Taoli Garden is another garden of Huawang Tianqi.

In early spring and February, the peach blossoms are red like fire, and the plum blossoms are as white as silver, colorful and gorgeous, and the fragrance strikes people.

On the floor in the center of the flower tree, eight large round tables are placed. The first two in the east are arranged in three or three below. There were ten people at each table, who were the officials of the Chinese State, the guests of the Zhou State, and the sixty candidates of the Spring Examination High School.

At the table on the left of the head, sitting He Lang and Wang Duan, the scholars of the Ministry of Rites of Hua and Zhouguo, each brought two attendants. Qin Tianjian was the competent body for the spring examination, and although Hu Li, the squire, was one level lower than the scholars, he brought three Lang Zhong to accompany him as the organizer.

The person at the table on the right belongs to the important officials of the three institutions, and the lowest rank is also a layman.

The specifications of the banquet are quite high, but in previous years it was higher. Huawang Tianqi will personally attend and send off his children to travel and practice.

More than ten meters behind them, two pavilions stood in the shade of peach trees and plum blossoms.

In the pavilion on the left, Bai Ling'er sat in front of Yaoqin. There is a maid on each side, and there are five musicians behind them, holding sheng, flute, gourd xun, pipa, and bell in their hands.

The suona that once made a big splash in the City God Temple and broke the sky with a loud voice did not appear. This time it's a state dinner, so of course you have to come as elegantly as possible. The drums are noisy, and the killing spirit of the suona is heavy, which seems a bit vulgar.

In the pavilion on the right, there were six low-level officials who were not qualified to sit at the table, such as Zhang Qishi and so on. The little fat man Feng Duan and other eight "temporary workers" were neatly dressed in green clothes and small gauze hats, standing solemnly outside the pavilion.

There are two rows of student seats with a total of six tables, and the front row is in the middle of the pavilion, and the focus of the audience's attention sits on, Tianlinggen Dong Shumin. The remaining fifty-nine people combined, the weight was not as heavy as hers.

What is the concept of Heavenly Spirit Root?

In the case of the Xiaoshui Sword Sect, there was only one thirty years ago, that is, the current head Dan Qiusheng.

Cultivate the world and respect the strong. A sect that lacks the support of the great monk will be finished sooner or later. Since a thousand years ago, the vitality of heaven and earth has been extremely prosperous and declining, and the various major sects have gradually declined, and there are fewer and fewer powerhouses in the realm of supernatural powers.

But there are sects that die out, and there are sects that rise. The key is to see if you can produce a strong person and grab more cultivation resources, such as Cave Heaven Blessed Land, Heavenly Materials and Earth Treasures, etc. Otherwise, everything that exists will be taken away.

It is conceivable that when Dong Shumin enters the Xiaoshui Sword Sect, he will be cultivated as a baby pimple. It is not surprising that he will become a member of the Ten Elders in the future, and even the head of the family. At that time, I am afraid that it will not be the annexation of the State of Zhou by the State of Hua, but the State of China will annex the State of Zhou.

In order to put an end to this almost visible possibility, the people of Zhou can only choose to act today, and can only have a peach and plum banquet in public.

After the feast, Miss Dong will be protected by the Chinese and cannot be touched. For example, outside the Taoli Garden at the moment, Baisha Mansion is patrolling the streets, and the Criminal Department is on alert. Even the Secret Investigation Division was dispatched, led by the commander Zhang Muzhi himself. If a bird flies in the sky, it is necessary to distinguish between male and female before it is allowed to go.

Tomorrow, Dong Shumin will become a disciple of Xiaoshui. If you dare to deal with her, you are the enemy of the Xiaoshui Sword Sect.

More than 50 meters away from the peach blossom and plum tree, Xintianyou stayed in the "intersection" of the kitchen, listening to the results of the spring examination read outside, and the government rewarded him...... The mouth is full of pleasure.

The three chefs, five helpers, and sixteen maids were all hired from Qiyun Restaurant, and they couldn't figure out such a high-standard Taoli banquet routine. accidentally bumped into the young man munching fearlessly, and hurriedly dodged away, not daring to make a sound.

In order to prevent problems, all the ingredients are purchased by Qin Tianjian, who is only responsible for cooking and serving the dishes. Previously, there were a few government-like people who inspected the kitchen, but in the end, only this noble son stayed, grabbing chopsticks unceremoniously.

