Chapter Twenty-Six: The Food Competition
Following.
Daytime.
In order to prepare the ingredients for the competition, Xuanyuan Yue went to the market early to buy seasonings, but he didn't expect that the only seasonings commonly used in the market at present are: salt, cane sugar, peppercorns, and chili powder. Moreover, salt must also be purchased at the Yandao Yamen of the government, because it is an important strategic substance of the country, just like iron.
But what he couldn't figure out the most was that there were not even dogwoods and cinnamon in the market, and after inquiring in many places, he learned that not only Yuanxian did not have them, but even Tangguo did not have these things.
The most bizarre are ginger and garlic, cumin, star anise, honey, sand kernels and other ingredients, Xuanyuan Yue was finally found in Xuanyuan Hall, and among the neat medicinal materials on the medicine cabinet, a lot of familiar ingredients were found. After his visit was discovered by Master Jiuyuan, he was warmly received by the whole shop, and the doctors weighed, packaged, and delivered these "medicinal materials", and finally did not charge themselves a penny, and said that the profits obtained by Xuanyuan Hall yesterday from those pills could be bought hundreds of stones.
"Master Masked, you're finally here. ”
“......”
"I don't know what to call it?" asked Master Jiuyuan, who had been chatting for so long yesterday and didn't know what his name was.
"Let's call it Xin Dongfang. ”
This morning, Xuanyuan Yue's mind was full of things about Ku Ding, and this question came up with a name.
"Master Xin, have you thought about it?"
"Maybe I'll leave Xuanyuan Prefecture next week, how can I give you the pill of the refining number?"
"Oh, this is no problem at all, there are people from our Xuanyuan Hall in the nine states of the Tang Kingdom, you can send it directly to Yuan County, and we will directly transfer the money to your card when we get the news. ”
He nodded his head in acquiescence.
This is equivalent to having a stable source of income, and there is no need to worry about running out of money, one hundred and nine turns a month, that is, 100,000 silver taels, which is equal to the normal income of a family.
In the morning and afternoon, Xuanyuan Yue spent his time in the medicine barrel, although the game is important, the treatment can not be forgotten, although his own recovery speed is very fast, but any kind of injury on the body: whether it is cold poison, burns, or blast injuries, before the first death, is fatal, and now the residual scars are still not light.
Whenever you walk too fast, you will pull on the old wound and cause pain.
Therefore, if you want to be cured within a week, you need to soak in the medicine bucket most of the time, and you can go out for a walk occasionally, but you can't make a big move.
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Yuanxian Lantern Gala The 58th National Shangshi Senior Chef Competition
The Chef Tournament will be held over three days as planned, with the first day of the Elimination Round, the second day of the Qualifier and the third day of the Championship Competition.
The lights and trees are shining with thousands of lights, the flowers are blooming with seven branches, and the streets of Yuanxian County are crowded with people, and even the north gate of the gate that used to be full of birds is lined up in a long line.
Xuanyuan Yue came to the roof, looking at the direction of the Gude District in the center, the brilliant lights illuminated the whole area, and the starlight-like Kong Ming lanterns flew to the clouds one after another, and the beautiful picture of the capital city was so fascinating.
Beginning to set off, Huashan came to the Gude District together, under his unique "VIP green card" hospitality, Xuanyuan Yue quickly completed the registration process for the Divine Chef Competition, this time on behalf of the "Divine Doctor Team" to participate in the competition, not only can directly skip the first five knockout rounds, but also enter the VIP seat of the competition venue.
As soon as the divine doctor Hua Shan entered, he attracted the cheers of all the audience, and sure enough, the alchemist's status in the Tang Kingdom was extremely high, and even the previous divine chef, Xi Jinyu, could not beat his brilliance.
Under the watchful eye, Huashan and Xuanyuan Yue walked into the exclusive VIP area.
As soon as I sat down, I heard a noise outside the private room.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way......"
"Kneel down, quick, don't affect my mood. ”
It was the disgusting voice again, with the prestige, "Sure enough, it's Li Wei." ”
He swaggered to the food critic area, and asked the organizer on the side, "I'll be the food critic..."
"Understood?"
Seeing that it was the prince who came to interrogate in person, the officials did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "I understand, I understand." ”
"No... No problem. ”
There are only 12 food evaluators in total, and each time they are scored by four food evaluators, and the food evaluators will be changed after 20 ratings to ensure the activity of taste buds and the satiety of the stomach, but Li Wei temporarily joined, and the food evaluators had to eliminate one or two.
"The name of the competition?"
"Xin Dongfang. ”
"You're representing the Divine Doctor team, right? If so, you can skip the initial knockout. ”
"Yes. ”
After registering the personal information, the competition officially began, and Xuanyuan Yue noticed a small figure in the food reviewer, holding a small tail, wearing arrowhead sleeves, and a white jade girdle tied around his waist, which was quite cute at first glance.
