Chapter 52: Farewell, Yellow Flowers Smell Extraordinarily Fragrant (2)

Song Qinzong was a little displeased on the side, and said, "He Xianggong, since the Lu Immortals proposed to negotiate peace, why do they still have to raise different questions? Jin Guo should also learn a lesson from this setback, and he must no longer dare to attack lightly, and this is a good opportunity to negotiate peace." Lu Xianren thought carefully to get this strategy, how can you wait, dare to talk about it?"

Since Song Qinzong ascended the throne, he has been pressed by the dark clouds of the Jin War, and this big victory is simply a day for himself. Lu Xihua is a lifesaver for him, and anyone who doubts Lu Xihua's decision is a challenge to himself in his opinion, so he is a little heavier.

He Xianggong listened to the words of the official, and looked at Lu Xihua helplessly, only to see Lu Xihua quietly squeezing his eyes to himself, and his heart was stable.

Song Qinzong just wanted to invite Lu Xihua to the palace at the moment, and if there was any difficulty in the future, he would ask for help, and said in a loud voice, "Lu Xianren is tired, please move to the palace, and I will wait for a good treat." ”

Lu Xihua thought to himself, it just so happened that he hadn't tasted this official dish of the Great Song Dynasty, so he took this opportunity to eat it, and nodded immediately, "The official family can call Xiaomin Xihua." Xiaomin was originally a remnant of the overseas Han people, not an immortal, returned to the Great Song Dynasty a few years ago, and now lives in Lin'an Tianmu Mountain. Officials should not be polite, just call the people by their names. ”

Song Qinzong was very happy to see that Lu Xihua had immortal law in his body but was not arrogant, so he took Lu Xihua's hand, walked towards Long Yuan, and said in a gentle voice, "Xihua is the return of the sea people, hurry up and tell me something overseas, and take the imperial chariot together." ”

Lu Xihua is a modern person, and the concept of equality is deeply rooted in his heart, and he does not refuse at the moment, and he also hopes that the imperial court can take care of his sister in Tianmu Mountain.

Song Qinzong lives in Bianjing all the year round, and the surrounding servants, military generals and ministers are annoying things every time they speak, or they flatter themselves, Lu Xihua is not humble or arrogant, facing himself like a friend, and slowly talking about overseas scenery, it is really a rare leisure time, I feel that time flies, and I used to walk for half an hour on the royal street, but today I only feel that it will not be a while, and I only hate that the time is too short.

Lu Xihua originally wanted to go into the city to eat and drink, but sitting on the chariot, he heard that all the way, the people in the city cheered from the bottom of his heart for the victory outside the city, and stood on both sides of the street chanting the official's house, and his heart was happy. Seeing that the capital of the Song Dynasty was about to die in the Jin army, they all said that there was no China after Yashan, and they tried to slow down the vitality of the Great Song Dynasty.

This imperial banquet, Qinzong arranged in the Jiying Palace, the south of the imperial city is the Xuande Gate, the left and right sides are the cloth government and the secretary of the province, through the second entry, along the long high wall, passing through the Zhongshu Province, the Privy Council, the political hall, the door of the province, this is the third entrance of the imperial city near the west of the Jiying Palace. This was originally a place where the imperial court would feast foreign envoys, but today there was a big victory outside the city, and it was too late to prepare other places, so Song Qinzong simply arranged this place to entertain the ministers.

Lu Xihua secretly said to Song Qinzong on the road, arrange more meat, and he heard that there is a royal meal in the palace called "Mandarin Duck Five Treasures", if possible, I want to taste it. Song Qinzong repeatedly said yes in his mouth, but he was a little surprised in his heart, he had never heard of this dish, where did this Lu immortal know about it? Could it be a folk rumor? Since the immortal had an order, there was no difficulty to create difficulties to do it, and immediately ordered the inner servant to inform the imperial chef that he must make five treasures of mandarin ducks.

The Great Song Dynasty is a separate meal system, with a table in front of each person, and their own palace maids will serve each dish in front of each person. There are nine lamps in total, which is served on nine large plates.

The first one is salty soy sauce. It is a modern fried meat with bean drums, fried with shredded ginger, orange peel and Sichuan pepper, and then used a thick soup to collect the juice. In addition to the fact that there is a lot of meat and tempeh in this dish, Lu Xihua couldn't see anything special about this dish, so he actually took the lead.

The second one, burst meat, double slots. The fried meat is now the back pot meat, and the double slots are dumplings, but in the Great Song Dynasty, the slots can only be eaten by distinguished guests. Lu Xihua ate a few, and felt that the difference between the slots and the current dumplings was that some mutton fat was added to the noodles, and the dumplings tasted more chewy and fat. As for the double bottom, it is two different fillings, such as one meat and one vegetable.

The third lamp, lotus meat oil cake, bones. The meat pancake is made with white flour and diced mutton fat and pork fat, plus mutton bone marrow, wrapped in meat filling, baked until golden brown, and put together into a lotus shape. As for the bones, the bones of the lamb with meat are first soaked in boiling soup, then sprinkled with some wine, and roasted on the fire. This dish is a hard dish, and it is very appetizing to Lu Xihua, gnawing on the meat bones and eating the lotus meat oil cake, and drinking a few sips of the Huangfeng wine hidden in Ouchi, which is really happy.

The fourth dish, white meat and hu cakes, five treasures of mandarin ducks. White meat hu cake is baked cake with meat, similar to pot helmet and naan, and the baked dough is sprinkled with flax, which is later called sesame seeds, hence the name Hu cake. Mandarin Duck Five Treasures is Lu Xihua's long-awaited delicacy, the food plate turned out to be several colors of raw meat cut into very fine shredded meat, very thin meat slices and vegetarian dishes together to form the appearance of mandarin duck bath water, next to minced ginger, soy sauce, vinegar and mustard as alternative seasonings, according to Lu Xihua's own favorite entrance. The five kinds of meat can be eaten alone, or mixed with two or three kinds of meat, and the most tender parts of the roe deer, sheep, deer, shellfish, and fish are made respectively. Lu Xihua ate it in his mouth, only feeling sweet and tender, and his appetite was great.

The fifth dish, the group of immortals, Taiping Biluo. There are many varieties of the name of the immortals, which is a platter of various barbecued meats, and each meat is grilled and served on bamboo skewers. Taiping Bilo is a small pasta dish similar to a pastry, which is filled with fruits, crab meat, lamb kidney, pork loin, etc., and is baked.

The sixth dish is fish and clams, the seventh is jasmine vermicelli, the eighth is roasted roe deer and sand eel, and the ninth dish is porridge, salted soy sauce and pickled vegetables. In the meantime, there are some fruits to eat, all of which are a few pieces of a plate, which are used as table decorations.

On the whole, Lu Xihua was quite satisfied with this imperial banquet, except for the five treasures of mandarin ducks and Huangfeng wine, to be honest, the taste could not catch up with the Fan Lou in the inner city. And the materials used for the imperial banquet are also ordinary, I heard that the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty are relatively simple, and the ladies of each palace invite the cooks to cook by themselves, which seems to be true.

After being full of wine and food, Lu Xihua proposed to find a clean place to rest, and proposed to Song Qinzong that if the schedule for peace was set, he hoped to inform himself earlier. Song Qinzong had been looking forward to this day for a long time, and of course he was busy agreeing.