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Chapter 240 Full Vegetarian Banquet

"Please accept the empress." All the ministers followed Li Shanchang and said in unison: "Please accept our small gift."

"Then accept it, I decide." Empress Ma smiled and said to the maid beside her: "Qingru, accept it for me."

Zhu Biao took Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, and Zhu Di to the front of Empress Ma, knelt down and said, "I hereby wish my mother good luck like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan."

The ladies in elegant dresses put birthday peaches and birthday noodles on the table.

"Is the food and wine ready?" Old Zhu asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, the food and drink are ready." Yu Yi stood beside him and said respectfully.

Lao Zhu nodded and ordered the dishes to be served.

Every table was fully seated, everyone thought that today was the empress's birthday, and it must be a big event, so they were all looking forward to it.

However, when all the dishes were served, the big guys couldn't calm down anymore. It was hard for them to imagine that the empress's birthday was so simple today.

Zhu Biao wasn't surprised when he saw the food and drink, but Zhu Di said in a low voice, "Why do I think this is a vegetarian feast?"

"Fourth, don't talk nonsense." Zhu Biao then told Zhu Xun and Zhu Xun and the others to abide by etiquette.

As the eldest brother, I have the right to discipline and guide them.

There were more than a dozen tables, each with four dishes, radishes, leeks, two bowls of unknown vegetables, a bowl of tofu soup with spring onions, and plain noodles.

When everyone saw this, they were very surprised.This dish is too simple, even lighter than their usual home-cooked meals.

Yang Xian picked up the chopsticks and put them down again. Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang didn't even move the chopsticks, but Liu Bowen ate with relish.

Lao Zhu seemed to have anticipated the reaction of the crowd, got up and walked to the banquet, looked at the civil servants and military generals, looked around at the officials, raised his eyebrows and walked around a few times: "Why? Everyone thinks the dishes are too simple? "

Hearing this, everyone's hearts suddenly rose.Zhu Biao knew that Lao Zhu had to train others.

"Your Majesty, the food is very good." Li Shanchang immediately got up and laughed.

"Li Xiang, why don't you use your chopsticks when the food is good? We see that you haven't eaten a bite, but Mr. Liu eats it with relish."

"I don't dare, I will eat it now." Li Shanchang picked up the chopsticks to pick up the food, ate it and said: "It tastes really good."

Lao Zhu made such a beginning.Everyone couldn't sit still, thinking to themselves, this is really not a good feast.

He walked up to Li Shanchang, patted him on the shoulder and said: "I heard that when you usually treat guests to eat, every meal is delicacies from mountains and seas, flying in the sky and running on the ground. All the delicacies are used."

Before everyone could speak, Lao Zhu walked up to those generals and said with a smile: "Oh, we heard that there is still this wine, and it's not boring to drink it every sip. They come round and round, and a few people come down. The altar of good wine is gone.

Let’s try Wuliang Snow Qu, which is made from fruits and grains. It may not be as noble as what you usually drink.You will eat up all the food on the plate for us later, you usually leave after a few mouthfuls, and a lot of unfinished food and wine are ruined.

Your most common table of dishes, how long can the common people live if you know that table of dishes?They can live for half a year.

Knowing how long we can live, for three or four months, everyone's life is really wanton and unrestrained. "

Lao Zhu spoke sarcastically, and all the officials sat on pins and needles, all of them were sweating, and their hands holding chopsticks trembled in fright.

A few days ago, when the Hu and Li families gave the betrothal gifts and had a meal, they invited many ministers to the meal, and a lot of food and drinks were wasted.

"Do you know that the dishes in front of you today are the home-cooked dishes we usually eat, even if today is the queen's birthday, we will treat you with this home-cooked dishes.

The livelihood of the people in the north has not yet been restored, and how many migrants do not even have houses to live in. Don't you know about the affairs of the court?Shabby?roll! "

When it comes to this point, whoever dares to really leave, it will be a matter of losing their heads.

Everyone held their chopsticks and bowed their heads to eat, eating with fear and fear, and had to pretend that they were eating delicacies from mountains and seas.

From now on, even if I borrow ten of their guts, I will not dare to waste money.

Seeing these officials like this, Zhu Biao thought of one thing.

During Zhengde, Jiajing, and Wanli years, extravagance prevailed, and Lao Zhu's prohibition in the early Ming Dynasty was completely ignored.

After all, some things cannot be imprisoned forever, the people are rich, food is plentiful, and everyone is extravagant.

There is a company that makes duck feet, and the business is booming, and people flock to buy duck feet.

But the duck paws are made very strangely. Put the live duck paws into the oil pan, and when the frying sizzles, throw the live ducks into the pool immediately.

Then pick it up and fry it again, and put it into the oil repeatedly. Although the duck is alive, the duck feet are already crispy, so chop them off and sell them immediately.Leave those ducks alive to linger.

During the Jiajing period, there was even a wealthy businessman looking for the most delicious food in Ming Dynasty for a birthday banquet for a child. The cooks in their family were famous chefs from all over the country, but the wealthy businessman was dissatisfied and ordered someone to find a famous chef.

Let the cook cook a famous dish, and the cook will bring hundreds of cows, carp, etc., and only take the meat from the tongue tip of the live cattle, and the carp only take the fish whiskers, just to make a dish, which is very luxurious.

In the mid-Ming Dynasty, it was not only officials and gentry who were greedy for pleasure, but also wealthy people, literati and inkmen, who enjoyed extravagance.

Oyster room in the south, bear's paw in the north, broiled oyster in the East China Sea, mare's milk in the west...

Seeing that everyone was eating quietly, Lao Zhu didn't say anything anymore. These guys eat and drink in private, and they are all extravagant and wasteful.

At the end of the meal, all the plates were really empty, and even the wine was not spilled. Seeing this scene, Zhu Biao felt that the CD-ROM operation was born from Lao Zhu.

After everyone was full of wine and food, Lao Zhu came over and began to talk about things he had planned a long time ago.

In addition to promising Liu Bowen to return to his hometown for half a year, there is another thing to do is to become a vassal king.

"We have something to announce today, it's about the princes." Lao Zhu stood on top and said to the ministers.

After hearing this, Yang Xian, who was at the table with Liu Bowen, said to Liu Bowen: "Master, it must be His Majesty who wants to be crowned the throne."

"Who did you listen to?" Liu Bowen looked at Yang Xian and said.

Song Lian beside him said in a low voice: "I also think it's a matter of the throne, and it's almost inseparable."

After Yang Xian wanted to speak again, Liu Bowen put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "We'd better talk less about family affairs in the world, lest disaster come out of our mouths."

Lu Chang who was next to him laughed and said, "Oh, Liu Zhongcheng, there is no disaster in this matter, it is a natural thing."

Sure enough, Lao Zhu waved to everyone to signal them to be quiet, and said: "Today is the queen's birthday, we discussed with Li Xiang and several ministers. We decided to enshrine a few emperor's sons and let them contribute to Daming."

Zhu Biao was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that Lao Zhu had already arranged this matter, but he didn't say anything beforehand.

"Your Majesty is wise, the princes are all outstanding, and I agree very much." Li Shanchang spoke out Lao Zhu's innermost thoughts in a timely manner.

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