Yue: "Who is that little eunuch?"
Shan: "Oh, you said Xi Jinyu, don't look at him as only ten years old, he is a little celebrity next to the emperor, and he is also the champion of the last Chef Competition." Hua Shan introduced: "He became a eunuch at a young age, and was reused by the imperial court, and his cooking skills were favored by the emperor in the God Chef Competition the year before last, and now he is the imperial meal of the entire court." ”
Yue: "Oh, it looks a lot like Ming Jinzhong." ”
"Haha, is it? I heard that the dishes he makes are the best in the world. ”
Hua Shan straightened out his hat, and then said: "Because he still belongs to the eunuch, so it belongs to Ming Jinzhong, fortunately the emperor is not in Yuan County, otherwise Ming Jinzhong is definitely nearby, and if the first-class master is nearby, you are wearing five high-level hat masks, and you will be discovered by him." ”
Xuanyuan Yue had heard of the supernatural powers of high-level cultivators, strong people above the second grade, they could watch people from the wall, and everything was in their possession, and it was impossible for anyone who wanted to catch it to pass by them safely. But the strange thing is that when the meridians are just opened, as the Qi power gradually becomes stronger and fuller, as long as the Qi power is covered, you can directly observe any details within a radius of 100 meters.
The first five Xuanyuan Yue were all used for sleeping, and last night I used the "Sitting Alchemy Method" for the first time, and I haven't fully mastered the technique of "Sleeping with Refining Pills", so it is normal to not sleep enough.
"Hey, Xiaoyue, look, who is that. ”
was woken up by Huashan, and looked at the team cooking below, isn't this Huai Qian's good baby: Xuanyuan Chun and Xuanyuan Qiu?
"They also participated in the competition?" Normally, shouldn't Xuanyuan Chun be heartbroken when he learned that he was going to be buried with him?" "Could it be that Huai Qian hasn't gotten the news yet?"
"Maybe Huai Qian didn't tell the child about your death in battle, I'm afraid he won't be able to stand it. Hua Shan explained, this also makes sense, Huai Qian can basically get the big and small news of Xuanxian County, and the big news of "Xuanyuan Yue, who died in battle", will definitely leak into her ears.
At the end of the five rounds, sixty-seven teams were eliminated, and only fifteen teams remained on the field.
Finally, it's time for Xuanyuan Yue to play, and the names of the dishes in the other eleven groups are extremely high: "Hai Bazhen", "Guifei Chun", "Arowana Eight Whiskers", "Hero Porridge", "Backfire Hibiscus", "Amethyst"......
And his first dish, the name of the dish is: "Braised Hoof".
"You, you...... Are you sure it's called, Halo Hoof?"
The host walked up to Xuanyuan Yue with a shocked face, in the Chef Competition, all the cooks or Shangshi wanted to make the name of their dishes outstanding and beique, which was used to improve the score of the dishes, but he took a common name that was so dirty that he lost his teeth, what is the stew? What's more, pig's trotters are dirty things in the Tang Kingdom, and only cloth clothes that can't fill their stomachs will be bought and eaten.
"Are you sure you're going to use pig's trotters?"
Hearing this, Xuanyuan Yue nodded slowly, what he wants to do this time is to change some of the people's feudal thinking about food and break the convention.
"Please, please bring out the delicacies for the food critics to taste. ”
After the host looked away from Xuanyuan Yue, he tried to dispel the doubts in his heart.
Tens of thousands of spectators stood up excitedly and cheered, the most important part is finally coming.
For fear of affecting the cooking's performance, they cook in a separate room and don't serve it until it's time for the food reviewer to enjoy the rating. Xuanyuan Yue's peculiar style successfully won the attention of the audience, he didn't show up, he didn't talk much, and he was the first to complete the delicacies, and the whole cooking was only half a cup of tea.
If he hadn't represented the famous team of miracle doctors, he might have been kicked out by the food critics.
Accepting the expectations of the masses, the food critics decided to accept the "punishment of taste buds" in advance, or were curious about what the "first finished dish" would look like, and first called Xuanyuan Yue's "Braised Hoof".
Several girls with standard etiquette walked out with plates of dishes made of black pig's trotters, causing everyone to sigh, "Whew-"
"Why, how does it look so hard to eat......"
"Let's take it quickly...... I'm afraid that if I get close to me, I will be smoked to death......" Li Wei spoke after seeing it, he showed an extremely disgusted expression, or because he had eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas before, and now he came to this very strange-looking dish, he really couldn't arouse his appetite and any thoughts of trying.
When the other two food critics heard this, they followed suit, and four girls came out, and three of them were called back at once.