The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

Nian Gengyao took their gift list and went to see the Fourteenth Master.

"Someone is here?" Master Fourteen is grilling seafood, um, it's grilled large skewers of squid, his favorite, served with chili garlic sauce, it's delicious.

The Fourteenth Master can be served with rice, this is what I ate these two days, fresh squid.

"Yes, people are here. This is the gift list they prepared." Nian Gengyao also told the fourteenth master about Lan Jizhong's origin.

Fourteen never expected that there would be such an inside story.

"Then please invite City Lord Lan to come in. By the way, there are also those small island owners and village chiefs he brought." Fourteenth Master said: "Get ready for a feast."

This place actually has good seafood, but people can’t eat seafood all the time?

Their fleet has quite a lot of supplies, so it should be no problem to prepare a table.

"Then I will make arrangements now." Nian Gengyao said, "The village chief...don't see each other anymore, shall we?"

The island owner is okay, the village chief, what do you see?

"See you, but I will meet the Lancheng master in the house, and the small island owners in the yard. The village chiefs will be outside the yard." Fourteenth Master said: "Please invite the old village chief A-Gump to receive those Village chiefs."

For the past two days, the old village chief A-Gump and the others ate with the navy. When the food is enough, the people who are full are always happier.

"That's fine. I can go see those small island owners." Nian Gengyao said, "Or let Cao Yong come over."

Cao Yong has always been with the sea merchants. The sea merchants have finished their business in the past three days and returned to the fleet. In fact, these small island owners are all following the sea merchants. The small island owners are these sea merchants. The Nanyang relatives of the merchants.

Otherwise, it would not occupy a small island.

Generally, they are Han survivors from the Central Plains in various periods.

Brother Fourteen said he wanted to see her, and Nian Gengyao went to arrange it.

They came in the morning and arrived at Yelin Village at noon, where they met Prince Xun.

In the past three days, Nian Gengyao tried his best to make this small courtyard better, at least to make it passable, but in the eyes of these Nanyang Han survivors, it is already very good. I heard that this is just a It's just the prince's foothold.

The Fourteenth Master was wearing the prince's usual clothes, the city lord of Lan Jizhong.

It's because his prince's dress is too heavy, he can get heat rash all over after wearing it for a long time in this place!

So I can only meet customers in ordinary clothes, not to mention that these people don't have any fame or status, so it's reasonable to see them in ordinary clothes.

The owner of Lan Jizhong is a young man under the age of 30. Everyone here is already dressed in a relatively modern way, with a flat head, short sleeves, long trousers, and straw sandals.

Even the city lord is the same.

Because it's too hot here, I can't wear a long-sleeved long shirt.

A pair of sword eyebrows, sharp eyes, and a hooked nose looked at this man even more fiercely.

He has wheat-colored skin, but he is wearing monochromatic clothes. He knows that he is in the filial piety period, and it is not suitable for him to wear bright-colored clothes.

But I didn't expect the other party to be so young.

Similarly, Lan Jizhong City Lord did not expect that Prince Xun was also so young.

He heard that it was the No.14 son of the Qing emperor. He had to admit that the Qing emperor was very capable of giving birth!

Fourteen sons, not counting daughters, if counted, wouldn't it be thirty or fifty children?In the Ming Dynasty, there were not so many royal family members.

And the Fourteenth Master is indeed very handsome and handsome, especially his pair of eyes, which are as bright as stars, clear to the bottom, one can see that he is a real nobleman.

Let Lan Jizhong feel ashamed.

Although Lan Jizhong knew a little bit about the etiquette of meeting with him, it was no longer as strict as the requirements of his ancestors back then, so that when he had an audience with him, he was in a hurry.

The Fourteenth Master slapped his fan: "You don't need to be polite, Lord Lan, get up."

Only then did Lan Jizhong stand up. Both of them were young. After being surprised, they felt a little sympathetic to each other. After all, they were both young.

The waiter brought tea and snacks, and the two chatted happily.

Are you young, and the fourteenth master has a wide range of knowledge, and the other party can be regarded as a young talent. He has some achievements in reading, and he can talk about going together.

Nian Gengyao outside is different.

He is a ruthless person, and those small island owners are not soft persimmons, but he has great power and leads many troops, but in terms of momentum, he is even better.

He was not so polite to the small island owners.

Although Cao Yong and sea merchants mediate in the middle, Nian Gengyao is still very indifferent to them. There are also reasons for this. Some small island owners are all survivors of the Ming Dynasty. To make a living, but now it's not peaceful here, let's look at it again, there are not a few people who want to return to their roots.

Nian Gengyao was angry that they were like weeds on the wall, swaying from side to side, there were some who wanted to go back and those who didn't.

There is no unification, and dare to negotiate terms with him here, and you have to go back and ask for land, household registration and preferential treatment.

dreaming too!

The big merchants have something to hide, they want to ease the relationship, but both sides are not easy to mess with.

But at the old village chief Forrest Gump, the atmosphere is super good!

"A-Gump, are they really good to you?" An old village head of Forrest-Gump's uncle asked A-Gump, "Does anyone bully the only women in the village?"