Well, maybe it's a little bit of a drug test.

“…… All students will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver and one spirit stone. During the cultivation period, the family tax is reduced by 100 taels of silver every year, and all forced labor is exempted. The top three will be awarded a spirit stone. The first place, Dong Shumin, the heavenly spirit root, and another prize for a high-grade spirit stone......"

In fact, among these sixty people, only five or six of them eventually became immortal masters, and they still refused to return to their hometowns.

And Huaguo's spending is much more than what is mentioned above. Every year, a large number of spirit stones need to be paid tribute to the Xiaoshui Sword Sect, which is a treasure of heaven and earth. If the other party repairs the palace, he has to send craftsmen, and the cost has to be paid by himself. If there is a war, troops must be sent.

Xintianyou thinks, why feed these white-eyed wolves? Not only do you not want to be rewarded, but you also have to pay taxes heavily. Fortunately, three years later, Dong Shumin will definitely return.

The food is served with care.

The salty should come first, and the light should come later; The thick one should come first, and the thin one should be later; Those who do not have soup should go first, and those who have soup should come later. That is, the taste is from heavy to light. Spicy dishes are served halfway through the feast to refresh and appetize. The sweet and sour dishes are served after three rounds of wine to sober up and relieve fatigue.

These dishes are not made on a plate, and it is too unseemly. Go to the double number first, and take the meaning of double happiness. Generally, it is four, six, eight, take the four seasons of peace, six or six Shun, and the meaning of eight stars shines high.

The Taoli Banquet is a state banquet, and there are ten people at each table. Eight dishes are prepared first, four cold and four hot, and snacks are not considered main dishes.

The cold dishes are easy to prepare and placed on the long table in the transitional room. When the hot dishes are ready, they are also sent to the room first, and when the adults finish speaking, they are served out at one time. The ninth course is the finale of the heavy dish, which has to be stir-fried and served hot. The tenth course is the fresh soup at the end, which has long been simmered slowly.

In this way, it creates the best conditions for Xintianyou's gluttony.

Relying on the fast speed, the chopsticks are like raindrops, and it is not easy to tear them by hand. The fattest part of each dish was picked out, and the quantity was reduced by a third.

This item is still afraid of being seen, so the rest of the part is neatly folded.

In this way, the dish is still the same dish. But none of them can cover the plate and pile up the spikes, and even ask Hanako to treat them more politely than this. People's "fried meat with green peppers" may only have two or three slices of meat on the top, but the green peppers are piled up at the bottom, revealing full sincerity.

Hearing a shout of "open the table", eight dignified maids walked into the room, dumbfounded.

The portions of these dishes are so cold, are they too embarrassed to call them a state banquet?

But time waits for no one, so I have to pick up the tray and rush out. The other eight maids who were in charge of serving the food followed one by one.

The culprit, Xintianyou, leaned lazily against a peach tree, hooked a small wine jug with his fingers, and burped a few times in a row. He was not accustomed to carrying a handkerchief, so he wiped the grease off his hands with grass and licked the oil off his lips with his tongue.

Sure enough, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, and the ancients did not deceive me.

In the past, when I was in Yunshan, I only paid attention to the nutrients and calories contained in the ingredients, where to distinguish the taste? Unexpectedly, after going down the mountain, I began to be picky. No, we have to pick up the fine style of hard work and simplicity again.

I used to hate drinking because it didn't provide much energy. This time, he deliberately did not work, and let the alcohol stimulate the body and paralyze the nerves, which actually produced a fluttering feeling, and his thoughts flew wildly...... However, it is very comfortable.

These sake are slightly sweet and sour, which are yeast sugar metabolites, and will stop moving as the concentration increases, so the maximum amount of koji liquor is 18 degrees. Master has built a set of distillation devices, which are used to purify medicines, so why not steam wine? It's definitely possible to make spirits like never before.

Hey, it's quiet at the banquet, why didn't anyone move the chopsticks?

Someone who was a thief poked his head out of the gap between the branches and leaves to peek, only to see the embarrassed face of the Chinese official. A young Zhou Guolang laughed "hahaha" and pointed to the dish:

"Oh, I opened my eyes today, it turns out that the chickens of Huaguo have only grown a leg."