In the space of the wooden monument, Li Yi's figure slowly emerged.

Looking at the wooden tablet in front of him, his eyes were complicated.

Quietly waiting for the memories in his mind to peel off, he looked back at his memories in the wooden tablet space.

He never thought that this time he would go in, and he would stay for a full 75 years before coming out.

As he guessed, this time he possessed the head chef of the imperial dining room, and he was also the strongest chef in the palace, and even single-handedly created the imperial chef Zhang Dongguan of the Manchu and Han Dynasty.

It's just that he didn't expect that he was actually possessed from the day Zhang Dongguan was born.

This was the first time he had possessed a baby.

Perhaps because the baby's brain capacity was not enough to carry his memories, after he possessed Zhang Dongguan as a baby, most of his own memories dissipated, and he didn't begin to remember it until he was three years old.

At that time, he was very painful because of the mismatched memories in his mind, and he often complained of headaches and fainted at every turn.

So much so that his parents took him around to seek medical advice and medicine, pray to God and worship Buddha, and even Mengxue delayed him.

However, after the age of twelve, his memory was fully revived, and the disease was cured of itself.

When his memory regained and he recalled his identity and mission, he took the initiative to mention to his parents that he wanted to learn to cook.

His parents have loved him since he was a child, and although they were reluctant to learn about it, they still helped him contact his apprentice.

But because he took him to treat his illness since he was a child, the family's savings have been spent, and he still owes a lot of debt.

There was no money to give gifts, and no chef was willing to accept him at all.

So, he went directly to the most famous Deyue Tower in Suzhou, ordered a table of dishes, and then returned each dish.

The chef of Deyue Mansion was furious and came out to look for him, but he picked out a bunch of faults, which made the chef speechless, and then he was furious and drove him out of the restaurant directly.

He wanted to make a name for himself and attract other restaurants to contact him.

However, after being kicked out of the restaurant, he unexpectedly met an old man who walked the streets and alleys selling medicinal candy.

The old man stopped him and offered to take him as a disciple.

He originally scoffed, but after the old man let him taste a piece of the medicinal candy he made, he didn't say a word and worshipped the old man as a teacher.

The old man's business was very poor, and the medicinal candy he made tasted unpalatable, and not many people were willing to buy it.

But he has an emperor's tongue comparable to that of an emperor, and his sense of taste is keen, but he finds that the taste of the medicinal sugar is sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami, and it is extremely balanced, and no one can overpower anyone.

This is something that can only be done by extremely high cooking skills, and even he can't do it to this extent.

When he saw him apprentice, the old man told him his title.

The old man's name is Yi Xiang, a native of Xuzhou, with no father, no mother, no wife and no children.

He invited the old man home and worshipped him as Master in the presence of his parents.

After that, he studied cooking with Master Yi at home, and he studied it for ten years.

Ten years later, he took a letter written by Master Yi and went to a newly opened restaurant called Songhelou and became the head chef of Songhelou.

In just one year, Songhelou has successfully stepped on Deyue Tower and become the largest restaurant in Suzhou, with a daily crowd of customers.

Eighteen years passed like this.

Eighteen years later, Qianlong made his first southern tour, and he was hired by the Suzhou Weaving Mansion to cook a famous dish of pine crane tower [squirrel osmanthus fish] for Qianlong.

After Qianlong tasted it, he was very happy and appreciated.

Six years later, Qianlong made his second southern tour, and after arriving at Suzhou Weaving Mansion, he named him to eat [Squirrel Guiyu].

But because he returned to his hometown with Yi Shi, Qianlong failed to do so.

Five years later, Qianlong made his third southern tour and once again named him to eat [Squirrel Guiyu].

But because the eunuch of Chuanshan accidentally knocked over the [Squirrel Guiyu], Qianlong was furious and immediately beheaded the eunuch of Chuanshan.

He couldn't bear it, so he made another dish of [Xiangyou Eel Paste], which made Qianlong eat comfortably, and spared the life of the eunuch.

Three years later, Qianlong made his fourth southern tour and asked Zhang Dongguan to make imperial meals.

He made a banquet and ate Qianlong Longyan's great joy, and then issued an order to recruit him into the palace.

Since then, he has become Qianlong's favorite imperial chef, and in the year he entered the palace, he served as the chief chef of the imperial dining room, and he has been the chef for 19 years.

In the past 20 years, Qianlong has praised him a lot, and among all the imperial chefs, he is the most favored one.

The reason for this, on the one hand, is that his cooking skills are excellent, and on the other hand, it is because he presided over the production of the first Qiansu banquet held in the Qianlong period, which was called the Manchu and Han banquets in later generations.

During the Kangxi period, although there were also two Qiansu banquets, they were all held by Kangxi to celebrate his birthday, and the participants were all officials of the DPRK and China and relatives of the emperor.

The Qiansu banquet held by Qianlong not only invited the emperor's relatives, the Manchu and Han officials of the imperial court, but also invited the old ministers of the former dynasty, as well as the long-lived old people of the people.

It was also this banquet that was called "Enlong Liqia, Manchu and Han Together, an unprecedented move for eternity" by the literati at that time, so it was passed down by later generations as a Manchu and Han full banquet.

The scale of this banquet is grand, there are more than 3,000 people, and the banquet is full of 800 tables, all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, chicken, duck and fish, have been served.

The Imperial Dining Room also did its best to present almost all the dishes.

Because his old parents and Master Yi were over 90 years old, they also participated in this Qiansu banquet together.

But because of the fatigue of traveling into Beijing, on the way back to his hometown, his old father contracted a cold and passed away.

After returning to his hometown, his old mother also died a year later due to excessive worry.

In closing his eyes, the old mother called him to the bedside and told him to explain.

Because he had never married a wife in his life, his mother was still sad when she was dying.

However, she did not try to persuade him again, but said that he should be praised by the world for his cooking skills.

The emperor has food for himself, and he only pleases the mouth of one.

To be able to please the mouth of the people of the world is to be regarded as a meritorious person.

If these words are spread, they are already considered a great rebellion, and they are enough to be sentenced to beheading.

But the old mother is a dying person, but she can't take care of it so much.

In her opinion, her son did not marry a wife or concubine in his life, and did not leave a son and a half daughter, which has disgraced his ancestors.

But if you can pass on your art to benefit people, praise the world, and leave a posthumous name, it can be regarded as a comfort to your ancestors.

After explaining these things, the old mother also died.

He buried his parents back to his hometown and decided to keep filial piety for three years.

During his filial piety, Yi Shi found him and revealed his true identity to him.

Yi Xiang is a descendant of Yi Ya, the ancestor of cooking, and he is also the chef of the current kitchen.

Li Yi actually had a guess about his identity.

His surname is Yi, and he is from Xuzhou, and his cooking skills are superb, and his identity is already obvious.

Yi Ya is a native of Pengcheng, which is the area where Xuzhou is located.

He was also the first chef to use the matter of harmony to operate cooking, especially good at seasoning, and founded the Lu cuisine among the four major cuisines.

He was also the first person to open a private restaurant, so he is the ancestor of the kitchen industry.

As for the cook, it was the official position in charge of the world's cooks during the Zhou Dynasty.

Yi Ya is the first chef in the world.

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