Qinghe, the maidservant brought by Zeng Wei, commanded the two small servants of Zeng's Mansion to go in and out, and slowly moved in more than ten pieces of porcelain plates and woodware, which filled the four tables of the restaurant.

Everyone looked, and three of them mentioned the large carved golden silk nan food box, which was particularly beautiful.

Each food box has four layers, and the pattern of each layer is different.

Zeng Wei led Liang Shicheng and others, looking at them layer by layer.

"The wood grain of this layer, such as the west wind of the ancient road, spreads the yellow sand, so the poem of Cen Shen is inscribed: all protect the camp Taibai West, and the sound of the horn moves Hu Tianxiao."

"The wood grain of this layer, the warp and weft are vertical and horizontal, shining like brocade, and the title is Bai Juyi's poem: weaving for the autumn geese outside the clouds, dyed as the spring water color of the south of the Yangtze River."

"Look at this layer again, rippling, like the autumn water slight, and it just so happens that the color of the wood here is slightly lighter, at a glance, is it very much like a bright moon reflected in the water? Because of this moonlight, the inscription on the wooden board is the poem of King Luo Bin: Beique is cold and flowing, and the jade wheel is clear in autumn. ”

"Hey, this layer is interesting, the texture of Jin Sinan seems to be inferior to the first few layers continuously, in one go, and even a little chaotic. But you take a step back a little, and from this point of view, doesn't it look like an autumn hunting picture? On the Artemisia Grass Liao Plain, hunters on horseback, some control the reins and chase quickly, some have goshawks in their hands, some have drawn bows and arrows, and some horses are still followed by a hunting dog. Such a heavenly wonder, it is natural to title Wang Wei's poem: the grass is withered, the eagle's eye is sick, and the snow is light. ”

"I love this one the most, though. It is very peculiar, most of the pattern is light, almost invisible, like the sky is high and the water is wide. Only where the sky and water meet, there are faint traces of mountains and mountains. If you look closely, you can find that there is a flat boat on the river. At this level, when the craftsman asked me which poem to engrave, I gave up the poem and chose the words of Mr. Su, the last sentence in "Linjiang Immortal": The boat passed away, and the river and the sea sent the rest of his life. ”

Zeng Wei talked eloquently, and when he finished the last words, everyone present seemed to be unaware of the end of a listening, and they were still silent, only to look at the food box with their eyes and then look at Zeng Wei, their eyes were intertwined with envy, admiration, and emotion.

Yao Huan said in his heart, Jin Sinan, such a beautiful God-given thing, was explained by him with sincerity and talent, and it was really a feast for the eyes and ears.

Well, Uncle Cai Yingwen's voice is also very good, and Mr. Shao Qingshao's voice is also very good, both of them are calm and gentle male voices, and both of them have real talents.

However, when my uncle reads the words, or, Mr. Shao says the recipe, where is Zeng Wei him, there is such a fairy and free and easy air as him!

For a while, Yao Huan didn't even feel any hot pain from the newly scalded wound, and just looked forward to the man in front of him, as if he was returning from a concert, and then talked about the beauty and elegance of the food box a few times.

Among the people, Liang Shicheng, who is still the youngest, is the most concerned about the efficiency of the business because of the greatest responsibility.

"Second sister-in-law, these tiger skin fried chicken feet, salty braised chicken feet and braised chicken feet with soybean sauce, are they ready to be cooked?"

"It's here, it's here, it's going to be potted with lychee kidneys and glutinous rice steamed tripe." Shen Fuzhi responded.

When Shen Fuzhi was young, he was also the daughter of the Shen family, and he lived in Hangzhou City, which was in the southeast and the capital of Sanwu, and he still knew how to use high-quality porcelain.

When Qinghe, the quick-eyed little maid of the Zeng family, carefully brought over the oblong white porcelain plates, Shen Fuzhi went to the steaming drawer without delay and carried a copper kettle.

After Qinghe picked up the upper layer of the white plate, Shen Fuzhi carefully poured boiling water into the bottom plate and immediately let go, and Qing Hefu fastened the upper plate again.

Yao Huan understood that this was the "warm plate" used by the ancients to maintain the temperature of vegetables and vegetables.

The lower layer of the thermostat and the lid are extremely thick, except for the middle one.

After pouring hot water into the lower layer, the porcelain plate in the middle is filled with dishes and covered with a lid to keep the heat hot for half an hour.