"Old Uncle Village Chief, no, they obey the rules and treat us well. They eat the same meals as us every day, and the women wash the clothes for the soldiers, and they can also get some copper coins and silver wages." Old Village Chief A-Gump Said: "The prince eats the same food as us, and doesn't do anything else. Besides, they saved us."

If you want to say among these village chiefs, whoever trusts the fourteenth master and his party the most is the old village chief Forrest Gump.

In the past three to five days, they ate well and slept well. The children also had sweet-scented osmanthus sweets given by Master Fourteen.

"The princes of the Qing Dynasty are like this, and the officials under the rule must be fine."

"Even if there are occasional bad ones, then the emperor must be good, otherwise he wouldn't be able to educate such a son."

"I'm afraid it's gold and jade on the outside that ruins the inside."

"How do you speak?"

"That's right, will you talk?"

"Am I wrong? What if it's an act?"

"Your house looks good, can you give the children a bath?" A-Gump, the old village chief, said, "The second day after Master Fourteen came, he gathered the children, bathed them, changed them into new clothes, and gave them candies. Go to play, and catch fish with the children, Master Fourteen is a good man."

The old village chief A-Gump would not say anything, but he knew that the Fourteenth Master was a good man, so that was fine.

He didn't say that Nian Gengyao was a good person, but that young man looked a little scary.

At noon, the banquet was set up.

The Fourteenth Master only ate with Lan Chengzhu, but when Nian Gengyao came in, he didn't eat with outsiders.

Let Cao Yong eat with the sea merchants and those small island owners. He comes in to have lunch with Master Fourteen.

But for this banquet, the chef showed his skills and even cooked a large table of Beijing-China delicacies.

Bird's Nest Red and White Duck Nanxian Hot Pot;

Stewed five-spice pork with wine and stewed old tofu;

Steamed sea bird paste pork and deer tail assortment plate;

One Jingzhong roast duck, served with sweet noodle sauce, lotus leaf cake, green onion, coriander and cucumber strips.

These four are the dishes in the palace of the capital, and then the "Xia Bazhen" was served.

Bazhen is a culinary term that originally refers to eight precious foods, and later refers to eight rare and precious cooking ingredients.What it refers to varies with time and place.

Seriously speaking, Lan Chengzhu said that it is not enough to look at in front of the Fourteenth Master, and the conditions here are limited, and there are not too many precious ingredients.

So the cook chose the Eight Treasures Banquet.

However, Bazhen has no fixed pattern, and those that are subjectively considered precious can be listed as "treasures", and there are more and more varieties of designs and colors.

The eight treasures in the Qing Dynasty were divided into different categories, but now the eight treasures in the palace are divided into three grades: "upper eight treasures", "middle eight treasures" and "lower eight treasures".

The cook only collected the number of the eight treasures, and made the eight treasures banquet. As long as he didn't deliberately say that it was "the next eight treasures", who would know?

The next eight treasures in Beijing include Sichuan bamboo shoots, mullet eggs (cuttlefish eggs), white fungus, mushrooms, Hericium erinaceus (bacteria), skirts, fish lips, and civet cats.

These are all the things in the supply ship of Master Fourteen.

Especially dry goods, which can be made after soaking hair.

Cold Sichuan bamboo shoots, stir-fried mullet eggs, white fungus and lotus seed soup, stir-fried mushrooms, Hericium erinaceus chicken soup, steamed skirt, stir-fried fish lips and braised civet cats.

These things are paired with four court dishes, which is very rich.

Lan Jizhong has probably never seen such a variety of food for a meal. It can be said that all the things flying in the sky, swimming in the water and running on the ground are all there.

And the outside is the same as the inside, except that there are no four palace dishes.

The plate arrangement is also very delicate, especially the fruit plate. There are a lot of fruits here, especially the coconut. After being tampered with by the cook, it is made into coconut milk jelly, which is cooled and shaped with saltpeter ice. When it is served, the tentacles are cold , eating smooth and refreshing.

Lan Jizhong knew about Peking Duck, but he had only heard of it, never seen it!

"Haven't seen it?" Fourteenth Master was stunned for a moment: "Isn't that right, this thing can't be transported long distances."

It can only be kept good for a few days at most, but a few days' journey will not reach this place. Southerners don't eat roast duck, and they have never seen a roast duck restaurant in the south.

This place is so hot, but also roast duck?Everyone has to suffer from heatstroke.

The cook worked hard enough to give Master Fourteen a face.

"I've only heard it mentioned a few times by my ancestors before, and I've read about it in books, Peking duck." Lan Jizhong looked at the roast duck curiously, as if looking at a beautiful woman: "So it looks like this."

"Try it, this is authentic roast duck." The Fourteenth Master had no choice but to ask someone to serve him a meal.

Naturally, the eunuch who served the meal had served his master many times to eat roast duck, so he had rich experience.

After Lan Jizhong ate one, his eyes widened: "Does it taste like this?"

The people outside also stared wide-eyed as they ate these meals for the first time. Compared with their own food, their food was really simple.

Nian Gengyao despised these Han survivors who were like barbarians. What good things could they have?It's better to serve the fourteenth master quickly.