the Yougong took out a kind of osmanthus white jade dumpling. With a wonderful combination of glutinous rice and osmanthus sauce, he got a high score from the three judges.

There is also a kind of five-kernel glutinous rice dumplings, Ji Le rolled his eyes directly after seeing it: "It's not the Mid-Autumn Festival, what kind of five-kernel moon cakes to eat!"

However, this kind of five-kernel glutinous rice dumpling looks good, the body of the dumpling is small like a water chestnut, the leaves are as green as green jade, with a light fragrance, and the inside is also full of filling. At least here in Yang Ke, get a high score.

After the selection of five judges, nine kinds of zongzi finally entered the finals.

Although Yang Ke scored a low score, he still scored a high score to reach the finals of the "three-star gem dumplings".

Five-kernel glutinous rice dumplings, red bean honey date dumplings, osmanthus white jade dumplings, red bean salted meat dumplings, mountain pepper bacon dumplings, and water sumu dumplings.

and the creative crystal sun dumplings and lotus leaf lotus rice dumplings.

The raw material of Crystal Sun Dumplings is not white glutinous rice, but a special potato flour. It was discovered by a young girl in the city that this potato flour was transparent after steaming. She made crystal dumplings with potato flour wrapped in salted egg yolks. The salted egg yolk oozing red oil was just like the sun inside the crystal.

Ji Le had naturally eaten similar crystal dumplings in his previous life, but in the case that Emperor Shi did not leave the corresponding production method, the people could research similar things on their own, which was enough to be called creative. And that kind of potato flour has other uses, can make all kinds of snacks, and also has a strong popularity.

As for the lotus leaf lotus zongzi, it is another strange zongzi, which comes from the witch of the Spirit Palace.

This kind of zongzi is made of lotus leaves, filled with pickled sweet lotus seeds, and then wrapped in five-color glutinous rice. After steaming and cutting, the glutinous rice skin is green, red, yellow, white and black, and the center is a lotus seed. Like a colorful lotus blooming on top of the lotus leaf, it is refreshing.

Ji Le put down his chopsticks: "There are only nine of them?"

"There's another kind. It is a zongzi prepared by the royal court. Huo Quzhi saw the last zongzi on the list: "But this is a real behemoth." ”

He ordered to go down, and soon thirty soldiers jointly carried a bamboo boat to the meeting place.

"Oh?" Ji Le smiled when he saw the emerald green bamboo boat: "This is interesting." ”

Looking at the dragon scales of the dragon-headed bamboo boat, Mangzhong God couldn't help but sigh: "The pomp of the royal court is really big!"

Shi Huang looked at the dragon's head bamboo boat, the keel of this bamboo boat is made of bamboo strips, and between the gaps of the bamboo strips, there are square long rice dumplings.

"Dragon dumplings?"

Dragon dumplings are also the production method taught by Shi Huang.

The dense three-foot dragon dumplings are inserted in the bamboo boat, as the dragon scales of the dragon's head bamboo boat, making this giant dragon lifelike.

"It's not just small dragon dumplings, the dragon backbones on those backs are also big dragon dumplings!"

The whole dragon head bamboo boat is 20 meters long, and at the backbone of the bamboo boat, there is a 20-meter-long dragon dumpling.

Huo Quzhi looked at the list and explained: "The name of this dragon dumpling boat is 'Wanzhu Bi Scale Zong', which comes from Mrs. Li of the royal court. ”

"Li Qiongyun?" Yang Ke was surprised.

"Why, your wife got it, you don't even know?"

Yang Ke rolled his eyes and said, "I've been living in the Yongle Hall for the past few days, helping you organize the celebration, and I haven't returned to the royal court at all, how can I know their actions?"

"Then you have to admire the action of your family and your wife. Ji Le pointed to the dragon dumpling boat and said: "The dragon dumpling is longer than the ordinary four-corner dumpling, and the wrapping method is more complicated. To be able to wrap three-foot dragon dumplings, you already need veteran experience. Not to mention a twenty-meter-long dragon dumpling, this is not something that ordinary people can do. ”

In his previous life, Ji Le had also seen this kind of dragon dumpling dozens of meters long on the news. This kind of dragon dumpling requires hundreds of people to eat together, and making this kind of dragon dumpling itself can be called a celebration.