In this era, the powerful people in Kaifeng used porcelain, mainly Junyao carmine and Ruyao azure.

But what was once used at home was Pengzhou white porcelain.

Pengzhou is in Shu, and at the end of the Tang Dynasty, northern porcelain craftsmen who had migrated to escape the war used local clay to fire porcelain, which is believed to have been deeply influenced by Dingzhou white porcelain. But compared with the porcelain of the Ding kiln, Pengzhou white porcelain seems to be more simple, under the light of the tooth-colored glaze, at some angles, there is a blues that is so shallow that people can almost not catch it, and there is no carving processing, at a glance, it is like the snow field under the moonlight, Qingning, and the meaning of the secret realm, which makes people take it away.

The flavor of the Shen family shop sent to the palace today, the red and bright lychee kidneys and the stewed phoenix feet in sauce, the white pearl-like glutinous rice embedded with the tender pink belly, and the apricot flavor and spicy chicken feet that have been pickled on the first day, no need to keep warm, and can be eaten cold, thick and faint colors, teaching Pengzhou white porcelain to be lined with a lining, as gratifying as a colored silk painting.

Liang Shicheng saw the end from the beginning, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a soft voice: "Good, great good!" When the king of the county saw it, he would definitely feel new and satisfied. ”

He turned his head to Zeng Wei again, and said meaningfully: "The laurel tree in the courtyard of the county king has also bloomed very early this year. The king of the county is filial, and he always remembers what kind of tea and flowers the Empress Dowager likes to drink, so he personally invited the Empress Dowager to a banquet some time ago to appreciate the laurel. It's also a coincidence, the people in this palace are all saved, and the Queen Mother loves white porcelain the most. Shiro, if you ask the Queen Mother about these warm plates, you may report the source next? ”

Zeng Wei smiled calmly between his eyebrows, and even felt slightly surprised, and said gently: "What's wrong with this? Although my family is Nanfeng Zeng's family, my father is also very interested in Shu school learning, and even with Pengzhou porcelain, he has always liked it. As for helping Shen's second sister-in-law, Mr. Liang can tell the truth that the Zeng family, the Shen family, and the Su family already have gentlemen's friends, and now they have relatives. ”

Yao Huan was originally the same as Liang Shicheng, who was watching his aunt and Qinghe pot dishes intently, and suddenly heard the conversation between Liang and Zeng in his ears, and couldn't help but think carefully.

She wondered if Zeng Wei was giving Liang Shicheng a hint.

Although the relationship between the Empress Dowager Xiang and the Empress Dowager Gao is that of a daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law, when the Empress Dowager Gao was alive, she was closer to this daughter-in-law than to the princesses. Empress Dowager Xiang and Zhang Dian don't deal with each other very well, Zhang Dian persecuted Su Shi and other old parties, and the Zeng family was Zhang Dang's political enemy, so Zeng Wei deliberately mentioned the Shu faction led by Su Shi's brothers?

As a later generation who knows the trend of the national fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty and the results of the political struggle of the top power group, Yao Huan will of course remember that in the first month of five years, in the depths of the Forbidden Palace, in the Funing Hall where Zhezong Zhao Xu had just died, there will be several sentences in the records of historical materials.

Xiang Empress Dowager: "Zhao Ji, King of Xuanduan, entered the palace and inherited the unification." ”

One of the prime ministers, Zhang Dun, said sharply: "King Duan is frivolous, you can't rule the world!" King Jane is the relative of his mother and brother, and he should stand! ”

Zeng Bu, the second prime minister, did not show weakness: "Prime Minister Zhang, listen to the order of the Queen Mother!" ”

Even those who have not read the notes of Song Shi and Zeng Bu know what happened after that. Duan King Zhao Ji, with the support of Empress Dowager Xiang and Zeng Bu, successfully took over the throne from his half-brother Zhao Xu, who died young. After he became an artistic emperor for nearly 30 years, he was exiled to the north by the Jin soldiers along with his entire clan. Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, father and son, the two last emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, together with Yelu Yanxi, the last emperor of the Liao State, spent the rest of their lives under house arrest in the Jin State.

Historically, the military generals of Wenchen have been a big gamble when it comes to standing in line. In the matter of Zhao Ji's succession, Zhang Dian lost and Zeng Bu won.

At this moment, the question that Yao Huan had been turning in his heart for a long time came up again.

Zeng Wei, a father who stood in the right line, and five years later was also in the prime of his career, but why is there no record of this son of a powerful minister in later generations?