"Hahahaha, the prince laughed, if you can't eat in the Ji Wangfu, then everyone in the world will starve to death."

Hearing Li Shen's complaints, Dang Renhong laughed and said.

He has also heard of these,

Don't think that the governors of the assassins everywhere don't know anything when they are in the field, except for the palace newspapers issued by the imperial court every month,

The envoys in the capital will also send some information back, so that the governors of the assassins can understand some of the troubles in Chang'an City or the court.

Moreover, many foreign governors will also arrange for some people from other clans to live in Chang'an for a long time, and these people are responsible for delivering news.

Whoever is favored today, who is punished, who is favored by the emperor, and so on and so forth, all the positive, negative, market, and even hearsay news will be reported.

"Governor Qiyu, it's time to eat." At this time, a servant girl came to report.

"Okay, okay, Lord Wang, please, let Lord Wang taste our Lingnan specialties today."

Dang Renhong got up and made a gesture of please to Li Shen.

Li Shen also wants to see and know, and Cantonese cuisine is also one of the eight major cuisines.

He wanted to know what these eight cuisines were like during the Tang Dynasty.

followed Dang Renhong to the dining room and took a seat, Li Shen looked at the dishes on the table and was silent.

Li Shen knows and doesn't know the whole table of dishes, but they are all birds and beasts.

He hadn't eaten anything but a few things.

"Come, Lord Wang, the next official will introduce the Lord Wang."

As he spoke, he pointed to a dish farthest away from Li Shen and said:

"Lord Wang, this is an oyster, a kind of food in the sea, the meat is tender and smooth."

Li Shen glanced at it and recognized that this was an oyster, Li Shen had only eaten minced garlic before.

Dang Renhong pointed to a dish next to him and said,

"This is steamed snake meat, and the meat is delicious."

"This is steamed catfish."

"This is a boiled scallop."

Dang Renhong introduced Li Shen the same, Li Shen could still accept some of the things before, and he had eaten them in his previous life.

For example, octopus, scallops, Wang Ba, these Li Shen have all eaten, but the methods are different, but they are all novel.

For example, there is a soup stewed with frogs, Dang Renhong said, first put some taro pieces into the pot, and then put the frogs to simmer.

The frog will hold the taro tightly, and after it is cooked, you can add spices and salt, not only can you drink the soup, but the frog can also fish it out and eat it.

These seven dishes are still acceptable to Li Shen, he has eaten them all in his previous life,

However, Wang Xuance, Xue Rengui, Tie Niu and others on the side were all stupid, looking at Dang Renhong like a monster,

They are really unheard of and unseen.

Even a careless person like Tie Niu felt a little scared, and said in his heart that this Lingnan person would not eat people.

The first seven dishes alone already frightened them.

Dang Renhong secretly glanced at Li Shen, and found that Li Shen's face was calm and complacent, and he couldn't help but feel a little admiration in his heart.

is worthy of being the son of His Majesty, and he is really not afraid of danger, and Mount Tai collapses without changing his face.

He believed that Li Shen had never eaten these dishes in Chang'an even if he had money, and he might not have even heard of them.

This can be seen from a few subordinates around King Ji.

But if you look at King Ji, and look at the people around King Ji, it's a world of difference.

The eighth dish Dang Renhong opened the lid first,

"Lord Wang, this is roasted owl meat, and the taste is also excellent."

"Owl?" When Li Shen heard this, he stood up curiously and watched.

I saw that the plate was similar to barbecue bird food.

Li Shen was carefully identifying, but did not recognize what it was.

"Governor of the Party, what is this owl?" Li Shen asked.

"His Royal Highness King Ji, this owl is a kind of bird, but this bird has no neck, and it hunts at night, sleeps during the day, and has big eyes."

Dang Renhong described it to Li Shen.

Li Shen thought about it, the eyes were big, there was no neck, and the birds that came out to hunt at night,

I rub it, isn't this an owl?

Thinking of this, Li Shen looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more it looked like it.

Li Shen had never heard of eating owls in his previous life, but although he was surprised, he was not so shocked by Li Shen, a person in later generations.

In the Hereafter, there is no living creature that no one will eat, except that man does not eat man.

So soon Li Shen calmed down.

Next, Dang Renhong introduced two more dishes.

One is stewed peacock and the other is peacock bacon.

Another thing that Li Shen didn't expect was the barbecue elephant trunk.

Li Shen looked at the dishes on the table, and said secretly in his heart: Are these Lingnan people so natural? Can you eat an elephant's trunk?

But for Li Shen, of course, if there is something delicious, you have to try it.

As the host and guest, Li Shen picked up the chopsticks and ate a bite of Wang Ba meat first, and couldn't help nodding.

"Well, it's really good, this soup should be delicious."

Chunxiang Dongmei on the side immediately scooped out a bowl of soup with a small bowl and spoon dedicated to Li Shen and put it in front of Li Shen.

Li Shen took a sip and it was indeed delicious, and seeing that Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance were not moving, Li Shen said puzzledly:

"Rengui, Xuance, you two are eating, it's delicious. When I returned to Chang'an, I didn't have this opportunity, and I had to thank the party governor for his hospitality. ”

"Haha, wherever and wherever it is, it's what the lower officials should do." Saying that, Dang Renhong filled Li Shen with a glass of wine.

"Lord, this is also a tribute wine from His Majesty to his subordinates, the lower officials have never been willing to drink it, and the lower officials salute the prince with a cup."

Li Shen picked up the wine glass after hearing this, and Wang Xuance also picked up the wine glass.

"This general is..."Xue Rengui has been arranging work outside, and Dang Renhong has only now had a chance to ask.

"Oh, the governor of the party doesn't know, this is the Sima of my Ji Wangfu, General Xue Rengui Xue, and the subordinate officials are jointly responsible for the affairs of the Ji Wangfu."

Wang Xuance replied on behalf of Li Shen.

"Oops, it turned out to be Sima Xue, disrespectful and disrespectful." Dang Renhong said enthusiastically.

"The lower officials have seen the party governor." Xue Rengui also saluted.

Dang Renhong didn't expect Li Shen to take the two chief officials of Ji Wangfu, Yiwen and Wu, with him, doesn't Ji Wangfu need to be managed?

Although King Ji has no position, there are still all kinds of performances, and Wang Xuance will play who will play the table.

How did he know that Ji Wangfu was registered in the clan and Li Shimin, and he often did not report or list.

Li Xiaogong of the clan went to Li Shimin more than once to complain,

And Li Shimin didn't know how much to reprimand Li Shen.

But Li Shen still does his own thing, fortunately, he has a capable general, Wang Xuance, and Wang Xuance does it every time.

"Xue Sima is not good at drinking?" Dang Renhong asked.

I toast, you princes give face, why don't you give face.

"The lower officials have official duties, and it is inconvenient to drink, so please forgive the party governor." Xue Rengui replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"The governor of the party, Rengui goes out with this king, and never drinks alcohol, which is the rule in the army of my Ji Wangfu.

We don't have to worry about him, let's just eat and drink. ”

Li Shen said.

(The cuisine in the article is from "The Eighteen Laws of the First Southern Food" and "Lingbiao Record Differences")