The Manchu and Han Banquets in Qing Dynasty

During Master’s time, Master’s clothes were weird, and his speech was even more eloquent. His braided hair looked nondescript in that era, and many times others regarded them as lunatics.

At that time, he was not much better. Because he was a child abandoned by his parents, he rarely had contact with outsiders. If Master hadn't taken him in, he might have starved to death.

After the master rescued him, the two people who knew little about the world started their wandering career.At first they had no money, so they went to the fields to steal other people's melons, fruits or sweet potatoes to eat. He remembered that Master also took a piece of other people's clothes.There was no way, Master's clothes were so dirty and torn that it was impossible to see them.

Later, Master began to work in a small restaurant. Master was very adaptable, and the dishes he cooked were delicious, and gradually gained some fame.Later, they saved some money and went to work in bigger restaurants in bigger cities.

Step by step, they walked very hard, but the results were remarkable. Ten years later, the master has become a top chef, and he and himself have learned a lot.

But he always felt that Master was lonely inside, and now he finally understood the reason, Master did not belong to that era, even though he created brilliance there.

It is because Master has been depressed in his heart that he contracted a serious illness at the most successful time in his career, and then passed away shortly thereafter until he came here.

Zixiu withdrew his thoughts, thinking that this circle of cause and effect was really wonderful.

He always felt that he was still inferior to his master, even though the master said that he had learned the [-]th dish and found true love.

"What is a person thinking?" Kangxi walked behind him at some point, wrapped him in his arms, and put his head on his shoulder by the way.

"I was thinking about what Master said, Your Majesty, do you think the dishes I cook now are better than before?"

Kangxi said: "From what you said, it seems to be true."

"Master said that the dishes are delicious only if the person who cooks pours his love into them. The more love he puts in, the more delicious the dishes are."

Kangxi smiled and said: "That is to say, the dishes you cook for me now contain love for me, so they are so delicious. Well, I think your master is quite right."

"It's a pity, Master..." Zixiu couldn't continue. They are now separated by time and space, and it's probably impossible for them to meet again in this lifetime.

"You still have me, don't worry, I will always be with you." Kangxi said softly, resting his forehead against Zixiu's.

Although it is not the sweet talk of you and me, Zixiu is already very satisfied. Human life is too short. If you can find someone you love and love yourself, then this life will not be wasted.

"Your Majesty, haven't you always been curious about Master's disappearance? I think I can tell you now." Zixiu was still a little nervous when he said this, although he knew Kangxi's feelings for him very well, but in case What should I do if I treat him as a monster?

Kangxi really became interested, and said: "Tell me in detail, what's going on?"

"Has your majesty heard of traveling through time and space?"

"Travel through time and space? You mean to reach another time and another place in an instant?" Kangxi's understanding ability is really good, Zixiu thought he would be surprised.

Kangxi didn't dare to say anything: "You mean, your master traveled to another time and space?"

"Well, it's the world I came from. Your Majesty, I'm not from this era." Zixiu carefully looked at Kangxi's face, fearing that he would treat him as a monster and arrest him.

Kangxi stared at him in silence for a long time, his eyes were full of complex expressions that Zixiu couldn't understand, those eyes seemed to stare him out of a hole, see inside and out thoroughly.

Zixiu became even more nervous, he murmured: "Your Majesty...I..."

Kangxi suddenly grabbed his hand, turned and looked at it for a long time, and finally regretted: "People from another time and space seem to be no different from my people in the Qing Dynasty."

Zixiu can't laugh or cry, he is not an alien, how much difference can he make.But it made him feel better that Kangxi didn't treat him as a monster.

"Your Majesty, don't you think I'm a monster?"

"Even if you are a monster, you are the best monster." It was still the only monster that captured his heart.

Zi Xiule giggled, feeling relieved, the boulder that had been pressing down on his heart was finally removed, and he no longer concealed anything from Kangxi.

Kangxi was very curious about Zixiu's previous world, so Zixiu had to tell him some interesting things. Although there were many things he didn't understand, he still listened with gusto.

In the end, Zixiu spoke dryly, but Kangxi still had more to say, Kangxi suddenly said: "Zixiu, you shouldn't have given the jade pendant to your master."

"Why?" If he didn't give the jade pendant to Master, Master would definitely die.

Kangxi Yiben said tightly: "If you don't give it to him, we can go to your previous world to see together."

Zixiu shook his head and said with a smile: "If I don't give Master the jade pendant, then Master will die, then he will not adopt me, and I will not come here to meet you. So, Your Majesty, all of this is Causal loop."

