At this time, Suizhu first served fruit and wine dishes, and then poured wine for the banquet. After the three of them drank according to the ceremony, Pharmacist Li said: "The predecessors have the "King of Wu Chopping Diagram" and the "Wang Youjun Chopping Diagram". Today, the two kings are in vain, and Xun is a grand event! ”

"Wu Wang's Chopping Diagram" and "Wang Youjun Chopping Tu" respectively depict the stories of Sun Quan and Wang Xizhi appreciating and tasting yusheng.

Li Shimin is fond of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi's "two kings" calligraphy, and Li Yaoshi naturally knows it.

At that time, although Li Xiaogong had not yet been crowned king, after all, it was a clan, and it had to be reused, and it was only a matter of time before he became king.

Pharmacist Li used the two kings of the other two kings, but it was also interesting.

The so-called "cutting is not tired of fine, and the flesh is not tired of fine", the ancients cut the hair to be thin.

I saw that the people were cutting, and if the knife flew, the blade should fall, and the light was bright.

After chopping, it is really tired like a stack, like scattered snow, flying lightly with the wind, and the blade does not turn and cut. The three of them praised each other.

The then man laid out the thinly chopped fish on three gold plates, decorated them with fragrant herbs and leaves, and placed them on the table together with the sauce in the small dish and the sorrel in the small bowl.

The so-called "raising the case with eyebrows", the ancients called the pallet with enough feet as a "case".

Suizhu first gave one case to Li Shimin, then one case to Li Xiaogong, and finally to Li Yaoshi.

At the feast, several waiters should have shared the food table at the same time. It's just that at this time, Pharmacist Li has just opened the mansion, and there are not many manpower in the family.

Pharmacist Li saw that in the gold plate, the snow-white fish was as thin as the wings of a cicada, and the carved gold ornaments were faintly revealed on the plate.

Lined with fragrant purple flowers and green leaves, it seems to bring a burst of coolness to this hot summer.

The sauce has plum, ginger, mustard, and the sorrel juice is also made of plum vinegar, all of which are seasonally flavored.

The fish is paired with sorrel, the entrance is sweet and fresh, moist and fat-melting, and it has the fragrance of flowers and leaves, the spice of the sauce, and the sour fragrance of the sorrel, which is absolutely timeless. On the Jiannan wine, the flavor is particularly extraordinary.

Pharmacist Li was born in the hairpin world, and he knew the essence of this, and said in his heart: "This His Royal Highness the King of Qin is elegant and good at Chinese style, and he has a lot of discussions with his father who is fond of vulgarity. ”

So he said: "The ancients called 'Eight Harmony Teeth', using plums in summer and oranges in winter. Your Royal Highness's this, not only has plum sorrel, but also plum sorrel, which is really natural! ”

"Eight Harmony Teeth" is seen in Jia Siyi's "Qi Min Technique" in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which also quotes Cui Hao's "Food Classic" of the Northern Wei Dynasty and says: "Orange and garlic in winter, white plum and garlic in summer." ”

Here "Yan" means "齑".

When Li Xiaogong heard this, he exclaimed: "I know shallowly, and I only know Mei and soup."

Today, I know that Mei and Yan are also ancient styles, and I have more advice! "Yimei and soup are from the book of Shang. Fate": "If it is made of wine, it will be only a curvature; If it is made of soup, it is only salt and plum. ”

Pharmacist Li hurriedly thanked him.

Li Shimin was quite proud and said: "'Eight Harmony' uses garlic, ginger, orange, and plum, while this one only uses plum and ginger, not orange and garlic. ”

After speaking, he looked at Pharmacist Li and waited for him to answer.

Pharmacist Li said with a smile: "There are no oranges in summer, and fresh orange peel should be used for the sauce, is it not necessary?" ”

Li Shimin nodded with a smile, but still looked at Pharmacist Li.

Pharmacist Li pondered for a moment and said: "The ancients had a lot of meat and a small amount of fish, and garlic should be used for meat and ginger should be used for fish and ginger, I don't know?" ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Shine! My brother is really the best in this! ”

When the three of them were staggered, Suizhu offered locust leaves to the cold.

"Cold Tao" is the ancient name of cold noodles, if you use the fine locust leaf buds and noodles, you can make the green color of the locust leaves cold Tao.

This is prepared by Pharmacist Li's family, which is extremely simple, but it is in line with his identity at this time.

"Tang Liudian" recorded: "Taiguan ordered the summer to offer the locust leaves to the cold. ”

However, at that time, Li Tang was first established, and there was no such system. More than 100 years later, Du Fu tasted this taste in the palace, and once wrote a poem "Huaiye Lengtao" and said:

Green locust leaves. Pick up the Chinese kitchen

New noodles come to the near market. The juice is like a mixture

Overripe for entering Ding. There is no worry about adding food

Bi Xian is all in the picture. Fragrant rice and bracts

At this time, I saw that the severant was cutting the fish and cutting it finely, and the acacia leaves were cold and fragrant on the table. Su Shi of the Song Dynasty had a poem "On February 19th, he brought white wine and sea bass to Zhan to make Jun eat Huai Ye Lengtao", which described the use of yusheng with locust leaves Lengtao:

Green floating egg bowl locust bud cake. Red-dotted ice plate weed

Drunk and sleepy, real career. There is more than three flavors in this life

In the Yuan Dynasty, Ni Zhan's "Yunlintang Diet System Collection" has the "cold noodle method", which seasons the fish and shrimp with ginger, pepper, vinegar and sauce, and thinks that the cold tao accompanies the food.