"What's more, the materials used in the Wang Tinglong rice dumpling boat are very different. Ji Le pointed to those dragon dumplings and said to Yang Ke, who could only eat and couldn't work: "Generally, zongzi are mainly made of hoop leaves, reed leaves or lotus leaves. After these leaves are picked, they are washed and boiled before they are ready to use. But the only thing you use is that the dumpling leaves you use are different, and if my nose is not wrong, they use bamboo skin. And not bamboo leaves, but the outer skin of bamboo shoots is utilized. This rind needs to be dried and stored several months in advance. ”

"But in the case of our competition, it was suddenly held a few days ago, and it was impossible to have this time. To be able to collect so many bamboo shoot skins in such a short period of time, it must have taken a lot of effort for the royal court. And to prepare so much glutinous rice, you also have to practice the dragon dumpling technique. The women of your royal court are not simple. ”

Ji Le's explanation made the Mangzhong God and the Xia Solstice God and others more curious about the dragon boat in front of them.

When the dragon boat is placed in the center of the square, it enters the realm of the god of food, and turns into a sacred green dragon and walks in the square, swaying the dragon scales on its body in front of everyone.

On the plates of the five judges, the peeled square dragon dumplings automatically appeared. Moreover, the taste of dragon dumplings is completely different, with all kinds of flavors of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty.

The first few finalists of the date dumplings, bacon dumplings, osmanthus dumplings, etc., can all find the same taste on the dragon dumpling boat.

When Emperor Shi saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh, "A boat arrives at 10,000 dumplings." Except for the crystal dumplings, gem dumplings and lotus dumplings of the Linggong, the flavors of other zongzi are all in the dragon boat. ”

In this way, this group of dragon dumplings can naturally enter the finals. ”

And in terms of creativity and promotion, Ji Le and Yang Ke can't say a word. The winner has undoubtedly been decided.

Emperor Shi personally presented the award to Li Qiongyun, the representative of the royal court, and defined the dragon dumplings as the national dumplings, which was defined as an exclusive project for the celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival every year, and then distributed the remaining dragon dumplings to the people of the whole country.

"Bi Yao, remember to send someone to go around the palace, and those slaves also rewarded some zongzi to show the benevolence of our masters. And-"

"Where is Gu Yan, don't worry, I won't treat my own people badly on this kind of festival. Huo Quzhi carried a plate of white jade dumplings and walked up to Ji Le: "I sent someone to send the lotus rice dumplings made in the Spirit Palace yesterday, and I also sent Chinese clothes to Gu Yan's mother and sisters." ”

"In addition, Cui Jing's girl also represents the Yongle Palace, and gives a lot of zongzi to the great spirits in those spiritual platforms to help you subdue the gods. ”

Hearing that these people had been arranged, Ji Le nodded silently and stopped talking.

"By the way, when it comes to dragon dumplings, I think of dragons, has the dragon you prepared to protect the country hatch?"

The appearance of the goddess of tides has led to the emergence of an additional sea god system above the ocean.

Yang Ke and Ji Le's next strategic goal is the Eastern States. In particular, Ji Le plans to cultivate a divine dragon in the ocean and canonize the dragon king as the god of the sea. This will inevitably be negotiated and communicated with the sea gods.

"The dragon eggs have not hatched yet. But in the second half of the year, it should be able to hatch. But I have to find a dragon slave in advance to help me take care of the dragon. ”

"Dragon slave?" Yang Ke thought for a while: "There are clouds in the ancient book, 'Dong's father is a good dragon, and Shun sent the dragon to Taoqiu for the dragon clan. 'What you call a dragon slave, that's it?"

"Not bad. ”

"I've already figured out who to summon to help me raise dragons, but if I summon this one, the god of food just now may be in some trouble. ”

Yang Ke was about to ask carefully, when suddenly a witch came over to report: "Your Highness, the queen is about to be born!"

Nangong is going to give birth?

Suddenly, Yang Ke was stunned. Although I knew that the due date was this month, I didn't expect it to be this time.

"What are you doing in a daze!" Ji Le pushed hard behind his back: "Go quickly! Nangong is currently recuperating in Yu Yuan, what are you doing stupidly!"