Kangxi hummed, and reluctantly accepted the statement, but still felt sorry for not being able to go to the place where Zixiu was before.

"Speaking of which, if it weren't for that magical jade pendant, we would never have met each other. It is also our token of love, right? Because of it, you came to my side."

"Yeah." Zixiu responded softly.So what if you can't go back?He has found his true love, and he is willing to be with Kangxi for the rest of his life.

Just like Zixiu unraveling his heart knot, everything seems to be developing for the better. The news came from the front that Wu Sangui died of illness, and the rebel army was leaderless and devastated.Kangxi immediately seized the opportunity to launch an offensive and gradually regained Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan and other provinces.

Although there are still some diehards in the rebels resisting desperately, but the situation is over, and they can't save anything.

In the autumn of this year, the Qing army wiped out all the rebels like a broken bamboo, Wu Shifan committed suicide, and the rest of the people went out of the city to surrender, and the San Francisco Rebellion finally came to an end.

The war ended, and all the people in the world rejoiced. In order to celebrate the victory of the war, Kangxi even pardoned the world, and those who were sentenced to less than three years in prison were sent home directly.

Amidst the singing of the people, Kangxi decided to hold an unprecedented grand banquet to commemorate this victory. This is the largest imperial banquet in the Qing Palace, with the most banquets—the Banquet of Thousand Seniors!

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No.70 Four courses

The Qiansou Banquet was named Qiansou because there were as many as 3000 people attending the banquet, and most of them were elderly people.This scale is unique and unprecedented in history. Kangxi did this to show his own achievements;

The preparations for this banquet began a month ago, and the colored silk was hung for more than ten miles, from Xizhimen to Changchun Garden, with lights and festoons along the way, and it was very lively.

In addition to thousands of old people, he also invited Manchu and Han ministers, officials at all levels and high-ranking soldiers.In addition, he also decreed that people from the descendants of the clan who are over ten years old and under 20 years old come out to toast and distribute food to the old people.

This move will undoubtedly be spread as a good talk by people all over the world.

The place where the Banquet of the Thousand Seniors was held was Changchun Garden, so even the imperial chefs were moved there.Zixiu no longer cooks this time, but entrusts this glorious task to his apprentice Zhang Congyuan.Cong Yuan was facing this kind of banquet alone, so he was a little nervous.

"Relax, you have to believe that you can do it, Congyuan, Master believes in you." Zixiu patted Congyuan on the shoulder and said.

Cong Yuan took a deep breath, then nodded slowly.The dish he cooks today is called Longfeng Tenderness. Although it has such a name, the main ingredients are mandarin fish and chicken breast.

He had learned this dish from Zixiu before and made it himself many times, but he was still not sure that it would be successful. He looked at Zixiu again, saw the encouraging eyes of the other party, and finally stopped hesitating.

With the knife in hand, he quickly removed the bones and skin of the fish. Naturally, this set of knife skills was also learned from Zixiu, and no one else knew how to use it except for the two of them.

After picking the fish meat, he cut them into [-]-inch-[-]-cent-long filaments without distraction. The fish shreds were very uniform, not far behind Zixiu's.Zixiu smiled gratifiedly, the master's skills can be regarded as successors.

After the fish is the chicken breast. The skin and tendons of the chicken breast must be removed first, and it will be cooked in the same way from afar, and everything will be ready in a short time.After cutting the chicken into thin shreds, he put the two ingredients into two bowls respectively, then added a little cooking wine and salt and mixed well.

Then add egg white, corn flour and other slurry. After all the preparations are completed, the most important step begins.

Zixiu started to fight this time. He controlled the heat to the most suitable level. He took the opportunity to sit on the frying pan from far away and pour in the peanut oil smoothly. Put it into the pot, then slide and cook, and then pour it into two colanders to control the oil.

Zixiu boiled the two pots together, and put the two stir-fry pots on, and poured in a proper amount of oil.Put cooked shredded fish meat, a little cooking wine, and salt in one pot, and put cooked shredded chicken in the other. In addition to cooking wine and salt, there is also a little soy sauce added to the seasoning.

After that, add half a spoonful of clear soup each, stir-fry slightly, then use two spoonfuls together, sprinkle with wet starch to thicken, and pour it into a disc after finishing.Shredded fish and shredded chicken each occupy a side, both in a semicircular shape.

The rest is the last step. Leave the bottom oil in a pot from far away, add the chopped bean sprouts and stir fry, add a little cooking wine and a little salt each, stir fry both, and finally pour over the shredded fish and chicken