However, at this time, Pharmacist Li tried cold fish for the first time, and he didn't expect that no matter the shape, taste, or taste, they all matched so well!

After laughing and talking during the banquet, he had already cut to the chase.

Pharmacist Li talked about the world that day, and talked to Li Shimin about Xiao Miao, and he was talking about Li Xiaogong.

Speaking of the various factions of Xiao Milling's department, they may not all listen to the orders of the center, Li Xiaogong was greatly impressed and praised: "What Mr. has seen, there are many hills and valleys!" But he asked, "However, this is just Xiao Miao's disadvantage." Our army went from Guanzhong to Shannan, how to establish an advantage? Please ask for your advice. ”

When Pharmacist Li heard this, he knew that Li Xiaogong was also aware of Xiao Xiao's troubles, and he couldn't help but pay some respect to this Zhao Jun, so he said: "Most of the soldiers in Guanzhong are not familiar with water warfare, so it is better to recruit locally than to send troops to the distance." ”

He said eloquently: "At that time, Shu Han was trapped in the southwest corner, the Eastern Expedition was weak, and the Northern Expedition was also unsuccessful. Your Highness marches south, if you can recruit the children of the local chiefs and appoint them according to their talents, then a young talent of all ethnic groups can be used by me; Moreover, the children are bound to us, and the leaders of their clans do not dare to act rashly. ”

Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong high-fived together.

Li Shimin said: "Mr. Shannan's proposal to promote talents in Shannan is really clever. However, it also pointed out that "most of the officers and men in Guanzhong are not familiar with water warfare", which is the weakness of our army. Brother Zun once accompanied his uncle to attack the Chen State, although there was no large-scale water battle, but he also led the army to cross the river. I don't know the battle formation of the navy, would you like to give me some guidance? ”

Pharmacist Li left the table and got up, and gave Li Shimin a deep bow: "Your Highness, now that I am looking towards Longxing, my brother suddenly bows his head, and I hate to drive for the saint." If it weren't for illness, who would be willing to live in hibernation? ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he was obviously a little disappointed: "My brother and noble body is not safe, and I still hope to raise him properly." He pondered for a moment and asked, "The five-tooth warship used by Fa Chen back then was built by Yang Su, the former imperial master. Mr. has an old relationship with the Yang Mansion, and I don't know if you can recognize ship-building talents? ”

Pharmacist Li was stunned. The Wuya warship was the most important warship of the Sui Dynasty, and this ship was built by Yang Su and is well known.

However, Li Shimin directly asked about the ship-building talents of the Yang Mansion, he didn't want this shrewd second prince to think of Yang Xuanqing, so he replied cautiously: "Your Highness, when the Sui master attacked Chen, the minister was still young, and he traveled to Zhao County with his father. When Yang Taishi returned to Chang'an, the ministers had some contact with Yang's mansion, and they did not contact shipbuilding talents during this period. Now that the Yang Mansion is withering, the craftsmen of the year are afraid that they have long been lost to the people. However, if you sincerely search, you may be able to get a thing or two, but you don't know. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he seemed very satisfied, and said: "It is the gentleman's proposal to promote Shannan talents; Now looking for a ship-building craftsman, I am afraid that I have to rely on Mr. He also got up and left the table, and gave Pharmacist Li a deep look: "After passing through the affairs of Shannan, you must rely on my brother everywhere!" ”

Pharmacist Li hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Don't dare!" ”

At this time, Li Shimin turned around and said to Li Xiaogong, who was busy leaving the table and getting up: "If you ask the pharmacist to draft a plan for Pingping Xiao Milling, and my brother will present it to Your Majesty, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

Li Xiaogong naturally agreed, and the three of them agreed on the plan immediately. Then Li Shimin sighed: "So the south will not be determined in a few days!" Once the Jiangdong is removed, it should be a golden jade. It seems that the two of you will be able to taste this "southeast taste" before me. ”

"Jin Yan" is a golden sauce, specifically referring to "Eight Harmony Sauce"; "Yujiang" is a jade-colored fish belly, especially referring to the fish belly cut from Songjiang four-gill perch, this Songjiang is today's Wusong River.

"Southeast Flavor" is from the "Great Cause Collection", which records that Yang Guang traveled to Xingjiangdu, and when Wu County presented Songjiang perch, Yang Guangxi said: "The so-called 'golden jade and jade' is also the best taste of the southeast." ”

In fact, Tang Taizong's temperament and behavior are quite similar to Emperor Yang of Sui. It's just that Li Shimin accepted the advice, and Yang Guang refused to give the advice, and the result was very different.